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Evening star., 1948-10-18
Washington Players
Place Well as Annual
Bridge Tourney Ends

The 18th annual District bridge
tournament ended early today at the
Hotel Roosevelt, with Washington
area teams well represented among
the winners.
Competition for the Evening Star
Trophy, the last scheduled in the
four-day tournament wound up
after midnight with a Baltimore
team composed of Frank B. Levi and
w. j. McDevitt winning. The Metro
politan pair vent for the trophy is
limited to amateurs holding less
than 30 master points in national
competition.
Second place in the pair event was
won by Robert Woodward and
Douglas c. Jeffrey.
The major event of the tourna-
ment, for the Eynon Bowl, was won
yesterday in the second of two ses-
sions by a foursome composed of
Mrs. Irene Surguy. Gene Hermann
and Paul Kibler, all of Washington,
and Mrs. Given Pritchard, Hunting
ton. w. Va.
The winners finished with a two
board lead over Mrs Edward Cotter,
Fred Karpen and J. Parish, all of
Washington, and Ben johnson,
Spartanburg, S. c., and a second
team composed of Mrs. Doyle Dricer
Arlington; DR.. Arthur Salasky, New
port News. Va; Herbert Gerst OF
Norfolk, Va, and Claggett H. Bowie
of Baltimore.
In the open pair contest held
Saturday, SO pairs competed in the
largest field of players ever to enter
District tournament. 1t was won
by Mrs. Robert Bayliss of Richmond
and Claggett H. Bowie of Baltimore
with Mrs. Sally Young and David
Warner of Philadelphia the runners
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Evening star., 1948-10-18
Mrs. Amelia Stoddord, 81, Dies;
CncIed Globe in Sailing Ship

vile, Me. After her graduation in
1877 she rebelled against family
plans to have her become a teacher
and went to work for a newspaper
at So a week.
While a reporter, she met local
politicians who obtained for her an
appointment as secretary to the late
Gov Edwin c. Burleigh of Maine in
the early 1880s. Thus she became
the first woman employed in the
Maine State House, her family said
About year before her marriage,
Mrs. Stoddard left from New York
with the wife of a sea captain on
a voyage around Cape Horn to
China. During the trip, the vessel
remained for 144 days beyond sight
of land, she told her family.
Following her marriage in July
1894, Mrs. Stoddard moved with her
husband to his various ministerial
and teaching posts in New England
MIR. Stoddard was superintendent
OF schools at East Douglas, Mass,
for 10 years around 1900.
The couple first came to this area
during World War I.
Mrs. Stoddard is survived only
by her daughter.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star., 1948-10-18
IChitose Airbuse Swept
BY $3.50, 900 Fire
By the Associoted Press

TOKYO, Oct. 18.-Belated reports
from Hokkaido today said one
American airman was burned
severely and 10 others slightly
Saturday night when a $250,OOO fire
swept Chitose airbase.
Destroyed in the blaze, caused by
faulty wiring, were the theater, mess
hall, laundry, library, service club
and the central heating plant.
Names of the victims were with
held by the Far Eastern Airforce.
Evening star., 1948-10-18
u. NJ.
Continued From First Page)

the plan as whole, would tend to
confirm present frictions." ]
IF the Communist states were
still a closed SYSTEM" Mr.. Austin
said, "it would take some time to
open them up so that control could
become effective. And make no
mistake about it, such opening up
Is fundamental to effective con-
troll"
He said he realized his recon-
mendation to remove the question
from the U. N. agenda will no
doubt further increase the sus-
picion of the Soviet powers as to
our motives" He said the United
States is moved by a deep con-
cern for the kind of world the
American people desire to live in
a world where individual human be-
ings, as well as independent nations,
great and small, have the greatest
possible liberty and freedom con-
sonant with the liberty and freedom
of others.
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no effective control is possible ex-
cept in such world. Unless we all
consider this matter on the basis of
these realities we are only laying
up dangers for the future"
The United States, Mr.. Austin
declared, docs not intend to give
up its atomic weapons except under
Ia system of control sufficiently
effective to guarantee that other
nations do not have and cannot
secure these weapons" He said
most nations support this policy.
The six neutral nations of the
Security Council were reported
considering new compromise plan
which would take the Berlin issue
out Of the United Nations.
Russia and the three Western
powers, the United States, France
and Britain, are said to be inter-
ested. Thus far, no commitments
have been made.
Juan A. Bramuglia, Argentine
Evening star., 1948-10-18

