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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09
This Changing World
Hard Road Ahead for West Indicated
Despite Smiles After Molotov Session

he will accept. 1t Is up to the buyer
to make a close evaluation of the
real worth of the objects he wants.
Mr.. Molotov Is suspected of using
similar tactics before committing
his government to a four-power
conference.
Winston Churchill, who has kept
silent throughout the recent de-
velopments, is said to be pessimistic
regarding the outcome of the last
Western effort to break a deadlock
which has existed since the failure
of the London Conference last No
vember. But the wartime prime
minister, who has had long and sad
experience In dealing with General
issimo Stain and Mr.. Moltov is re-
ported to have spoken confidently to
highly placed American officials in
London.
Reds Busy With Harvests.
He has reiterated mis- opinion
that the Russians are principally
interested at present In getting the
harvests gathered and stored away
But essentially they will be as I'M
yielding as ever toward the West,
and will expect the threat of mill
tary action to soften the Western
Allies to the point that they will
behave in the same way that France
and Britain did at Munich.
Mr.. Churchill is reported to have
said that there are no new elements
which would lead to belief that
the aggressive and obdurate policies
of the Kremlin have changed. The
American election campaigns and
political and military conditions in
Western Europe are sufficient rea-
sons for Soviet leaders to strengthen
those policies in the belief that
we would go long way to avoid
a shooting war.
He is reported to agree that the
Russian leaders want to avoid war,
provided they can put into effect
their long range plans for aggran-
dizement without such action. But
they seem to be In no more COM
promising a mood today than they
were last year.
The British still look at Septem-
Der as the most crucial and danger
Gus time in relations between the
U. S. S. r. and the western powers
and unoficially express little opti-
mism that the present secret par
Jews will lead to any definite peace.
The Kremlin has been able to
catch some big fish in troubled
waters and there is no reason to
hope that it will abandon this
kind OF sport.
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were all glad to go home.
Republican leaders privately ad-
nit the session has done them nc
good and may do individual mem
bers having alert opposition at home
great harm. They are fatalistie
about it; they assert long ano
industrious session simply WASH I
in their cards.
Their fears do not extend to the
Presidency. They are still convinced
that Gov. Dewey can be defeated
only by incontestable proof that hi
is a card-carrying member of thu
Communist Party. Politically speak
ing they think he showed good sense
by detaching himself from theil
troubles. President Truman, ont
put it with satisfaction, can't run
Dewey for Congress.
Democrats Showed Lassitude.
With that thesis, Democrats dt
not quarrel. Their story is that The
President won tactical advantage
by calling the special session bu'
consistently Numbered thereafter
They regard his all-inclusive mes
sage as a mistake and they shud-
dered when he dismissed the spy
stories as a mere red herring"
He can equally attack the Demo
Gratis for incredible lassitude. When
they finally pulled themselves to-
gether at the end for a whack at the
record. the Republicans were in g
position to deny them time to speak
Democrats hope the President
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09

m r ingS be- constantine D''
tween Prime Minister Chamberlain
and Adolf Hitler, are keeping theil
fingers more tightly crossed thar
are American and French diplomats
Mr.. Molotov is reported to have
been coldly courteous toward the
ambassadors who visited him Fri
day, and to have put searching
questions to them as to what tneli
governments we're prepared to dis
cuss at a four power conference
if it should be held.
He Is said to have admitted that
immediate problems in Berlin coulo
be settled on the basis of Western
proposals to reinstate Russian cur
rency in Berlin. He is said to have
stated that the Western Allies should
never have introduced their own
money in the city, since 1t violated
definite agreement at PotSdam.
Basic Problems Unresolved.
But in the Russian foreign min
isters mind the solution OF a local
and temporary problem by the al
mission of the Allies that they
erred does not resolve the mani
fold problems which are at the
roots of the present EaSt-W split
The Soviet foreign minister is
attempting to maneuver the West
ern powers into presenting definite
,roposolS ahout German Austrian
and Trieste problems without the
U. S. S. r. committing itself tc
anything as tangible.
1t is well-knoWn trick OF
merchants in eastern bazaars tt
insist that a purchaser make ar
offer for wares he wants to buy
without the dealer indicating what
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THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. - A--9
9,

