davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Pepco Sales in July
Boosted 13 Per Cent
Above 1947 Levels
BY Nelson M. Shepord

Sales OF the Potomac Electric
Power Co. in the District. during
July, rejecting in a measure a
steady business and residential
growth, totaled 156,215,0s9 kilowatt
hours, a substantial increase ol
17,408, sos XVIII, or 1884 per cent
over the same 1947 month, it wa.
announced today.
July sales outside the District
amounted to 26,596, ,662 XVIII, a gair
O. 1850 ,406, or 1902 per cent, in.
dicating an even greater suburban
that city expansion. A decrease Of
1,312,410 XVIII. sold to railroads anc
the Capital Transit Co., affected
sales in the District.
The company's total sales for the
month reached 1891 ,76l XVIII, ar
upturn from last year Of 2l,342, ,750
or 1881 per cent.
Trade Leaders Optimistic.
The Department Store Economist
forecasts that business volume dur
ing the rest of 1948 will exceed the
record peak established during the
last half of 1947.
The publication says that in a
survey 1t made it received 2ll
letters, mostly from presidents OF
leading department stores. but also
from manufacturers, publishers
labor leaders and heads of Govern
ment agencies. The opinions ex-
pressed are summarized as follows:
IS per cent forecast increased busi-
ness, II per cent predicted the same
volume as in 1947, IL per cent ex-
pected slightly decreased business
and l8 per cent made conditional
predictions
Among the relatively few who
predicted a specific percentage of
business volume increase the most
popular figure was 8 to 10 per cent
ahead of 1947
Joins Beattie Agency.
Robert L. Frederick, prominently
identified with advertising in Wash
ington for many years, has become
associated with the James S
paoffin Adupr-
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Business Briefs
Bank CIearings in rs leading c

bduk NIc&TlHkS IL 10 lCdQlllB SltiCi
declined to $l1,916,962, 900 in tn,
week ended August II. drop o
1887 from the previous week, bu
remained 42To above the like 1914
week.-Dun 81 Bradstreet.
Commercial, Industrial and Farm
Loans of member banks in leading
cities expanded to $14.627, 900 900 or
August 4, gain of sl37 ,o00,0 900 from
week earlier and S2,469 900 ,00(
sbve a year earlier. - Federal Re-
serve Board.
Crude Oil Production averaged
5,504.550 barrels daily in the weel
ended August 7, a new record, which
compared with 5,455, ,450 in the pre-
ceding week and 5,104,500 in th'
like l947 week-American Petro'
leum Institute.
Freight Loadings in the week end
ed August 7 totaled 878.s0l cars,
drop of 1.7eo from the previous weei
and 2.9es below the like 1947 week
Association m American Railroads
Automobile Output in the Unitee
States this week will total 102,36a
units VS.. l05,9l6 last week-Auto'
motive News.
Underwood Corp. declared a divi'
dend of 81 a common share, pay
able September Is. Previous quar-.
terly payments were IS cents.
Borden Co. will spend Sl,250.O0t
on undermining It's oil and meai
mill in Waterloo. Iowa, to broaden
its activity in the soybean indus
try.
Saco-Lowell Shops has purchased
the Sanford, N. c., plant ano
equipment Of the Edward Co., SUBJ
sidiary of Indian Motorcycle Co.
General Motors Corp. announced
plans for the construction OF q
new unit of its Detroit transmits
sion division. 1t will provide 250.-
600 square feet of additional floor
space.
Montgomery Ward & Co. sales ir
July totaled 1882 ,706, rise Of
l6eo from a year earlier; in 81,
months ended July 81, $605,S66, ,o92
an increase of 1o.8ct.
Anaconda Copper Mining Co. ane
subsidiaries earned $25,993,779 or S;
a share in six months ended JUNE
30 VS.. s25.427 500 or s2s3 yea
earlier.
Phelps Dodge Corp. net income
for six months ended June 30 wa
s24685,118 or $487 VS.. s23,645 As:
or s4.66 in the same 1947 period.
Standard Oil Co. tOhio) earned
S13S34,073 or 1888 in six month
ended June 80 VS.. $7,l91 ,037 or $23
q year earlier.
CIT. Financial Corp. profit TO
six months ended June 80 was 81,
516.2l6 or $2.07 VS.. $3.134,834 or 8
cents In the same 1s47 period.
Pullman, Inc, earned $2,645. 10
or s1!01 in three months ended jun
80 VS.. s2,647,o10 or s8 cents yea
earlier.
Atlas Corp. net income for 81
months ended June 80 was S4,S25,
o02 VS.. 1894 4,842. Assets on June
were equal to $3o60 a share v.
$31.77 year earlier.
Melville Shoe Corp. profit for 81
months ended June 80 was S2,9l6,
sS4 or $13l VS.. $2,7l4,584 or sl23.
Best & Co. earned sl,l55 1888 o
$l.93 in six months ended July
VS.. s924.587 or s1.54.
Beneficial Industrial Loan Corr
net for six months ended June
was $3,429, ,704 or $l37 VS.. 81, ,998, As
or $1.19.
American Broadcasting Co. earne
ts50o00 or 50 cents In six month
ended June 50 VS.. $500, 900 or S
cents.
Alan Wood Steel Co. net for 81
saonths ended June 20 was S1.774,
SO or $2.27 vs.. t9e4, ,o25 or $l.6S.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
New York Cotton ,

