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Evening star., 1948-09-15

disputes between the sixteen nations were
ironed out without too great difficulty.
The biggest headache arose over the slice
to be awarded the West German zones.
In this instance, the United States really
participated at both ends, because the
chief spokesman for Trizonia's needs was
none other than General Lucius D. Clay,
the American Military Governor And his
insistence that the western zones get ap-
proximately one-tenth of the total aid for
the programs first year aroused strong
protests from many of the European
nations, who claimed that Western Ger
many would gain unduly at their expense.
On the other hand, General Clay insisted
that the recovery of West Germany was
vital to the whole ERP and that only the
quota he proposed would do the trick.
After prolonged argument, compromise
has apparently been worked out, scaling
down the German quota somewhat, but
giving General Clay most of what he had
asked
Thus, ERP Europe is meeting the re-
quirements of reciprocal agreement and
cooperation. But the cake-cutting has
not been easy and has left many dis
appointments in it's wake It is to be
hoped that ERP Europe will function as
smoothly in other aspects of its economic
recovery which remain to be ironed out.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
He Ought to Know

The Presidents charge that some poll
ticians" are endangering the Nations
safety by resorting to smear" tactics
against scientists revives memories OF
the past.
Back in 1912, at the most critical stage
of the war, Mr.. Truman was chairman OF
the Senate War Investigating Committee.
The executive branch of the Government
was working desperately to put together
an organization to direct the conduct OF
the war. and in this effort it was calling
In the ablest men it could get from private
industry on a dollar year basis.
The left-Wingers did not like this, and
thev said so. Then the Truman committee
got going. When it had finished, very
thorough Job of smearing the dollar-a-year
men had been done, and the situation got
so bad that Donald Nelson, then heao OF
the War Production Board, went TO the
committee and asked it to call of the dogs
He told Mr.. Truman bluntly that the
,ndiscriminate and unsupported charges
against these key men were hurting Ine
war effort and making it difficult 1or the
Government to retain needed men III
service.
Now Mr.. Truman finds himself hololng
the other end of the stick. 1t Is ne VINO IS
denouncing the politicians and worrying
about the Nations safety.
For the record, 1t would be interesting TO
know more about these scientists who, we
are told, are being bounded out OF the
Government service by political Wltcn
hunters. What are their names? How
many of them have left the Government
because they cannot endure what Mr.
Truman calls the climate of totalitarian
eountry?"
Lacking this information, and it is not
likely to be forthcoming, the country can
console itself with this thought: Back in
1912 despite the work of the politicians,
the Government managed to hold on to
enough dollar-a-year men to win the war'
And despite the occasional excesses OF the
Un-American Activities Committee, the
chances are that the Government in 1948
will be able to retain the services of enough
scientists to get its vital work done.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Scandinavia Confers

Flights of Russian military planes over
the Danish island of Bornholm, coupled
with Russian naval maneuvers in its I'M
mediate vicinity, probably are not COM
cidence. They took place simultaneously
with a meeting of the Foreign Ministers
of the Scandinavian countries at Stock
holm, the Swedish capital, for unitary
policies, especially in the matter of defense.
Since a united Scandinavian front against
aggression would be diSpleaslng to MOSCOW,
those activities of Soviet armed forces
logically can be interpreted as none-too-
gentle Soviet hint of its diSpleasure.
Scandinavian solidarity has been dis
cussed for many years The three con-
tigous countries-Denmark, Norway ana
Sweden-are even collectively weak IN
lawless and war-menaced world. Prior
to the late war they pinned their security
on rigid neutrality which had kept them
out of World War I. But the unprovoked
Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway
showed that neutrality, no matter how
honest, was no shield against powerful
and ruthless aggressor And neither Den
mark nor Norway has the manpoWer or
resources to arm individually against
attack from a great power.
Sweden, on the other hand was able to
create a defense system strong enough to
deter Nazi Germany from violating its
territory And that tended to confirm the
value of neutrality in Swedish eyes. How
ever, the expansioniSt postwar policies OF
Soviet Russia, ruthless as those of Na7l
GERMANY and perhaps even more far
reaching, are producing a rapid shift in
Swedish public opinion. Despite an efl-
cient army and a relatively strong navy,
Sweden could not prevent catastrophe
devastation from the air by it's own efforts.
It is equally obvious that acquiescence in
the overrunning of Denmark and Norway
bv Russia would merely purchase tenn
porary immunity from invasion at the
price of eventual surrender in isolation
Soviet aggresSions against Norway and
Denmark are neither remote nor improb-
able eventualities. Norway, especially, has
been under repeated Soviet pressure over
its Arctic dependencies of Spitzbergen and
Bear Island, which Moscow covets for
strategic bases AS for Denmark, Moscow
has been insistent that wartime American
base rights in Greenland be abrogated,
while the Russian occupation of Bornholm
toward the close of the late war has not
been forgotten in the Kremlin. This island
is of high strategic value, effectively
closing the mouth of the Baltic Sea if
strongly fortified. The Russians did
evacuate as the result of strong Danish
protests, but Bornholm is entirely defense
less and could be reoccupied by Russia a.
its pleasure.
A Scandinavian defense union would
depend in the first instance on Swedish
military strength. But even such union
could offer only temporary resistance
against Soviet aggression. 1t would, there
fore have to rely on ultimate aid from
the Western great powers, thereby inte-
grating Scandinavia with the defense
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Cutting the ERP Cake

