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Orig. 1895 chippsndoIe oe-
eosionaI Chair. Green royon
brocoteIle ----59.sS
Orig. 1895 chippendeIs oe-
eesioneI cheirs. Rose royon
noteIosse ---Ss.9S
Orig. 1895 PiIIow-bsek Club
chsir. Raspberry royon mo-
teIosse, frinosd bose -5s.s5
2-oris. 1895 PiIlew-bsek
Club cheirs. Blue royon mo-
telosss. frineed bose --S9.S5
Orig. 1895 Pillow Beck
Choir. Rose royon noteIosse.
frineed ----59.95
s-oris. 1895 Femous Green
Striped Host choirs- 5s.sS
Traditional Liuisg.Room
Furniture, 4th Floor,
The Hecht Co.
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THE HECHT CO. Clearance Of
Living Room Furniture & RUGS

At The Washington Store Only .
$50 to $l3O Savings On
Modern Sofas and Sectionals
Orig. 47s.s5 "veIIey" Curved sofe. BIue-erey royon
boucIe - --34995 95
Orig sss.ss 'velIsy Eishtfoot sofas. Grey green
patterned cotton tapestry --ZSSSo
Orig z5es5 "Kerpen" Sofes Aqua modern cotton top
Orig 1885 Thres-Pe SeetonaI sofa. Grey green and
lipstck red, floral cotton
Orig 1855 "Kroeher" rwo-Par+ ssetonaI Soto. Grey
Orig 1885 "Internstione Thres-Pe seetionoI Soto
Flame cotton topesty All spring
Moders Sofas Sh Floor, The Heeht Co.
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Davenport Bed & 2-pc. Suites
Orig. 1898 Davenport Bed Blue royon
Orig. 1895 Twe-pe Lawson Dav-'N-Bed
Suite. Grey, turquoise, wine wool frieze, 1895
! Orig. zlse5 Two-pe. Lawson Dav-'N-Bed
Suite. Rose cotton Tapestry y----------179.95
Dav's Bed Ssitss. +th Floor. Tie Hsekt Co.
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Mrs. Julia {. WaIcutt, 81,
Widow OF General, Dies

Mrs. Julia Crofton Walcutt, 81,
widow of Brig. Gen. Charles c.
Walcutt, died yesterday in Column
bus, Ohio. where she had been living
since her husbands retirement in
1926.
Gen and Mrs. Walcutt lived here
from 1912 until 1926. The general,
who died in 1916. was chief OF the
Bureau Of Insular Affairs.
Mrs. Walcutt was born in Phila-
delphia and educated at Notre Dame
Convent there. Shes married Gen.
Walcutt in 1894.
Surviving her are two sisters. Miss
Gabrielle Crofton, 1854 Columbia
road NV, and Mrs Ethel Crofton
Hunt, Flushing, N Y
Graveside services will be held in
Arlington Cemetery at 1890 am.
Friday.
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1n Mrn1nrtaitt
BEAL, MRS. JOSEPHINE. s

