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Evening star., 1948-10-24

| if the Russians, as 50 many official!
like to believe now, do not TAXI
further steps to get us out Of Ber.
lin by force.
Reasons for Staying
If we think of the former German
capital in military rather than po.
litical terms, the city Is q death
trap. 1t weakens rather thar
strengthens our military position ir
Europe and forces us to keep 2,OO0,.
600 Germans on relief with scant
supplies which come from the
United States.
An early withdrawal appears i'm
possible. however, for the following
reasons:
Cd The administration cannot re.
verse its present position without
risking serious criticism in THU
country and must leave this prob
lem to the next administration Il
the Republicans win the election.
% The State Department fears
that even the suggestion Of with
drawal, which military men in West
ern Europe consider a practical
strategy, would create such a stir in
Western Europe and would make us
appear so weak that the whole moral
effect of the European Recovery
Program would suffer greatly.
An unofficial survey indicates that
If we suggest such q step the Com
munist Parties in France. Italy and
the Low Countries would be con-
siderably strengthened and might
take over the governments which
we are now supporting in the hope
that economic recovery will con-
solidate the political life Of Western
Europe.
Hope Time Will Help Us
80 We have sold to the Western
Germans the idea that we will re-
main in Berlin, come what may
We have convinced them so COM
pletely of this that our actual with
drawal would cause fresh moral de-
preston, with the result that we
would have trouble with the west
ern-Zone Germans.
"a The Western German Com
munists would loudly proclaim q
victory for themselves. Soviet pres
tige would gain enormously over
night, and as a result the long,
Evening star., 1948-10-24
By ChoImers M. Roberts
Stor StaH corresnondent

BERL1NThe chill already settling beag-
uered CITY, the Soviet blockade continues
winter.
you into Berlin down the
corridor the Soviet behind
front four minutes ahead of the behind thrill
ica majesty this operation this testimony
ican production genius.
city. you chat every
American who talks gby fighting
Of destruction is too huge the
writer.
Hitlers Chancellory Being Dismanted
Here the concrete floors Of smashed building hang like towels
from grd attached by the reinforced which
at one de Here Hers chanceoy the Gotterdammerng OF the
madman dream being stripped of the last marble slabs
with They will build theater
Soviet others build the
memorial guarded by Soviet soldiers stands in the baroness
Of the Tgardn full of Rock Greek Park WASH
ington.
that the bhe hoveed back the wrecked buildings
caed being carted today miniature railroads
which active miles of track than the streetca
Already the beginning to fall to the usually
other along the streets AS the work split them into fire.
wood lengths and children gather the branches and tw
included them off hand punched in carts the
size Of newsboys wagon
Turn.Around Time Held to Minimum
C54 in which correspondent
from Frankfurt 43 minutes carried 9030 pounds of coal
in Army barracks bags which be handled by two men, This FIVE
ton load flown Capt Auburn Reave of Corning Caf
transport veteran of 1000 hours of flying It. Richard D. Cromwell
also Californian Bit pilot during the Battle the
VILE NO. Pacific veteran with memories of Guam and Two Jma
The be duty II hours during which they
make two round-trip Berlin then off 10 hours But the 1s
often much shorter and the universal of the
I'D sure like to Berlin
The is that Templeho
about 40 minutes long enough sandwich
mobile snack bar while of Germans under CT
coal ALI maintenance for the handled
the Only C-54 engine planes
familiar domestic arlnes and small flying
British engine
Cats plus few wartime Lancaster and smaller bombers
Evening star., 1948-10-24
T. S. Officials Study Plan to Quit Berlin if Obliged
Out
but AnalytS SasW May IeaveNe Spring

