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Evening star., 1948-02-29
What Is Our Policy?

On Tuesday of last week our repre-
this Government was prepared to enter
into consultations looking toward the
sending to Palestine of U. N. force, pre-
sumably including both American and
Russian troops, to maintain peace. Two
days later, Secretary of State Marshall
asked Congress to appropriate SITS, 600, 600
this in addition to the 400,OOO,O00
already provided-for Greece and Turkey.
The additional money is to be used to
provide military assistance to the govern
ments of Greece and Turkey in an effort
to keep those countries from being over
run by the Russians and their Communist
stooges In the satellite nations.
If this can be called a national policy,
what kind of policy is it?
The Star has supported the policy of
assisting Greece and Turkey. And it con-
tinues to support that policy in the belief
that our vital national interests and our
national security would be gravely threat
ened if those strategically placed countries
should be taken over by the aggressive
Communist fifth columns, aided by outside
forces.
When one looks at map, however, the
logic, If any, of spending S675,000,0O0 to
keep the Communists out of Greece and
Turkey while pursuing at the same time
O policy which would bring the Russian
Array into Palestine, is utterly incompre-
hensible to the lay mind. For once the
Russians are in Palestine, they have out
f1anked Greece and Turkey. And once
those countries are outf1anked by the Red
Army they are done for.
Surely, this seemingly contradictory
policy ought to be explained, if any ex-
PLANTATION is possible. But no one in an
official position has offered a word of
explanation. On the face of the matter,
the American people, at considerable ex-
pense, are being asked to march up the
hill in Greece and Turkey, and to march
down again in Palestine. 1t is doubtful
that they will be willing to accede for long
to any such request. To the layman it does
not make sense, and policy which, on its
face, does not make sense, is going to be
hard to sell to the people of this country.
In the letter accompanying the request
for additional funds, General Marshall
said that the Communists in their am
bition to dominate Greece and Turkey, are
convinced that time will play into their
hands. To this might be added the
thought that the Communists may be
convinced that not only time, but also
American policy, will play into their hands.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

But last weeks record haul flooded the
market, sent the price down and may not
bring as much as $4,000. Yet oonserva-
ton measures to prevent rockfish seining
during the spawning season are being
opposed on the shortsighted ground that
the fishermen will lose money during
four months of the year!
They would lose money. But in order
to prevent this loss are we to suffer the
far greater loss involved in destruction
of great natural resource2 That record
haul of spawning rockfish was wanton
destruction, criminal waste. It is q
forceful illustration of the need for con-
servation legislation which would close
the season on rockfish during the spawning
period.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

Interior Department fuel experts foresee an
acute gasoline shortage at the time of the next
harvest. Unless the public drastically restricts
its use of gasoline, they say, there is danger
that some crops will go unharvested. Pleasure
drivers this, summer, they add may have to
pull up at two or three filling stations before
they can get their tanks full. Despite record
production by the oil industry, the unprece-
dented demand for petroleum products has
wiped out reserves. To supply oil heaters this
winter the companies are now producing as
much fuel oil as possible from their crude oil
supply. They are manufacturing and storing
no excess gasoline as they usually do this time
of year.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

were held at Rest Cottage, Miss Willard's
home, at which were present only her relatives
and most intimate friends and the officers of
the WCTU." Then the coffin was taken to
the First Methodist Episcopal Church, where
the formal services were held, led by Rev. DR..
Frank M. Bristol, Miss Wulard's former pas
tor Six "stalwart students of Northwestern
University" were the pallbearers. Interment
was at Rose Hill Cemetery receiving vault.
gown for afternoon wear" was described
in the fashion page OF The Star on February
rs, 1898, as follows: 1T consists Of
Foshion a bodice and overdress Of violet
Note cloth over an underskirt OF darker
violet velvet The bodice is made
rather loose in front but tightly adjusted to
the back. 1t closes on the left side with rich
galloons of violet silk cord. An odd hchu-
shaped collar of violet velvet edged with rich
embroidered passementerie in various harmon
izing colors and finishing in wide, full founce
of mauve mousseline de sole, adorns the top
of the blouse bodice and falls gracefully over
the slight fullness of the plain cloth sleeves.
- The overdress Of cloth closes on the side
in continuation of the line Of the bodice. 1t
is bordered all around with the same exqui-
site passementerie which adorns the fichu coll
lar and is fastened with galloons Of violet silk
like those of the bodice. This gives a princesse
effect, broken only by wide belt of gold set
with large amethysts. The velvet underskirt
is plain, and it fits very snugly over the hips.
IS" Folds at the back form a very slight train
In accordance with the latest extravagant die
tates of fashion"-the new look" Of the horse
and buggy age,
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Finiund's Turn