Mrs. Amelia Gould Stoddard, a
little 84-year-old woman who lived
quietly in recent years with men,
ories of days in the early 1905 when
she sailed around the world in a
square trigger, died here last night.
During the voyage she survived a
typhoon and returned to this coun-
try with rare Chinese silks.
Ill since last April, Mrs. Stoddard
died at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
John F. Tucker. 1923 Thirty-fourth
street NV. She had been living
there since the death in 1889 of her
husband, George Henry Stoddard,
former dean of the Literary Depart
ment at the University Of North
Carolina, in 1899.
Before his death the couple lived
here and at a summer home at
Idylwood, Va, for more than 20
years.
Mrs. Stoddard, a tiny woman of
New England stock, was the daugh-
ter of a Baptist minister who set
tied in the then-wild area of Alma,
Me, after being assigned to mis-
sionary" work in the mountainous
territory.
She was educated at Coburn
Classical Institute. then a women S
branch of Colby College, at Water
Evening star., 1948-10-18

foreign minister who is acting
chairman of the Council for the
Berlin discussions, arranged to see
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Andrei Y. Vishinsky. Mr.. Bramuglia
still is leading the neutral nations
efforts for solution of the impasse
between Russia and the West.
Simultaneous Moves.
Authoritative sources involved in
the maneuvering said the compro-
mise would call for these moves
simultaneously:
The Russians would lift the
blockade of Berlin; Russian cur
rency would become the sole cur
rency for the former German capi-
tai, under four-power supervision; !;
the four-power council of foreign
ministers would meet or be called
Evening star., 1948-06-02
Paul Robeson's Case

Before taking action which it may re-
gret, the Senate Judiciary Committee
ought to ask itself this question: What
difference does it make whether Paul
Robson is or is not a Communist?
1t is true that the Negro baritone has
refused to tell a Judiciary subcommittee
whether he belongs to the Communist
party. And 1t is also true that group
Of Hollywood writers and artists are In
process of being prosecuted in the courts
for refusing to answer similar question
put to them by House committee. But
the analogy which this seems to set up
cannot be pursued too far.
The Hollywood investigation was con-
Quoted, under a directive from Congress,
10 ascertain the extent of Communist in
duence in the motion picture industry.
The question asked of the writer's and
artists was relevant to this inquiry and
presumably was also a necessary step in
the exercise of the congressional function
to investigate situation which might call
for legislation. But none OF these things
Is true of Mr. Robeson's appearance before
the judiciary group. He came as VOL
untary witness to express his opinion OF
q piece of legislation already drafted and
passed by the House. In that state OF
affairs the question of fact as to his Com
munist affiliation has no such relevancy
rs that which characterized the Holly
wood case.
It might be argued, of course, that Mr.
Robesons membership in the Communist
party, If that be fact, would bear on
the weight to be attached to his criticism
of the bill But there still is no real reason
why the committee should seek an answer
TO it's question, or seek to punish the singer
because he refused a direct answer. For
to all intents and purposes he has answered
the question.
Here is a man whose father was born
In slavery in this country. Yet the son,
endowed with exceptional talents, has gone
far. A graduate of Rutgers, an all-Amer-
lean football player, an outstanding artist
these are achievements that not many
Americans have been able to equal. Yet
Mr. Robson pays homage to the Com
munists and to Russia, and says that
Russia has produced more freedom for
the people than has the United States =.
In the light of this expressed opinion
what difference does 1t make whether he
actually is a Communist or not. He has
said enough to show that he Is wholly
biased and that In his testimony before
the committee he appeared. not as wit
ness, but as a propagandist.
Evening star., 1948-06-02

100000 obvious opponents Of the single
slate" or fully 20 per cent of the registered
electorate. The ticket therefore got only
80 per cent of the possible total, whereas
in most of these totalitarian plebiscites the
usual "yes" vote runs around 95 per cent.
Meanwhile, the whole election has been
denounced as fraudulent and illegal by the
growing number OF refugees who have
escaped abroad, including forty members
of the former parliament and a consider
able fraction of the Czechoslovak diplo-
matte corps on foreign posts Those ref
ugees are planning the establishment Of
government in exile" to protest the
enslavement Of their country and inform
the world more fully OF what is going on.
The last word on Czech freedom has
obviously not been spoken.
Evening star., 1948-06-02
CzechosIovuk Election

