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Evening star., 1948-07-07
Labor Crisis in Italy

What may be major shift of allegiance
within the ranks of italian labor appears
to be under way. The present wave OF
strikes ordered by the Communist leader
Palmiro Togliatti seems to be supreme
attempt to check a trend which, II con-
tinued, would break the Communist hold
over organized labor by shattering the
alliance between Communists and left
wing Socialists that has made Communist
labor ascendancy possible.
That alliance was first challenged last
year, when the right-wing Socialists,
headed by Giuseppe Saragat, protested
Communists, Endorsed by the left-wing
Socialist leader, Pietro Nenni, who stood
for the common front" between the two
parties Finding himself in the minority
at the annual Socialist Congress, Saragat
and his followers bolted the convention
and set up a separate party pledged to
fight communism and seek the attainment
of traditional Socialist aims by constitu-
tional methods. Although, at the start,
this right-wing Socialist Party attracted
only small segment of organized labor, it
Communist workers could gather
Such Communist sentiment grew
rapidly after the parliamentary elections
last April, when the Italian people voted
in a Christian Socialist majority which
further strengthened itself by forming
coalition Cabinet including the right
wing Socialists and other moderate groups.
Anti-Communist erosion within left
wing Socialism was revealed at the recent
party congress, held at Genoa. There,
such strong opposition developed to con-
tinuance of the Common Front" policy
that Nenni's leadership is gravely COM
promised. This presumably is one of the
reasons which induced Togliatti to launch
a wave of strikes as demonstration OF
Communist authority over the workers.
However, the strikes have not been sue
cessful. the Government stands ready to
suppress violence, and the net result will
probably be a further setback to the
Communists and their Socialist fellow
travellers" To add further to Communist
worries, the quarrel between Tito and the
Cominform threatens to deprive them of
their strongest foreign ally or at least to
interrupt direct contact between them and
Moscow Meanwhile Saragat stands within
the Cabinet, ready to welcome dissatis-
Evening star., 1948-07-07

fed left-wingers to the Right side Of the
road which leads back to the evolutionary
principles Of Italian Socialism.
All in all, it looks as though the alliance
between Italian Socialists and Communists
might soon break up, with the Saragat
party becoming the majority and what
remains of the left wing losing its identity
within the Communist fold. The net re-
suit would be shrinking of Italian COM
munism to Its hard CORE" which, under
existing circumstances, need not be greatly
feared.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Boys Swininq

The river is dappled ID fecks OF green
Where the pointed lenpof ,otllofos lean;
Minnops are shuttles ofper grace
Weaving through shullotsf shadotc lace;
And the high blue root afternoon
Is hung NTH a tatteredtsp OF moon
As doDn the path OF s1onrn,ed sand
Trudge the bare bropn 1iOt the pirate
band
Inuading the quiet OF strH and tree
They shatter the stiffness p shouts OF
glee-
Shedding their brttches an iding Their
loot
OF boyhood treasure and pfed fruit
In fork and hollo10, and pr0 cache,
TO race for the first sd hendlone
splash
Their naked bodies dyc1ted slt|nd white
In sudden, wtngless ecstattc htf
JESSIE WILMoRE RToN.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
This and That
BIZ Charles +. TraceweH

