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Evening star., 1948-05-15


live. Surrounded by an Arab popu-
lation 80 times greater than the
Jews in Palestine, the state OF Israel
for the time being is militarily bet
ter prepared for war than its neigh
bors.
This temporary advantage in phys
ical strength, however, cannot be
lasting and cannot assure the perma-
nency of the Jewish state unless Its
leaders are wise and farseelng
enough to bring about genuine un-
derstanding with all its neighbors
This should not be impossible OF
accomplishment. For many centur-
les the Palestine Jews and the
Arabs have lived and worked side by
side. 1t was only in recent years
that a gulf occurred in the relations
between these two peoples OF diff
ferent religious creeds.
Jews Fully Prepared.
The Jewish Army is fully prepared
to meet the present emergency. The
Arabs, on the other hand, are worse
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|ECA Tentatively ANots
$1,1S6,o0o, for II
| Nations 10 June 80
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

Eleven European nations had be-
fore them today a 81 ,186, 600 900 es-
innate of their gift and loan shares
from the Economic Cooperation
Administration. >
Paul G. Hoffman, ECA chief, an
nounced the tentative splitup of
funds last night.
OF the American dollar outlays
through June 80, England will re-
ceive S400 900, 600, France $375, ,000,-
900, Italy s165 100000 and the Meth
erlands 105,000,000, with lesser
sums for other countries.
| A sizable allotment Is expected
for Western Germany. ALLEGATIONS
for Turkey, Greece, Switzerland and
Portugal will be announced later,
Mr.. Hoffman said.
! Sweden. though taking part in the
recovery effort, gets no allotment in
this quarter by agreement with the
United States.
! The II countries now may draft
requests for purchases of food, fuel
and other recovery essentials. The
ECA already has authorized pur-
chases in this country and else
where valued at s118,629, ,337-about
one tenth of the f1rst-quarter allot-
ment.
Each nation also will draft pro-
posals-subject to ECA approval
for loans to finance industrial prof.
ects.
So far, ECA officials said, none OF
the countries has opened discus
sions on specific loan proposals. The
Foreign Assistance Act requires that
81 900 .0000 900 of the $500, ,000. 900
fund be used for loans, which must
The repaid.
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Spaatz Declares Air Force
In Europe In Good Shape

The Air Force in Europe is 'in
awfully good shape, but it would
have to be greatly augmented if
any crisis came" Gen. Carl Spaatz,
former Air Force Chief of Staff
said yesterday.
The general, who will retire from
active service next month, returned
from a two-week inspection trip
to Europe and was interviewed at
National Airport.
Available information shows that
the Air Force in Europe consists
of one fighter group of about rs
planes, two troop carrier groups OF
48 planes and a squadron of utility
planes.
Gen. Spaatz said that he made
the trip primarily at the invitation
of Britain's RAF to study modern
developments. After a week in
England he visited France and ther
went to Germany to confer with
1t. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, AF COM
mander in Europe.
He said Gen. LeMay told him
there is no trouble about operation
of United States planes through the
corridor of the Russian zone into
Berlin.
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Army Exceeded
Navy in Ships at
lone Point in War
By the Associated Press

The Army had more ships than
the Navy at one time during World
War II, a naval officer told a House
subcomittee yesterday.
Rear Admiral Morton L. Ring
vice chief of naval material, said:
"Of course, a lot of the Army
craft couldn't 60 very far to sea, but
it was true that the Army had a
bigger Navy than the Navy did"
The question came up when
Representative Ridley, Republican
of Oklahoma wondered why the
Army controls its own vessels even
though they are manned by trained
Navy personnel.
Mr.. RILEY is chairman of a House
Expenditures subcommittee study
ing a bill for improved procure
ment and surplus disposal by the
armed services and other Govern
ment agencies.
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Tidal Wave Fails 10 Occur,
Pacific Alert Called Off
BY the Assoeiofed Press

