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Evening star., 1947-06-06
Man TO Man
Truman's Eulogy of Tom Pendergast
Quoted Along With Account bv Ross

over year ago IN ala OF the boss.
United States District Attorney
Maurice Milligan at that time was
in the midst of a brilliant crusade
against the Kansas City election
crooks. Indictments of judges and
clerks at the 1896 election were COM
ing out of the grand jury hopper
in wholesale lots .. The higher
ups in the organized prostitution OF
the ballot in Kansas City had not
been reached ''s.
"The Pendergast organization, for
years tremendous factor in hold
ing Missouri in the Democratic
column, demanded that Milli-
gan be ditched. The machine e.
banked heavily on two things; one
the well-known Solicitude Of Jim
Farley for the welfare of the Kan
sas City organization - and on
the fact that the Kansas City dis
trict attorneyship belonged
to Truman, who had been put In
office by the Pendergast machine.
THE Roosevelt administration
was between the devil and the deep
blue sea. If 1t re-appointed Milli-
gan, 1t would offend Pendergast. If
it dropped him when there was no
reason whatsoever in his record for
dropping him, = it would con-
vict itself in the public mind of Civ
ing aid and comfort to election
crooks for the sake of Democratic
votes.
I'm these circumstances. the
clever fellows who handle such poll
tical hot pokers thought up their
scheme. Milligan was not to be inn
mediately supplanted, but was to be
allowed to hold on after the end of
his term -. He was not to get the
Istraightout reappointment to which
his record entitled him; he was
simply to stay in Office on sufferance,
subject to being kicked out =.
The cheap device was seen and
denounced In Missouri for what it
was -. The effect of the COM
promise, had 1t gone through, would
| AAesC hSSAA W CEu GfGEy law
enforcement agency that was trying
to clean up the mess in Kansas City.
In all probability, the fine results
which have just been obtained (con-
viction of election crooks would
have been indefinitely delayed If, in
deed. in the face of administration
apathy, they could have been ex-
pected at all without a complete
change of government.
Notwithstanding the opposition
Of Senator Truman, notwithstanding
the fact that Senator Clark =
was sitting on the sidelines, MIR.
Roosevelt gave Milligan a commits
sion for another term and, by that
token, gave the interested Federal
agencies the signal that the track
was clear to go after Pendergast."
AS was so we'll told by Mr.. Charles
G. Ross, the Presidents press Sec
retary, Mr.. Truman did not get Mil
ligan at that time. But he got him
later.
fCopyripht fo1rN
Evening star., 1947-06-06
By Constantine Broicn

The United States and Argentina
are embarked now on a new era OF
relations which can be fruitful and
profitable for both parties If wis
dom and understanding prevail,
Evening star., 1947-06-06

Morris Plan VH-
Ia, as my home
Is named.
I'll get a kick
in the Sims m-
stead of a kiss,
have a double
boiler wrapped
around MY neck
instead of loving
arms, and then
be made TO
stand in a corr
rler before Icing
sent of to bed
without any sup
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Portuguese Mission Here

Portugal has sent a technical mis-
sion to the United States to study
new methods of highway and bridge
construction and buy material and
equipment to carry out the ideas.
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From the same
forum he later
d e n o u n C e d
Maurice M. Mil
ligan, U n i t ed
States Attorney
for the Western
District Of Mis-
souri,, who had
convicted P e n =
dergast OF In
come tax frauds.
I quote from a
newspaper ac-
count published
on February 16,
1889:
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Relations, is a
sad event. But
so also was the
d e p ar re Of
Nelson Rocke-
feller, his prede-
cessor in t h e
same job.
B o tn W er e
conscientious Of
ficials who had
definite ideas Of
h ow American
policy could best
be applied as
between Argen-
tina an d the
United S I a t es.
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Spoin BuiIdina Cunol

Construction OF a new $2,272,-
900 canal near Seville, Spain, will
divert part of the Guadalquivir
River to prevent flooding OF Seville S
port during heavy rains.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
By Harold L. Ickes

AS member OF the United States
Senate, Mr.. Harry S. Truman took
the floor to deliver a glowing
eulogy of the late Tom Pendergast.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Braden Called Victim
In Inept American
Foreign Policy
BvDapid laurence

