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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20

New York. Dec. 20 -(AP)-
If junior wrote that he'd be
home from college for Christ :
mas, it's a cinch he's not bas-
ketball player. A large slice of
college cage talent will be half
a continent or more away from
its usual firesides when the man
with the whiskers comes down
the chimney.
Take a look at these travel
plans: Four Big Nine schools
Ohio State, Michigan, Northwes-
tern and Wisconsin-will be IN
the West Coast this week. Four
Big Seven Schools-Oklahoma,
Colorado, Iowa State and Neb,
raska-will be in the east. st
Mary's of California will be in
Minnesota; Hamline of Minneso-
ia will be in California.
Georgia and Georgia Tech will
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20

wa, Beloit, Boston u, Arizona
and Scranton.
Only three of the major con-
ferences have begun play. Yale
and Dartmouth share the Ivy
League lead. William and Mary,
North Carolina State, Duke and
Washington and Lee are unde-
feated in Southern Conference
play as are Georgia, Mississippi,
Louisiana State and Tennessee
in the Southeastern Conference.
The rest of the races don't start
until after New Years.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20
McNiff Leads
Southern Loop
BY The Associated PYess

Phil McNiff, George Wash
ington's 6-foot guard from
Brooklyn, N. Y, today was set.
ting a pretty fancy pace in the
scramble for individual point
making honors in the Southern
Conference.
McNiff, playing his third sea
son for the Colonials, had drop.
ped in 81 points in five games
Although McNiff topped the scor-
ers in total points, he didn't pos
sess the best average, however,
among the leagues II leaders.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20

for furniture production needs
which are placed at 10000, 900
single beds. The two zones
have a total population of ap-
proximately 10000, 600
Anglo-American control auth
critics have approved an alloca
ton of $4,000 cubic yards of
lumber for furniture production
and an additional 10000 cubic
yards for the manufacture of
coffins. These figures indicate
that one coffin will be rnanufac-
tured for every third bed.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20
Germans Get More
Beds And COffins

BIELEFELD, Germany -
(AP)- Bedsteads and coffins
have been put on a priority furn-
iture production list by German
blzonal economic authorities.
Every fourth German in the
Anglo-American zone is without
a bed, according to estimates
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20
First Real Effort At Peace To Be Made By Pro Grid League Bosses

On the eve of World War II,
automobile registrations totaled
20, 500, 900 in the United States.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-20

Garfield wore the largest hat
of any American president
size 7 "a.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Retirement for T-Men

Treasury Secretary Snyder has made
out good case for liberalizing retirement
benefits for so-called T-men-Treasury
agents engaged in the departments varied
and ofttimes hazardous law-enforcement
activities. He has urged House Civil Serv-
ice Subcommittee to report favorably bill
which would extend to Investigators and
enforcement officers Of the Treasury the
special retirement privileges previously
accorded agents of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation.
Under legislation passed last year, FBI
agents are permitted to retire at fifty
after twenty years of service. The special
BENEFITS were approved on the ground
that FBI agents lead dangerous and
strenuous lives that burn them out"
earlier than men engaged in more seden-
tary work. Running down violators of
Federal laws is essentially young mans
job-and this applies as we'll to the
Treasury's war on counterfeiters, dope
>peddlers and smugglers as to the FBrs
war on spies, kidnapers and bank robbers.
In fact, it would seem only fair to
extend the early-retirement plan to all
Federal law-enforcement officers, what
ever department they may be assigned to.
It is illogical to restrict the program to
one Federal agency when other agencies
face the same retirement problems as
those at the FBI.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Let the District Decide