The catbird came toward the back porch.
He knew, from long experience, that raisins
were there.
What he didn't know, of course was that
Penny, the cat, had just come out the back
door!
1t was a pretty rough set-up for bird.
Here he was. little fellow only few inches
high, blithely hopping up the steps for food.
Penny, on her part was simply seeking
fresh air.
A bird was the last thing she thought of; her
private opinion of birds, we feel sure, is that
they are nasty noisy things.
She had never caught one; in fact, seldom
looks at them. But this time she had to.
This time, she and the catbird met face to
face.
At the cat came to the head OF the steps the
poor bird hoped up squarely into her.
He gave q violent squawk, few straight up
into the air q foot, and then backward about
q foot.
before 4 flower.
At this point, he owed his life to the fact
that Penny is not bird catcher.
While he hung there in the air, no more
than foot from her face, she could have
stuck out paw and speared him.
She didn't
*%**
>No~-~
like flash.
He didn't come back, either.
The whole episode was comical, but surely
not to the catbird, nor to the cat.
Life with the creatures is earnest, as the
poet said.
And there is no more earnest thing alive
than your true American, the catbird, he OF
the odd voice. the soft gray and black dress
and the fine department.
There are flasher birds, it is true. The
bright cardinal, the tanager high in the trees,
the jaunty blue jay, the beautiful bluebird.
the gorgeous towhee-these and many others
have, and properly enough, their human ad-
mirers.
But when it comes to just good birdman-
ship few equal the catbird.
This is an enthusiasm that must grow At
first even lover of birds may be forgiven for
thinking this one a tri1e odd.
And that Is true.
The catbrd is no Johnny on the spot. He
does not win friends and influence people with
out effort.
Not for him the easy way.
He must make every step count, and some
times he discovers that, try his best, he cannot
make people like him.
Many will sympathize with him for that.
While humans may read about the inner diff
ferences in the chemistry of the blood, with
obscure references to the glands OF internal
secretion, the creatures of nature know moth
ing of why some human beings like them,
others hate them.
Hundreds of CATS thirsting for human affec-
tion, must wonder, in their unhappy way, over
the kicks and hot brooms they receive.
Many q poor dog, looking for water in the
heat must DULY wonder why people are SO
dumb as not to put out pan of water for
four-footed wanderers.
The catbird is a creature of infinite caprice.
beautiful to behold odd in cry, but singer
rs WELL Often his song Is mistaken for that
of the mockingbird.
The catbird probably loses more of his
babies than any other species. This is bad,
because he Is one Of the best.
1t Is pleasant to realize that the same cat
birds come back to the same yards each year.
Some people will want to know where they
20 In the winter. In addition to our own
South. many Of them 60 to Mexico, Panama,
the Bahamas and Bermuda.
A few, by accident. even get to Europel
Evening star., 1948-07-07
What the World Needs

In their addresses at Bolivar, No. Presi-
dent Truman and President Gallegos OF
Venezuela offered the world another ex-
ample of the wholesome spirit animating
-Americanism. The spirit is one of
friendship on equal terms >and Of good
neighborliness that expresses itself not in
fine words but in concrete action aimed at
promoting and increasing the unity, we'll
being and security of the entire hemi-
sphere.
This is something that exists in no
region of comparable size and variety
anywhere else in the world. 1t has pulled
together twenty lone American republics in
a system of regional cooperation under
which they are pledged to abide by COM
mon code of good conduct, to work together
economically, to settle disputes among
themselves peacefully, to establish united
front against international subversion, to
integrate their military strength as much
as possible, and to take collective action
whenever one or another of them Is
threatened by aggression coming either
from within or outside the hemisphere.
The spirit behind all this is the spirit
used the sword, as President Gallegos OBJ
served in his excellent address, to liberate
and not to dominate or enslave. Pam
Americanism is f1ourishing and continuing
to wax strong because within recent
decades no powerful dictator has risen in
this part of the world with ambitions to
build an empire on the shattered remains
of nce-independent lands. 1t is true
enough, of course, that some of the
Americas have authoritarian regimes, but
they are not hungry for conquest, and the
peoples living under them are peoples with
liberty rooted deeply in their traditions.
Above all, in President Truman's words,
not a single one of these lands to the
south of us is afraid of invasion from its
great neighbor to the north'-a fact that
has played role of first Importance in
developing hemisphere cooperation.
The same cannot be said for other great
regions of the globe. The outstanding ex-
ample is Europe. There single totalitarian
power has already absorbed, by direct and
indirect aggression, nearly dozen differ
ent lands, and it now threatens to take
over the entire continent. Fear, suspicion
and a sense of impending disaster abound
Tyranny Is at large and on the move, not
the spirit OF Bolivar. Instead of mutual
trust between Russia and the West. there
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Naval Museum Planned

