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Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02

Now and then, in the pages of
the Clarion, 1 run a biographical
quiz, under the heading of "Who
Is This MANI" For instance ..
HE was M of the earliest low
ers in American history.
"And yet he was too shy to court
a woman outright. -.
"He came to the New World on
the MayfOwer -.
"a cooper to repair the beer bar
rels accompanying the Pilgrims. -.
"Who is this man."
I thought that everybody was
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kline spent
Tuesday in Columbus at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Zinne and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob ~Streedbeck and
son Jimmy returned to their home
in Billings Thursday after spending
several days with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Dove.
Laurel outlook., 1948-06-02
From where | sit by Joe Marsh
Who is this Man?

stumped. But not Ma Hoskins, who
returned the clipping to me with
"John Alden" on it. She recognized
all the clues-including that refer
ence to "beer" and Cooper"
For Ma-who's read her history,
knows that beer as the beverage
of moderation, is as old in this land
of urs as the never-ending Ameri-
can search for tolerance which
brought the Pilgrims over to this
country in the first place.
& M~4x
MO TT-s.J c.. Du-. Formulation
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

could destroy the Red Army; it
could destroy only the indus
trial means of supplying it.
'The Russian d fense to
atomic attack is, therefore, self
evident; it is to over-run con-
tinental Europe with infantry,
and defy us to drop atomic
bombs on Poland, Czechoslo-
vakia, Austria, Switzerland,
France, Belgium, The Neither
lands and Sweden.
'"The more we threaten to de-
molish Russian cities, the more
obvious it is that the Russian
defense would be to ensconce
themselves in European cities
which we could not demolish
without massacring hundreds of
thousands of our own friends. -
1t is for this reason that rep
reSentativeS of the Western Eu-
rOpean nations, as reported by
the daily wspapers last
spring, told the US. govern
ment that it could not depend
upon them as allies in the event
of a war with Russia.
And yet that war comes closer
every day. How did it happen?
What's behind this G e m n
"crisis" that seems to be the
center of the present contro-
versy?
The answers to these ques-
tions are relatively simple.
The argument over Germany
revolves around the Potsdam
agreement, drawn up by the
US, Great Britain, and Russia.
The Big Three agreed to COM
pletely dis rm Germany, to
eliminate or control German
heavy industry (Which could be
used for war production), to
carry out thorough denazification
nd Decentralization programs,
and to jointly control Germany
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

taken is pointed in the di-
rection of war-making."
These are a few of the facts
which have led Henry Wallace,
Progressive candidate for Presi-
dent, to accuse the two old par
ties of leading the US. down
the road to war"
But suppose such war were
to be fought? Who would win?
The men who should best
know - the atomic scientists -
say that no one would win. They
argue that an atomic war would
bring utter devastation on a
world scale and all but destroy
civilization itself.
Of course, the us, with its
atomic bombs and unequalled
military might, could inflict ter
rible damage. But Walter Lipp-
mann, columnist in the Chicago
Sun-Times, warns:
mo 20 mic bombardment
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

Many leading figures in the
us. have openly discussed the
possibility of warning on the So
Wet Union. In fact, one of them,
James F. Byrnes, former US.
Secretary of State, so openly
called for the use of force to
drive the Russians out of Ger
m any that the conservative
London Times was forced to de-
scribe his proposal as little bet
ter than a simple recipe for
war"
But his proposals have not
been repudiated by President
Truman, under whom he served,
and many of the other points in
the program he advocated-in-
Guiding rebuilding erm a n
heavy industry-have been put
into practice.
AS far back as March, 1916
less than a year after the end
of the war-John J. O'Neill,
science editor of the New York
Herald-Tribune, in an article
discussing "the tions 3.
staged by the Washington mill
tary clique mostly throu
stooges in and out of the con-
gress," wrote:
Every action that has been
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02
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Continued from Page l
To many it seemed unlikely
that Russia, which suffered 900
of all the Allied casualties in
World War ii, could be eager
for another war just three years
later. In the battle of Stalingrad
lone more Russian soldiers
were killed than the us. lost in
the entire Pacific campaign.
Russia's material losses were
equally colossal They are reck-
oned at $485 billion-or eight
times the annual pre-war ma
tional income of the US.
For these reasons, she needs
many years of peace to bind up
her wounds Sumner Welles,
former US. Under Secretary of
State, points out. "She has to
rebuild a torie S, railroads,
mines, houses, and must make
the scorched earth fertile again.
Disorder can have no attractions
for the Soviet Union and war
certainly none"
How about the Western pow
ers, especially the US? Do the
men who shape our present bi-
partisan foreign policy want
war?
Again, deeds-not word S
must be the guide.
The Western powers definite
ly are re-arming as rapidly as
they can.
Only two weeks ago the Brit
ish government decided ''to
slow down rehabilitation and
to double production of first
line fl G h ter planes" in the
words of The Nation, anti-Rus-
sian weekly.
The US, having enacted the
peacetime draft in order to raise
large standing army, is now
spending $40 billion a year on
war preparations. The us.
Army, without the draft, was
81 times greater in 1947 than
it was before World War III.
Last year our Air Force was II
times as large as it was 10 years
earlier, and our Navy has grown
3A times in tonnage and
times in manpOwer.
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

