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Realistic LocuI Budqetinq

The District closes its books on the fiscal
year 1948 at midnight. Money for the fiscal
year 1949, which begins tomorrow, has been
appropriated BY using its invested re-
serves the District will have the funds to
pay for those appropriations. Within two
weeks or so the department heads will
begin submitting preliminary estimates Tor
the fiscal year 1850, which begins year
hence.
1t is that fiscal year, 1850, which presents
unusual problems for the budget officers.
II the District budget presented to Con-
gress next January is kept to the level OF
appropriations for 1s49, we shall be about
80 1000, 900 shy of making both ends meet.
If Congress decides in January to grant the
cost-of living increases to District employees
authorized for the Federal employees on the
closing day Of the past session, this deficit
will be increased And If Congress does
what equity demands, and the local pay
increases are made retroactive to July l
Of this year, there will be deficit not
only for 1850 but one for the fiscal year
194s
That Is the background against which
the Commissioners have requested the de-
partment heads to be realistic" In the
estimates they will submit in July and
August. Budgeting custom in the past has
not been altogether realistic. Last year,
for example, the department heads re-
uuested items totaling about $14O,O00000.
The Commissioners cut these to $101 00O,-
900, recommending sales tax to make up
a Sc, 900 900 deficit When the sales tax was
blocked, further reductions were necessary
and invested savings were thrown into the
pot to balance the budget.
We are still without the sales tax. The
Invested reserves are all committed. An
other unbalanced budget, calling for more
money than we are raising by taxation.
will be submittedgto Congress in January.
That means a postponement Of all i'm
provements, reduction, wherever 1T Is pos
sible, in operating expenses and a policy
of asking for no new positions. That sort
Of realism will cause no immediate harm.
It could produce helpful results In elimi-
mating non essentials
But we can have no realistic budgeting
for the District that fails to take note OF
needed school construction and the mod
ernizing of our health and welfare institu-
tions. The forthcoming budget estimates
probably will be unrealistic in that sense.
A sales tax. to be enacted as soon as
possible in the new session OF Congress
and program Of Government construction
loans, repayable in annual installments,
are two essential parts of any realistic
local budgeting.
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needed to build an effective force. Con-
trast the picture OF our Army, even when
it has attained the "barest minimum" OF
divisional strength, with the situation In
Russia, where an estimated ITO trained
divisions are ready for action at any time,
anywhere. 1t is said that Russia could
expand her Army to 800 divisions within
two months.
The comparison makes 1t obvious that
our struggle to reach the "barest of mini
NUNS" in military strength bears no
resemblance whatever to "war mongering"
tactics. The only pertinent question is
whether we have set our goals high enough
to afford adequate protection in today's
continuing emergency The question is
hard to answer, because there are so many
intangibles involved. It Is safe to assume
that the problem will be very live one
before the next Congress 1t was to the
one recently adjourned.
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The Greek Kidnupinqs

Another Communist violation OF what
our own State Department calls the
accepted standards of international con-
duct" appears to be incontrovertibly
established This is the wholesale kidnap-
ing of Greek children by the Communist
insurgents in that country and their
removal to other Communist-dominate
lands as far away as Hungary and pos
sibly to Poland, where they are being in
doctrinated and trained as future agents
OF the Red revolution in their homeland
For nearly year, the Greek Govern
ment has been protesting against this
odious practice, notably to the United
Nations, which charged its Special Com
mittee on the Balkans to make thorough
investigation The Committees report,
handed in a month ago, supports the
Greek charges and duplicates the Soviet
satellite regimes in abetting the practice
and maintaining camps for these juvenile
unfortunates, who are estimated to num-
Der at least 10000. Convinced OF the
reliability of this report, the State Depart
ment has issued a circular note to the
offending satellite regimes, expressing its
grave concern" and calling upon them
to discontinue the practice and to return
those children already within their terri
tories. The British Government has taken
parallel action, voicing its condemnation.
The responses to these diplomatic efforts
are not encouraging. Poland has denied
harboring any Greek children. Hungary
has replied evasively and unsatisfactory.
The other satellites - Albania, Bulgaria,
Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia-have thus
far ignored our communication. as they
have previous protests from the Greek
Government. Meanwhile, the press in
these satellite countries has endorsed the
blistering reply of General Markos
Vafiades, leader of the Greek Communist
insurgents. He fiatly denies the kidnapping
charge. asserting that these children were
sent abroad either at the request of their
parents to save them from the "Monarcho-
Fascists' or because they were orphans
exposed to the same fate. AS for the u NJ
Balkan Committee. Vafades terms it an
"agency of calumnies and support for the
bloody actions of the Monarcho- Fascists,"
while the U. N. itself has mot justified
the hopes of the peoples"
The indications are, therefore, that
nothing effective will be done, even though
the matter may be laid before the Eco
nomic and Social Council of U. N. Yet
surely this new violation Of traditional
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A Burest Minimum Army