NEW YORK, Aug. 10 F.-Cotton fu-
lures moved up as much as 55 cents Q
bale from the extreme lows OF the day
De persistent mill buying and short covering.
Little hedging was in evidence. Wash
nEton advices indicated EcA cotton ez-
port authorization for the nrst quarter
Noon prices were Is TO 65 cents bale
lower than the previous close. October
81 20; December, 31,21, and March, SIX.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Hotel Waldorf Astoria Corp. earned
s4a3 GAG in six months ended June

hOtel W1lUOfl "hStOTLA Soip. coAHeu
s493,64e In six months ended June
30 VS.. s346.s41 a year earlier.
Creameries of America, Inc, net
for six months ended June 80 was
1882 ,049 or 81 cents VS.. $5l8,949 or
80 cents in the same 1947 period.
Cunningham Drug Stores, lne-
earned $3.50 ,587 or $1.73 in six
months ended March 81 VS.. $69l,-
3S3 or $181 q year earlier.
Natomas Co. and subsidiaries had
net income Of $488, 1876 in six months
ended June 80 VS.. 1856 ,607.
General Builders Supply Corp.
and subsidiaries had net Of $224,-
03s or IS cents in six months ended
June 30 W. S223,4ll Or 3S cents.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Market AVERAGES
FOREIGN Exchange

NEW YORK, Aug. 12 Hn-Foreign ex.
change rates folliw tGreat Britain in dol
lars. others in centsl:
Canadian dollar in New York open mar.
ket ~ per cent discount or 1895 United
States cents, unchanged.
Europe-Great Britain fpoundt, 4.03h
UNCHANGED; Great Britain, 30-day futures
4 03. unbalanced; Great Britain, 60-day
futures, 4O2h, unchanged; Great Britain
aO-day futures, 4.0I1.. of "a of cent
France uranc), .32'. OF a cent u un'
.O0If39, July Oo1 739; Sweden krona)
l27.s5, UNCHANGED; Switzerland francl
| Gree, 2545 OF .0i Of cent m
Latin America-Argentina dree1. 90
ssn, unchanged: Brazil treel. $50. un.
| changed: Mexico, 1895. OF .03 OF cent
Nominal.
Evening star., 1948-08-12


tising A 6 e n c y
and will direct
all ere a t i v e
fun c ions of
that Office on
September !, Mr..
B e a t tie an
nounceu today.
For the past
20 years, Mr..
Frederick served
Romer Advertis-
! n G as artist,
yisualiZer, ar t
dire tor and
finally as vice
president a n d
Evening star., 1948-08-12
N. Y. Bond Market
sELECTED Lisr 81 IssuFs

