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Evening star., 1948-09-19
by Richard Stern
Illustrated by George Hughes
When Faralee escaped from the writer's building
Atlas Studios sent it's bright girl to bring him back

That's very kind of you," Burgess said.
Fo1aIee Henderson Brown, she thought, chant
ing the name silently in her mind like a
malediction; thinking, too, of the lights and
the crowds of Hollywood. of the restaurants
and the talk, and feeling angry and alone in
this lonely place.
It was over the tea, strong and hot, and
over the toast and apple butter, that Burgess
brought up the subject and the name. DO
you happen to know" she said, "a man
named Brown? He's writer"
"Faralee? Why. of course, everyone
knows 3" She stopped there, smiling.
Land sakes," !" she said. ''Of course. You're
one of Faralee's friends from down south,
from down to Hollywood"
I'm from the studio Burgess said.
why, of course, child, an me with eyes
that didn't see. Willie! Willie!''
Willie was short and slim as only small
boy can be. He shot into the room like tow
headed comet. His eyes were bright, and
fixed upon Burgess face This" said
Mrs. Stinson, g."
Thompson" Burgess said. Miss Thomp-
son."
JUsT so," said Mrs Stinson. willie, YOU
gallop over an fetch Faralee Tell him to
come quick. Don't tell him who's here"
Willie pondered moment "I'n tell him"
HA kk~A
Evening star., 1948-09-19

you're working ON? Or when his wife has \
terrific idea? Or when his two-year-old niece
thinks the plot needs changing?'
He grinned at her. 1t was the SORT Of or;n
she thought. which would have looked good
on Abe Lincoln. You're fooling." he said.
I'm not fooling. You don't think that
you're going to be allowed to do a screen
treatment all by yourself. do you? You lust
won Pulitzer Prize. You don't know any,
thing about writing story
Il don't understand" Faralee said The
grin was gone. He was watching her solemnlv,
I'm afraid I don't understand"
Brother" said Burgess. you've hit the
nail right on the head. You lust don't
understand"
lHERE was more silence. Faralee watched
the fire; Burgess watched Faralee. She sa;d
when does that ox-cart pass through here
again. on its way DOWN."
The bus? There's one tomorrow"
Then" Burgess said. you'd better start
packing"
"Packing?" He turned away from the fire
to face her. But I'm not going"
Look -" Burgess began, and there she
stopped. Breach Of contract. she thoupht.
options, legal lsge,demein, it ,aoni mean a
thing to him. Not thing She was silent
again. staring into the fire, smiling little to
herself and thinking Of J. G. and of his blood
pressure: thinking. too of herself going back
empty handed. Writers" she said. Lovely
people"
I'm sorry" Faralee said.
She smiled at that, seeing the concern in
his face. She said. I'm tired. That's all.
Well talk about it tomorrow"
We'll" Faralee said.
There is hotel in this metropolis?"
There was no hotel There was no tourist
home Miner, Faralee explained. was not
very large. From what I've heard, Burgess
said, that is first-class understatement. Is
there cave handy. or hollow tree where
can set up temporary housekeeping"
Mrs Stinson," Faralee said, and he raised
his voice in shout that spilled Willie into the
living room on a dead run.
Willie slept with his mother that night.
and Burgess slept in Willie's room. From
the wall the figate Constitution. in four
colors and under full sail. threatened to run
her down: there was catcher's mitt on the
dresser and hunting knife hanging in its
sheath from one post of the bed; Burgess,
In striped silk pajamas Cher OWN, relaxed
briefly over a chapter of Tom Swift
and then marked her place and
turned out the light -.
1T WAS nine o'clock when she set
forth from the Stinson house. Willie,
self-appointed guide and mentor,
ranged ceaselessly ahead and he
Evening star., 1948-09-19

Bowie lives
Johnny" Johnny was either not at home
or unable to come out. They continued AN
this is Woods Point. That's cause of the
woods"
Sounds reasonable" Burgess said. The
woods were pine. green and solemn and
silent. They walked on soft needles in the
filtered sun. hearing, always, the sound of
the surf.
There's squirrel" Willie said.
left eye" Bang! Bangr'
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Evening star., 1948-09-19