BEAL. MRS. JOSEPHINE. Sacred to the
memory OF our beloved mother. Mrs Jo-
SEPHINE BEAL, who left US one year ago,
December 20, 194S.
She is home in Heaven, our darling mother,
Oh. so happy and bright;
In that everlasting light
All her pain and srief are over.
Every restless, tossing past.
AND She is now at peace forever.
! Safely home in Heaven at last.
Ton. Il IUGY " VII WihLIAMs. FANNIE MINOR:
soNs-IN-LAW: ROBERT WASHINGTON
GRISSETT. ERNEST. In sad remem-
brance OF our beloved son and brother,
ERNEST GRIssETT. who died December
20. 1885.
The shock was hard. the pain severe.
To part with one we loved SO dear;
But in our hearts we will not complain
But trust in God s 70 meet 9 "a, again nn ,,,
/ HALE JOHN J. Remembrance to our
who departed this life Ave years ago TO-
day, December IS, 1913.
Today recalls the memory
OF loved one gone. TO rest.
! And those who think Of you today
| Are those who loved you best.
In our hearts your memory fingers
! sweetly. tenderly. fond and true;
/ There is not a day that passes
Inat We 90 not tnlnk OF you.
( AND CHILDREN
MANGRUM. LILLIAN E. In memory Of
my dear wife. LILLIAN E. MANGRUM,
who passed s aHay two years ago today De-
This month brings sad memories
OF a very dear one gone to rest;
| You will never be forgotten
HER 1E 3s T RSs fxsS you
! MANGRUM.
MASON, ROBERT A. Sacred to the
memory Of my precious husband ROBERT IT
/ Dearest loved one, have missed you,
Never will sweet memories fade
OF my kind and devoted loved one.
Whom loved, but could not save.
Gone. but not forsotten by one who
' YOUR WIFE, MILDRED
ROY. LOUISE W. In loving memory of
our LoG Gfs2'e ". Roy e who departed this life
December IS, 1925.
Unknown to the world
And d'V Vh Snaaq y Dear esi Children,
Death canno CT, di ISs, ,o,,,e w
hf Roy sr': IcHRisIINE ROY lillian
e efs ROY SAU SFb GRANDSON GRANDSON. io!fs
THOMPSON, JOSEPH I. tribut. of
love and devotion to the memory Of our
dear husband and father JosEPH I.
day. December %, 1875. Anniversary mass
at Holy Comforter Church.
They say time heals all sorrow
| And helps US to forget,
! But time so far has only proved
How much we miss him yet.
God eave us strength to fisht 1t
And courage to bear the blow,
| But what 1t meant to lose him
/ No one will ever know.
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
TISINGER, SARAH CATHERINE. In loy-
ing memory of our mother. SARAH CATH
ERINE TISINGER. who passed away De.
cemher %. 1889. her CHILDREN
WILLIAMS. EMMA A. A tribute of love
and devotion to the memory Of my dear
sister. EMMA A. WILLIAMS. who entered
| life eternal twenty years ago today, De-
eemher 20, 1928.
Side. by side may we stand at the same
gate when all is done:
SISTER, BURNSEEANA slMMs:
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Miss jane CurIin Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at 8
am. tomorrow for Miss Jane Carlin,
80, retired matron who for % years
was in charge of Western High
Schools infirmary. She died Satur-
day in a hospital here after a years
illness.
The services will be in ST. Joseph's
Catholic Church, Third and C
streets NE. Burial will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery
A native of New York State, Miss
Carlin came here as a child Before
joining the school staff she worked
for a number of years as seam
stress for dreSsmakers and in
private homes, including that Of
Vice President Levi P. Morton. She
retired from Western High School
seven years ago.
Miss Carlin has no immediate sur
viyorS. She lived at SIS 3 street N E
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Marvin |. Hall Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow for Marvin l..
Hall. 10, retired plumber. He died
Sunday in Georgetown University
Hospital as a result Of head injuries
suffered when he fell down flight
Of stairs Christmas Day at his home,
$500 l. street NV.
The services will be in the Cham
bers' Georgetown funeral home
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gem
etery.
A native of Culpeper, Va, Mr.
Hall came here when boy He
worked for several plumbing COM
panies here and retired in 1915.
Surviving him are two daughters,
Mrs Mabel H. Knapp of the L street
address, and Mrs. Louise H. thinner
man. Falls Church: two brothers,
Joseph W. Hall of Takoma Park,
Md, and Edwin L. Hall st. Peters,
burg, Fla, and two grandchildren.
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Mrs. Bessie Tippet Kern
Funeral Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow for Mrs. Bessie
Tippet Kern, 66, retired Govern
ment Printing once bookbinder,
who was killed Friday by an auto
mobile in Coral Gables, Fla.
The services will be in the
Church of the Ascension and St.
Agnes Episcopal Church, 1901 Mas
sachusetts avenue NV, of which
Mrs. Kern was a member. Burial
will be in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
A native of Washington, Mrs.
Kern had lived here until her re-
tirement five years ago, when she
moved to Coral Gables. She had
been with the Government Print
ing ONCE for 25 years. She was
the widow of Ralph A. Kern, Dis
trict plumbing inspector, who died
in 1912.
Surviving Mrs. Kern are a
daughter, Mrs. Evelyn v. Hudson
Of Indian Head, Md; a son, Fred
erick S. Kern Of Hyattsvile, Md:
two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Fischer, EOS
Charming street NE, and Mrs.
Ethel Urciool, 20 Longfellow street
NV; brother. Charles Tippet of
the Charming street address, and
four grandchildren.
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Dr.. Robert T.. 'Ruedy,
Physician Here Since
1905, Dies at Home

