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Evening star., 1948-05-25
On the Other Hand
Vandenberg, the Martins, Joe and
Ed-and John w. Bricker of Ohio

what they want and who are will
ing to take all such details of the
Presidents hands. However, if Sem
ator Vandenberg's promoters have
this in mind they are not MENTION
ing it.
OF other potential candidates, you
may be surprised to learn that
there is now a good deal of quiet
talk concerning Senator John w.
Bricker. He's the kind of person
Republican delegates have always
appeared to like. He got longer and
louder applause at Chicago four
years ago than Gov Dewey did. He
accepted the conventions decision
gracefully, along with the lesser
place on the ticket and campaigned
industriously for the man who de-
feated him. Gov. Dewey, If elm
mated himself, could be expected
to return the second part Of the
favor. Senator Taft, for whom Sen
ator Bricker stood aside this year,
could Do nothing less for his col
league. And Senator Bricker is not
known to have offended Mr.. Stas-
sen in an important way.
All Landon Likes Joe
Then there is Speaker Joseph w.
Martin. One-time Candidate ALI
Landon of Kansas came to town
a few days ago to urge his fellow
Republicans not to cut the heart
out OF the reciprocal trade law,
but to sustain 1t in keeping with
the party's platform pledge. The
House Ways and Means Commit
tee has just done the thing that
Mr.. Landon deplores and that COM
mittee usually represents the think
ing of the House leaders. Mr.. Lam
don saw Speaker Martin, who did
not commit himself. But, neverthe-
less, Mr.. Landon told reporters that
for a Presidential candidate, I'VE
couldn't do better than joe" That's
how it is in politics.
Pennsylvania State Committee
on Saturday gave its unanimous in
dorsement to Senator Edward Mar
tin, who trailed Mr.. Stassen and
Gov. Dewey in the popularity con-
test that accompanied the Penn
sylvania primary a few weeks ago.
Senator Martin, addressing the
meeting, assailed the Democratic
party for 'its betrayal Of its
friends" Senator Martin wouldn't
do that. His chief accomplishment
to date in the Senate has been to
hold up the nomination. Of q first
class Federal Power Commissioner,
in the interest of the party's friends
among the private utilities.
Evening star., 1948-05-25
THE EVENING STAR, washington, D. c. Az
~.

wearing an Indian war bonnet. Un-
til saw Dewey. whose new name,
incidentally. is Eagle SUM-" ! al
ways thought that the worst look
ing man in . feathered bonnet was
Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge looked
like . utility infielder at Clusters
massacre. Dewey looked like the
mascot or batboy.
Why would Dewey allow an In
dian bonnet to be put on his head?
It couldn't be because the Indian
vote is so powerful. No man ever
got to the White House on the
strength of the Navajo, Seminole.
Creek, Iroquois or Sioux vote.
Running for President seems to
make fools out of men. Now, when
Dewey was district attorney, do you
think any one could have made him
appear in court wearing an Indian
war bonnet and calling himself
Eagle Sum? Can you picture Dew
ey striding into the courtroom to
prosecute Dutch Schultz or Legs
Diamond with 4 feathered head
dress on his noggin and OCCASION
ally interrupting court proceedings
with q wahoo or two? How do you
think the jury would have reacted
If Prosecutor Dewey had said, This
is Exhibit A-ugh-ugh," and flashed
sandaled foot?
Nothing Too Foolish to Do.
But now that he is running for
President, the highest elective Of
nee in the world, nothing is too
foolish for him to do. Mind you,
Dewey isn't the first presidential
aspirant to feel this way. am sure
that, starting with washington. all
candidates for the free living on
Evening star., 1948-05-25

Pennsylvania avenue have agreed
to behave In . manner which n
remindful Of Scott Fitzgerald
sophomore.
In . way. I am glad that NJ.
Dewey posed in . war bonnet and
Mr.. Stassen stood smiling among .
group of Indian princesses. It
makes me feel less sorry for the
Indians, who certainly have been
given . raw deal by US Americans.
We bought Manhattan for ~. and
chased them OF the land that was
theirs. and generally have starved
and beat them down.
But the Indians have had their
revenge. Sly folk, Indians. For ~
long rs I can remember they have
put bonnets on Presidents and men
who would like to be President.
making them look like plain darned
fools. In their wigwams, the IN
dians must chuckle to think how
they have made the Great White
Fathers utterly ridiculous.
The day I see Mr.. Vandenbe5E
in q war bonnet I am going TO
Johns Hopkins.
The same goes for Joe Martin.
One last thought: Can you pie.
ture Macarthur going for such fool
ishness? Neither can I.
distributed BY MeNausht Syndicats. lns)
Evening star., 1948-05-25

