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Evening star., 1948-11-23
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. " Ais


the chance that Kikugoro was por-
traying one of Joe Louis victims.
Finally, as the play unfolded with
the speed of q century plant, I be-
gan to catch on as to what 1t was
about. The hero was moaning be-
cause he knew that after he fin-
ished the first act he still had two
more acts to 60, and wouldn't get
home to his bowl and chopSticks
until we'll in the evening. His Wis
itors were nothing more than
friends dropping in to try to COM
fort him and smuggle him bite
of food. That's my version, any
way.
Nothing but Plain Noise.
The japanese theater, while not
quite as odd as that of the Chinese,
is strange enough. In each wing OF
the stage there is a house that
resembles nothing so much as big
chicken coop. These house are filled
with musicians. actors who sing,
speak and shout, but who are never
seen, and many contrivances for
making what amounts Ito the West
Evening star., 1948-11-23

had put up a Henry McLemore
harder fight, necessitating my being
dragged into the theater uncon-
scious. I would have gotten more
rest that way, and would have
known as much about what went on
as l do now.
The theater was packed with en-
thusiastic japanese. Kikugoro is
one of the most celebrated actors
in Japan and the audience hung on
his every moan. When say moan"
I mean moan, because that is prac-
tically all he did for the first three
hours of the four hour first act.
Just Means and Means.
He sat cross-legged on the floor
in the center of the stage, held his
chalk white, painted face in his
hands, and just moaned and
moaned. Every once In a while
he would have callers, but their
only effect on him was to make
him moan all the harder. This
was particularly true Of two OF his
callers-a stately woman and a girl.
whenever they showed up he just
plain beloved with anguish.
There was no way of finding out
what the plot was about, so I had
to try to figure it out for myself.
If this particular Kabuki play
had not been some 300 years old Z
would have thought that Kikugoro
was supposed to be Gov. Dewey lis
tening to the election returns, and
that the woman and girl were Bess
and Margaret Truman bringing in
the latest returns from California
and Ohio.
But the plays antiquity elimi-
mated this possibility, just as it did
Evening star., 1948-11-23

return Of % per cent and the next
largest % per cent.
The largest paper manufacturing
company had a profit of 2,000, 900,
or 81 per cent. One business ma
chine company had $230O0,000. or
"a per cent; another, 16,000, 900, or
20 per cent.
The giant among automobile
manufacturers made $288 ,000, 900, or
10 per cent. One competitor made
only $67,O00000, but that was 81
per cent return.
So it went in 1947. What the an
nual reports of the corporations for
l948 will show Is not known. but
based on the first quarter. as indi-
Gated above. the congressional tax
experts are likely to And them food
for serious thought.
tCopyrisht, 184s. Globe syndicate)
Evening star., 1948-11-23
This Changing World
Truman.Marshall Farley to Result
In Blueprint for u. S. Foreign Policy

the same stubbornness as his Soviet
colleagues, but with considerable
less violence. OF this President Tru-
man has approved.
MIR. Truman Is fully aware that
the success of his next four years
during which he intends to in
augurate some vast social and econ
omic changes in the United States,
depends largely on whether the cold
war with the USSR changes into
a shooting war. He realizes that
the initiative is in the hands of
Moscow and that any outright ap-
peasement policy will yield nothing
but further trouble.
Gen. Marshall will be in a posi-
ton to put before President Truman
a clearer picture OF events abroad
than he is getting today from the
reports of various governmental
agencies. During his present stay
in Europe he has been put in a
better spot to recognize the aims
OF the Russians than If he had re-
mained in the seclusion Of the
State Department in Washington.
Topics to Be Discussed.
Gen. Marshalls discussions with.
President Truman are expected to
touch such matters as the Berlin
crisis and the real meaning of the
neutral" intervention in the East
West conflict; the situation in
France and the effect on that coun-
try's political situation of Gen.
Charles de Gaulle's prospective rise
to power; conditions in Greece,
where the morale of the people
seems to be going to pieces in spite
of our serious efforts to prevent
Moscow from expanding into that
country: the advisability of re-
newing formal diplomatic relations
with Spain; and the matter of "all-
out" assistance to China.
The main topic, however, is be-
lieVed to be the willingness of Gen.
Marshall to remain in Office after
January 20 and for how long. Inso-
far as Mr.. Truman is concerned,
some of his associates say, Gen.
Marshall can write his own ticket.
But it is by no means certain that
the former chief of staff intends to
remain much longer than is neces-
Sary for President Truman to Sc
lect his successor.
The % months that he has head
ed the State Department have tired
Gen. Marshall more than his entire
military life. He Is said to have a
genuine desire to withdraw alto
gether from public life.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
White House Souvenirs
, Garnitures Which Cannot Be Restored
Could Be Used for Worthy Cause

