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Evening star., 1948-09-29
On the Record
Time Element Should Be Considered
In Campaign Battle Over L. S. Reds

land, denounced the team as Joint
aggressors. Robert Sherwood close
to Roosevelt, wrote popular drama
extolling the Finnish resistance. If
there were Communist sympathizers
in the Government in 1899, exposure
Of them would have got an ear, and
the Government might have been
willing to give protection to those,
like Mr.. Chambers, who dared risk
Communist revenge.
But in 1941 the Hitler coalition
attacked the Soviet Union. Again
sympathy swung to the U. S. S. r.
A British Tory government well
coined the Russian alliance instant
ly. Six months later the attack on
Pearl Harbor brought us into the
alliance, and then nearly every one
was, to some extent, fellow
traveller"
Communists ardently supported
the war. Deep-dyed conservatives
worked with Soviet friendship and
relief committees. The penetration
OF Communists into Government
agencies - notably into owl - was
publicly warned against by some;
but few paid heed for they were, for
the time being, loyal to the United
States of America. Col. William
Donovan. who Is no radical, took
known Communists into the OSS.
The millionaire Ambassador to Mos
COW, Joseph Davies, felt called on to
Justify the 1887 purges. Maxim
Litvinoff,, in New York, predicted
notifications of the Soviet regime,
accompanied by greater liberaliza-
ton of the American economy. The
West, not the Soviets. gave the
greatest aid to Marshal Tito.
Not Proper Questions.
It was in 1945, after Yalta, that
public opinion again swung radical
ly. Mr.. Roosevelt presented his re-
port on Yalta not with enthusiasm
but as reluctant compromise.
Almost his last act was protest to
Stain. And the open return to
world revolutionary policy in 1s45
put a new Tor ODD face ON the
Soviets.
The Committee on Un-American
Activities does not seem to me TO
ask the proper political questions OF
its witnesses. In general 1t as
sumes that II person ever were
sympathetic to Communism he
must always have been and must
still be sympathetic-unless he ac-
tually is a former party member.
This is not, as I have tried to show
in this brief review, correct, but
the committees attitude does not
encourage candor in the accused.
In general, the American mind is
pragmatic and its political attitudes
are not rigidly fixed but responsive
to events
Henry Wallace's offense is not
that he was once friendly to COM
munism, but that he increases his
sympathy at time when the
Soviets are demonstrating the ut
most hostility to this Nation.
: This cannot be charged against
Harry Truman and his encourage.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, 1ne.)
Evening star., 1948-09-29
This Changing World
Appeals by Some Top.Flight Americans
To Russian People Seen Wasted

radio broadcasts by government
owned stations. Every community,
small and large. even in the remote
parts Of the Red empire, has loud
speaker in the market place or on
government buildings and the peo-
pie are compelled to gather daily to
hear the broadcasts. But all they
get Is government propaganda,
which paints in the darkest colors
the men who govern the Western
world.
The Soviet press, which is far
more widely distributed and read
than in the days of the Cars, con-
tains nothing but the views of the
Kremlin. Any slight departure from
the prescribed party line by the
government officials who call them
selves reporters and editors is
severely punished.
In the United States and other
Western countries the Communists
and other whiting or unwilling tools
of Moscow can express themselves
freely. This Is not, however, the
case in the U. S. S. R., where not a
single person dares, or has the op-
portunity, to say single good word
for the world outside the Iron Cur
tain.
Free to Repeat Ideas Here.
Every Western country has news
papers and magazines which strict
ly follow the Moscow party line.
There are men in politics-like
Henry A. Wallace in the United
States and Communist leaders in
Western Europe-who are free to
repeat to their followers over the
radio ideas which emanate directly
from Moscow. Those ideas could
not be heard otherwise by millions
Of Western peoples who do not have
short-Wave sets.
For instance, Mr.. Wallace has
been blasting President Truman
and Gov. Dewey as tools OF Wall
Street. BY strange coincidence,
on September "a, the Moscow ra-
dio. commenting on the American
election, stated: "The Wall Street
monopolists know that candidates
of both Republican and Democratic
Parties voice their policies"
1t is conceivable that if we could
get to the Russian people them
selves the chances Of another world
confagration could be greatly di-
minished. But unfortunately there
is no way to get to those kindly and
simple people until their present
regime is overthroWn.
The more than 190,000000 in
habitants OF the U. S. s. r., domi-
mated by some 2,500,000 well-armed
and skillful secret policemen, can
not rise and free themselves of
their government, which is night
mare not only to the rest of the
world, but to the Russian people
themselves
Evening star., 1948-09-29