/ statements of leaders of both parties
in the United States, along with
similar announcements from our
top military men in Germany, that
we would remain in Berlin regard
less of all cost and risk.
If dire necessity compels us tc
change our present policy it will be
necessary first to educate the Ger
mans as to the reasons for this
action. But there won't be any real
difficulty in doing so. The Germans
who since 1888 have been accus-
toned to hearing and believing
propaganda, can be told quietly
first by their own press and radio
that the welfare and future OF
Germany does not depend entirely
on the Western Allies remaining
indefinitely in Berlin. They can
also be told that Berlin continued
to be regarded as the capital Of
Germany after the surrender merely
because the trainers of the Potsdam
agreements considered it a conven-
lent meeting place for their mill
tary governors. Outside of that,
they can be told, Berlin has neither
industrial, economic nor political
significance.
The Germans unquestionably will
understand and believe such state
ments, which should come first
from their own people. They are
already aware that q reconstructed
Reich would not choose that war
destroyed city, 50 close to Poland
and the iron curtain, as the future
German capital. Berlin, they know
Is doomed and eventually will be-
come q tenth-rate town In Ger
many.
Merely a Symbol
The rank and file of the German
people, like those in other Western
European countries, realize that
since the end of the war Berlin has
been merely a symbol which, since
last spring, has been converted
into a political battle-ground be-
tween east and west.
The new propaganda line, ema-
mating from quarters under our
control, would have repercussions
not only in the Reich but also
throughout Europe, where military
! (See BROWN. Page C-5.)
Evening star., 1948-10-24

sought union of East and West Ger
many under the tutelage Of the U. s
S. r. might be more readily accom-
plished than If we had showdown
with the Russians.
These considerations natural.
must be carefully weighed by thos'
who are responsible in the presen
situation. The only hope now i!
that time will play in our favor ane
that eventually something will hap
pen to get our necks out Of th'
moose.
| But some circles see no possibility
of continuing our stay in Berlin
under existing conditions for more
than, say, six months and the
thought is being put out that the
American Military Government ir
Frankfurt should start as soon as
possible to pave the way for oul
eventual withdrawal from the city
This, 1t is said, should not prove
difficult, provided we give the propa-
ganda organs sufficient time.
| 1t was our propaganda which
made the Western Germans fee
that Berlin was the symbol of the
new Germany which they hope viii.
come into existence soon.
Resorted to Propaganda
The Prussians were utterly dis.
liked for many generations in West.
ern Germany-particularly by the
Bavarians and the Wuerttem.
bergers-and Berlin was q symbol
Of subjection rather than pride, be-
cause 1t represented the concen-
trated Prussian power over the
other members of federated Ger
many.
When the Russians established
their blockade last spring the rest
N Germany was not particularly in
terested in what was happening In
that ghost city. 1t was our propa-
ganda which made Berlin a matter
of honor, not only for the Western
Allies, but also for the rest of Ger
many. Under the prodding oil
our occupation authorities, Berlin
days" were organized in every part
Of the western zones. Food was
collected and sent by plane from
the Germans in the west to their
brethren in the former capital. Al
the same time, top prominence was
given throughout the Reich to the
Evening star., 1948-10-24
By Ston Diner

tween January 3 and the inaugura'
ton, II days later.
All of this speculation has deal
with the question of which party
would hold bare majority for tn,
purpose of organizing, which means
naming committee chairmen and di.
recting the kinds of legislation thai
would come from committees.
Lively Session Due
But, regardless of who has tn,
majority, If it is by a narrow margin
Of one or two votes,- the Senate is ir
for q lively two years.
At the present time the party
standing Is 81 Republicans to 4:
Democrats. If the next Senate /.
any closer than that, both sides will
find it necessary to keep their full
voting strength readily available or
all vital issues. This obligation will
be particularly. urgent for the party
having the bale majority, for one
or two absentees could change the
result on an important vote.
This problem would be. further
complicated by the fact that on any
major issue there are nearly always
some Senators in both parties who
differ with their leadership and
cross the party line when the roll
Is called.
May Vault Party Lines
It was this crossing of party. lines
that enabled the Republicans to
muster enough votes to pass !mpor-
tant bills like the Taft-Hartley Act
and the income-tax reduction over
presidential vetoes in the Eightieth
Congress.
Regardless Of which party organ
ICES the Senate, therefore, the trend
CT domestic legislation next year
may depend more on the economic
philosophy Of the individuals elected
than on the party labels they wear
And q closely divided Senate
would give greater power to those
men on each side Of the aisle who
have . tendency to decide each
question as they come to 1t instead
OF voting consistently with their
own party.
Evening star., 1948-10-24
independence
Keeps Calm
No Signs of Excitement
In Truman's Town
Over Election