rJhElGN 1,ld
Australia So IS 1o2N
Australia3k.s57 A "a
Braz 3As 2 ser s.
Costa Rica 1851 ISM
Grk 6s 6S pt pd m
NEW YORK CITY
rs 80 1921
DOMESTIC l:lS
Am T&1 2As57 1oox
Am tat 2A4s61 lo4st
Am TIT 2s4s75 93l1
Am TAT 2AsSO 9llz
Am T&T 2sasS6 o7%
AmTobacco3s62 lo14s
AmTobacco3s6a lollh
Balt&Oh 5sM96 63A
C Ga4has2O2OA. 66
Cn RR NJ IS 81 66lh
CRPin4 las2Ol9 o6s<
CCCStL 4las n. 73M
Col GEE 3l.s71 9eiA
Com wi Ed IS II 1olih
Cons P 27ss 75- 9oiA
Fla e est IS "A 50
Hud&M rf IS 81 g
ICC StL IS SO A e5ik
IntGtNor IS 81 -
Int G N 1st6s52 g
Leh Val 4s2003s 36M
Lou G&E 3as66 lo6M
Mo Pac 5Aas 80 7AN
Mo Pac 5s II r 81
No Pac gn As rs A3ih
Evening star., 1948-08-12

iNatSupply2A67 S7lA
lNYC 4las201SA 6eiA
N 7 C con Is % 64ih
INYC&SL3hsSO S6ss
jNYNH&H 6s 40 o
lNYNHin4as'22 AAli
NYNHH 4s20O7 6s,A
NYOW RI As o. 10
IN Y Tel 3s S1z-.looiA
INor Pac IS 2047 GIN
Okla GE 2s4s75 95it
Pac G&E IS "A 1904
PennRRg4las65 1o5lh
PennRRg4A AsSI -
PennRR 3As52 96iA
IPeo&E inc 4s90 ~
Phila Co 4A4s61 los
RochGE 3L4s69 1o5z
IStLSP 4hs2022 80
lStLSanFrn4s97 0lA
Seab in4hs2016 72iA
Shell On 2hs71 93A
ISocony-V21as76 9~
lSoPac4iasOr77 1o1A
lStd dOilNJ2As71 S2A
tWsPenPr3las66 1o7A
lWstchLt 8 u SGT 1o7
lWest Nd As So 1o1h
lWsPac41as20141 1924
west On bs 81 1oolA
West On Is 60 91h
lWstEl cv2 .65s73 1oosS
WheelStl 3i4s7O %
Wilson Co 3s SO 1o1h
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Victoria Lake, in Africa. is so large
that Massachusetts,, Connecticut
and Rhode Island, If placed in its
center, could not be seen from its
shores.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Girl, s, Is In Fair Condition
After Second Story Fall

Pamela Smithies. 6-year -old daugh-
ter of an Economic Cooperation
Administration official, was reported
In fair condition at Georgetown
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Wilson Brothers and subsidiaries
earned s315,610 or 81 cents in six
months ended June 80 vs.. $44,595
or 2 cents . year earlier. 4
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Houri, SsIe. on the Eaehanss To-day:
iI:0Os.m. l2o 600 IL 90 noon z2o 600
200 m. $40 600 2.n0 o m. 900 ooo
tUnit Of trading, 10 shares. I'm bank
ruptcy or reeeiyership or being reorgan-
lied under the Bankruptcy Act, or secur-
ities assumed by such companies Rates
OF dividends in the foregoing table are
annual disbursements based on the last
Unless otherwise noted, special or extra
dividends. are not included. cid Called
or extras. B Plus stock dividend Cash
or stock. Declared or paid so far this
year. Playable in stock. estimated cash
year. Declared or paid after stock
dividend or split-up. + Declared or paid
thh year. an accumulat tive issue with
dividend omitted, deferred or no action
taken at last dividend meeting. PAYABLE
In stock, exact cash value undetefmtned
on declaration data.
Evening star., 1948-08-12

