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Evening star., 1947-05-06

social study, we won't have program.
We all want one very much.
Our topic Is vocation, and there is q
boy In our room who picked forest rang
ing. Almost every boy In the room is
teasing him and that makes him feel
very badly. For, il he doesn't get any
information, he might not graduate. So,
my girl friend and I decided to help him.
My daddy gave me this address. I am
hoping you would be able to send me
some information on forest ranging. II
you are able. will you send 1t to this
address: --------7
"P. She doesn't know shout me or
my friend writing to you, 50 please don't
say nothing about me. And here are
some stamps to send back the informa-
tion. II you send any"
Needless to say, all suitable informa-
tion on the operations OF the forest
rangers went forward, in response to
this nissiye, by return mail. And with
1t went many thanks for spring and
memory. GEORGE A. MACDONALD,
In the Division Of Information
and Education, U. s. Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1947-05-06

upon by france. Britain and the
United States. Yet Izvestia, referring
darkIy to the influence Of @monop-
olist groups" and "reactionaries" III
the State Department, has pum-
meled Secretary Marshall for re-
porting the simple truth; moreover,
1t has charged him with having
made deliberate effort to NIL the
American people with tdissatisfac-
tion" over Soviet policy. It need
hardly be added that the @dissatis-
faction"-to put it mildly has been
created among us by. none other,
than the Soviet Union itself. The
Russians ought not to blame Secre-
tary Marshall for that; they have
only themselves to blame.
The pity Of all this is that there
is no free press In the Soviet Union
to keep the record straight for the
average Soviet citizen. The line
followed by Izvestia Is the official
line, and it will not be contradicted
by any of Izvestia's Russian con-
temporaries. Premier Stain has had
good words to say to Mr.. Stassen
about cooperation with us, but how
can cooperation make much head
way against such obstructing cir
cumstances as these?
Evening star., 1947-05-06

Of the double talk which had pre-
cipitated the deadlock Of { year ago.
Secretary Marshalps reply 70 Mr..
Molotov precludes such delaying and
frustrating tactics. He lays down,
as condition precedent to the re-
sumption OF negotiations by the
Joint commission, clear and un-
equivocal understanding as TO the
precise meaning OF the Moscow
agreement, the term democratic"
and other points on which disagree
rnents arose. And the Secretary goes
on to state categorically what he
thinks these disputed terms mean.
The obvious inference is that. II Mr..
Molotov persists In evasions, nego-
tiations are futile and our unilateral
program for the American zone will
get under way.
Evening star., 1947-05-06

any other bunch Of Washington tourists.
But they didn't act like the rest Of
us-at least their spokesmen didn't.
We may not agree with our Congress-
men. But we are not loud and insult
ing about 1t. But one after another
Of this group rose and vigorously de-
nounced the Senator with Olympian
flnality. It seems he had not voted
right In the past, but that he had
to vote right in the future on all labor
legislation-or elsei
I don't like to see any Senator or
lawmaker threatened by an organized
minority because he doesn't vote their
way. I know pressure group politics
is modern phenomenon. / know big
business brought 1t into being over
half century ago. But we found ways
to throttle them and keep them sub
jugated to the public interest. Organ
ized labor is another obstreperous or
ganized, minority attempting to force
its selfish will on all Of US. -
Let shave the United States pros.
porous, especially the miner and the
factory worker, but let us each admit
that there are other groups with other
interests that may be just as legiti-
mate as ours in our Nation, and not get
the idea that our group alone should
control the vote of any Senator. There
may be others in his constituency who
cannot snord trip to see him, that
have q claim on his deciAon. tooss sCnr
America Is for all ofseus ~
sEs-st4 VERN DRUEY.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Living in DreumIund

