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Evening star., 1948-12-30

am SCARED Henry McLemore.
veteran of many of these battles.
but no more. I have received my
last decoration for gallantry in
action beyond and above the call
of common sense on New Years
eve.
have stormed my last punch
bowl singlehandedly. For the last
time I have volunteered to wipe out
nest of Aud Lang Syne" sing
ers. For the last time have I
stubbornly refused the aid of medics
and carried on until was carried
out. For the last time have I
been shaken out of sleep on New
Years morning to find my gimlet-
eyed commander in chief leaning
menacingly over the bed and ask
ing
Would you like full report on
what you did last night?"
Proxy Will Take Over.
I repeat, those days are through
for me.
Midnight tomorrow will find me
curled up in bed with good book.
At long last I have done what I
should have done several years
ago when I started to come apart
at the seams. I have hired
proxy to celebrate New Years eve
for me- And you folks my age
or thereabouts could do lot worse
than do the same.
My proxy is a 10-year-old boy
who has stayed up as late as mid
night but one or two times in his
life and is looking forward to do
ing it again. He says it won't
tire him a lick and that even If he
stays up until three or four he'll
be up at eight, bouncing with health
and ready to ride his bicycle 10 or
IS miles.
With the money I am paying
my New Years eve sitter" he is
going to give a party. He has
arranged to have a gallon Of ice
cream. a case of pop and a lot OF
noise makers.
Plans to Attend Bowl Game.
The more I think of it the more
I believe that New Years eve should
be celebrated solely by youngsters
They would do it sensibly and be
able to get up New Years morn
ing glad to see the new year. As
it is now, with the chief celebrating
being done by adults it leaves only
364 days in a year for vast sec
ton of our population. New Years
Evening star., 1948-12-30

According to a Constantine Brown.
number of highly informed persons
who have escaped in recent months
from the countries behind the Iron
Curtain, the Soviet army planners
follow carefully developments in t.a
United States. 1t is not the atom
bomb alone, according to these vol
untary informers, which worries the
Russians, but the potential output
of American industry in event OF
another world war and the apparent
decision of this government to be
ready for any emergency.
The large appropriations voted by
the Eightieth Congress under the
pressure of events in Berlin ano
other parts of Europe as well as
Asia convinced Russian military
men that the United States was on
the road to rebuilding its military
forces. which were so hard hit by
rapid and senSeleSS demobilization
in 1945 and 1916.
Disheartening Effect Seen.
Although money had been appro-
priated last summer, there has been
no time to translate those appro-
priations into actual fighting ma
terials, but the Russians neverthe-
less took notice of that decision of
the American people. The nations
Of Western Europe, which are al
most entirely dependent on us for
their national defense, took heart
and began to fight Communist in
filtration more energetically than in
the past.
Although it was known that the
10 air groups and 20 or so new
ground divisions would not spring
into existence overnight simply be-
cause Congress had given the armed
forces the funds they needed, the
impression created abroad was that
this country had made up its mind
to fulfill it's self-impoSed obligation
to defend the Western world against
the Red onslaught.
Evening star., 1948-12-30

the evils of the practice.
Senator Kilgore will submit a
draft of the resolution to the Presi-
dent for prior approval. He has no
doubt the Senate will act speedily
since the President has publicly said
he hoped Congress would tackle the
lobbies.
1t is understood that the project
can go forward Immediately on the
basis of large collection of data
already assembled by the Justice
Department. The resolution will &c
to the Judiciary Committee, OF
which Senator Kilgore is ranking
Democrat, and presumably he will
be chairman of subcommittee
named to carry on.
Slaughter Case Pending.
The Justice Department has three
cases pending under the present
law, the most conspicuous being
that of former Representative Roger
Slaughter of Kansas City, who was
successfully purged from the House
by President Truman in l946. The
Slaughter case has still to be tried
the United States District Court L
expected momentarily to rule in the
other two.
Interested Senators expect The
Kilgore investigation to serve q
dual purpose; they say 1t will un-
cover the past skulduggery about
which President Truman talked sc
much in the campaign and also will
intimidate the lobbyists who are
massing for an attack on the nev
Truman program. Veterans on the
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Lobbying Probe Forecast
Kilgore to Ask Senate Investigation
In Line With Truman's Wishes

