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The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11

all of the Progressive Party's
candidates in Cook County
on the official ballot for the
Nov. 2 election.
The ruling does not mean that
the names of Henry A Wallace
and Glen H. Taylor will appear
on the ballot in the county.
The Supreme Court decision
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
Hoosier democracy

INDIANAPOLIS - The
Progressive Party has been
certified to appear on the
Indiana ballot in NOvem-
Der. Uni K e Democratic
and Republican officials in
Illinois, the state election
board accepted the party's
$4,000 petitions. The sig
natures in this state were
collected despite constant
intimidation (Of Wallace
ites) by police" PIP
charged.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
The story behind
the ballot fight

THE INSIDE story of how the
Democrats and Republicans
got together TO bar the Pro-
gressive Party from the ballot
and how the PIP is fighting
back. Exclusive in The
STANDARD see pages !
& s. The details of the Su-
preme Court decision to place
Progressives on the ballot in
Cook County see pages
81.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11

Cook County slote

AS a result of the Su-
preme Courts decision, all
: 81 of the Cook County Pro
gressive candidates will APP
pear on the ballot. These
are the major candidates:
For Congress: Earl b.
DickersOn in the LIST dis
trict, Sidney l.. OrdOwer in
the 9Th, Dorothy Bushnell
Cole in the eth, and Irving
G. Steinberg in the 18th.
For states attorney:
Judge Samuel Heller.
For chief justice of the
Municipal curt: Pearl
Hart.
Other offices for which
Progressive candidates will
be on the ballot in Cook
County include state repre-
sentatives, Municipal Court
judges, Municipal Court
bailiff, Supe Tor Court
clerk, Circuit Court clerk,
recorder of deeds, coroner,
and Sanitary District trus-
tees.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
Charge law violates Constitution
PIP TO TAKE BALLOT
SUIT TO HIGH COURT

The Illinois Supreme Court will be asked to declare
unconstitutional the state election law which invoked
to bar the Progressive Party from the ballot.
At the time Progressives will be continuing their
demonstrations the Loop and outlying communities in
protest against the Democratic state electoral
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
prouressives win
spot on county ballot

The Progressive Party will have place the official
ballot in Cook County, it announced this week by
George Cermak chairman and Zamon Garfield director,
of the Cook County Progressive Party.
By action of the state Supreme Court the Board of
Election Commissioners ordered place the of
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
EXCLUSIVE IN
THE STANDARD

EDITOR METZ LOCHARD coils
the turn on denial of the Hi
nois ballot to ProgressiYes
see page 4.
BILL CARR looks at Politics
and People" see page 4.
AL VAUGHN writes of on ex-
elusive interview with boxer
Ray Robinson, Welterweight
titIeholder. in The Fans Cor
ner" see poge 8. Our
Town" see page 4. Nov
les and Books are reviewed
on page s.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
STUDS TERKEL
AFTER DARK

WHEN THE voice Of the Ter
kel" runs into q fellow who
needs q friend he knows
what TO do and how to
write about it 4. =. see puge 5.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-11
WALLACE WRITES
FOR STANDARD

THIS WEEK and every week
Henry Wallace writes an ex-
elusive column for The Stond-
ard. This week he loshes out
ar Dixie egg throwers and
West Frankfort stoners i.
see poee 4.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
u. 5. Leak 10 Moscow
Called False Alarm

A report linking an American OF.
fetal now in "a high diplomatic post
with an alleged leak to Moscow
turned out to be a false alarm, the
State Department has informed
Congress.
The incident came to light In
House Appropriations subcommittee
hearings made public yesterday.
A. committee investigator listed the
man as No. 50" in q list of cases
checked on in the departments Sc
curity files. He was said to be "for-
merly a ranking official" who NOV
occupies q high diplomatic post"
The report quoted an informant
as saying "x-6'', a special emissarJ
for the late President Roosevelt, wa
warned against No. So by X-8, al
ONCE of Strategic Services official
at an airport near London.
It said the OSS man told th<
Presidents representative that {
telegram prepared by Mr.. Roosevelt
to send to Chungking, China, hae
been picked up at Moscow" Tn.
OSS man was quoted as adding tha'
No. 50 had been seen contacting II
washington a man who was fol
lowed to the Soviet Embassy.
Hamilton Robinson, director o.
the departments office Of controls
informed the committee that the
OSS official quoted by the unnamed
informant" later denied knowing
anything about the statements at
tributed to him.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Farm Prices Dropped
y Per Cent Month Ago
By the Assoeiaisd Press

