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Evening star., 1948-12-30

testimony from Pvt. Wallace and
Pvt. Manthos before the ABC
Board. Maj. Barrett transferred
both men from investigative work
and assigned them to outlying
precincts. Pvt. Wallace had been
assigned to the headquarters vice
squad while Pvt. Manthos was in
the Precinct No. vice detail.
The two transferred policemen
who were witnesses in the grill case
testified in behalf of the manage
ment of the grill, which later won its
case. Sergt. Maurice F. Prestelle was
moved from No. l precinct to No.
8, while Pvt. Joseph r. Longo was
moved from No. l to No. 2.
Maj Barrett declared the reason
for the two transfers had nothing
to do with the ABC Board case
against the grill. Other police off,
cials pointed out, however, that 1t
has been Maj. Barrett's announced
policy to transfer men who have
received publicity in a "contro-
versial case"
Six lieutenants who have been
serving as might hawks" for the
last six months were transferred in
today's orders. Maj. Barrett said
it was his intention to alternate the
jobs until all lieutenants on the
force had worked as might hawk
These men operate from police
headquarters as supervising officers
around the clock with two men on
each shift.
Lieutenants Shifted.
Transferred from the jobs we're:
1t. Earl Alber to the communica-
tions center and records office; 1t.
Karl G. Mccormick, to No. 8 pre-
cinct: 1t. Joseph H. Hunt, to No.
2: 1t. John j. Boyd, to the traffic
department; 1t. Samuel j. Prophet.
to No. II, and 1t. Daniel o. Fletcher,
to No. 8.
The new night hawks will be 1t.
Charles L. Langley, who will come
from the communications center;
1t. George s. Eckels, from No. 2;
1t. Francis G. Pilkerton, from No.
Ii; 1t. John o. Hite, from No. 4;
1t. Earl B. Noble, from No. 8. and
1t. Edward Sennott, jr., from the
traffic department.
Corpl. James L. Sadtler was pro-
NOTED to sergeant and will remain
in the traffic department. Pvt.
James j. Kinney was promoted to
corporal and transferred from the
Detective Bureau to No. precinct.
Other Transfers.
Other transfers were:
1t. Todd o. Thoman, from No. 3
to No. precinct; Sergt. Bolivar N.
Bradshaw, from No. to No. liz
Sergt. Adelbert A, Schmidt, from
No. IL to No. 8; Sergt. Joseph L.
Proctor, from No. II to No. /; Sergt.
U1ys S. Rogers, from No. II to No. T..
Sergt. Ellis c. Helms, from No. 81
to No. IL; Sergt. Raymond J. James,
from No. to No. 5; William l..
Sanford, from Trafnc Department
to No. II; Corp. Arnold F. jackson,
from No. 13 to No. II; Corpl. James
B. Jones, from No. IL to No. 6;
Corpl. James A. Sauer from No. 2
to No. 13, and Corpl. Marcel Caus-
sin, from No. to Traffic Depart
ment as a motorcycle man.
AL transfers were made effective
January /.
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Police Seeking
Big Moose Head
Stolen at Lodge

Police today were moose hunting
in behalf of Columbia Lodge, No
l26, Loyal Order of the Moose. One
of two moose heads which have
hung for years at the lodge, 220t
Twentieth street NV, was reported
missing yesterday.
The big trophy, a 12-point bull
moose head, disappeared from It's
place over a mantle in the lodge
lobby Tuesday night. Reporting the
loss, Gerald ]. Godbout, secretary
told police it would have taken at
least two men to carry away the
prize. It measured about 4 feet
from antler to antler.
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Dr.. Ezru Weis Dies;
Professor at GuiIford
RY the Assoeiotad Press

