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Evening star., 1948-02-16
In q Cunudiun Wilderness

We came at t,0iHght to. a sheltered Spds
ShadoUed by mountains. In that long
glen,
Great piles OF fragrant lumber stacked
place
Bespoke long Days toll by unknotn
men
who had gone home at sunset to the his,
Home to their simple cabins and thr
:,,o, sees
And all the eager interest that flls .-~-
The little span OF busy human HUes
These 1oere my brothers. Sudden 1gonIer
came
Upon me in that silent, dusky pood-
Brothers that t0ould never call By name,
whose honest 1Oork proclaimed t1eTs
strong and good.
The strangeness haunts me stilLot on'e-
thing lost,
Something that brushed my sptrt, oas
passed By;
Convergtug paths OF lite that neuer ctosseo'
Sensed In that solitude, ! noU MT Dhy.
INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Farm Support Prices

Senator Taft lost no stature as man
of courage when he told a Nebraska
farm audience that If the Government
is to stay in the business of supporting
farm prices it ought to be done at figure
much lower than the present 90 per
cent of parity.
This so-called floor under farm prices
was erected during the war as an incen-
tive to farm production. 1t has little
meaning when farm prices are high, as
has been the case during and since the
war. IF the recent trend downward should
continue, however, the support program
would acquire new meaning for the farmer
and, to say the least, Senator Taft cannot
be accused of trying to "buy" the farm vote
when he advocates cut in the percentage
figure.
The farm price support program is a
complicated thing First the parity must
be computed. The parity price of COM
modify is determined by fixing ratio
between the price of what the farmer sells
and what he buys, and 1t goes up or down
as the prices OF nonfarm goods rise or fall.
Once the parity price of product has
been f1xed the Government is obligated by
law to support the farmers price for that
product at 80 per cent of the parity figure.
This Is done in two ways. The farmer
borrows 80 per cent of the parity value Of
his crop from the Government. Then he
may either hold the crop until the market
price goes up, at which time he repays the
loan with three per cent interest, or he
may simply turn the crop over to the Gov
ernment, in which event the loan becomes
a purchase price paid by the Government.
Even with the current downward trend
in the commodity market, the prices of
most farm goods still are above the level
at which the Government would have to
step In and support prices. But If the
trend continues the support price formula
is going to become operative, and if at that
time Senator Taft revives his appeal for
lowered floor under farm prices he will
have established himself beyond doubt as
a man of truly rare political courage.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Stars, Men and Atoms
First Atomic Power Plant
Is Years Off, GE Reports
Company Describes Development of
Bomb Easy in Comparison
By Thomas X. Henry

The world must wait many years for atomic
energy. It will be several years. at best, before
even small pilot plant can be put in operation.
This Is the verdict Of the General Electric
Co., which has carried on most Of the. atomic
energy development work for the Government
and Is setting up a $20,000,00o laboratory to
continue its researches.
There remain enormous theoretical and engi-
neering hurdles to be crossed before any wheels
are turned by atomic power, the companys
scientists announce. The atomic bomb, de-
veloped by an expenditure of $4,000, 900 900 and
concentration Of the best scientific brains In
the world, was relatively simple compared to
any engine capable Of harnessing the enormous
power let loose In the explosion Of the atom.
A small-scale pilot plant Is even now on
the horizon. But, says q company report.
st will be many more years before the first
full-scale plant begins to function"
Fuel Is Major Problem.
Most of the research work looking to utilizaA
ton Of atomic power remains classified What
ever develops necessarily is closely allied TO
the production of bigger and better bombs,
although the latter objective has not been In
the minds of the research workers. Some of
the major problems, however, can be listed.
One Is the type Of fuel to use. It is by no
means likely that this will be plutonium, the
synthetic element which proved ideal for one
grand explosion. There has been q constant
effort to find something in which 1t is possible
to set up a chain reaction but which will be
easier to control.
A second major problem is to find suitabls
moderator" The chain reaction-that Is, the
explosion of one atom by another-is produced
by neutrons released in each atomic fission.
and pass by neighboring atoms without ex-
ploding them. They must be slowed down by
passing through some substance such as
graphite or heavy water. This is the "modera-
tor" and presumably something quite differ
ent will be required for an atomic engine than
for an atomic bomb.
Cooling Fluid Needed.
Probably the most difficult Of all the problems
posed by the General Electric engineers Is
that of finding suitable cooling fluid for an
atomic engine. There must be something to
carry away the heat generated, which other
wise will melt any known container. Sons
molten metal, like steel, has been suggested to
take the place occupied by water in an auto
mobile radiator.
Solution of these problems is matter of
back-breaking work for the scientists. It In
wolves fundamental research in fields ap-
parently far removed from atomic energy It
self. Besides there Is no great pressure for
an atomic energy engine. 1t would now be
of value only for highly specialized purposes
such as the production Of power In polar
regions The power obtained probably always
will be very expensive so long as the necessary
starting elements are uranium and thorium.
There Is no prospect that these elements will
not continue to be relatively rare.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Orchestra Campaign Plea

