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Evening star., 1948-03-08
On the Record
Czech Fate Proves Democracy
Must Defend Itself with Power

struments, the will Of the people
ceases utterly to function. The state
alone has the power, the force, by
which q revolution can be con-
summated, all opposition crushed
and every courageous mouth sill
enced. Let those stupid people who
asked why the Germans did not
rebel" now ask themselves why
the overwhelming non Communist
majority of the Czech people do not
|rebel-and why they are rushing to
join the Communist Party.
The force of the state must be at
all times on the side of the people S
freedom and be used ruthlessly
against all totalitarian enemies; or,
by using the political means of the
democratic state, the totalitarians
will enter it to turn It's force against
the people.
Democracy is either q positive
philosophy determined to defend
itself at all costs, or it is not govern
ment at all.
The Czech republic did not fall
on February 23. It fell the day it
made a coalition with the Commu-
nists and turned over to them its
defenses. From that moment it
existed only on sufferance Of the
Communist faction.
BY the agreements made among
the United States, Britain and the
Soviet Union, liberated" European
states were encouraged and indeed
compelled to take Communists into
their governments. Thus peace
among the great powers rested on
the sacrifice of the internal and ex-
ternal security Of the small. But
the sacrifice Of their security now
threatens the security of Britain
and the United States.
The Marshall Plan Is an attempt
and only partial attempt-to
recover that security. 1t is essen
tial that 1t be Immediately passed
and with no strings attached to 1t In
the form Of military alliances. 1t
amounts only to a lease on time
during which a new Europe may
perhaps be created. To let it down
would bring immediate world ca
tastrophe. But the concept of a
western union" requires much
clearer thinking and much more
brilliant diplomacy than has yet
been accorded it. And 1t will not
be created by dollars, but by will
and by power.
| (Released By The Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1948-03-08
By Dorothy THOMPSON

When Gen. Wedemeyer said on
Thursday, You can't stop force
with money" he told a harsh truth.
The downfall of freedom In Czech
Evening star., 1948-03-08

can Congress in civil rights mat
ters to help turn the South home.
Defending this wait-and-see at
titude, party leaders declare they
are in no condition at present to
make effective threats or promises.
All the energy is being displayed
by the Southern rebels and the
wallace Party who are encouraged
by the shellshock in washington.
wallace aides are increasingly vocal
about their intent to displace the
Democrats as a major party In 81.
The Southerners plan f1libusters
and hint at attacks on President
Truman as a personal hypocrite
in civil rights.
Truman Seen as Southerner.
From the start, that personal
aspect has ranked Southern men,
bers of Congress. They say that
the President is a Missourian, that
he and his family actually think
and behave as southerners do with
respect to Negroes. The Roose-
velts were given credit for practic-
ing the misguided notions that they
preached.
The advice has been given to
Evening star., 1948-03-08

q reason wholly Henry McLemers.
incomprehensible to me, to break
me of the habit of reading other
peoples mail, my wife pulled q
scurvy trick.
She got a friend Of ours to write
her a long and slushy love letter.
I read 1t with q great deal OF in
terest, especially the parts where he
referred to what big fool the two
of them were making of me. The
last paragraph. however, read,
We'll, Henry, the next time you
put your nose into something that
isn't your business, I hope it's q
bear trap"
Letter is Planted.
1t takes more than that to break
me of my kindly habits, though,
and this morning as I was read
ing Jeans mail 7 was highly re-
warded by finding a questionnaire
sent her by the Market Research
Associates. I don't know M. r. A.
personally, but they certainly must
be a nosy little group Of men, and
it will give me great pleasure to
answer the questions they asked.
What questions, too!
How often does she entertain
during the year? How many in
formal dinners, formal dinners, buf-
fet suppers and afternoon teas, and
what is the average number Of
guests? Does she have full-time
servants or part-time help, and how
many china dishes does she have
and how many porcelain?
And that's not all. They want to
know If her silverware is sterling OF
plate, and if she chose it herself.
Listen here, Market Research As
sociates, here is my answer to all
your questions:
It's none OF your business.
Satisfied With Lot.
What If hadn't thoughtfully in
tercepted your letter, and my wife
had gotten hold Of it,? Why she'd
be in tears by now. For years she
has been happy with the odd COL
lection of crockery that we set the
table with. I don't think it ever
Evening star., 1948-03-08
dawned on her to question whether

