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Evening star., 1948-04-14
New Z York Newspaper,
And ITU Reported
Nearing Agreement
BY the Assoeieted Press

NEW YORK, April 14.-New
York's IA major daily newspapers
and their $500 AFL printers were
reported near agreement today on q
new contract.
Spokesmen for the publishers and
the New York local of the AFL In
ternational Typographical Union
Joined last night in expressing hope
that full agreement on all issues
would be reached in time for pres
entation to the union membership
Sunday. The old contract expired
March 80.
Winding up four hour negotiat-
ing session, Laurence H. Victory,
president Of the local, said the union
and the, publishers were in accord
on 80 OF the 86 provisions to be
included in the new work agreement.
Wage Issue Not Settled.
No settlement has been reached
yet on the question Of wages, how
eyer, Mr.. Victory said.
.Other. issues remaining to be dis
pbsed Of include: Duration of the
contract, proposed revisions OF
terms governing apprentices, and
alterations in the disputed bogus
clause, under which prepared ad-
vertising material must be reset in
the composing roms Of each indi-
Tdual newspaper.
:The printers have continued on
the job during the negotiations
Meanwhile, Theodore w. Kheel,
director of the. city labor relations
division, called company and union
representatives into conference to-
day in an effort to revive tagging
negotiations in the city's commercial
Hinting dispute.
: Stopped Work Two Weeks.
THE commercial printers, men,
bers Of the same union, conducted
ae two-week work stoppage when
their work week was heightened
ftom 36A to 40 hours without over
time pay. The shorter week was
restored however, and they returned
To work April 6.
sMr. Kheel called today's session
alter the commercial firms COM
plained that contract negotiations
had broken down because of the
departure for indianapolis of Elmer
Hown, second vice president Of the
I1U. The union contended that
lis local was authorized to continue
The contract talks.
about 1900 printers are involved
in the commercial negotiations.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Hi||eI House at 6. ". U.
To Be Dedicated May 7

-Hillel House at George Washing
ton University will be dedicated at
ceremonies at 2 pm. May 2, Morris
Gewirz, president of the Hillel
Foundation, announced today.
The house, which is located at
2l29 r street NV, was purchased
more than a year ago, and the mort.
gAge has been sufficiently reduced
ID allow for dedication ceremonies
The Hillel Foundation, which has
set up recreation centers at a num-
Der OF American colleges and uni
versities, is a project of B'nai Birth
Evening star., 1948-04-14

uulVcl SHY. hC
succeeds Or. Ed
ward j. Finan.
DR.. Fipan, who
is forced to re-
lin q u S h his
duties as dean
because of i'll
health, will con-
tinue on the
fac lty as a
m a t h e m atics
professor, ac-
cording to Msgr.
P. j. Cornick,
rector. DR.. Rock
has been a mem
e H. s
Evening star., 1948-04-14

versity faculty since his graduation
in 1921.
Also promoted were DR.. H. Edward
Cain, head of the English depart
ment, and the Rev. DR.. Francis j.
Connell of the school of sacred
theology. Both were given full pro-
feSSOrShipS.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Dog Digs Up Loot;
| Master, Is, Accused
Of Robbing Boss
BY the Associated prsss

LONDON, April 14.-Red. an
Irish setter, cooked his head
curiously as his 16-year-old
master buried package in the
back yard.
When the boy left, Red dug
up the package and took it to
his masters mother. 1t con-
tanned $500 $4,000 in 81 notes.
The mystified mother turned
the money over to police.
Yesterday Reds master was
charged in Juvenile Court with
stealing the money from his
boss.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Briton Gets Post Here

LONDON, April 13 (P).-The new
British supply office in Washington
will be headed by F. G. Lee, now
deputy secretary to the Ministry of
Supply in London, the government
announced tonight.
Evening star., 1948-04-14
Dr.. Rock Is Named Dean
I0f {. u. School Of Arts

