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Evening star., 1948-01-17
BY THE HASKIN SERVICE.

Q. Are there any spurious scriptures7-
A. N. w.
A. The Pseudepigrapha is the name given to
false or spurious writings purported to be pro-
duced by Biblical characters or in Biblical
times but never accepted as canonical in any
branch of the Christian Church. Apparently
the books are of Jewish and Christian origin
and date from the centuries just before and
after the beginning Of the Christian era.
O. How many novels did the late Zane Grey
write?-F. M. E.
A. He wrote fifty-four in ALL Twentieth
Century Authors says that twenty-five Zane
Grey novels in twenty years sold seventeen
million copies, reaching at least three times
as many readers.
@. How long does it take spider to spin Q
web?-D. D.
A. It requires not more than half an hour.
Finer than the finest hair and comparatively
stronger than steel, the strands of the web
are capable of enmeshing insects much larger
than the spider.
in this country? What is the name OF the
largest?-H w.
A. There are ten Presbyterian bodies in the
United States. The Presbyterian Church in
the United States of America Is the largest
body.
@. Why are flowers that grow at high alti-
tudes brighter in color than those found lower
downs S.
A. The brilliant colors of such flowers have
been attributed to the ultraviolet light in the
clear sky at high elevations.
c. What countries have the greatest fisher.
ies?-P. E. r.
A. Before World War II Japanese catches
amounted to about Is billion pounds year, or
one-tl1ird of all the fish taken in the world.
The United States was second, with about four
billion pounds year.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Tax Reduction Differences

TO the Edltof OF Ine Staf =
The difference between the Democratic and
Republican tax reduction proposals is: The
Republican plan would exempt about 100000
persons who now are paying about $40 year
taxes and also give other taxpayers graduated
rebates from about $50 up to 100000 without
any excess profits taxes to prevent manufac-
turers from raising prices and taking all OF the
tax reduction benefits away from those who re-
ceived reductions, while President Truman's
plan would exempt about 10 600 900 persons who
Evening star., 1948-01-17
A Lost Sense of Wonder
It Can Be Regained by Return to Real Religion
In the Belief of Distinguished Clergyman
By the Req. Dr.. Joseph r. Sisoo

The writer, a famous Clergyman OF Dutch
birth, Is president OF the Neto Bruns,rick
IN. ~ Theological Seminary, and ,Dell
kno,Dn In Washington for his previous pas
torate OF the Ne,D York Auenue Presbyterian
Church (1924-1936).
AS have been travelling up and down this
country for the last 10 months, meeting all
manner of groups under all manner of con-
ditions, both In the secular world and in the
Evening star., 1948-01-17

religious world,
there have come
to me two deep
impressions. The
first must be
rather obvious to
any one who un-
derstands t h e
world Of which
he is a part.
Surely one Of the
On1lnOuS ana OD-
vious character
istics is the sense
Of dist llusion-
ment. We are
suffering from
one thing above
all other things:
1t is the lost
sense of wonder.
Evening star., 1948-01-17

now are paying about $40 year in taxes and
rebate the rest of the taxpayers and their de-
pendents each $40 year, and it would place
an excess profits tax on manufacturers that
would put check on price raising and help
to stop initiation. DEMOCRAT.
Evening star., 1948-01-17

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
writer, although 1t Is permissible for a
Uriter kno11n to The Star to use a
non, de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Questions and Answers

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Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-01-16

