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Evening star., 1948-07-04
Text of 7rumun's Address

Here is the tert OF President
Trumdn's talk yesterday at the
Washington Monument grounds
in honor of the Tooth anniDersary
OF the laying of the Monuments
cornerstone:
1t is a very great honor indeed to
stand here on this hundredth anni-
versary of the laying Of the corner
stone of the great Washington
Monument and to hold In my hand
the gavel which George Washington
himself used to lay the cornerstone
of the Capitol Of the United States,
and which was used by the Grand
Master of the District Of Columbia
to lay the cornerstone Of this monu-
ment.
This Is an historic spot indeed.
When was asked to appear here
today, I began to think 81 my child
hood and the celebrations on the
Fourth Of July. It was always
customary in those days to read
the Declaration of Independence and
to read the Bill of Rights in the
Constitution of the United States,
and then some orator who had q
flower vocabulary would spend a
couple of hours telling us tired
youngsters what q great country this
truly is.
Custom Not Followed Today.
We don't follow that custom any
more, although I was most happy
to see the distribution of the printed
copies of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence in the same style in which
it was printed in 1776.. hope that
every one Of you, sometime today,
will read that document once more
On the 4th Of July, 1776. there
were 13 independent colonies on
the Atlantic seaboard on the North
American continent. They were
not Nation. They were 13 nations
And when their independence was
finally won in 1881, at the sur
render of CORVALLIS, it took several
years more for them to decide to
become a united Nation, and it
took more than 80 years to cement
that union into a going concern,
so that today, 100 years after that
after the adoption of the Consti-
tuition OF the United States-this
is the greatest republic that the
sun has ever shone on, and the
most powerful Nation in the world.
When I think of that difference
in 1776 and 1889, and think of this
place in 1889 as swamp, there
are some most interesting things
that have taken place here. There
is a marker over there. just west
of the Monument, which shows
Evening star., 1948-07-04
IS Young Persons Here
For Monument Rites Feted

Leon Chatelaln. Jr., president OF the
Board of Trade, and Joseph c. Nc
Garraghy. chairman of it's Greater
National Capital Committee, were
hosts at dinner last night at the
Hotel Raleigh to a group of Is young
persons representing municipalities
and out of town newspapers.
The largest delegation was from
Washington Court House, Ohio,
which sent 38 youngsters here for
the Tooth birthday of the Washing
ton Monument.
The Young Business Mems Com
nlittee of our chamber of commerce
decided that Washington Court
House, one of eight towns with
charters directly associated with
George Washington, should be rep
resented-so they sent this delega-
ton" said Eli Craig, member OF
the committee, who was in charge OF
the group.
Others represented Washington,
n c.; Washington. Iowa: the Daily
Advance, Lynchburg, Va, Post
journal, jamestown, N. Y; OBJ
server Reporter, Washington, Pa;
Atlanta Journal. Atlanta. Ga; Capt.
tai Times, Madison. Wis; Courier
Press. Evansville. Ind, and Green
vile News, Greenville, S. c.
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be followed by exercises at North
Takoma playground. Fireworks in
the evening.
10 am.-Edgewood playground
community celebration, Third and
Evarts streets NE, held by Metro
pohtan View Citizens Association
and District Recreation Depart
ment. Movies at 8 pm.
10 am. to 1870 p.m.-Old-fash-
ioned family picnic and festival at
Palisades Field House, with dancing
after $50 pm. For information
call Emerson 1891.
1870 to 5 p.m.-Exhibition OF
Washington Monument documents
drawings and photographs in the
National Archives exhibition hall
" pm.-Bethesda Chevy Chase
CMd) Community Service Council
celebration begins at Rock Greek
Recreation Center. Fireworks i'm
mediately after dark.
4pm.-Cabin John Volunteer Fire
Department parade and community
ceremony. with parade passing fire.
house at 4.
7:45 p.m.-Monument Grounds
ceremonies begin with band con-
certs and speeches.
Tickets for seats on sale at all
Peoples Drug Stores, major
hotels, District of Columbia In
formation Center. Evening Star
Building; GSI snack stands and
Trailer Booth in front of Dis
trict Building, 81, including tax.
$50 p.m.-Fireworks begin at the
Monument.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
France Reported Set
To Join Merged Zones
BY the kssoeiotsd Press