dawned on her to question whether
it was China or not.
The same goes for our silver. Shes
awfully proud Of it. Many q time
I have heard her say, when she
was setting the table for special
guests, that We would use the
spoons from the Jefferson Hotel In
st. Louis, the knives from the
Ansley in Atlanta, the forks from
the Beverly-Wilshire, the butter
knives from the New York Central
Railroad and the c. and O., and
the coffee pot from the st. Francis
in San Francisco.
To answer the question as tc
whether she chose these things 70,
herself or not, the answer Is some
of the smaller articles, yes. Most o1
the larger things, however, were my
handiwork.
Now, Market Research Associates
let me ask you a question.
Have you any decent, honest
reason for trying to get all this
information, or are you in league
with a band of burglars?
Distributed BY MeNausht Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-03-08


ate rearmament of the Western
European countries and China.
If the administration will tell
Congress without mincing words
the whole truth about the explosive
situation in the world and expose
the political and, particularly, the
military moves of Russia, there is
little doubt in the minds of many
members that the program would
be passed without delay.
When the Marshall Plan was first
conceived last June, the assumption
of its originators was that I'VE could
buy peace" Some of the inveterate
optimists who are advising the Sec
retary of State shared their view
and convinced the Secretary that
at least some of the satellite coun-
tries would jump at the chance OF
getting free American dollars.
Cooperation Was Expected.
Our entire postwar foreign policy
was based on the premise that
Russia would loyalty collaborate
with us in an effort to reconstruct
the world. The diplomatic setbacks
we had suffered throughout the
war and since WI Day did not dis
may the Government.
The Marshall Plan was intended
to be a major attempt to bring
Russia in the path Of collaboration
It was difficult for men who since
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Democratic Party Drifts
No Evidence Seen of Constructive Effort
Even by President, to Solve Problems

the President by Mrs. Roosevelt
among others that the current
trend toward defeatism can only
be halted by an aggressive fight
for his program, but he is sitting
tight too.
There has been some reaction ot
sympathy for him here where his
limitations are most clearly under
stood. It is felt that he was al
ready fighting out of his weight anc
that had this not been so clearly
apparent, the southerners would no
have jumped on him with hobnailee
boots. 1t is asserted that they die
not dare do 1t to. Mr.. Roosevelt anc
the more cynical add that theil
fervor grew after Mr.. Wallace made
it clear that the old gravy trair
was pulling to a halt.
Tactics are Criticized.
The southerners reply that Mr.
Roosevelt Clipped away at civi
rights in a diffuse manner difficult
VI COtIlDdGJ GlldO M2' IL AlAoIA Aok
made a headlong, inclusive assault
at dangerous time, an. election
year with Republican Congress ir
power. They add the complaint
that he is not sincere.
There are signs that the Republi-
cans are maneuvering to wiring the
last ounce of political capital Out
of the civil rights row by some fancy
footwork on the segregation and
FEPC bills which are the most
controversial. The test Of Republi-
can intent will come with a fill
buster.
The suggestion that what the
Democrats now need is another
candidate for President Is met by
all objective quarters with the re-
port: Name three-or just one
Any harmony candidate would be
caught in all the present dilemmas;
any factional representative would
be hardly stronger than the Presi-
dent, If as strong.
Evening star., 1948-03-08

panded by the Dorothy Thompson
Germans, considerably self-suffci-
ent in food, and having an eager
market East and West for her in
dustria1 products. Czechoslovakia
had full employment, an optimistic
spirit, and a bright outlook. Her
governmental system was the envy
even of Soviet satellites. Only a
year ago the Polish premier, Josef
Cyrankiewicz, and the Communist
chief of the Polish Information
Service, Victor Gross, told me, "Our
post war ideal is Czechoslovakia."
Czechoslovakia fell because she
had entrusted the defense of the
state to men subject to the control
of another state. She was, there
fore, entirely defenseless both in
ternally and externally. The richest
and greatest power on earth-the
United States-would, were its gov.
ernment posts In similar hands, be
equally defenseless.
The lesson to be learned from
Czechoslovakia, as we should have
learned long ago from Germany ano
others, is that democracy is sys.
tenn which must be defended by
power. It cannot protect itself by
its own mere functioning. Popular
government-based on the right o1
all the people, regardless of class
to participate through elected repre-.
sentatives, form parties, strik,
through them q balance Of inter
ests, and rule through politica
ma ajorities while protecting tn,
right Of political minorities peri
odically to challenge the majority
cannot tolerate the entrance int
government Of totalitarian parties
whether or not they are, at tht
same time, partisans of another
state.
In the modern world the state
only can be overthrown by the in.
struments of the state itself. Once
enemies of the very concept Of the
state are in control of state in
Evening star., 1948-03-08
.clemore
Tells Of Adventures
In Reading Wife's Moil
By Henry McLem ore

never open my wife's mail. That
is, not unless I get hold of it first.
In that case like to feel that am
relieving her of the tiresome manual
Evening star., 1948-03-08
Bv Constantine Brown