Siuose savo atsiminimuose
keleta kartu paminejau kad
partizanai vazinejo masinomis
ir autobusais. IS kur jie gavo
Gal kan kiltu klausimas.
Zinau kad bimbininkai tuoj
atsakys jog gavo is Lietuvos
burzuju arba Vokieciu naciu.
Bet tai nei viena nei kita ne
bus tiesa. Burzujai, arba tik
tariami burzujai masinu jau
nebeturejo, mes bolsevikai jau
buvo is ju ateme, taip sakant,
nusavine. Vokieciai ne tik ne
butu dave, bet dar atiminejo
is Lietuviu, kur tik pavyko ras-
tt ar kelyje pagauti. Kol parti-
zanai dar buvo ginkluoti, nesi-
ryzo is partizanu atimti.
Bolseviku laikais m s n o
buvo likusios tik soferiu ranko-
Sc, dazniausiai kokiose nors
istaigose tarnaujanciu. Taigi,
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veje prie kiemo vartu, o parti-
zanai soko j virtuves sandelius
maisto nesti j masina. Vokie-
ciai tai pamate puole neleisti.
Pro vienas duris iseina issi-
zerges partizanas, sunkiai ant
kupros tempdamas dideli mil
tu ar kruopu maisa. Pamato j
Vokieciai, uzpuola, grazina at
gal sandeli ir uz kupros stu
mia. Tuo tarpu pro kitas duris
islenda SUI dideliu miltu maisu
kitas partizanas. Vokieciai ir
j pamato. Meta pirmaji parti-
zana ir bega prie antrojo gra-
zinti atgal j sandeli. Tuo tarpu
pirmasis partizanas, pamates
kad salia jo nebera Vokieciu,
vel grizta SUI maisu i masina.
Taip visa laika Vokieciai lax
ste nuo vieno prie kito, bet du
zuikiu is karto vaikydamiesi,
kaip ia Lietuviska patarle sa-
ko, nei vieno nepagavo. Belak-
stydami, begaudydami parti-
Janus, nemaza prisikeike, pri-
sinervino ir privargo. Partiza-
mai dauguma maisto issinese,
susikrove masina ir nuvazia-
vo.
Partizanai apsistojo nedide-
lame name Duonelaicio gatve-
je. Bet ir ten Vokieciai juos at
sivijo. Ateme is partizanQ radio
aparata ir daug kitokio tur-
to. Ju tarpe buvo ir girtu kurle
ypac brutaliai kibo prie parti-
zanu. Maistas buvo kituose ma
muose pasleptas, todel Jo nesu-
RADIO.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-01-16

kai prasidejo karas, venus So
ferius su masinomis pasigavo
auksti bolseviku pareigunai ir
issivare j Russia, kit gudres-
nieji, savo masinas paslepe,
kai kurias masinos dalis iseme
ir patys pasislepe. Tx kai pra-
sidejo partizanu veiksmai, So
feriai masinas susitaise ir su
jomis atvaziavo partizanu bu-
rius, istojo j juos ir veziojo
partizanus, kur buvo saukia-
mast ju pagalbos.. Tuo budu ir
soferiai buvo tikri partizanai,
pergyvene pavojus ir savo ma
sinomis prisideje prie Tevynes
gynimo. St. Gumbutis.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-01-16
EINAMA PRIZE PILNO SUSI-
TARIMO SU TARYBA

Sausio II d., Pittsburgh, Pa, posedziavo bendra
tautininku r Americas Lietuviu Tarybos komsja tau
tninku sroves istojimo Taryba reikau.
Yra ruosiami pasiulyma, kurie bus paduoti kick
vienai srove patvirtnti Shame komsjos posedyje bu
vo padaryta nemaza pazangos.
Tikimasi kad nelga trukus bus susitarta r liku-
sias kausimas ecianciais A. L. T. istatu prtaikymus
" Abrats, A. A. Oils P. ]. Ziuris.
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Americas Let. Tautininkai Baigia Tartis SUI ALT
1941 netq Birzelio 24-27 dienOs Kaune Darbininkai
ir Jaunimas Kovojo prizes okupantus bolsevikus