To the Editor Of The star:
1t seems strange to me that more people
don't realize that the National Symphony Is
in peril and needs support right now.
Why doesn't Congress give it a little boost?
Mrs Lodge and Mrs Clark did.
Who but Dr. Hans Kinder would have
started such a gigantic undertaking and who
could have interested such fine lot Of people
but Just himself alone? The orchestra Office
workers don't know what hours are. Twelve
o'clock at night is Just like noon to them.
Well, It's now or never. It's up to the
public right now. A SYMPHONY FRIEND.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Communism a World Menace

To the Editor of The Star:
In q cooperative democracy laws are en-
acted for the purpose Of preserving the rights
of the sovereign citizen. In the autocratic
state laws are promulgated with the object
of enabling those who hold the power further
to subject the people to their will. This is a
profound difference. Under the one system the
people exist for the state and under the other
the state exists for the people. The former
system breeds fear, the latter confidence.
More than 100 years have elapsed since
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels issued the
Communist Manifesto and later Das Kapital
was published, predicting the collapse of cap
italism. Now the Communists of Russia have
launched one of the most drastic political.
moral and economic wars of all history.
Only short period of time has merged into
history since Moscow celebrated its eight hun
dreth anniversary. During that event Stain
delivered a stirring Grafton and was reported
to have said: mo matter what the rest of the
world thinks about the Russian example Mos
COW is the symbol of a crusade to make the
world into the Communist image"
Beyond the Western Hemisphere, so 1t seems,
there are few places in the world today where
the orderly continuity of society can be taken
for granted Said Sir Francis Morgan: "The
ShaQoW OF the IRON CuItdll 1dliS upoh tiiehi
like the shadow of the pit" Evidently, there
is plan to divide Europe. diplomat OF
rank asserts that civilization can resume its
march only when totaltarianism of every
color has been exterminated.
The belief is expressed: IF we are to see
this war through we must take responsibility
for nothing less than the restoration of eco
nomic hope and self-respect to all OF Europe,
East and West indeed, to all the world" And
it is important too for us as Americans to
realize the source of our success, and not be-
come sympathetic toward philosophy that
would wreck the American way of life, causing
distress at home and extending to other ma
tions of the world. WALTER I. PRIEST.
Bluemont, Va.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

cruelty suffer from an almost unbearable tax
burden will not be touched by the community
clause, while those with incomes over $1,000
will enjoy the savings Of the many and in
addition will secure sizable reductions in their
tax bills.
1t Should be possible for the Treasury to
annul the advantages now had by these purse
proud individuals of the community States. II
not, these pampered few may be able by legis-
lation or judicial construction to secure fur
ther tax reductions, thus making impossible or
at least delaying tax justice for the majority.
The many want no tax favors. But they
are justified in their demand that tax legisla-
ton should favor, where possible, the majority
rather than a comparatively few middle class
citizens. SAMUEL SALOMAN.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Favors Tax Relief for Majority

o
We learn that to secure the necessary Demo-
cratic support to override the almost certain
presidential veto of the pending tax measures
it will be necessary to shave down the ex-
pected Treasury loss from six and half bill
lions to four billions or thereabouts.
It seems not to have occurred to our legis-
lative solons that not only elimination Of the
community clause but bringing the IL COM
munity States into accord with the other 36
would result in a saving of at least billion.
The general public enormously is OF opinion
that, with the community proposition In gen.
eral effect, it must result In tax savings by all
and sundry. The unpleasant fact is that such
savings will 60 only to fortunate minority.
And that is the immoral feature OF our
present taxation muddle. The many VINO
Evening star., 1948-02-16
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