ne SAID, that the sinks busted
down.
"You do that" Mrs. Stinson said. NOT
Burgess said, I'm not exactly so'd
friend, Mrs. Stinson. l mean
Nov. child, you jest set an relax
an drink your tea. He'll be right
along. Willie runs fast, an Faralee
comes quick"
For broken sink, " Burgess said.
Tkt,tp5fse hundred dollars week
we're paying a Pulitzer Prize noselist,
50 he eGn fix broken sinks She
thought of J. G.'s blood pressure. >
Mrs. Stinson said, Nov Ill just
60 out to the kitchen, an you stay here, an
when Willie comes back III call him out, too"
1T isn't necessary" Burgess said 1T
isn't necessary at ALL"
Course it is, child. You don't want folks
standin' an gawkin' at you. I'm not young
any more, child, but can remember when
was"
Oh, Lord. Burgess thought, shes got the lose
angle all set UP.
There was clatter on the porch. Mrs.
Stinson said, There" She was gone.
Willie was in first. Over his shoulder he said
in triumph. eyes bright with excitement, 1T
Evening star., 1948-09-19

briefly over a chapter of Tom Swift
and then marked her place and
turned out the light :.
1T WAS nine O'Clock when she set
forth from the Stinson house. Willie,
self-appointed guide and mentor,
ranged ceaselessly ahead and be-
hind and around her. The fog was
gone and the air was sparkling and
bright and cool, and the surf
pounded gently upon the dark
rocks There's Main Street."
Willie said. AN that's the darn
old school. An that's where Johnny
Evening star., 1948-11-10

legalized in a Democratic admins
tration. Others ducked more grace
fully or cut their contributions to
barely perceptible minimums.
The President is in a forgiving
mood and says he wants turkey for
all, crow for none. But this does
not solve for business the problem OF
how 1t is going to get back into the
main stream Of developments during
the next four years. BY this time
the political and economic tides are
so iHtertwined, it hardly dares sit
on the shore and sulk.
Lobbying Not Answer.
Informal conferences among re-
sponsible business spokesmen are
already under way in Washington
looking to this question.
Bigger and better lobbying car
hardly be considered the answer, a,
the chastened Eightieth Congress
can testify. Republicans can well
blame part of their troubles or
important segments Of business
which unleashed a swarm of highly
paid lobbyists upon it who did theil
part to make it q target for the
Presidents ripest tomatoes.
It Is being suggested in some
friendly quarters that business
should yield with good grace on
Evening star., 1948-11-10

from the State Constantine Brown.
Department appear encouraging to
the President, who sees for the first
time some vague indications that
Moscow may be willing to adopt
other tactics toward the newly
elected President and Congress.
Besides the highly significant
speech made within % hours after
the election by Foreign Minister
Molotov, in which he blamed the
influence of "reactionary Repub-
licans" for the strong attitude
adopted by our Chief Executive in
the last two years, other reports
from lesser quarters now are reach
ing Washington, and seem to show
the same trend for a Soviet Amer
ican understanding.
Peace Feelers Hinted.
The Communist newspaper in
Sweden, which is about as much the
mouthpiece of the Politburo as the
Soviet newspapers, printed an edi-
torial last Sunday entitled Reduced
Tension" The editorial said Mos
COW soon may make some peace
feelers to Washington In an indi-
rect manner. The editorial pointed
out on the basis OF conversations
with unnamed but highly placed
authorities in Moscow that the
Kremlin Is now of the opinion that
President Truman's attempt to send
Chief Justice Vinson to Moscow on
a peace mission may not have been
prompted exclusively by electoral
motives, but by q sincere desire to
Improve Soviet-American relations.
This editorial, which diplomats in
Evening star., 1948-11-10
On the Record
Republican Defeat Shows Gov. Dewey
Was Not the Best Choice of the Party

| from under him by yokel and
falls ignominiously to the floor.
Travelling through the country, as
I am doing, I find lots Of people,
including Republicans, who got a
kick out Of the discontinue Of the
Governor, the pollsters and the COL
umnists-the "know-it-alls."
Virginia Woolf GA Room of Ones
OWN described Aphra Bern, the
first woman to make money out Of
writing, as "a middle-class woman
with the plebeian virtues Of humor,
vitality and courage" The three
would seem essential to political sue
cess in this middle-class and plebei-
an country, unless replaced by rarer
qualities. President Truman dis
played them all.
Instinct Of People.
Whether you call them the
"masses"-and If you want to win
Americans you had better motor
"the people" meaning the broad
classes that have most votes, this
is their century and they know it.
They are intelligent, but not in
tellectual. (Norman Thomas, their
most consistent spokesman, some
times talks over their heads and gets
more votes from university gradu-
ates than manual workers) They
are f1ercely patriotic: hence their
rejection Of Henry Wallace. Their
instinct is to hold what they have
and press forward. They are op-
timistic, and tend to overrate pos
sibilities. This fifth consecutive
victory for the Democratic Party
confirms this.
The errors Of pollstery raise
doubts about the scientific accuracy
Of sampling methods. BY these
the popularity Of radio performers
is judged and their careers en-
hanced or injured. And how about
the Kinsey report? If the polls can
go wrong on such a simple question
as Dewey versus Truman, can we
believe that the poll method will
reveal the truth about sexual be-
havior in the human male?
President Truman in the after
math admits he feels a terrific re-
sponsibility. He must, because he
has promised things in the economic
field all but impossible of complete
delivery. The voters probably know
that, too, and demand more than
they expect.
CReleased by The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1948-11-10

