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Evening star., 1948-11-29

States is facing Constantine Brown.
a serious financial crisis which will
have important repercussions, not
only on our economic support for
the nations resisting communism.
but also on our military prepared
ness.
The foreign policy Of the United
States is based exclusively on check
ing Communist expansion by means
of financial and economic assistance
to the Western European nations.
This economic assistance, Moscow
realizes, is not in dollars or gold,
but in raw and manufactured ma
tenals; that Is to say, Americas S
real wealth.
Since the end of the war this
country has spent close to $50, ,000,-
600, 900 in all kinds of schemes to re-
establish normal conditions through
out the world. Leaving out heavy
war expenditures, which continued
for a while after VI day, we have
spent these billions In a wide va
riety Of programs, beginning with
UNRRA.
Resources Being Depleted.
Although the depletion OF our nat
ural resources and the burdens on
our taxpayers were not noticeable
Immediately, because OF our appar-
ent prosperity, it will not be long
before these lavish expenditures are
felt. The vast social program which
the Democratic administration will
enact next year will require a great
deal of money and raw materials.
We may then start scratching the
bottom Of the barrel.
The administration is determined
to carry on the program of large
expenditures abroad, because it can
not do otherwise. We are morally
obligated to continue to play Santa
Claus to all the destitute nations
outside the Iron Curtain.
When the day comes that we are
compelled to pull in our horns the
dissatisfaction among the recipients
Of our generosity will be so great
that we will lose every advantage
we have gained. All the beneficiary
nations have been propagandized by
the Soviet to watch out for Ameri-
can dollar diplomacy" BY cutting
Evening star., 1948-11-29
On the Record
Soviet Seen Denying Marshall Plan Aid
To Satellites So as to Keep Control

not make policy but transmits 1t
from the Politburo.
Meanwhile, new Communist states
have created q new situation, rails
ing inevitable questions regarding
the future relationships between
these and the Soviet Union. Is the
Soviet Union to be prima inter
pares among these (first among
equals? Are all Communist states
to participate In the forming of
policies? Is the purely Russian di-
recting bureau to be supplanted by
a new and international executive?
What Communist theory demands
that the secretary-general Of the
Communist Party must always be
a Russian, or ordains Moscow as
the eternal Rome and Mecca Of in
ternational Communism? Even II
so, how complete should be its
Jurisdiction? Are Communist states
outside the U. S. S. r. to be unable
even to make trade agreements
among themselves without the
approval Of the Russian Politburo?
That these questions have been
hotly debated by the theoreticians
of the new peoples governments
is certain. That Communist lead
ership entirely serWle to Moscow
has won for the time being every
where except in Yugoslavia is OBJ
vious. But that questions Of so
fundamental q nature are perma-
nently solved Is by no means likely.
(Reiessed by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-11-29
McLennore
Rebuilt Peurl Hurbor
Is Bigger Than Ever
By Henry McLemore

HONOLULU. Hawaii.-To those
who want to appreciate America
fully I have this suggestion:
Travel around the world, with
Evening star., 1948-11-29
By Doris FIeeson

Administration foreign policy is
still travelling these closing weeks
OF 1948 under momentum furnished
by the 80th Congress. It is a mo-
Evening star., 1948-11-29


way Of grammar, but it comes from
the heart, not the typewriter0
Most of the world was torn apart
between 1910 and 1945.
None of the world was torn apart
much worse than Honolulu. The
Japs came out of the clouds of q
Sunday morning and really gave II
a ripping.
Most of the world Is still torn
apart. There are few places you
can go where the scars still don't
show. Bad scars, too.
But Honolulu Is not one Of them
Pearl Harbor Is Bigger.
Pearl Harbor is bigger and better
than ever. The naval base here to-
day makes one wonder how we ever
got along with the one that was there
when the Japs attacked.
Hickam Field, where the planes
were riddled like lame ducks on q
pond, and where the hangers, only
a few years ago, were a mess OF
twisted steel and concrete, today is
three times the field it was before
the war came.
Honolulu, the town that in 1941
seemed about to 60 under, is burst
ing at the seams with people and
prosperity.
It is here, in Honolulu, better than
anywhere else, that one Is able to
see what American strength, Ameri-
Evening star., 1948-11-29
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. Al


can pride and American CUTS can do
A man who had never heard OF
Pearl Harbor could come here and
stay q month or q year without
knowing that he was in the city that
underwent the most brutal shock of
World War II.
There isn't a missing palm tree.
Those that were knocked down have
been replaced by taller and lovelier
ones. Streets that were pockmarked
with bomb hits have been tripled in
width. In short everything that was
hurt has been replaced by some
thing better.
Americans knock the President.
Americans knock Congress.
Americans knock governors, State
legislators. county commissioners,
and mayors.
Aldermen, even.
But this is the only country that
gets anything done. Not halfway
d. ,e. either, But superbly done.
Evening star., 1948-11-29