Like q kind of political osmosis, the
process may take place slowly, but all signs
indicate that Finland now is well on its
way toward being absorbed into the Soviet
satellite empire.
Generalissimo Stalin's extraordinary
personal request for mutual assistance
pact Is a long step in that direction. The
Firms, of course, are in no position to do
anything but accede, and it seems almost
certain, therefore, that they will do so
swiftly. After that, If past experience is
any guide, it probably will be only mat
ter of time before they are bound to
Moscow as tightly as the Czechs, the Poles
and all the other peoples now behind the
iron curtain.
In some quarters, the Stain note to
Helsinki, following closely on the heels
OF the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia,
is being viewed as evidence of Soviet panic.
According to this theory, the men of the
Kremlin are seeking to organize and con-
solidate their empire as much and as fast
as possible because they fear they will
have hard going once the Marshall Plan
becomes effective and Western Europe
moves toward greater unity and recovery
But whether there is any truth in this, or
whether it is as wishful as similar ideas
expressed during Hitler's prewar hey6ay,
1t can be of small comfort to the Finnish
people. Their tragedy is that they can do
little or nothing to prevent whatever their
giant neighbor may have in store for them.
This tragedy is the more painful because
the Finns-numbering less than 1000, 900
have deep-rooted democratic traditions
and western-minded outlook. Moreover,
despite having been at war with the Rus
slams twice since 1899, they have held on,
up to now, to parliamentary system and
a large measure Of personal freedom. The
Communists among them, though in key
positions in the cabinet, are a small
minority considerably smaller than in
zechoslovakia-and have been steadily
losing ground, notably so in last Deem
ber's municipal elections. Indeed, the
Helsinki government has felt independent
enough, within the past several weeks, to
become member of the World Bank and
Monetary Fund in spite of the Kremlin's
strong opposition.
Today, however, with the object lesson
of Czechoslovakia in mind, the Firms have
good reason to wonder just how long it
will be before even their strictly limited
independence Is swept away. Possibly
barely possibly-they may escape the fate
visited upon the Czechs, but Generalissimo
Stains call for defense pact is obviously
ominous. Certainly, such pact, if it fol-
lows the pattern of the ones already in
effect in Poland, Bulgaria and elsewhere
in the satellite empire, will involve polit-
ical, economic and military concessions
that will weaken the restricted measure of
sovereignty Finland has enjoyed until now.
Further than that, 1t will ease the way
for Helsinki copy of the Prague coup.
In any event, there is nothing in the
picture today that the Finnish people can
find cheering. It seems to be their turn
now to be dragged completely behind the
iron curtain. The spectacle is one that
should spur the free world everywhere to
self-protective action.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Abstentions and Palestine

"A little less than year ago some dele
gates to the United Nations, foreseeing
technical challenges, suggested that a
serious effort be made to amend the
Charter in order to give legal status to
abstentions from Security Council votes
Up to now there has been no action on
the suggestion, and the result is that the
crucial Palestine issue may be further
complicated by technicality that could
cast doubt on the validity of any Council
decision reached with one or more of the
five permanent members abstaining.
Under the U. N. Charter, on questions
of substance like that involving the use
of international force to maintain peace
in Palestine, the rules specifically provide
that decisions can be made only with the
concurrence of all the Big Five-China,
France, Britain, Russia and the United
States. On several issues, however one or
another of these members has abStained
from voting, but has explained at the same
time that its abstention was not to be re-
garded as veto and that the Council
could therefore go ahead with whatever
action the necessary majority agreed upon
Thus precedent of sorts has been set,
but it nevertheless amounts to technical
violation of the Charters voting procedure
and leaves open to challenge any substan-
tive decision lacking the affirmative sup
port OF every permanent member.
This technicality may seem to be unin-
portant, but in case as far-reaching as
the Palestine issue it conceivably could be
raised to block action. There are strong
indications that either France, Britain,
China, or all three may abstain from vot-
ing on the use of an international force to
maintain peace under the partition. What
if they do? What if the other nations on
the Security Council, with Russia and the
United States the only permanent members
concurring, vote aff1rmatively? Will the
decision be legal, or will the Arab countries
be on sound ground in challenging it as
violation of the U. MS basic law? The
answer would appear to be that the Arabs
could make most persuasive case against
the legality of any action lacking the
affirmative vote of euery member of the
Big Five. Despite the precedent set by
past abstentions, the language of the
Charter seems unequivocal in requiring
Evening star., 1948-02-29