6oAAAS
The behavior of the audience is
every bit as confusing as what goes
on on the stage. The Chinese love
the theater and all the theaters in
Peiping are packed every night, but
the spectators seem to pay little or
no attention to the actors. They
eat, talk and sip tea all the time
the plays are going on. They walk
about the theater visiting friends,
and when the numerous attendants
aren't bringing food or drink, they
are passing around steaming hot
towels which the playgoers use to
mop their faces. A great deal OF
the time the actors voices are half
drowned by the chatter of the spec
tators. However, let an actor make
Evening star., 1948-09-29


the Dewey addresses which advertise
his assertedly boundless faith in the
opportunities of the Empire of the
West" He has called for great
Western waterpower and reclama-
ton expansion with the compelling
argument that it is necessary to
American security in the war
threatened world.
There are a few gimmicks and
free-enterprise overtones in the
purple prose and 10-point programs
which Gov. Dewey so eloquently
offers and his listeners eagerly ap-
plaud. These are obviously intended
to soothe his own party west of the
Mississippi and establish a differ
ence between himself and the
Roosevelt New Deal, which built
the great Bonneville and Grand
Coulee Dams.
For Expanding Facilities.
The Republican presidential can
didate says he is for expanding
facilities and developing projects
for new power to be sold at the
lowest self -liquidating rate" He
calls for more home rule in the
Evening star., 1948-09-29

catastrophe may be averted, al
though they are more determined
than ever to back their Government
with every ounce OF their strength.
Outsiders have no way of ap-
preaching the peoples of the U. S. 6.
r. The Iron Curtain which separates
East from West, while not impen-
etrable in the satellite countries, is
absolutely closed as far as the U. s.
S. r. is concerned.
Can Reach Satellites.
We have ways and means OF
reaching most of the satellite states,
which have been more or less a part
Of Western civilization for hundreds
of years. In modern history all OF
the countries which adjoin Russia on
the West have enjoyed a large meas
ure Of freedom and democracy, in
their own way.
Up to 1899 Poland, Romania,
Hungary, Yugoslavia
and Bulgaria all had freedom of
speech and thought. They had rel
atively free elections in which sew
eral political parties contended for
office.
Not so in Russia, however. Dur
ing the czarist regime the people
were mere tools in the hands of an
absolute government and since the
Bolshevik revolution they have been
enslaved even more by the handful
of men in the Kremlin who have at
their disposal ruthless and loyal
secret police. The aim of the Soviet
rulers and their police stooges is to
perpetuate themselves in power.
Radio broadcasts emanating from
the West reach very few people in
the U. S. S. R. Only those can
own radios who have licenses from
the government. And We may be
sure that only tried devotees of the
Polltburo obtain such permits.
The rest of the country is sub
iected Tn daily hnrrapp of off7ria |
Evening star., 1948-09-29

neSe theater is
all about.
It is the same
today as it was
in Mr.. Polo's
tim e, W h i c h
means that to a
foreigner it is
utterly incom-
prehensible. We
have been to the
theater thr e e
times since We
got to Peiping,
and not for even
one split second
have we under
stood what was
Evening star., 1948-09-29

contract W i t h
his audiences to
wage war in the
interests of the
w e st on the
T a b ers, the
Bridges, the Hal
lecks and like
minded Eastern
con S e r v a tives
who h ol Id the
on gre ssional
purse strings.
The chambers
of commerce and
b O os er clubs
could we'll bor-
Evening star., 1948-09-29
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. A-13
70

a mistake and he viii be booec
from all corners.
Plays Done to Music.
The plays are done to music-anc
what music! The orchestra sits or
one side of the tiny stage. with the
conductor equipped with kettle
drum, a pair of wooden clappers
two gongs and q pair Of cymbals
He Is assisted by gentleman who
plays two-stringed fiddle and one
who picks at a mandolin-like instru-
ment. When all the instruments
are sounded together, as they often
are, the din is enough to wake the
dead for miles around. Yet the
music must be sweet to Chinese
ears, because the orchestra is heav-
lily applauded, especially after fin-
ishing q piece which, to Western
ears, bears a strong resemblance to
New Years eve in a boiler factory.
The actors apparently can't bear
the sight of the audience slipping
tea without having any themselves.
So they frequently pause to sip from
a cup or. when they are wearing
heards or masks, to drink from the
long spout of a teapot held by an
attendant. There are usually as
many prop" boys on the stage as
there are actors. They slip quietly
about the stage, during even the
most dramatic moments, arranging
cushions, placing chairs and couches
and adjusting the meager scenery.
The prop" boys are considered to
be invisible and are completely ig-
nored by the actors and the au-
dience.
Scenery Has Meaning.
The scenery, while meager. all
has a meaning. A piece Of cloth
with a hole in it and stretched be-
tween two bamboo poles represents
a city gate. Let two yellow flags
appear and the Chinese know that
| a chariot has arrived. The motions
Evening star., 1948-09-29