Tass last Satur- Constantine Brown.
dav, There was so little of any
element of concession in that state
ment that it can be readily dismissed
as evidence of any serious desire to
arrive at a settlement with the
United States. Or perhaps the
Kremlin has been convinced that
the United States-as it has stated
does not intend to engage in bi-
lateral negotiations on matters
which concern other countries.
In any event, the TaSs statement
raises no great prospect that the
cold war" can be concluded at any
early date. 1t did contribute to the
growing conclusion in the United
States that Russia is seeking not an
accord with the United States so
much as a tactical advantage by
splitting the whole bloc Of nations
which stand with the United States.
Moves Easy to Comprehend.
How Russia aims to do this is not
difficult to comprehend. The West
cIll UlOC lldS UCCAA 2S6oA MN oo AAA
cluding all those nations outside the
Iron Curtain, and to an extent all
non Soviet block countries do ac-
tually stand with the Western de-
Some, however, are less tightly
affiliated with our bloc than others.
Scandinavia, for instance, is less
partisan in our favor than say Italy
or the Low Countries which COM
prise the Benelux union. The Latin
are united with us
against the Soviet bloc to varying
degrees.
: There is, then, q considerable bloc
Of nations which nominally are on
the side Of the West against East,
but which are chary Of being too
closely identified with American for
eign policy. Some of them think we
are not willing enough to cooperate
with the Russians. Some think we
bear a good part Of the responsibility
for today's world tension. Some
Evening star., 1948-05-25

State L0Weu Meuetbs
But the politicians are likewise
agreed that Gov. Dewey still has
a long way to go before he can
reach out and touch that nomina-
ton. Oregon's IL delegates do not
increase his total very much and
it is still estimated somewhere IN
the neighborhood of 800. Senator
Taft, who has just repeated his
claim to the largest number, uses
similar figure, and so, for that
matter, does Mr.. Stassen. Accept
ing their claims, that would leave
each of them about $50 votes short
of the 548 needed to nominate.
What Gov. Dewey has gained is
an increase in respect and warmth
of feeling on the part Of party
managers and rank and file dele
gates. His name now inspires less
of a chill than 1t did a few short
weeks ago.
Betters Favor Field.
But those who like to back their
Judgment with a bet continue to
favor the field of dark horses
against any one Of the three lead
ers. The name heard most frequent
ly is still Senator Vandenberg. His
eloquent silence amid all the con-
fusion, isn't hurting him q bit. He
hasn't been asked, Of course, con-
corning the charge made against
him with increasing frequency as
his prospects grow. The charge is
that the Michigan orator is hope
lessly bad administrator or that he
would be il he were ever given an
executive job. Washington is full
of whispers to this effect just now.
They could be answered by sayiug
that 4 President is always sur
rounded by men who know just
Evening star., 1948-05-25
This Changing World
Russians Now Seen Intending to Press
Peace Offensive to Its Final Victory

simply want to adhere to as definite
ly neutral a position as possible,
while realizing the fact that their
way of life is inevitably bound up
with ours.
1t is among these nations, then
that the Russians hope to plant
their seed of discomfort with Ameri-
can policy and to exploit the latent
desires of the neutral or near-neu-
tral nations to avoid any conflict
between East and West which
would catch them disastrously in
its tolls.
Russian propaganda efforts are
being directed toward the accom-
plishment of these objectives. 1t Is
the Russian aim to convince the
middle of f-the-road countries that
they are genuinely seeking q con-
dition of lasting peace and that
the United States is the power
which refuses to help in that en-
deavor.
Could Show Good Faith.
To what extent Russia has sue
ceeded in this effort is dificult yet
to determine. Certainly every gov
ernment in the world has watched
with extreme interest the progress
of the Soviet and American ma
neuvers. 1t is difficult for us to
see where we have gained anything
by the exchanges that have taken
place so far. And If that impress
sion is gaining in this country how
much greater must it be outside the
United States?
The antidote to the Russian poi
son which is being spread through
out the world is to make it clear
beyond all doubt just what the Rus
sian purpose is. This might be ac-
eomplished by sitting down with
the Russians, not to settle world
wide issues which concern other
countries, but to seek q Soviet
American program which could be
submitted to the rest of the world
either in the United Nations or
in a special conference to
strengthen permanent peace.
Such a decision on our part to
talk directly with the Russians
could be utilized to our advantage
by forcing the Russians either to
make the concessions which the
rest OF the world requires of them
for lasting peace or to let them
selves be stigmatized again as ag-
gressors who do not genuinely want
peace but who are merely seeking
tactical advantage.
Although we should not permit
ourselves to hope that a two-nation
with Russia would &C
tually settle the worlds ills, we could
show our good faith by accepting
the Russian suggestion for bilateral
talks and then showing up Rus
sian bad faith for exactly what it
is
Evening star., 1948-05-25

