Evening star., 1948-03-07
T ooLipo A Ahaod Some Shadows of Coming Events
AOOh11IS 1Al1Ndu Are Noted Here and Abroad
(By the World STAFF of the Associated Press)

Guessing among Czechs here on the fate Of
non-Communists in their government Is this:
They are convinced President Eduard Benes
stayed on because he hoped to soften the
Communist blow to his country. They expect
him to resign. They guess the Communists
won't dare to execute him because he stands
too well in the democratic world. They also
guess enough Czechs will be willing to help him
escape when the time comes. They are shaken
by the course taken by Foreign Minister Jan
Masaryk-not so much because he stayed on,
but because of radio broadcast he made.
They say he mouthed Communist philosophy
without even tone Of voice which might have
been signal to Czechs outside the country.
They predict that If he stays in the govern
ment he later will be cashiered.
Hunger
Look for the administration to blame the
Republican Congress If western Europe has
another outbreak of food riots this spring. The
administration wants to ship more grain than
Is being sent to these areas It fears trouble
in shortage areas, particularly western Ger
many. But it is hampered by the fact that
domestic use Is running so high that the United
States can't spare more. The administration
hestates to put new pressure on bakers, food
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grain as long as whisky makers are using 1t at
near record levels. The latter have refused
to go along on proposed voluntary rationing
program. The administration has asked Con-
gress for authority to restrict distilers. The
Senate has passed such bill, but it is tied up
in House committee. The measure is given
little chance OF passage, particularly in time to
permit any increased exports to meet European
spring food needs.
Arctic
OTTAWA-Air Vice Marshall Sir Leslie
Brown, visiting Canada says he does not believe
the Arctic provides any natural defense for
North America. He Is commandant of Britain's
Land-Air Warfare School.
Test Center Closed
The Air Force has closed its fight test center
at Muroc, Calf, to news, radio and photo
graphic representatives. Officers say the answer
is not so much security as that visitors simply
get in the way of engineering work, now behind
schedule. Prospects are for an annual press
tour.
Duce's Son
BUENOS AIRES.-Persons close to Vittorio
Mussolini, son of the late italian dictator say
his wife and two children will come to Argen-
tina to join him in July. Vittorio entered the
country secretly, but his status later was
legalized.
Privacy
The Bureau of Internal Revenue Is taking
steps to relieve itself of an embarrassing prob
lem. You know those window" envelopes the
bureau sends your income tax blanks in? Did
you ever pay any attention to the slip OF paper
with your name and address on it? Along with
your name appear several sets Of figures. One
is your social security number Another indi-
Gates withholdings from your salary Last year
the withholding figure was set down plainly.
From it any one could have estimated your
salary Somebody pointed this out to the
bureau. The bureau was highly perturbed be-
cause income figures are supposed to be con-
fidential. This year the bureau has rearrangeo
the figures so that it is more difncult to calcu-
late your withholding tax. 1t Is still possible,
though, by means of complicated mathe-
matical process-and so next year the bureau
plans to shape the window so that the figures
will be covered up. The slip OF paper is carbon
copy Of q record the bureau needs for It's own
use.
They Need Taylor
Senator Taylor. Democrat, of Idaho. who has
bolted to run with Henry Wallace on third
party ticket, isn't going to lose his Democratic
committee assignments in the Senate. The
Democrats still hope to win Senate control next
November. 1t might be so close they would
need Mr.. Taylor's vote to organize. He will
be getting the silent treatment" from his
Democratic colleagues. Already he quietly has
been dropped off the Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee an extra-curricular as
signment.
Job for DoneiasS
Lewis w. Douglas, Ambassador to Britain,
has told France he will turn down the position
Of Marshall Plan administrator If tt Is offered
to him. The administration knows this ana