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Evening star., 1947-04-08

President Truman's candidacy for re-
election in 1948 had second Launching
at the Jefferson Day Dinner here Satur-
day night. Mr.. Truman said nothing
about being a candidate in his address.
1t remained for House Minority Leader
Rayburn, Gael Sullivan, executive direc-
tor of the Democratic National Commit
tee, and others to proclaim again that
the Democratic Party had its choice for
the presidential office. The declarations
for Mr.. Truman, however, were merely
supplementary to the casting OF Mr..
Truman's nat in the ring months ago
by Postmaster General Hannegan,
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, in speech delivered in New
York.
It has been obvious almost since Mr..
Truman took over the presidential ONCE
after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt
he would be the Democratic nominee for
President next year. A President is
always a candidate for denomination
and he has to be-except when he is
completing q second term in the White
House. In the case of Mr.. Roosevelt. he
was a candidate at the end Of both
second and third term.
The Democrats today proclaim their
chances OF winning next years national
election are bright. They have been en-
courAged by favorable Truman press.
by . Gallup poll, and by mayoralty
election In Democratic Chicago.
However, when the presidential cam
paien shapes up in 1913 there are
number of questions the Democrats Will
have to answer satisfactorily Il they
are to win. The Republicans won the
congressional elections last year because
the people. were sick Of Democratic
fumbling in labor relations, were sick
OF Democratic high taxes and huge ex-
penditures, and were sick OF bureau-
cratic control of their affairs. They took
over majority control of both the Senate
and House on these issues.
What have the Democrats done since
that election to remove these causes OF
irritation? Outside Of the elimination
OF various wartime Controls they
have not all been eliminated Demo.
cratic administration has done nothing.
Instead Of helping the Republican ma
jority In Congress with labor lesisla-
ton, with still further cuts In the Fed
eral budget, and with tax reduction, the
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Of course, unthinkable that Tito,
the veteran and disciplined COMM
tern agent, would utter q word
which he thought might be dis
pleasing to the rulers Of the Soviet
Union. Yet, between displeasure and
positive instructions there is con-
siderable gap. 1t would be highly
enlightening to be able to know just
where Tito's diatribe fits in between
those two extremes.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Letters to The Star From It's Readers
Radio Crime Features Assaied-Flp Flops at Capitol
About the Common Cold Gives Congress Pat on Back

entific schooling. enrolment In the Ma
6tional Guard for three-year term: .
four-year RoTc course: Or enlistment
in the Regular Army or Navy. The
general program would be administered
BY civilian authorities with emphasis on
moral and physical development Of the
trainee. Overseas and combat service
within the program are specifically pro-
hibited, ELvA M. LORT.
Alexandria, Va.
Good Word for Congress-
70 the Editor OF The star:
Lowell Melletts column In The Star
OF April tells US that the newly elected
Congress Is doing poor Job In enacting
legislation.
There are. no doubt, IS many views on
details OF legislative matters as there
are Senators and Representatives. I
agree with Mr.. Mellctt that the Internal
Revenue Bureau should have suficient
employees to make checks on income and
other taxes.
However, 1t has been demonstrated
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Congressional Indecision

Congressional Indecision
To the Editor Of The Star:
These congressman sure are hard to
please. First they complain that Gov
ernment clerks are bunch of loafers
and take too much leave and now they
complain that they accumulate too much
leave and get little money when they
get fired. II you use your leave you
cause absenteeism: If you stay on the
Job you cause deficits. With one hand
they cut appropriations and lay off
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Confessional Economy
To the Editor Of The Star:
Those stories in the newspapers about
custom employees being fired after long
years of good service are causing
furor Of indignation here in New York.
The opinion is becoming Widespread
that Congressmen are too afiuent to be
close to our people.
1t is to be hoped that Congress will be
forced to economic on their $4,000 SAL
aries, $4,000 salaries for secretaries and
all the rest Of It.
We New Workers ask your help.
New York, N. Y.
JOHN S. WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

clerks and with the other hand they
introduce bills that call for more ex-
penditures and more people. I wonder
if they know what they do want. Maybe
we should just close up the Government
and let Congress do the work. Maybe
they would find out what the score is.
WILLIAM PLAMPIN.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Please be brief. Short letters
are preferred, all are subject to
editing for condensation. Only
letters accompanied By name
and address OF ,Driter tctu be
used, although a pseudonym IS
In some cases permissible.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

