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Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
Legislative Faux Pas,
De Luxe Style

This July 26 when very angry
house of representative was called
to order, it was known that the regu-
lar chaplain could not appear. So,
when a stranger took the rostrum,
the less-Somnolent members rose,
bowed their heads, as is the custom,
to listen to the prayer The first
words they heard resounding.
through the chamber were: Where
as the public interest requires that
the congress of the United States
should be convened at IL o'clock
noon on Monday, the twenty-sixth of
July, 1948. to receive such communi-
cation as may be made by the Ex-
ecutive; Now, therefore, l, Harry
S. Truman, President of the United
States - and so on. .
Gradually the members real.
ized that the man addressing
them was not the substitute for
the absent chaplain of the house,
but the substitute for the equal
ly-absent reading clerk whose
duty it is to read bills and Off
cial communications.
1t was most embarrassing. The
voice they were hearing was not the
voice of man repeating the word
of God; it was the voice of the SUBJ
stitute clerk repeating the procla-
nation of the man at whom they
were maddest. The members didn't
like to make public admission Of
their error by sitting down, and so
they had to stand through the pain
full 114-word pronouncement which
had torn them from the bosom of
family and constituency, and brought
them back to heat-ridden Washing
ton.
Next to the state department off,
cial who had unwittingly provided
the excuse for my anecdote was the
consul-general of the Philippine re-
public who happens to be the son
of another college classmate of
mine. He. like the rest of his fam
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
FINAL REPORT:
End 1t Now

AS the United Nations general as
sembiy convened for its fateful
I948-49 session in the Palais de Chail-
lot the member nations took time
out to pay sombef tribute to Count
Folke Bernadotte, their representa-
tive in Palestine who had died while
trying to implement the peace OF
which they were supposed to be the
architects.
Then they began consideration OF
the plan for an enforced Palestine
settlement that Bernadotte had SUBJ
mitted before his death.
THE SWEDISH COUNTS final 35.-
OOO-word report recommended that
the Arab-Jewish war should be PRO
nounced formally ended" If the
Arabs and Jews refuse to make
peace, the u. N. should do so itself,
the report said.
It calls for changes in the bound
aries of the u. N. partition plan
adopted in November, 1947. pro-
posing that the Negeb desert be CIV
en- to the Arabs and that the Jews
should receive all of Galilee instead
Of only the eastern part.
Other recommendations include:
1. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of
Jerusalem by placing it under U. N.
control.
2. ESTABLISHMENT of techni-
cal boundaries commission to delim-
it the new frontiers.
8. CREATION of Palestine con-
ciliation commission to deal with
population exchanges and supervise
other parts of u. N. decisions.
4. SETTLEMENT of the problem
Of 800, 1000 Arab refugees by giving
them the right to return to their
Jhcmes in Jewish territory or to re-
ce,ve compensation if they choose
EOJ to return.
1t was a good plan, the United
States thought, and Secretary OF
State Marshall announced that this
nation would back it to the fullest
extent. Said Marshall:
THE UNITED STATES consid-
ers that the conclusions contained
in the final report of Count Berna-
dotte offer generally fair basis for
settlement of the Palestine ques-
ton"
He called it 1.-The best possible
basis for bringing peace to a dis
tracted land" adding that mo plan
could be proposed which would be
entirely satisfactory in all respects
to every interested party"
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
RUSSIANS:
Western Stand

Those who, in commenting on the
strained relationship between the
East and West, have been wont to
say, It'll get worse before it gets
any better" probably had reached
the end Of their rhetorical rope.
For it was unlikely that it could
get any worse without producing
armed conflict of some kind. This,
it appeared, was the top of the heap
of crises that had been piling up
for two years.
There were these developments:
THE AMERICAN, British and
French ambassadors, who had been
talking with Soviet Foreign Min
lister v. M. Molotov and Premier
Stain in Moscow for six weeks. left
the Russian capital, presumably
ending the four-power discussions.
THE THREE western powers
asked the Kremlin for simple and
final "yes or no" on the question
of whether Russia will lift its block
ade of Berlin.
U. S. SECRETARY of State
George Marshall, speaking before
the U. N. general assembly, warned
the Soviet Union that American pa
tienee should not be mistaken for
weakness.
With the Moscow talks at an end
the center Of action in the crisis
had shifted to Paris where the is
sue would be debated in the U. N.
The western nations-the U. S.,
France and Great Britain-plainly
had had enough and were deter
mined not to give another inch.
In an hour-long speech before
parliament, British Foreign Secre-
tary Ernest Bevin expressed his ma
tion's determination: I'VE are firm
ly resolved to 60 on with our pol
icy.
"I AM NOT SAYING by that that
we are committed to war and all
the other things that might ensue.
We have not reached that stage
yet"
Speaking to the United Nations in
Paris, George Marshall, U. S. Sec
retary Of state, outlined the basic
U. S. foreign policy in much the
same manner as Bevin. The United
States, he said, would not "com-
promise the essential principles"
or barter away the rights and
freedoms of other peoples"
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

