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Evening star., 1948-12-20
Appeal for German Children

To the Editor Of The STAR
May be permitted, through your columns
to call attention to a situation which should
challenge the interest of all Of us at this
Christmas season. General Clay has issued
from Berlin q plea for CARE packages for
distribution to German children through our
GIs.
In Germany last summer had the oppor-
tunity to see the misery of these children and
their dire needs They lacked food and clothes
and shoes. They lived in unheated cellars sur
rounded by rubble and devastation. The
bombing Of German cities had to be done.
The German nation had to be taught the
futility and the tragic consequences of the
attempt at world conquest. They have reaped
only what they had sown. But the children
were not responsible for this policy. They
will be the leaders Of tomorrow, perhaps our
first line Of defense
The American Army of Occupation under
General Clay has done and is doing superb
work for the children Of Germany Some
$50 Youth Centers have been set up in such
buildings as were available. There the
youngsters are encouraged to come together
TOR classes in handcrafts, for games, for read
ing. for discussions and for other group ac-
tivities. When possible cup Of soup or cocoa
Is prOVlQeQ. linus Cle CQuQreQ are learning
something Of the generosity OF = democratic
country.
There Is no ALLEGATION Of funds for this
Assistance and Reorientation Program The
expense Is borne by the officers and men Of
our Army with such assistance as they can
enlist. The Centers are called GYA Centers.
1t is estimated they reach 3500,0O children.
The plea Of Gen. Clay is for CARE packages
for Christmas distribution. Each Of these
packages costs $40. "A stockpile Of them
already is in Germany. As fast as the money
is received here the packages Immediately are
released by wire to the soldiers In charge Of
a GYA Center, to be given to the children on
Christmas Day. Donations to this fund are
deductible for tax purposes. Checks should
be made to CARE, Inc, earmarked for the
General Clay Fund for German Children and
sent to Washington, d. C.
There could be no more worthy Christmas
gift, none that will bring to the donor greater
pleasure and satisfaction, none more useful.
The response to Gen. Glay's plea should run
into the hundreds Of thousands.
JOUEIT sHOUsE
Evening star., 1948-12-20

ITO Win Friends" writes Dale Carnegie,
"let the other fellow do the talking" If
he too has read Carnegie, it should make
for an ENJOYABLE Silence.
Evening star., 1948-12-20
IL uniustidM

abandon self-reliance and to seek unjustined
public care.
Government might promote the program
directly by subsidies to hospitals for construc-
ton and administration, by extensive subsidies
to medical research ,sand by public financing
Of various preventive medicine projects, such
as X-ray exams. QUNTIN M. SANGER.
Evening star., 1948-12-20
Questions and Answers

A reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 316 Eye street Me- Washington @ D. c.
Please inclose cents for return postage.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-05-14

The juice of lemon in a glass Of
water, when taken first thing on aris-
ing, is all that most people need to
insure prompt, normal elimination.
No more harsh Ioxafives that irritate
the digestive tract and impair nutri-
ton! Lemon in water is good for you!
Generations ofAmerieons have taken
lemons for health-and generations
of doctors have recommended them.
They are rich in vitamin C; supply
valuable amounts of b and P They
alkallnize; aid digestion.
Not too sharp or sour. lemon in water
has refreshing tang clears the
mouth, wakes you up. It's not a
purgative - simply helps your sys-
TEN regulate itself. Try it 10 days.
USE CALIFORNIA sUNKisr LEMONS
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-05-14
Playing Child Termed
Human Caution Sign

A playing child should be Human
Caution sign to motorists, officials en-
phasize in connection with nationwide
plea for highway safety.
One of every three children who die
is killed in traffic accident, according
to the 1947 edition of Accident Facts,
a publication devoted to safety promo
ton. One-third of the accidental deaths
of children to Ia years of age are the
result of motor vehicle accidents.
Motorists are cautioned to observe
the following rules:
l. Always watch Out for Kids"
3 Keep clear of bicycles right or
wrong-as they are defenseless against
motor vehicle.
3. Be on the lookout for children
darling out between parked cars. Re-
duce speed and increase watchfulness
in school zones and residential areas.
4. Always remember that children
have not reached the age of discretion
and judgment-drivers must think for
them.
S. Children play in driveways and
around parked vehicles-always make
sure children are out of the way before
starting a parked vehicle.
6. Driver-it might be your child!
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Pittsburgh Council to Abandon
Stephen Foster Memorial Home

