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Evening star., 1948-05-25
Bill 10 Fix Minimum
Drink Prices Opposed

Opposition was unanimously
voiced last night by the Northwest
Council of Citizens Associations
against bill recently introduced by
Chairman Dirksen of the House
District Committee, which proposes
to fix the prices Of alcoholic bev-
erages in the District.
AS the bill now stands, every re-
taller would have to sign contract
with the wholesaler, agreeing not to
sell below a minimum price, and
such action would be enforced by
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board.
Gordon M. Atherholt. president
of the council, said there was no
point in such bill" since it would
"tend to raise the prices and cut
down competition
Tine group reiterated its stand in
favor of a District sales tax. In
another action, the council went OH
record as vigorously opposing any
increase in the real estate taxes"
Concerts by the Army, Navy, Ma
rine and Police Bands during the
summer months were asked for the
Northwest area.
The meeting, held in the home of
Harry c. Grove, 2708 Cathedral
avenue NV.
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Births Reported

tFrom the D. c. Bureau of Vital Statistic
ksrIe and Al9u,se !Es, Bsrg n3ss, 63y ~,
James and Tina Burgess, boy
Ray and Kathleen Buxton, boy.
EeSin EoSfr' ana sna dloria di chspmsn, boy. @
William and Sylvia Collins, boy.
Joseph and Charlotte Connors, girl
Arthur and Joya Cox, boy.
Odessa and Catherine Daniels boy.
Ralph and Lois Doerins, girl;
Norris and Norma Downs girl.
James and Mary Dunn, girl.
Charles and Josephine EDWARDS, boy.
Milford and Leila Eley girl. ,
Charles and Ellen Fagan, girl.
Stuart and Eleanor Feilner, boy.
Jonathan and Virginia Fisher. boy.
Curtis and Matte Freeman, girl.
Joseph and Grace Gettlngs. girl.
William and Elizabeth GLASGOW. gIrl
William and Cassie GLASGOW boy.
Richard and Marie Hallion,. boy.
Ralph and Leora Hill jr., boy.
Henry and Dorolny Hotter, girl.
Michael and Marian Huffman. girl.
James and Beulah Keys, girl.
Hush and Frances LanRhorne, slrl.
Giscomo and Harriet Lorusso, boy.
Walter and Mildred Madison, boy
Glenn ana Lois Maher, girl.
Arnold and Mary Morris, girl.
Francis and Eileen Murray, girl
Elvood and Doris Nicholson, slr.
Joseph and Efie ochranek, bsy
Theodore and Helen Pomeroy, girl.
chester and Martha Reid, girl.
William and Dorothy Rhodes, girl
Meyer and Mildred Rosenfeld, boy.
Fred and Rita Ryerse, boy.
Bernard and Ruby Schoch, boy.
Marvin and Pauline Settle, boy,
William and Meredith Sharp boy.
Claude and Helen Shifflett. boy.
John and Francina Sleconich, sri.
Almus and Marian Speare. boy.
Saul and Marcia Stern. boy.
John and Miriam Showers, girl,
Ralph and Mildred Summers, girl
John and Christine Swartwout, slrl.
Philip and Willimena 1owbin, girl.
James and Charity Williams, girl.
Melvin and Katherine Wright, girl.
George and Maggie Bidgell, girl.
Russell and Lottie Black. boy.
Lenwood and Lillian Blakey, twin Girls.
Clarence and Abbie Carr, girl.
Samuel and Ruth Deal, girl.
Roy and Gwendolyn Griffin girl.
James and Annabelle johnson, girl.
Walter and Annie Key. girl.
Joseph and Elizabeth Pickeral, boy.
Andrew and Frances Pollard, BOY.
Allen and Juanita Thomas. boy.
James and Beulah Wise, girl.
Wolton and Ella Wood, boy.
Homer and Winnie Woodbridge. slrl.
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Deaths Reported

(From the D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics. y
James A. Smith. so. sos Maryland ave. ne
Domenico Trimarchi, 73, 1922 Bladensburi
rd. ne.
Agnes Klnnear, 81. Rogers Heights, Md.
Reuben Miller. 81, 1888 Warren st. NV.
Mary F. Moore, "A, 1898 C st. Sc.
Dorothea z. Davis, 90, 11"1 Morse St. ne
Geoffrey Greenman, infant, 47l0 9th st
Daniel Fersuson. SO, 114s 23rd st. NV.
Joseph Washington, IS. 1la Otis pl. NV,
RICHTER Carter 50. 1853 Swami st: NV.
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Ends Bad Case
Of IrreguIarity