HONOLULU, May 15.-A major
earthquake apparently on the floor
of the Bering Sea sent tidal wave
alerts through the Aleutians and
Hawaii yesterday, but no high waves
appeared.
Before the alerts were called OF
some Hawaiians had fed to the
hills. Freighters, fishing sampans
and other small craft in the port
of Hilo put to sea. Trucks and
heavy cranes were moved to high
ground.
The memory was still fresh of
the tidal wave disaster Of 1916.
which caused ITS deaths in the Ha-
waiian Islands from an Aleutlan
earth shock. No one was taking
any chances.
Precautions also were taken IN
the Aleutians. where the Army
Navy and Coast Guard have men
stationed on some of the islands.
The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey station at Bar
ber's Point said the center of the
submarine disturbance apparently
was near Umnak, the first Aleutian
island west of Unalaska, where
Dutch Harbor Is situated.
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delegates from that single State,
Gov. Dewey is now putting in three
long, hard weeks in the high noun
tains, arid plains and lush valleys
Of oregon, seeking that States II
votes. Mr.. Stassen, embarked on a
tentative adventure into the South,
suddenly abandoned it and raced
off to join Gov. Dewey in oregon.
His reason was obvious. He is out to
demonstrate that in man-to-man
contest he can beat the New York
Governor and he is taking no
chances on the demonstration.
Freaks of U. S. Politics.
But his run-out on the South Is,
in a way, unfortunate. 1t leaves
the South as it was, one of the
freaks-meaning strange phenomena
of American politics. 1t is a
section into which the candidates
cannot, or do not, carry the issues
or present their personal charm,
asking the voters to make the deci-
sion. That is even more true OF
the Republicans than of the Demo-
Gratis; Democratic candidates do
fight it out among themselves; this
year they are even fighting with
vheir President, and in earnest.
A little progress might have been
made this year toward elevating the
Republican Party to the stature of a
real party in the South if Mr.. Stas-
sen had carried out his projected in
vasion. But, after setting up head
quarters in Atlanta and making one
speech in North Carolina, off he
hustled to oregon. leaving the
greater part of the South still curl
Gus as to what Republicans look like.
1t may be that he found the going
too hard from the very beginning.
Somebody may have asked him to
repeat what he said in Wisconsin
concerning the margarine tax. In
the South they take the side Of
cottonseed in its battle with the
cow.
Be that as 1t may Mr.. Stassen
did declare himself against the poll
tax and in favor of a Federal anti
! lynch law IN his one brlef appear
ance. Which is what he should
have done, since it is what all the
Republican candidates tell the
voters, particularly the Negro voters,
in the North, and which is the prop
er approach for the Republican
Party if it is ready and willing to
undertake the breaking up of the
South's one-party system. This will
not be accomplished by speeches in
the North and going through the
motions in Congress. Even the
Northern Negroes have ceased to be
fooled by this policy. Their leaders
are keeping them fully informed
concerning the manner in which
civil rights legislation is deferred
from week to week by the Republi-
can majority in Congress. They
expect to see this session adjourn
with, as usual, no bills passed, No
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Crude Oil Knee-Deep
Around Wild Gusher
Nv the A..or;o..d Pres,