Once again Pittsburgh is embroiled
in a controversy over Stephen C. Fos-
ter, one of its most famous sons, as
the result of decision by the city
council to abandon the Stephen Foster
Memorial home.
Rather than spend $4,000 to rehabi-
litate the memorial home, the city is
giving up the 14-room mansion which
some biographers term the authentic
site" of Fosters birth. The once state
ly place has become dilapidated, with
plaster falling, porches collapsing and
romping school children peppering its
windows with stones.
Three direct descendants of the
noted composer may be left homeless
as result of the abandonment. The
three, a grandson, granddaughter and
great-granddaughter, have lived in
the building for more than 80 years.
The granddaughter, Mrs. Jessie Rose,
70, has been acting as caretaker for
the city.
In its decision not to repair the
building, the city council declared that
the rambling brick homestead has
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-05-14
IMP RON PTU
By FLORENCE BAUGH

A siren walled and the crowd fell
back to make room for another patrol
car which drew up alongside the green
sedan. There's Old Doc WARREN"
someone in the crowd said as an elder
ly man stepped out of the car.
worked my way toward the cars.
could hear Old Doc Warren talking.
Eyes, this is his car. He has been
working too hard, but what doctor
hasn't these days? So far as I know
he has no enemies, but don't believe
my son would commit suicide"
There was another stir of excite
ment. threaded my way back to the
rail to see if this time they had really
found him.
The boys in the boats were having
difficulty hauling in the lines, but when
the catch broke water we could see it
was just log.
AS they dropped it back the shrill
whistle of the interurban reminded me
that l was already late for work. l
reluctantly pulled myself away and
headed toward town.
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ceased to have any value as a me-
morial." The council therefore is deed
ing the property back to heirs of James
H. Park, wealthy steelmaster who
bought it in 1914 and gave it to the
city with the stipulation that it be
maintained as museum containing
a collection of Stephen Foster memen-
toes.
Park, an admirer of Fosters music,
made the purchase because he Thought
it shame" there was no memorial to
the great writer of "My Old Kentucky
Home" and other ageless American
songs.
Music-lovers of the city later raised
100000 to build an elaborate Gothic
memorial to Foster on University of
Pittsburgh campus. This memorial
contains the largest collection of Eos
ter's manuscripts and other belong
ings. 1t now is the mecca for thou
sands of visitors who formerly called
at the Stephen Foster Memorial home.
Another controversy over Foster
ragged in 1884 when Henry Ford bought
what was claimed to be Fosters real
birthplace" and moved it to his out
door museum in Dearborn, Mich. Will
liam McNair, Pittsburgh's mayor at
the time, claimed the millionaire car
manufacturer bought "the wrong
house." Mrs. Evelyn Foster Morne-
week of Detroit, a niece and biographer
of Foster, said the composer was born
in a white frame cottage which was
torn down and replaced in 1865 with
the brick mansion which became the
Stephen Foster Memorial home. Fos-
ter died in 1868.
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Down the road stopped at Phil's
PhilEr-Up. l like Phil and I could
save the city gasoline tax.
"Where's the boss?" 1 asked the
young attendant who dashed out to
wait on me, "up at the lake watching
them drag for the body?"
"Gosh, no." exclaimed the boy as he
fumbled with the hose. HAS he been
having a time! His wife had baby
this morning, a week before she was
expecting i'll"
Just then Phil came out of the living
quarters in the back with another
young man. Phil was beaming like the
traditional proud father as he pulled
his hat down firmly. The other man
didn't seem excited.
heard Phil say, "Hey, Doc, you for
got your hat" He turned to go back.
But the other man laughed. "You were
toe excited to notice that I didn't have
one when walked in here for gas.
The wind blew it off as 1 stepped out
of my car on the bridge"
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GREAT BRITAIN'S SUNSET