The departure of Spr,iille Braden
from the State Department. where
he held the post of Assistant Secre-
tary in Charge of Latin American
Evening star., 1947-06-06

or can be fuH
of fresh sus-
picions and an
tagonisnls If old
attitudes of mind
persist.
The milestone
at the threshold
of this new era
m arks signih-
cant changes in
the policy OF the
American Gov
ernment, m o r e
than it does in
Argentine policy
nr conduct.
Evening star., 1947-06-06
By Frank r. Kent

As the first session of Congress
in which they have had a ma jority in
II years approaches its final month,
the Republican leaders look upon
Evening star., 1947-06-06
Mel ernore
Finds Chefs Cook Better
Thon Wives and Mothers
By Henry Mel

NEW YORK. This article will
have appeared In print before get
home, so ] can tell you what mv
greetings win be when arrive 81
Evening star., 1947-06-06

Bruno Knudson, German prisoner,
won repatriation by saving little
British girl from drowning In
canal.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Crow ConcIuye

When summer nears its end and the
shorn fields are tan-brown beneath a
brassy sun, the crows gather to choose
leaders for the southwark trip. The
countryman realizes there is danger in
trying to interpret wildlife In human
terms, but the conclave Of the big, black
fellows reminds him of political con-
vention. Corvus brachyrhynchos. is an
unusual bird. He is full of pranks and
mischief; he has sense of humor. He
is highly intelligent.
On late September day you will see
the crows gathering from all directions. In
small committees few of them earnestly
plot strategy to promote favorite son.
In treetops dignifled, solitary birds wait
for the jockeying and vote trading to un-
fold the course of events. Every few min
utes messengers take of from one group
and join another. There may be general
explosion after long session of fruitless
wrangling and the whole flock takes a
circle over the field and pasture before
settling down TO another session.
All through the day the raueous caucus
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Problems for the President

Now that President Truman has re-
turned from his twenty day -and-sea
cruise to South America, it Is to be hoped
that the confusion which has developed in
the public's mind over such questions as
the urgency of the international situation
and the need for special session of Con-
gress to deal with it can be dispelled
promptly. The public cannot be blamed
for it's confusion. 1t has been told so many
things of conflicting nature while Mr..
Truman was away that even the most
rational person is apt to be befuddled.
Before the President left for Rio de
Janeiro he said he saw no need for calling
Congress into session before 1t meets reg
ularly next January. But, while Mr.. Tru
man was still in Brazil, Undersecretary of
State Lovett told reporters that the eco
nomic crisis in Europe was developing at
such rate that action of some kind would
have to be taken by this country before
the end of this year. Although he did not
commit himself on a special session, he
strongly indicated that one might be neces-
sary And, upon his return from the Rio
conference, Secretary Marshall also de-
clared that the foreign situation cannot
await the reconvening of Congress in
January.
But, while such high-ranking admins
tration officials were thus limiting at the
necessity for special legislative session
to deal with the relief problem, Mr. Tru-
man reiterated to reporters on the U. s. S.
Missouri that he saw no reason as yet to
change his mind from his original stand
against an extra session. Thus the PreSi-
dent has put himself in the peculiar posi-
tion-in the public's view-of ignoring the
apparent State Department tenseness and
lining up with Senator Vandenberg, Sen
ator Taft and other Republican leaders in
their to- attitude.
What makes the whole situation even
more puzzling is the still unexplained
action of the President in radioing an
order for the swearing in of Defense Sec
retary Forrestal several days ahead of
schedule because of the international sit
uation." That would seem to indicate that
some grave emergency had developed, or
was in process of developing-an emer-
gency that might even involve early action
by the new National Military Establish
ment.
1t is small wonder that the average
citizen has become uncertain as to whether
some new crisis exists abroad or at home
that is being kept secret from him, or that
he may wonder whether the administra-
ton has been getting its signals mixed.
The conferences with his advisers on for
eign and domestic affairs which Mr.. Tru-
man will hold beginning tomorrow may
provide answers for some of these ques-
tions. Certainly this is no time for uncer-
tainty on the part Of the citizens or Of their
leaders as to the problems which must be
faced and as to the policies which must
guide us in meeting them.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
They Should Be Qualified