are preparing 10
throw them, are
regarded as mere
wishful thinking
by those W h o
know the situa-
tion inside the
Iron Curtain.
Those who ad-
vocate such an
eleventh . hour
move are aware
that their words
please the Amer
ican people, who
still hope that
somehow or 9TH
or another world
Evening star., 1948-09-29

SnOulQ Dc con =
Sidered.
President Tru-
man Is as anti
Communist as
Gov. Dewey and
should be cred
tied with reor-
ienting of So
Wet policy fol-
lowing the war.
That took cour-
age, and Mr..
Truman had It,.
He also had. no
doubt, a heritage
Of ers n n e |
Evening star., 1948-09-29
By Constantine Brorcn

Intended appeals to the Russian
people by some top-flight Americans
like Gov. Dewey, warning them OF
the holocaust to which their leaders
Evening star., 1948-09-29
McLemore
Adds to Chatter
In Chinese Theuter
By Henry McLemore

PEIPING, China. - Marco Polo
visited here in the 18th century, and
I'd be willing to bet that he is still
trying to figure out what the Chi
Evening star., 1948-09-29
Br Doris FIeesOn

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. 29.-Gov.
Thomas Dewey is still New Dealer
in this part of the country.
He has, in effect, again made a
Evening star., 1948-09-29
By Dorothy Thompson

In the campaign charges and
countercharges concerning Commu-
nists in the Government. it Is i'm
portant that the time element
Browning chief., 1948-12-24

G. S. FRARY, President
r. E. MOMBERG, Vice President
ARCHIE CORRIGEUX, Secretary
E. A. McDOUGAL, Trustee
GEORGE EDKINS, Trustee
r. E. LEE, Trustee
ANDREW TETERUD, Trustee
WILLIAM LINDER, Trustee
G. X. BILSTAD, Trustee
JOHN J. GREENE, Attorney
Browning chief., 1948-12-24
NAY T+F T2uF SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS REMAIN WIFI 7tN

JOHN PETERSON Jr., Browning
ROBERT GARROW, Browning
HATTIE STARR, Browning
RAY J. BLANKENSHIP Cut Bank
AMY JONES, Cut Bank
AL BOE, Cut Bank
COLLEEN HIGGINS, Cut Bank
LORRAINE CROYMANS, Cut Bank
COLLEEN WERNER, Cut Bank
MARY LEE GOLDRICK, Cut Bank
Browning chief., 1948-12-24

EILEEN BERTELSON, Cut Bank
JOHN WARD, Cut Bank
NEIL NERMYR, Cut Bank
WILLIAM HUSS, Cut Bank
WARREN EVERS, Cut Bank
ROBERT BROWN, Cut Bank
TOM HINGSON, Cut Bank
JACK INGRAM, Cut Bank
ERWIN HOWEN, Cut Bank
E. RUDMAN, Cut Bank
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-30
TRUMAN NOMlNATEs GOVERNOR GRUENING

WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman yesterday sent nearly two dozen nominations to the Senate in the face of a decision by the Reublican leadership not to consider any appointments at the extra session.
 Among the nominations was that of Ernest Gruening of New York as Governor of Alaska.
 Other nominations included the reappointment of Harry O. Arend as United States district attorney for Division 4, Alaska.
 WASHINGTON, (P)-President Truman today nominated An thony J. Dimond for another term as District Judge, Division No. 3, District of Alaska.
 It was the second batch of nom- nations MT. Truman has sent to the special session of Congress in the face of a decision by the Re publican leadership not to con- sider nominations at this session.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-30
Several Alaska Roads To Be Completed Soon