Farm product prices dropped 9 per
cent between mid-January and mid
February, the Agriculture Depart
ment reported yesterday.
This decline broke a steady ad-
vance in prices since June, 1947. It
was one Of the sharpest on record
for a months period. In 1921 farm
prices broke IL per cent between
mid-February and mid-March.
In mid-January this year the
price level was the highest on rec
ord. Then early this month com.
modify markets broke sharply.
Ofhcials said prices Of some prod
ucts have recovered slightly since
mid-February. The earlier slump ir
prices was general, but q few com.
modities showed higher prices.
The index of prices received by
farmers in mid-February was 27s
per cent Of the 190a<1914 average
compared with 0307 per cent a month
earlier. (The index decline OF q
points is the equivalent Of a 8 PEI
cent price drop)
Prices paid by farmers for thing'
they need in family living and II
farm production also declined, bu
only about per cent.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
This Changing World
Benes, Masaryk Symbolic Defeat
Of Democracy in Czechoslovakia

Mr.. Mikolajczyk-who risked his
life to remain in Poland ct the
spearhead OF the resistance to Com
munism- slipped through the Po-
lish Reds fingers and they lost
thereby q chance to persecute that
champion Of true democracy. Their
Czech brothers are not likely to
make the same mistake.
Virtual Prisoners.
Whatever freedom Dr.. Benes and
Mr.. Masaryk enjoy under the new
Red regime, they are now virtual
prisoners and in no way win be
able to influence either the inter-
nal or external policy Of Czecho-
slovakia. The Red tide Of purges,
trials and prosecutions is sweeping
over them and It Is only q matter OF
time until they themselves are
caught up in it.
For DR.. Benes his forced capitu-
lation-under We know not what
kind of violent threats a person.
al tragedy of the first order. He
came to the peak Of his career un-
der the republic which he helped
Thomas G. Masaryk found. At his
present age-64-and in his present
failing physical condition he may
not live to see true democracy re-
stored to the country which was his
life work. But he can be sure that
when the final victory is won and
these recurring challenges to the
democratic way Of life are at last
beaten down everywhere, Czecho-
slovakia will regain her freedom In
the liberation Of all Moscow's satel-
lites and of the Russian people
themselves from totalitarianism.
Final Liberation Certain.
When that liberation will come
is in the hands Of Providence. That
1t will come about is as certain as
was Czechoslovakia's liberation from
the Nazi yoke. That 1t should come
about without force Of arms every
one-including the most ardent
militarists-must hope. That 1t i
possible without force Of arms is al
most in the realm of impossibility.
Meanwhile, DR.. Benes and Jan
Masaryk are the last glowing en-
bers in Czechoslovakia Of what the
people of that country had to be
most proud of-their ability as d.
verse peoples to live in harmony
solve their problems and prospe,
with the democratic process. This
was a historic accomplishment in
the face of the failure Of other peo-
Piles, Of less diverse character, to
accomplish the same result.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
On the Other Hand
Reckless Politics Seen in Attacks
BY Taft, Dewey on China Policy

not name him. Now that the ad-
ministration, succumbing to Repu's.
ncan pressure, is suggesting an al,-
preparation Of $50, 0,00o, 600 900, MT.
Dewey doubtless will raise his own
sights.
Taft Urges Use Of Men.
MIR. Taft hasn't named his figure,
but he doesn't seem as economy
minded toward China as he Is toward
rrope. However, he goes beyond
mere money. He proposes the use OF
men. Speaking to a Detroit audience
in criticism Of Secretary of State
Marshall, the Senator said: He
(Gen. MarshalD said that China was
completely wrecked by civil war, but
he opposed the policy Of extending
vigorous military aid, which alone
could bring an, end to civil war"
Gen. Marshall emerged from World
War II recognized as one of the
great military men of all time. Since
then he has spent year In China.
His view of the value of vigorous
military aid" differs from the Sen
ator's. He may have a different view
Of the cost also-the cost in lives as
well as money-and of the time 1t
would take, the endless years OF
fighting to which we would be COM
mitted.
Mr.. Taft is opposed to universal
military training. But the China
policy he proposes could not be car
ried out unless we are ready to re-
sumo actual conscription.
Politics? No, this partisan attack
on the Administrators China policy
is not designed to win the non-ex-
istent Chinese vote. 1t Is surely in
tended to show that the administra-
tion isn't tough enough in its atti-
tude toward Communism. That was
a pretty good line in 1916 and the
candidates appear to think 1t Is still
good.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
PTA Congress Views
PLAY on lis History