To the free world, one of the strangest
aspects Of totalitarian regimes Is to get,
on paper at least, overwhelming popular
Endorsements" of their major acts and
decisions. This used to be done in Nazi
Germany, and 1T is equally in vogue with
all Communist states. The aim is to get
rs nearly 100 per cent approval as possible.
And to attain this goal variety of meas
ures are taken which renders the result
farcical to any one aware of the circum-
stances under which the polling is held.
The latest instance of this practice is
the election" held in Czechoslovakia, re-
Gently transformed from parliamentary
democracy into a Communist Peoples
Republic" There was no doubt as to the
outcome, because single list of candi-
dates had already been drawn up by the
Communist machine, and no opposition
to this slate was permitted. 1t was there
fore predetermined that the new Parlia-
ment should consist of large majority
of Communists with minority representa-
ton to certain groups, all of them under
Communist control. The sole choice tech
nically offered the voter was between
blank ballot to indicate his diSapproval.
However, 1t had been made abundantly
clear that the voter would exercise this
technical right very much at his own risk.
He was repeatedly and emphatically
warned on the highest official authority
that turning in white ballot" would be
considered a reasonable demonstration
against the PEOPLES Democracy" and
would expose the demonstrator to the
likelihood of most unpleasant conse-
ouences. And while theoretically the
voting was supposed to be secret, various
devices were used to render it difficult or
impossible for the voter to conceal from
Communist watchers what he was doing
Under this cumulative pressure, it might
have been expected that the number of
blank ballots would have been relatively
small especially since, whether few or
many, they could not in any way affect the
makeup of the new parliament. Further
more, the voter had to go to the polls or
break law imposing heavy penalties. So
he could not easily show his opposition by
staying at home.
Under all these circumstances, the out
come of the election is tribute to the
courage of the Czechoslovak people. The
official report on the election states that
out of total registration slightly exceed
ing 5000 900, more than 10000 cast blank
ballots, while some 100000 more either
stayed away from the polls or had their
ballots invalidated. That means nearl!
Evening star., 1948-06-02

above quoted and challenged summary OF
fact" We will, however, answer your question
concerning what the unions hope to accom-
plish by naturalization Of railroads. Our
answer Is:
The three organizations are confronted by
. situation which requires their members to
work for wages and under conditions which
are not reasonable or satisfactory. The Gov
ernment has seized the roads and by injunc-
ton has compelled our members to render
service; but Government will not assume to
enter into negotiations with view to accord
ing to the employees acceptable wages and
working conditions While Government through
its Federal courts compels the employees to
work. management is comfortably situated
where 1t has no need to negotiate, since 1t Is
enjoying full operation Of its railroads and the
full fruits Of revenues therefrom The posi-
tion Of both the Government and the manage
ment Of the railroads In hiding behind that
unnatural arrangement and evading their
responsibility to treat in good faith with the
employees Is nothing less than fsrcical. AS
long as the Government has seized the roads
and by Injunction has compelled the rem
dition of service by the employees, it should
recognize its obligation to undertake ADJUST
nnent of unsatisfactory wages and working
conditions. Under the present arrangement the
Government lodges its responsibility. Man
agement, apparently content with the situation,
remains immobile.
Thus, with the real owners sheltered by
Government Intervention, and the Government
itself disclaiming any obligation, the employees
look toward Government ownership in physi-
cal fact Hereunder the Governments obli-
cations will be established by law and It will
be required to assure employees satisfactory
rates OF pay and working conditions.
A. JOHNSTON,
Grand chief engineer, B. L. E.
D. B. ROBERTSON,
President, B. L. F. and E.
A. ]. GLOVER,
President, s. U. N. A.
Evening star., 1948-06-02
Roll Union Viewpoint