In lrumans Town
| Over Election
By Ston Diner
INDEPENDENCE, Mo.-Although
election day is less than two weeks
away, there's no special excitement
In President Truman's home town.
From q political-interest stand
point, independence is spending the
final election days In much the
same manner as any other COM
of $4,000 persons.
There are the usual street-corner
political conversations. However,
many of the conversants speak of
Harry" rather than Truman.
There are no prominent displays
promoting the retention of Inde-
pendence as "The Home Town OF
the President of the United States
In fact, an uninformed stranger
coming into Independence would
hardly know he was in the Presi-
dents home community.
Mayor Wears Truman Tie
Practically the only public evi-
dence of this fact are Chamber Of
Commerce signs at two highway en-
frances to the city. ~(Another en-
trance is adorned with q full-color
politically sponsored billboard sign
bearing two pictures and shouting
the Endorsement of the Dewey-War-
rem team)
President Truman's frame house
is marked by a sign in the front
yard. With these exceptions, the
city is virtually void of public an
nouncement of its role in history.
Although townsfolk display an
outward attitude of indifference re-
garding the election, there's no
question about the opinion of Roger
T. Sermon, Mayor Of independence
since 1924.
Mr.. Sermon, longtime Democratic
leader in Jackson County, and q
close friend of the Truman family,
wears a scarlet necktie bearing the
likeness Of Harry Truman. On his
coat lapel : is q uman-Barkley
campaign button. The walls Of his
well-furnished city office are lined
with old and new photographs OF
the President-from his World War
I days to his current presidential
campaign tour.
Just One of the Boys
Mr.. Sermon explains the city's
apparent lack Of election excite
ment this way: s,.ss.
Harry has always been every
body's friend. Although he now
holds one Of the most powerful
positions in the world, he still greets
and speaks cordially to all the
friends he knew while he was q
county Judge County commissioner
here.
Its the fact that Harry is still
Just one of the boys that makes
it hard for us to get excited about
the presidential race"
Bill Southern, soft-spoken editor
Of the Independence Daily Examiner
and a longtime friend Of Mr.. Tru-
mans, emphasizes this friendliness
of the Truman family. Their ad.
vance from a county position to the
No. / office in the Nation, he says
has not affected their attitude to.
ward hometown friends.
Does all this mean independence
will vote solidly for Mr.. Trumani
BY no means! Local resident,
are full of pride for their former
neighbor, but, as they explain here
politics is politics"
distributed by the Associated Press)
tween January 3 and the inaugura'
ton, II days later.
All of this speculation has deal
with the question of which party
would hold a bare majority for tn,
purpose of organizing, which means
naming committee chairmen and di.
recting the kinds OF legislation thai
would come from committees.
Lively Session Due ID
Evening star., 1948-10-24

If that happened and Senator
Wagner was not able to 60 to WASH
|ington, the Democrats would have
difficulty organizing the Senate.
A challenge growing out Of the
Texas election could touch of q
debate that would tie the Senate
up for days without swearing in
half of the new Senators. Such a
tieup occurred at the start Of the
Eightieth Congress, when the late
Senator Bilbo Of. Mississippi was
challenged at the door of the Senate.
Senators are called up in alpha
betical order to be sworn in, and
on that occasion the roll call was
halted after Senator Baldwin Of
Connecticut had been called. That
controversy lasted only two days,
but in this case 1t might 80 on
much longer. since the new Con-
gress will not have much to do be-
Evening star., 1948-10-24

(See BROWN. Page C-5.I
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Civil Liberties Union
|AssaiIs Thomas Group
In Dr.. Condor 'sCase