1.-THE sun never sets on the British
empire was the proud boast of the
Anglo-SaXon. Predominantly of Eng
lish ancestry, we Americans par
ticipated in that boast. We were
proud of old England, and her &C.
complishments. We recognized the
part she played in the advance Of
world civilization; her ability to rule,
despite her failure in our case when
German king sat on an English
throne. During the last century and
half she has turned the light into
many a dark corner of the world.
We applauded Winston Churchilrs
statement that it was not his purpose
to liquidate His British Majesty's
empire.
What Churchill refused to consider
in wartime Prime Minister Atlee has
accomplished in pescetime. To pro-
mote his own and his followers So
cialistic theories he has sacrificed
the worlds greatest civilizcr. If he
is allowed to continue on the road
he is travelling it soon will be the
lament of the Anglo-Saxon people
that the sun barely rises on the Brit
ish empire.
The influential Farm Journal pro-
poses that its millions of farmer
readers tell their representatives at
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and congress-
men-that what the farmers want in
the way of legislation is to be left
free to make their own decisions as
to operation of their farms. That is
good advice. The farmer wants no
more egimen,ation; no more direc-
tons as to what he shall or shall not
raise. He feels better able to plan
for himself than an army of Wash
ington bureavcrats.
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ers who provide the tools with which
labor works-insists that labor's
share is out of proportion to the
wee one cent of that sales dollar
that comes to the provider of tools.
Management - which provides the
ability and know-how to make the
labor and capital combination work
says if it gives up all of it's small
"take"-less than one cent out of
each dollar-it would not help much.
All three of these essential ele-
ments of industry look askance at
the tax fingers that reach in and
without so much as a "by your
leave" or thank you" drag out
some 30 cents of each sales dollar to
be divided among local, state and
federal tax-eating gourmands.
There is a fourth element in
vOlved in the dispute. That is
John @. Public, the consumer. He
provides the sales dollars which
cause the row, and wants to be
called upon for less number Of
such dollars. Whether John @.
Public is worker or an investor,
and there are many Of him in both
classifications, he wants to pay less
for what industry produces.
Labor looks at the 10 cents of each
sales dollar for which the above dis
tribution does not account. Labor
calls that 10 cents profit but it is
not A portion of it goes to keep the
tools in working condition or to re-
n1aca fbar,, ,bop tbo,,
Another portion goes into a reserve
fund with which to provide for labor,
capital and management during
rainy day. periods. The profit is
the one cent of each sales dollar
that goes to capital.
There are at least two ways by
which the demands of all four con-
testants for larger share of that
sales dollar might be satisfied.
One is to rap the knuckles of those
tax fingers so as to cause that greedy
gourmand to take less. That would
leave more for labor, capital and
management, or it could reduce the
price of commodities and services,
so that all, including John @. Public,
would get larger share of that
sales dollar.
A second method is greater pro-
duction of commodities on the part
of labor and management. There will
be more things for the sales dollar
to buy, produced by the same labor
and management and with the same
tools. Under such conditions, with
more sales dollars to divide, capital,
labor and management could, and
probably would, be fair enough to
pass on to John @. Public some part
of that division in the form of a re-
duced price for commodities. Cap
ital, labor and management, being
partners of John @. Public, would
garner their share of that lower price
advantage.
In fact a combination of these two
methods: Less money to the greedy
tax collector and greater production
would put us all back on easy street,
with nothing to fear from initiation.
That combination could be entirely
practical if everybody involved
would but work at the job of accom-
plishing the desired end.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-05-14

a BIG. competent-looking and very
tailored apron which can take
hard wear in the kitchen can be made
of striped, checked or lowered cotton
and trimmed with two rows of bright
bias binding. The init" pot-holders
can be made of the same or of a con-
trasting material. Plain blue denim
makes an interesting mitt if it is trim
med with lush red appliqued straw
berry as illustrated.
To obtain patterns for both apron and
potholder-mitts and applique for the Kitchen
Set Pattern No. 5ll8J send 20 cents in coin,
Your Name. Address and Pattern Number
Due to unusually large demand and
current conditions. slightly more time Is
required in filling orders for q few OF the
most popular patterns.
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F' to {ss h1l1Na HoSsE .
by Roger c. Whitman