Elsewhere on this page there appears a
letter from the chiefs of the three railroad
brotherhoods whose strike threat brought
about Government seizure of the railroads
The letter challenges several contentious
in recent editorial in The Star, and is
published as a matter of fairness to the
union heads. In its comments, however
the letter is indicative of a state of mind
which is not without significance.
These three brotherhoodS represent
about 10 or IL per cent of all railroad
employees. The other employees and the
carriers have accepted the wage award
recommended under the procedures OF
the Railway Labor Act. But these three
demanding higher award for their
members, are prepared to shut down the
rail transportation facilities OF the coun-
try, and would have done so except for
the Intervention of the Government.
This, on its face, seems to indicate q
deplorable lack of understanding of the
public interest which is. at stake in q
dispute Of this nature. And this impress
sion is reinforced when one finds the
brotherhood chiefs accusing the carriers
and the Government of f1outing the Spirit
and intent of the act, while acknowledging
no culpability on their own part.
1t is true. as they say, that the act does
not provide for compulsory wage awards.
But it is idle to contend, as these three
apparently do, that 1t is not the intent
and purpose Of the act to insure peaceful
settlement of disputes through the pro-
cedures that the act sets out.
The authors of the letter say that the
rail employees "look toward Government
ownership in physical fact" But despite
their disclaimers, their strike threat, in
effect, is aimed at Goverrment-proposed
wage award. How would they be better off
If the Government owned the roads In
physical fact? Are they asserting here,
by implication, right to strike against
the Government as the owner of the roads
In order to get whatever wage settlement
they might desire?
Evening star., 1948-06-02
Flood Control for the Columbia

PRESIDENT Truman has acted logically in
ordering Federal agencies to investigate
the flood disaster at Vanport, Oregon, and
to advise him as to the need for Traditional
legislative authority to meet emergencies
OF this character" A thorough investiga-
ton is desirable because one of the after
maths of the flood is likely to be a revival
of demands for creation of a Columbia
floods always bring renewal of agitation
for Missouri Valley Authority.
The flood control argument will carry
far less weight with respect to the Colum-
bia River than it does in the case of the
Missouri Mississippi River Basin, however.
For the Columbia is usually much better
behaved than the Father of Waters and
his tributaries. In fact, oldtimers in
Oregon say that this years flood is the
worst they can remember. The last big
overflow occurred in 1894, when the river
flooded parts of Portland and caused con-
siderable damage there and elsewhere
along its banks.
The Columbia Valley Authority proposal
has been based largely on considerations
other than flood control, such as hydro
electrlc power development and land
reclamation A bill to establish such an
authority is pending, but no hearing has
been held at this session of Congress and
none is scheduled. Hearings on the eva
and MVA bills were held last year, but no
action resulted. While there is no chance
for passage of such legislation before
Congress adjourns, the pending rivers
and harbors bill includes money for
certain Improvements in the Columbia
River Basin.
There is nothing to indicate that even
a Columbia Valley Authority would have
foreseen = -':,rsual disaster at Vanport.
Apparently .--ere had been no occasion in
the past to question the security of the
| town or the strength Of the railroad en-
bankment which served as a levee. 1t is
certain, however, that the extraordinary
food Of 1e4s will cause sponsors Of the
Evening star., 1948-06-02
YOUNG Mountain Leaves

ALONG the mountain road, the ,1tnds OF
spring @
Grop chill at sunset and the shfntnc
ledUes f
Accelerate their airy dance and fling
The sparkling sunbeam back that each
recetDes.
But as the splendor fades along the tcest.
The ,ctnd dies NTH the disappearing sun
And all the shtnn1ertng dancers come to
rest,
The reuel ended, the stiH hours begun.
on, quiet leapes, aboue your lofty bed
What frosty 1Donders n1oue across the
sky
Far. ne6ulous consultations overhead,
And In the nearer heauens passing BY. =
Yet high above you In their northward
flight.
Netc ,cings pursue old journeys through the
night. INEZ BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1948-06-02

eva project to revise 1t so as to afford
residents of the basin reasonable protec-
ton against q recurrence Of such catas-
trophe Indeed, 1t should be possible to
provide this flood control insurance,
irrespective of the outcome of legislation
covering collateral power and reclamation
phases Of the eva program.
Evening star., 1948-06-02
- Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and, address OF the
,oriter, although It Is permissible for
,Driter kno1on to The Star to use
a nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-06-02

Outlaw the commies, it Is loudly
objected, and you drive them underground.
And who wants to sit around indefinitely
watching the hole?
Evening star., 1948-06-02