The European Recovery Program, col
loquially known as ERP. is apt to be looked
upon by Americans from their own point
of view 1t is we who are putting up the
money and furnishing large proportion
of the goods that money will buy
But ERP is not charity handout. 1t
is intended to promote the genuine and
enduring economic recovery Of the sixteen
nations which qualify for our aid under
the program, plus the western zones OF
occupied Germany. And those recipients
are not intended to play passive role.
1t was understood from the first that they
must cooperate for their own recovery.
Onlv thus could ERP function most effec-
lively. to say nothing of avoiding the
odium of American "dictation" which
to run the whole show.
Therefore. ERP is being administered
by two major organizations; one Ameri-
can, the other European The American
end is handled by the Economic Co.
operation Administration, headed by Paul
G. Hoffman, and known as ECA for short
The European end is handled by the Or
ganization for European Economic Co.
operation (OEEC), stationed in Paris and
representing the sixteen recipient nations
and the West German zones.
In line with our insistence upon Euro
pean cooperation and initiative, Mr.. Hoff
man soon made it clear that OEEC must
decide how to "cut the cake: in other
words, that the recipients should decide
between themselves what their respective
shares of ERP aid were to be. There
followed protracted wrangle within OEEC,
each recipient tending to mark out slice
which others objected to as being too big.
The wrangle, however, was not allowed to
go on indefinitely, because a deadline for
agreement had been set In advance for
September Is.
Under this compelling necessity, the
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Ice Cream Bells

To the mothers of young children, the
Miracle of the Bells is not an overrated,
best-selling novel, nor a much -touteo
movie with a new Italian star. 1t is the
uncanny drawing power of the bells on
the ice-cream mans truck. Youngsters
who are seemingly miles aWay-or at least
out of range of mothers call-suddenly
materialize on the doorstep with gimme
a nickel" forming on their lips. Then they
dart away into the dusk to demand a
"choklit-covered" from this modern Pied
Piper on wheels Some mothers have the
theory that the bells have peculiar quail
ity for young ears, like those whistles,
inaudible to humans, which can be heard
by dogs at a considerable distance. Other
mothers have no theories, but just wish
they could lay their hands on set OF
them.
The ice-cream man. as he drives about
hotly pursued by toddlers and teen-agers,
may sometimes toy with the idea that his
magic tocsin could be equally effective in
other fields. In the coming campaign for
instance, he might hire out to politician
and promise to summon the unWary to
street-corner rallies that might be other
wise poorly attended. Or when Congress
convenes again, he might offer his bells as
provenly superior to those currently in
use for rounding up laggard legislators.
But if he is the philosophical type at all,
he has probably long since realized that
he had best stay in his own little world.
American adults, like their children. have
a way of insisting on ice cream with their
holl
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Schools Under Fire