FRANKFURT. Germany, July 8.
The French zone of Germany will
be economically merged with the
American and British zones August
/, a radio report said tonight.
The Frankfurt radio. quoting the
French licensed Suedena News
Agency, said the French decision
had been announced by 1t. Gen.
Pierre Koenig, French military gov
ernor for Germany.
For more than a year the French
have hesitated to merge their oc-
cupation area with the American
and British zones. Economic fusion,
however, is essential prior to the
formation of government Tor
Western Germany.
The French agreed this week to
go along with the Americans and
British in setting up the political
structure in Frankfurt for the three
Western zones until final German
unity is achieved.
The Frankfurt radio said Gen.
Koenig announced that the French
zones trade would be merged with
that of the Anglo-American bizonal
area. He also was quoted as saying
transportation and banking would
be put on trizonal basis.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Exact Location
OfCornerstone
Still Unknown

Nobody knows just where the
cornerstone of the Washington
Monument-laid 100 years ago yes
terday-actually was placed. But
there appears to be no doubt it's far
under today's ground level at the
Monument.
The National Geographic Society
in release yesterday, said the H.
ton stone rests 20 feet or more
underground at the base OF the
Monuments original foundations"
The National Archives, which has
opened a month-long exhibition OF
historical material connected with
the Monument, quoted an 1848 news
paper account which indicated the
big stone was covered before the
original earth level was reached
during construction. This level, it
is known from other evidence, Is
about IS feet below the present
level.
The Archives said the secretary of
the Arrangements Committee for
the cornerstone laying 100 years
ago had noted on an old record
Cornerstone, NE" indicating the
stone is somewhere under the corner
now closest to the Commerce De-
partment Building.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Jewish Labor Council Ends
West Coast Picket Action
By the Associoted Press

LONG BEACH, Calf, July g.
The American Jewish Labor Coun-
Gil today withdrew picket line
which had halted loading of steei
pipe aboard the Liberty Ship Gov
Bibb.
The council contended that the
pipe was destined for Saudi Arabia
by trans-shipment from Beaumont
Tex. However, the Isthmian Line
owner of the vessel, declared no ex-
port license had been issued, and
invited dock workers to check GUS
toms records for themselves.
DR.. Sandford Goldner, council pres
ident, said in withdrawing the
pickets: I'VE feel our action has
insured that the pipe won't leave
the United States"
Members of the CIO Interna.
tional Longshoremen's and Ware.
housemen's Union refused to cross
the line. The Trans-Arabian Pipe
Line Co.. declared the 64 ZOO tons OF
pipe had been sold to the Tennes-
see Gas Transmission Co.. Houston
Tex, for use there and at Beaumont
Evening star., 1948-07-04
|Takoma Park 10 Mark
independence Day.;
Parade in Greenbet

Patriotic exercises will be held to-
morrow in Takoma Park in observ-
ance of independence Day.
Residents of Greenbelt observed
International Coop Day yesterday
in connection with community
Fourth of July celebration.
The Takoma Park program will
open, with q parade at $50 am,
starting at Carroll and Sycamore
streets, passing through the business
section and disbanding at the North
Takoma playground, Albany and
Buffalo avenues.
Formal ceremonies will be held
at the playground at II am, and
athletic events are scheduled at 3
pm. at the recreation center, Fourth
and Whittier streets NV.
A band concert and stage show
are scheduled there for 8 pm. and
fireworks will be displayed at 9:l5.
The program will end with dancing
on the tennis courts at Third and
Van Buren streets NV.
Local co-operatives entered the
Greenbelt travelling store as a float
in the town parade, to symbolic the
taking of cooperative principles to
the consumer.
Among the towns cooperative
enterprises are q health center
newspaper. busline, shopping center
and nursery school. These have at
tracted several internationally
known visitors in recent weeks, in
cluding Msgr. M. M. Coady, who is
credited &with organizing producer
onsumer co-ops in Novia Scotia
and Henry Petersen, manager OF
stores in Denmark
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Zionist Tells Jews 10 Stay
Out OF Palestine Politics
By the Asseeio,ed Press