One sure road to a mood OF utter
encouragement is to pick up a news
paper and read these words from
the House Appropriations Commit
tee: "Our forebears planted on this
soil the seed of liberty and freedom
which, If properly nutured,- should
outgrow our boundaries and reach
out into the rest of the world, not
through a centralized disseminating
agency but through the force OF it's
own dynamics."
Having delivered themselves of
this, the committee members pro-
ceeded to kill the $31 100000 appro-
priation for the State Departments
Off1ce of international Information
and Cultural Affairs. Henceforth,
80 far as the committee Is concerned,
there will be no voice to carry the
American story to those areas of
the world where communism, with
Its propaganda of lies and distor-
tions, is seeking to discredit and
destroy democracy. The field would
be left to the hostile philosophy, and
II perchance the seed OF liberty and
freedom should not be able to reach
out into the rest OF the world
through the force of It's own dy-
namics 1t need expect no help from
the Appropriations Committee.
This action has been taken in the
face of an urgent plea in behalf of
the program by Secretary Of State
Marshall and its vigorous indorse-
ment by Lieutenant General Smith,
our Ambassador to Russia. The
country looks to these men, particu-
larly to General Marshall, to lead us
In this struggle with communism
which will shape the future Of the
world. Presumably the country has
confidence in General Marshall and
his Judgment. But the members of
the committee, on the basis Of m
argument which would not carry
weight with school child, deprive
him Of a tool which he considers
essential for the job. And this to
save the relatively insignificant sum
Of $31, 100000.
These committee members are
living In dream world. II their
words can be taken at face value.
they are in the grip of an Illusion
which will lead us straight to disas-
ter. Democracy cannot win this
battle with pfous hopes or platitudes.
1t is not enough to wait for some
miracle that will get our story out
into the world. We should do every
thing in our power to make certain
that it gets there, and this program
is one means. to that end. The Sem
ate most certainly should restore
the necessary funds.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Koreu and Semuntics

Secretary of State Marshall's reply
to Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov's
proposal on Korea is a refreshing
document. It plainly notifies Mr..
Molotov that resumption of nego-
tiations must be based upon clear
meeting of minds as to what the
negotiations are about. One of the
favorite lodges of Moscow diplomacy
has been the use of double talk,
whereby words and terms are dis
torted out of their traditional and
normal meanings into their ideolog-
ical opposites. Thereupon, the Soviet
diplomats insist that the other side
"misinterprets" the true meaning Of
mutual agreements and hold up ne
gotiations unless and until their in
depreciation is conceded.
A notable instance of this exas-
perating technique is Korea. At the
close of the war with Japan an
agreement was concluded between
the American and Soviet Govern
ments regarding the establishment
of a provisional native government
in Korea under a temporary Russo
American guardianship. But when
q joint commission met to implement
this agreement, the Russians so in
terpreted the term democratic"
that only Communist or pro-Com-
munist Korean organizations could
qualify for participation In the pro-
posed native regime. When our
commissioners refused to accept this
obvious distortion of terms, with
its equally obvious political conse-
quences, negotiations broke down
last May, and for whole year Korea
has remained divided into Soviet and
American occupation zones, hermet-
ically sealed OH from each other by
q Russian @iron curtain"
At the Moscow Conference of For
eign Ministers last month Secretary
Marshall coupled suggestion for re-
suming negotiations with the an
nouncement that We were going
ahead with the establishment OF a
native regime in our zone In default
of Soviet cooperation. This obvi-
ously did not sit well with the Krem-
lin, so Mr.. Molotov assented to =
resumption Of negotiations. How
ever, he coupled his assent with COM
plants against the American COM
missioners and insistence upon 4an
exact execution Of" the original
Moscow agreement. That clearly
sefs the door open for resumption
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Izyestiu,s Line

IzveSt1a, one OF the most widely
read OF Russia's government-con-
trolled newspapers, has now accused
Secretary Marshall of having "devi-
ated from the truth" in his recent
report on the Moscow Conference.
1t has accused him of "slanderously
casting guilt on the Soviet Union"
for the failure of the conference,
when apparently he himself had
no desire "to create real guarantees
Of sound peace"
To illustrate its charges, Izvestia
has made a point of saying that
Secretary Marshall failed, In his
report, to mention that France
supports the Soviet Union" on the
question of German economic unifi-
cation. Presumably, besides being
designed to show that the Secretary
has been careless with facts, this
point is meant to suggest to the
average Russian reader that Russia
has not been following lone-wolf
policy. But what of the record?
To begin with, Secretary Marshall
took note of the French position by
observing that Britain and the
United States still were anxious to
have the Soviet-French occupation
zones merge their economies with
the already merged Anglo-American
zones. In relation to the overall
meaning OF the Moscow Conference,
however, this matter is inciden-
tai. The important point-a point
ignored by Izvestia-is that the
French sided with Britain and the
United States on virtually all basic
questions. 1t Is only because Foreign
Minister Molotov set up. impossible
conditions that the Moscow meeting
failed to produce an Austrian treaty,
an agreement on q long-term four
power pact to keep Germany dis
armed, and preliminary understand
ings on German settlement.
In sum, the facts clearly support
the view that the Moscow Confer
ence ended fruitlessly because OF =
rigid Russian refusal to agree on
fundamental points already agreed
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Springtine in 1 Letter