A letter published in last Saturdays
Star from mother who is something less
than an enthusiastic admirer of current
teaching methods seems to have struck
pay dirt. At any rate, The Star has re-
ceived number of Endorsements OF her
complaint, some of which are printed else
where on this page.
Now this is tickliSh business, and the
editor who joins forces with either the
Three-R school or the Progressives can
expect to rue the day Still, when one has
two of his own going through the educa-
tional mill, he can hardly be content to
look the other way or to seek refuge in a
plague on both-your houses attitude. So
this column, conscious of the risks and pit
falls, joins the appeal for more emphasis
on reading, writing, arithmetic and
spelling.
This concern cannot be attributed in
the main to the case of the drst-grader.
There is some faint misgiving when he
cheerfully announces, upon his return
home, that he has learned nothing that
day. Pressed bit, he can only recall
rather vaguely that he had studied about
some guy tDlck, OF Dick and Jane)
whose name escapes him at the moment.
But after all, he is just beginning. One
still hopes for better things.
1t is another matter, however, to learn
that the seventh-grader has been assigned
to work up report in support of the
proposition that a bond issue should be
floated to finance new school construction
No doubt there is merit in this. But to a
parent who, during the summer months,
puzzled over letters from camp that set
some kind of record for strictly original
spelling and sentence construction, this
assignment appears to be long and some
what dubious step in the educational
process ..- e -......-.
Perhaps all will work out for the best
Butcandor compels, the admission that the
young lady's report on the bond issue is
being awaited with trepidation.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
The Maine Portent

Although few things could be less sur
prising than the fact that the Republi-
cans have won the Maine congressional
elections, their margin of victory is so
unusually wide that they have good
reason to regard it as portent OF the
brightest kind. BY the same token, the
Democrats can hardly escape being de-
pressed by it. Certainly, as far as auguries
are concerned, it is right in line with the
judgment of poll-takers who have said
that Governor Dewey is all but in the
White House already.
Expressed in terms of percentages, the
Republican sweep is the greatest ever
recorded in Maine. The remarkable Mrs.
Margaret Chase Smith-the first COP
woman to be elected Senator, and the first
of her sex in any party to win the office
without having previously served In it
under appointment-hasr received approx
mately IA per cent of the total vote
cast The other COP candidates have won
similarly sided victories. If the Pine
Tree State is as reliable political barom-
eter as many experts vow, then the over
all results of Mondays balloting add up
10 very Udu It"o IOl IlCSioCllI
Of course, several times since 1884, the
presidential election returns have dis
proved the maxim that "As Maine goes, so
goes the Nation" But whenever the State
has given over 65 per cent of its vote to
its COP congressional candidates in Sep
tember, a Republican has won the White
House in the following November. Up
until last Monday, the most it had ever
given them was SO per cent-in 1928, when
President Hoover was elected in land
slide Now it has given them we'll over
10 per cent. Accordingly, if the past sta
tistical rule is still valid, Governor Dewey
should sweep the country, leaving Mr..
Truman far behind
Coupled with what the public-opinion
polls indicate, the Maine returns thus
constitute an extremely discouraging omen
for the Democrats. In these days of un-
certainty, however, when nobody can be
sure of anything, signs, portents, trends
and all the other "iffy' raw materials OF
prognostication remain open to at least
some question Governor Dewey is there
fore we'll advised in guarding against over
confidence by calling upon his party for
redoubled effort. AS for the President, he
Is a fighting candidate; the news from the
Pine Tree State is not likely to make him
listless in the big battle still ahead.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Letters to The Star.
Canada's Spy Technique Preferred