LEDUC, Alberta, May 15.-Crude
oil ran knee-deep across the wheat
lands at Leduc today as Atlantic
Co.'S No. 3 well continued its ram
page, uncontrolled.
Bulldozers, drilling derricks. pumps
and pipelines are being utilized to
draw off the 18-inch-deep virgin
crude oil.
The entire field Of 80 wells has
been closed by the provincial gov
eminent so that oil lines can con-
centrate on drawing away the wild
gusher's flow.
Leduc, most promising Of Alberta S
oil fields, Is pockmarked with vol
cano-like craters from which gas
and oil bubble over a 10-acre area.
BulldoZers are gouging earthen
pits in the prairie land to hold the
thick, green liquid-one of the
largest completed holds $4,000
barrels.
Between 5000 and 10000 barrels
of oil daily are gushing from the
ground and an estimated 100000
cubic feet of gas is escaping each
day.
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MBS Files Counter.CIaim
In Information Please Suit
kY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, May 15.-The Mutual
Broadcasting System answered a
s5OO,00O damage suit brought by
producers of the Information
Please" program yesterday by filing
a 100000 counter suit.
The Dan Golenpaul Associates,
which owns and produces the quiz
program, charged that the network
was negligent in handling the show.
It had asked $5O0,000 in Federal
Court.
Mutual asked dismissal Of the ac-
ton and entered a general denial
to charges against 1t. The network
filed It's counter claim on the asser-
ton that the Golenpaul firm had
preached It's contract with MBS.
The Golenpaul concern charged
that Mutual sold the radio show to
local stations and local sponsors and
lost a chance to sell the program
TO a single person or a nation wide
hook-up.
MBS, In its counter complaint,
aid the producers of Information
Please" preached a contract by re-
lusing permission for local stations
TO air the show at various hours
The contract with MBS is due to
expire June 25.
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Report on Deadlock
In Telephone Dispute
Is Sent 10 Truman
By the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, May 15.-A report
on deadlocked negotiations which
threatened a 42-State walkout of
$4,000 long distance telephone opera
tors goes to President Truman today.
The Federal Mediation Service
said Yesterday it would forward a
report to the President, after a
mediator had met here with long
lines officials of the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co.
The mediator refused comment
on the meeting except to say that
no further talks with A. T. & T.
we're scheduled.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the
CIO American Union of Telephone
Workers said the threatened coast
to coast walkout could be carried
out in less than week. Strike
plans were announced by the union
Thursday, after a negotiating ses-
sion in Washington ended without
agreement.
Could Invoke Labor Law.
The union is asking a 30-cent
hourly wage increase, 35-hour
week and increased pensions. The
present work week averages 3715
hours, the union says, and pay
averages $121 an hour.
u Pesident Truman, after consider
ing the Mediation Service report,
could invoke provisions of the Taft
Hartley Act to keep the long-lines
workers on the job. He would have
to rule, though, that national health
and security would be imperiled by
a walkout.
Henry Mayer, counsel for the
union, said the Government also
could prevent the strike by making
the telephone company maintain old
contracts while new agreements are
being negotiated. He claimed A. 1.
g. T. has refused to extend contracts
in certain parts of the Nation.
Contracts Held Terminated.
The company previously offered
to extend the old contracts, which
expired May 8, for another two
years. A provision would be IN
cluded allowing for one wage re-
opening during the two years.
George S. Dring, assistant A. t.
& T. vice president, said the union
has terminated the old contracts.
The union claims $4,000 long-llnes
workers in AZ States and the Dis
trict of Columbia 1t does not rep
resent workers in Vermont, New
Hampshire, Delaware, Oregon, Mon
tana and Washington State.
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Items OF Interest

Two invitations have been re-
ceived in the mail for parties on
Sunday, May %. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Standish Kimberly will have
an at home from 5 to o'clock at
their 1924 Thirtieth place residence
and Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Morris will
entertain the American Newspaper
Women's Club from $50 to 7:30
o'clock.
Mrs. Cordell Hull and Mrs. Mary
Buford are vacationing in Atlantic
CITY.
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Ne1V Engagements
Attract Interest