DR.. George D. Rock, physics pro-
fessor at Catholic University, has
been named dean of the graduate
school of arts and sciences at the
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vi. 1O1 TUESDAY
office in the islands. His father
was lieutenant colonel and
later became commandment of
the military force in st. Tho
mas, where he was subsequent
~ joined by Peter, then a
mere twenty years old. With
the modest rank of ensign, he
was assigned the post of chief
Weigher, in which capacity he
had to report the weight Of
imported goods to the customs
inspector. Although his pay
only that of a sergeant, there
We're many perquisitites CON
nected with the job, which
Scholten, always with an eye
to the main chance, never per-
mitted to go begging. From
there he advanced rapidly
through the position Of com
mandant in ST. Thomas and
governor of that island To Gov
ernor-general of the Danish
West Indies. He arrived at
Christiansted, the seat of gov
eminent, on July IA, 1927, to
begin the most brilliant chap
ter in Danish colonial history.
The Governor-general, rul-
ing like a sovereign over his
little realm, was soon to ex-
perience that uneasy lies the
head that wears a crown. His
relations with the king and
the home government, on the
one hand, and with the official
class, the plantation owners,
the free persons Of color, and
the slaves, on the other, along
with his interest in, and pre-
occupation with, the economic
well-beign of the islands,
would have felled many an
other man. In addition he had
to endure the hatred of the
planters, who saw their vested
interest threatened, and the
jealousy Of the officials, for he
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~ Nsg ~ A
was an ambitious and vain
man, too great to be without
enimies. Thanks, however, to
his rollicking good humor, his
zest for living, his knowledge
OF tn love and gratitude of his
colored subjects, he was
more than able to hold his
own. Only the grief over the
events connected with eman-
cipation, his humiliating de-
parture from the islands, and
the long draWn-out courtmar-
tial proceedings broke him in
mind and body; and he passed.
away on Jan. rs, 1854 in Al
ton, approximately five years
and a half after the issuance
OF his emancipation preclama-
ton and in the 10th year Of his
age.
AS far as the commerce of
the islands were concerned,
Scholten's administration was
eminently successful. The prin
cipal exports consisted of SUI
gar and rum and the entire is
land, not excluding the East
End, was under cultivation.
Corn meal made up a consider
able part of the imports, as did
salt herring, both of which
constituted very important
items on the menu of the
slaves.
From the former they made
"fungy' which they ate with
syrup. The rest of the food
came from small kitchen gar
dens where they cultivated
vans and cassava the year
round. The trade of st. Tho
mas and the improvement of
the port had been his first love
and it SO remained to the end.
Dor at Christiansted
In order to promote the COM
mercial prospects Of St. Croix,
Scholten undertook to i'm
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HNON( CA1O AAoA LII dJ
Sted. There were two passages
through the corral reef, one
farther east by the Cape Bat
terry and the other in the mid
die of the reef for larger ships
which, however, could be ne
gotiated only with the aid OF
a pilot who lived on Protest
and Cay. Both passages, how
ever, were somewhat difficult
on account Of the constantly
growing coral. Accordingly.
one of the first tasks Scholten
set himself was to have a spe-
cially constructed dredging
machine built to remove a por-
ton of the annoying reef and
improve the entrance,
Scholten's ability as a build
er revealed itself to advantage
following a hurricane which
caused great destruction, par
ticularly in st. Thomas, to
public buildings, and also took
its toll of human life. The
buildings he erected were
beautiful and he used great
care and understanding in
their restoration.
But all this paled in compar-
ison with the repairs to Gov
eminent House in Christian
sted, which had suffered con-
siderable damage during a hur
ricane in 1885. It's condition
constituted an out-and-out
scandal. With leaks every
where, it was not a suitable
place in which to entertain
foreign guests of distinction, as
was the case in the colonies of
other powers. Instead Of MAX
ing repairs to the old building,
Scholten boldly proposed to
erect a new structure, to
which the government finally
gave its approval. The males
tic building was completed in
1886. It was built in pure Ital-
ian style with the crowned
monogram of Frederik vi
over the terraced entrance.
Across the street was the Luz
theran church, whose beauti-
Jul mahogany pews and cano-
Ply built especially for the
governor-general, was also
Scholten's work. The equip
ment installed in the new Gov
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but Scholten'S browning
achievement, his greatest con-
tribution to the progress of
colored race in the Danish
West Indies and to humanity
in general was his liberation
of the slaves. This is a long
story, and we must therefore
%confine ourselves to the high
spots. The first set of royal in
structions regarding the res
pective rights and duties of
the slaves and their owners
was issued in IT'S, twenty
years after the Danish Crown
had taken over the admins
tration of the islands from the
West India and Guinea Com
pany. Only five of its forty
five articles dealt specifically
with the duties of the bond
men but it was not considered
expedient to mention their
rights, which were according
ly withheld from publication.
Some of the regulations were
far more enlightened than sim
liar ones on the mainland. No
slave, for example, was to be
forced into a marriagesthat
was unacceptable to either Of
the parties husband and wife
We're not to be separated as a
result of sale or other method
OF transfer, nor were minor
children to be parted from
their parents. In addition, they
were to receive instruction in
the Christian religion, be bap-
TIED, and buried in accord
ance with Christian custom.
Thus, although the slaves, as
in the United States, were re-
garded as property, could not
enter into contract, or own
goods except with the permits
sion of the owners, the in
structions of ITS foreshadow
a tendency to regard them as
personalities. In line with this
tendency, the importation of
slaves from Africa was forbid
den from the first Of the year
1904, a step taken by Denmark
before all other colonial pow
ers. The domestic slave trade,
however, continued up to
emancipation.
From the very beginning of
his administration. Scholten
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sTRGHerA
Unity
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Bv LoweH MeHen