And, in addition, this country gives
away enough with its left hand to
keep the rest Of the world In some
sort of working shape.
To hear us Americans tell it, We
do everything wrong. The country
is full of thieves, we have no states
men, we are riddled with Commies,
food is too high, cars cost too much.
All Of that may be true.
But, brother, If you want really
to understand how magnificent we
are as a nation, how grand and
glorious and all-fired sweet and
lovely we are, go around the world.
Take a look at how the others
live.
You'll come back to American soil
with a happiness and pride that1l
come close to making tears come
to your eyes.
Home, sweet home.
Say it again and again.
distributed BY McNaught Syndicate. rnel
Evening star., 1948-11-29
This Changing World
Soviet Expected to Prolong Cold War
To Weaken Economy of United States

| of our assistance we will risk in.
curing the hatred of the people,
we supported throughout the wal
and since. Hence, the Kremlin lead.
ers feel, our vast program to helr
the nom Communist world must bt
continued, regardless of cost.
But at the same time Congress.
and the President must take care
to avoid precipitating q majol
economic and financial crisis al
home. Appropriations for social leg.
islation must be forthcoming, lest
the Nation accuse President Tru.
man and his newly elected Congress
Of reneging on their solemn election
pledges.
Economizing Seen.
Under these circumstances Con.
gress will be compelled to start
economizing in other fields. And
the armed services are the most
popular target for Congress when
1t wants to cut appropriations.
So long as there is no actual
shooting war in Europe and present
confused conditions exist without
leading to physical violence, the
country will be lulled into the feel
ing that all the war talk is just the
work Of the brass hats and a few
jingoists who are sympathetic to
their point of view. The people who
elected President Truman and the
81st Congress will not object If
defense appropriations are not in
creased or even reduced.
The statement made last week by
Senator Tydings, future chairman Of
the Senate Armed Services Com
mittee, that the present budget of
SIS, ,000, 100000 for the Army. Navy
and Air Force will not be increased,
and even may be reduced to $12,-
500 000, 900, was Immediately noticed
in Moscow as an indication of the
new trend in America.
The armed services are extrava-
CANT in wartime, but in peacetime
there Is little that can be trimmed
when we consider that We have al
ready pulverized our ground and air
forces. The present increase in our
military and air establishments is
still only on paper. Our ground and
air forces are numerically greatly
inferior to those of the U. s. 8. r.
1t may be possible to trim a few
hundred million dollars out OF the
wastage caused by the fact that the
so-called merger Of the armed forces
has cost money rather than saved it.
But in order to keep abreast Of the
uncomfortable Soviet military ex-
pansion, an increase rather than q
reduction Of expenditures for the
American military establishment Is
In order.
This is unlikely to happen, how
ever, when Congress has so many
other expenditures to, take care of
and when the Russians are permit
ting the cold war to drag on. The
longer the war Of nerves continues
the more likely Is 1t that American
defenses will not be adequately taken
care of.
Evening star., 1948-11-29

Truman has de. Ders f'eeson'
feated the 80th Congress decjsively
he has not yet had the time or &C
uuired the inclination to take Lack
direction Of American policy in posi-
tive fashion.
His new Congress will give him
q different kind Of support thar
he was compelled to rely on in 1947-
48. In fact, If present drives by
liberal Democrats for greater repre-
sentation on powerful committees
like Foreign Affairs and Appropria-
tions succeed, he will either furnish
more aggressive leadership or they
will.
Chinese Issue Forced.
Meanwhile the visit here of Ma
dame Chang Kai-shek forces the
China issue upon him before the
new Congress arrives. Those who
have watched the fertile brain OF
william c. Bullitt in operation before
are wondering If her journey Is his
idea. In that case 1t would represent
also an S0th Congress legacy OF q
sort.
The one-time Roosevelt envoy TO
Russia and France has gone to China
as q representative Of the Republic
can majority Of Senate Appropria-
tions, which Is 50 soon to be minor
ity. Mr.. Bullitt Is Of course aware
how decisively the elections reversed
Congress and altered its personnel;
thus his hopes for his recommends
tions must largely rest on O sus-
tanned propaganda effort.
Madame Chang will be received
naturally with all the respect due
her position; O Navy plane already
has been put at her disposal. She
also enjoys q large American public.
But she comes on O high-pressure
Evening star., 1948-11-29