@. Please give the area and population OF
the two states in Palestine as determines In
the United Nations Palestine partition plan.
u. L. G.
A. The plan provides for the formation Of
three new entities by october /: The Arab
state with an area of 45OO square miles and
a population of 100000 Arabs and 10000 Jews;
the Jewish state with an area Of $500 square
miles and population of $4,000 Arabs and
$4,000 Jews; the enclave of Jerusalem with
an area of 289 square miles and population
of 10000 Arabs and 100000 Jews
Q. What is Photographic film coating made
of?-R. M. D.
A. Film coating is made of tiny crystals oi
a chemical, silver bromide, embedded in gelat
tin. The gelatin is obtained by boiling clipping
from calves hides in water, chilling the liqua
until it sets to jelly and drying the jelly.E
c. Which countries produce the most suga1
B. B. o.
A. The leading cane-sugar countries I
India Cuba, Java, Formosa, Brazil and Z
Philippines. The leading beet-sugar countr
are the Soviet Union, Germany, United Stat
France, and Czechoslovakia. Sugar is the nj
widely produced of all food staples.
@. Are members of the armed forces tauF
TO KNOW anu uGlllZe Gllc blcCS dlIO E1oAAVo
ing in strange countries, especially the tro1.
for their sustenance If forced down in TIP
countries?-J. F.
A. The Department of the Army says T
pamphlets concerning survival in the troTf,
the arctic, and at sea are distributed to +
sonnel which may need such information. 1
@. Is the death rate from automobile AZ
dents higher in the United States thanh
any other country?-M. A L.
A. The death rate Is higher in the imp
States than in any other country for WIN
statistics are available.
@. Who has the high run for straight bilps
(not three cushion) and who holds the reqsd?
e. A.
A. The Billiard Association of America bys
that cushion carom high-run records areIeld
in match play 1888, SO billiards by 1llie
Hoppe, in exhibition d915); 104 billfds.
Charles c. Peterson. The high average are
both held by Willie Hoppe. The high hgle
1889, 11-36; high grand average Q933S -43.
O. OF what group Of dances is the "Sir kger
de Coverley" an example?-R. OBJ
A. This is tn best-known example OF he
country or contra dance, dance in whtcnas
many couples can take part as there is sp,e
to accommodate them. The gentlemen stad
on one side and the ladies on another. re
dancers change places and lead one anotfr
back and forth and up and down. n
Evening star., 1948-02-16

grave responsibility of deciding what its
future policy will be with respect to air
power. In view of the advice it has
already received, 1t will be difficult to
justify budget cutting In this field of
national defense.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
aoriter, although 1t Is permissible for a
tDriter knoson to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye street NE. WASHINGTON 2, D. c.
Please inclose three (3) cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Letters to The Star
Why Keep Congress in the Dark?

Why Keep Congress in the Dark?
To the Editor of The Star:
Reading chapter 13 of ex-Secretary Hu1l's
memoirs, wish to make this observation and
criticism: He seems prone to lay at the feet
of one of our great statesmen the blame for
failure to repeal the Arms Embargo Act as
leading to war. This may be true, but II
SO why was our legislative body not kept
informed Of developments abroad that were
leading to war? Mr.. Hull admits having this
information. If congressman would not come
to him, why did he not go to them? He also
was servant of the people.
wish to censure the State Department
for maintaining as secret the information
which Mr.. Hull claims would have caused
Senator Borah to modify his views.
Where then was the freedom of press and
speech we preach to the rest Of the world2
The true facts of the matter might be
boiled down to these simple words: Too
much secrecy in the whole F. D. r. admins
tration. Conferences, commitments on things
we taxpayers may yet have to learn about.
DELMER G. WRIGHT.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
George H. Price Dies
Az Home in Bethesda