DR.. Robert Conrad Ruedy, a.
general practitioner here since
1905, died of heart attack yester-
day at the home in which he had
lived for SO years, 621 Maryland
avenue NE.
Born in Riga. Mich, DR.. Ruedy
came here after living for short
periods in Ohio and Virginia. In
1900 he received a pharmacy de-
gree from Columbian College, now
George Washington University. and
he was awarded his medical degree
there in 1904, after serving as a
pharmacist at Childrens and Gar
field Hospitals. Since he started
practicing DR.. Ruedy maintained Of
fees in his home. He served for
40 years as physician to the Pres
byterian Home, 1918 Newton street
NV.
DR.. Ruedy had been a member
of the District Medical Association
since 1905 and was a life member of
the YMCA, the George Washington
University Alumni Association, the
iss-American Historical Societ.
Benjamin B. French Masonic Lodge
No, IS, and the American College
of Physicians and Surgeons. He at
tended both Eastern ard New York
Avenue Presbyterian Churches.
A bachelor, DR.. Ruedy leaves
brother and sister with whom he
lived. They are J. A. Ruedy and
Mrs Veronica Maria Trainham.
Another brother C. o. Ruedy lives
in Brookline. Mass.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. Thursday at Hysong's funeral
home. 1900 N street NV. They will
be conducted by the Rev. William
Drysdale Gibson, husband of Dr.
Ruedys niece, and the Rev. Alfred
E. Barrows. pastor emeritus of East
ern Presbyterian Church. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
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manager of the Maurice Joyce En-

manager Of the Maurice Joyce En-
craving Co. The firm, located in
The Star Building, did the photo
engraving work for The Star before
| it was bought by the newspaper
company.
| Mrs. Stiles was born in SPRING
field, Ohio. but had been Washing
ton resident since infancy She
I lived at the Chalfonte Apartments,
Sixteenth and Harvard streets NV,
until recently when she moved to
Pittsburgh to live with her daughter.
Besides her daughter, she is sur
vived by a son, Richard F. Stiles.
1902 Brown street NV. president of
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A graduate Of Woodrow Wilson
High School, the young serviceman
was captain of the Cadet Band there
when it won first place III the annual
competitive drill in 1912. An honor
student throughout his school
career, he was majoring in cleo
trical engineering at the University
of Maryland when he entered the
Army in March, 1943
Selected for the Army Specialized
Training Program after he entered
the service, he studied at Penn
State University until the program
was discontinued. He was assigned
to the Signal Corps and sent over
seas in October, 1914.
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| Mrs. Adele N. Stiles
Funeral Services Today

Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon for Mrs. Adele M.
Stiles, II, who died Christmas Day
in Pittsburgh at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Herbert o. Eby. She
had been i'll for number of months.
The services were to be held in
the Hines funeral home, 2901 Four
teenth street NV, with burial in
GlenWood Cemetery.
Mrs. Stiles was the widow of Harry
C. c. Stiles, part owner and general
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talon, at 2 pm
T h u RS ay in
Arlington Gene
terry. He W a S
killed in action
during the battle
of the Bulge at
Arlon, Belgium,
on December 81.
1914. He was 20
at the time.
A n a t iv e of
Washington, he
was the son of
Mr.. a n d Mrs.
William B. Stiles.
5 2 5 6 Forty
I ourth street
NV.
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years, who died
Sunday of pneu-
monia in Provi-
dence Hospital.
He lived at 2508
Minnesota ave-
nue. Sc.
he services
will be in st.
Francis Xavier
Church, Twen-
ty-eighth street
a n d PennSyl.
Vania a v e n u e
Sc. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
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son was native and lifelong resi-.
dent of Washington.
He is survived by a son, 1t
Thomas H. Hutchinson, jr., U. S. N.
now stationed in Rhode Island: g
brother, James H. Hutchinson, also
a gas company employe, who lives
at 1909 Twenty-fourth place Sc;
two sisters, Mrs. Ruth M. Beck
Bradbury heights, Md, and Mrs
Miney F. Anderson, with whom he
lived. and a granddaughter.
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County Controller RESIGNS