Dy y NUWoFUHtFWC Ut O""
The European Recovery Program
has hit some snags In the Senate
not so much because of the attitude
of the so-called "irreconcilables" but
Evening star., 1948-03-08

naClOndl COH-
m / t t e e o r
among the party
bosses, is there
evidence of con-
structive effort
to solve tn e
troubles tina t
amict them.
Just as they
hope that Rus
sia's actions
eventually will
dissuade Henry
Wallace, t h e
Democrats rely
on the actions
- 4h~ pen,,h1i.
Evening star., 1948-03-08

labor of Sitting
open an enve-
lope and saving
her possible eye
strain by read
ing what her
correspo n d e n t
has to say.
Only once did
this Thoughtful
little habit of
mine cause an
angry flush to
rise to my usu-
ally pale and
manly counten-
ance. Trying, for
- renea~ u,hnllx,
Evening star., 1948-03-08

because its spon-
sors in the Gov
ernment and in
the Foreign Re-
lations Commit
tee still hesitate
to call 1t frankly
q war prepared
ness measure.
Under existing
on d itions in
Europe and Asia
it has become
obvious that a
large portion OF
the fund will
have to be used
for the immedi-
Evening star., 1948-03-08

oSlovakia h a d
no e con m / c
causes whatever.
Czechosl o v q k s
were not starv-
ing. The coun-
try was. as Eu-
rope goes, ex-
ceptionally pros
porous. Spared
almost entirely
the devastations
Oh WaT, HlneTlU-
ing an almost
/ n t a C t plant
which actually
had been eX-
Evening star., 1948-09-30

TURIN, ITALY
The celebrated vermouths of
Martini & Rossi, famous the
world over, are once again
being shipped from Italy in
the distinctive Martini & Rossi
large bottle.
Distributed by
RENTIELD IMP OR 7
Evening star., 1948-09-30
| 29 Accordions
| Sued by u. S.
| After Seizure

The United States yesterday
afternoon brought suit in District
Court against % accordions.
Also named defendants" in the
suit were one package of accordion
straps, two packages of spare parts
and two trunks.
The accordions were brought into
this country illegally, without pay
ment of duty, and were seized by the
collector of customs here in Decem-
ber. 1947, the suit says. The suit
asks the court to declare the mus
ical instruments and the other items
forfeited to the Government.
The suit Is against the accordions
themselves and not against any per-
son. The seized articles are held in
the Customs House here in George
town, it was said.
Evening star., 1948-09-30

Experts in the art Of prepar.
ing cocktails, as well as experts
in the art of enjoying them,
have long known that genuine
Martini & Rossi vermouth Is
the true secret of matchless
Martins and Manhattans.
Evening star., 1948-09-30
After Dark
"Honey.Colored" Voice
Takes Downward Pitch

set for about o:45 o'clock tonight.
Purveyor of the exceedingly tune
full message" will be Nan Garcia
singer with a honey colored'
voice, who is returning for her sec
ond engagement at the Pennsyl-
vania avenue spot.
Just what a honey colored" voice
is we're not sure. Before we coulc
Evening star., 1948-09-30

and public buildings in this 216-
year-old community will be on dis
play. Funds raised will be used by
the foundation to promote a con-
tinuation of art and handicraft
studies.
The exhibits, which include lamp
shades, furniture, rugs. quilts, food,
toys and various other gift items
will be shown all three afternoons.
Square dancing and concerts by the
Waterford Choral Club will be held
each afternoon also.
Evening star., 1948-09-30
Waterford Foundation
Exhibit Opens Tomorrow
sneeial pisnoteh 10 The star

Special Dispoteh 10 The Ster
WATERFORD, Va, Sept. 30
The 5th annual exhibit of the Wa
terford Foundation will open to-
morrow and continue through SUM-
day evening.
Exhibits are of arts and crafts
and some of the restored homes
Evening star., 1948-09-30