Senator Overton's lengthy rhetorlcal
denunciation of daylight saving as "radl-
CAL irreligious, iconoclastic, lnhdellc,
agnostic and blasphemous" may have been
interesting to his colleagues on the floor,
but 1t was not very persuasive. The
trouble with the Louisiana Senator's
speech was that it seemed to be directed
at the wrong bill. The bill before the
Senate at the time was not one arbitrarily
imposing daylight saving on the citizens
of the District by Federal edict bill to
make daylight saving compulsory for the
Nation is pending, but was not up for
debate in the Senate Tuesday
The bill then under consideration was
similar to the one passed for Washington
last year. 1t would not force daylight
saving-good or bad as it may be-on the
city by act of Congress. AS Chairman
Buck of the District Committee reminded
the Senate, 1t would merely give the vote
less people of the District the right to
choose for themselves whether, each sum-
mer, they should remain on standard time
or move the clocks ahead an hour. Sena-
tor Buck summed it up this way: There
Is nothing in the bill now before the
Senate, really, except the offer OF small
crumb of home rule to the disfranchised
residents of this city. I do not know of
anything less in the way of self-govern-
ment than what is contained in the pend
ing bill. 1t does not provide daylight
saving for the city. 1t simply permits the
Commissioners to hold hearings and then
decide whether or not they think the
citizens of Washington want it,"
The Senate responded by passing the
measure by vote of forty-six to seven
teen. 1t is hard to see how the House, in
good conscience, could fail to 60 along with
the Senate in according Washingtonians
this small crumb OF home rule. asgssgy ~
Evening star., 1948-04-08
The Russo-Finnish Treaty

If the pact just signed between Finland
and the Soviet Union could be taken at
it's face value, it would be welcomed not
only by the Firms but by the rest of the
world as we'll. Ostensibly, it is defensive
military alliance which obligates Finland
only to resist an armed attack made across
her territory against Russia by Germany
or another state allied with her" Finland
is not called upon to defend any part Of
the Soviet Union and will continue to
enjoy the full management of its own
affairs Russia demands no peacetime
bases beyond those now occupied by it
under existing treaty rights, while only in
time of war or Gin the event of necessity"
will Finland accept Russian military
assistance for the carrying out Of its
defense obligations.
Taken literally, this treaty might Justify
Finnish President Pekkalas thanks for the
Soviet governments benevolent attitude" !"
Finland lies entirely at Russia's mercy
and presumably would, in the end, have
been obliged to accept virtually any terms
that Russia might have imposed. Mos
cows seeming forbsarance will probably
insure the treaty's prompt ratification by
the Finnish Parliament and will likewise
dispel much Of the popular apprehension
which the Russian demand for such q
treaty had aroused.
That, in itself, will be diplomatic and
psychological gain for Moscow. The Firms
are stubborn folk. and harsh terms, even
though formally accepted. would have left
Finland recalcitrant and ready to svads
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Mr.. WoIIuce's HeckIers

Henry A. Wallace is now getting a taste
OF the heckling from pickets that was
tried out on Senator Taft during the lat
ter's West Coast tour last fall. The two
incidents are similar in some respects.
different in Others
Among the differences are these: When
he was in Seattle in September Senator
Taft insisted on entering the picketed
front door of the auditorium, refusing a
back door entrance suggested by police
In Evansville, Indiana, two nights ago
police escorted Mr.. Wallace through a side
door OF the picketed auditorium, even
though the picket line at the front door
had been disbanded. In Seattle, Senator
Taft met the heckling of the pickets head
on, answering their booing with denuncia-
tions of leftwing and labor abuses. In
Evansville, Mr.. Wallace blamed the picket
ing of his meeting on the press, which he
accused OF creating "bias" against him.
The Seattle demonstration against Senator
Taft was organized by Jerry Tyler, left
wingish CIO leader in that city. If Mr.
Wallace has blamed Mr.. Tyler, as he
blames the press in his own case, the
occasion does not come to mind. Pre-
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sumably in the opinion of the third party
candidate, a demonstration against Sen
ator Taft is an example of democracy at
work, while demonstration against Mr..
Wallace is an example of the iniquitous
tactics of the capitalist press.
There is this important similarity be-
tween the two incidents: Each OF them,
in a sense, was an attempt to intimidate
and silence political candidate And to
the extent that this is true the instigators
and participants in the two demonstra-
tions were equally in the wrong For in
this country, despite all Of Mr.. Wallaces
attacks on our Government, he has as
much right as has Senator Taft to seek
the presidency, and all candidates should
be accorded full and free opportunity to
expound their views.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Moral Quarantine