Henry McLsmors. was the target
for the bomb. The bridge Is smack
in the center Of the city, and the
bomb didn't miss 1t by far. Having
read half million words, at least, Of
what the bomb did to Hiroshima, I
was not prepared for Hiroshima as
1t is today.
Completely Rebuilt.
One would never guess, for exam
pie. that upward Of 10000 buildings
had been destroyed. The city Is
completely rebuilt. As far as the
eye can see there are houses. and
down the main street shops are open
for business, hotels are operating as
before, buses and cabs are running
and the sidewalks are thronged with
people.
dropped in q Japanese movie
house in Hiroshima and, II the pic
ture being shown is any yardstick
by which to measure the people here,
the A-bomb left them with no
haunting fear of fire and destruc-
ton. It was an old American movie,
starring Gary Cooper, in which ships
are blown up. flames raze buildings
and men and women suffer and die.
The movie was packed and the man
ager told me that the show had been
running for week and was 80
popular that he was going to keep
1t for another week.
One has to have q guide II one
wants to see the few remaining
signs Of destruction In Hiroshima.
They are not visible to the tourists
eye. A guide will point out roofing
tile bltstered by the heat Of the
Hash and shadows permanently
etched on the bridge and sidewalks
Quite few of the Hiroshima
Evening star., 1948-11-10
Dares Not Sulk Now
Business, Caught Short by Vote Upset,
Must Meet Advances in Social Field

the social questions such as educa-
ton, housing, social security, medi-
Gal aid, etc. These are fields in
which. 1t so happens, that stout
conservative, Senator Robert A.
Taft, long since tried to take lead
with moderate programs which the
Eightieth Congress rejected.
Then, 1t is argued, business could
claim to be heard with more au-
thority on fiscal policy and eco
nomic affairs.
What 1t Is up against in the So
cial field Is clear from conferences
going forward here now by an ad-
visory committee on social security,
minimum wages and related prob
lems This is q nonpartisan group
which includes several Republicans
who had been slated for top ap.
pointment in a Dewey administra.
ton. 1t is preparing to recon-
mend expanded social security benz
eflts for farm, domestic and migrant
workers. One Of its members, Miss
Mary Donlon, Gov. Dewey's chair
man of the New York Workmen's
Compensation Board, sees to it, in
cidentally, that the recommends
tons treat men and women ex-
actly alike.
Aid Of G. o. p. Liberals.
The Republican liberals, Senators
Aiken, Ives, Baldwin, Lodge, etc.,
will support such recommendations,
Of course, and further lend them the
character of inevitability.
. Democratic intentions to seek no
reprisals in Congress against the
Southerners gives business some lit
tie time. Senator George of Georgia,
conservative, will again head
Finance, for example. But the SEN
ior Democrats are elderly and tired;
they will be succeeded by men
come to prominence under the New
Deal and committed to it.
And by the time President Tru-
mans term in his own right ex-
pires, whole new generation Of
Americans will have grown up un-
der the new dispensation. These
are among the considerations be-
Ing chewed over now by business
leaders here.
Evening star., 1948-11-10
This Changing World
Reversal of Soviet Aggressive Attitude
Toward L. S. Now Believed Possible