Among the casualties OF the latest
and greatest of wars was Wallace
Irwin's Japanese schoolboy who,
forty years ago. amused thousands
with his: II ask to know"
Evening star., 1947-04-08

times without number that departments,
bureaus and agencies Of the Federal
Government will not reduce their forces
unless required to do SO. Unfortunately
the only way to obtain some economy
in Government operation is to force 1t
through cutting OF appropriations.
Mr. Mellett mentions revenue needed
to operate the Government" We are not
all agreed on what is needed and what
Is surplus baggage. We must face the
facts that Government salaries have
been increased and that other costs are
higher. Further, our military establish
ments must not be reduced to the levels
reached after 1918. Nevertheless, peace
time operation must not be as high as
wartime costs. We must make genuine
efforts to bring revenue and expendi-
lures in line. We must make provisions
for debt reduction. We must endeavor
to reduce taxes or the double squeeze
will be applied to our average wage
Garner, i.e., q tax that reduces net earn
ing and reduced buying power through
higher costs.
Here is an example (my OWN Of
veteran who was re-employed at the old
IS per cent He now finds that his net
increase to meet higher living costs is
less than half of that percentage.
We should not belittle efforts to give
our people Government service shorn Of
superfiuous agencies and personnel when
there is patriotism and intelligence
enough in the Congress to try to Offset
stupendous debt costs and high-liying
costs. Let's charge 1t to craftsmanship
rather than partisanship.
ROBERT w. GARDNER.
Defining a Communist
To the Editor Of The Star:
Now that 1t Is the foreign policy Of
our Government to stop the spread Of
communism by force and we have entered
upon new epoch Of red-baiting and
restrictive legislation, there Is need, one
would think, for definition. Except Tor
such men as Fulton Lewis, jr.; Earl
Goodwin, Representative Rankin and H..
v. Kaltenborn, we would expect public
lists to wish to define the term. For If,
in this new purge, the word "Commun-
list" is to be anything more than an
epithet flung at those we do not like,
we should begin right now to ask what
it does mean.
First, any member of party or club
or society that espouses communism
(whatever that word may mean Is
Communist.
Second, any person who believes IN
the abolition of private property and
the concentration of all wealth In the
hands of the state is Communist.
Third, any person who teaches people
to abandon private property, to sell all
they have to feed the poor, or for any
other purpose. to abandon all property
and possessions, is a Communist.
Fourth, any person who, If he knows
what he is talking about, announces
himself to be full disciple OF Karl
Marx, Is q Communist.
RALPH ALBERTSON.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
1nsurins Against War
III = UAttnr ~ m 4 nfer.

1hSut ing against w VAI
To the Editor of The Star:
Since when did the American people
declare against peacetime military train
ing? Since when did dread Of disease
prevent the occurrence Of disease?
In fairness to the readers OF your
newspaper, submit these questions to
Lydia G. Wentworth Of Brookline Mass.
whose plea for appeasenent appeared
in The Star recently.
"As understand it." she wrote, "our
people are opposed to peaeetime mill
tary training"
The good lady's understanding isn't
what 1t should be. Results Of the latest
Gallup poll show "a per cent Of the
American people in favor Of universal
military training.
Miss Wentworth further stated. ~We
are positively and absolutely set against
future war and therefore we are against
any preparation for possible future
war"
Here is the 1947 revival Of the old
play, "It Can't Happen Here" which
enjoyed such popular run in the late
thirties. AS I recall, it closed on the
day that death came quickly to 5000
Americans at Pearl Harbor.
The lady is correct in saying we are
tired of war and want peace. But she
is terribly wrong in supposing that aver
sion to war will prevent war. The UNIT
plan proposed by the American Legion
pending in Congress calls for four
months Of basic training for every young
man between the ages Of 10 and 90.
The youngster may complete his train
ing through one Of several options Of
fered. These include technical or SCI
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Congress and Federal Retirement
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Members of Congress are in the
fortunate position of being able to de-
termine their own salaries, perquisites
and retirement plans. In the last ses-
sion they rode along on an increase OF
about 80 per cent forsFederal employees
to the tune of so per cent increase for
themselves. In addition, they provided
for themselves more liberal retirement
plan than that of the Federal employees;
and, of course, they have many per-
quisites OF ONCE, such as mileage, sta
tionery funds, free medical services, ETC.,
etc. And now that they have gotten
their so per cent increase in salary and
. favorable retirement plan ION retire.
ment by the voters), most Of them ap-
parently seem to have lost interest in
a retirement bill that would little
more nearly adequately provide for Fed
eral employees especially those In the
lower salary brackets
1t seems to me that any Federal re-
tirement plan should aim to provide
for all receiving full retirement bene-
fits at least at minimum subsistence
level in cases where there is Federal
contribution, and higher annuities where
purchasable by deductions from salaries.
In these latter cases the Federal con-
tribution should be scaled downward
to provide proportionately larger Fed
eral contributions in the case Of the
lower salaried employe. In the lower
income groups, half or more Of the an
nuity should be contributed by the Fed
eral Government in the higher income
groups, little, If any, would be con-
tributed by the Government, as their
deductions would purchase the maxi
mum annuity or more in many in
stances. Persons in the high salary
groups would also be able to provide
additional annuities or other form Of in
come by the time of retirement, while
savings for this purpose in the lower
income groups would not be possible.
1t would seem that the fundamental
purpose of retirement plans is to provide
a reasonable subsistence for old age, not
affiuence. The latter can be purchased
by employees receiving throughout long
period of years salaries of $500 to
$4,000 year.
RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYE.
Evening star., 1947-04-08
Bullets and Birds

