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Evening star., 1948-11-23
Where Portugal Stonds

ile Franco Spain is much in the news
u days, It's smaller 1berian neighbor,
Fsai, is rarely mentioned. in surveys of
national politics and strategy. Yet
Rsal is an important factor IN the
national picture. The reason why it
ats relatively little attention Is that
it,ents no problem analogous to Spain
inluating and determining our foreign
N
and, this might appear incongruous,
bee, politically and ideologically, there
isiose parallel between the two coun-
tr Both are governed by authoritarian
res, strongly clerical in character ana
ha many of the attributes of the So
ca cooperative state" modelled on
F. Italy under Mussolini. Both are
Ike stanchly anti-Communist and
ayi opponents of Soviet Russia. How
Evening star., 1948-11-23

ever, Portugal avoided the odium aroused
by Franco SEain for its domestic policies
while 1t plaged an astute. game in its
foreign affais during the late war, re-
manning technically neutral. yet slanting
Its neutrality benevolently toward the
Western Powe and thereby gaining their
good will.
Portugals Aief favor to us was the
Azores Agreem,nt. under which it granted
the United STATES military air facilities in
that highly Strategic chain (of islands
which half span the mid-Atlantic. Those
facilities were Invaluable to US In combat
ting the German U-boat menace to the
Atlantic sea Lanes. And though the orig
inal agreement lapsed after the war, it has
been renewed on substantially the same
terms. Theoretically, the basis OF this re-
newal is to facilitate the occupation of
Germany and japan. But practically it
is an important linl in our strategy against
possible trouble with the Soviet bloc. Our
friendly relations With Portugal are but
tressed by It's traditional friendship with
Britain which runs back nearly six
centuries.
For these reasons. Portugal, though ex
cluded. from the United Nations by the
Soviet veto, is very much in the Marshall
Plan, and is asking Tor aid exceeding
$60O,000,OO0 over a four-year period. For
this request, Portugal car set forth num-
ber of cogent reasons. Despite the excel
lent financial record of \he Salazar gov
ernment, which has maintained balanced
budgets for many years and keeps the
escudo strong" currensy, Portuguese
foreign trade is in an unsatisfactory situa-
ton. Essential imports have had to be
scaled down to maintain currency stability,
while capital is badly needed 10 modernize
transportation and develop natural re-
sources that could notably further Europe's
economic recovery. This applies rot merely
to Portugal itself, but even more to Its
African colonies, which are vast In extent
and rich in potential mineral and agri-
cultural wealth. +
Evening star., 1948-11-23
9. Does the toby jusepresent real person.
Blue journey

A sharp chill smell OF ,ooodsmoke and the
last OF light
Drains from the autumn sky thrt all
day promised rain, y
And somewhere in the echoing Stiffness
of blue hills
Sounds the taroT mourntul alto otsa
,ohistling train.
With blue cold cry and rocket fash OF
lights
The quick cypress roars eastward into
quicker dark,
Leaving the hills once more to massius
silence,
To hush of fallen 1eaues or lone hounds
bark. -.
Where the lighted train has gone the
heart ,Dould traDel, too,
But the heart knotDs Well the hour Is
late, too late;
The hand, from habit, turns once more
toiDnrd home
and, dreaming still, unlocks the ,oell-
Dorn gate.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Red-Reqimented Sports