The American Civil Liberties
Union today attacked the House Un-
American Activities Committed q
conduct in connection with its
charges against DR.. Edwerd U. Con-
don, director of the National Bureau
Of Standards.
1t called on the committee to give
DR.. Condor "minimal precedural
rights" and to establish a model
procedure for future hearings when
it examines the scientist April 81.
DR.. Condor was accused by an Un-
American Activities subcommittee OF
knowingly or unknowingly" assoc
iating with suspected Russian spies
The group called him zone Of the
weakest links in our atomic security .
A hearing should have been held
before making public the insinua-
tions against DR.. Condon's loyalty
three Civil Liberties Union officials
declared In a letter to Chairman
Thomas of the House group. The
organization released the letter to-
day.
The union urged that the COM
nittee confine its statement on the
Condor case strictly to facts brought
out in the hearing and release 1t
only after a majority vote of the
committee.
It recommended that DR.. Condor
be granted the right to call wit
nesses, reply to charges, cross-exam-
inc witnesses and receive notice OF
all charges against him. Such safe
guards are particularly necessary in
a case such as the scientists, the
letter declared, because of the char
acter assassination possibilities in
herent in 80 explosive set Of
circumstance"
The letter was sent by DR.. John
Haynes Holmes, chairman of the
board Of the civil liberties group;
Arthur Garfield Hays, general coun-
sci, and Roger N. Baldwin, director.
Eight attorneys Of the organizations
Board of Directors also subscribed to
its statements.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Cancer er-confroI Course Sci
For Nurses al Catholic j.

A three-week institute for nurses
on cancer control-the first Of a
series to be conducted throughout
the country-began today at Cath
olic University.
Forty nurses from public health
agencies. schools and hospitals Of
the District and nearby States were
scheduled to attend the intensive
course, sponsored jointly by the
university and the National Cancer
Institute.
The students, who are nursing
consultants and instructors in uni
versities and hospitals, later will
teach other nurses the principles
of cancer control and nursing.
Rosalie I. Peterson, chief public
health nursing consultant of the
national institute. and Agnes A.
Dix, assistant professor in the
Catholic University School of Nurs-
ing Education, are conducting the
course. It will include visits to Dis
trict cancer clinics.
Nurses can be the key to the
success Of our national cancer con-
troll program" DR.. Austin v. Deibert,
director Of the national institutes
control work, declared. They should
learn to recognize conditions. which
may become malignant and to de-
tect cancer in its early, durable
stages, he said.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Edward Morgan to Talk
At Junior Bourd Lunch

Edward p. Morgan, member of
the law firm Of Welch, Mott g.
Morgan. will speak on communism
at q luncheon of the Junior Board
of Commerce at 1880 pm. Thurs
day at the Burlington Hotel.
Mr.. Morgan was with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation for seven
years, and was associate counsel for
the Pearl Harbor Investigation
Committee.
Evening star., 1948-04-05

Reid, first secretary of the New
Zealand Legation here, will speak.
The dinner meeting will be held
In the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Balh-
more.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Women's Bor Meeting Set

Several Washington women law
yers win attend the meeting Of the
Baltimore Women's Bar Association
at 7 pm. Thursday when John S.
Evening star., 1948-04-05

method the traveller doesn't need to go near ticket
window-his ticket can be delivered to him on the
train But until more roads have this modern service
we should at least have personalized tickets
It would not delay the traveller at the ticket win
dow because his name could be put on the diagram
at the same time the agent records his ticket number
When the passenger hands in his ticket the con-
ductor would merely check his name. And there are
few people, we believe, who would be willing to
falsify their identities
Evening star., 1948-04-05

has been the experience on crack trains like the
twentieth Century, which for years has made up
passenger list
Messages could be received en- route And pleas
ant Good Evening. Mr.. Smith, might let many
of our skeptical patrons know that the railroad is
really interested in them. For too long, rail passeng
ers have been treated as nameless ciphers.
Why Not Start 1t Now?
The change to personalized
would put the black-market bootlegger out of bust
ness. The mechanics are very simple. And the new
method would be worth the small extra effort many
times over in traveller good will.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
A Bonus Of Good Will!