O0IICtS N1I0 LII SlO :
To the Editor Of The Star:
When virtually the entire world was
engaged in mass slaughter and indus
try occupied in manufacturing imple-
ments Of war, including the atomic
bomb, the IRE department of the Ma
tion's Capital was summoned to release
. single bird which had become en-
tangled In overhead wires
It Ii gratifying to know that the de-
sire TO aid the stricken. including birds,
Evening star., 1947-04-08

times that amount on doctor bills and
remedies.
There are so many other things to
consider-the lost man hours OF work.
the innocent who suffer as a result Of
some ones carelessness. It is depressing
to work so hard to keep ones children in
good health by having proper food, rest,
regular checkups, only to have them sit
by child who has been sent to school
Witlsa bad cold-and promptly bring 1t
home to whole family
What aggravates me most is not that
we have to go through all this every
winter but that we continue to do moth
ing at all about It!
MRS. GROVER G. WILSON.
Evening star., 1947-04-08

still exists. Nevertheless. future histo-
rians. perhaps aeons hence, may well
record that so~called civilization that
takes the time to aid q helpless bird.
while indulging In universal mass kill
ing in vain attempts to establish four
freedoms, was irresponsible, incredibly
stupid and insane. Highly evolved souls
that may occupy other worlds, may well
regard our planet as the crazy house"
OF our solar system.
EDMUND X. GoLDsBoRoUGH.
For War on Colds
To the Editor cf The Star:
What is the matter with us-we
Americans who spend millions of dollars
every year on cold remedies and suffer
countless hours OF misery from colds7
Surely II we can produce marvels Of
science like radar. atomic bombs, ETC..
we can find q way to do some-
thing constructive about combating the
common cold. Why would it not be
possible to start with the weapons al-
ready available-such as equipping all
public conveyances with the new ultra
violet lights that kill germs and perhaps
the new. mist spray for schoolrooms,
ETC.?
I'm sure the Capital Transit Co. would
be able to install this new equipment If
the fares were raised to 10 cents. Many
people would object to paying 80 cents
more month"; and yet they spend many
Evening star., 1947-04-08

that that is only brief excuse given at
the end OF such programs for the NOR
bidness which has preceded the an
nouncement. Such programs not only
do not serve as deterrent to crime but,
in the opinion Of many. serve only to
further complicate the problem OF ju-
venile delinquency.
Therefore, If the broadcasting COM
panies are wise they will see the hand
writing on the wall and take steps to
tone down or eliminate such programs
and thereby forestall the inevitable
formation of such an organization for
radio as the Legion Of Decency for
the motion picture industry.
ROBERT v. CROSS.
Evening star., 1947-04-24
After Dark
Two Top-Notch Comics Make
Two Laugh-P Packed Shows
By HARRY MACARTHUR.
By HARRY MacARTBl

shirt pocket, produced thimble,
calmly passed it over. Bertie shud-
ders at the thought of what might
have happened If she'd asked for
a sewing machine. She thinks Mr..
Christopher might have produced.
\ 4
Tonight's the night when:
A new Broadway revue" opens
at the Lotus.
A new Cossack revue opens at
the Balalaika.
The AL Trace-Lee Pines Orchestra
starts a three-night stand at the
Washington Aviation Country Club
&x X X
Joseph Moskovitz of Michel's
Gypsy Ensemble Cat Michels, OF
coursel is a man proud of his mu-
sical instrument. Mr.. Moskovitz's IS
musical instrument is the cymbalom,
Evening star., 1947-04-24