II used to have to take 8 or 4 pills
regularly for constipation. Then I
made KELLOGG s ALL-BRAN my break
fast cereal and it proved to be a real
regulatorw IL Your diet lacks bulk
Evening star., 1948-05-25

for normal elimi-
nation, eat an
ounce Of Kellogg's
ALL-BRAN every
day in milk-and
drink plenty of
water. If you are
not satisfied after
10 days, send the
empty carton to
the Kellogg Co.,
Battle Creek, Mic
Evening star., 1948-06-24
On the Other Hand
Convention Found Lacking Oomph,
With No Great Battle Over Principle

seen it, and I've been present when
each has exposed himself to the
public gaze. Convention demonstra-
tions, of course, must be excluded
in this connection; convention dem
onstrations are organized.
Green Typified Spirit.
If there were men here disposed
to harangue any group that would
listen in behalf of q sacred cause,
they subsided early in the apa-
thetic atmosphere. Such curbstone
or hotel corridor debates have al
ways been an accepted part OF
national conventions, but they've
been absent from Philadelphia this
week.
Champions of many causes came,
but they confined their efforts large
ly to formal appearances before the
Platform Committee. This applies
to those who want the United States
to deal generously and fairly with
the displaced persons of Europe, to
those who have been seeking for
years to advance the cause of civil
rights, those who demand better
farm program or a better housing
program.
1t applies even to the representa-
tives of labor. Weary William Green,
president Of the AFL, who used to
be a Republican himself. typifles
the discouraged advocates of causes.
He spoke his piece to the Platform
Committee and then resumed look
ing glum. All the other earnest
souls contented themselves merely
with making an appearance for the
record. And why not? Most of them
had just come from Washington,
where they had obtained FORE
taste of what convention promises
amount to after the election.
Evening star., 1948-06-24

The Warsaw Constantine Brown.
conference Is ominous, not only be-
cause OF the fact Of the surprise
summons which convoked it, and
the fact that Russian Foreign
Minister Molotov himself is re-
ported to be attending, but because
1t is being held at a time when the
crisis In Germany appears to be
coming to a head.
The Western Allies display no
disposition to recede from their po-
sition on the economic and politi-
cal resurrection of Germany in the
western occupation zones. Nor are
they displaying any weakness in
the Berlin currency conflict, which
will advance another step today as
Berliners begin turning in their old
marks for the Western Allies new
Deutschemarks and the Soviet's
new money.
Organized in September.
Russia is being confronted by a
degree of firm resistance which it
has not encountered before, and a
determination to oppose her en-
croachments in Germany. She
must decide pretty soon whether
to force her will on the Western
Allies and by what means. That
may be the significance of the
hurried summons to the Eastern
satellites for the Warsaw confer
ence.
The Cominfor1m was organized in
Poland last September for the ex-
Evening star., 1948-06-24

KNEW duytlulk. tCunptC AC"S
paper people told me stories that,
half an hour after, I discovered
were moonshine, and a campaign
worker close to one candidate told
me that this candidate had secured
working agreement with another
candidate, and half an hour later
that other candidates right-hand
man told me this was not so.
knew the truth again and again,
but never knew it for longer than
half an hour. The dear girl kept
diving down her well and coming
up again, never looking the same.
wondered at this till I reflected
that nobody can see through shut
doors, television or not, and that
nobody can hear words that are not
spoken, and that the truth would
not be loose anywhere In Philadel-
phia till the right moment came.
On With the Routine.
But I went on with the routine,
knowing that it was no good. I
went and saw Gov. Duff, and he told
the friend I was with what had
happened In the situation which
split the Pennsylvania delegation,
and that was all in the papers al
ready. I would have liked to ask
Evening star., 1948-06-24

taken several delegates from his
State who think they have spotted
the bandwagon. It was a pilgrim
age that had many counterparts
during a day In which the coalition
Of Dewey rivals feverishly manned
their leaking dikes.
The coalition was still able to
prove on paper that the New York
governor had not enough votes to
nominate him. But they were beset
with all the difficulties q coalition
always encounters.
To begin with, as James A. Farley
once groaned at Chicago, in 1882,
and then proceeded at Chicago in
1910 to prove by his own example ::
Each one thinks he can win. They
always think they can win
All Rivals Still in Race.
All the Dewey rivals were still in
the race and they had even got the
reluctant dragon from Michigan
before a press conference.-the he
still seemed reluctant. And for the
first time in the mind of man, Har-
old Stassen was looking tired. How
ever, Senator Taft was, as usual,
Senator Taft-a constant in vari-
able world.
Gov. Warren, continuing to dis
play his rather touching faith in the
democratic process as applied to
national conventions, serenely hung
on to California and waited for the
convention to decide. The only con-
ceSsion he made to human fallibil-
ity was to arrange to have the rules
Evening star., 1948-06-24
4.