Walter w. Van Kirk is executive secre-
tary of the Department of International
Justice and Good Will of the Federal Coun-
Gil of the Churches of Christ in America.
This is a title which leads to the conclu-
sion that Mr. Van Kirk is an authoritative
spokesman for an important segment OF
church opinion.
During last week Mr.. Van Kirk rep
resented his group before the Senate
Armed Services Committee. and testified
against universal military training. In
the course of his testimony he expressed
the belief that moral quarantine" OF
potentially aggressive powers would be
more effective than compulsory military
training in safeguarding the peace of our
own and other nations.
Mr. Van Kirk did not define what he
meant by moral quarantine. Neither
did he say how he thought it might have
the slightest effect in restraining poten-
tial aggressors He is entitled, of course,
to his opinion. But it Is not an opinion
which is apt to inspire public confidence
in his Judgment.
A moral quarantine, whatever that term
may mean, is not going to have the
slightest effect in restraining the Russians.
Nor will it contribute a thing to this
countrys readiness for war, if war comes
Experience should have taught us some
thing about the price of unpreparedness
Not only does military weakness encour-
age aggressors, but it also costs heavily
In terms of human lives when war over
takes an unprepared nation. 1t will be
a sad thing for the young men who will
have to do the fighting in another war
If this Nation is persuaded now to entrust
its future to any kind of moral quarantine
of aggressors. Our only hope lies in look
ing to our arms.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Bottle Art

DR.. Luther H. Evans, Librarian of Con-
gress, has announced the publication of
book which is certain to have great appeal
for all students of the annals of the United
States. 1t bears the title can Album of
American Battle Art, 1755-1918," and it
represents the scholarship and critical
judgment of Donald H. Mugridge, the
Library's Fellow in American History, and
Helen F. Conover, his collaboration
authorities in their field.
But the album is not merely a bringing
together of interesting pictures. The draw
ings and paintings reproduced are in every
instance "as nearly contemporary and
first-hand as possible" For example, the
first Illustration is a copy of Samuel
Blodgett's Prospective Plan of the Battle
Fought Near Lake George" in 1755, en-
graved at Boston the same year. This and
eight other plates depict events of the
French and Indian War and its aftermath
Of Indian troubles; nineteen reflect the
American Revolution; sixteen the War of
1912; eighteen the Mexican War; fifty-five
the War Between the States dncluding
sixteen drawings by Alfred R. Waud and
three by his brother William for Harpers
Weekly; eight the War with Spain, and
eleven the First World War.
DR.. Evans says: 'The album affords an
introduction to the military and naval
history Of the United States" but he also
explains that 1t furnishes "a course in the
modes Of illustration which have prevailed
Evening star., 1948-04-08
This and That
By Charles E. TraceUeH.
"TAKOMA PARK.

"TAKoMA PARK.
Dear Sir:
'I am glad you stressed recently the beauty
and Importance of water spots in the home
yard.
Whether sunk in the ground, or on q ped
estal, bird bath is more than help to the
birds-it is a mirror Of nature, q thing of
loneliness in itself.
"And then there is the small pool
Il recall that years ago you devoted a great
deal OF space to pools, and were enthusiastic
about one you had made out of a galvanized
tub.
II subsequently tried it, and was delighted
From there I went on to formal concrete
pool. which still operate.
This pool is the enjoyment spot Of our
entire garden. Around 1t we enjoy talking
while watching the goldfish swim.
These fish are quite large several of them
being more than foot in length The pool
is deep. more than two feet, except at the
edges. and in it the goldfish stay all winter
Il seldom feed them in winter, there being
so much plant life, with insects and angle
worms that tumble in.
II give the pool a cleaning every spring,
having just completed the Job, bit early.
owing to the advanced season.
II never remove all the sediment believing
1t contains minute food for the fish. have
some snails, but not many; I suppose the
goldfish eat them.
IT do not worry, as some do about the green
color, for I realize, from reading you and
others. that the algae make for oxygen in
the water.
II believe that more people should go in
for water gardening The only danger is that
some small child might fall in, and this must
be guarded against by eternal vigilance
Il have found it helpful to cover the pool
with wire netting, If there is any particular
small child with roaming complex.
IN theca of cfr in, tar
gardening has possibilities for soothing the
nerves. rejecting as the pool does the sky, the
green of trees and shrubs, and the life eternal.
Sincerely, M. r."
Realists will be satisfied with the trees, the
shrubs, and the sky. AS long as we have these
things, unsulhed, we have great deal
The small pool is easy to make, compar-
atively easy to take care of, and replete with
interest. In fact, one of the drawbacks to
pool making is that 1t may lead on to a
continuation in the house, often to the en-
bsrrassment of the good wife.
Good wives often draw the chore of taking
care Of tanks Of tropical fishes, the usual
follcw-on from outdoor goldfshes.
These tasks are not easy, and added to the
regular household duties sometimes amount
to boredom, or worse.
In the outdoors, the pool has a real place
Of its own primarily because 1t is such a
natural thing.
Here we have, in little, the meeting of air
and water There is little shore. shallow
place where certain kinds OF plants grow
and where birds and animals may come to
drink.
There is the deep water, with its cattails and
fishes. There may be frogs, too, and snails,
and in the summertime small cathshes may
find place. (The latter will have to be taken
inside in the fall9
We would advise any one contemplating the
building OF = pool to read some good book on
the subject. There are several on the
market. and they win help overcome the
possibility Of failure.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Mr.. Stussen's Victory