GUILFORD COLLEGE. N. c.,
Dec. 30.-Dr. Ezra II. F. Weis, head
of the music department Of Gull
ford College, died last night in a
Greensboro hospital following ILL
ness.
DR.. Weis joined the faculty OF
Guilford College in 1885.
He previously taught at Musk
ingum College, New Concord, Ohio;
Cornell College, Mount Vernon
Iowa; Horace Mann School. New
York: Kansas Wesleyan Univer-
sity, Salina, KanS., and Mount
Union College and Capital College.
Columbus, Ohio,
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SO happens that Mr.. Rankin alone
would be affected by such rule.
The National Committee fol
Strengthening Congress is headed
by Robert Heller. industrial engi-
neer. of Cleveland, who in 1914 wrote
a congressional reorganization plan
that influenced the modernization
program later adopted by Congress.
Group Includes Hoffman.
Among other leaders of the new
drive for legislative machinery re-
form are Winthrop w. Aldrich.
chairman Of the board of the Chase
National Bank; James B. Carey,
secretary-treasurer of the CIO:
Paul G. Hoffman, president of the
Studebaker Corp, who now heads
the Economic Cooperation Admin
istration; John D. Kerr, president
of the American Fruit Growers, Inc;
Allan Kline, president Of the Ameri-
can Farm Bureau Federation, and
Henry r. Luce, editor-in-chief OF
Time magazine.
I Other principals listed were Fow-
ler Mccormick of the international
Harvester Corp, Beardsley Ruml,
chairman of the board of r. H.
Macy g. Co.; Miss Anna Lord
Strauss, president of the National
League of Women Voters, and
Charles E. Wilson, president of the
General Electric Co.
What could be more undemo-
cratic than permitting a minority
to impose its will on the ma
jority?" the group asked in pro-
posing to abolish Senate filibusters.
AS to the House Rules Commit
tee, the plan proposed that this
powerful unit be required to report
to the House within a time limit
that it either favors or disapproves
of bill reported by a standing
House committee.
This is designed to permit a House
vote on issues and to prevent the
Rules Committee from "bottling up"
controversial measures, when a ma
jority of the Rules Committee wishes
to kill the bill.
Present System Criticized.
Calling the present system "abor-
tive and cumbersome, the study
group commented that, after a
standing committee had conducted
hearings, often lasting months, on
important legislation. the Rules
Committee should not have the alb
solute and unquestioned right to
decide in one afternoon that it
would not permit the House men,
bership to express itself on the bill"
In attacking the traditional
seniority system for the selection
of committee chairmen and for the
ranking of subordinate members,
the study group commented that
seniority provides advancement
"only by retirement, defeat or
death"
"Only the bonds of tradition and
convention prevent the abolish
ment of the seniority system" 1t
added. Can Congress afford to
retain this system when it should
have a sensible plan for advance
ment of able people on the COM
mittees?"
The report also urged formation
of real" policy committees by both
parties in the House and Senate
and warned that committee pro-
fessional stats might become pa
frnraoe fe1de
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Bob-Lo Excursion Co.
To Sell Island and Ships
BY the Associoted Press

DETROIT, Dec. 30-Stockholder'
of the 50-year-old Bob-Lo Excursion
Co. yesterday voted to sell their two
river steamers and the island amuse.
ment center.
They blamed falling income ane
rising operating costs.
The excursion firm owns all but
about 10 acres of the 240 acres or
Bob-Lo, in the lower Detroit River
near the mouth of Lake Erie.
1t operated the steamers Ste
Claire and Columbia, veterans oi
the river.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
z Jap Officers Get Life
For Beheoding Pilots
by the Asseeioted Prssa

TOKYO. Dec 30.-Japanese Army
Its Noboru Hashiyama and Teruo
Akamine today were sentenced to
life Imprisonment for beheading
captured American B-29 pilots after
Emperor Hirohito had announced
Japan's decision to surrender.
The two were rounded up too late
to be tried with 80 others whose
trials ended yesterday in death
verdicts for nine. The lieutenantS
were convicted Of participating in
the massacre of 80 Americans.
A United States 9th Army COM
mission passed the sentences.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
PegIer Can't Touch Memory
|OfHusbund, Mrs. RooseveItSuys

lean men as sons. Why do they not
horsewhip Westbrook Pegler?"
She replied:
II have four sons, not three big
strong, American men as sons Why
should they bother, however, to
horsewhip poor little creature like
Westbrook Pegler? They would prob
ably 60 to Jail for attacking some
one who was physically older and
perhaps unable to defend himself.
After all, he is such a little gnat
on the horizon. He cannot touch my
husbands memory. Deeds, not words,
count in this world, and thousands
Of American citizens answer such
attacks as Mr.. Pegler's out of their
own experience with love and loyalty
in their hearts which remain un-
touched by Mr. Pegler's diatribes."
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patton OF the Iraqi Army In Pales~
tine fighting. The Egyptian Army
Is still bearing the responsibility
alone"
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Portugal Builds Big Dam

Portugal's neW-and largest-irri-
cation dam at Idanha-a -a-Nova cost
SO 900 900 and will supply irrlga-
tion for 10000 acres.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 30.-Mrs. Flea.
nor Roosevelt described Columnist
Westbrook Pegler today as "a little
gnat on the horizon"
Mr.. Pegler frequently has referred
to Mrs. Roosevelt as Eleanor the
Great in describing what he char
acterized as use Of her position as
First Lady to interfere in govern
mental affairs. He refused today to
comment on her description Of him
The widow of President Roosevelt
discussed Mr.. Pegler in her question
and answer column in the current
issue of the Ladies Home Journal.
She was asked:
You have three big. strong Amer
Evening star., 1948-12-30