Gov. Dun many questions. That
is an impressive man. He has the
same look as Winston Churchill.
There is the same massive body
which is penetrated with force OBJ
viously directed by mind finer than
often lives in massive bodies. He has
an air Of integrity, and wanted to
ask him what sort OF tone it had
given him and whether he was
good when things were quiet as well
as in q fight, and why he was
not standing as a presidential can
didate.
I was tempted to ask him these
questions because I knew exactly
how he would have handled the
situation. He would have answered
pleasantly and turned with a slight
gesture to one of the young men who
were sitting round the room and risen
and shaken hands with my friend
and We would have found ourselves
out in front of the elevators. He
would have known what to do with
the minimum of fuss and no crack
ing of his good manners.
Seems to Want to Get Back to Work.
But Mr.. Taft, surely inappropri-
ately at his press conference, looked
at reporters who asked quite ordi-
nary questions with an obvious
desire to get rid Of them by such
process, I have never seen anything
odder than the conduct Of this
candidate. His charming smile
shows that all his friends say Of
his character is true, and one sees
that from many points of view he
must deserve election. But surely
his expression conveys very clearly
that he wants to get back to work
At the first possible moment and
that he finds it dreary to run for
Office by any process which involves
being asked silly questions. He
stands there. obstinately incorrupti-
BILE by the limelight.
When one sees Mr.. Stassen hold
ing reception one fears the lime
light. The line OF people pass in
front of him shaking his hand. and
when a child comes along he bends
down towards it with a kindly smile
and says q few words. I am sure
that he is genuine in his manifesto
ton Of good will. He belongs to a
Scandinavian type that is often
very fond OF children. But every
time he shows this suggestions af-
lection a photographer takes q shot.
However genuine his feeling is at
the first instance, how can it fail
to become tainted in these circum-
stances?
In both England and America it
would be good thing if a picture
of any candidate for Office looking
Evening star., 1948-06-24
This Changing World
Cominform Meets as Crisis in Reich
Appears to Be Coming to Head

press purpose of defeating the Mar
shall Plan and thwarting its pur-
pose of reviving Western Europe.
Since that time European Commun-
ism has had certain significant de-
feats. In France the general strike
was broken by the present premier,
Robert Schuman. In Italy the at
tempt to win power in a free election
failed, proving that the Commun-
lists can win only when they have
tightly controlled, single party
voting. In Greece the. Loyalist
forces, advised and directed by
American military men, are rocking
the guerrillas back on their heels,
threatening to wipe them out COM
pletely If nothing goes wrong with
the present American-style offensive
along the Albanian border.
Strong Position in Reich.
Germany Is the one place left
in Europe where communism, with
the support of Russian arms, holds
strong position against the democ-
racies. The choice with which the
Russians are confronted there is
either to permit the Western Allies
to pursue their present line Of re-
creating the kind Of Germany they
want in their own three zones, or
to meet the challenge Immediately,
at the point and under the circum-
stances which the West has chosen
for it.
The Soviet Union may, If it
wishes. launch a campaign now to
undo the accomplishments in West
ern Germany, throwing into that
fight all of the Soviet bloc's diplo-
matte and political weapons, in
cluding the threat of violent action
to establish communism through
out Germany.
If Russia ever makes the decision
for a showdown on Berlin and the
broader question of Germany as a
whole, she will require the CO.
ordinated efforts of her satellites
in the execution of a well-laid
operations plan.
II it ever comes to military action
the Soviet chieftains will take over
in command of a united Soviet bloc
army. But until that time arrives
the Cominform-ands such meetings
Of its members as the Warsaw con-
ference-will carry the burden of
implementing Russia's expansionist
plans,
Evening star., 1948-06-24