PIKESVILLE, Md, Dec. % (P;;.-
James G. Selfe. controller and chief
auditor of Baltimore County, said
last night he has submitted his
resignation to the Board of County
Commissioners. He gave no reason
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A-9 **THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D c.
Uarn uf Thanks

Acknowledge and thank the pastor. cheers,
Missionary Society. senior choir and mem
bers OF the Third Baptist Church the
~Seighbors relatives and many friends for
their kindness. sympathy and flowers dur
trg the illness and passing of our mother,
HENRIETTA LAWSON. The FAMILY. ~
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Thomas H. Hutchinson
Rites Planned Tomorrow

Requiem mass will be offered
at 9 am. tomorrow for Thomas H
Hutchinson, 81, driver for the
Washington Gas Light Co. for &c
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Sergt. William B. Stiles, Jr.
ReburiaI Rites THURSDAY

| Reburial services will be held for
Sergt. William B. Stiles, jr., who was
member of the gath Signal Bat
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the Washington International Ct
here, and four grandchildren.

Ar9entina's air line. FAMA, is
recognizing, cutting service to get
on a sound basis.
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the Second Division Associa tior
will meet at Fort Myer Chapel
Fort Myer. Va. on Wednesday
December %. 194S. al 10:4i
am. to attend the funera
services for ORVILLE HARRIS
KEITH HALL.
D. c. Branch President.
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CEMETERY LOTS.
LOTS AT TT. LINCOLN CEMETERY al
cost price. Call Union 1947. -3U
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1patlra
FOPLESS, LANES C.

FoPLEss' LANES G, On Tuesday. De De-
cember rs. l94s, at the residence OF his
Va JAMES oo Fo SF eP Beloved Owe ather
Arsena F, Larmer Of WASHING ton, d. C;
81 Mrs ha Of hePe
D. C. Services at Chambers Funeral
Home, 81 It'll st. Sc. on THURSDAY De
s ssm5S5 10 cs at 2S pm G0n
PRUDENTIAL, MARY A. On Sunday
shoreham Hotel. MARY A. -FREUDEN,
THAI. sister of Mrs. e, L. Dunbar and
at Gawler's Chapel 1856 Pa ave. NV, or
THURSDAY December 80. at , pm, where
Miss Prudential is resting. 1nterment
Rock Creek Cemetery. -
cember 25, l94S. BERTHA GADsON OF
| 1907 Park I'd. NV, beloved wife of Jacob
N. GadSon, mother of Jacob, jr;; daushter
sisters, two brothers, two erandmothers;
ine S1 er Rutheri o t9no Il Arranse o
ments by W. Ernest Jarvis Co. -2S
pecember .5, la4S, at Galiinser Hospital
ELIZABETH GOOD. She leaves to mourn
their loss a devoted son, James Good a
devoted friend. Mrs: Mary Earl OF 1610
niece Mrs Elizabeth Brooks Funeral
the Bush Funeral Home, 1857 H ST. ne.
Relatives and friends invited to attend
InteIment Harmony Cemetery.
GORMAN. REV. FRANCIS B.. o. p On
Saturday. December %. 1913, at Memphis,
Tenn, Rev FRANCIS B. GORMAN, o. P.
beloved son of the late Timothy J.. and
state at ST. Dominics Church. 9th and E
SITS. s.w., after pm Wednesday, Deem
Der % Solemn requiem mass on Thurs
day. December 30. at 1890 am. Inter-
ment Mount Olivet Cemetery %
HALL, MARVIN L. On Sunday. Deem
Der %, 194S. at GEORGETOWN University
Hospital, MARVIN L. HALL. beloved hus-
band Of the late Bertha Irene Hall, father
Of Mrs Robert w. Knapp. Mrs. Charles H.
Zimmerman and brother Of Joseph and Ed
win Hall. Services at Chambers Funeral
Home, 3O1o M st. NV. on Wednesday,
December 90, at 2:30 pm. Interment
Cedar Hill Cemetery. %
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SANFORD. Mrs. Anna Wood and Agnes
Schlosser. Funeral from the Timothy
Hanlon Funeral Home. 64l H st. ne, or
Thursday, December 30. la4S. at 10:l5
am Interment Arlington National Gene
terry. Relatives and friends invited 90
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sCHLOSSER, Pv