military force. Dorothy Thompson.
In Mr.. Stains mind. to try seri-
ousiy to extend Communist power
westward before the area already
held was fully co-ordinated on an
identical pattern would have been
hasty and i'll considered.
The Marshall Plan could only
weaken this work Of stabilizing the
satellites in one pattern. It's oper-
alton would tend to put them in q
bargaining position between the
West and the Soviet Union. They
we're, therefore, compelled to re-
fuse 1t.
However, the Soviet Union greatly
needed its advantages. Therefore,
the Soviets angled for two Marshall
plans-one for the West, and one for
the East which they alone would
administer.
Soviet Has Power.
Whereas the Marshall Plan in
Western Europe Is administered In
collaboration with ECA by the Eu-
ropean Economic Organization-in
which the participating states have
equal representation - the Soviet
idea for Eastern Europe was to
make itself sole trustee for any re-
construction funds, just as the So
Wet made itself trustee Of German
reparations due Eastern allied
states. Take, for instance, Poland,
where the Soviet collected the booty
and doled it out, or not, as an in
strument of political policy. Only
through such a means Of handling
American funds-which our Gov
ernment never considered-could the
Politburo affirm and even increase
it's stranglehold.
The clarification Of the Politburo
attitude toward the Marshall Plan
precipitated the crisis in Czecho-
slovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland.
That crisis involved, and will con-
tinue to involve, questions OF policy
as fundamental as those that di-
vided Trotsky and Stain.
Previous to World War II, the in
ternational Communist Party was
governed by the Comintern and its
Central Executive Committee. which
theoretically gave equal representa-
ton to all sections of the party in
the world. It was absolutely authori-
tartan, its decisions binding on every
individual: but its concepts was gen.
timely international.
The peculiar position Of the Soviet
Union as the only existing Commu-
mist state-possessing, therefore, the
only visible and organized Commu-
mist power, in diplomatic agencies
and military might-gave 1t, how
ever, a masterful position universally
acknowledged. De facto Russia ran
the Conintern and the Comintern
ran the party.
Politburo Decides Policy.
In 1943 this Comintern was dis
solved as a tactical move to quiet
Western apprehension in coalition
war. It never has been revived. The
"Cominform" is not the old Comm
tern" Conintern functions are
nakedly exercised by the Soviet Po-
litburo, consisting entirely of Soviet
state officials. The Cominforrn is Q
propaganda apparatus which does
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Chiang's Visit
Chinese Problem Is Seen Being Thrust
On Truman Before Congress Meets
Harry Hunon

errand without the benefit Of the
wartime atmosphere Of her other
visit when our allies could do nc
wrong. And she will confront q Sec
retary of State who personally spent
q long time In China and formed
certain fixed opinions about 1t.
Earlier Visit Recalled.
Those familiar with the problems
her other visit posed for the Roose-
velts, will also watch with consider
able interest how she manages with
the Trumans. Madame Chang Is
the only visitor Mr.. Roosevelt had
in his 13 years in the White House
whose vehemence and almost bully
ing manner toward the President
caused the Secret Service men some
apprehension. They had never seen
the President 50 treated before;
they were greatly relieved when he
took It in his stride.
As q house guest, Madame Chang
was the most difficult the Roosevelts
ever entertained at the White
House. such were her requirements
in perccn..l service which had to be
met by her own personal staff. This
was In part excused on the ground
that she suffered from q skin af-
fiction which made her extremely
nervous. But the aura Of luxury
surrounding her did not, in the
opinion of the White House staff,
At well with her demands for China
The Trumans are residing at Blair
House while the White House is
being remodeled; the understanding
is that heads Of state will be quar-
tered next door at Blair-Lee House.
Actually there is said to be more
room and greater comfort for visi-
tors under this dispensation than
at the White House.
Evening star., 1948-11-29

top military ana
political analysts
in Washington
and the capitals
of w e S rn
Europe.
This conclu-
sion-which, Of
course is, SUBJ
ject to revision
was reached
recently, on the
basis that the
Kremlin leaders
are once more
convinced that
L he Unite d
Evening star., 1948-11-29

new YOTk dS q
starting poin I
and Honolulu as
the first landing
point on Ameri-
can soil.
Do this and
you IL realize
what q blessed
thing that green
p a s s p o r t,
stamped by the
s ate Depart
ment in Wash
ington, is.
(That sentence
above may not
>A L. 49,
Evening star., 1948-11-29

mentum com.
pounded of the
c o m p misses
n e C e S s ary to
maintain q BIZ
partisan foreign
policy in a year
when the cocky
oppo sition ex-
pected to win the
presidency a n d
Of blackmail by
the e con o m y
minded Appro-
priations Com
mittees.
Now President
Evening star., 1948-11-29

their satellites Is
important.
AS we have
reported. Prime
Minister Stains
sole immediate
objective follow
ing the war was
to consolidate
the fantastic
gains he h a d
&C hi e we'd by
agreement q t
Teheran, Yalta
and Potsdam,
and which could
be covered by
Evening star., 1948-11-29
Bv Constantine Bro,cn