tA4AACs 0A0 o-
dered = hearty
breakfast Of sar-
dimes, ice cream
and sauerkraut.
I skipped out
o the b ack
yard, took a
brisk conStitu-
tional aroun d
the water fau-
Get, and then
scrambled under
the house to get
the morning pa
per. That is
Sx,1, ora 0,yp vonu,c
Evening star., 1948-05-25

bOy aIWAyS Henf' "eIsmse'
throws it. He has a much better
arm than Walter johnson ever had,
and I predict that If the rules Of
baseball are ever changed so that a
pitcher can throw newspaper in
stead Of a ball, this youngster will
win around 100 games year.
One look at the paper and I
started feeling Ill.
Another look and my vibrant
health deserted me- and the mis-
cries took over.
There, right on the front page,
was q picture Of Thomas E. Dewey
Evening star., 1948-05-25

WCoU.
He Is Federal
Security Admin
istrator Oscar
Ewing, q former
vice = chairman
Of the, National
Committee. 1t
was Mr.. Ewing
who, held the
Roosevelt Shot
gun at the we'd
ding Of the
Farmer Labor
party in Min
nesota; it was
Mr.. Ewing who
A1I.I
Evening star., 1948-05-25

front runner in
the race for the
r e p u b II c a n
nomination. He
has put a little
more daylight
between himself
and the gallop-
ing gopher from
Minnesota. (Au-
thor's n o t e :
Nothing per-
sonal intended.
Just happened
to remember
that Minnesota
is the Gopher
Statel
Evening star., 1948-05-25

began as q re-
action to tn e
American state
ment of its posi-
ton on aid to
Europe. rearma-
ment and other
foreign policies
May 4.
The latest in
the series Of
S OWE t nlaneu-
vers was the au-
thoritative state
me mt of the
Russian leaders
distributed b y
Evening star., 1948-05-25
Bv Doris Fleeson

A calm and experienced trouble-
shooter of the days when the Demo-
cratic goose hung high is advance
man for President Trumans trip
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-07
the TheOCrat
VEHICLE OWNERS PAY
RECORD REGISTRATION
EEEC

\
FEES
Illinois motor vehicle own
ers paid a total of 100000
in registration fees during 1947
compared with $24,539,OO0
during the previous year, &C
cording to Charles M. Hayes,
president of the Chicago Mo-
tor Club.
Increased AL per cent over
1916, these payments are ex-
elusive of gasoline taxes, op-
orators permit fees, and other
miscellaneous fees collected
from motorists, Mr.. Hayes
stressed.
Collections for all states for
motor registration taxes in
creased 1873 per cent, with
1947 revenue totaling $780,
261,000 compared to $441,91O
during 1916.
Mr.. Hayes estimated that
complete reports for 1947 will
show that motor vehicle own
ers paid a record-breaking
sum Of $2,923,65O,OOO in spe-
cial taxes, compared with ST.
100000 during the pre-
vious year.
income tax, $450). If he works
hard for the rest of his life, he
will be able to provide the gov
eminent with a handsome slice
of inheritance tax when he
dies.
For this day in the life of
Henry Suburban, we are in
debted to the May issue of
TAX Outlook, published by
Tax Foundation and adapted
to Illinois by the Research De-
partment of the Taxpayers
Federation of Illinois.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-07

Anthracite is a hard coal
which burns without flame and
contains upward of 90 per cent
carbon.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-07
TEST HUMAN TOLERANCE
IN CATAPULT TAKEOFFS

The Navy has developed a
human catapult to test human
tolerance to accelerated take
offs and arrested landings in
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-07
WHO PAYS TAXES?