way to the junk heap" He was thinking Of
the peril Of the green light. He was thinking
of what America is doing with its liberty BY
the way, one thing 1t has done is to produce
10000 alcoholics.
When people throw moral restraint to the
winds, laugh at the discarded "straitjackets'
Of discipline and refuse the sanctions of moral
law, they are, doing what blind Samson did.
With their uncoerced arms around its pillars,
they are pulling down the temple of our COM
mon humanity.
There is no human relationship in this giddy,
gilded age in which there is not evident the
sordid symptoms of liberty going tossed for
lack Of authority The false glamour with which
fiction and motion pictures gild disloyalty to
the marriage VOWS, making things that are
high and holy the butt of profane ridicule,
and the banal way in which modern miracles
Of recreation glorify life without restrains
but exhibit the slavery of those who boast loud
est that they are emancipated What many
label liberty is but bestiality and moral rot
tenness
Americas greatest peril comes not from red
lights abroad, but from green lights within her
own free borders. Green lights along a four
laned highway lined by glittering beacons and
restraining character is at the wheel, merely
lure to the cemetery of little systems which
have had their day, destroyed not by red lights
but by green.
'The best recipe for making men," says DR..
Forsythe in striking sentence, "is to give
them a master" Let us remember, lest we
forget, that it was when he got the green light
OF liberty that a certain young man whom the
ages call the Prodigal Son landed in the far
country with the husks and the swine. The
man who lets his own lower self rule him, who
surrenders to his own wandering lusts and
passions, accepts the shackles of serfdom.
George Matheson had his eye upon the perils
of the green light when he lifted the prayer,
Make me captive, Lord
And then shall be free;
Force me to render up my sword
And shall conuusror be-
Evening star., 1948-02-29

such all-inclusive concurrence to make
substantive decisions valid.
OF course, in relation to other aspects
of the extremely complex and explosive
Palestine question, this matter is of rela-
lively minor consequence. Nevertheless,
1t is the sort Of issue that can make a
difficult situation even more difficult. To
settle 1t one way or the other, the United
Nations may yet have to act on last years
amendment proposal.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Climbing Aconcuquo

The Latin American team which re-
Gently reached the top of Aconcagua, the
highest mountain in the Western Hemi-
sphere, was not the first to make the
climb successfully. Two members of an
expedition led by Edward Ambrose Fitz-
Gerald-Vines and Zurbriggen-reached
the summit in 1897. They found the view
over Argentinian territory to consist of
rows Of peaks averaging fifteen thousand
feet, with Torlosa and the Twins, on either
side of the Cumbre Pass, "like colossal
sentinels guarding the great highway"
between the East and the West.
But the vista toward the Pacific was
even more engaging. The pilgrims to the
height looked -. past the western peak
... over ranges that dwindled as they
neared the coast to where, hundred miles
away, the blue expanse" of the ocean
"glittered in the evening SUM-" AS they
stood watching the sun sank, leaving IAN
afterglow of surprising beauty; then "the
risen moon declared itself with wondrous
brightness, penetrating the thin atmos-
phere and flooding everything with its
colder light"
VI oAto FoS1 cAtiIlCG FolCdnO SpeClnCally
the same observers wrote:
AL the forces of nature had been brought
to bear upon this mountain giant Visible
signs lay around one of the power of the
weather and rapid changes of temperature to
destroy Aconcagua. with all its cherished
secrets and its mystery. lay here before one,
confessing itself as nothing more than q
colossal ruin, for not single vestige of the
ancient crater remains. Foot by foot
the relentless forces of nature have reduced
the mountain to its present proportions The
nnumerable traces of ruin and decay around
one, the crumbling rocks and the disappear
ance OF the crater told of an Aconcagua of
the past, whose gigantic base filled the glacier
beds .around, whose sides rose towering to the
heavens several thousand feet higher than
the Aconcagua of today; of an Aconcagua of
ages yet unborn split, broken and powdered
by frost and heat, pouring itself over valleys
and plains in sediment and shingle, q mere
shapeless mass whose height will not longer
distress the mountaineer
Meanwhile, new methods, new tech
niques, new facilities of exploration have
been devised to aid climbers in the Atomic
Era. The Latin American group was helped
by shortwave radio reports "and other
scientific equipment" including probably
movie and still cameras with natural color
film. A detailed report of the expedition
is awaited with interest by the lay public
as well as by Alpinists as class.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

by brutal Comnlunis-
tic gangsterisna, sim
lister beyond words.
With that sort of
thing going on In the
world In this the 172d
year of American in
dependence, 1t is with
q new meaning we
sing of our dear coun-
try, sweet land of
liberty" But as we
gratefully rejoice, the
most vital truth that
those who still are
free need to ponder
Evening star., 1948-02-29