as completely Is the Gunthers and
the McLemores.
The favor was crushed rose
petals.
Can't wait to get home and order
q double scoop cone filled with
this!
Mr.. Walkers home, to use the
words of Kahn, is ''livable
museum" Each and every room Is
filled with treasures he has gathered
during his many years in the East,
Lunch over, Prof. Whittemore
asked II We would like him to
show us st. Sophia. Prof. Whit
temore, I learned from our host,
has, for the last IS years. been
engaged by the Turkish govern
ment to uncover the mosaics in
st. Sophia. Built in the Sixth Gen.
fury by Justinian as Christian
place of worship, ST. Sophia was
converted into a mosque after the
Turkish conquest.
Convinced Ataturk.
The Turks did their best to
obliterate every touch Of Chris
tianity. Inside and outside it was
covered with plaster. For nearly
500 years no eyes looked on what
today, thanks to Prof. Whittemore,
comprises some of the most mag
nificent of all mosaic work.
Prof Whittenore. who. among
other things, is keeper Of the Byzan-
tine coins and seals at Harvard.
and whose European headquarters
Is in Paris at the School of Oriental
Living Languages, convinced Alta
turk that behind the plaster were
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art treasures that should belong
to all the world.
IAN amazing man, Ataturk," Prof.
Whittemore said, as we followed
him through st. Sophia. "St.
Sophia was a mosque the day I
talked to him. The next morning
when I went to the mosque there
was sign on the door. written in
Atatulks own hand. 1t said. The
museum Is closed for repairs"
Museum Ever Since.
It has been museum ever since.
Christians and Moslems alike may
see there the work of the artists
of their religions. God and Allah.
side by side
1t gave me a feeling Of awe when
the professor, pointing to mosaic
head of Christ that seemed as II
it were done yesterday. said, That
was old. very old, before the battle
Of Hastings was fought
Thank you, winthrop. Thank you,
Mr. Walker. Thank you. professor.
Such lovely days are rare.
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For no government ever will have
substantial functions as long as 1t
is created on the whim Of occupy
ing powers, and lives to carry out
their orders. Since the abolition
of dynasties destroyed an ancient
principle of legitimacy, govern
ments derive their powers, just or
unjust, either from revolutionary
seizures of power and naked force
or from the consent Of the gov
erned"
Neither the German people nor
the existing German state govern
ments had anything to do with the
decisions of the London conference.
AS far as I can learn, the presi-
dents of the Laender were not
consulted in advance-any more
than the appropriate German
financial authorities were consult
ed about the new Western mark.
Terms Meaningless to Germans.
The reactions of the presidents
of the Laender, in joint memo
randum of July 10. raised serious
doubts, including the fiat state
ment that everything should be
avoided that would give the char
acter of a state to the organiza-
ton that is to be established"
The occupying powers think in the
terms West" and East" because
'hese are their bailiwick. But no
German thinks thus. A German is
a German. and his residence in this
or that part of the country is largely
accidental. Germans live in the
Western zones who were born and
brought up in Pomerania or Thur
ingia. Their closest relatives may
still be there and none Of them
thinks Of Cologne as West" and
Dresden as East" in anything ex-
cept geographical terms, Dresden
being as Western" as Munich or
Baden Baden. The term is as
empty of meaning as to speak Of
western" and Eastern" Catholics
or Lutherans. Probably the truest
spiritual center of Germany as a
Western" nation is Weimar, which
is under Russian occupation.
What the Western occupying
authorities should do, however. is
limit in legal contract the reaches
of their own authority. :
They should allow the present
arbitrary state boundaries, fixed
purely for occupation purposes, to be
established on more reasonable
lines.
Trade Should Be Freed.
They should free German trade
from the restrictions imposed by
the joint Export-Import Agency,
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ter of introduce Henry MeLemsrs.
ton to A. v. Walker. Then hope
and pray that when you call Mr.
Walker he will ask you to have
luncheon at his home on the Bos-
porus, some 20 miles from Istanbul.
Mr.. Walker was kind enough to
ask Jean and me. plus John and
Jane Gunther. who were here at
the time, for luncheon.
We ate lunch on the second ter
race back of the house. He has
three dining terraces one for
breakfast, one for lunch. and the
topmost one for dinner, each COM
manding the most beautiful view Of
the Bosporus at the time you are
dining.
Rose Petal Ice Cream.
There were seven Of us at lunch
and when the ice cream was served
our host asked us to guess its flavor.
His two house guests. Mrs. Otto
Kahn, ST., and Prof. Thomas Whit
temore, pondered while and
missed completely. But not quite
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cede II. UnQer
the provisions OF
the London con-
ference such a
z ov e I n IN c II t
S h VI d have
been created by
on v e n / n g a
constituent as
sembly of West
German states
in Fran k f u r t
next month. II
this assembly is
called off, we
shall lose face"
but not much
substance.
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On the Record
Abandoning of West Reich Government
Urged If 1t Would End Berlin Blockade