Paraguay's gasoline shortage is Sc
riously reducing bus and truck traf-
flc.
Evening star., 1948-12-30

len HOIlIllS.
It appears that the total oleo fig
ure for this year will be about 900,-
100000 pounds compared to about
1.250,000,000 pounds Of butter
creamery butter, not including
country" butter.
Little Colored Oleo Consumed.
OF all the margarine consumed
tthe figures are from the Internal
Revenue Bureau for tax-paid with
drawals), only a small, though in
creasing. part is colored. In 1916
only per cent was colored, about
Az per cent in 1947 and about 9
per cent this year. The tax of 10
cents generally is conceded to be
the reason.
Butter prices have fallen from
their high of around ST pound te
the 70-cent level, while margarine
now is being sold in Washington
from 29 cents to 46 cents. Colorec
margarine, oddly enough, can be
bought for 8 or 10 cents more
The Federal license fees, which
would be repealed by the legisla-
ton, range from 5000 for manu-.
facturers down to $48 for retailers
OF the colored type and Sc for the
uncolored. In addition numerous
States forbid the sale of colorec
margarine, and the dairy States
generally add additional taxes or
the white variety.
Evening star., 1948-05-17

the French Asnr, MeLsnsre.
language, and once again the mar
row, winding streets Of the city are
packed with the patient little crea-
lures. The burro is the jeep to
these people, and I believe that the
burro is the better all-around We
hicle. The burro doesn't need
gas, never has to have his tires
changed, has 10 or II speeds for
ward, and can carry = greater load
than the Golden Gate Bridge. {.
This Will Make All You Garden
ers Mad Dept: The chief duty OF
a gardener down here is to pull up
flowers. Haiti, like Hawaii, Is a
country where, If left alone, plants
will march across the lawn and
move into the house, 50 magnin-
Gently do they grow. =. You can
plant a mop handle here and be
pretty sure OF getting = luxurious
growth and dazzling blooms with
in q week or 10 days. As 4 man
who has invested in everything but
an oxygen tent to get q geranium
to grow on his place, I shuddered
when I saw gardeners systemati-
cally yanking up plants which I
would give my thumb to get TO
grow in Florida. 80.
Meets Former Athlete.
As an old sports writer I was
interested to meet Silvio Gator, one
time winner Of the Olympic broad
lump and for many years the holder
Of the worlds record In that event.
M. Gator now heads 4 travel bu-
reau in Port-au-Prince and during
. mild revolution two years ago,
served as mayor for six months. i.
I met M. Gator ut . buffet supper
ut the charming home Of M'sieur
and Madame Deschamps. M.
Deschamps is a publisher and presi-
dent Of the Port-au-Prince Cham
ber of Commerce. In all my
travels I have never been in q more
gracious home and in all my eating.
never ate better. The service
was something to make any Ameri-
can homemaker take . second look.
In addition to score OF adult
servants there was the cutest little
domestic I have ever seen. :.
She was all of six, and her uniform
was identical with that OF the
grown up domestics. Her sole
duty was to trot around and collect
empty cocktail glasses. :. The
family addressed her as La Petite
Evening star., 1948-05-17