oAO pOfa Qlenu kal LletuViai
partlzanai kaunasi prizes rau.
donuosius Rusus. Iseinu j mie-
sta pasidairyti ir emu gelezin-
kello stoties link. Prize Darbo
Kumu sutinku Lietuviq darbi-
nlnku partizanu bureli. Ju va
das, per peti persirises placia
trlspalve Lietuviska juosta, kaz
ka balsiai jiems isakineja.
Nuo Rumu virsaus zemyn
metomi bolseviku vadu paveik-
slai, cia pat gatveje dedami ant
lauzo ir deginami.
Partizanq vadas, pamates
name, pribega, nutveria uz
rankos ir vedasi rumu vidu,
vadinas, j savo staba.
= W ka name arestuojate :?
Juk as nebuvau bolsevikas! -
Jau norejau surikti, bet nespe-
jau. Jis pirmas name perkir-
to:
= Ma, Gumbuti, negrazu be
darbo valkiotis. 1919 metals
mokejai uz Lietuvos laisve ko-
voti prizes bolsevikus. Ir dabar
prasome NUNS j talka. Musu
darbininku buriui reikia dau-
giau inteligentu.
Ma, sitokiam darbui priesin-
tbs negalima. Ineinu j staba
ir tuoj pat gaunu pareigas. vi
duje pilna ginkluotu vyru =
daugiausia darbininkiSki vel
dai, saules nudeginti, rankos
nuo darbo kietos ir juodos. vi
sokio amziaus: nuo II metu
jaunoliu Xxi 60 metu seniu. Jie
visi savarankiskai ateje j par
tizanQ eiles, tik, deja, as vie
mas toks kurl reikejo uz pa
rankes paimti ir pakviesti.
Kaip tai nejaukiai pasiju-
tau prizes naujus kovos drau-
gus.
Prize naujQ kovos draugq, ra-
dau ir gerai pazistamQ Lietu-
vos nepriklausomybes kovotoju
is 1919-192O metu.
Prieina prie names pasisvei-
KNIT senas Lietuvos kariuome-
nes savanolis virsila:
Ir vel susitinkame kovoje
del Lietuvos, = istiesia jisai
man savo kieta, staliaus anna
tn uzgrudinta, ranka. 10 vel
das spindi tue pat jaunatves
dziaugsmu ir energija kaip ir
1919 metals. Greit prie names
pritraukia kokiu II metq am
ziaus jaunuoli, Xxi siol salia
stovejusi.
Bukit pazystami. Tai
mano sunus. Natal, musu Ell
les auga. Tevams talka Te-
vyne ginti ateina ir jq vaikai.
Ir as savo sum- atsivedziau j
partizanu eiles, didziuojasi
tevas.
Partizanu stabe, lyg biciu
avilyje, uzia, snekasi. Vieni
ateina, kiti iseina. Telefonas
nuolat skamba is miesto ir uz-
miescio. Daznai is kaimq sau-
kiasi partizanu pagalbos, nes
palaidos Rusu kareiviu ir vie
tos komunistu gaujos plesia ir
Judo ukininkus.
Nedideli ginkluotu partizanu
bureliai sedasi j masina ir sku-
ba zmoniu gelbeti. Grizta is
vienos vietos ir dar nespeje
gerai pailseti, kvieciami j kita
vieta, mes daug kur po kaimus
siaucia ginkluotos bolsevikq
gaujos.
Isbunu stabe prie telefono vi
50 diena nevalges ir nerukes,
mes nera laiko iseiti. Tx vi
durnakti apie IL valanda palei-
dzia porai valandu namo paval-
gyti. Gatvese tuscia ir retail
kur sutiksi zmogu, bet If tas
ginkluotas. Tamsoje sunku pa
zinti ar jis musiskis partiza-
mas, 0 gal bolsevikas. Negink-
luotieji gatvese nesirodo. Sc
namiestyje bel kitur pasigirs-
- ,A;c%n1sots1 xo,1fIav,1 0t.ho nat
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namq ruslq pasislepe komunis-
tai apsaudo praeinancius par