When Gov. Dewey debated with
Harold Stassen in Oregon he got
the best Of it, everybody agreed.
1t was the turning point in the bat
Evening star., 1948-09-07

in the Texas statute which gives it
some discretion in the matter.
And never before has the COM
mittee faced so wild a primary in
which victory see-sawed from one
candidate to the other by a literal
handful of votes. Representative
Johnson's final plurality constitutes
little more than one hundredth of
one per cent of the total vote cast.
Senate Spared the Worst.
As the Senate is the judge of the
qualifications of its own members,
Senators are wondering whether
they will be asked to deal with an
extraordinary and unprecedented
challenge of the new Texas Sena-
tors right to sit. They are spared
the worst. The Senate is narrowly
held by Republicans and is expected
again to divide closely. But the new
Texan, by whatever name, will be
a Democrat; thus his seat cannot
become a question of which party
will organize the Senate.
Washington naturally has a per-
sonal interest in Representative
johnson, who has served ably in the
House 10 years. A pillar of the
Armed Services Committee, he won
the battle of the TO air groups, even,
according to awed alrmen, making
"a Christian" out of influential Carl
Vinson of Georgia, the Navy's old
standby. Leader Rayburn assigned
Representative johnson to the cru
cial Atomic Energy Committee;
Speaker Martin showed his goodwill
by giving Representative johnson
priceless Republican time on the last
day of the special session to get
some last-minute propaganda into
the Record.
The Capital, knowing that real
power on the hill is exercised behind
the closed doors of committee rooms
perceives also that the stakes in any
current Democratic senatorial race
are unusually large.
The present just happens to be
one of those turning points on the
Evening star., 1948-09-07
THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C.. AIS
e.

considered q foolish ritual. To pre-
vent the children from staying too
clean by swimming in the river.
canals and lakes, parents daub them
with spot Of dye, and inspect them
each evening to see If the dye Is still
there. If 1t isn't, the kids are given
the Kashmirian equivalent Of the
back -the-woodshed treatment.
The exceptions are the men and
women who own and operate the
houseboats. Foreigners have taught
them the value of cleanliness, and
they scrub themselves at every OPP
portunity.
| Next time you go hunting, try to
bag yourself peacock. They make
mighty fine eating, especially the
ones about the size Of u to II
pound turkey. All dark meat, but
sweet and tender.
Listen to who's talking about eat
ing peacocks! Old side meat and
grits McLemore. Come to think Of
it, I'd swap half a peacock right now
/ for a double hamburger or q coupls
of hot dogs.
Distributed by McNaught syndicate, 1neo
Evening star., 1948-09-07
This Changing World
De Gaulle Seen Likely to Take Over
Control of France Before Years End