The District Congress of Parents
and Teachers gathered in the
Adams Elementary School yester-
day to celebrate the 51st anniver-
sary Of the founding Of the group
Feature of the program was a
play presented by the Adams PTA
showing progress of the organiza-
ton since Alice Mcclellan Birney
and Phoebe Apperson Hearst
founded it.
Taking part in the play were Mrs
William B. Ingersoll, Mrs. A. NJ
De Rozario, Mrs. Jack Murata
Mrs. Haseena Husain, Mrs. Ralph
A. Gilchrest, Mrs. Scott Riggs, Mrs.
Geraldine Montgomery, Mrs. Frank
Korkish, Miss Nora Lee Orandort
and Mrs Maurice II. Herzmark.
Mrs. Orville G. Hankins, presi-
dent Of the congress, presided at
the meeting. The program was
under the craftsmanship of Mrs. w.
E. Linden. Mrs. Florence Cornell,
principal Of Adams School, well
coined members to the celebration
A life membership was awarded
to Mrs. Charles McGogney, chair
man Of the Congress Committee on
Student Aid.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Policeman Pleading
Bad Memory Cleared

A policeman, pleading loss o1
memory due to a brain conclusion
as a defense against charges o1
making a false statement to his
superiors and of conduct prejudicial
to the force, was cleared Of the
charges yesterday by a Police Iria
Board.
The policeman, Pvt. Raymond v
Taylor of traffic division, was found
guilty of wearing his uniform while
of duty last August 23 and was
warned on this count.
The trial board also heard Pvt
Robert G. Redding, As, of No. 5 pre-
cinct, plead not guilty to q charge
of having been under the influence
of liquor while on duty and con.
tinued his hearing pending decision
on other charges,
Pvt. Taylor became involved
after a Maryland accident last
August 23 in which q car in which
he was riding, driven by james
Perry Thomas, 1904 Eastern avenue
NE, struck culvert.
The policeman's defense offered 8
letter from Capt. L. o. Stone, com.
manding officer Of the Naval Hos.
pital at Bethesda, saying his injury
had caused a memory defect. A
letter from another physician sale
he had been unconscious most o1
the time he spent in Frederick MD
Memorial Hospital before being
transferred September to Proyt-
dence Hospital.
Two police officers reported thai
after the defendants return to light
duty November 10 they noticed hi
wrote down messages rather thar
attempting to remember them.
Evening star., 1948-02-28

Iby long-distance phone have failed.
Yesterday he swore in the new
Czech cabinet, but beyond that lit
tie is known.
Jan Masaryk, son of the founder
of Czechoslovakia, is in a clearer
position-for the present-having
been appointed to the new Com
munist cabinet as foreign minister
q position he has held longer, per-
haps, than any other European for
eien minister.
Whatever concession DR.. Benes
wrung from the Communist pre-
mier, Klement Gottwald, with re-
spect to Mr.. Masaryk In exchange
for his consent to formulation OF
the Communist government will not
last longer than the Communists
feel the desire to let it last.
Have Two Alternatives.
These two men-who can be COM
pared only with Stanislaw Mikolaj-
czyk and the little group which sur
rounds him amid the hostile Po-
lish Communicative only two al
ternatives. They must either gel
out of Czechoslovakia or face the
almost dead certainty of eventual
removal and, most likely, trial by
the Communists on charges Of con-
spring with the West.
To get out Of Czechoslovakia at
this stage Of the game will be al
most impossible, for the Commu-
nists certainly cannot be pleased at
the prospect of augmenting the little
band of European leaders who now
hold forth in Washington under the
name Of the International Peasant
Union.
Evening star., 1948-02-28