There's a Message From Garcia
scheduled to be delivered twice
nightly at the Pail Mall Room of
the Hotel Raleigh for the next two
weeks, with the initial transmission
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

covered, it will be necessary to in
crease the number of birds in the
inbred lines in order that the cross
will be commercially useful Some
inbreds may perform exceptionally
well in a cross but reproduce very
poorly as an inbred line. Such an
inbred would not be the most de-
sirable for commercial use, since it
would be difficult to produce the
large numbers of chickens necessary
for commercial application. The
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

isn't conspicuously
marked and rallied
off. Many people
have been buried
alive by cave-ins
so don't w o r k
alone when clean
ing out a well
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

point is that reasonably good repro
duction is also necessary in the in
bred stock.
Slower Than Corn
1t will take longerto produce good
hybrid chickens than it did good
hybrid corn. Brother-sister mating
is the fastest method of inbreeding
in animals. 1t takes about three gen.
erations of full brother-sister mat
ings in chickens to get as much in
breeding as one obtains through the
first generation of ~inbreeding in
corn.
Corn breeders feel that an inbred
line may be considered so only after
at least four generations of selling.
1t would require IL generations of
full brother and sister matings to
get the same amount of i~nbreeding
in chickens. The poultry people are
not convinced that they will have to
60 this far to get a line inbred
enough to be useful for crossing
purposes.
A hybrid is superior if it shows a
high and consistent level of per-
Torrance year in and year out. The
main elements of performance are
egg production, INABILITY, egg quail
ity and meat quality, but immediate
goals in chicken breeding are to get
hens that lay more eggs and that
live better.
The average Iowa farm flock lays
about 100 eggs for each bird that is
housed in the fall. There are only
a comparatively few flocks that
average 200 eggs. The average to-
day is probably a couple of dozen
more eggs than it was 20 years ago.
One of the reasons why the aver
age production on a henhoused basis
is so low is that many of the birds
die. Keeping the poultry flock alive
and healthy is a real problem. We
need to breed for better Inability
because for some diseases such as
leukosis we have nc other means of
control. In many flocks leukosis is
the cause of half or more of the
total mortality.
The development of strains which
are resistant to the leukosis COM
pick has been shown to be possible.
Perhaps by intensifying the gene
tic resistance through inbreeding and
using this stock for line crossing,
we will control this disease as well
as others. 1t is obvious that if we
can breed chickens that live better
they should lay more eggs. 1t is pos
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15
You Can Bet Your
SWeet Life

49,. someone will fall down that
well, cistern or pit if the opening
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15
Will the Hen of the Future
Be a Hybrid!
By ARNE w. NORDSKOG, Iosua Stae College

A RE WE headed for hybrid
- Chickens revolution in breed
ing methods such as came about in
corn a few years back?
Hybrid chickens are being pro-
duced and sold in increasing num-
bers. There is no doubt that good
chickens can be produced by hybrid
breeding methods. Many farm
flocks have shown remarkably high
egg production. This method of
breeding holds a great deal of prom
Use to raise to a new high level the
production and efficiency of our
poultry flocks.
In spite of all this, we must still
consider this method of breeding
poultry experimental. Whether hy-
brid chickens will do in the hen
house what hybrid corn has done in
the field is a matter of speculation.
A large number of controlled expert
mental comparisons will be needed
to clearly decide the issue.
The reason we can't say that n.y.
bridization is the final word in flu
ture breeding is that it must prove
itself conclusively superior to pres
ent methods of breeding. Family Sc
lection, progency testing, closed
flocks breeding and strain crossing,
which are the tools of our poultry
breeders today, have already been
proved scientifically sound. 1t is
known what can be accomplished
with them.
What Is a HYbrid7
The term hybrid has been used in
poultry advertising for a number of
years to designate crossbred chick
ems. Hybrid will be used here to
mean crosses involving inbred lines.
The terms incross hybrid and in
crossbred hybrid have been pro-
posed to indicate crosses of inbred
lines within the same breed and be-
tween different breeds.
To most people the term hybrid
has a superior meaning. This is per-
haps due in part to the good results
obtained with hybrid corn. Just be-
cause a chicken is a hybrid and
m from parents which ere in
bred does not necessarily that
it is good. It does not follow that
all hybrids are better than all chick
ems which are not hybrids.
In the development of commercial
hybrid corn varieties, plant breeders
discarded many inbreds and crosses
among them which were mediocre
or inferior. Likewise, one can expect
many poor or mediocre performing
hybrid combinations of chickens
and only a few outstanding ones
when comparisons are made with
good performing present day non
hybrid strains.
Why Inbreed7
Inbreeding is a means of purifying
the genetic constitution of a flock
1t doesn't in itself add anything. The
publication process tends to intensi-
fly the good and bad characters. In.
breeding may be thought of as {
rapid form of pure breeding. After
inbred lines are developed, better
control over the heredity of a flocl
is possible.
The outstanding characteristic o.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