Army. In l945. in. France, Pvt
LEONARD SCHLOSSER. U. S
Army, beloved son of William and
Katherine Schlosser. beloved hus.
band Of Jeanette c. Schlosser. IA
ther Of Leonard William Schlossel
ana brother OF Mrs. Madeline
Mrs Anna Wnnd and AGNES
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ALLEN. WESLEY On Saturday, De
eember %, 194s, WESLEY ALLEN. Flu
neral and interment in Greensboro, n. c
ARRANGEMENTS by Fraziers Funeral Home
Inc
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sTIMSoN. ANNA H. On Monday, De-
ANNA H. ST1MsoN of 1923 32nd st, NV,
mother OF James J. Cook, Miss Anita NJ
Cook and Miss Ruth E. Cook. all Of Wash
ington, D. C. Services at the S. H. Hines
Co. Funeral Home, 1901 l4th st. NV, on
Wednesday, December %, at . pm. In
torment Hcrkimer. n. Y.
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STILES. T/5 WILLIAM B.. JR. On De

STILES, To WILLIAW b. Jh. On DE-
cember 81. 1874, in Arlon. Bel
m &: ::::
Thursday, December 30. 194s,
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HAQUINIUS, ERIC.
cember 325. 1915. Ell
j 200 18th st. NV,
Helen Hammond Ha
Col. Folke Haquinius O
Services at the S. H
Home. 29a0l l4th st.
December 20, at q am
ton National Cemetery
HARRIS, ORvILLE
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December % 1915. at Arlington, Va,
son of Pvt. James and Sally c. Breeder OF
SO65 lee highway. Airing ton, Va: brother
OF James Dalton. IT.; Dora Jean and Vic
torla Ann Breeder Remains resting at
the Ives Funeral Home. @S47 wilson blvd
Arlington, Va, where funeral services will
be held Wednesday. December %. a ! l
am 1nterment Columbia Gardens Gene
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BOSWELL. JOHN H.. SIR. On Monday,
December 81. 1915. JOHN H. BOSWELL;
Sr.. beloved husband of Susan S. Boswell
and father Of John H. Boswell, jr. Services
at Chambers Funeral Home. 517 ! tn st.
Sc. on Thursday, December 30, at 10 m.
Interment washington National Cemetery.
Please omit flowers ~
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BOONE. NINA RICHARDS. Departed
4:3o pm. in Baltimore, Md. Mrs. NINA
RICHARDS BOONE, beloved wife of Mr.
Isaac Boone. devoted sister Of Mrs Essie
Mrs. Joseph league. all Of Washington, D.
C. Services on Wednesday. December 20,
at II am. at the Hemsley Funeral Home,
in Baltimore, Md. 1nterment IN LlncoIn
Memorial Cemetery.
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BYERS, JESSE On Saturday. December
e5. Ia4s. at Gallinger Hospital Jesse
Bysrs, father of Mrs. Ophelia Parr, MIS-
Rosetta jackson. stepfather OF Mrs Mabel
Manokey He also leaves two erandchil-
dren, one niece. one nephew. other rela-
tives and friends. Services "Wednesday
December 90. at pm. at Stewarts Fu-
neral Home. 30 Fl st. ne. 1nterment
psynes Cemetery. -
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Thursday. December %. 194s, JESSE IVES
LEY BASS, beloved husband of Gretel B
Bass. father of Ann Brown. son OF Mrs:
Sina Brown OF Chicago, III; brother OF
Thelma Greer, Percen Hunt and Vivian
Bass Of Chicago, III. He also leaves other
relatives and friends. After l l am. Tues
w Ernest Jarvis funeral church. 1892
You St NV. Funeral services Wednesday
December 30, at | pm. al the above
vited. Intermeit Woodlawn Cemetery.
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FIirtinq With Disoster