PITTSBURGH, July 3.-The Jews
of the world should let the Jews OF
Israel alone politically, DR.. Eman-
uel Neumann, president of the Zion
ist Organization of America, said
tonight.
DR.. Neumann told delegates to
the organizations 51st convention
Israel must be left free to work
out its own destiny. The spiritual
bonds which have unified world and
Palesinian Jews will be stronger
than ever"
DR.. Neumann revealed that ZOA
was considering creating a corpora
ton with an initial capital invest
ment Of $25,OO0,0O0 for investment
in the new state of Israel. he said:
THE very heavy capital invest
ments will be for the larger part
revenue producing and self-liqui-
dating
A message read to the convention
from President Truman declared
peace in the Middle East should
mean a reconstruction period for
both Jews and Arabs. The message
said:
Our government is hopeful that
the United Nations mediator, Count
Folke Bernadotte, will speedily bring
about lasting peace consistent with
the principles and recommendations
of the United Nations"
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Rain Threatens Celebration
But Bolivar Is Prepared
BY me Assoeiofed Press

BOLIVAR, Mo, July 3.-Cloudy
skies and occasional rain today
threatened a three-day celebration
here to be highlighted by the at
tendance of President Truman and
President Romulo Gallegos of Ven-
ezuela
But the rain didn't dampen en-
thusiasm of the crowds already
gathering or shake the optimism of
Bolivar folk
And heavy rain could play havoc
with plans for the celebration since
all events are scheduled outdoors
I'VE absolutely refuse to consider
the possibility that it may rain over
the weekend" Dr.. Doyle c. McCraw,
Mayor. said Wryly.
President Gallegos will present a
statue of Simon Bolivar. the South
American patriot, to the people Of
this city in behalf of his country
Monday. President Truman will ac-
cept the statue and will deliver an
address.
The statue is being presented this
city-population about 3,000-as the
largest city in the United States
which bears the name of Bolivar.
The two presidents are scheduled
to arrive Monday morning.
Super Fort bombers from the 92d
and 98th Bombardment Groups sta
toned at Spokane Air Force Base
will rendezvous with Navy fighter
planes for an aerial review as part
of the show Monday.
Tonight's schedule called for a
Pan American fiesta. featuring Boil
var girls in colorful South Ameri-
can costumes. The Air Force Band
was to furnish the music and Miss
Barbara BraithWait. 19-year- -old
brunette, was to be crowned queen.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Program
Events Scheduled
At Monument

The program of the Monument
celebration at the Monument
grounds tomorrow night follows:
Time.
TOO Mustc-By recordings.
7:50 Band Concert-Marine Corps
Band and Navy Band.
8:15 Massing of the Colors.
8:25 Raising of the Flag.
1926 Invocation Rt. Rev. John
Heating Cartwright.
8:29 Address of Welcome - Leon
Chatelain, jr.. chairman.
5::34 The Entertainment
8:42 Franklin and Moore-Enter-
tainment.
8:48 History of the Flag-Music by
United States Navy Band.
9:02 Retirement of the Colors.
o:07 Gene Archer.
9:13 Edward Arnold-ReadS the
Declaration of Independence.
.s:l8 Match Lighting by Chairman
9:l9 Chief Justice Bolitha Laws
9:24 Members of Naturalization
Glass presented.
9:26 Speech-Mrs. Esther Rosen-
bloom.
9:29 Oath of Allegiance
Justic Laws.
$50 National Anthem-Lynn Alli-
son.
9:32 Colors Down-Marine Band.
9:33 Fireworks.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Schedule for Celebration

Here Is q weekend schedule Of
events in the Washington Area in
celebration of the independence
Day:
SUNDAY.
Morning-Observances in the city's
churches Of independence Day.
1890 to 4:30 pm.-Naval Gun
Factory open to visitors with three
naval vessels open to inspection
from l to 4:30 pm.
1:30 to pm.-Exhibition OF
Washington Monument documents,
drawings and photographs in the
National Archives exhibition hall.
2:3O Historical tour by Ma
tional Park Service begins on steps
of Jefferson Memorial
p.m.-Canal Clipper trip leaves
Canal road at Foxhall road for trip
up C. & o. Canal. Return trip from
Brookmont leaves at 4:30
p.m.-Snake walk through Rock
Creek Park begins at Sixteenth and
Geranium streets NV.
8 p.m.-Army Band concert at
the Capitol Plaza.
BIS p.m.-First Sunset Symphony
at Water Gate by the National
Symphony Orchestra, with Dorothy
Maynor as soloist.
MONDAY.
$3.50 m. to 4:3O pm.-Naval Gun
Factory open to visitors, with three
naval vessels open to inspection
from l to 4:30 pm
$50 am.-Takoma Park MD
celebration begins with parade, to
Evening star., 1948-07-04
China Signs With u. 5.
For S275,0O0,o00 Aid
Nv the Associated Prsss