Today all Is sweetness and light
around here. We have not one
complaint to file against the new
entertainment at either the Ro-
many room or the Club Cairo. We
have only word of warning. Don't
take in both shows the same night.
In times like these, YOU shouldn't
be laughing that much.
Taking up the central figures in
these clambakes in alphabetical or
der, there is first Adams, joey, OF
the Club Cairo. Trained on the
borscht circuit and with number
of years experience in vaudeville
and night clubs, Mr.. Adams is a
man at home on any stage. His
manner is easy and agreeable, the
sort of thing that develops when a
man is enjoying his work. He has
a great fund of stories, too mostly
ON the shaggy dog side), and his
skill at telling them is abundant.
joey is aided In his Club Cairo
fun-making by a pair Of diverse
talents with which his has been
Joined for some time now-those
Of Tony Canzoneri, the fighter
turned cabaret actor, and Marc
Plant, the singer. The three man
age quite a bit of hilarity out of
Mr.. Canzoneri's portrait Of an ex-
fighter and Mr.. Plants impersona-
ton of a robust singer, which he is.
The supporting cast in the revue
includes the Inez Clavijo Dancers,
whose Latin American and "Porgy
and Bess" routines are considerably
above the par established by most
night club dancers, and Virginia
McGraw, pretty and nimble
enough tap dancer.
The second alphabetically, stilD
comic we like today is Murray, Jan,
of the Romany room show. Mr..
Murray Is the fellow who made a
guest appearance on the Hildegarde
radio program awhile back and was
such a. hit that he kept turning
up week after week there. He also
is the comedian Joey Adams thinks
he is better looking than. He Is a
fast man with a gag, too, and some
times is operating three yaks ahead
Of his audience.
One of JAMS best yarns Is the
one having to do with the futility
of his buying expensive clothes,
learning diction and putting on the
big front It only leads, he points
out, to clout on the back and
crude shout Of Murray Janowski,
va remembuh me?"
The others in the Romany Rooms
entertainment are fine, too. One
is Marie Austin, pleasantly rowdy
contralto, and the other is Lou
Spencer, an able and energetic tap
dancer, who has done his dancing
for This Is the Army" and the
movie cameras since he last was
in Washington. Miss Austin,s ditty
advising that "You Never Get
Nothin' for Nothin'," is quite q
thing.
Another story about Melbourne
Christopher, the magician, now
headlining the Casino Royals show,
Is told by BERTHE Hellman, half OF
the piano duo at the Neptune Room.
Mr.. Christopher and Bob Hellman,
the other half Of the piano team,
were in the same company during
the war.
Well, at Camp Sutton one day
during training, Bob was made a
corporal. BERTHE, visiting the post,
was bravely trying to sew on the
chevrons when Mr.. Christopher
walked in.
MIL" she said, struck by a de-
moniac notion, you're a magician;
you ought to be able to help me.
What I need most in the world right
now is a thimble. II you're so good
as a magician, conjure me up q
thimble."
Mr.. Christopher reached in his
Evening star., 1947-04-24
FechieIer Sees Navy Need
OF 731, 900 Requirements

Requirements for 232, 900 men who
will leave the Navy due to enlist
ment expirations during the COM
ing year and training of those re-
placements constitute one of the
most serious problems facing the
feet, Vice Admiral William M.
Fechteler, deputy chief Of Naval
Operations for Personnel. said yes
terday.
Admiral Fechteler told of the
heavy training job" ahead of the
Navy in a news conference.
He said the peak of enlistment
expirations viii be reached some
Evening star., 1947-04-24


time next winter. In spite 81 the
problems which will be brought
about by this heavy loss OF men,
he said. the fighting efficiency Of
the fleet. always the FIRST call Of
the service, viii be maintained.
3 Most Of the men leaving the serv-
ice during this period will be COM
pleting tWo-year enlistments, the
admiral said. The Navy now has
gone to four-year enlistments which
is more economical In the long
run, he stated. However, he added
chat the tWo-year enlistment had
a certain virtue In that 1t pro-
vided big turnover and gave the
country backlog Of trained men.
Farming was the largest industry
in Britain in 1899.
Evening star., 1947-04-24