To the Editor Of The Star:
Spring does come to old Government
information men, even though they do
spend their days knee-deep In dry re-
ports, programs, discussions, hand -outs,
telephone calls and economy blasts. One
leans back In his chair and looks across
the years to the time when he. too, was
young and the trees were putting on q
tender green. the flowers budding. and
he was desperately in love with blond
schoolgirl whom he hasn't seen for forty
years. What matter II spring comes by
letter?
know al this because spring came
to me the other day by letter from
schoolgirl who, ! am sure, must I've blond
and lovely. Here's the letter, signature
and address deleted:
Dear Sirs:
II am girl, 13, and In the eighth
grade. In June our room is expecting
to graduate, but II we don't get our
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Near Misses and Hits

The discovery" by physicists that
the destructive effects Of q bomb are
greater when it explodes close to the
target rather than upon head-on
contact will not be news to many
bombardiers Of World War II. They
found it to be true by actual expert
ence, but they had difficulty in con-
vincing their superiors that near
miss was as good as a direct hit.
According to Thomas r. Henry.
science editor Of The Star, mathe-
matica1 research by member of the
American Physical Society has dig
closed that the shock-Wave Of an ex-
plosive may be increased as much as
so per cent by aiming slightly to one
side of the target, instead Of direct
ly at 1t. Dr.. John Won Neumann, OF
Princeton University, has been
awarded the Governments Medal Of
Merit, highest civilian decoration,
for his studies In this field.
41lC QlSCOfSIy lldS w w Will 11AC
forces Of action and reaction. fluid
densities, pressures and the like.
Our wartime bombardiers had little
time to ponder the causes, but
they found that often q near miss
would sink ship quicker or destroy
a building more completely than hit
ting the bulls eye. The only trouble
was that the admirals and generals
handed out the most coveted medals
only for direct hits. On some car
riers, for example, Navy Crosses were
awarded flyers who actually hit the
deck or other part Of an important
enemy ship, while the boys who
missed, even closely, had to be salts
fed with an Air Medal or no decora-
ton at all. It is hardly likely that
the War and Navy Departments win
reconsider any past awards. In a
future war, however, consideration
may be given to the new Importance
which science has given the hither-
to unappreciated near miss.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Red Test in France

Ii Was d ldulOuS TISllGu VIII W1lU
coined the caustic epigram: Women
are the devil; one can live neither
with them nor without them!" This
well-known saying Is being adapted
today to at the dilemma In French
politics caused by the ousting Of
the Communists from the cabinet
headed by Paul Ramadier.
The Communists had provoked
this drastic action by withdrawing
their support Of the governments
wage and price stabilization policy,
to which they had originally agreed.
Premier Ramadier, hinnself Social
list, and all other elements in the
coalition cabinet considered the
maintenance of that policy indis-
pensable to avert uncomfortable
imitation. Accordingly, he asked the
Assembly for q vote OF confidence
and got 1t by a two-to-one majority,
the minority vote being almost
wholly Communist. Thereupon, the
Premier elected his Communist coll
leagues and filled the vacant posts
from otlser coalition elements.
The reyamped cabinet is what,
under the Third Republic, would
have been termed a government of
Republican Concentration" That
means union Of the center groups,
to the exclusion OF both the extreme
left and right. This maneuver be-
came possible when the veteran
Socialist leader, Leon Blum, got his
party to reverse Its previous decision
not to enter any cabinet from which
the Communists were excluded. The
resultant combination of Socialists,
Radicals, Popular Republicans, and
some minor independent groups
commands majority In the Assem-
bly, and can thus govern in the
technical parliamentary sense.
The gravity of the situation is due
to the power Of the Communists
outside the Assembly, especially
their hold over organized labor.
There would seem to be little doubt
that, If the Communist high COM
mand so ordered, 1t could precipitate
u general strike Nhicl light result
in anything from 81 chaos to
civil war This is, irn1ee The latent
threat the Communists have held
over every cabinet Of which they
have formed q part. The fact that.
Premier Ranladier has taken so
dire q risk indicates the vital i'm
sportance of his economic stabiliza-
tiosa prosyam.
The one i1opAful aspect in an
otherwise ticklish situation is the
likelihood that the Communists are
as yet unready to provoke a decisive
showdown in France. The current
crisis was due to a wildcat strike Of
the workers in the Renault factory,
which incidentally has been nation
allied. The evidence points to the
fact that this strike for higher
wages was not inspired by the Com
munists. But, once 1t started, the
Communist high command backed
1t, presumably In order not to COM
promise its prestige as the champion
Of labor. Under these circumstances,
it Is not unlikely that the Com
munists may refrain from sabotaging
the cabinet and making normal
government impossible. Otherwise,
the outlook is as hectic as 1t is
uncertain.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
Picnic Song