In fact most travellers would be distinctly pleased
to think that conductors knew their names That
Evening star., 1948-04-05


6ack in May, 1885, the CSC published an adver.
tisement entitled: Let's Get the Black Markets
Hand Out of the Travellers Pocket!''
We cited cases Of outrageous racketeering-and
offered solution that would end it.
Our appeal brought action in matter Of weeks
but the actioh was only halfway measure. The
twenty -four hour rule (which means that unused
tickets have to be turned in day ahead of train te)
did decrease the empty space trains. In fact 1t is
estimated ,at in gears time this rule made 79s 900
more units of space available to travellers.
But it left the black-market bootlegger almost as
secure as ever in his racket
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-09
Record Number
Takes Part In
Golf Tournament

The largest number of entrants
in the history Of golf tournaments
at the Pascagoula Country club
took part in the Scotch Foursome
held there Sunday, January 3, ac-
cording to the manager, Ormanc
Van Hook.
The tournament was played in
two parts, the first two rounds
being broken by a stop for a golf
er's lunch at noon, the second be-
ing resumed at It's conclusion.
The winners OF the first prize
were Mrs. Edward F. Flemming
and John Furr.
Other winners were Mrs. A. M.
Swigert and Saul Peterzell, Mrs.
/. w. Browder and Charles Con-
nell and Mrs. c. II. Weaver and
A. l.. Monroe.
Besides the foregoing, others
taking part in the tournament
were Mrs. Tracy Walker, Edward
F. Flemming, Mrs. John Furr, W.
r. Bexley. Mrs. David Peattie, r.
r. Lemney, DR.. w. J.. Weather.
ford, Mrs, Saul Peterzell, Carl
Brinkman, Mrs. Ormond Van
Hook, r. c. Gulley, and Mrs. w.
r. Bexley.
Other players at the club dur
ing the afternoon were Mrs. Ar
mold Walker. Mrs A. F. Dantzler
and Mrs. Hubert Grant.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-09
American Legion
To Bring Pro
Fight Program

The American Legion post viii
bring a 32-round program of pro.
fessional prize fighting to loca.
fight fans January 20 at 8 p. m
at the American Legion Home
on Market street, Harold Sea.
men, commander of the post ano
manager of the home. announced
There r two ten-round bouts
and three four-round preliminar-
les scheduled between local and
New Orleans fighters.
The main bouts will be fought
by Terry Lowman of Pascagoula
and Thomas Everard of New Or
leans, weight 1873 pounds, and be-
tween Buster Price of Pascagoula
and Joe Dazet of New Orleans,
weight 1853 pounds.
Preliminaries will include one
four-rounder between two Pasca;
goula Negroes, AL Grissett and
Willie Gibson, 140 pounds. Dale
Griffiths and Put B~urrougs OF
Pascagoula, weight $50 pounds,
will put on the gloves for four
rounds and Bill Meredith and
Preston Price, 100 Founders, will
get into the ring together for
a similar bout, Mr.. Seamen said
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-09
Kenne Duncun.
Movie Bud-Mun,
TO Appear Locally

When he appears on the Pix~Joy
theater stage for his local engage
ment, Mon, January. IL. Kenne
Duncan, motion picture villain de
luxe. returns to his first love-
the theater.
Shortly after he finished school
he made his debut in a play at
the Empress theater in Vaneouv-
er. The play closed after a weeks
performance. but Duncan was al
ready innoculated with the act
ing bug. and he played on the
stage with such stars as Ruth
Chatterton, Louise Hampton and
Nancy Carroll before Hollywood
drafted him to be a suave and
charming bad-man in westerns.
Recently under contract at Re-
public Studios, where he played
with all the sagebrush heroes in
GLIDING Gene Autry. Roy Rogers,
Bill Elliott. Allan Lane, Monte
Hale and Sunset Carson, Duncan
has returned to free lancing and
personal appearances.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-01-09
News From Hurley -.
Hurley. Harlesion and Big Point P-TA
Holds Holiday Party at Hurley School

Robert Golf, W. ]. Walkman, Yer
non Slider and Joseph Rubino as
guests.
MI. and Mrs. Jack King visited
in Jackson with the latter's par
ents during the holidays.
Mrs. w. L. Jones spent last Fri
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Abner
Cunningham in Big Point.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Glaskox,
Jr., of Wade were guests here
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Glaskox and
were guests of honor at a quilting
party.
Congratulations go to Mr.. and
Mrs. Sheridan Moak, the win
ners of the washing machine Civ
en- away New Years Eve by N.
c. Hamilton.
Mrs. Gladys Pait spent two
days with her daughter, Mrs. S.
Cruthirds, in Harleston last week.