Adam Hat .075p
Alum Co Am 2
Am 1t g. T .S5e
Am Maracaibo
Am Republic laa
Am Superpower
AshlandOil 1.2O
Atlas Corp " "
Barium Steel
Brown-For Jr Of
Carr Cons Bisc
Chief Cons Nng
Cities Service Q
Colonl Sd&S 40
Colts Afg lNg-
Coml q Sou war
Cosden Petro
Creole Pet 2.7Oe
DenniSon A soc
Fl Bond&Sb Ag
FansteelMetAE-
Gellman Mfg
GenPlywood 40
Gen Share .10e-
Glen Alden C Q
HaZeltine Kae
Humble Oil 2Ae
Imp Oil Ltd rt
Int Petrol y,
Evening star., 1948-08-12
N. Y. Curb Market
IsT INCLUDES ONLY sELkCTED ISSUE
l:l6lKaiser-Frazer

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Pr 20 3i
hILouis L & z Ia zo3A
al 4lMcClanahan Oil Ia
q michigan Sugar. IN
Al zoe ~
AidStPB vic We IN
llMid West Crp 6f pa
MONOGRAM Pict 81
IN Jersey Zine 2e 50
Y xlNiagara Hud Pr q
Northeast Airl-- 7ih
ri NorthropAir Ag 1lH
al Pancostl Oil wd- 81
III Pantepec 1928 1914
AlPantepecOil wd- 13lz
IsI Pennroad .40g-. 6l1
zlPitney-Bow .60a 11N
Producers Corp an
opt war ~
hIRegal Shoe .15e. 4
hiRoosevt Ed Ae Z
saltDomeO Ihf 1oif
zlSelect Indus IN
blTishman Real / 14iA
Tri-Contl " W. 3A
Alum Gas Can 6iA
4 United Corp WV N
4 Unit Profit Sbar IA
& UtShoeMch 3t2a -
Evening star., 1948-08-12

case J l soc
Celanese Crp 1e
Celotex Corp 2
Cen Asuir / 60l
Cent Fndry Ae
CentHudGas 5:
Cent r r N j
Cent Violeta l2e
Certn-td Pd 6na
Chain Belt 20
tChamp p pf A.
Checker Cab
Ches & Ohio 2
Chicago Cp 60
Chi d East III
Chi a. Z Ill A lie
Chi Grt W est of
Chi Ind d L B =
Chi Nil st P&P
lChiMsP&P pf4e
Chi D. N W hg
Chi r 1 Il P sac.
Chi r 1&P Of B :
iChi Yello Cab /
Chrvsler 4
Gin @ d e 1.4O
Gin tRS&E pI 4
1T Finance 2
City Ice e. r IN
CLARK EQUIP 2
ICley Fl I'll I 65e
tClev E III pf4 "
ICev CIR Br soc
Clinton ind 2.4'
tCoca-Cola A 3
Colgate-P-P Pa
Collins d AK l
Colonial Mills l
Col Fuel & Ir Ia
tColo & South
tColo&So 1st of
Columo Gas 90
ColumCarpon 2,
lComlCredit 2.60
Coml Solvnt a4e
Comvl Eds 1.4(
t,omWl & South
Cons Eds l.60-
Cons Grocers l
Cons Nat Gas 2
Cons Text 1.20b
Icons vultee
Consum Power !
fConsumP pf4h
Contain Corr "a
I Cont BAKING 7
ICont Bak pf BIZ
Cont Can Sc
Cont Insurance:
Cont Motors
ContOilDel 1Ms
Cooper-Bess 2
Corn Prod 2.70e
CorningGlass "
tCoty Inc------.
Crane Co ! 60a
Crane Co Of 3a4
Crown Eel l.60e
tCrwnZeller pf4
CrucibIe Steel
Cuban-A s 2l7e
| Curtis Publish
! Curtiss.-Wr 2e =
lCurtisS-W Wr A 2 .
i Daytn P&L 80
Deere q Co l l..
Del L & W Ne
Den d RGW 1e-
| Detroit Ed 1.20
De VilbiSs ZAP
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InfaMtch pf1 iha
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| Dist Cp-Sea 90
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Dow Chem Ae
Dresser Ind N
Du Pont 4e--
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EAGLE-Pl 1.sO
Eastern Air Lint
East Kodak I At
Eaton Mfg 3a
Exec Proc ! 20
tEkco Pr Of 4h
Elias Stop N Ae-
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Elec Boat l.
El & Music .15g
El Power q 1t
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EPasoNGs 2.40
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END Dis Fl ] IL
Endicott-J 1.60,
Eouit On Blog-
Erie r r l -.
Evans Prod ".
Kversharp hf-
FAJARDO 3e--
FarnsWorth---.
Fedders Out so
FedNoTruck.x0
Federat d etrs =.
rerroEnam Lax
; Firth Carp1.6
Eintkots Ga
Florida Pow l.
Follans Stl / hs
FoodFairet .40l
Food Mach 1lss
FreeportSul 2h
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tFruehauf T Of
GABRIEL .10e
Gar Wood Ind
Gen Am Inv 40
Gen Gable Ae-.
i Gen Cigar Ia
Gen Elee go
Gen Instrumt :
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Gen Mot Of 3%
\, Gen Pub 9TH 8
u Gen Ry Signal
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IGraham.Paige
Grantee Stl "
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fdr2ntwT pf3
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Evening star., 1948-08-12
Washington Exchunqe