which operates in manner prac-
tically indistinguishable from the
Russian export import monopoly
With all the talk about freeing
trade, the fact is that nothing can
get into or out of Germany except
through the bottleneck OF a most
horrendous bureaucracy. which Kills
all individual experience and initia-
tive.
The Western powers, who oppose
Russian reparations out OF cur
rent production, should stop their
own looting of the country'S ir-
replaceable natural resources. One
of the assets on the credit side OF
Germany's contribution to Europe
has been her forests, which have
preserved the land from erosion
and contributed to keep Europe In
the temperate zone These are be-
ing denuded by the British and
French in a manner to make the
timber barons who ruined so much
of our own land green with envy
I am informed that the famous
Black Forest" can be purchased
by the acre on the Paris black
market.
The Western occupation author
tiles can, at least, allow the various
Laender to enact laws for uniform
administration and uniform cleo
toral laws. Even these do not exis
at present.
In short, the first thing necessar,
to prepare the way for the emer
gence of an order of law in Ger
many, which is the essence OF al
government, is for the occupation
authorities to make statutes limit
ing their own status and restricting
themselves. They are the masters
and like master, like slave.
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ports from vari-
Gus sources, par
ticularly fro m
the re list i C
British Foreign
Office. indicate
a h ard roa d
ahead for the
Western nations
In any attempt
to solve the
present crisi S
with Russia.
he British,
apparently still
remembering the
B ere h tesgaden
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09

OF his cO-SlgnerS
on a Morris Plan
note-I met one
of t he m ost
C h a r m | n g
gentlemen in Is
tanbul and had
one of the most
delightful days
for which any
traveller c oul d
ask.
Don't ev er
come to Istanbul
without first go
ing to Win and
asking for a let
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-09

rarely do indi-
vidual members
frac ture the
amity of the
greatest gentle
mems club In
the world as
s e n a tors did
Saturday by re-
t u ng e a en-
other s m a ! !
courtesieS a n d
threatening pet
ty personal re-
prisals.
There, appre-
hension spok e
becau Sc they
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.McLemore
Eots Near Bosporus;;
Awed by St. Sophie
By Henry McLem ore

ISTANBUL. Turkey. Through
letter of introduction given to me
by Winthrop Rockefeller-he never
has forgotten the time was one
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Rn Dnris ELPPS0n

Congress snarled to close amid
deep disquietude about the coming
election. Adjournment hours are
often raucous and partisan. But
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Bv Dorothy Thompson

Dy DU7 UEHy HU7"PN""
If the abandonment Of a West
German government is the chief
price we pay for lifting the Berlin
blockade, we should, l think, con-
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Bv Constantine Bro,vn

Despite reported smiles on the
faces of the Western ambassadors
after their second meeting with
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, re-
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HOW DO you INTERPRET THIS
PicTuRE7
lo) He finds bills ore only one OF q
fomily mons troubles.
tb) He Just cont help being in the red OF
The end Of the month.
lei Although he is concerned ihot prices
have gone up, he feels fhot with eorefu'
plonnina he con live within his means.
td1 He is desperote because prices ore
high. He feels he Just won't be obIs to
moke ends meet.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
The Chef Saws