CLOCK (pr1ce: 20 plus pI.IV
tax). Accompanied by the
trebling of birds, he climbs
YEARLY out of bed (price: $195
plus $500 sales tax plus per-
sonal property tax), walks
across the floor of his $4,000
house (annual general proper
ty tax, $220), and switches on
the electricity $3.50 tax on his
$40 monthly billy which lights
the bulb (price: zoe plus 1c
federal tax plus 1c sales tax).
To music from a bedroom
radio (price: $50 plus $3.50
tax, Henry shaves with his
electric (see above) razor. AS
a radio newscaster reports that
Henry's local taxes have reach
ed new peaks, Henry slaps
across his jowls a handful of
bay rum (price: $1.3O plus 24c
taxi.
He dresses quickly, hurried
ly fastening cuff links (price:
$3.50 plus TIC tax), and tie
clasp (price: $3.50 plus 33c
tax), plus on his Swiss wrist
watch (price: $50 plus $500
tax not counting customs du-
ty), and rushes downstairs.
Tucked under one arm is a lea
Their briefcase (price: $18 plus
1896 tax) which carries pa
pers from his real estate Of
flee, including one deed (prop-
erty valued at $4,000; stamp
tax, $500.
In the kitchen, he's just in
time to snatch two slices of
bread from the electric toast
er (price: SIG plus 1882 tax),
lift his coffee from the gas
stove (price: $3.50 plus $3.50
tax, and grab a glass of fruit
juice from the refrigerator
(price: $500 plus $36 tax).
A glance out of the window
shows it's raining, so he calls
to his wife marriage license,
81 to telephone (monthly
bill; SIP plus $2.O5 tax) for a
taxi. Too many other people
want taxis on a wet morning
SO Henry gets out his own car
(price $1,000 plus $105 fed
eral tax plus $36 sales tax plus
state license of $1,000 plus city
wheel tax plus tax of sc on
each pound of a new tire plus
tax of 5 per cent on each new
part or accessory plus state and
Federal gasoline tax of 412c
per gallon) and drivers Cop
orators license: 50c) to the
railroad station.
Henry relaxes at the station
with a cigarette (price per
pack, loo plus 1Oc Federal and
state tax), lit by a match (tax:
SIZE per 10000. Aboard the
train, Henry gives the conduct
or his ticket (price: 85c plus
13c tax), and settles down to
a hand of bridge with three
cronies, using of course, a deck
of cards (price: 40c plus lac
tax).
In the city on his way to the
office, Henry stops to buy a
roll of camera film (price:
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1948-07-07

the newest, super-speed air.
craft.
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PERFECTLY NATURAL

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tinted at PETE RADIO AND
CAMERA SALES.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
On the Record
Bernadotte Seen Victim of Divided u. N.
Second Martyr to Peace During Year

would be an opening wedge for a
vaster Jewish expansion. Among
Palestinian Jews and throughout
the world they have sympathizers
who, while repudiating them pub
licly, justify them privately. The
Israeli government has been deferred
from taking drastic steps against
them by pressures within the gov
ernment itself and upon 1t from
abroad.
The question now is whether the
Israeli government will wipe out
these gangs which, If left to flourish,
will eventually overthrow the present
rulers. The Israeli government
knows who the Sternists are. Cor
respondents have talked with their
leaders in Palestine and in Europe
They had a delegation at the Wal
lace convention and held a press
conference without being repudiated
by Mr.. Wallace, though they believe
In murder as an instrument of
policy.
But the United Nations also must
make up its mind either to enforce
its Palestine decision or leave the
Middle East to chaos and war which
the decision has contributed to stim-
'ulate. The partition plan would
have to be enforced against both
Arabs and radical Jewish National
lists. Count Bernadotte was not
only a victim of the Sternists-he
was the victim of q divided United
Nations depending wholly on pres
tige for the enforcement Of its de-
cisions.
(Released By the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1948-09-22