- SALES.
Washington Gas 4.25 pfd-1O at 101h.
Garnnckel 4h pfd-l0 at 2l.
Potomac Elec Pow com-50 at 1874.
Evening star., 1948-08-12
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK, Aug. - R,.-Dividends
| do
Evening star., 1948-08-11
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C. Ali
II,

including how to smoke two packs
Of my cigarettes . day.
Come to think Of 1t. Kenny Is .
pretty good guide for an American
tourist. He understands enough
English to appreciate what Is
pointed out to him. He was very
grateful when I explained the his
toric significance of the Galata
Bridge. and grew enthusiastic when
I told him that I had q friend. Bob
Low Of Time-Life, Inc, who lived
in Asia and commuted to work In
Europe each day, q matter Of some
Is minutes.
Turkish Torch Singers.
I saw many lovely mosques with
Kenny.
He would slow down his car. point
at a mosque, and say, That mosque
okay."
OF course, 1 whizzed by many
minor mosques which he didn't even
bother to point out as mot okay.
One night I asked Kenny to take
me to a typical Turkish night club.
A place where Turks went, not tour
lists. He managed this-unfortu-
nately. There were q full 1000
Turks there. and the feature at
traction was a series Of Turkish
torch singers doing their stun into
Evening star., 1948-08-11
New Senate Lineup
= COP. Regulars Due to Be Picked
Unless Proeressives Block Action

Millikin, chairman of the con-
ference, The Taft-selected Policy
Committee had but one Senator
from the progressive bloc, Salton-
stall. The others: Brooks of
Illinois, Ferguson Of Michigan,
Gordon OF Oregon and Hawkes. of
New Jersey, plus White. Wherry
and Millikin ex-officio.
Of Isolationist Flavor.
This group was also strongly
favored with isolationism but that
did not become a problem as
Senator Vandenberg's foreign policy
leadership was by tacit agreement
always accepted. In all other mat
ters the extremely able Senators
Taft and Millikin prevailed.
1t is hardly possible that Gov.
Dewey would allow Policy to re-
main so definitely conservative even
If he accepted Senator Taft as
chairman. As the conference must
ratify the policy -makers selected
by the Policy chairman, Gov.
OcWcy COulu CACIG luS iLllluCilCC
there as we'll as personally with the
chairman.
Political opinion divides on where
Gov. Dewey's enlightened self-in-
terest lies. 1t is suggested that
he ought to keep aloof, depend
ing on time, his own prestige, and
the promises of cooperation which
he has had from Senator Taft and
others.
But there is some firm opinion
that he ought to intervene de-
cisively on the ground that it is
far easier to get what you want
by original motion than by amend
ment. The situation regarding the
Republican platform is offered as
an example. Under Senator Lodges
craftsmanship, a firmly progressive
internationalist platform prevailed
despite strenuous efforts to modify
it. The xfoor accepted it. The op-
position couldn't take anything out
from the floor; had the progressives
been beaten in committee they
couldn't have put anything in from
the floor.
The suggested moral for Gov.
Dewey in the Senate matter Is
General Forests old rule: Get
thar fustest with the mostest men"
Evening star., 1948-08-11
.cLemore
Finds Way to Cure
Antique Fever
Rv Henry McLem0r