The desirability of establishing a naval
museum in washington long has been
recognized by Government officials and by
persons interested in preserving the Ma
tion's maritime traditions. 1t is welcome
news, therefore, that Admiral Ernest J..
King and his associates of the Naval
Historical Foundation have arranged to
open the National Capitals first naval
museum in the stables of the old Decatur
House, overlooking Lafayette Square.
Some years ago Government planners
proposed great National Naval Museum
on the Potomac River, near the foot of
Constitution avenue. Here were to be
brought such venerable naval relics as
the U. s. s. Constitution and the U. S. s.
Constellation. The ships were to be
moored in a special basin alongside a
museum building. But the plans ended
up in a pigeonhole, forced there by a
succession of economic and war emer
gencies. They have never been resurrected.
The museum planned by the Foundation
Is much less pretentious one, but none
theless attractive to naval historians,
antiquarians and citizens generally The
site chosen is especially appropriate, for
1t was the home of Commodore Stephen
Decatur, hero of the battles with the
Barbary pirates early in the nineteenth
century. Mrs. Truxtun Beale, owner of the
property, generously has leased 1t to the
Foundation for dollar year. Documents
and articles related to many naval engage
ments and naval figures will be put on
public display.
The museum will be financed by private
subscription, largely through contributions
of members of the Foundation. The public
will be invited to aid in the undertaking.
The cause is worthy of public support.
Perhaps eventually the museum will be-
come the nucleus of the National Naval
Museum once planned for the waterfront.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Letters to The Star
Stains Plot to Hoax America

Stains PlOt to Hoax America
To the Editor Of The Star:
1t is surprising to read In the papers and
hear over the radio how Stain easily can de-
ceive the majority of the American people.
Any time Uncle Joe needs anything from
America, all he has to do is to announce in
Pravda that he had scolded one of his boys for
not being loyal to him and his Communist
Party. This time he needs money; so in order
to get 1t from America he announced to the
world he had expelled Tito and his Communists
from the Cominform. Most Americans took
this announcement at its face value.
I, for one, however, look at things differently,
because as a Communist delegate to the
recent Moscow-concocted European AL slav
Congress held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, saw
true conditions prevailing in that country.
found that Uncle Joe, not comrade Tito, rules
Yugoslavia. I also found that, although, 95
per cent of the Yugoslav people are anti
Communist, pro-American and pro-democracy
they are helpless to throw of the Communist
yoke Therefore, there isn't one chance in a
million to take Yugoslavia away from Moscow
Now, coming back to the money, having
MIXED Yugoslavia Of its resources and knowing
that there Is no more to be had, Stain checked
whether their country had any stock or credit
elsewhere. He found that credit Of $50, 600 900
In Yugoslavia's favor was lying frozen in the
United States. He, therefore, resorted to the
above scheme, hoping that it would work. II
it did work he would be much stronger to
fight Capitalist" and "reactionary' Americans.
What a beautiful plot Uncle Joe has invented
for gullible and notwithstanding Americans
and helpless Yugoslavs! Will this latest Asiatic
ruse succeed? viii Americans fall for this
Communist delusion? MARK BASIC.
Chicago Ill.
Evening star., 1948-07-07
Communists Playing Nationalists

To the Editor Of The Star:
inshis accurate report on talk with me
Stefan Andrews uses one expression which,
I am afraid. might create some misunder-
standing. He reported had said that: Tito
Is Z Nationalist"
Now q Communist like Tito cannot be
Nationalist What I said was that Tito viii
try to get the Nationalist wind Of his country
to swell his Communist sails In point OF
fact, Communists everywhere, including Soviet
Russia, are trying to do this same thing.
CHARLES A. DAyILA.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

The excuse OF the Indiana mandolin
player who kidnapped the wife of a pal is
awaited with sympathetic interest. Maybe
he was unstrung
Evening star., 1948-07-07

For the early morning performer, radio
has 1t all over television, as who knows or
cares If he shows up for work in yester-
days face.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