Stockholm consider inspired by
Moscow's forerign Office" which for
its own reasons prefers to use q
Swedish Communist paper rather
than 1zvestia or Pravda, says the No
vember elections have proven def
nitely that the American people
are as anxious to remain at peace
as the Russian people. Only a
handful Of reactionary jingoists in
the pay Of Wall Street capitalists
have been agitating for war and
have succeeded In muddying the
international waters and interfer-
ing with the ideals of the late Pres
ident Roosevelt, the editorial con-
tends.
Other Straws i'm the Wind.
Other straws, in the wind are be-
ing reported to Washington. The
Soviet sponsored German radio
commentator Kark Won Schnitzler
said last Sunday, in a violent attack
with the blessing of Russian censor
ship, that Gen. Lucius Clay, who he
called a "despotic colonial gover-
nor" has taken his cue in his anti
Soviet attitude from the Republican
Party. For several months" Herr
Won Schnitzler added. "he has re-
placed Democrats in the military
government posts by dyed-in-the-
wool Republicans and, at the bid
ding Of Wall Street and the Repub-
lican Party, he has obstructed all
understanding with the u. 8. s. r."
The Russian-sponsored commenta-
tor declared the present policies Of
Gen. Clay in Germany are unmis-
takably Fascist and written by the
Republican Party.
The attacks on Gen. Clay are Of
minor Importance, but the fact that
the Russian censorship ~instructs its
commentators to point out that the
disaster of another war may have
been averted by the election Of Mr..
Truman Is an indication of the new
type Of thinking in Moscow.
Even more significant is the Mon
day statement Of Palmiro Togliatti.
The italian Communist leader, who
in the past bitterly denounced the
ERP, now gives his qualified ap-
proval to that plan.
All these expressions of qualified
good will toward our new admins
tration, according to diplomatic OBJ
servers, spell only one thing: A pos
sible reversal Of the aggressive atti-
tude toward the United States with
the hope that 1t is easier to catch
flies with honey than with vinegar.
Evening star., 1948-11-10

on the issues, de- Dorothy Thompson.
Tended the Taft-Hartley Act and
reused that probable majority oi
Americans outside organized labor
who have thought better balance
between labor and management de-
sirable. He would have claimed his
own housing bill, raised some ap-
propriate questions regarding the
objectives of bipartisan foreign pol
icy, and might even, If defeated
have laid foundations for a subse-
quent Republican victory.
A 'Vandenberg Stassen ticket
would have paired a universally re-
spectef elder statesman with the
only Republican, who has behind
him an enthusiastic movement OF
youth.
Warmed No Hearts.
Though the Governor appeared as
a progressive, the Old Guard steam
rollered his nomination. His en-
phasis on efficiency warmed nc
hearts.
LII IA4C p4Co4OCLCy Gllc ECOplc dIC
thinking less in terms of admin
istration and more in terms of lead
ership. @-
Who can tell how many votes
were alienated by the Governors
loss of temper with the engineer OF
his train, and the engineers dour
and humorous comment? The rail-
road brotherhoods include Repub-
licars, but they are an order in
tensely loyal to each other.
Chief Justice Hughes lost the elec-
ton to President Wilson in 1916
because he lost California; many
thought because he snubbed Gov
Johnson. One Of Blaine's aides lost
him the election for calling the
Democrats the party of rum, ro-
manism and rebellion, thereby writ
ing off Catholics. tipplers and
rebels-a considerable company.
One act of tactlessness toward a
possible friend can have wide roper
cussions. Americans detest high
hat. The oldest gag on the stage
Is the city slicker with the cocksure
air who gets the rug pulled out
Evening star., 1948-11-10
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON. D. c. A-lf


residents are attempting to capital
ize on the fact that their city was
bombed. There are atom book
stores" atom hardware shops" and
atom dress shops" Too, children
along the street sell souvenirs of the
blast-such things as six saucers
fused by the heat or a chip of ce-
ment from the bridge.
It Is my guess that the saucers
were fused long after the bomb ex-
ploded, and that II all the cement
chips from the bridge were genuine
there would, be no bridge. Never
theless, I bought myself . set of
Evening star., 1948-11-10

atomized saucers and q matching
pair of cement chips.
Hiroshima folk swear that ths
bomb has made the ground much
more fertile. They say that pota-
toes grown here now are almost
twice as large as the ones that grew
before the. B-29 came over with its
deadly load and that the grass grows
almost three times as high. I found
no surface bitterness against Ameri-
cans in Hiroshima. The residents
talk of the A-bosnb as If it were
something that couldn't be avoided,
the same as a food or drought or
famine.
released By McNausht Syndicate. Ine.)
Evening star., 1948-11-10

4IUIuhu u SCt~
ting. down blue
prints for his
next four years
in ONCE: In his
plan n ing the
Chief Executive
naturally must
take into con-
sideration tn e
! n t e irrational
picture on which
so m uch de-
pends in accom-
plishing dornes-
tic reforms.
And reports
Evening star., 1948-11-10

nifty Tor some
hedging opera
tions, business
on the whole
| gave its all to
Thomas E. Dew
ey and, jettison-
ing normal pru-
dence, made no
friends at the
new court.
Some felt 1t
safe to be i'm
polite, as W a S
Clinton Hester,
spokesman for
the beer indus
try which was
Evening star., 1948-11-10

that does not ex-
plain their indif-
ference.
| This column
always believed
that the Cover
nor was not the
best Republican
choice. II the
Republicans an
ticipated o con-
servative swing,
senator 1a1C was
their best candi-
date. He would
have fought a
real campaign
Evening star., 1948-11-10