CanadaS Spy echnlque freferreu
To the Editor of The Star:
In letter to The Star published September
II and signed Democrat the writer seems to
forget that we do have Department OF JUS
tice which is uneGuvocally more efficient in
conducting Investigations than a group OF
Congressman admittedly not schooled in legal
procedure. To ME, and to most other thinking
Americans, such congressional Investigations
of former and present Government officials are
not only helping the Communists by under
mining the man-in-the streets faith in his
government but also are highly repugnant to
cur form of justice. Americans always have
been proud OF their system of court procedure,
where man can bring in counsel who can
cross-examne witnesses used by the prosecu-
ton and where such witnesses can be sued by
the defendent in case of perjury. Are we going
to let Americas form of justice become
laughing stock all over the world?
Why not take hint from Canada S method
Of investigating subversives? Let the Depart
ment of Justice dc the investigating OF these
men and let it gather evidence against them
in case there is any, without smearing their
names across the papers until such evidence is
compiled. Thereby, many innocent men will be
spared embarrassment. Definitely al. subVer-
sive Communists in this country must be
sought out and squeched, but let's do it The
right way.
Quite obviously this Democrat, who favors
such investigations, and takes President
Truman to task for withholding confidential
information from Congressional committees
has not followed the old game of politics long
He declares that it is not altogether political
gesture on the part of the Republicans" What
else could it be when one of the questions asked
Of all those brought before the Committee is
what their politics is and that of their parents?
The Committee knows these men will not say
they are members OF the Communist Party;
therefore, the question obviously is not to test
their actual subversiveness, but merely one to
drag in the name of our present administra-
tion Also this Republican Congress has been
in power for nearly two years. Why suddenly,
lust before the presidential elections, did they
start smearing former New Deal men9
B. BARRETT,
A Real Truman Democrat.
Evening star., 1948-09-15

system of Western Europe, which Is today
taking shape. For this, Denmark and Nor
way are ready. But Sweden has hitherto
been loath to abandon its policy of "iso-
lationist" neutrality. However, the shift
in Swedish public opinion on this matter
may well be reflected in the outcome of
the parliamentary elections scheduled tor
September 49, The logic of the interna-
tional situation points toward common
defense measures for Scandinavia.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Praise for Star Artist

To the Editor of The Star:
I have noted with deep interest the work OF
Star artist Leslie Bontz as depicted IN your
paper every week.
1 would like to commend MFR. Bontz on mis-
illustration of the Fountain Memorial Baptist
Church in the September II issue OF The Star.
In this case, he not only exhibits excellent
craftsmanship, but his artistic expression Is
of a very high order. hope he will continue
ia produce illustrations of this outstanding
quality. ARTHUR 6LAhSoAII'
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Other Akencies of Peace

To the Editor Of The Star:
liked your editorial in The Star for Sep
ten,ber IL entitled: The Whole World LIS
Vulnerable"
May / suggest that you follow through with
an examination Of proposals for peace-mairl-
tanning organizations other than the U. ~?
I personally favor the grouping Of democracies
urged by Clarence streit's Federal Union, Inc,
here Ia washington. DONALD BECKER
Evening star., 1948-09-15
By THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


O. How many times has Norman Thomas
been presidential candidate on the Socialist
ticket?-O E.
A. Norman Thomas recently vas named
presidential candidate for the sixth time. The
first time was in 1928
@. In one OF the books of the Apocrypha
there is saying that "a slip on the pavement
is preferable to slip of the tongue" What
is the exact reference?-W. e. D.
A. The passage occurs In the book OF Ecclesi-
asticus, The Wisdom of Jesus the Son OF
Srach, Chapter 20. Verse 18. and is as fol-
lows: ITO slip upon pavement is better than
to slip with the tongue so the fall OF the
wicked shall come speedily"
O. How many Negroes are attending college
in the United states7--D. Y. B.
A. According to survey just completed oy
the journal of Negro Education, 5000 Negrues
are enrolled in universities and colleges
@. Are there more evening than morning
dailies now published?-A. j.
A There are 375 morning papers and LABS
evening papers issued in the United States.
Five hundred and twenty-five daily papers
have Sunday edition.
@. How large was Paul Bunyan supposed
10 be? Why was his ok blue?-L. W.
A The favorite estimate of the size Of the
legendary Paul Bunyan Is that 81 ak handles
would scarcely span him from hip to hip. His
beard was IS long as 1t was wide and be comb
ed 1t with young pine tree. According TO the
locsers Of the Northwest, Babe, the blue OF.
owed his color to the fact that he was born
In the winter Of the blue snow
Evening star., 1948-09-15
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to any question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 3l6 Eye street NE, Washington 2. D c.
Please incose three t3)t cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-09-15
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The letter from Parent published September
II inouirine why washington school teachers
aren't allowed to teach, strikes a now fami-
liar chord.
It may be of no comfort to the author Of
tre communication to know that Washington
is not the only place where the play-ard-
project progressive system of education Is In
vogue. She should come out here In Mont
gonery County where we are really stylish, -