Graph by Family Economics Blu
reau. Northwestern National Life In
surance company
Since 1899 the total number Of
dollars in circulation in the u. S.
has more than trebled-from 33
billion to nearly 109 billion-while
our industrial production of goods
to buy has less than doubled.
Result: Cheaper money. Each
dollars propOrtionate worth in
goods has fallen until it now takes
1.76 dollars to buy as much as
one dollar would buy in 1889.
Over three times as many dollars
bidding frantically for less than
twice as much goods equals in
flatiOn.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

ing carried mIO
Hadassah hospital On stretcher.
For Bernadotte, head of the
Swedish Red Cross, nephew of the
king of Sweden, diplomat and hui
manitarian, it was wretched, fu-
tile end.
His death was mourned not only
by governments but by millions OF
ordinary citizens. yet he died not
knowing when or if ever his aSsidu-
GUS and sincere efforts to organize
peace in the Holy Land would be
fulfilled.
Bernadotte' assa SSination brought
Jerusalem@and all of Palestine, for
that matter-perilously close to the
brink of general violence. There
was danger, too, that the uneasy
Arab-Jewish truce might fall to
pieces under the circumstances.
For the time being, Bernadotte's
killers remained unidentified The
Israeli government called it the
work of Stern gang terrorists and
issued an edict outlawing that ex-
tremist group.
In Oslo, Norway, u. N. Secre-
tary-General Trygve Lie added his
panegyric to the praise that was be-
ing heaped on the martyred Berna-
dotte:
"He burned with eagerness to
bring about an understanding be-
tweens Arabs and Jews. He thought
always of justice and peace"
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

In sharp contrast to Henry Wal
lace's unsavOry experience with
eggs in the South, the product of
the hen brought nothing but good
to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, COP
presidential candidate. At his
Pawling, N. Y, farm he was made
honorary member of the national
"GOod Egg" club and was pre-
sented with an egg-bedecked
plaque by Hobart Creighton Qeft),
COP nominee for governor of In
diana and president of the Poul-
try and Egg national board.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
THERE'S NO EXCUSE
Americas RuroI Fire Loss Can Be Cut

able to almost any community thai
wants to make the effort.
Principal means of cutting rural
fire losses, according to the Nation
al Board of Fire Underwriters, is a
good volunteer fire department,
quartered in a small town but serv-
ing the surrounding area that has
been organized into fire protec-
ton district. such as now is author
lied in 80 states.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

luncheon" con-
Sidering what it
must have cost my
red-headed college
mate host whose
excuse for giving
it was the fact that
ne was celebrating
his 55th birthday
but whose real rea-
sons lay beyond
distant frontiers.
The bearded Ital-
ian scientist on his
left reminded him
that the occasion
was unique be-
-
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
ASK Me -
ANOTHER (
The Questions
A General Quiz
-oooo-o-o-c-o-o-e-N-o.

The Questions
/. How many men have been
president of the United States?
2. On what type of crop does a
farmer use a tedder?
3. What fictional mammal has
teeth which can suck blood from
a victims neck?
4. Where would you find tenon
tooth?
S. Before the war, the average
age of an automobile in the U. S.
was 51s years. What was it in
1947?
6. How many veterans have ben
Gifted from the CT bills educa-
tional program?
The Answers
l. Thirty-two.
2. Hay.
3. Vampire bat.
4. In a saw.
S. Approximately 8.9 years.
6. More than 4, $780, 900.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

Although fire prevention week is
over for this year. the danger OF
farm fires is not over and possibly
never will be.
But that seeming inevitability Is
no excuse. AS a matter of fact, fire
protection experts say, there is no
longer any excuse for Americas
IOO-million-dollar annual farm hre
loss.
The means to reduce it are avail
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
ANSWER MAN:
Brdnnan

BT07I101
When it comes to questions Secre-
tary of Agriculture Charles Bran
nan gets all kinds, many of which
have nothing to do with farming.
Pouring in at the rate of 5000 a
day, the queries vary from: How
do / bury cats in the ground?" to
what was Little Eva's last name
in the play, Uncle Toms Cabin?'" "
and "Can you recommend a lonely
hearts club? Three of us girls are
Interested"
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
MAS. .1i!sZ[::l I. Oh ! ll{:2::dy y
Washington Social Hours:
Cold Turkey, Hot Gossip
By BAUKHAGE
NetUS analyst and Commentator.