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Dudley
Peters announce the engagement Of
their daughter, Mrs. Olivia Peters
Pool, to Mr.. Sidney Morgan Henry,
jr., son of Mr.. Henry and the late
Mrs. Henry. Mrs. Pool went to the
Milton Academy, was graduated
from the Winsor School in 1896. and
made her debut in Boston the follow
ing year. She is the granddaughter
of Mrs. J. Sumner Draper of Boston.
Mr.. Henry. formerly resident Of
this city, was graduated from St.
Albans School in 1926, Yale College
in 1880 and the Harvard Business
School. He served in the Navy dur
ing the war as a lieutenant COM
mander and is presently in New
York with the American-Hawaiian
Steamship Co.
Veazey-McDonald
The engagement of Miss Jeanne
Veazey to Mr.. Brian Thomas Nc
Donald is announced by her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan D. Veazey OF
Richmond, Va. The prospective
bridegroom is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice F. Mcdonald. Their
marriage will take place June at
St. Benedict's Church in Richmond
Miss Veazey is graduate OF Mary
Washington College Of the Univer-
sity of Virginia Her fiance went to
Georgetown University and Is now
studying at Mt. st. Marys College
Emmitsburg, Md.
Behrens.Lynch
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. Behrens
announce the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Marie Elizabeth
Behrens, to Mr.. William c. Lynch
son of Mr.. and Mrs. William T.
Lynch of New Haven, Conn. The
wedding is planned for December.
Miss Behrens attends wilson
Teachers College and Mr.. Lynch is
a student at George Washington
University Law School.
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LYON Park Plans
CbHdren's Partv

A children's party and mother
and-daughter party have been
planned next week by the Lyon
Park Women's Club at the clubhouse,
4l4 North Fillmore street, Arlington.
The children of club members,
and their friends, will be entertained
from $3.50 to 5 pm. Monday with
program including movies and re-
freshments. The mother-and-
daughter party will be held at
pm. Wednesday.
In memory of a past president Of
the club, Mrs. Nolan D. Mitchell,
wheel chair will be presented next
Friday to the Arlington Hospital
Arrangements are being made by Mrs.
Arthur Orr.
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Lawyers 's$75,OOO Suit Says
He Was Sold Unsafe Horse

Frederick r. Wilson, q lawyer,
of 1912 U street Sc, yesterday
afternoon brought suit in District
Court against an employe Of a
dairy company for selling him a
horse In 1945 that was allegedly
unsafe.
The suit asks s75 900 damages for
INJURIES suffered by Mr.. Wilson when
the horse reared up and fell over
backwards on him in May, 1945.
The suit, which says Mr.. Wilson
suffered fractures of the pelvis and
both arms, names as defendant, J.
Robert Dixon, now an employe of
the Embassy Dairy. The petition
says the animal had dangerous
propensities to a rider"
MIR. Wilson is represented by At
torney. Octave Bigoness.
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Draft-D Dodger Waits Term
In War Discharge Forgery

A 30-year-old former convict,
Jailed during the war for draft
lodging, today was awaiting SEN
tence for later forging discharge
certificate in an effort to get job.
Robert Mclean, colored, of the
1900 block of Wallach place NV,
was arrested Thursday on the
charge by FBI agents. He pleaded
guilty before Judge Walter j. Casey
iii Municipal Court, and the case
was referred to probation officers
for investigation and report on
May 28.
The FBI reported Mclean forged
his name to his brothers discharge
papers to get job with Safeway
Stores here. He served two years
in the Lewisburg PaD Federal Pen
itentiary for violating draft laws, it
was said,
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Miss Vernon Sbeaks

Universal disarmament under
United States control was urged
yesterday by Miss Mabel Vernon,
director of the Peoples Mandate
Committee for international Peace
and Cooperation, in an address be-
fore the Women's international
League for Peace and Freedom, now
holding its annual session in De-
troit.
Miss Vernon reviewed the activi-
ties of the mandates delegation to
the Bogota Conference in talk
Thursday in New York before the
Executive Committee of the People S
Mandate Committee.
Evening star., 1948-05-15
This Changing World
Jewish State Well Prepared for War;
Lacks ManpoWer for Long Struggle