the ONCE occupied by Mr.. Truman
The course pursued Cor followed)
by Mr.. Truman with relation To
Palestine is frequently cited IN the
indictment against him. 1t Is alleged
that he has been moved from the
first by no higher consideration than
the Jewish vote in New York City
Nothing but politics, it Is said. II
so. it hasn't been very good politics
thus far, as proved by last weeks
election in the Bronx.
There is less talk Of domestic
politics in connection with the
Presidents European policy. This Is
due in part, no doubt, to Senator
Vandenberg's consistent co-opera-
ton with the Administration and u
the use made of former Republican
Senator Austin in the United Ma.
tions. This leaves the President'i
rivals somewhat stymied.
Sees Politics On China.
Now, to put the shoe on the othel
foot, there is our policy towarc
China. It may be unfair, but don''
think it is, to charge Messrs. Dewey
and Taft with playing politics ir
that field. If so, it is reckless ane
dangerous politics.
Since WI Day the administra
ticn has struggled with the problem
of the Chinese. As a matter of fact
the struggle began even before tn
Japanese were licked, the struggle
then being to make the Chimes
government, as distinguished from
the Chinese people, do its part-tt
put to effective use the money ant
materials we were providing. All il
all, some billions of dollars hav'
been wasted In this effort and ther'
is now little to show for 1t. The Chi
nese government is less secure thar
ever. Month by month it become'
clearer that we have intervened II
a real civil war.
So what to do now? Mr.. Dewe!
and Mr.. Taft have their answer
Give the Chinese government NOR
money. Millions and millions more
Thus far Mr.. Dewey has only sug'
gested money. In late November
he had even figured out the amoun
$3.50, ,000, 900 annually for three o.
four years. To administer its use HI
would put an American in charge
some one suspiciously like Gen. Mac
Arthur. although the Governor die
Evening star., 1948-02-28

Mr.. Payne. The shot was
fired through q closed window and
screen at a range of.6 feet.
Kept Vigil After Midnight.
Mr.. Payne said he got OF work
at midnight and decided to stay
awake awhile and maintain per-
sonal lookout for q prowler who
had been harassing the neighbor-
hood for q year. This personal cam
paign had been going on for some
time with Mr.. Payne occasionally
chasing q prowler.
Looking from his window, he said,
he saw some one standing on a
settee and peering In a first-foor
bedroom In the house.
He said he ran downstairs and
picked up q .22-caliber target pistol
he had borrowed from friend
Not wanting to scare away the PROV
Ter by raising the window, Mr..
Payne said, he fired right through 1t.
The prowler fed. Mr.. Payne gave
chase. After running around the
neighborhood looking for him, Mr..
Payne decided to let the police take
over.
No Bullet Hole in House.
Police looked for q bullet hole next
door. Finding none, they decided
Mr.. Payne hadn't missed. A lookout
went over the police radio for q re-
port of q gunshot wound.
An hour later, the same scout car
manned by Pvts. ]. ]. Wolf and
Forrest Dougherty-responded on q
shooting report on Alabama avenue.
They found young White suffering
from bullet wound in the upper
left leg.
At first, Pvt. Wolf said, the youth
said he didn't know how he was
shot. Finally, according to Pvt.
Wolf, he admitted his presence on
Twenty-fifth street, but denied he
was trying to get in the house.
He was charged with attempted
HOUSEKEEPING and taken to Gallinger
Hospital.
Mrs. Josephine Edwards, who oc-
cupied the first-hoor bedroom next
door, said she slept through the
whole thing.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Judge Studies Verdict
In. Grimditch Case
by the Assoeiatsd Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 28.-Heiress
Gioia Gould Grimditch, 23, and he,
husband. william H. Grimditch, "a
today awaited a decision in theil
sensational divorce and child Gus.
tody case.
Judge j. Mercer johnson, who
heard the proceedings in superior
Court here, said after summations
yesterday that he would deliver the
decision some time next week"
Mrs. Grimditch had filed the di.
vorce action with her HUSBAND
countering with a cross complaint
Both sought custody of the two
children in the four-day trial.
Summing up the case for Mr.
Grimditch, Philip r. La Toilette
former Governor Of Wisconsin
scathingly asserted her diary, or
which much of the case was based
was filled with language mot vulgar
but vile"
He termed the diary one mot of 9
mother in love with her husband
and thinking of her children, but
of a social butterfly to an extraor.
dinary degree self-centered, with NJ
discipline, no training and no check.
REIN"
Frank Beer, attorney for Mrs
Grimditch, however, told the court
gone are the days Of parties, care.
free life and light-hearted days. AL
this little mother wants now is hel
babies"
He said the main issue was ont
Of custody and not Of divorce.
Mrs. Grimditch earlier had re.
turned to the witness stand II
translate French passages in tn,
diary and explain the meaning o
several, asserting some, which he
husband charged told of infidelities
merely were innocent incidents Sc
down in SILLY schoolgirl" style.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Wise Says U. S., Britain
Sacrifice Jewish State