The French people are said to be
fed up with the whole situation,
which is leading them nowhere fast.
But until new elections are decreed
there is no way to show their dis
content, except by strikes. which
further weaken the country's posi-
ton, or by popular demonstrations.
Under these conditions. reports
from Paris indicate, Gen. de Gaulle
is growing in stature. He tried his
hand at governing France once,
but failed. The fault was partly
mis- own, because Of his total lack
of political experience and unbend-
ing personality. The fault lay part
ly also with the Communists, who
managed to infiltrate into the pa
triotic underground movements
throughout the period of struggle
for liberation.
The shortsightedness of political
leaders like Leon Blum and Edouard
Herriot, who were more afraid of
Gen. de Gaulle's dictatorial aims
than of the insidious plans OF the
Communists, was at the bottom OF
Gen. de Gaulle's temporary eclipse
as a French political leader.
Man on White Horse"
The Free French leader-whom
many described as man on a white
horse-has learned a great deal dur
ing the last two years, and his popu-
iarity has grown not so much be-
cause he has become an experienced
baby -kisser, but because the French
people themselves have become dis
gusted with the antics Of their poll
ticians.
Last years communal elections
showed how much Gen. de Gaulle's
star had risen among the rank and
file of Frenchmen, who would still
prefer a strong nationalist hand at
the helm to that Of a Communist.
Gen. de Gaulle. they say, may lead
them into war. That is possibility
which they fear. But the Com
munists, according to rank and file
people, will surely lead them into
complete subjection to Moscow and
to the Politburo-style secret state
police.
OF the two evils. American OBJ
servers in France say, the French
would prefer the risk of war sup
ported by America and Britain to
the loss of individual freedom.
Gen. de Gaulle is reported to be
ready to take over power on the
basis of a revision of the present
constitution. Some other men may
try between now and the end Of
the year. But all impartial OBJ
servers in Paris are convinced Of the
inevitability of Gen. de Gaulle be-
coming Frances strong man in the
next few months.
Evening star., 1948-09-07
Loophole Watched
Texas Democratic Committee Meets
Next Week to Certify Senate Nominee

Senate Democratic side with the ole
order certain to pass to new with.
in a few years.
OF the Is senior, and therefore
most powerful Democrats, 10 are
more than 10 years old, three are
over 60 and two are in their SOS. O1
the ranking Democrats on the Il
standing committees, who will be-
come chairmen when the Democrats
control, eight are over 70, four are
over so and three are in their b0s
Already many of the elder statemer
of the Roosevelt era are missing.
The over 10 group includes the
dean of the Senate. McKellar OF
Tennessee, who is 80. 1t also in
cludes the senior Senator from
Texas, Mr.. Connally. who Is expect
ed to retire at the conclusion OF his
term in 49,
Southern Hierarchy.
This means that Democrats now
seated or entering the Senate this
fall will inherit the seats OF the
mighty in fairly short order. The
South is particularly concerned be-
cause it is largely a Southern hier-
archy that is passing and must be
replaced.
Hence the burning ambition OF
young "comers" in the House, espe-
cially Southerners, to get over to
the Senate. One of this group
Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, has
Just beaten the Crump machine tc
capture Senate nomination; If Mr.
Crump doesn't bolt, MIR. Kefauver Is
on his way. His House colleague
Albert Gore, has his eye on Senator
McKellar's seat. Another in this
group is Mike Monroney Of Okla
homa, co-author of the Reorganiza-
ton Act, who is expected to give
Silver Elmer" Thomas a battle ir
1850. Representative johnson, who
is 40, is naturally anxious to keep
up with the procession. AS the re-
suits show he has formidable an
tagonist in former Gov. Stevenson
at so a seasoned and popular poll
tician.
Time was when Texas virtually
ruled Capitol Hill with Speaker
then Vice President Garner, with
Sam Rayburn who was the House
majority leader and became Speak.
er, and with the titan, Jesse Jones
who shared with Cordell Hull, the
laurels for being the most influentia
member of the Roosevelt admins.
tration so far as Congress was con.
cerned. Senator Connally was ther
in his prime as a powerful con-
troversialist; his colleague, the lat'
much loved Senator Sheppard, wa
chairman of military affairs
Messrs. Garner and Jones are bach
in Texas. enjoying the late after
moons of their lives; retiring Senator
ODaniel departs the Potomac shor'
with not a wet eye to mourn him
Evening star., 1948-09-07


first thing the proprietor showed
me. The price: nearly $6, making
it much more expensive than many
Of the old vases and silver boxes
set with semiprecious stones.
If the feelings of the scores of
Kashmirian folks We have talked
to here in Srinagar is any criterion,
Kashmir would like to leave India
and join Pakistan. The Maharajah
is a Hindu, but 80 per cent of the
population is Moslem, and the peo-
pie are hoping that the U. N. will
let them vote to determine which
flag they'll fly. There is strong
|pro-Pakistan underground move
ment In Srinagar, despite the fact
that Sheik Abdullah, the Prime
Minister, keeps the Jail filled with
Evening star., 1948-09-07