hill are not sanguine about the
prospect that lobby excesses can
be cured by laws: they view 1t as q
continuing problem best handled
by an informed public opinion
But, they say, 1t has to be shaken
out and aired publicly once in q
while so the public-and Congress
will give 1t proper attention.
Influence q Fact of Life.
The President spoke by the book
when he charged that lobbyists
were rampant in the 80th Congress.
Members in both parties COM
planned about it and the reaction
Of Capitol Hill to the proposed in
vestigation will very largely be that
they asked for it.
1t is, OF course, part OF the large
hard question Of political influence
which is one of the facts Of Wash
ington life. The late Senator jim
Watson of Indiana put it that pos
session of a great legal brain was a
wonderful asset in Washington, sec
ond only to knowing the right peo-
pie. And it is rare lawyer in
House or Senate who, finding him
self defeated for reelection, goes
back to Pocatello instead of remain
ing here among the right people.
This is the group that is watching
the Slaughter case with especial
interest. The former Representa-
tives defense is double edged. He
pleads political persecution on the
basis Of his old feud with the Presi-
dent and he also pleads that he
was acting solely as lawyer and
thus was not obliged to register un-
Evening star., 1948-12-30
On the Other Hand
Democratic Leaders Facing Problem
In Deciding House Red Probes Fate

to the committees noisy proceed
ings, however, some of the producers
were thrown off their balance and
undertook to clean house" in a
manner to satisfy the committee
A number of writers were fired. All
have sued for reinstatement with
back pay and the first to have his
suit completed has won it. But
the bigger damage has not been
repaired, if one can Judge by the
Hollywood product of the last year
The studios. seeking to avoid any
subject matter that might offend,
have produced pictures mostly with
out any subject matter whatever.
All critics agree it has been a bad
year in pictures.
Changing the personnel OF the
committee probably would help, if
House members of the very highest
type could be persuaded to accept
the assignment. This has rarely been
possible in the past. If the seniority
rule is followed, Representative
Wood, of Georgia, will become chair
man. Mr.. Wood previously served
for term. but during that time the
active force in the committee was
Representtive Rankin, Democrat, of
Mississippi, always a law unto him
self. Mr.. Rankin sees nothing
wrong in the way the committee has
behaved. Utterly silly he says of
the changes proposed by Represen-
tatives Mundt and Nixon.
Other Guardians Remain.
Another Democratic member who
could be moved into the chairman
ship, if he would take it, Is Repre-
sentative Peterson Of Florida. Mr.
Peterson has indicated no liking
for the assignment; he has given
the committee very little of his
time and attention. Recently he
suggested that it be abolished and
that a joint House and Senate
committee be set up in its stead
This might improve matters-if the
joint committee were given proper
personnel.
If the committee is abolished. it
would not mean that Russian or
other spies would have field in this
country. There Is always the Justice
Department and its FBI. still better
equipped for the guardian role than
any Congressional committee can
be and still having that duty to
perform, regardless Of any such
committee And there are the
Judiciary Committees Of the House
and the Senate, with authority to
ride herd on the Justice Department
to make sure it does its duty.
Copyright, 1a4s, Globe syndicate)
Evening star., 1948-12-30
This Changing World
Foreign Policy Officials Seen Uneasy
About Expected Defense Budget Cuts

Persistent reports that the new
budget for the armed forces will bt
so curtailed that funds will be avail.
able for only so air groups and 81,
new divisions may have disheart.
ening effect on the Western Euro.
peans, our diplomatic observers say
Reductions Inevitable.
The Communists in France anc
Italy are doing their best to create
a situation which will permit then
to take over those governments
Their activities since last summer
have been hsmpered because the
war scared peoples of Western Eu-
rope believed that they would be
assisted by the United States in the
event of trouble with Russia.
The reductions In our defense
program are inevitable, however
Congress will be presented with a
number of must" bills, in fulfill
ment Of the Administrations cleo
toral pledges. These will involve
large sums of money.
The Administration ability to
tax the people is limited. Hence
cuts must be made in the national
budget wherever possible. Since
there is not the same war fear In
the country as existed last spring
and summer, the most popular place
to seek reductions is in the Army
Navy and Air Force.
u. S. Incurably Optimistic.
In time of war we are prone tc
put the military on a high pedestal
Any one who wears stars is adoreo
by the public. So are the rank ano
file. Nothing is too good or toe
expensive for them. This explains
in part at least, the extravaganza
of the armed forces during an emer-
gency. But as soon as the shooting
is over the top-ranking officers are
regarded as loafers who want to
keep large military establishments
to provide jobs for admirals and
generals. Politicians look On the
armed services as luxury for the
country which should cost as little
as possible.
We are an incurably optimistic
nation, and so long as there is no
active violence in prospect, we are
prone to believe we are secure, SIM
ply because we hope nothing can
happen. We were warned of the
approach of World War II. un-
leashed by the Axis and Japan,
after 1896. Yet nothing was done
to strengthen our military force
until fighting had broken out in
Poland in 1889.
Today instead OF three dictators,
who were not always in harmony,
we are faced with one dictatorship,
which has decided that America is
the only remaining obstacle in the
way of its ambition to dominate the
world
Evening star., 1948-12-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.