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s R.-Dr.
Stephen s. Wise, president Of the
American Jewish Congress. said last
night Jewish State in Palestine is
being sacrificed by American and
British desires for Near East oil and
by their joint fear Of Russia.
AS Britain appeased Hitler, DR..
Wise said, she now "hopes to appease
Hitler's fellow slayer-the Mutt"
assisted by the American chorus
Of assent"
Evening star., 1948-02-28
| Palestine DeadIine
Only Il Weeks Of,
Britain Reminds U. n
By ,he A.soeio,.d Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Feb. 7s.-The
United Nations has exactly II weeks
to make up its mind what to do
about Palestine and get 1t done.
A deadline on wrangling over
partition or alternate solutions was
laid down by Britain, now respon-
sible for the Holy Land as manda-
tory power. The British govern
ment has advised:
After May is, 1913, the United
Nations Palestine Commission will
be the government Of Palestine"
The five-nation Palestine COM
mission disclosed last night that II
had this memorandum from the
British, reiterating a stand previ-
ously announced.
The British have said also that
the last of their troops will be out
Of Palestine by August /. The new
British note appeared to dispel hopes
that London might agree to stay
longer In Palestine pending some
kind Of acceptable solution.
Other Developments.
Other U. N. developments:
/. The Council was to meet today
in efforts to wind up consideration
Of the Indonesian case.
2. Burma applied for U. N. mem-
bership yesterday. The application
will be taken up by the Council
next summer and 60 to the General
Assembly in Paris next September
for final approval.
8. The Economic and Social
Council put of until its July meet
h ing In Geneva an American Fedora
tion of Labor request for a survey
of forced labor and measures to
abolish it.
4. Nicholas Kyriazidis, Greek
Communist newspaper correspond
ent previously threatened with de-
portation by the United States, was
reaccredited by the U. N. for six
months.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
Chevy Chase Baptist
By Dorothy Thompson

"His Sense of Mission" the Sec
ond message on Understanding
Jesus" will be given at the Chevy
Chase Baptist Church tomorrow at
II am. by DR.. Edward o. Clark.
The church unites in the union
lenten service in the Wesley Meth
odist Church Wednesday night,
when DR.. Clyde v. Hickerson, pastor
of the Barton Heights Baptist
Church, Richmond, Va. will preach.
Evening star., 1948-02-28

blocks from the
shooting scene
an hour later.
The man who
told police he
fred. the shot is
Richard Payne,
20, q Pepco en-
ploye, Of 2426
r W e n ty nth
street Sc.
The wounded
youth is Edward
White, colored,
16, Of the 1900
block Of Alabama
avenue Sc.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
CIV Group to Hear Anderson

Agriculture Secretary Anderson
will speak at the 22d annual ban
ouet and reunion Of George WASH
ington Universitys Medical Society
at z o'clock in the Mayflower Hotel
More than 500 alumni of the uni
versity's School Of Medicine are ex-
pected to attend.
Evening star., 1948-02-28
| |prowIer Is Fired On
by Neighbor Keeping
VIGIL in Next House

A merchant marine veteran early
today shot q prowler looking In his
neighbor,s window and police found
q wounded youth at his home, 10
Evening star., 1948-02-28

next e l e c Z ] on.
There Is some
truth In the
charge. It would
be strange If
there were not.
On the other
hand those who
make the charge
can scare e ly
deny that they
themselves are
engaged In poll
tics when they
do so. This ap-
plies to two emf
nent Republican