Potsdam punching bag by set
ting up a separate government
in Western Germany, which was
promptly included in the Mar
shall Plan.
At the same time, German
heavy (war) industry was being
rebuilt, the pre-war owners of
German cartels were given back
their factories, and the New
York Herald-T Tribune was forced
to report: Former Nazis are re-
turning to a position of influ-
ence in Bavarian political, eco
nomic and social life to a dan
gerous and ominous degree"
Bavaria is in the us. zone of
Germany.
During this time the Russians.
too, had violated the Potsdam
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

as Single economic unit" with
France joining in.
A year after the agreement
was signed, the US. and Great
Britain violated it by merging
their two zones into one eco
nomic (and later politicaD unit.
Later the French violated it
seriously by practically separat-
ing the Saar, which France has
long coveted, from the rest of
Germany.
Within a short time, the
pact again was violated by the
American and British authOri-
ties, who decided to join to-
gether in operating the rich
Ruhr coal mines. And finally,
the Western powers hit their
hardest blow at the battered
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

ut is our conviction that
neither the peoples of the
Soviet Union nor the United
States desire war. We call
upon all of our copies
promptly to undertake to
change the prevailing mood
which we believe conducive
to war"
-Quadrennial eneral
Conference of the Meth
OdiSt Church-1948,
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02

ct here is no misunder-
standing or difficulty be-
tween the U.S.A. and the
U.S.S.R. which can be settled
by force or fear and there is
no difference which cannot
be settled by peaceful, hope
full negotiations"
Henry Wallace, in an
open letter to Premier JO-
seph Stain, May IL, 1948.
The Illinois standard., 1948-10-02
Who got US into this mess?

agreement-but not until the
Western powers had made its
provisions almost meaningless
by their own violations.
Howard X. Smith, chief of the
European news staff of the CO.
lumbia BrOadcasting S y m,
put it this way in June, 1916:
There is no doubt that Rus
sia has made an earnest effort to
live up to it (the POtsdam ac-
cOrdD and has succeeded. Amer
lea broke the agreement out
right last week by refusing to
continue diSmantling Nazi fac
tories"
The current crisis was
precipitated when the Western
powers introduced a new West
German currency (the West
mark into their zones of Ber-
lin. Berlin lies deep inside the
Russian zone of Germany, but
it is split into four zones, one
for ca h of the occupying
powers.
AS could be expected, the
Westmark completely disrupted
the economic life of Berlin, and
threatened the whole economy
of the Russian zone. Residents
of the us. zone of Berlin, for
example, were unable to force
farmers, who came into town
from the Russian zone, to accept
the Westmark, which were val
uelesS to them in their own zone.
And so Berliners could not even
buy fresh groceries.
The R u S n S, in order to
force the Western powers to
withdraw their Westmark from
circulation in Berlin, imposed
the blockade, which in turn led
to Operation Airlift," by which
the Western powers are flying
supplies into this stormy capital.
Of course, those who claim
that the Western powers, and
not Russia, caused the current
Berlin crisis will be called
Communists" But there are
few who would so label the
anti-Communist Sun Times COL
umnist, Walter Lippmann, and
this is what he said just a few
weeks ago:
"The plan to esta blish a west
ern G erman government at
Frankfort precipitated the
crisis over Berlin"
This "criSis" can be irOned
0ut-whenever ALL of the Big
Four nations decide that there
must not be another war.
AS Howard X. Smith, CHS Eu-
ropean news chief, said two
years ago:
"Our enlargement press
has built up the impression that
Russia is being unreasonable
and stubborn 'on European set
tlement. In actuality, Russia has
been a comparatively good boy
in this respect"
But he warned:
TO reporter on the spot in
Europe the impression is newt
able that there are powerful
circles who are not interested in
agreement with Russia. They
have not even allowed circum-
stances just to drift-they are
engaged in an active, feverish
campaign to prevent agreement
and they are winning.
"These influential circles in
b o h countries (the US. and
Great Brittany are succeeding in
their aim. By continual pound
ing they have built up a set of
completely false notions in the
public mind-alI notions tend
ing to make the public think
that agreement iS ir,nnoScihIo >,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
IA Attorneys |ndorse
Charter Government
For Montgomery