! jacket for disorderly conduct even
if he isn't In it. I'll have to look
into that.
I am going to the Gator Bowl
game between Missouri and Glenn
son on New Years Day, and, be-
lieve me, it's going to be a novelty
to see only % players on the field
at on time. I bet I'll have to get
somebody to explain that sort Of
New Years Day football game %
me.
Distributed by McNausnt Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1948-12-30

Day is a complete loss or. even worse,
a day spent in trying to act as if
one felt one were really a. member
of the human race only 364 days a
year.
OF course, I realize the risk I
am running in going to bed early
New Years eve Not having done
this since I was kid, / am sure
my old dinner jacket will Jump out
of the closet of its own accord and
go out on the town. I wonder if
it's possible to arrest mans dinner
Evening star., 1948-12-30

m ! t t e e. Shall
it continue to be
the demagogues'
dream that ii
has been for so
long or shall
something bet
ter be made of
it? Or shall 1t
be abolished?
The two Re-
publican men,
bers who sur
vived the elec-
tion-the cleo
ton the party
had hoped to
Evening star., 1948-12-30

der the present act. The courts rul-
!ngs in the Slaughter case conceiv-
ably could result in subway rush
to register by some famous legal
lights in the Capital.
The irony of the Slaughter case
has been we'll advertised. He is
accused of lobbying successfully
against increased government stor-
age facilities for farmers. Denial Of
those facilities by the Eightieth
Congress proved to be one of the
Presidents major weapons of the
campaign, helping to give him the
farm vote without which he could
not have won.
Evening star., 1948-12-30

sense 10 stay at
home on New
Years eve.
At. midnight
tomorrow thou
S a n dS upo n
t h o u S ands of
miniature Bat
ties of the Bulge
will be in prog
ress throughout
the land as
Americans cele-
brate the passing
Of the old year
and the coming
Of the new.
Evening star., 1948-12-30

budget 1or ma
tional defense.
Their concern
is predicated on
the fact that
they believe the
Russians av e
avoided chang
ing the cold war
into a shooting
war, only be-
cause they were
! m p r e S sed by
American plans
to increase our
ground and air
forces
Evening star., 1948-12-30

West Virginia
will introduce a
Senate reSolu-
ton for an ex-
a m / n a on Of
| o b b y in G, the
people who prac-
tice it and how
they get their
results. The res
olution will pro-
nounce the pres
ent lobby regis
tration act de-
fective and as
sert that new
methods m u S t
he found to curb
Evening star., 1948-12-30

issue" created by the committee
have bequeathed to the incoming
Congress their own suggestions TO,
improving the committees pro-
cedures. The suggestions. if adopt
ed, would make the committees ac-
tivities little less un-Americal,
than they have been. The rights OF
citizens facing inquisition would be
little better protected. The prac-
tice of smearing first and inquiring
afterward might be curtailed; al
though no change in committee
rules would guarantee this.
1t should not be forgotten that 1t
was Representative Mundt. Republi
can, of South Dakota, one of the two
survivors. who was responsible for
the gratuitous slander of Laurence
Duggan following the latter's tragic
death last week We'll give them
out Ohe names of privately accused
persons) as they jump out of win
dows." said Mr.. Mundt. in his role
of acting committee chairman. Cor
rection of the rules would not pro-
tect any citizen or any citizens
memory against a loose-mouthed
committee member possessing in
formation or alleged information he
wished to blat out.
Movies Have Suffered.
And it should not be forgotten
that it was Representative Nixon,
OF California. the other
survivor, who justified the original
over Hollywood with the
remark that it would put the fear
of God into motion picture makers.
This was when the committee was
promising to reveal communistic
content in the pictures, a promise
it never was able to keep. Thanks
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Montana Guide to Lecture