Thanks to the thoughtfulness Of the
picture magazines, we are steeled for the
debut of the new or second look bathing
suit
Evening star., 1948-06-02

A GI on Two Jima has written his wife
a 36Oo0-word letter in 68 pages. Let this
be warning. There's no end to 1t when
you start to explain.
Evening star., 1948-06-02
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE

ny nASn1TN
O. Is alcoholism as prevalent among women
as among men?-M. c. r.
A. Alcoholic addiction Is reputedly seven
times more prevalent among men than among
women.
O. What was the highest temperature ever
recorded in England?-N. E. r.
A. The maximum shade temperature Of
ficially recorded was 100 degrees F. at Green.
wich Observatory on August 9, 1911.
@. Have dragons ever existed in the worldi-
w. r.
A. No. The dragon Is = symbol derived BY
modifying the characters Of the most formid-
able animal in the region where the symbol Is
found. The Chinese dragon Is based on the
alligator modified by some OF the features Of
the Manchurian tiger The English dragon ~
derived from the snake. "a
O. How large is the giant smokestack In
Anaconda Mont.?-C. o. L.
A. The Washoe Smelter Is 585 feet high with,
walls feet thick. The diameter at the base Is
IS feet and at the top, go feet. Here copper ID
processed from ore to anodes.
O. In hunting years ago there was method
Of shooting called barking a squirrel" Can
you describe it?-C F. L.
A. Years ago when hunting with the SharpS.
rifle. 1t was the practice to aim at the bole OF
the tree below the squirrel, so that part Of the
force would be spent before the bullet hit the
squirrel This was called barking q squirrel" (
@. What Is the daily average Of murders in
the United States?-M. McC.
A. According to the Federal Bureau Of In
vestgation 1t has been estimated that there
is one felonious homicide in the United States
every 1873 minutes
@. Was the Liberty Bell rung on July 4, l7767
F. r. T.
A. The Liberty Bell was not rung on that
date. The Declaration of Independence was
not read aloud by Col. John Nixon In front Of
Independence Hall until July 8, when the bell
was rung with great rejoicing.
@. What Is the normal temperature Of q
-blooded animal?-E P.
A. Cold-blooded animals. such as fish and
reptiles take on the temperature of their
surroundings Unlike warm-blooded animals,
they have no means of regulating their own
body temperature.
Evening star., 1948-06-02
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer 10 any question Of
fses b, ,Ysts: Tns Eysning ST.,
Evening star., 1948-06-02

@. Is alcoholism as prevalent among wome
as among men?-M. c. r.
A. Alcoholic addiction Is reputedly seve
times more prevalent among men than anon
women.
Evening star., 1948-06-02


The Railway Labor Act contemplates the
not be acceptable For that reason, the Act
requires an additional 3o-day period Of delay
following the report to the President. During
that final 30-day period the parties are ex-
pected to undertake adjustment of any remain
ing differences. Such an adjustment was un-
dertaken in this case and failed.
The Railway Labor Act contains neither an
implied nor an expressed prohibition against
strikes in the event of such final failure at the
bargaining table.
Congressman Barkley, who was manager Of
the Railway Labor Act on the floor of the
House when it was enacted, said: I'VE can
not interfere with the private right of a man
who labors in private industry to control the
price Of his own labor, and the fact that he
works on a railroad. which is public utility,
does not deprive him OF that right. - You
have either got to go along on the theory Of
freedom of contract Of voluntary arbitration,
Of mediation and persuasion, or you must 60
to the other extreme of compulsory arbitration,
compulsory decision and anti-strike legislation,
which has never succeeded in any country in
the world where 1t has been tried"
Blames the Operators.
It is, and it has been our contention that
the intent and spirit Of the act were violated
by the railroad operators when they took the
position that the recommendations Of the
Emergency Board were final and that the
employees must regard them as binding When
the Government seconded the railroad opera
tors in the contention that the recommends
tions must be accepted by the organizations,
then we became convinced that government.
too was endeavoring to nout the spirit and
intent of the act.
We do not care to enter into . lengthy
argument with your eonject,ues following your
Evening star., 1948-06-02

Q. What was the highest temperature ever
recorded in England?-N. E. r.
A. The maximum shade temperature Of
ficially recorded was 100 degrees F. at Green.
wich Observatory on August 9, 1911.