Back in the days when the Government
was taking on emergency employees by the
thousands it would have been hard to en-
vision the postwar situation which has
developed with respect to these temporary
workers. At that time there was no
thought that, when the period of personnel
shrinkage arrived, any of the regular ca
reer employees OF the Government would
be dismissed while many of the temporary
employees stayed on.
Yet that is the peculiar situation which
has developed and to which President Tru-
man directed attention in his message to
the National Federation of Federal En-
ployes And it is the situation which the
Civil Service Commission, through drastic
steps renewed yesterday, seeks to correct in
fairness to all concerned. Under an order
issued to all department heads, the COM
mission hopes to find jobs for about nine
teen hundred career employees Topped off
the pay roll in recent months through
appropriation cuts. A quota of qualified
employees has been assigned to the various
agencies, which must make room for the
careerists even If the dismissal of wartime
eIlplOyeS is e1Idlleu 10 MAKE UIle OTQeE
stick, the commission will penalize a re-
calcitrant agency by arranging to with
hold the pay of three temporary employees
for every permanent employe it refuses to
hire.
In enforcing this unprecedented order,
the commission should consider the vel
fare of the Government as we'll as that of
the individual employe, however. The re-
luctance of some personnel officers to
replace efficient temporary employees by
career workers whose capabilities they do
not know is understandable. President
Truman is right in contending that the
departments should not be required to
make room for any but qualified displaced
workers. Care should be taken to see that
these unemployed civil servants are able
in all essential respects to take over the
duties of temporary workers. Otherwise
the whole program embarked on by the
commission will be self-defeating. If a
displaced regular worker is not fitted to
hold Government Job, he has no right
to be on the payroll anyway.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Old Louisville Courthouse

Debate OF the sort now raging in Louis
vile can be understood in other American
cities, Washington in particular, where
strictly utilitarian needs clash head-on
with honored tradition. The controversy
In Louisville concerns the proposed demo-
ition of the Jefferson County Courthouse,
and the issue is one involving the sanctity
OF long-established conceptions of archi-
lecture.
Many OF the founding fathers of the
Republic had been reared in the Classic
school. They visioned the Federal City of
the United States as a new Athens in
new world So 1t happened purposefully
and not by accident that the architectural
pattern of the District of Columbia from
its start followed Grecian model The
Capitol, the White House, the Treasury and
practically all other structures dating back
to the early portion of the nineteenth
century would not be out of place II they
stood on the violet-crowned Acropolis DR..
William Thornton, James Hoban, Ben
jan1in H. Latrobe, Thomas U. Walter and
Robert Mills were only the more prominent
OF the many designers notivated by Hell
lenic ideals. The Kentucky courthouse
was the work of their gifted and famous
contemporary, Gideon Shryock 1t was
started in 1885 and finished in 1885, stands
in the heart Of downtown Louisville and is
in daily use now as 1t was during four
generations past.
Demand for more commodious quarters
for local judges, attorneys and clerks, how
ever, has developed, and the Jefferson
County authorities have suggested that the
old edif1ce should be replaced with a mod
ern skyscraper representing up-to-date
conceptions of architecture. The plan was
announced in routine fashion and at first
encountered little opposition. Then Alan
X. Laing of Urbana, Illinois, editor of the
Journal of the Society of Architectural
Historians, made the matter a national
concern by asserting Shryock's claim to
remembrance in terms of preservation of
his masterpiece.
Mr. Laing wrote that he could not believe
that any small number of people" would
be willing to assume the heavy RESPONSE
bility for the sacrifice of such structure
on the altar of exptdiency" Other ex-
perts have indicated their agreement that
the Louisville Courthouse in effect be
longs not to the municipality but to the
whole Nation as part of it's meager archi-
tectural heritage" These persons have
urged that another site be found for the
projected new building. There are many
others who will agree with them, believing
that such reminders Of the culture and
taste of generations now gone are worth
preserving at all cost.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
FioreIIo n. la Guurdiu