ASHINGTON-Washington cocktail parties and other
social gatherings have been widely pubczed makers and
breakers of regulations national candidates. and nterna
tonal policies.
nations
many
to be place time
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
A Check by Amy
Other Name

Not many years after his gradua-
ton, this scientist and his young
wife arrived in the city where our
mutual friend was in business, and
called on him. The businessman
recognized the scientists face i'm
mediately but for the life Of him,
couldn't remember the mans name.
During their lunch, the scientist
remarked that he was going on an
extended trip into Canada and had
unfortunately run out of money. He
wondered could he get a check
caShed at the businessman's bank
The businessman gladly acquiesced,
thinking that when he saw the sig
nature on the check, he would rec
ognize the scientists name. Togeth-
er they went to the bank, the scien-
tist wrote the check, and the two
men went to the cashiers window.
But as the scientist handed in the
check, all the businessman could
read was the name of bank in a
very distant city and the amount
five hundred dollars.
He had already said to the cash.
ier, 81 want you to meet my friend
-" but could get no further. Ter
ribly embarrassed, he turned to the
scientist and said: Pm sorry, but
I can't recall your name"
Of course the cashier over
heard this remark and with the
natural caution of the banker,
said to the businessman: "This
will be fine, Mr.. X, but will you
please endorse this?" Mr.. X
turned it over, noted the name
but did not recognize it, trem-
bled to think of what would hap
pen to his bank account II it
bounced land he was sure it
would, and signed. Farewells
were spoken, the scientist de-
parted. Day after day the busi-
nessman awaited the call from
the bank.
In fact, he, told me he had picked
out a space on the wall where he
intended to frame the paper so that
he could call attention to it casu-
ally should some other vaguely
identified caller request a similar
favor.
Nothing happened.
A month or so later, another col
lege friend came to town. The busi-
nessman related the story, describ-
ing the scientist and his occupation.
Unaccountably his listener burst
into laughter.
Didn't you know" he said be-
tween gasps, THAT mans tech
nicaI as well as scientific infor-
nation which he acquired at
school along with his AIRS Mag
lister made him. cool million
the year after he was gradu-
ated?"
At the luncheon there was also a
Chinese oil expert who merely lis
tened and an ERP representative
who left early.
And now back to my red-headed
host. He related the adventure of
one of the guests who had been un-
able to appear. 1t seems this gen.
tleman had formed corporation
called World Development. Inc"
or something very similar. When
my host heard his glowing pros
pectus, he said. Aren't you cover
ing a lot of ground"
"Oh, no." said the promoter who
since had acquired considerable in
fiuence in international affairs,
this is just subsidiary of the In
ter-Planetary corporation"
Then l had to go, so I never knew
what master-plak for the rebuilding
and exploiting of the nation, the
world or the sideraal ypaces were
discussed or consummated. But
have no doubt you can go a long
way in Washington-sta ting with
IL ,~I%n
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
HOLY LAND:
Murder

The sullen-faced, uniformed men
in the jeep didn't say word after
they had stopped the procession of
United Nations cars that was wind
ing through the Katamon section of
Jerusalem.
Carrying a machine gun, one of
them walked up to the automobile in
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

which Count E'OlKe
Bernadotte and Col.
Andre Pierre Ser
rot were sitting,
looked inside and
started shooting.
The two killers
fed, leaving Serrot
dead and Berna-
dotte mortally
wounded. The u. N.
Palestine mediator
died as he was be-
So ~s@5 into
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

For example 1 have just returned%
from lunch. l probably should say
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
FARMS AND RANCHES

CANADIAN FARMS-Write US for FREE IN.
FORMATION on farm settlement opportunities
Fertile soils. Reasonably priced. r. C. Bosworth
Canadian Pacific Railway. Union Station. st
Paul. MINI.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
--WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Bernadotte's Murder Dramatizes
Question of Palestine Before u m;
East West Crisis Hits Final Peak