A charter government for Mont.
| gomery County was Endorsed yes.
terday by IA attorneys who practice
or live in the county.
The much-discussed proposal tt
substitute a charter "home rule
for the present commission govern
ment will be settled Tuesday in {
county referendum.
The statements yesterday appar'
emily came in reply to the opposi.
ton of group of lawyers who is.
sued statement earlier this week
That group questioned the legality
of the proposed system.
Expressing confidence in the
charter, the lawyer advocates SAID
they have no doubt about It's work.
ability and legal soundness. and we
do not expect any unusual legal dis
turbances under It,"
The Endorsements came from e
Austin Carlin, Robert w. Beall, Al
bert E. Conradis, Duncan Clark
Dewitt Hyde and Frederic p. Lee
Bethesda; j. Douglas Bradshaw and
Donald D. Lamond, Takoma Park
Leo Bender and J. Sendall Cough
lin, Silver Spring; r. Edwin Brown
Poolesville; Thomas C. Kelley
Jamestown: Wendell Berge, Ken
sington, and Albert Aren't, Chevy
Chase.
In a separate statement, Attor-
ney John Sumner Wood, Rockville
said, Il shall vote for the charter
with full knowledge that it is not
perfect and depends for success
entirely upon the future will of q
large majority of the people"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Child Killed by Truck
AS Mother Watches

A mother saw her 2-year-old
daughter killed yesterday when the
child was struck by a milk truck in
front Of her home in Silver Spring.
Barbara Jane Patrick, 1880 Bris-
bane court. Silver Spring, was
knocked down by the truck as she
started to run across the street from
a neighbours yard to her own, where
her mother was standing, Mont
gomery County police reported.
The child's father, DR.. George b
Patrick, jr., physician, was at a
garage several blocks away and Mrs.
Patrick rushed Barbara to him
Police accompanied the Patricks to
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, where
Barbara was pronounced dead.
A technical charge of manslaughter
was placed against Francis H. Cos
man, "a, Of % East Parkway road
Greenbelt, Md, listed by police as
the driver of the truck. He was
released in custody of his employer
for appearance In Silver Spring
Police Court November %. Police
said he apparently had violated no
trafnc regulations at the time of
the accident.
In addition to her parents, Barbara
is survived by 5-month- odd brother
George B. Patrick III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
-Four Commerce Employees
Honored on Retirement

Four employees of the Department
OF Commerce were commended by
Commerce Secretary Sawyer at a re-
ception sponsored by their fellow
employees yesterday to mark their
retirement.
Those retiring are Seth T. Bowen,
principal examiner in the Patent
Once; Mrs Mildred Rinehart, sta
tistical cooling clerk. Bureau of the
Census; Miss Genevieve Backus, ex-
aiming division, Patent ONCE, and
Mrs. Laura T. O'Neal.
Three other employees retired
yesterday but were unable to attend
the reception. They are DR.. Gustav
z. F. Lundell, National Bureau of
Standards; Miss Rose M. Prowinsky
Coast and Geodetic Survey, and
Herbert Solyom, Patent Office.
Mr.. Bowen entered Federal service
with the War Department ~ years
ago. Miss Backus, who for many
years devoted much of her spare
time to making transcpriptions into
Braille for the blind, served 81
years with the Patent Office. Mrs
Rinehart, who was a postmistress al
Larussell, Mo-, before joining the
Census Bureau, is a veteran of Sc
years service. Mrs. O'Neal servet
80 years with the Census Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Woman Found Wounded
In Annapolis Home Dies
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Oct. 30.-Mrs. Dixie
Storage, 80, who was found in her
Annapolis home with a bullet wound
in her head. died early today in
University Hospital.
Police said her husband, Anthony
w. Storage, reported hearing a shot
Thursday and finding her lying un-
conscious on the bedroom floor with
.32-caliber pistol nearby.
| Mr.. Storage is a freelance news
paper and radio man and formerly
worked for a Washington newspa-
per.
James c. Morton, jr., Anne Arun-
del County States attorney, said he
had requested Medical Examiner
Howard J. Maldeis to perform ar
autopsy He and police had no fur
ther comment.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two sons and two daugh-
tiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Arrest Of Z at Progressive
Party Dance Ruled Faulty