White House into an asset for a
similarly worthy cause, it would
undoubtedly be popular.
Final decisions have not yet been
made about the future of the White
House. The engineers have issued
their warnings and the historic
residence is now in the hands of
the construction surgeons for exam
nations and suggestions. Their
recommendations and estimates will
60 to the new Congress, where
they will certainly have a sympa-
thetic reception.
Hold on People Here.
1t Is impossible to exaggerate the
hold the White House has on people
who live here. To Washingtonians,
the President Is an honored tenant
Of 1900 Pennsylvania avenue to be
and warmly treated
while he lives there. But the White
House is theirs and its position in
the heart Of the city where most
people see it daily or easily can see
it endears it further to them.
That is why President Truman's
offhand proposal TO add . cafeteria
and auditorium to the west wing
caused such an uproar and why his
balcony, q purely personal project,
was q cause celebre.
Discussions Of those projects
dramatized the no mans land in
which the White House has its be-
ing. The President, in fact, has q
free hand in its management; 1t il
only when he must 60 to Congress
for money for changes that public
opinion has q chance to show what
it thinks of projected alterations.
Public opinion is expected to sup
port q rebuilt White House no
matter what the cost. Those who
would like to see the historic mate.
rials the rebuilders must necessarily
reject turned into q profit for
worthy cause believe public opinion
would support that, too.
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ern ear, anyway to nothing but
plain noise.
One act was enough for me. I
went for a smoke and kept going.
Later I asked friends who stuck it
out the whole way how it finished.
They admitted that they had no
idea. The final curtain went down
with the hero still moanin' low, they
said, and with the japanese audi
ence, which had been there for some
nine hours, calling for me.
When I get back home am going
to a burlesque show. Gypsy Rose Lee
may not be the grea; actor that
Kikugoro Is but at least she Is
easier to understand.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Incl
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] o 7 z G q b Y IHbI
somebody's taxes
are going to be
boosted.
Mr.. Knutson
was chairman of
the House Ways
and Means Com
NIT t e e t h a t
wrote the more
or less straight
across e-board
income tax re-
duction bill that
became law in
the last session
of Congress. A
Evening star., 1948-11-23

PRINT OF our IOr-
eign policy for
the next four
years, but also
will decide who
will head the
8 t ate Depart
nent after jan
uary 20.
According to
those close to
the Chief Exec
utive, he is not
only willing but
anxious to have
Gen. Marshall
carry on in his
~
Evening star., 1948-11-23

So it was not
without a strug-
gle that I was
| taken to the S
Imubashi Embu-
jo Theater here
to see Onoye XII
kugoro in a Ka-
buki play, one
of the alleged
high lights of the
annual Arts Fes-
tiVal.
The play was
"YoShi T Su n e
Sembon Zakura," "
and I wish I
Evening star., 1948-11-23

lllOfdI bS11Ap-
rarily to the
Blair House.
The dilapida-
ion Of t h e
White House is
so extreme that
architects a n d
engineers pre-
dict it must be
rebuilt from Gel
lar to garret.
This will be the
first major op-
, r a t ion p T.
FOR m e d on
he Presidents s
nnhro ninna tina
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Bv Constantine Brown

President Truman's meeting with
Secretary of State Marshall, the
first since the Presidents re-elec-
tion, not only will result in a blue
Evening star., 1948-11-23
BY Harry Honsn McLemore-
Hos Had His Shore
OF Oriental Drama
BY Henry McLemore

TOKYO, Japan-After enduring
the joys of the Chinese theater in
Peiping I felt that I had had my
just share of Oriental drama.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
BY Doris FIeeyOH

In addition to problems of world
import, President Truman has an
important housekeeping situation
to consider as result of his re-
Evening star., 1948-11-23
BY LotveIL MeUeff

When Representative Harold
Knutson Of Minnesota says that
anybody's taxes ought to be boosted,
that's news. 1t is also fairly sure
Evening star., 1948-11-23