NANKING. July 3-The United
States and China signed an agree
ment today granting China $275,-
600 900 in economic aid during the
next II months.
Foreign Minister Wang Shih-
chieh, who signed for China, an
nounced agreement to terms for
using an additional sl25,000, 900
American military grant.
The 12-point economic agreement
was signed for the United States
by Ambassador j. Leighton Stuart.
It opens the way for the American
administrator, Roger D. Lapham,
and the Sino-American committees
to start actual spending. Mr.. Lap
ham witnessed the signing.
The agreement includes Chinese
promise to facilitate transfer to the
United States on reasonable terms
of sale, exchange or barter ma
terials for stockpiling or otheN pur-
poses" which the United States re-
quires because of deficiencies in its
own resources.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Man Who Offered 10 Give
Children Away Finds Home
By the Associated Press

SARANAC LAKE, N. Y, July 3.
Felix Gates, 52-year old World
War l veteran who offered six of
his ten children for adoption be-
cause he couldn't find a place to
live, said today home for the FAM
lily had been provided.
Mr.. Gates advised that the family
would move into its new home next
Tuesday. He added that the adop-
ton offer was "off."
Numerous offers for adopting the
children were received. Mr.. Gates
said one request came from Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L. Brown of San Francisco,
who wanted to adopt the two young
est girls.
offered for adoption earlier this
week we're a boy, IA, and five girls
ranging in age from II to 8. His
four other children are grown, three
of them married
Evening star., 1948-07-04

the point at which boats were an
chored-barges that used the Ches-
apeake and Potomac Canal.
It Is said that John Quincy Adams
used to go down there and swim
In the mornings, instead OF going
for a walk as I do. It is said on
one occasion that q lady who had
been attempting to get q job from
the President but had been unable
to get an interview with him, went
down to where he was swimming
and sat on his clothes and made
him promise her q job before she
would let him out Of the river.
Then on another occasion. on July
4, 1850, sad event took place.
Zachary Taylor was the President
Of the United States and he came
out here to a celebration such as
this, and delivered the grafton OF
the day. Then, 1t being hot. as 1t
Is now, he ate cherries and fruit,
and drank q lot of water, and he
went back to the White House, and
on the 9th Of July he was dead.
Let us hope that nothing OF that
sort happens here today.
want to call to your attention
the fact that as the most powerful
Nation in the world, we have as
sumed responsibilities which we
must fulfill. We have fought the
tremendous wars for freedom and
liberty in the world. At the end of
this last World War II, our ambi-
ton was only for one thing: peace
in the world and the welfare Of the
world as whole. We have no ter
ritorial ambitions. we asked for no
reparations. We only asked for
peace with justice in the world, and
We asked that the United Nations
be made to work for that purpose.
Pledges Further Peace Effort.
We have spent all the time since
the war In endeavoring to do just
that.
I am hoping that you will carry
away with you today the idea that
We shall continue to strive for
peace. We shall continue to en-
deavor to make the United Nations
the going concern that it ought to
be. We shall continue, with the help
of this great statesman on my right
here, the Secretary of State, to ac-
complish that very purpose.
Again, I want to express to you
my sincere thanks and appreciation
for being allowed to appear before
you today and for the privilege Of
having had my hand on this his
torical gavel with which I started
this little talk.
Thank YOU very much.
Evening star., 1948-07-04
Truman nLeaving Today
1o'Acceptv S
Gift al Bolivar, Mo. |
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman goes back to
the Ozark country today to take
part in the celebration at Bolivar,
Mo-, tomorrow when the little town
of $500 dedicates a 100000 statue
to Simon Bolivar, the South Ameri-
can liberator, for whom the town
was named
Accompanied by President Romulo
Gallegos OF Venezuela, birthplace of
Bolivar, and a large group from
South American officialdom, the
President leaves by special train
over the Baltimore 81 Ohio at 8
am He will return to the Capitol
At 9:35 pm. Tuesday.
The presidential train is making
only routine service stops under
present plans, and Mr.. Truman will
not make any rear platform talks.
according to Press Secretary Charles
G. Ross.
Mr.. Truman will speak at the
Bolivar celebration at 2:45 tEDT)
tomorrow afternoon, upon accept
ing from President Gallegos the
statue, which is a gift of the Vene-
zuelan government. The address
will deal with inter-American re-
lations.
Town Is 125 Years Old.
After the ceremonies, President
Gallegos. and the party which has
been with him in Washington since
Thursday, will take the presidential
plane Independence for New York,
to continue their visit in this coun-
try
The Missouri Bolivar is the old
est-125 years-and largest Of the
10 towns in the United States
named for Simon Bolivar 1t is not
far from the Presidents birthplace
at Lamar
More than so persons are in the
Official party from Washington. Mrs.
Truman is with the President and
the Venezuelan group includes the
President and his wife, the Minister
for Foreign Affairs and Sonora de
Blanco the Minister of Develop
ment and Sonora de Perez Alfonzo;
the Minister Of Labor, DR.. Raul
Leoni; the Ambassador of Vene-
zuela and Sonora de Carnevah; the
Counselor of Embassy and Sonora
Falcon -Briceno, and the American
Ambassador to Venezuela. Walter J.
Donnelly.
Others in Company.
Others are the Bolivian Ambassa-
dor, Ricardo Martinez Vargas; the
Ecuadorean Ambassador and Sonora
de Dillon; the Peruvian Ambassador
and Sonora de Ferreyros, and the
Ambassador from Panama, Octavio
A. Vallarino.
There is also a delegation from
the Simon Bolivar Memorial Foun-
dation, including the president, Mu-
nicipal Judge George D. Nelson,
and Miss Gladys Swarthout, the
opera star, who will sing at the
ceremony
In the White House party were
several members of the Presidents
staff and Stanley Woodward, State
Department chief of protocol.
President and Mrs. Truman at
tended a reception at the Vene-
suelan Embassy last night in honor
Of the President Gallegos and his
wife
Evening star., 1948-07-04