Army Secretary Royals announcement
of plans for draft-bolstered new Army"
OF twelve regular divisions is reasSuring
to those who have seen our ground forces
disintegrate into what defense experts
good prospects now that by the end of
next year todays paper" Army will have
become striking force in being.
Testimony by General Bradley and
others before Congress disclosed that our
oncegreat wartime Army had shrunken
since VI Day to a skeletonized organiza-
tion consisting mostly of cadres of units
hoped for In the future. Drained of man
power by our occupation tasks in Europe
and Asia, the striking force available in
this country had dwindled to less than
two divisions. Actually the only domestic
division in the United States at approx
mately full strength is the 82nd Airborne,
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. AL other
units are sadly undermanned and some
consist only of a handful Of record keep
ing officers and men.
The Army hopes, by voluntary means,
supplemented by selective service as
and a new infantry division and to build
up to effective strength other paper"
infantry and armored divisions. Blythe
end of this year the total strength Of the
Army is expected to be around 100000
In addition, the new Army" program calls
for six full-strength National Guard and
Organized Reserve divisions, to bring the
total mobile striking force on this con-
tinent to eighteen divisions.
1t is well to remember, however, that
this goal of twelve regular and six Guard
and Reserve divisions has been described
by Chief of Staff Bradley as the "barest
of minimums" necessary to give a reason
able degree of security in these troubled
times The National Guard is just as new
as the Army will be, with most OF its men
in need of training and experience. 1t
will take many months OF drilling and
field maneuvers to provide the individual
training and the organizational teamwork
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Old School Teacher

There ,oas a time ,ohen ualking tn the
rain,
Smelling the salt IN otnds that bleso her
hair
Weakened erpectanes and wtld spest
strain
OF ,oonder, almost more than she could
bear.
But no,o she grumblss BY her tctndoiDsH
At rain and sea ,cfnds that she once
ertoIled:
Puts on an extra scarf and takes pin
And stays indoors for fear she n'soht
take cold
she scarce recalls nor cares ,otat scope or
form -
Her dreams of ponder once ioere tash-
ioned In:
Nom sconder is a fre to keep her pdrm,
A cup of rea; tight doors to hush the
din
OF mind and rain that seem to cry Their
Iike snsoH lost children mailing in the
night
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They, too often with evangelical zeal, help In
the placing and distribution Of fire prevention
posters and reminders. Where their summer
camps are in or near national forests they CO.
operate with Forest Service personnel in giving
out fire warnings and the like to forest visitors.
Last year, the Girl Scouts had 93.48S
campers in their $50 established camps, and 1t
is safe to say that these girls-Yanging from 7
to 18-came out of the woods with clear con-
viction on why and how forest fires must be
prevented, and that most of them are and will
be staunch conservationists from here out.
Now and again, the girls are called upon actu-
ally to fight fires.
In the past eight or nine years. the average
annual number Of forest fires in this country
has been reduced from around 100000 to
around 10000 No doubt the convictions Of
this army Of youngsters has contributed ma
terially to this happy achievement. In fact,
that they will carry their knowledge and con-
uctions into maturity and thus increase the
number Of conservation minded citizens is the
best hope for sound use and preservation Of
the timber reserves which America has
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He Could Not Afford to Stuy