Israel in q osnsssh'ihs Df'"h'
statement from the White House Il
the latest illustration OF how uncer-
tain our foreign policy Is.
The American delegates at the
United Nations had been pushing
strongly for a trusteeship In Pales'
tine. in accordance with instructions
received from Washington. They
did not expect that President 1ru-
man. who inspired that policy
would reverse himself Immediately
that the state Of Israel had been
proclaimed and extend de facto
recognition.
There are indications that the
State Department did not know
what our attitude would be until
shortly before Mr.. Truman made
his statement to the press. The
highest ofIicials in that department
had indicated to foreign diplomats
as late as last Friday morning that
they could expect recognition OF
the provisional Jewish government,
but with reservations as to the
boundaries OF Israel itself.
There were good reasons for this
expectation. The idea of partition
of Palestine. as approved by the
United Nations, had not been re-
pudiated by any Of It's advocates.
The whole concept Of partition was
based on close economic collabora-
ton between the two parts OF Pales-
tine and it was considered unwise
to extend full recognition to Isreal
until the boundaries between the
two states, as traced by the U. N.
commission, had been definitely
established
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ALI
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thoughtfulness Of the other pas.
sensers am sure that my wifs
would have plugged Capt. Chapman
back Of the ears With, her handbag
and taken her chances Of ditchins
In the Caribbean.
Housewives, attention! Cooks IN
Port -au- Prince think SO = month u
q handsome salary. =. In TACT, IL
Is, down here where imitation has yet
to rear its ugly head. A friend
Of ours here pays her cook that, and
If you think she Is . poor cook, les
ms tell you that she hasn't dupli-
Gated . dessert for more than three
months. A fine laundress comes
every day-not just on laundry day
-and washes and irons for . family
Of fiye for - . month. -.
Tomorrow / am flying across the
island to Ciudad Trujillo. -. You'll
be hearing from me from there.
distributed b. MeNausht syndicate. lne)
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Ddable. 10 show you how far
away Haiti u, despite the fact that
Pan American win get you here
from Miami in four hours. La Petite
Diable, was given to Madame Des-
champs for . Christmas present
several years ago. She 1s the
complete pet Of the household and,
I say again. just about the cutest
little thing I ever saw. -.
Captain Turns Up Again.
Your Sins Will Catch Up With
You Bureau: When Jean and I
crossed the Equator last year the
Clipper pilot who was 1T the con-
trolls arranged to have Z pitcher OF
water poured on Jeans head. She
has been planning her revenge ever
since, in the hope that sometime
she would run across Capt. Chap
man. Lo and behold, he was the
captain Of the ship that few US to
Haiti. Had it not been for her
Evening star., 1948-05-17
This Changing World
Whimsical, Unpredictable' Policy
OfU. S. Further Clouds World Situation

These factors apparently were
considered academic by the White
House and the United States went
on record rs the first power to
recognize the existence of Israel as
a sovereign state, The precise de-
tails OF what this means will be
taken up later on.
The action OF the White House
probably was wise and justifiable
from the domestic and international
viewpoints. The American Zionists
and their many sympathizers are an
element which cannot be overlooked
in presidential election year.
Moreover, there were solid grounds
to believe that unless the Ameri-
can Government recognized the
state of Israel q few minutes after
It's proclamation, the U. 8. g. r.
might have extended de jure and
de facto recognition. coupled with
an offer to assist the Jewish army,
Haeana, with military forces.
What puzzles both American and
foreign politicians is the frequent
and unexpected somersaults which
our top policy-framers perform.
Secret Diplomacy Used.
While protesting to disavow secret
diplomacy, our Government INDUCES
In that practice as much as most OF
the other western governments.
This has been true especially since
the occurrence OF the crisis which
led to World War II.
Secret negotiations were consid-
cred necessary throughout the war
because we were working with so
many government and the inevi-
table difference between members OF
a vast coalition could not be made
public, lest they endanger the war
effort.
The situation has not changed
materially since the war and there
have been many occasions when the
State Department learned belatedly
about actions taken by the Chief
Executive at the suggestion Of his
personal advisers. The result has
been that friendly foreign govern
ments, hieh-ranking Americans and
members of Congress frequently
were at q loss to understand what
our policy actually was.
There are contradictions and in
consistencies in what Is said ON
cially by those responsible for the
conduct Of our foreign policy, and
these serve only to add to present
world confusion,
Evening star., 1948-05-17
LEGISLATURE VS.. Executive
Truman Veto of Knowland Bill Seen
BRINGING Battle Over Jurisdiction

Of the Executive Branch Of the
Government"
The President has been particu-
larly docile for the sake OF the bi-
partisan foreign policy. His own
first choices for ERP administra-
tor were two former Undersecre-
taries OF State. Will Clayton and
Dean Acheson. Senator Vanden-
berg frowned heavily. The Senator'S 3
man, Paul Hoffman, got the job
As usual, Senator Taft is the most
honest about these matters. He says
bluntly: No more New Dealers OF
anything like them. This candor
pains some Of his colleagues. At .
Republican policy. meeting, It wa
suggested they'd have TO- schedule
"the Lilienthal business" Senator
vandenberg looked panied. Lets
refer to that as the atomic energy
matter" he said, ur1smiling.
Buchanan Opposed.
Senator Martin Of Pennsylvania
showed a similar reluctance to come
to the point when he opposed the
nomination OF Thomas Buchanan OF
his State as Federal power COM
missioner. Senator Martin said he
didn't critize Mr.. Buchanan's in
tegrity or ability, but he'd like to
have some discussion Of the nomi-
nee's outlook and philosophy"
Two Senators on the committe
were more specific, Tobey, Republi-
can of New Hampshire, and Senator
Martins Democratic college, Francis
Myers. They suggested forcibly that
perhaps the trouble was that Mr.
Buchanan, q former State utilities
commissioner, believed too strongly
in the regulation of utilities. But
the nomination was put over.
The House has been busy, too
It has just approved bill to COM
pei not only minor Federal en-
ployes but cabinet members As well
to turn over to it any information
it asks for. under penalty OF fines
and Jail sentences.
That got even Speaker Rayburn,
q Jealous defender Of congressional
prerogatives. rs there no limit7"
He asked. The House said mo"
and passed the bill handily.
(Rsieased By the Bell Syndicate, ins)
Evening star., 1948-05-17