QUESTION: Kindly advise me
what l can do TO smooth a concrete
basement floor? 1t is rough, scaly
and pitted.
ANSWER: For fine job. you
could have a terrazzo flooring con-
tractor grind the floor down smooth
with his terrazzo grinding machine.
If the floor were very thin and
cracking. 1 would suggest having it
broken up and a new floor poured
on top. II the floor is not leaking
or cracked. I believe you could
simply apply a floor leveling COM
pound, smoothing it on with
troWel.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1948-05-14

QUESTION: I have bought an old
house that has wooden cutters with
metal Innings. The Innings have
rusted through from lack of paint.
Could I paint over the metal with
some of the new-type waterproof
paint?
ANSWER: II the metal has rus
ted through. believe it would
serve no purpose to retain it. II
you can remove il without too much
trouble, you could paint the wood
cutters on the inside with liquid
asphalt paint, and the outside with
a good house paint. If there are
spaces at the joints, cover them with
roofing cement and roofing felt,
then paint over the felt with asphalt
paint.
QUESTION: We Just bought q
new house and all the woodwork is
painted white. I'd like very much
to varnish it without taking the
paint off. Could this be done?
ANSWER: Varnish cannot be ap-
piled over paint in the way that you
ask about. The paint must first be
removed either with paint remover
or else by scraping or sandpaper-
ing.
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of the sales dollar.
Labor - the 60 mil
lion workers of the
United States-wants
a larger share than
the approximately so
cents they are receiv-
ing. Capital - t h .
close to 60 million
stock and bondhold-
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NkWS sleep ali night!

Thousands now sleep undisturbed because Of
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hours or DOUBLE YOUR MONEY BACK.
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MOST of the difficulties that pro.
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Evening star., 1948-02-01

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mothers give II even to smoll chill
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Evening star., 1948-02-01
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Evening star., 1948-07-08
Scarlet Seed Plant
Burns in Baltimore
by the kssoejoted Press

BALTIMORE, July 8 "A fire which
started just before dawn burned
out the six-story building occupied
by seed and feed company on the
downtown waterfront this morning
Firemen fought three hours and
a half before flames at the William
G. Scarlet Co. were brought under
control.
Fire department officials esti-
mated the damage at s500,00o A
partner in the company said the loss
is covered by insurance.
Forty pieces OF fire equipment
including water towers, high pres
sure bumpers and two fireboats
answered the six alarms Equip
ment and hose across trolley lines
in the vicinity of Pratt and Presi-
dent streets, about seven blocks
east of the center of the business
section, caused one of the worst
commuter traffic tieups in years.
A watchman said he first saw the
flames shooting from bin of cara
way seed about 4:35 am. They
spread up and down elevator shafts
and throughout the building in a
few minutes. They climbed 100 feet
above the 50-year-old brick building
and sent up a cloud of brown smoke.
Firemen we're driven from the
structure a few minutes after they
arrived and had to be content to
play water on it from safe dis
lance lest they be trapped by fall
ing walls.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Autopsy Set as Man Dies
After Fall From Truck

A truck drivers helper who fell
from the moving vehicle II days ago
died at Freedmen's Hospital early
today but whether the fall caused
his death will be determined after
an autopsy has been performed by
the coroner's offices
The man, Robert Tyler, 20, coll
ored, 1919 N street NV, may have
been suffering from heat prostration
when he fell from the rear Of the
truck in the TOO block Of Park road
NV, hospital physicians said. When
he was brought to the hospital he
was in semiconscious condition but
had no apparent injuries from the
accident, they added.
The truck, owned by Union Stor-
age and Transfer Co., was driven by
Samuel r. Lewis, So, colored, Of 1899
irving street NV, police said.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Pistol Thief Gets
Heavy Sentence