DR.. John w. Studebakers resignation
as commissioner of education directs at
tention anew to the serious problem OF
obtaining and retaining top-ranking
administrative and technical men for the
teen years Of outstanding service, wrote
President Truman that "along with too
many other men, the time has now come
when can afford no longer to remain in
the Federal Government" Mr.. Truman,
who has repeatedly asked for a lifting OF
the ten-thousand-dollar ceiling on civil
service salaries, replied that he could
fully understand" DR.. Studebakers
decision.
Dr. Studebaker has been receiving the
Thousand limit. Under the new salary
bill he would have received an increase
of $500 year. II proposal urged on
Congress by the Civil Service Commission
had been adopted. the ceiling would have
been lifted to $13,570. The commission
considered this moderate" raise, in view
of salaries paid for comparable positions
in private industry. But this proposal was
rejected. 1t was only in the final days OF
Vic SCcSlOIl CIldt oCIlAtC AilQ x1OuSC COIl>
ferees agreed to make the $3.50 general
increase applicable to ceiling salaries, too.
But even this small increase was not
extended to heads Of departments and
Independent agencies, or to members Of
independent boards and commissions The
result in some instances. will be that sub
ordinates of these executives and commits
sioners will be receiving more pay than
their bosses, for the subordinates will
benefit from the increase
This whole disjointed salary situation
should be given intensive study by the
new Congress. The only real solution,
according to the Civil Service Commission,
Is to overhaul the classification system so
as to eliminate the inequities which have
grown up through years of haphazard
salary adjustment AS long as these
inequities continue, the Government may
expect to lose additional numbers of
valuable public servants.
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Thanks for Mr.. Young
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
We recently subscribed to your paper, mainly
because of your columnist, Joe Young, who
writes the column regarding Federal employees.
We have followed his column each day and
desire to say that his column has been the
most correct we have been able to find
desire on behalf OF the employees OF the ST.
Louis Post once and myself to thank you ana
extend our thanks to Mr.. Young.
HARRY e. FINCH.
President National Association Of Post Once
and Railway Mall Handlers.
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BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE


BY THE HAsKINs SERVICE.
Q. To what family Of fishes does the shad
belong? How large does 1t Crows. G. D.
A. The shad is the largest American member
of the herring family It's usual length Is 18
to "a inches Shad live in sea water but go up
fresh water rivers to spawn.
@. When the master clocks at the Naval OBJ
servatory are wrong, how are they set to show
correct time?-V. M G.
A. When these master clocks are once started
they are never reset, for to do so would merely
increase the error. The astronomers always
know exactly how slow or fast these clocks
are and make allowances for these errors In
sending out the time signals.
@. Are there any collectors Of paper money!
-G. u. B.
A, Collecting paper money has gained in
interest during recent years. The value Of the
paper money depends on its new, crisp con-
dition,' rarity and fine engraving.
O. In what language was the Nuremberg
trial conducted?-P w. G.
A. The trial was conducted in four languages
simultaneously without the necessity for
sbreaks for translation. Each lawyer or wit
ness spoke into a microphone and what ne
said was made audible to every person IN the
courtroom over a wired headphone system.
group of interpreters, as the words came 10
them in their headphones, repeated them In
other languages into microphones. These trans
lated versions were conveyed to every person
in the courtroom with the result that each
could listen to the proceeding in English, Rus
sian, French or German.
@. What locality is known as the roof OF
North America"?-R. II.
A. Glacier National Park, or more par
ticularly Triple Divide Mountain 8,O0l feet),
has been called "the roof OF North America
because from its mountain heights the waters
divide and flow into the Gulf Of Mexico. into
Hudson Bay. and into the Pacific Ocean.
@. When did Vice President take the oath
Of ONCE while outside the territorial limits OF
the United States?-E. J. T.
A. William r. King became seriously III after
his election in November. 1882, and sailed for
Cuba. On March 2 an act was passed allowing
him to take oath in Cuba and accordingly the
cath was administered to him by the American
Consul General at q plantation near Matanzas
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canons Of international morality should
not escape the collective censure Of civil
lized humanity. 1t is another blot on the
Communist escutcheon, already stained by
so many inhuman practices.
Evening star., 1948-06-30