The bread ne eat
War baked frons fairy sphest.
re u both salt ard sseet.
It e tia years betsneer---
The heart the richer tresxas.
TAe crust, the lean.
The Wilk Ne pour.
Ereck-cooi. cioad- d-sshlte.
Assaaees ssore than thiyst.
II u he stsspse door
where ~ are rsea,
who fosrMeped through TIE MIGHT
rhs vsifose Nseadosp Asrs
Hes sssde . circle deep
Whsrefn 10 stdy,
THO royscers meeting s9atS
Ypun q snzsHser day.
cara VAN ALSTYNE ALLEN.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
The Geneva Toriff PorIey
BIZ Gould Lincols
rom the London Daily impress.

FROM the London Daily Express.
What folly that Sir Stafford Cripps
should 60 of to Geneva to pursue the
faded old rainbow Of world free trade.
when here at his doorstep is the reality
Of Empire trade and Empire develop.
mentl But the Government has signed.
We are all committed to thcss ill-
omened discussions. No escape. fuk
America, m escape clause that operates
rs soon as any tarin concession Is shows
ain. no loophole. Once Imperial Prefsxs
ence goes. 1t cannot be rebuilt. Whist
Ne give, We cannot take back.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
This and That.
!. By Charles Z. .TraceDell.

Templeton Jones Is beginning to doubt
his ability to learn.
Only recently he was very much
pleased with himself in this respect.
Had he not learned his lesson, as they
say, when he refused to kill mouse
In the waste paper basket at the of1ce?
Something told him, let us say an
inner light, that to kill . mouse ANY
thing-mnecessarily-was to court the
danger which some one. once called the
Malign Influence.
This Malign influence has many
names, In world history, but always 1t
seems to work in much the same way.
It is as If Great Ear were listening
somewhere, to catch the first sound OF
q boast.
II q man is well pleased with himself,
for the moment, and dares to say So
That is where the trouble begins!
The Influence will forgive you, II you
do not put the boast into words.
Hint ct 1t, beat al around the bush,
but do not ventcre to "wordifyp the
thought.
Then the Influence will forgive, over
look, pass by on the other side.
Just as long as you do not say it, 1t is
all right, but the moment the thing is
said, something begins to happen.
It was from this, undoubtedly, that
the old idea arose that what feared
came upon me-"
Templeton Jones had refused to kill
the mouse In the basket.
Had he said nothing about his con-
Quering the desire to kill the creature
he would have got of scot free, as the
saying is.
He made his mistake when, at various
intervals. he spoke boastingly OF his in.
crease Of common sense and the better
outlook.
II could have stepped on It," he
Dragged, "but somehow decided not to,
and / am beginning to believe that
fellow was right who said that bad
alone comes from killing"
At this point Jones, unfortunately, as
sumed righteous air.
The Malign influence heard and, hav-
ing heard, decided to do something
about 1t.
It was bright, sunny afternoon, when
Mrs. Jones suddenly called, "Help!"
Jones ran to her assistance, to find
his better half by far fighting on fe-
rocious wasp.
aHelpl" cried Mrs. Jones, taking q
swipe at the terrible creature, all Of
half an inch long.
Jones, who had his reading glasses
on. should have taken them oil.
Why he didn't, he can't tell to this
day. csHeh, heh," chortles the old
M. -
'Dont worry, my dear, I'll kill him, .
shouted Jones, assuming the attitude Of
slightly frayed warrior.
Mrs. Jones, despite her mortal fear
Of wasps, kept her sense of humor.
Remember the mouse episode!" she
screamed.
He had refrained from killing the
mouse nothing inin1ical happened
thereafter.
But now he took swing at the wasp,
and as he did 80, he knocked the glasses
Oh his nose.
He got the wasp. III right, but when
he picked up the glasses he found that
the frame was split.
q Later 1t cost him $s.75 to ret them
hxed. He blames 1t upon the WASH, of
course, but Mrs. Jones, with the con-
trnrine6s Of women, says that II he
hadn't killed the creature the glasses
wouldnt have faIlen off. and even II
they had. they wouldn't hays broken.
Evening star., 1947-05-06
EDITH T. SWING.
Four Diasenters

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your paper appears 10 b conducting
concerning daylight saving time, Tner~
appears 10 be q tendency In your eli.
torials 10 assume that I'll. er nearly all,
Government smplasea desire tAe en-
Aetlasnt ii legislation ID etsves daylight
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tasef ei sts esep~eA change,
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