ANCHORAGE, (P) - Between 150 and 200 miles of road around Anchorage and Fairbanks will be hard surfaced next year, M. C. Edmunds, superintendent of the Alaska road commission, an- nounced today.
 Edmunds said contracts will be let within a month for the depos- iting of materials along the high way out of Fairbanks.
 Edmunds said construction of a 180-foot span over the Eagle River in the Palmer Anchorage road is expected to be completed within six weeks. The opening of the bridge will eliminate half mile of road and cut out the haz- ardous Eagle River curve.
 The Anchorage-Potter road is now within one mile of comple- ton, Edmunds reported. The road will be part of the Anchorage Kenai highway. Edmunds said the necessity of building through swamp lands had slowed con- struction progress but said the
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-30
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
ORDINANCE NO. a23

ORDNANCE NO. 323 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF NOME IN REFERENCE TO THE OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN A RECKLESS MANNER AND WHILE IN- TOXICATED.
 BE TT ORDAINED AND EN- ACTED AS FOLLOWS:
 Section l: It shall be unlawful for any person, within the linn its of the City of Nome, to drive or operate any motor vehicle in careless, reckless or Wanton manner:
 Section 2; It shall be unlawful for any person, within the limits of the City of Nome, to drive or operate any motor vehicle while intoxicated.
 Section 3: Any person who vio- lates. any provision of this Or dinance, upon conviction there of, shall be fined sum not in excess of $100.00, or shall be inn prisoned for a term not exceed ing 30 days, or shall be both so fined and imprisoned, all at the discretion of the Magistrate: And in addition thereto, the Magis- trate may suspend or revoke any motor vehicle operators license which may have been issued by the City of Nome to the violator Section 4: Any person convict ed three times in any calendar year for the violation of this Or dinance shall, upon his third conviction, forfeit his license to drive or operate motor vehicle within the limits of the city of Nome, for the remainder of such year, and the Judgment of the Magistrate shall include a can cellation of his license.
 Section 5; Any person convict ed three times in any calendar year for the violation of this Or dinance shall not be issued a mo- tor vehicle operators license by the City of Nome, until the expi- ration of one full calendar year immediately succeeding the third conviction.
 Section 6: Any and all Ordin- ances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
 PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Nome in regular session assembled the 26th day of July, 1948.
 Approved July 26, l948.
 LUTHER DUNBAR,
 Mayor. Attest: CARRIE M. McLAIN,
 Clerk. Publish July 28, 30, and Aug. 2, 1948.
The Nome nugget., 1948-07-30

section of road is expected to be ready for use by the end of the construction season.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-05-15

Ia'm'Fa' 'aIIriIrr',n.iI rsnsuI
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-05-15
JUNE BOARD

We viii soon be entering into the
second quarterly board Of 1913, at
which time we hope to have a glori-
Gus and peaceful board
Quite a few Of you have entered
into the membership campaign and
wye are urging and hoping that you
viii collect on your entire member
ship. With the large number of
deaths that we are having, it is 60
ing to be absolutely necessary that
we collect on all of our members. in
order to take care Of our dead.
We have more than q month and
d half to 60 and to date we have
more than % deaths recorded with
some death certificates out. Please
be careful and cautious in taking in
members in your lodges. When a
few lodges make mistakes the whole
association has to pay for it.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1948-05-15
June Report Blanks Out

The report blanks for the June
Board have been mailed out to the
various local presidents. If you do
not get the number Of report blanks
necessary for your membership.
please notify the office.
The June Assessment is S1.35 per
member. All reports are to be in
the office on or before June 5, 1913.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
Hybrid Corn Given
Preference for
Making Silage

Recent tests at the Virginia Agri
cultureal Experiment Station in
dicate that certain varieties of ny
brid corn may have an advantag,
over open-pollinated varieties fol
the production of silage.
Associate Agronomist c.. F.. Gentel
said significant but not yet conclu'
sive data from one year of expert
mentation disclosed these advant-
ages in favor of adapted grain by.
brids: s 81 ~ -e.
They had less green weight pei
acre, making for easier harvests
but produced at least an equa
amount per acre of digestible ami.
NAL food.
They usually had greater dry
weight after harvest indicating the
latter contained larger amounts o1
water.
They attained less height, another
factor favoring easier harvests.
They had better ability to stano
up against winds and resist break.
ing of stalks.
Farmers in the past, Mr.. Center
said, depended chiefly on large
late open-pollinated varieties fol
silage, not giving much considera'
ton to factors other than high tota
tonnage at harvest.
Mr.. Center said that hybrids havl
greater percentage of their tota
food value concentrated in the ears
He advised that farmers who plar
to use grain hybrids for silage ge
the latest maturing of the recon-
mended varieties for their partic'
ular areas.
Evening star., 1948-02-29
By w. H. Younemon