The arrests of two men charged
with liquor law violations at a
dance sponsored by the Progressive
Party here were quashed in Munich
pal Court yesterday, but the men
still face court action on the charges
Judge Nadine L. Gallagher ruled
the arrests not good in the cases OF
Sidney Goldreich, IS, and Winston
Edwards, 80, In a police raid O.
tober on Laborers' Hall, 523 New
Jersey avenue NV.
Effect of the ruling was to make
admissible only that evidence seized
prior to the actual arrest of the pail
when the case comes to trial No.
vember 10. If that evidence proves
sufficient, both men could be con-
victed, regardless of the quash &C.
ton, Assistant Corporation Coun.
sci Richard Barton said.
Goldreich, who lives in the $780,
block of Florence Drive, Alexandria
and Edwards, of the 1900 block o.
Sherman avenue NV, are charged
with keeping and selling liquor with
out a license. They were arrested
during a raid after identifying
themselves to police as managers o
the dance sponsored by Wallace
hackers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Two Held in $1,000 Bonds
In Sears Store Break

Two men charged with breaking
into a Sears Roebuck store next
door to No. Police Precinct Sta
ton today were awaiting grand jury
action, under $1,000 bond apiece.
Found behind a rack of tweed
suits in the store at Albemarle
street and Wisconsin avenue NV.
were John E. Coffin, Is, of the
900 block of Macarthur boulevard
NV. and Robert Caldwell, IS.
Bethesda, Md. Coffin was holding
a bayonet cut down to knife size,
while Caldwell was relieved of a o.
caliber rifle whitfield down to pistol
size, police reported.
Action on weapons
charges was postponed, pending dis
positions of the HOUSEKEEPING
charges. Both men waived a hear
ing yesterday before Judge Walter j.
Casey in Municipal Court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
County League 10 Urge
Session on Sales Tax
For Virginia Schools
BY the Associated Press

OLD POINT, Va, Oct. 30.-The
League of Virginia Counties will urge
Gov. Tuck to call a special session
of the General Assembly to consider
a sales tax for school support.
This decision was reached yester-
day when the league adopted with
out dissenting vote resolution call
ing for an immediate session to enact
a sales tax to meet the widespread
demands for State aid to schools.
Amendments to the resolution
called on county Boards of Super
visors to meet promptly and pass
their views on to Gov Tuck.
The convention delegates We're
told that So of the States 100 coun-
ties already have asked the Gov
ernor to call a special sales tax
session.
In another resolution, passed
unanimously, the league urged a
reduction in the $500 per mile allot-
ment to streets in towns and cities
over $500 population to make it
equal to amounts available per mile
for the average secondary roads in
the counties.
The league named Charming H.
Moon of Buckingham County presi-
dent to succeed G. A. COPELAND.
District vice presidents named
include E. G. Reeves, Augusta, and
G. w. Carper, Fairfax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Head Of Tote Board Firm
Buys Vanderbilt Home
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 3o-H. L,
Straus, head of the company which
operates the electrical betting call
culators at most of the country's
race tracks, announced yesterday he
had bought Sycamore Mansion, the
country home of Alfred G.. Wander
bilt, jr,, 20 miles northeast of Bal
timore.
A 1925 900 price tag was hung on
the three-story Georgian mansion
when it first was offered for sale
last June. Mr.. Straus did not say
how much he paid.
He did not buy Sycamore Farms,
where Mr.. Vanderbilt maintains
racing stable. Mr.. Vanderbilt
is expected to live in a cottage
on the farm when he is in Maryland.
The 35-room house has two bowl
ing alleys, a billiard room and a
motion picture theater in the base
ment.
Mr.. straus is president Of the
American Totalisator Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Berry Wins Step in Fight
To Retain Realty License