Maestro Artie Shaw and Novelist Kath-
leen Winsor have given up their separate
apartments, patched up their umpty-
umpth squabble and are together again.
It might as well be spring.
Evening star., 1948-02-29

OTTAWA-Federal jurisdiction in labor
disputes would be extended under labor code
proposed to the government by the Canadian
Congress of Labor
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Spires Of the Spirit -~s@.
The Peril Of the Green Light
Restraining Character Needed at the Wheel as Men
Rush Downhill to License
Spires Of the Spirit
By the Req. Frederick Rrown Haryis. D. D..

The green lights have changed to red in
twice-betrayed Czechoslovakia. With poignant
regret we have been watching the last iickering
candles Of individual freedom being snuffed out
Evening star., 1948-02-29

You can't fool some Of the people even
some of the time. Always, there are the
opinion polls seven per cent who never
heard Of you. .....
Evening star., 1948-02-29
GuafemaIah Cotton

NEW YoRK-With cotton consumption and
exports declining, United States growers may
face new competition from Guatemala Guate-
malan textile mills normally import cotton,
but now the Ministry of Agriculture is plan
ming large-scale production at home. Word
from Guatemala is that the first crop on the
Evening star., 1948-02-29
B.36 Nearly Ready

Flight and maintenance training with the
B-36 bomber is beginning at Fort Worth, Tex
The Air Force expects to have the 179-ton
giant near the squadron operation stage by
the end of March.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Thomas Trading

If the Senate ever gets around to public
investigation of the commodity trading of
Senator Elmer Thomas, Democrat, OF Okla
hona. look for him to react with fireworks
Mr.. Thomas has told friends he has some
information about other Senator's outside
business interests. The Oklahoman is quoted
as saying that if any committee is going into
his private business, the Senate can get ready
to hear detailed accounting of the transac-
tions that other Senators carry on.
n =. U
Evening star., 1948-02-29
T ooL;rr hooJ Some Shadoavs of Coming Events
AOOhl1lS 1AllNdu Are Noted Here and abroad

to pick.
Canadian Labor
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Landmark Safe

FLORENCE, Italy.-Experts say there is no
immediate danger that the 14th century Ponte
vecchio cold BridgeD over the Arno will
collapse. Small breaks have been found in the
understructure. Ponte vecchio is the only one
of six bridges spanning the river which sur
vived the war. Michelsngelo once worked in
one of the silversmith shops which line it.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Old Are

Only one out of 10 Americans past IS has
enough independent income to live, according
to a Government report. Ten million Amer
leans are past that age. Some are supported
or aided by relatives. The report says 3,5oo,0oo
have to keep on working.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
COPPER and Lead

NEW YoRK-Inquiries for April shipment
Of copper and lead indicate consumers expect
no improvement in supplies. Spring will bring
Its usual boom in demand. Utility companies
will string more wire. Ground will be broken
for more buildings Copper professors, how
ever, have assured Washington they have
agreed to set aside enough copper for pipes and
other products to build the new homes planned
for the Nation.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Special u. ". Session?

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.-Talk of a special
session of the United Nations Assembly is crop
ping up at U. N. headquarters as more prob
lens arise in Palestine, Korea and the Balkans.
Suggestions already have been put forward for
a special session on Palestine and Korea, but
there is no indication yet how much support
these suggestions will get Secretary General
Trygve Lie is known to be opposed to special
session at this time. However, the big assem-
bly, hall is being kept ready just in case.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Beieian Var Trials

BRUSSELs.-Belgian trials of alleged Ger
man war criminals will begin April /. A spokes-
man for the Belgian War Crimes Commission
says the first trial will be held at Liege of Ger
man soldiers charged with numbering towns
people of Monsin and Tavelot during the 1945
Battle Of the Bulge The spokesman added
that Gen. Won Falkenhausen, who commanded
in Belgium and Northern France; Eggert Reed
er, administrative head of the same territory
and Gen. Grohe successor of Won Falkenhaus-
en- will not be tried until next year.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
New 'Cotfer