Those sincerely wanting a fight can
hnd way. If peace seems to rear its
horrid head, they need only fall out over
the terms of the truce.
Evening star., 1948-07-07

unemployed honest worker
Each applicant is required to report his/so-
cial security number as well as his name. After
filing a claim an individual with fraudulent
intentions NAV obtain another social security
number by using an assumed name and, thus,
while drawing weekly unemployment payments,
he NAV be receiving wages from an employer
to whom he has given a fictitious name and
an erroneous social security number. The fact
that this practice may deprive him of future
retirement benefits under the Social Security
Act may not interest him as much as an In
crease in his current income.
Law Is Inadequate.
There are other examples, too numerous to
mention, which make it obvious why in many
cases It is almost impossible to stop intentional
fraud at the time claim is being filed and
a check is being delivered do not intend to
imply, however that no action is taken on the
type of cases just cited. The District law ana
the policies of the board, though admittedly
inadequate, do provide for testing the appil-
cants integrity. We conduct a postaudit Of
each claim filed and our field representatives
carry on investigations OF suspect cases. In
addition, we have recently set up mechanical
process which enables us to check earnings
against claims filed to determine whether
claimant drew q benefit check for a week In
which he was employed and earned wages.
TIPS by telephone and in letters from local
citizens advising us that claimant is working
while drawing benefits are valuable aid IN
prosecuting offenders. 1t must be borne In
mind. however, that these investigations take
place after the fraud has been committed
Although 1t Il unjustinably costly to cheek
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

DEMEMBER that rough patch of
IN road up yonder where the
ruts and ridges make dashboard
seem smooth?
Recall the firing brought
on by the drum and hum of road
noise and tremor even over
smooth concrete highways?
Well, clock away the miles in this
stunningly styled Buick = and
meet up with the sweetest answer
to such matters this side of cloud
cruising.
Its ride that's soft and smooth
as velvet" folks tell us. And we
tell them it comes from host of
things.
1t comes from the ample road
weight of a two-ton car built low
and wide and so beautifully bal
anced it handles light as a baton.
1t comes from the leveling buoy
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

Dear Elsie:
Confederate Memorial Day is
drawing near and although that
thin gray line is we'll represented
by the monument in front of your
office, l thought the following
might be of interest to those who
care:
To the best of my knowledge and
belief this has never been pub
lished before and will explain
what historians have been wonder
ing about for. years. History shows
that the famous cavalry leader,
General j. E. B. Stuart, and his
command did not arrive at Gettys-
burg until too late to take major
part in the battle. 1t has been
credited to General Lee That he
said, if "Jeb" Stuart had been
there in time the outcome may
have been different. On the day
before the battle of Gettysburg,
my Dad met General Stuart at
Rock Creek on the Rockville-Nor-
heck Road. Stuart was three days
late. He told my Dad that he had
had trouble getting across the Po-
tumac River and also that he had
captured a supply wagon train of
1870 wagons, horses, mules, etc.,
near the village of Potomac. My
Dad taen told him that 80 fat cat
tie were not far away, being driv-
en- to Baltimore and that small
party of his men could capture
them. General Stuart sent small
party which captured the cattle
near Hollands Corner and added
them to the captured wagon train.
They slowed up the movement of
the troops. Those cattle were fat
tened on a farm not over a mile
from Muncaster's Mill, but the de-
scendants of the man who fattened
them might not like their name
mentioned, or would they?
Sincerely,
DONALD BOWIE.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

This smart young homemaker
knows that liquid from canned
peas is far too precious to drain
off and throw away. Almost a
third Of the vitamins are in the
pea liquor. Instead, she is saving
it in jar for other uses.
Liquid drained from canned peas
can be used to supplement other
liquids in sauces, soups, or COM
bined with vegetable juices. With
summer nodded vegetable salads,
use pea liquid instead of water for
part Of the necessary liquid with
your gelatin.
| If you are preparing canned peas
as your dinner vegetable, don't
ever pour off the liquid. Drain it
into your saucepan, add a little
butter, some salt and pepper, and
simmer for about five minutes, or
until the liquid is half gone. Then
add the peas, and cook just long
enough to heat them through thor
oughly. It's new taste experience
in serving canned peas!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

Copyright, 1913. United States Brewers FoundatiO"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
Sherwood Graduate Goes
To Oregon Radio Station

Raymond r. Spessard, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. R. Spessard of
Colesville, was one of the honor
graduates of the National Acad-
envy of Broadcasting May %. He
has been appointed to a staff am
nouncer's, position with station
KSRV in Ontario, Oregon, and
will fly out there next week.
Spessard was graduated from
Sherwood high school in 1887 and
attended the University of Mary
land two years.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
Sherwood School
News
ANIMALS Arrive