Neurologists are far from knowing every
thing about the human species, which
stands up with such admirable aplomb
through dreadful wars, while peace makes
it nervous ~-+- -.-
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Pack plenty Of soap, ETC., In juniors
baggage for summer camp-and it will
return after many days, often in the
original wrapper ro
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Answers to Questions

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact By writing The Evening star Information
Bureau, 316 Eye street Me- Warrington 2. p e.
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led by Daniel, 606 B. c., and tn
one led by Ezekiel, SGT B. c.
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/. Select red-ripe but firm straw
berries.
2. Wash in ice water.
3. Remove stems.
A. Measure. Place in a large pan
to permit rapid boiling (enamel pre-
ferable).
S. To every quart of berries, add
81 cups granulated sugar.
6. Place pan over rapidly boiling
water double boiler styl-).
Z. When enough juice has been
extracted to prevent burning, place
pan over direct heat.
8. Bring to rolling boil. Boil rapid
" for II minutes. Take are to pre-
vent burning.
8. Set off and let cool. Using a
wooden spoon, stir gently as con
tents cool. When thoroughly cool
this preserve will be thick and Jell'
ed. Place in dry sterilized jars OIL
glasses; cover with melted paraffir
and seal or cover to keep out dust
In using paraffin, it is preferable to
use two thin coats rather than one
thick. In this way, the seal can be
made adequate.
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Pressure saucepan owners take
noticel Do not use the short process
ing times as directed in Lets Can"
Extension Circular 142, if you expect
to use your saucepan for canning
low-acid vegetables.
Those processing times are recon-
mended for use when a REGULAR
PRESSURE cooker is used, according
to research conducted by the u. S.
Bureau of Human Nutrition and
Home Economics.
The following timetable is consid-
cred safe for canning in pints at 10
pounds pressure in a pressure
saucepan.
Asparagus-45 minutes; lima beans
SIS minutes; snap beans - 40
minutes; carrots-40 minutes; cream
style corn-105 minutes; whole-ker-
mel corr = rs minutes; okra - As
minutes; beets-45 minutes; peas
so minutes; cubed pumpkin rs
minutes; strained pumpkin - 80
minutes; spinach-65 minutes; sum-
mer squash-50 minutes; dry-pack
sweetpotatoes-85 minutes; wet-pack
sweetpotatoes-75 minutes.
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ways do what they ought to do,
they will to do 1t.
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Trunsplont Flowers

Perennial flowers ike IRIS, cannaS
and chrysanthemums can be trans
planted any time in early spring
March or April, after the soil has
been well prepared. Dig old clump
carefully, getting as many roots as
possible. Roots may be divided in
several pieces each. Set iris and can
ma roots horizontally and shallow a
foot apart. Set chrysanthemums up
right Q feet apart and deeper than
they were growing when transplant
ed. .
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Make A Flower Bed

Beds should be around the edge OF
yard, around base of house or in
corners of yard, not in center OF
lawn. Mark off shape of bed and
spade 8 to 10 inches deep, remov-
ing all rocks, roots and other
troublesome objects.
Spread a 2 inch layer of we'll
rotted manure evenly over the sur
face and work well into upper a in
ches of soil with hoe and rake. Leaf
mold may be used instead of manure.
In preparing bed, try to raise the
bed a few inches abiut the ground
level for drainage and display OF
flowers.
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As We Achieve

The degree of C which we
achieve in making effective our
Christian education program in the
life OF this generation will determine
whether future generations will be
able to enjoy a society free from the
distrust of religious intolerance, the
vindictivensss of race prejudice, and
the bitterness Of class hatred
Walter w. Head.
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PROCLAMATION OF CYRUS