fantry, providing the bulk of the
military display in the parade. He
saw huge six-ton prime movers
towing 20-ton fat trailers carrying
bulldozers. They were from de-
tachment of the Gath Engineers.
He got a hearty laugh from the
antics Of a Chinese dragon which
had hoped down from a float and
gone into a dance between the re-
viewing stand and the spectators.
The dragons head went up and
down and the body writhed as the
two men underneath weaved back
and forth. The dragon finally held
up the parade and an ofncial bruskly
directed it to move along.
Texas Banner Carried.
A group of children from the
District Columbia Recreation De-
partment carrying a flag behind a
banner proclaiming the Republic of
Texas waved at the President. He
waved back.
When the parade marchers had
all passed the reviewing stand. Mr..
Chatelain presented Secretary Mar
shall who spoke briefly of the oc-
casion bringing us closer to a new
of the principles" for
which Washington stood. He spoke
after a prayer by the Rev. c. Leslie
Glenn.
Maj. Gen. U. 8. Grant III then
gave an address on the history of
the monument and of the Washing
ton National Monument Society
which played a major part in the
origin and construc-
ton.
Col Edwin s. Bethlehem, jr., Dep
uty Grand Master of District of
Columbia Masons, the next speaker,
told of the part the Masonic order
mad played in laying the cornerstone
100 years ago on July 4, l848. He
formally reported that the obelisk
still stands squared, level and
plumb"
Washington's GaveI Produced.
On the occasion in 1848, Benja-
min B. French, the then Grand
Master, used gavel which George
Washington, also Mason. had used
during the ceremonies when the
Capitol's cornerstone was laid. The
gavel has been a cherished posses
sion of Potomoc Lodge No. 5 and
it was produced once again yester-
day
Col. Bethlehem referred to the
President as another outstanding
Mason, former Grand Master of the
State of Missouri" He requested
the President to use the gavel when
he came to the rostrum, which
the President did, referring to it in
his talk
The exercises ended with the Ma
tional Anthem. The parade was
described to the audience at the
reviewing stand by radio star Ar
thur Godfrey.
On leaving the platform the Pres
ident posed in his open car for
the photographers. He turned,
caught sight of Secretary Marshall
who had followed him from the
stand, and waved affectionately.