The immediate consequences of Harold
E. Stassen's triumph in WisconSin's Re-
publican primary are more or less obvious.
First is the sharp rise in StaSSen stock.
That old gag about the Minnesotan being
a young man busily engaged in going no
where will have to be revised. For the
Wisconsin returns demonstrate that Mr..
Stassen has come long way, and If he
can make an impressive showing in next
weeks Nebraska primary he is going to be
a formidable contender for the COP
presidential nomination.
Second is the all-but-mortal blow to the
Macarthur boom. The chance remains
that General Macarthur will sweep Me-
braska as Mr.. Stassen has swept Wisconsin.
But that is most unlikely. And barring
some such political miracle, the Generals
presidential aspirations would appear to
have turned to ashes.
Finally, there is the setback to the hopes
Of New York's Governor Dewey. The
party's 1914 standard bearer Is still very
much in the race. But even when the full
est allowance is made for changed condi-
tions, the fact remains that Governor
Dewey's failure to win single delegate in
the State in which he showed so much
strength in 1910 and 1914 is q serious
reverse for him.
Even if these are the correct inferences
to be drawn from the results of the Wis
consin primary, however, they shed no
light on how and why Mr.. Stassen made
such an Unexpectedly strong showing.
One reason. and perhaps the most i'm
portant single reason, is that he organ
lied Wisconsin and made an intensive
campaign there. He visited the farms and
the crossroads, as well as the cities He
shook hands with the voters and talked to
them in language they understood (For
one thing, he told the dairymen that he
was against repeal of the tax on oleo-
margarine)
Campaigning of this sort is the most
tested and proved of political formulas. 1t
will not always work, as witness the expert
ence of the late Wendell Willkie in Wis
consin four years ago, but generally
speaking it provides real advantage over
the candidate who hits only the high spots
in laSt-minute tour, as Governor Dewey
did, or who campaigns by remote control
through Intermediates, as was the case
with General Macarthur.
1t is possible that there is still another
important reason for the Stassen victory.
Some weeks ago he told correspondent
for the New York Times: "The majority
OF the people. I am convinced, are ready
to put their trust in an awakened and
dynamic Republican, administration that
will meet the, problems both abroad and
at home with courage and Imagination"
That reads like text out of any DO
htical primer. But there may be some
thing to 1t. The Nebraska returns will give
better idea whether Mr. Stassen is the
awakened and dynamic" leader to whom
he believes the country is turning,
Evening star., 1948-04-08
At the Symphony

Companioned by the dreams OF other
years,
When gracious Autng filed our evsry
day,
/ listen to the symphony; Deneers
And make -beHepes all seem to fade
1t0ay;
Tawdry concetts and boortsh selfshness
Are all forgotten; soul rhythn1s 90 deep;
Some forebears' strain OF tranquil blood
bless
And pray this heritage be mine to keepi
In Hfe's great symphony he played his
part,
Blending his tones to make a perfect
whole;
A dreamer he Das called yet ioorks of art
Sometimes are masks to hide lonely
soul;
A dreamer yes, but kind and gently
pfse,
Who learned to look on Hfe NTH quiet
eyes!
NEz SHELDON TYLEE,
Evening star., 1948-04-08