forerunner Of the harpsichord and
piano. One night, not too long ago.
he abandoned his usual calm and
played with Joyous abandon. He
smiled broadly and frequently.
Finally. curiosity got the better Of
Michel.
What makes you so happy to-
night?" he asked the cymbalist
This is a wonderful instrument, /"
said Mr.. Moskovitz, patting the GYM
balom. Scarce and In demand,
tool" He pulled clipping from
his pocket. TT tells here about
a symphony concert played last
night. One selection called for a
cymbalom part-and they had to
use harp"
Evening star., 1947-04-24
Dr.. Minton to Give ToIk

DR.. Russell F. Minton, radiologist
to Mercy and Douglas Hospitals in
Philadelphia, will discuss radiologic
study OF gastro-intestinal diseases at
a meeting of the Medico- Chirurgical
Society of the District at 9 O'Clock
tonight at Howard University.
Evening star., 1947-09-24

ARVIN ELECTRIC HEATER pro-
duces IS cubic feet Of comforting
warm air per minute grand for
taking off morning chiII--Sl1.o5
Evening star., 1947-12-14

and even the nose disappeared under the
blanket tiptoed out of the sickroom.
Later, was informed that Miss McDon-
aid was somewhat distressed by the abrupt
termination of the interview, and did want
to talk to her again? said, by all means.
'Over long distance telephone" +" the press
agent amended "She's back on the Coast
Miss Mcdonald sounded in better spirits
over the phone. All that was wrong with her
this time was that she had just been
operated on for an infected sinus. expressed
sympathy, but regretted that for me she
would always be the disembodied Body.
Alethsz's o3Eay. Tee
IL IT'S shapes you're interested in," she
said, you ought to see my mothers. And
she's forty-five years old"
''You shouldn't discuss your mothers
age" chided
why not? She's always discussing it.
And mine, too. And she told reporters was
having trouble getting my weight back be-
cause when I eat potatoes get the hives
Olo~ICNFul ulC
Mcdonald family. MY mother keeps her
youthful figure" The Body volunteered,
because she never led the life I'm going to.
Hubba, hubba!''
Miss Mcdonald said she was getting
pretty bored with this Body business. She
wanted to be real actress and not just
shape. She also wanted to sing but Holly
wood hadn't given her break on either
singing or acting.
Even harassed and worn down by ILL
ness The Body is still as eye-iling as
any in Hollywood. The chances of her liv-
ing down the title are remote. In her last
picture, Living in Big Way" she was
co-starred with Dancer Gene Kelly, but
acting opportunities were scarce.
She is no Katharine Cornell, but she does
have genuine sense of comedy. Her asso-
ciates seem to think Hollywood would let
her act more - if only she would act up less.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
The Body Had A Cold
BY LOUIS BERG

Marie Mcdonald was feeling so
miserable that day she could
hardly say ''hubba hubba"
TME first time saw The Body it was
l. swathed in blankets like the mummy of
Queen Hatshepsut If this sounds gruesome
l had better explain that The Bodyis term
the press agents cooked up for Marie
Mcdonald. They would have called her
the Shape, but another girls press agents
got there first.
Anyway, it was all rather disappointing.
On display were only red nose and pair of
rhermy eyes, Miss Mel Donald had a bad cold.
The Body was at disadvantage conver-
sationally as well. Ordinarily, she needs no
one to write her lines.
''You make me look like an Irish
setter," she told hairdresser who tried
to fix her up la Lauren Bacall.
OF a New York columnist who once
offended her, she remarked: "You can say
he is handsome if you want to - and if you
want to say he looks like someone's big toe
you won't be wrong either"
Even the keenest wit is apt to be strained,
however. when its choice utterances are
punctuated with sneezes. What with the
cold and a recent attack of measles. she
had lost 10 pounds
De Reasonable
AL you could see of The Body now, even
under the best of circumstances" she in
formed me, would be 92.4 per cent" A
reasonable man would settle for that.
She seemed also to blame her mother,
former Ziegfeld beauty, for the state of her
health. Her mother is hipped on the subject
of keeping fit.
'She wakes me up at eight am. to 60
horseback riding, after l have been out
until three am. Call that healthy? It's
wonder I'm still alive"
At this point Miss Mcdonald groaned,
Evening star., 1947-12-14

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