tional security because it proVldeo
for FBI investigation OF presidentiai
apuointees to the Atomic Energy
Commission. In pursuit OF TINS
laudable aim, however, it reacheo
into the Executive Branch, pluckeo
forth a presidential servant ana
said in effect: Do this for us ana
forget about that man in the White
House.
Mr.. Truman's veto politely sug-
vested this considerable innovation
was unconstitutional. He couio
nave added that, privately, he feels
II is blank insulting to the Presl-
dent of the United States.
Bitter Battle Is Due.
This is the first skirmish in a
bitter battle over the Republican
Ripper bill to gain for the next
President entire control Of the
atomic group less than midway IN
his term by providing that all five
commissioners shall be appointed
for two years only. The bill Is spe-
cifically designed to thwart Mr.
Trumans reappointment Of David
Lilienthal for five years.
The Lilienthal matter apparently
is also the last straw at the White
House. The President has In
structed his lieutenants to fight to
the finish and they are freely pre-
dieting he will veto the two-year
measure If enacted.
For once most Democrats are
solidly on Mr.. Truman's side. They
have been watching the Republican
Congress muscle into the Executive
Branch with fair stoicism-but they,
too. are fed UP.
The President, of course, realized
that his appointments would be
jealously scrutinized by the Con-
gress of the other party; he feels he
has gone halfway to meet them.
Many Democrats think resentfully
that he has gone farther than that
as they view the Republican chair
man Of the Federal Reserve and
the heavy Wall Street-Republican
concentration in the State, National
Defense and other departments.
President Has Been Docile.
Their feelings were capsuled in .
gibe Thurman Arnold, former New
Deal legal light. tossed at Repub-
lican National Chairman Carroll
Reece in . Capital dining room:
Pipe down that campaigning OF
yours, Carroll, or you'll lose control
Evening star., 1948-05-17

hopes CnaC INC HleHiOeie
Soviet government will not take
lightly the position Of the United
states Government. They have 1t
In their power to alleviate many OF
the situations which today weigh 50
heavily on all international life. IL
is our earnest hope that they VIII
take advantage of those possibiii.
ties. If they do. they will not fino
us lacking in readiness and eager
ness to make our own contribution
to 4 sterilization of world condl-
tions, entirely compatible with the
security Of the Soviet peoples"
What Of Europe's Future!
But exactly what is the picture
in the mind of our State Depart
ment Of, for instance, the future OF
Europe7
Are we, for example, going to At
tempt to stabilize Europe along the
present East West line through It's
middle7 Are We going to abandon
{ military alliance with Western
Europe, while. the TOO, ,O00, 900 people
Of Eastern Europe remain In mill
tary alliance with the Soviet Union?
What place do, We foresee tor Ger
many in any European scheme?
Do we believe that unified, 1nde-
pendent German state can be crer
Fated, standing isolated between
Western Europe and Eastern
Europe?
The weakness of Russia lies In her
economy, in which her European
satellites cannot sufficiently help.
She needs machines-industrial and
agricultural-which she cannot get
in suficient quantities from the
satellites, especially since their
Communist measures have not re-
built but demoralized these econo-
mics. In fact, in my belief, Russia
is in such serious need OF recon-
struction aid that she would be
willing, in tough bargaining, to make
very great concessions for 1t. But
If we are going to make concessions
on the ground that she should 60
no further, instead Of on the ground
Of her withdrawal from where she
already Is. We simply again are going
to pay much for nothing.
There is 4 definite atmosphere In
Washington favoring pacification
of our relations with Russia. For
weeks there have been symptoms
Of 1t in the press. Mr.. Wallace's
progress on the basis Of his peace
appeals is a weather vane: the Fed
eral Council Of Churches stand is
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torships 1t plays
more of q role
than usually Is
assigned a 1t. The
picture the peo-
pie have Is that
the U n ite d
States opened q
door, and slam
med 1t shut.
Certain words
in the American
note u n q u e s.
tionably are in
vitatio ms to
negotiations:
MY Govern
ment earnestly