those even suspected Of having lean
ings toward Pakistan.
Sheik, incidentally, is pronounced
shake" as In chocolate matted
milk.
Kashmir is no place for those who
have to have their beef or pork. The
Moslems won't touch pork, as you
know, and the Hindus revere the
cow. Even canned goods are in.
spected at the border to see thai
nothing like pork and beans, or bee1
broth, comes into the country. Rice
fish and game make up the menu
and the Kashmirian cooks, despite
the fact that they work with tht
most primitive homemade charcoal
braziers and ovens, turn out mag.
nificent meals. Our houseboat cook
a gnarled old man who must be ir
his middle 70s, barbecues chicken
and squab and roasts a duck as per-
fectly as any cook in the States ever
did.
Cleanliness No Virtue.
Cleanliness is not considered one
of the virtues in Srinagar. A bath
more than once or twice a year is
Evening star., 1948-09-07

after long con- Lowell Mellett.
ference at the Governors mansion,
was not calculated to help the cam
didate with the farmers.
The net effect of the statement
was that the administration is re-
Sponsible for high prices of farm
products. To which the farmers
Just naturally respond, what's wrong
with high prices? High prices, that
is, for the things they raise, not
the things they buy.
Issue Built Up.
This farm price issue has been
building up for some time and has
been regarded by some Republican
campaign strategists as the best
possible offset to the Truman pres
sure, before, during and since the
special session, for general author
ity to control prices. Since the
prices that hurt most are food
prices, the effort is being made to
center attention on that phase OF
The cost of living and divert atten-
Cion from manufactured articles,
Most of this propaganda has been
left to writer's and speakers not
officially connected with the party.
It is a little too delicate for candi-
dates and recognized campaigners
to handle.
1t has for its base the Govern
ment policy, to which both parties
have subscribed, Of supporting farm
prices in order to encourage pro-
auction, on the one hand, and en-
able the farmer to hold his own
in the economic struggle. on the
other. However, for the benefit of
city folks who pay the prices, the
propagandists have been busy pro-
noting the notion that the admin.
istration has given excessive support.
President Truman felt called upon a
few days ago to knock down reports
that $500, ,000, 900 year was going
into the support program, whereas
he said, that figure covered seven
or eight years.
Whatever the merits Of the issue,
the farmers see it only one way.
Prices are not too high at the farm
level, they think, no matter what
prices may be in the grocery stores.
And they're ready to night anybody
who says differently.
Mr.. Stassen. living as he does In
a farm State, understands this.
Gov. Dewey, with a farm of his
own, does also. Why they are will
ing to risk fight then on the farm
front is hard to explain.
1t could be that feeling completely
confident of the farm vote, aware
Of its steady trend back into the
Republican fold since the middle
of the New Deal era, they believe
that nothing said or done now can
change the returns from the rural
regions. There may be enough truth
in this to justify their taking the
chance in the expectation of win
ning votes in the industrial centers
and among white-collar workers
everywhere.
The administration, of course, has
seized the issue and intends to
make the most of 1t. 1t Is grateful
to Harold Stassen. However, the
task OF winning the farmers away
from the party they have long
favored won't be easy. The Demo-
Gratis lack the facilities, enjoyed by
the Republicans, for reaching them.
Most farm publications are Repub-
lican in their politics. The one OF
largest circulation, for example, Is
owned by Joe Pew, Pennsylvania oil
man and Republican financial angel.
F.! Perhaps to its surprise, the ad-
Evening star., 1948-09-07
On the Other Hand
Republicans May Be Accepting
Calculated Risk on Farm Vote

ministration has been given a little
lift by the traditionally conservative
American Farm Bureau, largest and
most effective Of all farmers Or
ganizations. In q statement follow
ing Mr.. Stassen's, the bureau blamed
the Republican Congress for the
most criticized feature of the sup
port program. Whether it will go
further in Mr.. Trumans defense
remains to be seen. 1t could do a
lot by turning out its members to
meet him at all those whistle stops"
he plans to visit during the cam
paign.