! a pound of bacon, some chicken and
turkey livers and several kidneys. !
had bottles of steak and barbecue
sauce to brush over the meats and
we used long wooden skewers that
would hold plenty.
"One guy built himself Dagwood
special out of bacon, kidneys and
frankfurters, with q chunk of beef
at each end for good measure. An
other one picked lamb and kidneys,
with pieces of turkey liver here and
there. The girls were more conserva-
tive-going mostly for the bacon and
chicken livers. although some of
them chose pieces of lamb and ba-
con. Anyway, it was q great feast,
with everybody dripping sauces all
over the place.
"We didn't need much else, as you
can imagine, but the girls got to-
gether q bowl of lettuce salad with
blue cheese dressing that seemed
to disappear pretty fast and we
didn't bother about dessert. Cold
beer was just the right drink, I may
say.
so, thanks again for getting me
started on this idea by your article
some months ago. It's q wonderful
way to entertain in these days when
everybody has to chip in on the
provender or the host goes bust"
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Some time ago I wrote an article
about cooking en- brochette, or on
long skewers, giving some suggested
combinations of meats, etc. Unci-
dentally, I have fresh batch of
the leaflets on skewer cookery that
offered readers at that time, SO
if you would like one, drop me a
line in care of The Evening Star
inclosing a stamped, self-addressed
envelope)
Meanwhile, I received a letter
from a young man who had read the
original article. sent for one of the
leaflets and then decided he would
think up some fancy skewer cookery
Of his own. I'll quote from his
letter:
I'VE had a swell party the other
day, as I happen to have an outdoor
oven and grill, and decided to dream
up some new ideas for cooking en-
brochette. The gang got together
after golf. tied on the old aprons
and got down to the job.
Every one had brought some kind
OF meat as his or her contribution,
and the privilege of making up indi-
vidual skewers brought forth some
weird and wonderful combinations
| In the meat pool there were frank
furters, cubes OF beef and lamb,
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Here and There

Violet Faulkner is on pdcution.
Her regular Report to the House
iUite tDill be resumed upon her
return merit tDeek.)
Whenever q new recipe Is de-
veloped some creative soul always
wants to substitute an ingredient
or make some sort of change in the
method. Running true to form,
questions have been pouring in
about the new Chiffon Cake. Some
people want to use melted shorten
Ing, single action baking powder
and so on. Here are answers to
q few Of the most frequently asked
questions: In reply to the query
about using melted shortening. No,
melted Shortcomings are not salts
factory. You must use an oil as
called for in the recipe. Oil remains
liquid at all temperatures. As far
as single action baking powder Is
concerned, yes. Use the same
amount as specified in the recipe.
The tests found that double-action
baking powder gives the most con-
sistently good results. Some have
complained that the cake falls out
Of the pan before 1t Il cool. In this
Evening star., 1948-08-12

| case it may be the cake has not
baked long enough; too much liquid
in the batter; not enough -four: or
the oven was too slow. .. 1t is easi-
est to silver almonds when they are
soft, right after blanching. Cut them
in thin lengthwise pieces and dry
thoroughly in warm oven before
storing in a covered container in
the refrigerator. They may then be
used as is or sauteed In butter or
margarine: or may be toasted,
spread out in q shallow pan, in q
moderate oven. Parsley Is eaSiest
cut with . scissors. Fold over sew
eral of the sprays of one stalk and
hold between the thumb and other
fingers of the left hand; now cut
fine with the scissors. Drop
cookies may often be fiattened with
the tines Of fork; just press fork
in two directions, making a criss-
cross pattern. A simple way to
make home-canned tomato juice
equal in vitamin C value to orange
juice Is to add ascorbic acid tablets
or powder to the jar in canning,
the Maine Experiment Station sug-
gests. Measure for measure, plain
canned tomato juice offers little
more than q third as much vitamin
c as canned orange Juice. Fresh
orange juice averages slightly more
G than canned. The addition Of
vitamin c was not found to affect
either the color or favor Of home
canned tomatoes.
*&*
AND IN LOCAL MARKETS-A
quick survey indicates that fresh
fruits and vegetables are just about
as low In price now as they will be
all season-so when shopping in
your favorite market. stock up on
these items to Offset the necessarily
slim amount Of meat,
This Is the height of the corn
season-also of tomatoes. Those
coming from nearby have not suf-
fered from the recent freak storms
as much as was anticipated. 80 you
will find both very good, and reason
ably priced. New Puerto Rican
vans are recommended, along with
eggplant, celery, beans, lettuce, car
rots-just to mention a few espe-
cially outstanding items. Cooking
apples from nearby are plentiful
and inexpensive-wonderful for pies
and to make good, tart applesauce.
Seedless grapes, Malagas, Green
gage plums, nectarines. peaches are
all of good quality. Cantaloupes.
honeydews and Persian melons rate
high, along with watermelons. A
few spotty shipments Of various
berries-mostly blackberries and
blueberries-are seen from time 70
time B. G.
Evening star., 1948-08-12