BY Henry McLem0re
ISTANBUL, Turkey.-Any of you
husbands whose wives dote on Early
American antiques, spending time
and money roofing around shops
Evening star., 1948-08-11

own devices. 1t amounts to regu-
larizing what has been the prac-
tical situation in this Congress with
Majority Leader White ailing. SEN
ator White retires this year.
But the question is whether Gov
Dewey, If elected, intends to leave
these well-intrenched Senators to
their own devices in a matter 50
important to him.
Able Group Opposed.
A small but vigorous and able
knot of Senators, progressive and
for the most part younger, is not re-
signed to such a slate. They feel
they are closer in spirit and po-
litical philosophy to their probable
new President. If, as President
Gov. Dewey practices the same
liberalism he did in New York, they
are right.
This group roughly includes Sen
ator Ives of New York, Gov. Dewey's
present spokesman; Senators Lodge
and Saltonstall Of Massachusetts,
Knowland of California, Baldwin of
Connecticut, Morse Of Oregon, All
ken and Flanders of Vermont
Cooper OF Kentucky and Smith OF
New Jersey. Senator Ives, how
ever. has personally disavowed to
his elders any ambition to be
majority leader himself.
Senator Wherry, actually the
whip, managed the floor all year,
offering the galleries a vivid moving
picture of a man in love with his
work. He is the only Senator who
admits he wants the Job. Many be-
lieve he has earned 1t.
A possible Wherry pitfall: He
voted against the Marshall Plan,
which Gov. Dewey and most Re-
publicans supported. Even Senator
Taft voted for 1t In the end.
But 1t was actually Senator Taft
who dominated the party's course
with help from his close friend,
Evening star., 1948-08-11

oOU or 6UO years henfy MeLemore.
old won't interest them, and they'll
laugh outright at objects whose
history goes no farther back than
100 or 200 years. Half the stuff in
Istanbul was creaking at the hinges
and had moss on it when Columbus
set sail on the trip that resulted in
the discovery of America. Why, the
plumbing in my room and the chair
in which I am sitting as I write
this were venerable at the time Of
the first Crusade. I am tempted to
steal the soap dish and sell 1t to
the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
1t was rusty when Cleopatra was a
girl.
Date Back to Mists.
AS for the age of buildings, most
of them here date back to where
the mists of history obscure their
builders and architects. We in
America put signs out in front OF
houses in New England and Vir-
ginia, proudly proclaiming that
they have stood since seventeen
hundred and something or eighteen
hundred and something. In Istan-
bull house Of such recent vintage
would be considered brand-new, and
a Turk would not be surprised to
find it equipped with air condition
ing, a deep-freeze unit. and house
wife wearing = new look-length
housecoat.
My guide in Istanbul is named
Kenny. That's not his real name,
of course, but it is as close as I
could come to his first name. We
make an ideal combination. He
doesn't speak English and I don t
speak Turkish. No, to say that
Kenny doesn't speak English Is not
quite true. He does speak 1t. He can
say "Okay" as well as can, and his
pronunciation of Gotta cigarette?"
is perfect. He has been with me two
days and has showed me everything.
Evening star., 1948-08-11
This Changing World
Kremlin Using Berlin Crisis to Repair
Prestige DAMAGED in Past Six Months