The Navy soon will announce an improved
helicopter, the first production type with all
metal main rotor blades. Another improve
ment is raising the tail rotor (used for lateral
controD to give head clearance
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Fifty Years Ago

Members of the Oldest Inhabitants Associa-
ton met in the lecture hall of the Columbian
University, February %, 1898,
Oldest for their annual observance
Inhabitants OF the birthday OF George
SiebenbuÌˆrgisch-Amerikanisches Volksblatt. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1917-1971, 1948-02-12
Die H u M p el H a n n e
ROMAN Won HORST BoDEMER

,Oann mub ih aber 0oh ortn9eno
bitten; Die Yermutbuna einsebenoer
gu beeriinoen, Oenn pobin in aller
yDelt Ioll oenn oas fiibren, penn ges
hauptunsen aufseitellt weroen, ole 1td
niemals entihleiern lal1en perOen,
ioeil berjenige. ser es ein3is uno al
lein tbun tDnnte. toot 1T! Wit folden
Mre,lmenten lit gar nihts an5ufans
gen! Muf Die bin tam bier i'm @es
rihts1aal nun unb nimmermebr elll
rS9uloie" ausgeiprphen peroen!
Wobl aber", Der @ertbeioiser bob Ole
Stimme, rtpiro meinem &lienttn lebr
eeibooet! Seine 0oraeiebten pernen
Damn laeen: geipib, man bat DIR
nihts anbabei tDnnen, aber tOnislis
6er 10riter ldnger gu bleiben, bait ou
oid untpiirois se5eist"
Oa tpuroe Der Staatsantpalt 1ebr
unangenebm. -.
ugDas Die 5orfbebDroe nit Dem
9(nsetlasten ma4t, bat uns ab1olut
ni6ts gu tiimmern! Mir tOnnen aud
oaraufbin ni9t 81. serinsIte Riidiidt
nebmen, mDsen nod 10 piel Wtiloes
runnssriinoe porbanoen fein! Die
W a brbeit baben mir gu erfors
ihen, peiter ni6ts! - 9err 8ertbeis
bigger. IS ma9t ipenisitens teinen siins
itisen Ginbrud, ipenn Gie, itatt gu
belfen. 8larbeit in Die aan5e Wnselez
senbsit Su brinsen, Oinee betonen,
ole nit Dem Gang Der 0erbanoluns
bier nidt oas allerserinsite gu tbun
haben!"
Serr Berger mar gang rubis sss
lpprbsn. .....
xNun out - frosen Sic! - Der
stnsetlast. bGlt fid an Die Wabrbeit.
es 1T alIo unmOslid, ibn In Wtoers
iprii9e gu psrtpid.ln, ih ipure meins
Worte fir oas Yldooper auf!"
Gmri6 ertannte, tp:e ernlt Die
Oinee fir i'm TanOen. Gr betbeuerte:
Sd FAB bas 9lniuhen parrents
aboepiefen, meinem 0oraeftbten Wfels
buns esmadt uno iofort nad Der
RIdtebr bes Ssrrn Sberf0riters aus
a0nissbsrs offen uno ebrlid aeitans
ben, bdb id beinabs Der Nerfutrne
unterle9en lei. bspor nod iraeno jss
mano NIT mir iiber oaS Iutomobil
9efproden bait"
Der DorIibenbe Idlu9 einen ppblz
ippllenoen Spn an.
,Nun oenten sic iih aber audi ein>
NAL in uniere Gage, Gmrid! Wenn
Sic Rihter lpdren, rpiirben Sic nift
auf ben @ebanten tommen: 0ielleidt
bats Der 4naesluste 10 eilis gebabt,
ieinem 8orseiebten Mittbeiluna gu
MAIDEN, bomit ber's ous erItsr Suno
erfdbrt! llnb menIhlid beareiflid 1T
oas ia aud. oaB er Ieine @erfeblhns
gen in mDslidit siinitiaes aiht iebt!"
sd balts Oa5 niht fir unoents
bar" Idste ser @a9etla9te rubi9.
.Na. Ieben Sic! - Tins lieat gor
ni6ts bran, sic aus Dem Concept gu
brinaen. immer porausaeiebt, sic