The cold war in Europe will con-
tinue for sometime, without reach
ing the stage of shooting war, ac-
cording to the latest estimates Of
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1948-12-25

Der amerifa1ii1en &nnsfrnn ibr Ga-
Iiein erleihtern. Wan min gerne ipii-
len, ipie iid ,oriiben" Der 11mgang
nit 8ebSroen abipielt, ob fie iih
pie beborminber6e bobere @eien
Iborfon1men ooer als Diener Der Mn-
gemeinbeit. gritaunt erfdbrt man,
oaB Ser amtlihe ltmgangston erbeb-
lid bon oem nbipeiht, mas man in
Deutidlono bislang bel iolden @e-
legenbeiten erIebte.
8ei oieier @elegenbeit finben Die
Mdnner i'm Sauie BEN Sintpeis ange-
6rndt, tpie Tie ielbft nls &riegsgefan-
|gene i'm nmgang nit amerifaniihen
Soloaten liito Offi5ieren bertpunoert
| IfeItiteIten, tpelh Iegerer Con bier
porberridt, tpelh fait aiDiIe 11m-
gungsformen atpiiben l1SM-5oIoa-
ten uno Sffi5ieren gang uno gabe
Ifinb. Srot 6ieIer anberen Dienitauf-
Ifaiiung bdtten fif bie Entertainer
als tapfere a1mpfer ertpieien. 60
bergeben i'm segenieitigen @eoonfen-
Ianstalih raid ein boar Stinben.
Nah 10 LANCER bermetiiher Mbge-
|iAloiienbeit Der Deutlhen eribeint
Iibnen oieier BeIu1 tpie oas Muftre-
item zines Mbgeianoten BON einem an-
0eren Stern. Die Mmerifanerin fd0t
ourh ibre frembe &Ieioung angemein
|anf, ben MooennterIhieo merfen
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Rripf ama pinpr 6tant
in Drntft,lann 1s''
Bon Carl ION @pgeliang
(Sortiesung)
sSntereiIante 8eInde