--By Bill Schoentgen, WNU Staff Writer
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08

FOR SALE: 66O-ACRE FARM
400 acres in cultivation. irrigation wells,
electricity. All new and modern equipment
and buildings. $3.50, 900. " down.
OWNER, JOE NJ. MAZAC
Box 528 Deming, New Mckee
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
TO RENT OR LEASE

40 ACRES COAL LAND for lease, on West
ern Slope. For information, write
JAMES A. BIERCE, Bayfield,. Colorado.
Arizona sun., 1948-10-08
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soc. Over exposure rolls add 4c per ex-
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DUNBRIK commercial line brick machine.
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for operation. Used two weeks. Like new.
Dunstone attachment. 1000 Dunbrik Dun
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$6, 800. Will sell for $4,000.
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-07

There is one thing Of which we all may be sure and that
is, the south is getting sicker and sicker of being the target
of the worlds accusing finger. The Dixecrat may blow and
buster, but at his heart the average southerner is a sensi-
tive creature; and it gives him no pleasure to be singled out
as an advocate of lynching and other anti-social practices.
The spotlight Of public opinion is playing pitilessly upon the
south for it ever to be again on good terms with itself until
it's greatest joy comes from other things than "lording it over
poor and underpriviiged Negroes.
The better elements of the white south are even now "sick
and tired" of everlastingly a~pologizing for the depredations
of their less circumspect fellows. And then too, when a Miss
i~ssippian begins to talk of compromise" on the civil rights
program, we have something really new. 1t is like the man
biting the dog when a chronic Mississippian shows willingness
to compromise" on anything but the utter subjugation and
domination of Negroes. Yet this is the latest in civil rights
discussions.
1t is fervently to be hoped that the chronic Negro Repub-
leans will not chime in with the Dixiecrats and commence
a heckling war on Truman. Of course Truman does not care,
but we should! There is no way to prove that if Dewey had
won the election we would not be face to face, as at present,
with the possibilities of fiibuster such as may mean further
postponement of the long awaited day when civil rights will
be the portion of every Negro even those who fought against
us on the bloody field of battle. The forthcoming fiibuster
need not occasion alarm. 1t is a proof of defeat!
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1948-12-07
Between The Lines
By Dean Gordon B. Hancock


THE FORTHCOMING %FILIBUSTER.
The advocates and friends of civil rights as espoused by
President Truman, may as we'll reconcile themselves to the
fact that the opposition is bound to resort to the filibuster,
so long the instrument of obstruction of reactionary south
erners. None but the rashly optimistic has ever imagined that
all was over but the shouting, as respects the civil rights pro-
gram.
The defeated southerners are in a %vindctive mood and will
resort to many subterfuges and %expedients before they finally
succumb to the inevitable. Negroes must not lose heart there
fore if Truman's civil rights program runs into a snag. And
above all Truman must not be blamed for the spacious tactics
that the diehard Dixiecrats are bound to employ. Dixiecracy
is not dead by a long shot, and if it is, it does not know it.
What we have, won thus far amounts merely, to the first
skirmish in the fray. Nothing tangible can be accomplished
unless an effective colture measure can be introduced and
approved. Such bill must not only run the gauntlet of the
vindictive democrats Of dixiecratic affinities and affiliations,
but it must pass muster before the deceitful and designing
republicans of southern sympathies. Truman's great glory
and victory was in bringing it into the forefront of the worlds
attention and wherein it fails to advance will rebound to the
disgrace of Congress and not our courageous president.
The greater victory consists in making such gains in this
field of human relations that it will take a filibuster to stop
it; and when any measure gets to the place that a filibuster
must defeat it, it has won a signal victory. Lynching has lost
favor in this country to the extent that it has taken filbuster
after fiibuster to save the lynching prerogative of the mob
ridden south.
This writer would not be averse to seeing an orthodox
southern filibuster such as would hamper congress in the en-
actment of necessary legislation. Such filibuster would more
than any other one thing call attention to the scourge that
is race prejudice in this country. The %fiibuster takes away
the cloak of responsibility from prejudice and exposes the club
foot that makes decent people sick at heart. The cause then
is bound to be we'll served whether we get cloture or whether
we are treated to an orthodox southern filibuster. The sicker
the country can be made of Dixiecracy the better; and the
sooner the better.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
rise with the same gusto shown ON