miles outside Moscow. He consid-
cred it good politics to be out OF
town when the Western powers
representative called.
While the tenor of the conversa-
tions of these ambassadors with
Prime Minister Stain and Mr.. Mol
otov has not been disclosed, 1t is
known that the Soviet spokesmen
demanded that the Berlin question
be tied up with other East-West
problems. Without speculating on
what might happen if such a gen.
eral conference took place, 1t is OBJ
vious now that the acceptance OF
such terms, regardless OF the face
saving devices which might even
tually be introduced in an ofacial
communique, would provide the So
Wet government with propaganda
material.
The Russians will make capital
out of the fact that the Western
powers, after having solemnly an
nounced that they would not per-
NIT the Berlin blockade to coerce
them into talking about other mat
ters, yielded eventually under the
pressure or the might of the U.S.S r.
This propaganda is desperately need
ed not only to mend the cracks
which have appeared in the Iron
Curtain, byt also to strengthen the
position of the Communist Parties
in France and Italy.
Out to Repair Damage.
The independent-and on the sur
face fearless-attitude of the West
ern nations in the last six months
had damaged somewhat the prestige
of the U.S.S.R. in the eyes Of people
both outside and behind the Iron
Curtain. The Kremlin diplomats in
tend now to repair this damage by
taking advantage Of our own diplo-
matte mistakes.
One of the several immediate OBJ
jectives of the Russian leaders is to
restore Germany as q whole politi-
cal unit. They do not want the
present vacuum to continue. They
know that reunited Germany
would enter the Soviet orbit, not
because the German people want
communism. but because the West
has little military power at this time
to use against Russia.
The United States, the only coun-
try with any kind of war potential.
is too far away while the U.S.SR. is
only a few miles from the German
border. So long as the Western
Allies maintain even their present
precarious position in Germany,
Russia's objectives are bound to be
handicapped.
If the present Moscow talks re-
suit in q four-power conference and
an agreement to reintegrate Ger
many, the Soviet Union will
have gained much for the very little
1t offers in return.
Evening star., 1948-08-11

a microphone. turkish music II not
Turkish delight.
The voice OF . Turkish torch
singer Is pitched At about the same
range as that Of q timber wolf. The
timber wolf takes time out occa-
sionally to attack q community. but
the Turk turks never pause. am
quite sure that no Turk singer has
q chance to get a contract unless he
or she can produce evidence that
somewhere back In their ancestry
there was an afraid siren or two.
I hope my guide. Kenny. got his
moneys worth. I got downright
hoarse explaining the city to him.
Distributed By MeNsusht Syndicate. IneJ
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Bv Constantine Bro,pn

The negotiations in Moscow be-
tween representatives Of the three
Western powers and the Kremlin
may be concerned with the question
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Communist Platform
Is Public Screen
For Actual Policies
Convention Document,
Designed for Public,
Hides Comintern Motives
By Dorothy Thompson

The Communist Party platform,
ss published in the New York Times
Of August 7, is document for pub
lie consumption; and, therefore, fol-
Evening star., 1948-08-11
Bv Doris Fiees0n

Senator Wherry-majority leader.
Senator Taft-chairman Of the
Republican Policy Committee, the
select group which lays down the
Evening star., 1948-08-11
be war with the Soviets or q ma
tional economic emergency.)

be war with the Soviets or q ma
tional economic emergency
The Wallace Communist alliance
thus follows the exact pattern Of the
Socialist Unity Parties set up in
Eastern Europe, and in the Russian
zone of Germany. When Mr.. WAL
lace has served his purpose (the
creation of a mass party around a
solid Communist core), he either
will fully conform to his masters
or be ousted.
The Communist Party platform
confirms what has been the thesis
of this column since the inception
of the Wallace movement. A vote
for Wallace is vote for COM
munism. The Communists will not
challenge the progressives in the
field, but work under their protec-
ton. Those who want socialism
untinged by treason had better
vote for Norman Thomas
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