off militarily than at any previous
time. The only real army available
to the Arab League is that of King
Abdullah of Trans-Jordan, who has
at his disposal some $1,000 we'll
equipped and trained men. Their
combat efficiency is high, but will
suffer if the British withdraw the
officers they detailed to King Alb
dullah's forces.
The Iraq army, which also is Brit
trained, is of less value, princi-
pally because of the internal situa-
ton in that country. Recently there
have been serious disturbances in
Baghdad, where the position of the
government became difficult as the
result of food shortages and the
governments nonagressive policy In
Palestine. Moreover, the Kurds in
the north, maneuvered by Soviet
agents, are once more restless and
threatening a large-scale rebellion
in the important oil sections of Iraq.
The same thing applies to Egypt,
which has an organized army but
keeps a large part of it at home to
meet increasingly disturbed condi-
tions, due largely to Communist agi-
tation. The other Arab countries at
present have. no military strength
to speak of.
The Jewish state has an army Of
about $4,000 men, well trained in
modern warfare and excellently
equipped. Jewish technicians from
all over the world have gathered at
Tel Aviv. Available industrial IA
cilities permit them to manufacture
modern war material for the ma
tional forces which are led by Of
ficers experienced in modern stra-
tegy and tactics.
But the Jewish leaders must know
that force alone will never permit a
state with small reserve Of man
power to survive for any length OF
time.
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Reception

Mrs. John A. Dunbar presided at
the refreshment table last evening
for the reception following the debut
recital of her daughter, Miss
E. Helen Dunbar in the chapter
house of the OAR. Miss Dunbar
lyric soprano, was presented by
Eva Whitford Lovette and Starr
Preston Tew, pianist, assisted at the
recital.
Mrs. Dunbar was assisted in serv-
ing the refreshments by Mrs. Charles
Haig and Mrs. Dora Muir. The
Misses Kathryn FURNACE, Margaret
Lum and Helen Watkins served as
llShers
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ALnf1znae Service

The Washington chapter Of the
Alumnae Association of the College
of Saint Teresa in Winona, Mimi,
will hold its annual communion mass
and breakfast tomorrow.
Mass will be celebrated at 10 am.
in the Lourdes Chapel of the Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception at
the Catholic University. Afterward,
members will meet for breakfast at
the Broadmoor Hotel.
A business meeting for the election
of officers will follow the breakfast.
Miss Magdalene Hughes is chapter
president.
Evening star., 1948-05-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kaufman,
Mrs. Henry c. Corbin, who lives in
the apartment below the Caswells,
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Mac
Cracken, the latter wearing a smart
black hat with a veritable "Old
Faithful geyser" of white feathers.
The hostess herself was chic in a
gunmetal silk dress set of with
her wide gold bracelets and two
uniquely-design gold charm pins
worn at the neckline.
Her son-in-law and daughter. 1t.
Comdr. and Mrs. Conway Hunt, were
on hand talking about the christen-
ing of their 3-month-old Betsy,
which is coming up week from
tomorrow. Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper du
Bose dropped by, as did Mrs. Pear
sons Rust, Mr.. Clarence H. Hewes,
Mrs. Alex B. Legare, Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Glen, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Sheridan Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Moran McConihe and Mr.. and Mrs.
H. C. Bugbee.
Col. and Mrs. NJ Robert Guggen-
helm, whose own large annual May
party will take place tomorrow
chatted with Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Schenck about the Forthcoming
summer dance" at Princess Pigna-
tellis home on June l, and others
enjoying their afternoon aper1tlt
we're Mrs. Eldridge Jordan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kurt Hetzel, Mrs. Randall Hag-
ner, DR.. John Lyons and Mr.. George
williams.
Some of the guests at the Cas-
wells went on to the after 7
"casser la croute" Ito break bread
partv given by Rear Admiral Neill
Phillips and Capt. Pierre Lancelot,
the French Naval Attache. One Oh
the knockout parties OF the month,
it was held at Capt. Lancelots quar-
ters on @ street where music from
pianist Erwin Devron's or Mr.. JACK
Meikle's nimble fingers rang out.
Sir John and Lady Balfour We're
there, Sir Frederick and Lady
Welsh, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Ilnsley
Garnett, Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Blake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Hagner,
Mr.. Robert Breckenridge, Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis B. Munson, Capt. ana
Mrs. Norman Hitchcock, Nine. Ger
trude Wissa and Mr.. and Mrs.
Cornelius Bretsch. The latter Is the
former Princess Emma Toussoun.
Another party taking place during
the cocktail hour was that given by
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry c. HoWells OF
Bethesda. The 6-to-8 fete was IN
honor of the Second Secretary OF
the Spanish Embassy and Sonora
de Sanz- Bril-, who will be leaving
soon for Lima, Peru, where the Tor
mer will take up his new post.
And the luncheon hour found
Mrs. George Lybrook West, jr., and
Miss Alwilda Ferris entertaining tor
Mr., Betty Tyson Lyeth at the Army
and Navy Club.
| Added to yesterdays crowded
social calendar was the tea Mrs.
Walter w. Wilds gave at the wash
ington Club for Nine. Nascimento
Brito, wife of the Brazilian Minister
Counselor. The honor guest will
leave next Friday for q two-mcnth
vacation In her homeland.
Mrs. Henry Walker, wife OF Gen
Walker, RAF, was the guest ir
whose honor Miss Louise Brady en-
tertained at dinner last evening at
the Cosmos Club. There were 20
guests present at the fete for Mrs
Walker, who is in this country fo1
a few weeks visiting her adopted
daughter Elizabeth.
Gen. Walker until recently served
as British Air Attache and Deputy
Chief of the British Mission at
Paris and now is serving In the
! same canacitieS at BuenoS Aires.
Evening star., 1948-05-15
Cas1VeUs Hosts at Cocktails;
Bachelors Give Buffet Subber,