rise with the same gusto shown on
the way down earlier in the day.
The rally carried through the next
day with a fair amount of dash
but buying enthusiasm was soon
replaced with speculative torpor
Guarded optimism over Berlin was
heightened by President Truman's
declaration that he considered
chances for world peace as excellent.
In addition Wall Streets skittish-
ness over what the Congress might
cook up during its special meeting
tended to give way to the theory
that the legislators would not write
any laws that the business COM
munity considered undesirable. The
possibility existed. OF course. that
unexpected legislation might be
voted, a contingency which did
much to curtail market activity.
Rail and oil companies produced
some OF the most startling corporate
news Of the week. Railway stocks,
incidentally, were ahead Of the mar.
ket good part of the week
Atlantic Refining Co., for instance,
reported net profit for the first
half of $l6,2S1, 900, against s6,2s5, 900
in the first half last year.
Shell Union Oil Corp. earned net
profit in the six months OF $55,-
S6l, ,l76, more than double the com.
parable period in l947.
Nickel Plate Railroad reported for
six months net income of $6,900,64
equal to $19.14 each on the pre-.
ferred shares. compared with s3,s
950,894, or $1096 a preferred share,
a year earlier. Unpaid dividends Of
about $50 a share have accumulated
on the preferred but observers hope
that road will carry out its plan to
eliminate the arrears by cash pay
ments out Of income and thus clear
the way for common stock diH.
dend
Evening star., 1948-07-25
pepco Profit Reduced
Below Year Earlier in
First Half Of 1948
Ry Edword G.. Stone

Net income OF the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. in the first half of
1948 amounted to $l,30S,34l, a de-
crease Of 1922 ,689. or 1878 per cent
from the like 1s47 period, yesterdays
report to the Public Utilities Com
mission stated.
Operating revenues of $15,044 Sl2
were s2,01l ,668, or Is per cent higher
than a year ago. Operating expenses
totaled s9,529,673, an increase of
81 1853 1927, "a per cent over the
same months in 1947. Taxes were
down $129, ,92l. Fuel and labor costs
made the heaviest inroads on earn
ings
Net income in June totaled s115,-
024 against $239,313 last year, q
drop of S124,28S or 81 per cent.
Operating revenues revealed gain
of $270,663 but total expenses and
deductions called for s394952 more
than in June. 1947.
Eastern Promotes Hopkins.
Peyton S. Hopkins has been ap-
pointed international traffic and
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Chicuqo Livestock

CHICAGO, July a a. fUsDAl ---sal,hle
hoss, 500: total, $500 Estimated: COM
pared week aao butchers un to $50 pounds
and all sows c5-ho hisner. butchers over
Saisbie cattle. 400 tes,imated); total
not given; compared week ago. meaSer
,upp!y CHOICE 10 prime yesrlinss and lish,
steers steady; prime steers topped At Loo,
July record. but practical top, 1923. with
best yearliASs ct 1000: averaEe-Eood TO
averase-cnoice steers and heifers weak to
90 lover sGsn:noGo e. medium snd nd lGy- "
lowe: al srsdes s.ee;s ,s, sc.iaS over isso
Clearance rrsssy and short-fed steers and
heife:s; choice heifers topped early at
Sd siosed Il 70 90: :ss Go; eheiss Kinds al
ks. .OO-37 SO; beef cows, e.00-2.5u lower.
tanners and cutters 100 down: bulls
steady 70 100 lower. beef bulls on most:
vsaiers, 1.00-S 90 lower. weIshty grassy
kinds. % most; esnnsr and cutter cows
$3.50. s.So; Sish-sood beef cows steady
topped at 2s.oo. with few eeef bulls above
600; moat yea;erI late In week. 2a00
down, only selected lights 100; medium
esoeEers. 80 70 l 90 lower; scod and choice
dtum efiertnss. 23.0o-2b60.
Evening star., 1948-07-25
Cotton Textile Sales Lao,
Print Cloths Traded
BY the A.soeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, July 24.-Print
cloths attracted some interest in an
otherwise quiet cotton textile market
during the past week.
Prices on some constructions were
firmer and there were moderate sales
of 80 square print cloths extending
into the fourth quarter. Osnaburss
and sheeting were sold in limited
quantities.
The wool goods market was quiet.
Women's wear manufacturers have
just about completed sales Of fan
and winter lines. In mems wear
mills are planning to open their
spring 1949 lines next month.