8ir molten uns iest ipieoer ein-
NAL ben Hahbart1 Ser Sanilie @ott-
frieo 5lltpen0en, bon 0enen mir in
inherent erlter geridbt er5dblten. 9ie
iunge Soloatenfrau i'm eriten Stod,
oeren Mann ieit Dem San bon Sta-
lingrao per1niBt lit, muBte itb nod
Der Wdbrungsreform I'm elm ginfom=
men umieben, 5unlul ibr Die Hente
geitriden tpuroe, oa tie lid nidt entl
IblieBen fonnte, fir ibren Mann Ell.
ne Sooeserflarilng 5u beantragen,
Sic arbeitet iebt oils Gerf1uferin in
einem neueroffneten, b5ip. tpieoerer-
offneten aalifbaus, oos Durh 2nft-
angriff 5eritort mar, nun aber mie.
Der ausgebaut lit. Sic gebt am Wor-
gen CUR Mrbeit unn fomnlt BEL D1in-
felmeroen tpieber beim. Das fIei1le
3odterben lit ben san5en Cog iber
fanf iif ielbit angeiDieleit, lit1o 0a oie
Whttter nod ginbrud Der f1lteren
Sabres5eit aus Spariamfeitsriid-
|griinoen nod uidt bei5en fam, ber-
Ebringt Dns aino biele bielen Stun-
|oen I'M sSreien. Ser tuberfuloiefran-
LIE 8ruoer Der Srau foht bas Wiit-
|tugeilen fiir iidp liito oas &ino. @enn
leg regnet, ,iebr falt lit ober i1on
|bunfel miro, fonInt lie audi nal an
E@ottfrieos iils 3inlmer 1no ipielt
Unit ben &ittoern, Bis ibre Mutter
|5uriiffommt. Wan1nlol befot1lmt lie
|an6 BEL @ottfrteos 5l eilen, Sbpobl
|oieie es ielblt nidt reidlid) baben,
laber ons &iilo bot INNER Sunger.
ll1no ood gebt es oieiem fleinen M1o-
I6en nod ungIeid beiier als manden
|ibrer Mltersgenoiien beren Weiitter
Iielbit Deroienen niilien.
+ Ser Sngenieur i'm 8arterre. .@ptts
Ifriebs Slurnabbarn alio, lit BON Ser
9emontage nibt betroffen. grS ar
lbeitet in Der groBten 8aegerfnbrit
l9eutiblanbs unb fann Die iehsISpii-
Ice JalnIie ertrdglib ourdbringelt,
I5nmal leine 5rau 8eripanote in usM
bot. 0ieier Gage nun fam cine San-
lite aus Mmerifa 5u 8eiuh itnp bieIt
tiid amei 8oden bel Der Siieslliesrs-
tfamilie auf. Dns NOR eine enia-
ltion. nibt MIR fir Ole 6amilfe, jon
bern fir bas gan5e Saus! SEER @ott.
Ifrieo nahte natiirltd bel Der eriten
lfdifliden @elegenbeit einen 8eiu9,
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SIe NmerlIQnertn Daf 1t0 QllD an
Die 3onengrenae begeben u1b iie 1agt,
es babe iie nit 3orn unb 8ei1Gmung
erfiint, als iie mitten in ibrer aIten
Seinat einen Shlagbaun un6 Sta-
helorabt5anne iab uno bie rotte Slag-
ge NIT SibeI uno Sammer
slIs grgebnis oieier gusipra9e
miro angemein feitgeitent, ipie gut es
fiir Die Sabe bes Sriebens pare,
menn Die Wenihen Der perl1ieoenen
Nationen otter @elegenbeit au 8e-
gegnilngen llnb iolben Musipraden
batten. 9ie arbeitenoe 8eb6lferuns
Der ,peribieoerren 2Gnber bot bon ii1
aus feinerlei boie Mblihten uno @e-
'fiible gegeniiber ben Menlben an
oerer 2dnber, unb tpenn man Die
einfahe 9eb0lfering aud in Der
Somiet- Union befragen tpiir6e, Oh lie
einen &rieg tpiinide, ipiir6e aud bort
often Der @lrnl9 ausgeoriidt iperoen,
init allen Mntionen in yrieben nn6
6rellnbi6aft all leben. Mber elm iol-
Dies uBlebisait oes fleiilen Mannes"
miro lei6er Dor lusbrub zines &rie-
'ges in feinen 2a11be our1gefiibrt. !.
Die Mmerifanerin miro anh nod
allen 1n0gli9en Observation-Disclosures,
ausgefragt, Die ben unteri6ieo i'm
Intagsleben biiben nnb oriiben aus
MAIDEN, 8eIonbers i,,terefiiert man
iid fir Die tehniiden 0orteile, Die
Ohio Waisenfreund. [volume] (Pomeroy, O. [Ohio]) 1874-1953, 1948-12-25

Attl 9V9tt rOlbSf EIts r&5tk YtA4ICtt @ulL QtCtE
|Yritfiing elmer berbremeriIhen YoIi-
tif beitanbenl SM aIaabe, onB Die
E4rippe ntebr nlS ir9eylnapo ll1iter bic
iei nrirten. pertriebeasiI, leiogeqn6l-
ten, perbungernoeil Meni1en itebt.
an ibnen lDieberbolf iib oos @ebeim-
mis- Der Meibnaht: Die @rippe, Der
Staa, Die 5luht ins fremoe 2ano,
&unger, Not unb Gorge Inn Die 3n-
-fnltft, 8eOrobiing ollrh oie Nahfol-
ger oes &erooes. Mit oieien Meni1en
feiere id) i'm @eilte @eibnaht al
lein in Der Brdrie ipie tie in Go
dern uno Soblen. ilno id ipeiB, gbri-
Itus lit nit ibnen llnb nit uns. @ott
allein getliigt llno tper tpirflih frobe
briltlibe @eibna6ten feiern min, Der
belfe bielen Nenl6en uno lafie iie
teilbaben on ieiner Sreiloe.
giner Der ourd Botsoam BERTHE
benen, 4arl anp, bat Elm Geoiht fir
mid geldrieben, nit Dem i6 idlieBen
mill:
SIMMER our ieligen 8eibnahts5eit
balt Ser Sew Elm 2iht bereit,
9as beller itrablt nnb tiefer oringt,
bas araft uno Sroit nnb Greuoe
bringt.
9 8eibnadtsli6t, Gu belfenber
Shein, ,-.
febre bel nllen Menihen ein
l1no glib, Dab anf Der falten groe
in jeoer Seele @eibnaft tperoe!