Yesterdays party schedule jammed to its usual capacity
Caswen cocktail party, which Mrs Cas-
spring affair to celebrate the
magnificent bown elm trees in front of their Massachusetts, avenue
branches right to the wide French windows In
presenting lovely effect to hide with curtains
Capates arriving continuously from till o'clock
Robbins there Mrs Hamilton Lewis Mr.
Newbd Col Mrs Horace Smith Mrs George Barnett
Evening star., 1948-05-15
Readers Banquet

The Washington Readers Club
will hold its annual banquet at $50
pm. Tuesday at the Highlands. The
program will feature marimba selec-
tions by Jennings Lee Dresser and
poem and story readings by Mrs.
Julia Herrell, Miss Fannie Pritchard
Ross, Miss Ada Louise Townsend,
Mrs. Gertrude Perry and Dell Floyd.
Evening star., 1948-05-15
Virqinia U. Gets Plaque

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, May
Is (SpeciaD.-A bronze plaque in
memory of Walter S. Rodman,
member of the Engineering School
faculty at the University of Virginia
from 1910 to his death in December.
1916, was to be dedicated in Thorn
ton Hall at the university today
Evening star., 1948-05-15

lllt lcdOlilS NoA
didates for the
pre- S i d e n t i al
nomination have
appeared to give
little or no at
tention to that
immensely valu-
able aggregation
of votes.
MeSsers. Dew
ey, Taft a n d
Stassen ran one
another ragged,
back and forth
and all over Ne
braska in the
aFort to win *
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Brunch announced

The Cy Pres Club of the National
University School Of Law will hold
a brunch at II am. tomorrow at the
Little Tea House. Captain Rhoda
Milliken, chief of the Women's Bu-
reau of the Metropolitan Police
Department, will be guest speaker.
Evening star., 1948-05-15

out the world.
The b ir t h of
the new state in
a sadly divided
world is accom-
panied by t h e
hope in a ii
p e a C e i o wing
countries that it
may be able to
survive and be-
come an element
for peace a n d
progress in the
Middle East.
AS t h in G S
stand tod a y it
Evening star., 1948-05-15
Rv IO7ceI[ NeUeft

When the roll is called in the
Republican National Convention. 235
of the delegates responding, out OF
the 1904 in the hall, will be from
the 13 Southern States. Yet
Evening star., 1948-05-15
Ry Constantine Broavu

The state of Israel came into exis-
tence last midnight after nearly 20
centuries during which the Jews
lived in adopted countries through