EDUCATIONAL.
Evening star., 1948-11-23

John Gunther
on Turkey!
Can Turkey resist Russian
aggression if it comes?
Do you know how America
makes the Turk army
strong? Don't miss John
Gunther's revealing report
in LOOK, on sale now.
Evening star., 1948-11-23

Was Truman's election demonstration Of the genius of
Franklin Roosevelt? To appreciate the full significance Of
the New Deal today, read how born, and how it
grew FDR in a fascinating 10-page picture story
of Roosevelt, the who has already become
American legend In LOOK, at your newsstand today.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09
KIWANIS CLUB ELECTED

Senator Warren Magnuson this week released pub
cy story mosquito control The story of special
interest to the people of Kennewck what
accomplished last following the flood control
the pest. l"s@a @#z ##S- :@@@ = ss
After the high waters of the rampaging Columbia
Yakima rivers had subsidized still waters lay about in
pools in the flood There every believe
that would have of the worst epidemcs Of
quitoes in the history of the area. - as
like fues in the cool of the evening Night softba
backyard pcnics bere of their full charm because
of the annoyance of mosquitoes This year prospect
appalling for when flood waters and
pools stand for time mosquitoes do breed The
disease danger from mosquitoes in this under such
circumstances would be genuine it would be in any
other section. s--. ~. r. ..@z#. -.
The Kennewick Kiwanis Club, realizing the danger
and using and spray equipment furnished by the
Benton-Frankln Health District, organized mosquito
eradication campaign had the along the rivers
ed and thereby killed not only the mosquitoes which already
hatched but also destroyed the which would have
hatched 1t stroke in time which deserved the
mendation of everybody living in the area.
Since the job successful. the club may have in
mind mosquito control work for the coming
We don't look for another flood it 81 between
the last flood and the previous But mosquitoes breed
wherever standing water There breeding
places along the Columbia in this vicinity and if should
have than regular amount of RAIN the breeding
would be increased Whatever the needs may be-
the community doubt would vote for the Kiwanis club
have charge of the service next summer view of the
excellent service the club rendered last following
the flood. -, -
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09
Poem Written In 1888 Shows Lure
OF Washington for 0ui-of- Siafers

Up above the stars are cleaning,
Like great diamonds in the sky
I can see them in my dreaming,
AS I've seen them with my eye
II can picture that great river,
Rushing swiftly on its way;
. And it makes my heart strings
CULVER
With the dreams that come
today.
On its shores I'll soon be
camping, ~.
And I never shall forget,
Along its shores, long days of
tramping
That come back to haunt me vet.
In the eve, when dusk has
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09

Capering back across the large
sales room, Wilkins found himself
in character. He had himself
almost believing he WAS SANITY
Claus. A hidden talent, his JOYOUS
soul shouted, had come to light.
He had made those grubby bows
believe that he, George wilkins,
was actually Sanity Claus.
Thus began the memorable trad
ition of George Wilkins as Gum
felter's Sanity Claus.
But the tradition would have
lied aborning, if George Wilkins
had heard the interchange that
passed between his first two con-
verts as he left them at the door
Get load of. that old geezer.
He really thinks we think he's
Sanity Claus" said the first.
YEAH" said the second, "the
darndest jerks climb into a red
md white suit this time of year.
You'd think he'd be old enough
to know better"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09

That the lure of the state of
Washington for out-of-staters is
nothing new was proven again
this week by poem submitted
to the Kennewick Courier Re-
porter by Charles E. Ridley, OF
1923 Kennewick Avenue.
The poem was written in 1898,
said Ridley, just before he retired
from service with the Union Paci-
fic railroad, after establishing a
record of "A years and 8 months
of uninterrupted employment with
the company. Fa
He was living in Cheyenne at
the time, Ridley recalls, and the
poem was the outgrowth of his
thinking about the new land he
planned to move his family to,
as soon as his resignation became
effective. The poem follows:
WASHINGTON
"Home of late I'm dreaming
nightly.
Maybe life has just begun,
And the sun is shining brightly
Way out west in Washington.
1 can hear the birds asinging
Through the fabric of my dream.
By some stream they're swiftly
winging
Where the golden ripples CLEAN.
81 can sniff the scent of roses
Blown across the evening
breeze.
Smell the perfume of the posies
And the fragrance of the trees.
1 can see the old moon shining,
Soft and bright in Washington,
And my heart is just a-pining.
Maybe life has just begun.
81 can see a river flowing
Swiftly onward toward the sea:
And the gentle treeze ALLOWING
Sings a symphony to me.
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As ennpus Fugits :.
BY HAL CLARK