hopes and the heartaches have
been. for the most part, purely
personal, the property Of the men
who came seeking the nomination;
these and their immediate friends.
There has been no great battle of
contending forces, each prepared
to die-politically-for principle.
The nearest to any such moral
engagement was found in the ranks
of the semi-professionals and anna
teurs who sought to draw the line
clearly between what they call the
internationalists and the isolation
lists, as represented by Senator VAN
denberg at one extreme and House
Speaker Martin at the other. But
even among these there has been
something less than crusading
zeal. They have been more dis
posed to wiring their hands than to
clutch the enemy by the throat.
No Talks Of Bolting.
Best indication of the conven-
tons tepidity, as contrasted with
oOiilC SCSSlOllo VI tIlC PdSt, 10 tkldV
there has been no talk, not even
a whisper, of anybody bolting In
case of defeat. All the candidates
and all their supporters are pre-
pared to fall in behind the nominee.
OF course, it has been evident all
along that some of the intellectual
liberals would 60 home and be sick
If the best the convention could
produce should be one of the Old
Guard hack politicians. But that
would be about the extent Of any
revolt.
Why this lack Of spirit? And don t
be misled by the sounds Of cheering
as it comes over the radio or the
flashes of tumult that are regis
tered on your television screen; this
convention hasn't had its heart in
what it came here to do. Why this
lack Of spirit? Out Of power for l6
years and filled with the feeling that
they are in again, why haven't the
delegates been walking on air?
I don't know, unless it is that
they find little to inspire them,
either in the candidates or the is
sues they are presumed to repre-
sent. If there has been a really
rousing reception for any one Of the
candidates as he appeared in the
Hobbies or on the streets, I haven't
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Faith in Mathematics
Dewey Foes Beset With Troubles;
His Cabinet Is Reported Going Fast

suspended so that movie queen Irene
Dunno could second his nomination.
Against such glamor, Gov. Dewey
continued to put his faith in mathe-
mates. With pads and pencils, he
and staff checked and rechecked
the key States and sent their scouts
out to reconnoiter. Weakening
leaders were brought in to see the
great man himself and get a sales
talk.
Governor Green Of Illinois was
more than willing to serve his
country as Deweys vice president
but his colonel forbade. Torn be-
tween his ambition and his terror
Of what the pro-Taft Chicago
Tribune and Colonel Mccormick
might do to him, he wavered. Mean
while, the Dewey accountants with
their customary efficiency had cased
the Illinois delegation and discovered
that Gov. Green could not deliver
a sizable portion Of it. Goodbye
Gov. Green.
LyCS Al&uk Vh AuuAohAs
Dewey eyes next lighted upon
Indiana and It's favorite son, House
Majority Leader Charles Halleck.
The Indiana delegation Is currently
as full Of feuds as Philadelphia Is
of hot tips, but Representative
ialleck, another eager public servant,
was reported to be telling them
that they owed it to the greater
glory of Indiana to allow him to
make the sacrifice.
Mr.. Halleck had two assets: A
substantial delegation and follow
ing in the House of Representatives
that was scattered through all the
48 States and would welcome this
recognition of the much-abused
House.
The cabinet was said to be going
fast. Senator Edward Martin of
Pennsylvania, the first favorite son
to break away, will nominate Gov
Dewey and in turn be nominated
for Secretary of National Defense
when the gravy train starts rolling
Massachusetts is registering claim
on the Justice Department..
1t is time also. according to the
Dewey schedule, to pick your dates
for farewell parties for Nationa
Chairman Reece, a Taft man. Her
bert Brownell is due to succeed him
at least for the duration of the
campaign il the Dewey victory
materialiZes.
Evening star., 1948-06-24

into the face Of a child with Q
tender expression were treated a.
an indecent photograph and all per-
sons concerned in the production OF
it were treated with tho rls,ial
severity.
Caught In Dewey Crush.
I was caught in crush which
had something to do with Mr.
Dewey, though all 1t resulted in was
q great carrying Of parcels by in.
Vulnerable women, and man who
said he had met me In Paris told
me that he now knew exactly what
was going to happen and who was
going to be the presidential candi-
date. He put his hand so that he
could speak to me confidentially
behind it, and I spoiled it all by ask
ing him where he had got his seal
ring. But I could not be expected
to listen with great attention to
his political news for he was tell
ing me of the pact between candi-
dates of which I myself had been
told and had heard denied some
hours earlier.
I nearly said. Cant we all relax
and admit that we won't know any
thing until the people who are
actually fixing the business decide
to tell us?"
But he was having such a won.
erful time that forbore.
Everybody who likes having that
sort of wonderful time was having
it, all over Philadelphia. I liked
watching them; and wished that
had brought with me a relative
who is of service to me in predict
ing the future. She is always wrong.
But she would have been of no use.
For what was going on was obviously
so complicated that you could not
even be simply and directly wrong
about 1t
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Cruiser to Visit Far East

HONOLULU, June "a P.-The
heavy cruiser Toledo will make q
goodwill tour to the Far East in
August, the Navy announced yes
terday. Accompanied by the de-
stroyers Chevalier and Higbee, the
ship will visit Malaga, Ceylon, India,
and Pakistan, the announcement
said.
Evening star., 1948-06-24