. Where the A
bomb exploded
on the fateful
morning Of Au-
gust 8, 1945, some
1000 youngsters
W ere running
foot races, broad
jumping. pole
vaulting an d
y lling an d
screaming and
laughing.
I W q t C h e d
them from the
center Of the
Drid pe. which,
Evening star., 1948-11-10

Buys Souvenirs
OF Hiroshimu BIust
By Henry McLemore

HIROSHIMA. Japan.-The first
thing saw in Hiroshima was a high
school track meet.
No more than two blocks from
Evening star., 1948-11-10
By Constantine Bro,cn

A special plane is flying daily
reports from the State Department
about various developments in the
world to Key West, where President
Evening star., 1948-11-10
By Doris FieeS0n

Among those caught short by the
Truman victory was business. Al
though the Democratic Finance
Committee gave it ample opportu-
Evening star., 1948-11-10
By Dorothy Thompson

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Is quoted
as attributing his defeat to the
failure Of two or three million Re-
publicans to 90 to the polls. But
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
Monday. November 22. l948
Internation'l News
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
 Soviet sector of Berlin said today that Berlin is without a govern ment." Their statements indicate the Russians are ready to complete division of the city into two parts.
 The United States is keeping Task Force 38 in China waters in- definitely because of the civil war. This was announced Friday by Vice Adm. Oscar C. Badger, com rnander of the fleet based at TSing- tao. The American embassy in Nanking said Chinese communists in Mukden had seized the radio communications set belonging to the American consulate there.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
Volunteers Search For Missing Plane

CENTRALLY, Wash, P)-The mother of the pilot of missing Alaska plane said Friday a party of volunteers has entered the search for the craft that vanished Nov. 5.
 The pilot of the missing Pacific Alaska air express transport, which carried IT persons, was An drew R. Kinnear of Benton. His mother, Mrs. R. l.. Kinnear, lives here. e.
 Mrs. Kinnear said she was ad- vised a group of Benton and Seat tie volunteers, including friends of the missing pilot, had joined in the search.
 IOast guard headquar CTS in Seattle reported the official search is continuing as weather permits, but that storms and clouds have handicapped the aerial efforD.
The Nome nugget., 1948-11-22
THE NOME NUGGET

foremost of which is China.
 Independent dispatches indicat- ed Chinese Communists are again threatening the east flank of Su- chow, the guardian base for the capital of Nanking Chinese ob- servers said the government ap- parently did not follow up it's sue cesses of last week. Martial law was declared at Peiping for five northern provinces.
 Mrs. Chiang Kai-Shek appealed by radio for immediate and defin- ite American aid, saying If China falls, all of Asia goes" The com munist radio told the U. S. to keep out and that aiding Chiang would be "an act of hostility"
 Before the Truman Marshall conference is a request from Chiang that the United States in effect take over the running of the Chinese war against the COmmuE- ists through American military ad- visors and through enormously in- creased help to Chinese armies.
 Ie.un, of course, is high on the a9anda. It is the hottest SpO' in the cold war in Europe and appears certain to remain that way a long time, since all mediation efforts have failed. The "neutrar' nation. on the U. N. security council began a new try for a compromise. Pres ident H. V. Eva.t of the U. N. as Sembly asserted there are reason able prospects for a Berlin settle ment in three weeks. Western of ficials in Berlin felt otherwise, They said the Berlin blockade was imposed to drive the western pow CTS from the city and to stop west ern plans for a western German state. The airlift, which is costing the U. $. treasury $100,000,000 q year, was harassed again by fog.
 U. s. intelligence sources said Marshal Konstantin Rokossovsky, chief of Russia's western armies, has moved headquarters west from East Prussia to FuerStenberg, Md Mecklenburg province. The anti communist newspaper Montags Echo said Russian occupation forces in Germany have been Do- creased, but western sources have discounted these reports.
 Russia charged in the U. N. that i Count Folke Bernadotte's peace plan for Palestine was prepared in the British foreign office. The scheme would give the southern Negev desert to the Arabs and western Galilee to the Jews, just the opposite of the U. MS own par ttion plan.
 Premier Themistokles Sophoulis got a tWo-vote margln of confi- dence for the new coalition Greek cabinet. Paul-Henri Spaak failed to form a new governmen: in Bel gium, but kept trying. Spain's first city elections since 1889 re- suited in a not surprising victory for councilmen favoring Generals simo Franco. Official sources in Venezuela denied unofficial re- ports the army had placed Presi- dent Romulo Gallegos under ar rest, but censorship yelled the eN- act situation there.
 The Dutch army said commun- ist rebels are driving north Tn Java