/, resenting the store as our Sanity
Claus" .. 49,.
| Santa Claus" his scathing
THOUGHTS ran, mot even Santa,
which has a certain dignity, or
Kris Kringle or Saint Nicholas.
but SANITY Claus. Oh, those
erubbv little beasts! If we must
have Christmas, why must we also
have these smelly little beggars."
George Wilkins arrived at the
store on the morning following
at even an earlier hour. To a
keen observer, his night-long
hours of torment would have been
srnarent. Although his spirit
still rebelled. he had decided tha,
he could not. at his time of life,
risk offending the formidable
Gumfelter with a flat refusal to
be Sanity
Fortunately. he found, the red
and white costume and the beard
provided grateful anonymity.
Beneath the makeup. his bloom
inc color of shame was effectively
hidden.
Yet, he lurked in the makeshift
sanctuary of the male employees
locker room until he knew he
could not delay another second.
The beastly, begearlv brats woulo
be swarming on the floor by now.
and the eagle eve of Gumfelter
would be sweeping the store in
search of Sanity Claus.
No Hedging actor ever ap-
preached his first audience with
more dread and trepidafion than
did George Wilkins as he came
cautiously unon the busy scene
OF Gumfelter's Mems Furnishings.
With the inspired courage of
AFFECT fear, he strobe across the
sales floor. ducking and bobbine
his head and waving his mittened
hand to the clusters of children
around the show cases. His bulg-
ing toy bag, filled with oddments
OF unused merchandising para
bounced clumsily along|
the small Of his back.
1t was a near thing. George
wilkins almost accomplished his
objective. which was to weave
through the broken field of bratc
TO the door and back again to
the locker room. This. he had
determined, was the only course
left open to him. His preoccupiel
air and his croaking aMerrvl
Christmas" won him past every
group of mothers and children
until at the very door he founs
himself face to face with pair
of expectant urchins. And the
eagle eye of Gumfelter, he knew
was zeroed in on his back.
What he said. or exactly what
ne did, George Wilkins was never
able to remember. Somewhere
'Iong the line, there was patting
II heads and shameless assurance
mat ne; Sanity, would provide
everything asked for.
1t was the respectful glow in
he ewes of the two youngsters
hat brought about the miracle.
Under its genial influence the
Wilkins soul expanded: a hitherto
heart began to vibrate
With tweaks and twinees of some
hing that could only be described
IS affection.
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fallen,
And the day has taken flish,
L can hear the river calling.
Calling softly through tbo
night;
SO / can't keep back III.
longing
For the land called Washington
1 must 60 where I'm belonpinv
Maybe life has just begun"
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09

Stopping at his accustomed
point on the sales floor, George
Wilkins performed a practice
piroquette, scanning the comp
lementing three planes on the
clothier's mirror in a quick re-
connaisance of his appearance.
Tie neat; trousers breaking the
knife edge Of their creases in the
! approved spot just over the ankle;
coat set properly about the neck
and shoulders-the sole minor
adjustment necessary, he noted
automatically, was a light tug
at the snowy points Of linen
handkerchief outcropping above
his breast pocket. .... -...
His pre-openine appraisal COM
rleted. GEORGE Wilkins SURVEYED
the domain that had been his for
almost forty yesrs-the hat and
cloves depsrtment of Gumfelter's
Mems Furnishings.
"They'n be clomping in here
! in a minute" he told himself
fastldiously. thinking of the two
ehullient Young men. who helred
him in hats and Gloves" THEY'LL
be clompine in here in that split
second inst before the minute
hand on the bic street corner clock
SPRINGS smackdab On the hour
it's stalking"
It was a chronic peeve of the
densrtment head that his young
assistants tnrobled into the store
every morning just in the nick
of time. each looking vaguely
rumnled from the shower. Indeed,
he s,,snected that he mieht even
be able to detect flecks. of shaving
soan hack of their ears. if he were
rerrnitted tn make so close check
of their hurried toilets.
"Cood grooming )" he snlio-
r''i7e1 grirn1y, "is thing of the
past"
Rrt he relinnuished the griev-
ance in favor Of another of equally
long standing that It late had
heen growine roiohtilv. For at
christmas time the usual staidly
male atmoenhere Of the hats and !
cloves section WAS DESTROYED as |
noisemaking brats-l
were towed or herded aroono the
rreciee counters while their
roothars shopped for Something
for dad"
Pit before the old bacheIor
could rive the tonic a properly !
review. an office
o'rl arreared with the rneseooe
that Mr.. G,lrfnlter would 1;ke
to see him in the private office.
Ha crent bic hriaf FINE in tho
elevator rhrasino the few words
# anrreciation he would sneak
when Mr.. C,lnfe1ter. cornr,er+in-
m his FORTY wears of faithfll
would annonrcn +,,a bonus
ne was to receive at Christmas.
With t!,e henov words ful1 l.
formed in his mind. he was more
han ever defenceless a few
'c,o-senfs letter when Mr.. Cum i.
'a'ter strrc,, the blow below the
Wiltirs belt that almost broke
he Wilkins spirit.
Riddled with horror. he listened
. tho romrc'Ie voice of tho stcra !
founder. "This wear, wilkins"
,uffed Mr.. Gunfelter. 1--WE have
chosen you for the honor of rep
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1948-12-09