tizanus. Tie vel suviais atsa-
ko.
| Mamie seimininke nudziun-
ga name pamacius. Buvo susi-
rupinus del mano likimo. Is
ejau tik pasidairyti po miesta
ir dingau be zinios.
NETRUKUS vel gryzau j
staba. Partizanai atvezdavo tai
po viena, tai po du ar daugiau
arestuotq, pagautq itartinose
vietose nakti beslankio a n t !.
Daugiausia buvo ne-Lietuviu
zydQ tautybes, kuri labiausia
simpatizavo bolsevikams. Pas
kai kuriuos buvo rasta nemaza
auksiniu daiktu ir siaip bran
genybiu. Visa tai reikalavo
surasyti j akta ir palikti apsau-
gai stabe, kad ir menkiausias
daiktelis nezutq, suimtuosius
laikinai uzdaryti, kol paaiskes
kas jie istikruju yra.
Su suimtaisiais partizanai ell
gesi nors ir grieztai, bet EMO
niskai, neziauriai. Nestumde ir
nekoliojo. Ka gall zinoti, gal
zmones visai nekalti, tik atsi-
tiktinai pateke j itartina vieta.
Ryta atbega pas name viena
motina ir verkdama praso pa
tikrinti ar musu partizanu bu-
ryje nera jos sunaus, 16 metu
amziaus moksleivio. il skun-
desi kad prizes pora dienu jis
isejo is nanny ir negrizta. Sa-
ko kad jis nors ugiu ir didokas,
bet silpnos sveikatos.
:. Tarp buryje buvusiu 1000
partizanQ sunku p a tt k r i nti,
ypac kad saraSu niekas nerase
ir partizanu gyvenime tai ne
imanoma. O partizanai Veto
je nesedejo, jie lakste kur bu-
vo reikalinga ju pagalba.
Apie pietus jos sunus parejo
namo visas pervarges, peralkes
ir vos bepavelkas sautuva. Pa
valge pietus, pora valandu nu-
migo ir vel nuejo pas partiza-
nus. Pasirodo, jis buvo musu
buryje.
Po pietu jo motina vel atbe-
ga pas name j staba ir verkda-
ma praso kad perkalbeciau jos
sunu grizti namo. Girdi, mo-
tina nieko negali padaryti. Su-
nus verkdamas atsikerta kad
Nepriklausomybes laikais ir
mokyklose, ir organizacijose, If
laikrasciuose, ir knygose, 'ir
per visokias iskilmes mus mo-
ke tevyne myleti ir ia ginti, 0
dabar, kai atejo laikas ja GIN
ii tai tevai nenori leisti.
Ka gi, ir as atsisakiau mott
mai padeti, mes savo patarimals
tik buciau izeides jauna kovo-
toja, pasisventeli del Lietuvos
laisves.
Vokieciai inejo j partizanu is
vaduota Kauna, bet bolseviku
pavojus Wis dar galutinai nebu-
vo praejes. Vokieciai praslinko
toliau, paciame mieste neper-
daugiausia ju tesirode. Atklrs-
tos stambios bolseviku jegos
Wis dar nepertoli slankiojo. Sc
kancia nakti paplito gandai kad
keli simtai Rusu tanku atslen-
ka j Kauna partizanams ir Lie
tuviams atkersyti. Naktis bu-
vo labai nerami.
Musu partizanq stabe bevelk
tuscia, tik pora musq .stablnlq
ir nedidele. stabo apsauga, sto-
vinti prie duru. Xiii partlzanal
isvyke j miesta ir uzmiestl gau-
dyti slankiojanciu If pleslkau-
janciu Rusu kareiviu ir komu-
|nistu.
STOVIME vienu du su kitu
partizanu paliai langa, ziurime
i nakties tamsoje tuscias gat-
yes ir tyliai snekames. Nejau-
ku! Retkarciais nuo gelezinke-
1iu stotins muses. pralekia Vo-
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PASAULIO ryziu eksportas