W klCul > VIVA wv
it was magnih-
C e n tly written
and full of wis
dom.
But the busi-
ness of the con-
vention is so
plainly being
carried on by
the candidates
and party OIL
cials that I felt
under obligation
to keep in town,
and a lot OF
good I di d
myself. Nobody
Evening star., 1948-06-24

UCllCy. VI V1iC
dreary business
may still be
dragging on.
The point Is
that almost from
the beginning it
has b e en- q
dreary business,
q conv e n t ion
without oomph
OF any kind.
Th ere has
been plenty OF
hope here and
the making OF
plenty of heart
aches. but the
Evening star., 1948-06-24

dicious publisher
pointed to a pic
ture of Senator
and Mrs. VAN
denberg sitting
on q Baruch
b e ch a n d
observed: "If you
sit in the park
the squirrels will
gather, but not
the delegates"
He had just
come from the
D e W ey suite
where at their
own urgent re-
nIlesf he had
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AZ ~ . . . - - - y
called a meeting
In Warsaw of
her Eastern Eu-
rope satellites
presumably for
the purpose of
countering the
Western Allies
creation of a
new state in
Western Ger
many. Of which
the recent cur
rency reforms
are part and
parcel.
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Bv Constantine Brovn

Vague reports In recent days that
the Cominform was meeting some
where In Europe crystallized yester-
day in the positive knowledge that
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Rv LoweI[ MeUeft

PHILADELPHIA, June 24-By the
time this is printed an uninspired
convention may have named an
uninspired candidate for the presi-
Evening star., 1948-06-24
British Writer Learns
Truth Never Looks
Same al Convention
But Everybody Is Hoving
Wonderful Time About
1t in PhiIodeIphio
By Rebecca Vest
SnaeioI Star corrasnondanf.

PHILADELPHIA. June "a For
mer President Hoover made a
speech at the Republican Conven-
ton that I would have liked
Evening star., 1948-06-24
Rr Doris ELeeSon

PHILADELPHIA, June 24-Like
patriotism, availability Is apparently
not enough.
Seconding this conclusion, jul
Evening star., 1948-06-24
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Evening star., 1948-03-14
|AnnaalGeorgetowm
IT our to Be Held
On AbriI ?, 3

Georgetown, q town within q
city," has no organized group for
the preservation Of antiquities, II
is the owners themselves who have
preserved the charm of the COM
munity which, in earlier times
claimed Washington as its largest
suburb.
Federal, classic revival, Victorian
and modern homes are all there,
but the architectural significance
and the great charm Of the town
lie in the houses built during the
first so years Of the Nations exist
ence.
All types Of houses are to be shown
on Friday and Saturday, April 2 and
8, for the annual tour given for the
benefit of the social welfare depart
ment of historic st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown Parish.
Included in the tour is the resi-
dence of Representative and Mrs.
Christian A. Herter, 31o8 p street,
Evening star., 1948-03-14

built by Judge Morsell q century
and q half ago. It is one Of the
fine old houses which through the
years has been the home of many
celebrities, including Marquis de
Podestad, onetime Minister from
Spain; Gen. and Mrs. George c.
Thomas, who took it over after the
Civil War, and the late Mr.. Frank
Simonds, correspondent, who re-
stored 1t.
Mrs. Henry Latrobe Roosevelt is
showing her lovely house at 1923 @
street, filled with treasures which
she and her late husband collected
from the four corners Of the globe.
This house was one of trio of twin
houses which Henry D. Cooke, first
Governor OF the District, when
Evening star., 1948-03-14

municipal government began and
continued for only three terms, built
along the north side of what was
then called Stoddard street. Known
as Cookies Row." these houses
played an important role in the
social history of old Georgetown.
Another lovely old house to be
shown is that of Mrs. Henry Leon
ard, 3038 N street, with its gardens
at the back overlooking the Poto-
mac. In the early days of George
town, when the glories of maritime
trade were becoming things of the
past, this house was known as "old
Dr.. Riley's house"
Other lovely old places to be shown
include the rambling old house at
1888 Twenty ninth street, now the
Evening star., 1948-03-14
VIII Entertain

Mrs. Norma Kane will entertain
next Sunday from 4 until 7 O'Clock
at a cocktail party in honor of her
art pupils whose paintings, COM
pleted during the past year, will
be on exhibit.
Known professionally as Theo-
dora Kane, the hostess each year
entertains at pre-exhibition party
The exhibit which opens Sunday
will be on view through March 81.