Much undoubtedly will be written of
Fiorello H. La Guardia in time to come.
His name already signifies legend. What
Is important at the moment of his death,
however, is an acknowledgment of his
constructive services to the Nation and to
Its largest city The net influence of his
career was good and helpful. His interests
transcended arbitrary boundaries, and the
effects of his manifold activities were felt
among all classes of people.
"The Little Flower" personally demon
strated the value of his ideas He was
self made to an unusual degree. If his
methods seemed eccentric, they at least
brought the results he sought. On five
separate occasions he sent himself to Con-
gress, thrice he was Mayor of New York.
In these campaigns, it was characteristic
of him that he managed to gain Com
munist and Socialist support, as well as
Republican, Democratic, New Deal and
independent" His insistence on honesty
In municipal government won him the
confidence of millions of citizens, and he
kept their faith undiminished through the
years.
In washington, Mr.. La Guarolas most
notable triumph was the passage OF the
labor law which he sponsored jointly with
Senator George w. Norris of Nebraska.
His administration of the Office of Ma
tional Defense and later of UNRRA was
criticized, but that probably was inevitable
in the circumstances. No one could have
filled those positions without incurring
x.,ora bricEhotc than hounnetS
But THE Little Flower" will be remem-
bered for what he was rather than for
what he did or did not do. He was original,
unique In his characteristic attributes.
Long hence he will be recalled as true
story more fascinating than fiction. His
stunts" his dramatizations, his show
nanship his prodigious courage, his de-
termination to be heard and to be reckoned
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Atom Bomb and Religion
Opinions Vary as to the Effects of Nucear Discoveries
Spiritual Attitude of the PEOPLE
By Mas Hall

For more than two years mankind has
nursed the disturbing knowledge that he has
invented the possible means of his own de.
struction.
Many have wondered whether this knowledge
Is driving Americans into the churches, driv-
ing them out Of the churches, or both, or
neither.
The question can't be answered through
statistics because hardly any reliable figures
exist
This writer made list Of several churchmen
in Washington and then asked each: How
has the atomic bomb affected peoples RELIGIOUS
beliefs?"
Here is what they said:
Father John Cronin, assistant director of
the social action department, National Catholic
Welfare Conference:
I feel that with people in general the atomic
bomb has not affected their thinking in any
way. fail to detect any deep realization Of
what atomic hssion means IN the eventual
Transformation of our lives Those who do
realize it are bewildered and have reached no
particular conclusions"
Bishop Charles w. Flint of the Methodist
Church: II couldn't give an answer at this
time: I couldn't put my finger on a single
thing that would justify any conclusions"
Joseph Dawson, executive secretary for the
Baptists of the United States: He thinks the
atomic bomb has weakened the religion of
untold millions by substituting in their minds
the idea of force" as means of security in
stead of reason and love and culture and
all the instruments of civilization"
Mr.. Dawson doesn't think the bomb has driven
many people to God. He added that 1t is
staggering and "shuddering" to even consider
usirg the bomb again, and If 1t is ever used
again, then Christianity would almost despair"
A. Powell Davies, Unitarian minister: He
thinks the bomb "has tended to accentuate
whatever beliefs were previously held" and
that 1t has not caused "the abrupt change In
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Al Fresco Justice
From the Parsons (KansaD sun:

Prom the Parsons tKansas] Sun:
The Chicago Judge who moved his court
outdoors and the participants out Of their coats
because the weather was too hot is TO be con-
graduated.
There is a lot Of Stiffness abroad In this land.
The greatest part of it has to do with mems
apparel in the summertime. Custom or fashion
or tradition or something dictates coats and
ties for the stronger II not the wiser OF tne sex
Az a result man svelters while on the distaf
side light and airy garments predominate all
summer long.
Man has been making headway. 1t has been
nainfullv slow. The day will come when he de-
clares his independence of the shackles OF ira
dition and goes anywhere he pleases in COM
Portable attire during the hot months. More
nower to the Chicago judge and his kind!
They give man hope in a modern-day struggle
for freedom.
Evening star., 1947-09-21
An UnreuIistic BUDGET system