paeina dahgiausia is Burmos,
Siamo, ir Prancuzu Indo-Kini-
Jos. Azijoje.
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Kasselyje (Vokietijoje) ivyl
atstovas, kad isrinkus nauia
SINUS daiktus ir kitas brange-
nybes ir padeda prizes JUGS, nu-
dziugo. Pagal anksciau surasy-
ta akta perskaitydavo jiems,
kas buvo is ju paimta aresto
metu ir paklausiama, ar visi
daiktai grazinami. Ding i u
daiktu nebuvo. Xiii nelaukdavo
kol akta perskaitys, ir pamate
tik brangiausius daiktus, sauk-
davo kad viskas tvarkoje. Ne
beziurejo j smulkmenas ir ak
tie pasirasydavo kad gave. Mes
skubejome paleisti, o jie iseiti,
nes aplink langus jau maisesi
Vokieciai, kurie kiekviena mi
mute galejo pastebeti kad mes
paleidziame zydus. zinoma, tue
paciu galejo prisikabinti prie
musu ir vel Zydus submit.
Viena zyde, dekodama uz
paleidima ir atgautas orange
nybes, man prasitare:
JUS esate teisingi ir dori
zmones!
0 kaip tamsta manete,-
nusijuokiau.- Juk buvote pa
teke tik partizanQ rankas, bet
ne j plesiku. Plesikai kelyje bu-
tq JUS apiplese ir nuzude. Cia
nebutu atvede.
Paskui parodziau jos ran
kose laikomus du aukso laikro-
delius ir iris aukso ziedus SUI
brangakmeniu akutemis ku-
riuos ka tik jai grazinome.
O tie daikteliai butu vi
liojanti plesikams, bet partiza-
nu jie nevilioja,- priduriau
Observation-Disclosures. -Juk cia jie
isbuvo per nakti stalciuje ne
rakinti, daug kas JUGS mate,
bet niekas jq nepaliete.
zyde paziurejo, j dar tebe-
santi atdara stale stalciu, ku-
riame dar tebebuvo kitu neat
siimti daiktai, kazka norejo pa
sakyti bet susilaike.
Kokiu budu tamsta buvai
pagauta nakti gatveje SUI tick
auksiniu daiktq? Juk naktimis
civilians draudziama vaikscio-
ii gatvese,- paklausiau jos.
- Mamie buvau likusi viena
SUI vyru. Aplink saude ir vie
MEMS namuose likti buvo bau-
gu. Todel pasieme brangeny-
bes ir BECOME pas kaimynus
nakvoti. Kai tik isbegome
gatve, tuoj ir patekome parti-
zanams.
- Gerai kad musu partiza-
mans, o ne Vokieciams, = pa
stebejau.
- Tur but, Dievas dar sau-
gojo, = atsiduso zyde. = Te-
gul Dievas jums padeda! -
Siais zodziais atsisveikinusi ise-
jo.
BIRzELIO 27, Vokieciai nu-
ginklavo musq partizanu burl
ir uzeme musu stabo rumus.
Daugelis partizanQ pabego ma
mo su ginklais. Rudieji naciai
uzpludo mama ir kaip pasiute
pradejo lakstyti po kambarius
ir raginti mus greiciau issines-
dinti lauk. Skubejome is kam-
bariu nesti savo daiktus j gat-
We, bet visu nesuspejome isnes-
ii. Grize atgal jau radome du-
ris uzrakinetas. Tarp kitQ liku-
siu daiktq, naciai uzrakino ma
no kepure, Kittens palta arba
ka kita. Kieme buvo partizanu
valgykla ir dar daug lkuslo
maisto, partizanams suaukoto
is ivairiu imoniu. Vokieciai If
maista uzgrobe, neleido parti-
zanams pasiimti.
Taciau partizanai pasiryzo
maista atsiimti. Atvaziavo par
tizanu autobusas, sustoJo gat-'
VAC ~lo%svno nirxyo faS
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KeIetas Paru Partizanu Stabe