1lSllblllB ChoAo
for reelection this year and sne
was not discussing politics. Rather,
she was described as chatting per-
sonally about her husband, as any
woman does.
She remarked that the President
had been truly happy in the Senate
and had enjoyed 1t more than any
thing he had ever done. And then
she added her hope that, when he
left the White House, he could go
back to the Senate.
Mrs. Truman is far better known
here than she is in Washington.
She has long been frequent Wis
itor to the Colorado Mountains,
as so many Kansas and Missouri
people are. Her brother, D. Frank
Wallace, is an architect with a
well-known Denver firm and she
visited him only recently.
The Presidents future has been
a matter of quiet discussion among
his friends for some time-in fact,
ever since the schisms in the Demo-
cratic Party appeared and Henry
Wallace launched his troublesome
candidacy.
No Private Means.
Despite his great success as chair
man of the Senate's War Investi-
eating Committee during the war
years, the President Is not lawyer.
He lacks the educational back
ground to qualify him for great
university's presidency, such as Gen.
Eisenhower and Harold Stassen
have fallen heir to; in any case,
that sort of thing is not his cup
of tea. His earlier venture into
business failed.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Mrs. Kasenkina Reported
Improving al Hospital
BY The Asseeiufsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Mrs. Ok
sana Kasenkina, the 52-year- -old
Russian school teacher who leaped
from a third-fioor window Of the
Soviet consulate August IL, was re-
ported in good condition today.
She slept well last night and her
temperature early today was 99.6 de-
grees-only slightly above normal
officials at Roosevelt Hospital re-
ported.
Mrs. Kasenkina was to have been
questioned by subcommittee. of the
House Committee on Un-American
Activities, but the session was post
poned last Monday because her tenn
'perature had risen. .~.
Her physician, DR.. Grant B. Pen
noyer, said Monday that because
her temperature was up to 10l he
thought any questioning by the sub
committee should be deferred a
week or 10 days.
Evening star., 1948-09-22
Truman in Senate Again!
Wife Tells Friends He Was Happy
There, and Hopes He Will Return

But the Trumans have no private
means. A friend has estimated
that they will leave the White
House with a possible profit o1
$4,000 a year only for each of the
three years, should he not be re-
elected.
This country makes no provision
for its ex-Presidents, though the
matter has often been agitated
Some-Herbert Hoover, for one
don't need it. Others have beer
forced to work hard to pay theil
debts, as did Gen. Grant.
Even the thrifty Calvin Coolidge
decided he must have gainful occu'
patton after leaving the Whit
House. He wrote a newspaper
column of fond memory which con
tanned, among others, the deathles'
line, everywhere I 60 In Americs
see Americans"
Actually, until he ran into th'
present shoals which are in par
not of his making, President Tru'
man had been an eminently success
full politician and vote-getter.
Hard Fight in 1910.
He was tossed onto the ticke'
rather absentmindedly by Bos!
Pendergast in 1882 and rode the
Roosevelt coattails triumphantlJ
into the Senate. But In 1910 he hac
hard fight against popular rival
whom many predicted would dis
pose of him easily. He won ant
often refers to the pessimism about
his chances in that contest wher
he predicts that he will win this
presidential election.
Should he be defeated this veal
and decide to attempt the Senate
he could contest against Senator
Donnell, the sincere and well-likeo
senior Missouri Senator, in 1850
Mr.. Donnell might be harder to de-
feat than his reactionary Junior
Senator KEN, whose term, however
does not expire until 1858.
There Is certainly nothing but
good will toward President Truman
personally in Nhis country, despite
his slim chances for success cur
rently. His crowds are always
friendly; the small groups who get
to know him better invariably are
pleased.
In recent times, no President has
ever aspired to Senate or House
after his White House lease expired
But also the only modern Senator
to become President, besides Mr.
Truman, was Warren Harding, who
did not live thus to aspire.
Evening star., 1948-09-22

Korea In little Constantine Brown.
more than "a hours, for Northern
Korea is adjacent to Siberia, the
Eastern section Of which is teem-
ing with Russian armed forces.
In the second place, the with
drawal of Russian troops from
Northern Korea does not mean the
withdrawal of Russian influence
and the Soviet-occupied part OF
this former Japanese possession Is
as thoroughly Sovietized as any
100 per cent Soviet satellite IN
Europe.
Offer Lacks Sincerity.
The Russians, OF course. have
made q great deal Of their repeated
offer to Withdraw their forces from
Korea In the hope Of embarrassing
the United States. But the offer
has been lacking in the one thing
which would make 1t genuine-sln-
cerity.
When the Russians withdraw
from Korea, they can do 50 by SIM
ply shifting their encampments to
the Siberian side OF the Korean
border. When the Americans with
draw, their men and equipment are
loaded aboard ship and moved to
Japan, which is sizable water
Jump away from Korea.
BY withdrawal the Soviet Union
does not mean leaving the Koreans
to pick a government of their choice,
for when the recent U. N.-sponsored
elections were held no such voting
was permitted in Northern Korea
and the U. N. commission was not
even allowed to enter that territory
What they do mean is that they
feel they have whipped their zone
of Korea into line as satellite OF
the Soviet Union and that they
can remove their troops without
great fear that Northern Korea Will
revert to democracy.
They even probably feel certain
that II the Americans can be per-