One of the biggest events of the
school year happened on Monday,
May II, when the ANIMALS arrived.
Fountain pens have been flying on
those autograph pages.
Girls Win
On Monday, the girls teams
walked all over the Poolesville
girls in both softball and volley-
ball. Although only four innings of
the softball game were played the
Sherwood girls piled up % points
over Poolesville's 7. The volleyball
score was 1924.
Honor Society Installation
Pat Wynne, Tom Candy, Phyllis
Bernard, Charlotte Goodwin, Sue
Baughman, Tim Conner, and Do
lores Beale were indicted into the
National Honor Society on May 10.
Immediately following the service
tea was held in the library for
new members, their parents and
faculty by the mothers of members
installed last year.
Boys Win From Damascus
On Friday, May 81, Damascus
High School was beaten % to 2 by
the Sherwood boys. A homer was
scored by Warren Derrick.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
fetterb Box
May %, 1913.

Rockville, Maryland.
Sir:
We have been gratified and
greatly interested in the wide re-
Spouse to the articles The Mary
land State Fox Hunters Associa-
ton ran in your newspaper. We
have received many favorable let
ters. Through each has run the
thought that the fox, maintained
in his proper relation to nature, is
beneficial to the landowner. Some
writers compared the fox to our
natural resources. If properly har-
messed, they said, the fox will work
the same for US as our great riv-
ers. The letters all agreed it is
matter of "bringing-up," if Mr..
and Mrs. Fox are raised properly
they can be of great help to the
farmer. If the poultry producer
will add his bit as pointed out in
our articles, the fox will more than
earn his keep by holding field mice
down to minimum.
We think it only fair to mention
some replies we have received ex-
pressed an opinion contrary to our
own. Some letters were from those
who see no good in any fox at any
time. We appreciate these letters
but we would like to remind the
readers of your newspaper that
the data published by us was not
anyone's guess work. It was not
wishful thinking. The information
contained in our articles was
based on facts gathered by UNI
biased research organizations in
all parts of the United States.
We were interested particularly
in those letters commenting. on the
fox and poultry. One letter called
the fox wanton slaughterer. The
writer said the fox kills a large
number of chickens, deserts the
fallen victims and never returns
for them. A truer picture is told
in other letters. These writer's note
the fox will never kill more than
he can eat and, in most cases, will
carry his poultry away alive and
will not return for more food I'M
til his supply is exhausted and
hunger again drives him forth.
And speaking of chickens = one
writer told of a hair-raising ex-
perience which wound up exonerat-
ing Mr.. Fox. To the writer's sur
prise he discovered the "fox" he
was looking for wore large sized
shoes and could open gates.
One writer claims he has more
foxes, rabbits and game birds on
his 400 acres of land than any
other 1000 acres in the State of
Maryland. He admitted freely that
he enjoyed watching his field
eats" catching mice around his
wheat and corn shocks. Wien
asked how he accounted for SO
much game, his reply was simple
ond understandable, he said: 81
keep guinea pigs in my chicken
ard and my land well posted with
signs that read, Positively No
Hunting NTH Dog or Gum
Sincerely yours,
C. j. IRELAND,
Maryland State Fox Hunters
Association.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03
Councils Hold Square Dance

A square dance was sponsored
by the Sherwood student councils
on Friday, May 81, at $3.50. This
affair was held to raise funds for
the scholastic letters and boys
athletics.
Industrial Arts
At long last plans are being
started for an Industrial Arts
Course at the beginning of school
in September. We will have a quail
flied teacher for this course and it
will be- offered to all junior high
and as many of the senior high
students as possible.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

EDITORS Note: We feel sure that
the descendants Of "old man" Ha-
eel Cashell would not be ashamed
Of him.1
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1948-06-03

Maybe you read, where a great
encyclopedia has sorted all basic
ideas into few select groups. I'm
der the letter ''T'' they have:
Temperance Truth Tyranny.
Sounds like funny combination.
And to philosophize a little, notice
that Truth is in the center-be-
tween Tyranny and Temperance.
Now and then you hear folks
criticize temperate people who en-
joy a moderate glass of beer -.
who talk about 1.-TWO beers" getting
some one into trouble, and claim:
"There ought to be a laww