PooAu0l1 VI pO IIllOSIq IcSdlliIlc
mes reikia budeti stabe prie te-
lefono. Lyg tycia, tomis siur-
piomis yalandomis niekas nei
telefonu neskambina, nei Sta
ba neuzeina. Net negrizta jocks
partizanu burelis. Nera ko pa
klausti, kas dedasi mieste ar
uzmiestyje.
Tx prizes ryta ateina staba
vienas jau pagyvenes zmogus,
ka tik istrukes >-netoli Kauno
kaimuose is komunistu nagu.
Kas atsitiko SUI jo zmona, nezi-
mas. Pc komunistu suviu il SUI
dribusi ant zemes, jis max
ties tamsoje pasprukes. Bebeg-
damas j Kauna, mates Vokie-
ciu kovas SUI Rusu tankais. Ru-
sal buvo atmusti. Tai isgirde
lengvai atsidusome. Vadinas,
pavojus praejo.
Kita nakti jau stabe nebe-
buvome vienumoje. Nuolat
maisesi daugiau partizanu. Pc
vidurnakcio grizo is zygio di-
desnis ju burelis. Ju tarpe SUI
sitikau vel savo viena sena pa
zistama, SUI kuriuo 1919 metals
tarnavome vienoje kuopoje ir
drauge kariavome prizes boise
kus ir kitus Lietuvos priesus.
Jis buvo ipykes ant Vokieciu
ir pasipiktines jais. Man pra-
dejo pasakoti:
sia nakti gavome zinia
kad uz Kauno priemiescio Will
jampoles esanciuose kaimuose
pasirode ginkluotos komunistu
gaujos ir plesia ukininkus. Ke-
turiasdesimt musu partizanu
sunkiaja masina isvykome kali
mieciq gelbeti. Prize Vilijampo-
les tito (per Nerio upe, jun
giant Kauno miesta su Will
jampoles priemiesciu) mus su-
lake Vokieciai. Jie, ant upes
kranto susistate zydQ burl,
JUGS saude. Xiii zydai puole i
upe ir bande plaukti. Kai ku-
riems pavyko perplaukti ir pa
begti nuo mirties.
Vienas, musiskiu partizanu
mokas. Vokiskai, grieztai pa
klause Vokieciu, ko jie nori is
musu kad sulaikineja kelyje.
Vokieciai pareikalavo k a d
jiems padetu susaudyti zydus.
Girdi, zydu daug, o musu, Vo-
kieciu, maza, tad nakties tam
sole daug ju pabegs. Tai isglr-
de partizanai uzsiuto. Mokas
Vokiskai visu vardu atsove Vo-
kieciams kad Lietuviu partlza-
nu uzdavinys ginti savo EMO
mes nuo ginkluotu uzpuoliku,
bet ne beginklius saudyti. Pa
prase netrukdyti, mes skubame
uzpultus kaimiecius gelbeti, If
keikdami Vokiecius nuvaziavo-
me savo keliu palike juos vie
nus, zudancius beginklius Emo
mes.
Grize partizanai istikrqju
buvo isiute ant Vokieciu, kad
ir JUGS norejo itraukti i "a ne
svaru darba. ziuredamas i "
pasipiktinusius veidus nei kick
nesistebejau. Juk ju dauguma
tai buve Lietuvos kariuomenes
kariai isaukleti dvasioje kad
karys kovoja tik prizes ginkluota
priesa. Jie, nors ir civiliais dra-
buziais, bet jautesi kariais, mes
kovojo tik del savo Tevynes
laisves.
PASTEBEJUS kad Vokieciai
pradejo saudyti zydus, musu
stabe kilo susirupinimas. Juk
ir pas mus sedejo keliolika are
stuotu zydq, pagautu naktim
itartinose vietose. Vokieciai
gall ir prize ju kibti ir is musq
atimti. o juk daugumas jq Ca-
Ii butt nekalti. Nutarta paleis-
ii tuos, kuriq katie nelrodyta
kad .jie butu saude j partiza-
nus arba j kitus Lietuvius.
Atvesti' j staba zydai is kar-
to buvO neramus. tik kai pama-
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-01-16