THE proclamation of Cyrus, Ezra
Il Ills, records the happy word to
the Jews that they would not only
return, but that the temple would
be rebuilt. Cyrus called upon all
the people who would to make offer
ings by which the temple might be
restored. Cyrus was acting under
divine impulse in this gracious and
generous proclamation.
1.-THE Lord God of heaven hath
given me all the kingdoms of the
earth; and he hath charged me to
build him an house at Jerusalem,
which is in JUDAH" said Cyrus,
Ezra IL.
Fifty thousand Jews, their hearts
rejoicing at the thought of return
ing to the land of their fathers, set
out on the trek of 900 miles, laden
with gifts from the Persians for the
, restoration of the temple in Jeru-
salem. They could now sing the
sons of the Lord, and 10 longer did
their harps hang silently on the
willow trees.
THE DECREE OF ARTAXERxES
THE fourth chapter of Ezra
i brings us to the hating of the
work on the temple, after they had
raised the magnificent sum Of APP
proximately $500, 900, and had laid
the foundation for the temple, with
imposing ceremonies.
This delay was ~occasioned by the
jealousy of the Samaritans, who
went to Artaxerxes, through en-
ployed counsel, and convinced him
that it would be dangerous to allow
these Jews to rebuild Jerusalem.
At first, the Samaritans proposed
that the Jews let them S the
temple in joint worship. but the
Jews feared the Samaritans and
refused their offer. It was then that
the Samaritans effected the delay
in the building Of the temple by the
space of IA years. Meanwhile, the
Jews went forward with the build
ing Of their homes and reestablish-
Ing themselves and their civiliza-
ton In Jerusalem.
STICKING TO ONES PURPOSE
WE come now to the part Hag-
w gal played in summoning the
Jews to their duty and obligation
to God to restore the temple. It
was in the second year Of the reign
OF Darius that Haggai received the
word Of the Lord. Els It time for
you, ye, to dwell In your csiled
! houses, and this house lie wastef
| Now therefore thus saith the Lord
Of hosts, Consider your ways"
It was enough. The people rallied
to the call of Haggai. and the
temple was completed. Men can al:
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The Return From Exile
Lesson for April Is, 1913

COWPER'S lines come to mind
~ as we study the dramatic re-
turn of the Jews from their exile
in Babylon to Jerusalem in the first
year Of the reign of Cyrus, king OF
Persia, 536 B. c.:
God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm"
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AnQ yet II IS moi
altogether strange
for if you will turn
to Jeremiah 90 ALA,
you will find a
prophecy given SO
years before the
event that this very
thing would occur.
There were two
other deportations
of the Jews from
Babylon, prior to
the incident In our
~
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Bring your PRINTING PROB
LENS to The Advertiser. We com
print anything and do it quickl We
appreciate your patronage. Phone
Lexington ll6, collect.
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Winston Hayles and Miss Sue
Tweatt were over from Cleveland
recently for a visit with Mr.. Hayles'
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. d.
McCaleb.
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WAYS do what they ought to do,
they will to do it.
GODS PURPOSE FULFILLED
THE message of Haggai wa.
l. needed. The temple was com
pleted, Ezra 6:13-l8, and Gods pur'
pose was fulfilled. Read Psalm 1875
This brings US to the golden text
mo man, having put his hand to the
pillow, and looking back, is fit fol
the Kingdom of God" Luke 9:62
When once the returned exiles fell
the iron of Gods purpose surgine
through their veins, they quilted
themselves like men, and Gods
power was everywhere manifest. 81
may it ever be with usi
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RELIGIOUS Educotion on behalf OF 90 Profes
tont denominations Released BY VIM
FeotuIes.)
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10 non-organic and non-systemic Kidney and
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your druggist for cystex today.
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Strawberry Preserves

Had you thought of those luscious
red-ripe strawberries that are be-
ginning to come in? There are ways
and ways of preserving their good
ness. Here is one method of doing
just that.
Evening star., 1948-06-13
VEL cuts dishwushinq
time in hulf

Dishes ssj sissswsrs sIsss wisssss wieissl
Just wash dishes with Vel, and rinse.
Even glassware sparkles without
wiping, for Vel leaves no soap scum
or streaky Aim to polish away. Vel
cuts grease faster and more COM
pletely than soap . E. leaves no dish
pan ring to scrub out Vel cleans
dishes cleaner than soap; saves up
to half your dishwashing time!