its obligations at the first opportunity.
The treaty certainly insures Russia against
any attack through Finland and debars
the Firms from making any commitments
elsewhere-which, under present circum-
stances, they are unlikely to desire.
Unfortunately, this treaty should be
evaluated against Moscow's diplomatic
background, which is anything but re-
assuring. The record shows that the
Soviet rulers keep treaties only so long as
it suits them, never hesitating to resort to
strained interpretations, notification, or
even rupture if Soviet interests are there
by served. Attention is already being
called, in Finland and elsewhere, to Article
2 Of the treaty, which provides for "con-
sultation" in the event OF threat" OF
, military attack Since the Moscow press
and radio are currently charging Sweden
and Norway with subservience to the "im-
perialism" and alleged anti-Soviet mill
tarism of the western powers, the Soviet
Interpretation of threat to its safety
might be a decidedly far-fetched one
And consultation" between the Soviet
giant and the Finnish pygmy could be of
Mrcical character. incidentally, 1t
should be remembered that Russia's exist
ing bases in Southern Finland give Russia
virtually complete strategic control over
most of that country. while cession OF the
former Finnish port of Petsamo gives
Russia common frontier with Northern
Norway.
Under all these circumstances, certain
skepticism toward the new Finnish
military alliance project would seem to
be justified.
Evening star., 1948-04-08

in the past two centuries" The running
story which binds the plates together has
been prepared by DR.. Mugridge and Miss
Conover not simply as commentary but
particularly as guide to practical use.
Most of the material for the album
comes from the Library of Congress itself.
The book someday should be followed by a
second volume for the period from 1918
to date. It Is significant fact that the
battle art OF our own period is noteworthy
both historically and esthetically.
Evening star., 1948-04-08

amend this most disgraceful error. the Presi-
dent should state that IN case Of war we will
restore the national independence Of Estonia,
Lithuania, Latvia, Finland, Hungary, Yugo-
slavia. Bulgaria, Albania, Austria and Czecho-
sloyakia AS result we can count on volun-
tary enlistment of those nationals in this
country.
For the home front, commission Of fearless
hard-hitting Americans SHOULD be established
to crush communism, this commission to be
responsible only to the President of the United
States. PROF TT
Evening star., 1948-04-08
American Zionist Emergency Coune
Sermons on the Editorial Page

Sermons on the Editorial Page
To the Editor Of The Star
wish to express my appreciation for your
fine service in giving us the Pulpit in the
editorial page Of The Sunday Star
Friends have commented favorably, and I
think you ought to know the satisfaction it
brings to many.
Personally, am not able to attend church:
thus it means much to me. The Easter mes
sage was beautifully expressed and brought
hope and peace In this tragic period, the
whole world needs the message that comes
through the medium of Christianity
MARGARET F. HUGHES.
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Uraes Repairing Pro-Russian Error


To the Editor of The STAR
In face of the manifest evil intention OF
Russia, the Presidents message looks rather
weak. There is more behind the provocative
attitude of the Slav proletarians than his
words would indicate. Thousands of japanese
war prisoners are. being drilled in the remote
camp of Beresovka, Eastern Siberia, to invade
Korea and eventually free the Japanese main
land from the American invaders" In the
face Of such sweeping crisis, determined,
unmistakable power and courage are needed
to change the cynical grin on the faces Of the
Gromykos and vishinskys.
If we made the tremendous blunder Of de-
stroying two of the most powerful enemies
of communism, don't let us make the still
bigger and more fateful blunder of not learn
ing from our first mistake. Let's drill, arm
and equip half million Germans Immediately.
Let the same be done in Japan. Organize the
Chinese armies into q powerful fighting body
with our modern weapons, including atomic
bombs Enroll the anti-Communistic forces Of
Chile. Argentina, Brazil and Spain in power
full alliance.
We must realize that through the interfer-
ence Of America on the side Of the Soviets, u
nations lost their Independence. To Try TO
Evening star., 1948-04-08
Railroad Reservations Racket

To the Editor OF The Star:
I am sure we have come to very narrow
spot and we must appeal to you for help II
we fail to cooperate with each other to stamp
out the existing violation on railroad ticket
reservations once and for all, we will be in
bad way, and 1t won't be easy for us to4pull
ourselves together again. We might as well
surrender this State to the racketeers and re-
lieve every one Of bad business, as well as
future hunger suffering
MAURICE KLEIN,
Vice Mayor, City of Miami Beach,
Evening star., 1948-04-08

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