Clarence Berry, whose business
address is in the 200 block O.
Florida avenue NV. yesterday wor
a round in District Court in hi!
fight to retain his real estate brok.
er's license.
The District Real Estate Commits.
sion had ordered Mr.. Berry's brok.
er's license revoked on a charge that
he had failed, to account for 5000
of a clients money.
MIR. Berry took the case to District
Court. Yesterday Judge Alexander
Holtzof ordered that the license be
not revoked. Instead he signed an
order which would call for suspen-
sion Of Mr.. Berry's license for sis
months, after a lapse of 81 DAYS. If
ne does not appeal to a higher court.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Berry retains his
license, pending an anpeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
ID. {. Pays 9 Millions
For Food, Supplies

The District spent 100000 dur
ing the fiscal year ended June 80
for food and supplies for the NUM-
cipal government, Roland M. Bren-
nan. District purchasing officer, an
nounced in his annual report to
the Commissioners today. This was
% per cent of the entire District
budget.
The purchases exceeded those of
the previous year by 100000 and
those of the year before by $780,
600. The increase was the result
not only Of the rise in prices but
Of heavier buying.
Forty per cent of all purchases
were for food. fuel, motor vehicles
and automobile accessories, most OF
which were free from Federal ex-
else and other taxes. In addition
by prompt payments for the goods
the District saved $28,858 in dis
counts given by manufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Session Turns 10 Role
OF Negro in Drama
After Army Criticism

Negro achievements in drama will
be reviewed today by more than
100 delegates to the 33rd annual
meeting of the Association for the
Study of Negro Life and History.
Criticism of the United States
Army's policy toward Negroes. and
a defense of the Negroes role in the
American Revolution were voiced by
speakers at the opening session OF
the meeting last night at Shiloh
Baptist Church.
DR.. L. D. Reddick. librarian OF
Atlanta University, in a review OF
the ,Army's Negro policy since the
Revolution, declared that the Army
has preferred that there should be
no Negroes in it at all" and that
only manpower needs and public
pressure" have put them in uni
form. D. 81
He accused the Army of harrison
ing a 'stereotyped conception OF
the Negro that he is fearful, unre-
liable and lacking in the manly
virtues of q fighting man"
THE Arrny's overall preference
has been that there should be nc
Negro heroes" he asserted.
DR.. Reddick criticized the Army,
segregation of Negro and white SOL
diers, but added that in World Wal
II the non-segregated training Of
officer candidates, as we'll as "the
experience of mixed units on the
working and fighting fronts points
the wax to the future"
DR.. Reddick also criticized what
he described as a policy to limit
the authority of Negroes over other
soldiers. Calling for a 'moderniz-
ing" Of the Army's attitude toward
the Negro before it is too late" he
declared:
ut is doubtful that the Army's
historic Negro policy could with
stand the sustained assault of q
longer war against a powerful foe
who is practicing racial equality u
DR.. Lorenzo Johnston Greene of
Lincoln University in Missouri, in
another address, reported his re-
search into records of the American
Revolution indicates more Negroes
fought in the Continental Army
than historians have realized.
Carter G. Woodson, founder and
director of the association, also
spoke briefly at last nights session.
Presiding was DR.. r. w. Brooks Of
Lincoln Temple. Music was pro-
vided by the Community Chorus,
directed by Dean Warner Lawson
OF the Howard University School of
Music.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-10-30
Weekly Summary Reports
Five New Polio Cases

The Health Department has re-
ported five new polio cases treated
at District hospitals In its weekly
summary.
A total of 10 cases was reported
for the week-six District residents
and four from nearby areas who were
hospitalized here.
The new District victims are q
6-year-old boy of the 1900 block OF
Good Hope road Sc. at Children's
Hospital; a 37-year-old colored wom-
an from the 1900 block of S street
NV. at Gallinger Hospital and a
-year-old colored girl, who lives in
the 1900 block of Duncan place NE
at Gallinger Hospital.
The out-of-town patients are a
22-year-old woman of the 600 block
of Sligo avenue, Silver Spring at
Gallinger Hospital, and a 33-year-old
woman of the 3700 block of Fifteenth
avenue. Takoma Park. Md. also at
Gallinger.
The Health Department reported
122 polio cases have been discovered
in the District this year and ITO
out-of-towne patients have been
treated here. Last year at this time,
the District total was 10 and the
suburban 80.