Sentences totaling nearly a year
and fines that added up to SITS
were imposed by Judge George D.
Nelson yesterday upon a man con-
victed of stealing a loaded pistol
and carrying it while he was drunk
Lucian w. Bowen, 81, Of the 170O
block Of Massachusetts, avenue Sc.
was on the receiving end of the
following penalties: 180 days in jail
and a $500 fine or another 180 days
for carrying deadly weapon;
1870 days and a 5000 fine or another
lS0 days for petty larceny. and a
SIS fine or 80 days for intoxication.
He was arrested Tuesday while
leaning against a mailbox at Sew
enteenth street and Massachusetts,
avenue Sc. by John G. Wilson OF
No. 9 precinct, who saw pistol
outlined in the mans pocket. Later
the same day, the policeman re-
ceived word that roomer at
Bowen's address was missing a fully
loaded .38-caliber pistol from a
dresser drawer.
Description of the gun tailed with
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Paris Cabinet Stakes Life
On Armed Forces Budget
By the Associated Press

PARIS, July 8.-Premier Robert
Schuman's cabinet yesterday au-
thorized War Minister Pierre-Henri
Teitgen to stake its life on the
budget for the armed forces.
The news came after defeat for
the Government on an amendment
to reduce the appropriation by H.
600 900 francs about 100000.
Under the French parliamentary
system, the government does not
necessarily quit when it is defeated
on a vote. Only when the cabinet
specifically asks a vote of conf
dence does an adverse vote mean
resignation. Mr.. Teitgen now may
ask, such vote at any point in the
debate on funds for the armed
forces.
On the vote, which was 276 to 1873
for the amendment, the Socialists
broke party discipline to vote with
the anti-government Communists.
The MRP and Radical Socialists,
who form the rest of the govern
ment coalition, voted against the
amendment.
Evening star., 1948-07-08

Assistant United States Attorney
Robert Short whether she knew the
meaning Of truth, Janet had re-
piled: Little girls, who don't tell the
truth get beat"
The mother, testifying in brok-
en- accent. told the court she had
come to this country 10 years ago
from her native Czechoslovakia.
II got spankings myself, when ]
was little" she said. But that is
what people always do in Csecno-
slovakia to teach the children to
be good"
She explained she spanked" her
daughter with her open hand on
May 10, because Janet had refused
to stay in bed for nap in their
rooms in the 1900 block Of Seven
teenth street NV. that day. The
slender. dark-haired defendants
waitress in q hotel here-denied
Janet,s testimony that her mother
sometimes" beat her with q stick.
policewoman Jacobeth Novak said
that, when she saw the child two
days after the spanking" Janets
back still was "a solid black and
blue mass of bruises"
Mrs. Novak further testified she
started her investigation as the re-
suit Of neighbors' complaints OF
having seen bruises on the child.
Judge Nelson indicated after the
trial that at the end of the mothers
Today term he may call her before
him for possible further considera-
ton" Of the case. Court ofiicials
pointed out that the judge could
suspend the remainder Of the
sentence and place the defendant
on probation.
Evening star., 1948-07-08
McGrath Will Represent
Truman al Convention

President Truman will be repre-
sented at the Democratic National
Convention by Senator McGrath OF
Rhode Island, Democratic national
chairman, White House Press Sec
retary Charles G. Ross said today.
Mr.. Ross said the President will
have no representation from the
White House and he did not know
whether any of Mr.. Truman's i'm
mediate staff would attend.
Mr.. Ross also told reporters the
President himself has made no plans
vet to attend the convention.
While it has been thought likely
in political circles that Mr.. Truman
would 60 to the convention to make
an acceptance speech after his ex-
pected nomination, Mr.. Ross re-
called today that it was formerly
the custom for candidates to accept
nomination after the convention. He
said Mr.. Truman had given some
Evening star., 1948-07-08
Army Garrison Revolt
Crushed, Peru Declares
By the Associated Press

LIMA, Peru, July 8.-The govern
ment said last night it had crushed
the revolt Of an army garrison in
Southeast Peru, and announced to-
day it had ordered the leaders pun
ished under military law.
Last nights communique said the
rebellion of the Juliaca garrison, on
since Sunday, ended when garrison
personnel refused any longer to
recognize the authority of the revo-
lutionary command whose aims
were not clear.
Today's announcement said pun
ishment under military law had
been ordered against 1t. Col. AL
fonso Llosa and others who appar-
emily worked with him in incitlng
the outbreak.