This Is the season when the District
budget officer makes public the estimates
OF needed appropriations submitted to the
Commissioners by the various municipal
departments.
If one is to regard these estimates as
sort of omnibus catalogue of all conceiv-
able needs it can be argued that they at
least provide convenient method of list
ing for the record.
But for the purpose OF budgeting the
needs Of the District, in relation to what
the taxpayers can afford to spend, they
are fantastic. Take the figures. Congress
appropriated about sos 500 900 for the
District this fiscal year. Now come the
department heads, asking for $144 900
for the next fiscal year. The current
years appropriations are being paid for
by the heaviest increase in taxes that
ever hit the District in single year. Yet
the department heads are asking for in
creases which would require that last
years new taxes be quadrupled-this to
pay merely for the increases.
That, of course, is preposterous. Why
do we follow such budgeting practice?
The explanation is that the department
heads feel compelled to put down as esti-
mates what they could spend-not what
they expect to spend. They leave to the
Commissioners the task of pairing the totals
down. Experience has taught them that
If some serious deficiency is revealed later
on by some such emergency as repeated
escape of prisoners from the District Jail
or dangerous shortage of hospital nurses,
the responsible department head can
always show that he asked for, but did
not receive, the money that would have
averted the crisis.
There has been the feeling, moreover
that If some ceiling was set on the amount
that the schools, for example, can request,
the Commissioners would be "nuzzling"
the school authorities and thereby conceal
Ing the true condition of need. Some of
the department heads are frankly moved
by fear that If they do not ask for the
moon some other agency will-with the
possibility of getting it.
But it seems to The Star that more
reasonable method could be devised, under
; which the department heads would share
sponsibility of estimating their needs in
relation to the revenues to be available
That practice would make for more orderly
and more realistic budgeting. 1t would
give the departmental estimates more
dignity and value. 1t would tend to make
less cut-and- dried the Commissioners own
budget hearings.
For the important thing, after all, is not
how the departments could spend limit
less amount of money if given free rein
The important thing is the wise expend-
iture of the money available. We do not
get this picture now in the estimates from
department heads. We shall not get it
until the Commissioners own estimates
are sent to Congress next January. The
picture we'get from the department heads
now is not a realistic picture and in The
Stars opinion tends to confuse rather
than clarity the nature of what must be
raised in taxes to support good municipal
government
Evening star., 1947-09-21

continues It's deliberations. There are
brief periods of silence. Then it seems as
though all the delegates want to make a
speech simultaneously. The hurryings and
scurryings between groups increase in
tempo. One can almost feel the mounting
tension as the climax approaches. Sud-
denly there is an odd silence where a
moment previously was confusion and
bedlam. The voice Of a single crow speaks
with authority. Quietly and orderly the
black birds flap away to the woods. The
convention is over,
Evening star., 1947-09-21

religious beliefs that might have been antici-
pated."
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld Of Washington:
l. A small minority have become more deeply
religious, realizing that mans intellect has
created a weapon that will mean his destruc-
ton unless he can match 1t in spiritual power
2. The great majority "have become COM
placent about the bomb. They feel it is just
another weapon. Yet, as a paradox, they
also have a deep stirring of feeling that de-
struction is in the air and there is nothing
they can do about it. believe the spiritual
convictions Of this majority group have been
weakened"
Tom steen. religious education director for
the Washington Federation of Churches also
made two points;
l. That the bomb has caused a certain group
to turn back to those churches which teach
that we are living in the last days" and that
the world is apt to be burned up by atomic
fire. with Christ appearing again to save the
righteous.
2. But the general mass of people have not
turned to the churches. They feel more fear
and confusion, and they are looking for some
kind OF answer, but I am afraid they don't
think the churches have the answer"
DR.. w. H. Jernigan, Washington director for
the Fraternal Council of Negro Churches:
Some people thought it was awful for
Christian nation to end the war that way"
and their religion has been weakened.
But ne also said large number of scientists
have reached the conclusion that they have
invented something that can't be controlled
unless mems minds and hearts are changed
through religion.
DR.. Benton Y. Lands, editor of the Year
book OF American Churchss: Great crises
have different effects on different people
Some people have intensified their religious
interests. The atomic bomb has caused some
others to be supremely Indifferent"
Distributed by the Axsoeiate ~ pr.s.A
Evening star., 1947-09-21

with, above all the reality of his success
In elective office are only a few of many
factors to be considered. He tried to be
part of the solution Of the problems of his
generation
Evening star., 1947-09-21
Lesson Missed

From the Waterloo tIova) Courier.
There's one thing lot Of grown-aps DIDN'T
learn Ia school: That teachers need more paV.