officially for use with automatic twins-
tying pickup balers, such as the McCor-
mick-D eering No. 50-T and the nev
No. As.
This Irvine Is treated with insect and
rodent repellent, and against mildew
and rot. Yet, the natural aroma of hay
and straw i not affected. This twins ,
strong, averaging 27O-pound tensile
strength. 1t is made from carefully ~
lected long fiber. 1t runs freely without
tang1ing and comes in q convenient
4O-pound, 2-ball package.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

. This year, your international Har-
vester dealer is in the best position he
has been in for several years to supply
you with III BALER TWINE. The same
is true of III BINDER TwINE.
So estimate your needs now, and place
your order for this dependable product,
manufactured by INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER in our own Irvine mill.
One ball Of baler Irvine will tie approx
mate1y $50 bales of hay or straw.
International Ba1er Irvine i made sps-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1948-05-15

point is that reasonably good repro
duction is also necessary in the in
bred stock.
Evening star., 1948-05-26
La Motta, Due Here
Tomorrow, Will Hold
Public Workouts

Jake La Motta, who boxes Ken
Stribling at Griff1th Stadium next
Monday night, will arrive in Wash
ington tomorrow night and will drill
in public at Turner's Arena at
o'clock Friday and Saturday.
Jake has been training in New
York, sparring against Middleweight
Steve Belloise. Things are looking
up for La Motta, who currently is
not in the good graces of the New
York State boxing bosses. The re-
cent defeat of Marcel Cerdan,
French champ, left an opening in
the upper middleweight bracket and
La Motta might be the occupant.
He's under suspension in New York
for having concealed an injury prior
to the Billy Fox fight, but likely will
be reinstated soon.
Stribhng, a local fighter, has been
drilling at Billy Edwards gym, and
Billy Banks. his manager, says he's
already in shape.
The way some people talk" says
Billy, you'd think the only thing
Stribling is around for is to provide
a workout for La Motta. We don't
see it that way, and anybody who
doesn't think we got a chance will
be surprised. This is Stribling's big
chance and we're not going to
muff it."
Evening star., 1948-05-26
Is Robinson on His Way Out?
Rickey Noncomn1ituI on Report

Branch Hickey, president of the
Dodgers, was first annoyed by
Jackie's bloated physical pro-
portions when he reported for
training, and more recently has
expressed emphatic displeasure
with Robby's slowness, or re-
luctance, to get himself down to
his normal playing weight"
At the start of training Robin
son was we'll over 200, and Hickey
declared he should play at 185 to
1873 pounds.
Under the waiver system. clubs
send out lists of players sup
posedly available at a minimum
price of $4,000 each. If no club
in the same league presents a
claim. the owner club can deal
with club in the other major
league at an unlimited figure. The
names of players frequently are
put on the waiver list to see If
there are any nibbles, and then
promptly withdrawn.
IF the report concerning Rob-
inson is true" said Dodger Of
ficial who declined to be quoted
by name, I'VE might have sent out
his name just out of curiosity to
see who is interested.
Evening star., 1948-05-26
Hoyas End Campaign
With Victory; Terps,
Co|oniaIs Garry On

The baseball season is all over
for Georgetown University, while
George Washington and Maryland
still have important games ahead.
The Colonials will face Alabama in
the opening round of the NCAA Dis
trict playoffs at Charlotte, N. c.,
one June 10.
Todays scheduled G. W.-Virginia
game at Charlottesville was can
celed because of rain, leaving the
Colonials with a record of 13 wins
and four defeats for the regular
season.
The Terps have added four games
in the Ivy Leagues commence
ment loop" Maryland, with a rec
ord of 13 wins, 9 defeats and 2
ties, will face Rutgers at New
Brunswick, N. j., June 8: Princeton
at Princeton, June 9; Harvard at
Cambridge, Mass. June II, and
Dartmouth at Hanover, N. H.
June IL.
The Hoyas ended their season
with victory yesterday, after los
ing six straight games. Tommy
Flynn limited Loyola of Baltimore
to three hits as his mates pounded
out an 80 victory on the George
town Medical Field. He retired the
last IA battlers In row. George
town chalked up a season record OF
16 wins, 9 losses and l tie.