KAS platina Dirva tas
platina apsvieta.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1948-01-16

STOVIME vienu du su kitu
partizanu paliai langa, ziurime
j nakties tamsoje tuscias gat-
yes ir tyliai snekames. Nejau-
ku! Retkarciais nuo gelezinke-
liu stoties puses pralekia Vo-
kieciu motociklistas ir vel sle-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10

McNair claimed:
IT hold no brief for the bank
ers."
Was that statement the whole
truth. or was McNair trying to
conceal his true interests?
These are the facts: McNair.
who says he holds mo brief for
the bankers" is banker him
self! In fact. he's a director of
the Harris Trust & Savings Co.
which owns a quarter of a mil
lion dollars in CTA bonds!
AND = as if that weren't
enough-McNair has been COVER
nor of the Investment Bankers
Assn. of America, which is DOM
mated by the investment bank
ers who handled CTA's $105 mil
lion bond issue. But of course
McNair holds 'sno brief for the
bankers"
Another Transit Board mem
Der, James R. Quinn, for many
years an alderman from the 50th
ward, also defended the bankers
at that CTA public hearing ON
higher fares. He had a good
reason, too.
Like McNair, he's banker.
director of the Bank of Rogers
Park Does his bank hold eta
bonds? The answer to that qGes-
ton is shr )uded in the secrecy
which C1A las cast ove- the
whole question of bond. owner
ship.
THE FOUR remaining members
of the Transit Board are-on tie
surface-clear of any personal
interest in those CTA bonds.
No one knows whether Philip
w. Collins, wealthy insurance
broker, or Philip Harrington, ex-
city engineer and now eta
chairman, have any reason to
care about the bondholders. A
fuller investigation might UNI
cover some interesting angles,
however.
But there is reason to suppose
that Guy A. Richardson and Will
liam w. McKenna do have an
economic interest in what hap
pens to the bonds-if not through
direct investments, then through
their personal ties with the Wall
Street and LaSalle Street finan-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
How bankers rule
the transit board

cial interests who own huge
blocks of eta bonds.
y
LET'S take a look at McKen-
ma for a moment. When Boss
Ed Kelly was mayor, McKenna
was chief dispenser of patronage
jobs at the City Hall Kelly ap-
pointed four of the seven CTA
board members.).
McKenna also has been iden-
titled with two companies-the
New York Central Railroad and
the Public Service Co. of North
ern Illinois-which monopoly in
vestigations have shown to be
under the control of the Morgan
interests. :. -.
The same is true of Richard
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10

son, who has been in the past
a director of the Philadelphia
Rapid Transit Co., which is very
tightly controlled by Morgan.
is 1T therefore coincidence
that many Morgan-dominated
companies own large amounts
of CTA bonds? Or do these
companies feel that the presence
of McKenna and Richardson Gas
well as Porter of Morgan's First
Natl. Banh assures safe control
of eta? :
Only the handful of men who
determine Morgan policy in the
big building on lower Manhat-
tan can tell-and they aren't
talking.
But the facts talk, and here is
what they say:
Among the companies, linked
financially with sthe vast Morgan
economic empire, which have
invested heavily in CTA bonds
are the following: the First Natl.
Bank of Chicago, the City Natl.
Bank & Trust Co. controlled by
Charles G.. Dawes, a Morgan
lieutenant, Commonwealth Edi-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-07-10
BY BILL CARR

A S FAR as the Chicago
N Transit Authority is con-
cerned, the bondholders come
first" CTA spokesman has told
The Star.
And Mayor Kennedy gave sub
stance to that frank statement
when ne recently told the Prog
ressive Party that the people,
who are forced to pay high fares
to ride the street cars and ele-
waited, don't own CTA-the bond
holders do.
Who are these bondholders
who are getting the highest in
terest in the entire country on
their bonds? Ard why is the sew
en-man Transit Board so anxious
to project their interests. while
neglecting the peoples welfare?
A PRELIMINARY survey by
The Star indicates possible an
sweIs to those important ques-
tons.
CTA bonds bear the highest
rate of interest in the whole US.
and their income is entirely
tax-free. That means really
soft touch for the bondholders.
But the First Natl. Bank of
Chicago-contro1ling bank of the
Morgan interests In the Midwest
has the best deal of all.
FIRST Natl. owns $215 million
of those profitable CTA bonds.
1t is also trustee OF all CTA
funds, which doesn't hurt First
Maths profits one bit.
And on top of all that. IFS vice
president. Irwin L. Porter is treas
urer of CTA and member of the
Transit Board.
Whose interests do you think
Porter considers first-the bond
holders Including First Natl) or
the straphanger public?
PORTER is not an exceptional
case on the Transit Board, which
does not include any members
representing labor or the public.
Take Frank McNair, another
Transit Board member, for. ex-
ample. When Chicagoans recent
ly protested against the 2-cent
fare increase at public hearings,
-