point of view filled with implications
of disaster for this country has been put
forward by Walter Lippmann in recent
column.
Briefly, his thesis is this: The President,
abusing his constitutional powers, has
called a special session Of Congress to
promote his own personal political for
tunes This action, together with the
Democratic platform plank on foreign
policy, knocks the moral foundations from
under the bipartisan foreign policy and
threatens to put our national security in
Jeopardy for the sake of partisan political
advantage. Then Mr.. Lippmann raises the
question of what else Mr.. Truman may do
il he thinks he can pick up some votes,
and asks what assurance there is that the
President will resist the temptation to
exploit the international crisis in the hope
of improving his November election
prospects.
The effect of this Is to plant the seed Of
doubt, to create an atmosphere in which
the people might suspect and distrust the
Presidents motives If he should decide
upon any firm and positive course of action
in the Berlin crisis.
This is dangerous stuff. In The Stars
opinion, it lacks basis in fact and Is grossly
unfair to the President. For while Mr..
Truman has often sought to make partisan
capital out of domestic issues, and may
very we'll be doing precisely that in the
special session call, he has not been gov
erned by considerations of political expe-
diency in his foreign policies. The record
will bear this out. 1t will show that the
President in this area has consistently
put the national interest first, even at the
expense of political injury to himself, and
proof of this is to be found in the defec-
ton of Mr.. Wallace.
Nevertheless, this latest incident reveals
how difficult it is to isolate domestic policy
from foreign policy. Mr. Lippmann Is an
experienced observer of the political scene
II an act of partiSanship on the domestic
front can induce him to question the
extent to which the President can be
trusted in the grave foreign crisis, then it
seems evident that Mr.. Truman is playing
a dangerous domestic game. For unless
the Russians relax their blockade OF the
former German capital, it is quite probable
that we will have to force the issue to
showdown before the election in November.
And nothing but disaster would await us
If it should become necessary to do that
in the face of a popular belief that the
President was exploiting the Berlin crisis
in order to improve his chances of winning
the election.
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FOREIGN Capital for Bizonio

Announcement in Frankfort on the
Main by Undersecretary of the Army Will
liam H. Draper that the Anglo-American
Combined Area" or "Bizonia" will soon be
thrown open to investment by foreign in
terests is a noteworthy event. AS Mr..
Draper we'll remarks it represents major
change in American and British economic
policy for their zones of occupation IN
Germany. Hitherto, investments OF for
eign capital have been forbidden, while
such capital already invested before the
war has been blocked
The chief reason for this rigorous mora
torium has been to prevent What our
occupational authorities pithily describe
as carpet bagging prof
iteering of foreign private interests prey
ing upon a disrupted economy. The tragic
lesson of the initiation period in Germany
after World War 1, when foreign capital
took advantage of the worthless mark to
buy up German equities for song had
been taken to heart. And a moratorium on
foreign investment was the best means of
protecting the industrial and commercial
structure of Bizonia from similar Spolia-
ton.
The situation has changed with the re-
form of the currency whereby the vir-
tually valuelesS reichsmark was replaced
bv the new Deutsche mark. With a stable
currency, legitimate foreign investment
becomes desirable as factor in rehabili-
tating Germanys economic life. Aside
from new investments, it will enable for
eign owners of existing interests In Ger
many to improve their properties, now
that these are unblocked. And the injec-
ton of fresh foreign capital into the Ger
man economic blood-stream should en-
courage native German initiative and pri-
vate enterprise.
This change of policy originated with
the Americans. The British agreed rather
reluctantly, fearing that American in
vestors would have the edge of being able
to offer dollars, whereas British investors
would have to use sterling. However, the
mutual advantages were so obvious as to
Offset this factor And of course other
"strong" currencies will be eligible, such
as The Swiss franc and the Swedish crown.
Although the new policy will apply at
first only to Bizonia. it is hoped and ex-
peeted that the French will adhere, as
they have in currency reform and other
economic matters for the whole of West
ern Germany. There should be scant diff
Guilty, because the French have already
adopted similar policy in a restricted
way through Indignation of German and
French holding companies.
Soviet Russia will, of course, intensity its