H. Frank Evans, Pole Bridge
(MontD tour guide. will give free
lecture on Glacier National Park
and the Flathead Wilderness" at 8
o'clock tonight in the Interior De-
partment auditorium.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
BvConsfanfine BrO,cn

High ranking State Department
officials, back from the long United
Nations session in Paris, are uneasy
about the planned cuts in the 1850
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Bv Doris FIeeS0n

President Truman will get his
Congressional investigation of lob
bying.
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, Of
Evening star., 1948-12-30
McLemore
To Let Proxy Celebrate
New Years Eve for Him

By Henry McLemore
When a man reaches the age
where he begins to rattle and
squeak like convertible car top,
1t is high time he had enough
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Bv LoweH MeHen

One of the tough problems greet
ing the new Democratic regime in
Congress is what to do about the
House Un-American Activities Com
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30
Satellite CLUB
HoW's
Thinking?
Inhnnie Tyson
Johnnie Tyson

According to a revised copy of
Webster's Dictionary, cupywritten
in 1914, thoughts are those things
on which the mind dwells. Die
tionaries are indispensable, but
vague at times. Seldom do they
go into detail on any one dis
course It is true thoughts are
those things that keep the mind
occupied, but at least a million
other things might be said for
that small word. For example,
thoughts are what we really are,
not what people think we are
Thoughts can make of our lives
either a heaven or a hell depend
ing on our ability to extract the
good and dispose of the evil. |
would then say thoughts are our
mental guide by which we go
through life successfully or I'M
successfully according to our hui
man influence on this guide.
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30

How's your thinking? You, the
reader Of this paper, do you real
ize the number of persons we
have walking around today with
their minds crowded with abso-
lutely nothing constructive? Are
you one of those persons? II so
don't waste precious moments
feeling badly about it; get up and
do something about it.
| was discussing education with
an old friend of mine last week.
He made this statement, THE day
has passed when one can slide by
on a poor foundation as an excuse
for not knowing" This statement
was simple, but truly great. How
often l have though of it since.
To me it represented an excellent
educational slogan.
There is a song that says. Il
know when night is gone, a new
worlds born at dawn A new
world is being born each dawn
A wiser world, more complicat-
ed world, a world calling for only
the fittest. Who, then, will stand
the raging storm? Who will quail
fly to stay in life's race and re-
main staunch in the pillows of
time.
Far be it from me to suggest a
tried and true plan by which the
world might solve all of its prob
lens. If it were possible for me to
make such a discovery, the world
would find it more valuable than
the atom-bomb discovery If such
a plan could be accurately formu-
lated, there would be no need for
an atom-bomb. But to my way of
thinking, education is the only
thing that will in anyway APP
pease this mysterious phenome-
non we call life.
Unfortunately | don't have the
recent statistics on college atten-
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30
KAY VAUGHN SEES

New York (CNSl-There was a
time-and not to many years ago
when the short. plumpish girl
was considered the essence of
feminine figure perfection and
the tail, thin girl called Just too
plain skinny and gawky. Tall
girls, thus shuddered by rowing
males, did everything to make
themselves appear foot or SO
less. They wore the --LATEST heels,
the frilliest necklines and even
walked stopped over ashamed of
their overgroWth. But these rem
edies didn't remedy. They only
made the long of limb appear
more gawky, graceless and taste
less.
Then along came the Fashion
magazines with their sleek editors
and above all their fastidious art
lists to take the tall girls out of
the doldrums. Discovering that
clothes hang best on the tallest,
slimmest of women, they told the
ugly ducklings to stretch out,
wear their high heels, carry their
carriage proudly-that those over
SIS" were the most graceful and
above all the most desirable.
An so the healthy. long legged,
well proportioned, typical Amerl-
can girl figure was born.
Now, if you're in the S. over
class, remember you have the real
American height-the most eXalt-
ed figure in the fashion world.
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30