T George Hamilton Price, So, Office
manager of the Air Duct Installa-
ton Co., Inc, died yesterday at his
home, 4706 Rosedale avenue, Be-
thesda, after three weeks illness.
Mr.. Price was born in Bealeton,
Va. He came to Washington as a
young man and. was in the insur-
ance business for more than 80
years. He was Washington repre-
sentative for the Fidelity g. De-
posit Co.
Later Mr.. Price was office man
ager of the Washington National
Laundry and the Polish Supply Mis-
sion before he became affiliated with
the Air Duct Co. in Bethesda.
He was chairman of deacons o1
the Bethesda First Baptist Church
a charter member of the East Be.
thesda Citizens Association and 9
member of the Knights of Pythias.
! Survivors are his widow, Mrs
Gertrude Deland Price; two daugh.
ters, Miss Elizabeth Deland Price
and Mrs. David G.. Whitten o.
Bethesda; two sisters, Mrs. Fannie
Cole and Mrs. Walter E. Burke, ane
brother, o. M. Price, all of Beale'
ton.
Funeral services will be held al
2:30 pm. Wednesday at the William
Reuben Humphrey funeral home
7557 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda
Burial will be in Glenwood Gene.
terry.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Oil Shortage Danger
Cited by ForrestaI
By the Associoted Press

Secretary of Defense Forrestal
said today military and civilian
petroleum needs for "a major war
effort" would exceed prospective
domestic production by at least
100000 barrels daily. ~
Testifying before a House Armed
Services subcommittee studying the
general petroleum situation, Secre-
tary Forrestal urged development of
submerged coastal and Alaskan oil
areas, and encouragement of pro-
grams for production of oil from
coal and oil shale. He said:
"The maximum military require
ments of petroleum in the event of
a war emergency are now estimated
nearly to be double the require
ments of World War H."
Essential civilian requirements, he
added, "are anticipated to be appre-
ciably higher than during the last
war"
Mr.. Forrestal said daily average
oil production for the United States
last year was slightly more than
5 ,000,0 900 barrels, and added:
Emergency demands for petro-
leum, therefore, would require Unit
ed States production to be stepped
up by at least 40 per cent, or would
require heavy reliance by us upon
foreign oil"
Evening star., 1948-01-19
A-16"ssTHE EVENING STAR, washington, b. C.
JANUARY ~
100000 Tenants
Need Rent Control,
Senate Probers Told
Rx the As,oeiaisd Press

Ray Sawyer. legislative director OF
Amvets, said today 16,00o. 900 tenants
in this country need the continued
protection of rent control until the
construction of new rental housing
units has caught up with the
demand"
Mr.. Sawyer told a Senate Banking
Subcommittee the present Federal
rent control law should be extended
for year beyond February 20. the
date it is now scheduled to expire.
Because building costs are so high,
he testified, the amount of new con-
struction designed for rent has
fallen to about 10 per cent of the
total, as compared with a prewar
20 per cent.
Supply Drying Up.
Thus at time of unprecedented
demand, with 100000 veterans re-
turning from war, the supply of new
rental housing has been drying up,
Mr.. Sawyer said.
He urged also that Congress, If it
extends the rent control law, apply
some kind of controls over approx
imately 100000 rental units for
which voluntary leases boosting the
rent IS per cent were signed under
the present law.
Such leases, to extend through
this year, were provided in the law
which became effective last July /.
The units covered, however. are no
longer subject to Federal controls if
the tenant who signed the lease
moves out
Mr.. Sawyer said this. provision
will act as an inducement to some
landlords to evict present tenants SO
that they can increase rentals with
out restriction
Hearings to Continue.
1t may be three weeks before
Congress makes its decision on ex-
tension of the controls.
Senator Cain, Republican, of
Washington, chairman of the sub
committee, told reporters he looks
for the hearings to run through this
month.
Then, he said, he hopes to lay
compromise bill before the full
committee by February S.
Rent hearings have not yet start
ed on the other side of the Capitol,
but Senator Cain said he and Chair
man Wolcott of the House Banking
Committee will discuss the subject
this week
Congress already has received a
number of individual proposals for
extending rent ceilings beyond
February 20. All have been referred
to the two banking committees.
Senators Ives, Republican, of New
York, and Baldwin, Republican, of
Connecticut, announced plans to in
troduce bill today to extend cur
rent controls to June 80, 1949, and,
at the same time, restore price lids
to residential hotel accommodate tionS.
Evening star., 1948-01-19

husband, Boulden M. Rank. wal
struck by the bus. The Rank car
police said. had been proceeding
west on. Benning road, but had been
stopped by line Of traffic.
The rank car was pushed into the
vehicle ahead which struck the car
next ahead.
Casualty Hospital officials de-
scribed Mrs. Ranks condition as
good. They said John v. Galloway,
As, colored, Of 5211 Jay street NE,
a passenger In the bus, was released
after treatment for a hip injury
Police listed the bus driver as Ar
thur r. Wade, 80, Of 1725 Bay street
Sc.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Benning Road Tied Up
AS Bus, 3 Cars Collide