The annual Membership March
OF the Camp Fire organization !,
now being conducted here and w;l,
continue thru Nov. 80. II has !
well-organized program based ~
seven crafts: home, creative arts
business sports and games. ont
doors, frontiers, and citizensbin
group eladers say.
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Member Washington Newspaper Publishers Association
50 in Benton County 81 outside
matter April 2 1914 at PO Kennewck, Wash Of
March g. 1879 The Courier
Reporter established Ian "a 1906 consolidated
> Rolfe Tuve. Publisher
Evening star., 1948-04-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. Ali
",

there. I mean starving. Not only
starving, but freezing. No food, no
heat, no decent clothes. If we don't
help them, If we don't see that they
have the bare necessities of life,
then you can expect them to join
any party which will make a few
promises. And the Communist
Party Is making the promises.
Recalls Haggis Explosion.
Everywhere I went, ran into a
tremendous current of communism
giving the people nothing, true,
but a hungry, cold man will grasp
at anything. The average Amer
lean visitor doesn't see all these
things, because he is there only a
month or so. But stay year and
one gets pretty true picture of
conditions"
I asked Babe if he didn't have
any fun on the other side.
"Oh, yes, it wasn't all bitterness
and despair. 1t was fun breaking
records for attendance at the thea
ters 7 played. That's the ham in
me, Of course And there was the
day the haggis exploded in Scot
land"
knowing haggis, and its dement's.
I asked enlightenment on that one.
1t seems that Babe was playing
in Scotland and the lord mayor.
Evening star., 1948-04-30
This Changing World
US. Policy Makers Seen Concerned.
With Western Europe's Defenses
n Concerned,

al potential fronts. That is a bad
omen. 1t may mean only war
of nerves, but 1t may also mean a
shooting war.
Under these conditions, the West
ern European governments are max
ing every possible preparation to
meet a Communist onslaught. But
they inform us in secret that the
large number of men at their dis
posal could make no real showing
against the formidable and we'll
equipped Soviet armies. Bayonets
and light equipment supported by a
few tanks and planes are Of little
avail these days.
Five Western European nations
signed a formal defensive alliance
at Brussels last month. Thus they
indicated to the United States their
readiness to fight, if necessary, for
the preservation of western civili-
zation. But. they also inform us that
they cannot risk another useless
massacre unless they have assur-
ances from us that we will join in
this final night with everything
available.
The five nations, to which Italy
and Spain are expected to be added
this year, say that effective re-
sistance to the Russians must be
predicated on two factors: Cd I'm
mediate assistance in the form of
heavy war materials, particularly
tanks and planes, from the United
States, to permit them to organize
at least 80 more up-to-date divi-
sions; and CD a formal promise
from America (regardless of the
manner in which it is made) that
it will not delay more than abso-
lutely necessary in putting its mill
tary forces into motion.
Our Forces Negligible.
/ The Western European general
stats are fully aware that our mill
tary forces are negligible. But they
maintain that we could muster i'm.
mediately aviation and warships-
including aircraft carriers-in sup
port of France, Britain and other
Western European countries.
European general stats believe
they can fight longer delaying ac-
ton than some of our top-ranking
strategists give them credit for. They
insist that heavy sacrifices will be
necessary but will be of no avail
unless we start rushing heavy mill
tary equipment across the Atlantic
now and make up our minds that
there can be no long delay IN getting
our own forces into action.