of our president to introduce such
a plan and this being election
year, He must have realized what
an unfavorable effect it would
have on his reelection, but he
stlll had the courage 10 come for
ward with what he knew was
right, For this we shall forever
be grateful to him for his far
sightedness.
Some would think his motive
selfish. | disagree, for the Ne.
groes who are aware of the power
of a full Pledged 100000 Negro
vote are few. This means oul
votes would hardly be enough te
Influence his election one way OF
the other. feel that Truman was
sincere in his efforts to help us
realize few more rights. What,
ever the motive we stand to be
the profiteers.
Seriously, we have been riding
the rail of complacency too long
Let's become aware of our sur
roundings and pledge our loyalty
to try and better them.
internationally, How's your
thinking? Today we stand on the
brink of another world catastro-
phe. Most people are thinking of
the atom bomb and what it will
do to their precious hides. | may
be an optimist, but l don't think
this bomb can completely obliter-
ate the world, though extremely
deadly. | am believer in God
Somehow l doubt the capacity of
any man made article to truly
destroy the world unless it be the
will of Him who doeth all things
well. In that case, so be it!
The thing that comes to my
mind when | think of third
world war is Democracy at the
Crossroads If Democracy would
stand one fourth as long as it has
stood previously it will have to
give up all phases of mockery.
You've heard the statement or
rather the saying "A chain is only
as strong as its weakest link. .
Well, that's the way I'm going to
treat Democracy; as huge chain,
but with an extremely weak link,
that link being all the farce of a
democratic government that has
constantly been presented to us
as a minority group.
Personally, I'm no communist.
think it has very little ION the
BALI. A practiced Democracy is
ideal for any nation. However
getting it in only an extremely
diluted fashion as has the Ameri-
can Negro, makes him wonder il
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30

dance, can say this; today's col
lege enrolment is the largest
ever recorded in the history of
time and 1t is constantly increas-
ing. The question may be asked
as to the reason for this eduea-
tonal storm, | will be glad to give
you the reason. No longer are we
willing to sit back and complain
about the things that life has not
provided us on a silver platter,
money for instance, adequate
wardrobes TO meet our more eri-
teal world, equal and unsegre-
gated educational facilities and so
on. Gradually our poor eyes are
opening to the great realization
of taking what we have, be it
much or little, and developing it
to the highest.
To those of us who are idling
away our time let us become a.
ware of our changing world. Take
advantage of night schools, cor
respondence course, government
aid, etc. Live to the highest in
our rapidly advancing world,
Politically ,how's your thinking?
have decided on a personal a.
Weakening along these lines after
listening to the recent party con-
ventions You probably listened
also; therefore. | won't go into
the details. will say this, how.
ever, today we the American Ne
groes are facing new era. We
need not get the idea that all will
be we'll in this new era for it
will be crowded with its problems
as has the passing one.
Do you remember the story of
the Pilgrim fathers? They were
anxious to get to this country for
the purpose of realizing more
freedom than did the mother
country provide or rather permit
On arriving, it is true they ex-
perienced these freedoms that
they had in mind, but this is not
the whole story There were In
dian attacks, illness and death "a
mong the members, difficulty in
finding food, etc. Due to the cul-
tural advancement of our nation,
we will not have to encounter the
same problems perhaps, but there
will be obstacles to be overcome.
Civil Rights is wonderful
thing. But it will take more than
documents to make us free II will
have to somehow pierce the hearts
of our oppressors. Remember the
Freedom Train and all the doc
uments, etc? Well, not a single
one of them made US truly free.
It's wise movement on the part
Arkansas State press., 1948-07-30

And if you're tainted about being
too sparSe-'no meat on your
bones and having to pick only
the tallest men for the short ones
are unbearable-pay il no atten-
ton and shed no tears. For no
one beats you wearing clothes and
can attract more attention If those
clothes are becoming. Moreover,
this new look was envisioned and
conspired for the tail girl. Ger
tainly, she looks the grandest with
he yards of material flowing "a
bout her slim, 1.-the body.
So make the most of your height
and move as if you were truly
proud of it. We guarantee you
continuous wolf whistles and from
all sizes of males for they are all
suckers for the well groomed, con-
fident girl.