mercial fertilizer is placed on top Of
the manure and the top soil pulled
over it. This material will provide
a moisture reservoir for the growing
plants as well as give the roots am
pie space in which to feed. Melons
to develop well must grow rapidly
and vigorously.
Raise Hills Slightly.
The hills or ridges should be raised
from 2 to inches above the ground
level before planting. The hills are
normally spaced about feet apart
each way: When ridge is used, the
seeds are spaced about Is inches
apart on the ridge. Six to eight
seeds are put in each hill and cov-
cred with about 2 inches of soil
When the plants are 8 or inches
high, pinch of all but three to q
hill, thin to single plant each Il
to Is inches along the ridge. Do not
pull the unwanted plants, as that
might disturb the roots of those to
be retained.
Another method that has proved
successful in the home garden is to
put a half barrel or a deep box in
the center of the melon patch. Fill
it with well-rotted manure. Plant
the melons about the manure con-
tainer-not too close, but close
enough so that their roots may reach
the manure or at least get the ma
nure water. After the plants are
growing, pail of water is poured
over the manure every two or three
days. This supplies the plants with
moisture and with plantfood. Cover
the barrel or box to prevent evap-
grafton.
Some gardeners mulch their
melons before they start running,
Evening star., 1948-02-29

Scammell gardens, 2810 Bladensburg
road NE. at 2:30 o'clock. If it rains
the demonstration will be held the
following Sunday.
The Mems Garden Club of Mont
gomery County will meet at 8 pm
Thursday at the Battery Park club
house, LOT Glenbrook road, Bethes-
da. DR.. Roy Magruder, vegetable
specialist of the Agriculture Depart
ment's Bureau of Plant Industry
will speak. All county men garden
ers are invited to attend.
The annual plant sales of the
Bethesda Community Garden Club
will be held April and May 13
Mrs. Paul E. Ferrero, chairman~zet
the Plant Sale Committee, told
members of plans at the club meet
ing Wednesday when the program
included a garden quiz conducted by
Mrs. A. r. Golze with all 70 present
participating. Mrs. Herbert B.
NOlll OC Id d 1lCW llClIlDGls
At the luncheon, Mrs. s. Roger
Gibson, Miss Laura A. Merrill and
Mrs. w. LIE Roy Saunders assisted.
Mrs. L. WEIGH Pogue, president
has appointed Mrs. Walter E. Perry
bylaws chairman, with Mrs. A. c.
Ehlshlager assistant chairman and
Mrs. Robert Gutheim spring flower
show chairman.
The Washington branch, National
Association of Gardeners, will meet
Friday at 7:30 pm. in the service
building at Tregaron, the estate of
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies, $500
Macomb street. Hugh T. McRae is
superintendent of grounds on this
estate.
The principal speaker will be W.
r. Beattie, who regularly broad
casts over NBC. He will talk on
general gardening subjects as well
as "Freedom Gardens"
Evening star., 1948-02-29
By Moi. Thomas N. Mol

The Guide" made a. statement
recently which has been questioned
by many readers.
The statement was: If you apply
for service-connected disability
compensation within one year OF
your discharge, and are given a dis
ability rating of at least 10 per cent,
you will be paid back to the date
of your discharge.
But if you put in your claim
sometime after one year beyond
your discharge, and subsequently
are awarded compensation, youll
be paid back only to the date OF
application, not to the date OF dis
charge.
'It's not so," letters have been
screaming
But, believe me, it is, in spite OF
anything else you may be told. The
VA has been known to slip occa-
sionally, but if the veteran who has
lost out on several compensation
checks points it out to his VA re-
gional Office an adjustment will be
made. -
However, there's this: Sometimes
veteran will pick up disability
in the service, but it'll disappear by
the time he is discharged.
Since he had the disability, he
files a claim for compensation
which is disallowed, because the
disability is no more.
Then, maybe six months or a year
later, the same disability will cror
out again. So the veteran files an
other claim, or appeals his first
claim, and is found to have COM
pensable (or pensionable) disability
He starts drawing compensation
not as of the date of discharge
but as of the date of his second ap-
plication.
Sometimes, in cases like this, the
veteran can show that even though
the VA decided his disability hao