Rush hour traffic on Benning
road NE. near the Kingnan Lake
bridge was tied up briefly this
morning by an accident involving
three cars and a Capital Transit
bus. Two persons were injured.
Police said Mrs. Estella Rank, 38,
of 1904 Cheverly avenue. Cheverly.
Md, suffered possible head injuries
and injuries to both legs when the
car in which she was riding with her
Evening star., 1948-01-19

fen from . scafIold on q house in
Jefferson Village, Falls Church,
Arlington Hospital reported. The
hospital said he was hurt about the
head.
An employe of w. K Doyle. Falls
Church contractor, Mr.. Cleveland
Evening star., 1948-01-19

was working on q house on West
moreland street. Fellow workmen
said he fell one story.
He lives at Camp Washington,
near Fairfax, with his wife and one
child. He came from North Caro-.
lima about two months ago.
Evening star., 1948-01-19
Carpenter Hurt in FuIl
AT jefferson Village

Wendell Cleveland, about IS, q
carpenter, was critically injured
shortly before noon today when he
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Reporters Hold
"RuII Session"
At Club Ebony
BY JAMES y. HICKS

NEW YORK. (NNPA)- Floyd
Nelson. the long time public
relations expert. threw a press
party for visiting newSmen at
the Broadway Club Ebony dur
ing fight week and it being a
typical ncwsman's party with
the usual shortage of women. the
newshawks Immediately fell in
TO a discussion Of their second
fsvorite topic, their own news
stories (Their first topic Of dis
cusSion is always women)
BY the time that every news
man present had attempted TO
convince the others that he
should win the Willkie Award
or the Spingarn medal for his
great stories in the interest of
better race relations. someone
began TO insist that Marion
Jackson OF the Atlanta Daily
World say a few words.
Jackson then modestlY told
of some of his hair raising ex-
periences in covering the on
the scene activities of the Ku
Klux Khan in Georgia and
other points south.
After he spoke there was
respectful silence. Nobody, par
ticularly the New York report
ers. wanted 10 talk about their
small work when combat vet
eran was in their presence.
LAUD REPORTERS
When you make your living
rewriting handouts from public
relations men you just don't be-
long in the same league with
these guys who are actually out
there reporting on the firing
line in the field Of race rela-
tions. Pardon us while we drink
TO guys like Marion Jackson.
Percy Green and the rest of that
crowd down there who have TO
sometimes lay low for a few
days after their stories hit the
streets.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17
Candy Johnson Moves Into End Place Behind King Porter
DRuMs.cALoRE

George Jenkins is the
with licks to spare who !.
for some time now been slayiss
the blow top crowd around to~s
when they step in the door
the Frolic Show Bar. Have v'
heard George play Sing. SIM
or Lover in which he tats
one of those long breath.takiS,
drum solos? When he ,,s-.
playing the crowds hold tbs''
breath and by the time hi,
through he's wet with persniT.
tion and the crowd need a ann
DO YOU DRINK
So IL you're not drinkir,r
man and you still insist on sea
ing jenkins, you'd better tas,
your teething ring with YOU q
you'll have something 10 Cher
upon when jenkins makes il bo
for you.
WHEN you DON'T PAY. You
MUST STAY
Dg Aiit way WHIT SdN pf
out and have a nice time mes,
it. but know you as well as
know. that to have grand
time you must take along YOU,
own moo-laa so as to duck N,
embarrassment OF not being adj,
TO foot your bill.
Don't ever lei il be said that
you drank and drank. and
when the little lady Of ireu
came trudging by 10 make her
boss happy. your loot couldn't
be found. WhY7 Because the
pocket was flat when first you
entered the place that i've
built: in this case. Club e
Slno. And don't be un hip
when the man or waiiressss
ask you 10 leave your hat
and coat. Just that happened
al the above club last week
No doubt the chicks with the
cats were slightly peeved.'
Wouldn't you have been7
See you next week meantime
III see YOU around the circuit
So look out for me.
The Detroit tribune., 1948-07-17

Our man Van has closed the gap
between himself and Jack
which has existed since first this
contest began, and now We find
these two battling il out for the
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