This cleaning mound of orange favored gelatin is
served dessert soIod with luscious whipped
eoconut dressing :.
WEDNESDAY
PGn- fried Luer Onions
Rfced Potatoes Butered Green Beans
Sliced cucumbers
Pineapple Ratsin Salad Chocolate Cookies
Pineapple Rasin Salad
package gelatin pineapple juice and
l
u teaspoon salt cup seedless raisins
cup diced pineapple
Dissolve gelatin and salt pineapple
water Chill until slightly hkend Cover rains with hot water
Let stand minutes drain and dry thoroughly Fold
pineapple into slightly thickened gelatin mixture
salad dressing. Serves 8.
Dressng-Fold dressing
whipped. "a teaspoon Juice
and \ cup chopped, shredded coconut.
= Baked Noodles NTH Cottage Cheese
Broccoli Grated Carrot Salad
= BrotDn Sugar Cake
Baked Noodles with Cottage Cheese.
y pound egg noodles tablespoon cornstarch
Ia cottage cheese teaspoon cinnamon
3 tablespoons melted butter 20
. eggs lightly beaten 6 almonds
Il
Drop noodles into about three boiling ed
boil for 20 minutes Then place coande
and allow to through
ingredients with cheese Put noodles
pudding dh then of
all Is used Be top layer noodles
butter top Bake in hot degrees F. nicely
crowned BY
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Eoser to than you think. Make slices by cutting
through the center, between each two ribs -.
Green Peas Sauteed Summer squash
Fresh Fruit Salad wth French Dressing
Lemon Icebor Cake Iced Coffee
Roast Of
Order Of lamb prepared at market Have trimmings
salt alternate bones Mosn chopped
paper moderate $3.50 degrees F. III Allow
ribs Remove bread and pork from
bones and put chop tril, If desired on each bone.
Baked Canadian Bacon speet Potato Slices
can1aoTszn ayse s,n. sutte1sa ed. Spinach PIN
1 cup shortening ~ xifted -four
! cup brown teaspoons soda
" water teaspoon salt
2a cups
shortening and Add water and rolled oats Mix
mixture Divide
111ax7H inch cookie with shallow des
with filling remaining dough between sheets
paper and Law dough over filling Remove top paper
Bake. Cool Cut into rectanges. 1x2 inches
Filling Cook together until thick pound Of ptted dates
dough Bake the date fills about 30 minutes in moderate
oven, $50 degrees F.
cod 1a S1fed sf1s Lam0 eoOer from sraday a1h ~ coo
Picked seets
fresh Peach Tarts iced Coffee
quart cooked diced potatoes tablespoons parsley
Salt and pepper tablespoons onion
slices tablespoons bacon fat
Il vinegar q cup water
chop Mne parsley and onion add to potatoes with chopped bacon
together all about tablespoons Of bacon
fat and add to the vinegar and water sween to taste or vary
Bring boil and potatoes
Let stand about hours to season.
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Contributions and requests
must be accompanied by the
sender's full name and address.
We will withhold both axT use
only initials. Please address
mail to the Readers Clearing
House, Woman's Page, The
Evening Star, Washington 4.
Views expressed in the Clear
ing House are not necessarily
those of The Star and, as it
Is obviously impossible for VI
to test all recipes submitted, we
cannot assume responsibility for
them. Betsy CasveH
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Frozen Orange Prune Whip

SATURDAY.
Chill Con Carne PopoUers
Tossed Green Salad
CdntGloupe Wedges Fresh Lime
Evening star., 1948-08-12
MOlaSSes
SpiCeCOOkies

/ cup shortening.
l cup brown sugar.
cup molasses.
"a cup buttermilk.
cups sifted all-purpose flour.
a teaspoon salt.
teaspoon cinnamon.
2 teaspoons ginger.
l tablespoon soda.
Cream shortening, add brown
sugar, then molaSSes and cream
until smooth. Add buttermilk.
Mix and sift remaining ingredi-
ents and add to flrst mixture.
Chill several hours or overnight.
Roll about Il inch thick, cut with
cookie cutter. Place on q creased
baking sheet and bake in a mod
crate oven Of $50 degrees F. about
10 minutes or until done. Makes
6 dozen 21a Inch cookies.
To Make Spicy Cream Roll.
Is molasses spice cookies.
Z pint whipping cream.
2 tablespoons sugar.
Whip cream until stif1, fold in
sugar. Spread cookie with whip
ped cream and put together to
form a roll. Wrap In waxed pa
per and chill several hours or
overnight. To serve slice dag
onally.