According to reports from Berlin, all
sports groups - including even chess
clubs-in the Soviet zone of Germany are
now being placed under the strict party
line control of the Communist dominated
youth organization. The Kremlin Is moth
ing If it is not thorough; apparently it
intends to have it's minions regiment Ger
man athletics every bit as rigidly and
totally as the Nazis did in the days of
Hitler, perhaps even more so.
To the western democratic mind, it may
seem silly to give an theological twist to
things like the 100-yard dash, broad jumps,
chess moves, pole vaults, discus throwing,
etc. But 1T is all quite in keeping with
the way things are run in Russia Itself.
For there, in that land of the omnipresent
secret police and the tireless propaganda,
sport for sports sake, like art for arts
sake or science for sciences sake, Is con-
demned, in the words of an official pub
lication, as "spiritless, Philistine atti-
tude" that is harmful to the interest Of
the Soviet people," In short, like every
body else in the u s. s. R., like poets, musi-
clans, biologists and plain, average citizens,
athletes are the creatures OF the state,
and their rippling muscles and swesty
activities must be organized, somehow or
other. to promote projects like the Stain
Ffve-Year Plan or the "cold war" against
the West.
Hence, since that Is their view of sports
on the home front, since Soviet weight
litter or shotput star is supposed to per-
form not for his own glory but only for
the glory of the Russian dicta torship, 1t
is not surprising that the men OF the
Kremln have moved to apply the same
idea to German athletics In the Red zone
of occupation. Under the new setup, the
zones Moscow serving youth organization
will run everything. Boxing clubs and the
like will have to register with it and ask
permission to stage special shows and 1t
will have authority to take most of the
gate receipts and spend them on Com
munist political activities. In addition, it
will have the power to assign athletes to
special labor tasks during hours which
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Dock Strike und AFL Policy

II 1t materializes, as Sems possible at
the moment, an early settlement of the
East Coast shipping tieuE will save the
American Federation of hbor from the
embarrassment of having one of its power
full constituent members cntinue to act
st cross purposes with the Fills generally
admirable views on foreign aolicy.
Those views, as expressed at the AFL
convention in Cincinnati, leId strong sup
port 10 what the United Safes Is trying
to do to combat Soviet expnsioniSm. In
some respects-notably the PROPOSAL to cut
of all trade with Russia ntil the Berlin
blockade Is lifted-they nay be open to
question. But taken as WHOLE they add
up to q farsighted and miltalt statement
in favor of Affirmative American action to
counter the global thres ito individual
freedom and national inelendence-ac-
ton including an adequate preparedness
program, mutual security acts with our
friends abroad. and the Ma ahall Plan for
European recovery.
With kind of mtramura Inconsistency,
however, an important memer of the AFL
has been acting at variance tth this stand
on world af1airs-particulfly with the
conventions unequivocal ehorsement of
the Marshall Plan. The lember is the
International Longshoremats Association,
which embraces all of tho eastern sea
boards $1,000 dock workers For the past
} fortnight-after q rank AMI file rebellion
wage settlement tentatively ac-
:epted by the unions leads@the lila has
eeen on strike. The reSlt has been q
< Paralysis of shipping upand down the
E past from Portland to hmpton Roads,
e ith more than two hundrd ships idle and
= tn scores of millions dollars worth
y exports and imports waiting to be
aded or unloaded.
q from the standpoint Q foreign policy,
e billy apart from the oer-all economic
d lies involved, the Strii has had the
S eet of shutting of the DIV of American
= gas to the European clntries partici-
n pa1g in the Marshall Fin. Thus, since
e tn start of the tieup about twenty
t thsand tons of coal, grad and machinery
:, eorsned to those cou nies have been
e pill up every day at sorts along the
r cot their total value to date being
J. stated at well over 100000. Quite
# obAsly, the longer sue shipments are
:, helhp, the slower will be the recovery
: of stern Europe-a 1T that has led
n &c fomic Cooperate Administrator
W HofAn to appeal to Il union to make
spec allowances to penit the delivery
a of tie sorely needed rgoes.
'r Ar today, there sens to be fair
n chan that the lila al the employers
= invoh will soon real a settlement
If putin an end to thetieup. That is
20 somsas ,ardently to bshoped for. The
: AFL a great segmht of organized
y, Amean labor, has mae it clear to the
e worlnot least of all | Russia-that it
= stan1rmly behind our bipartisan foreign
If polit AS long as the pck strike inter-
g feresth the Marshall Fhn, however, that
q posh will lack full fore. The quicker
% the eps move again, thl better it will
J. be all concerned.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Political PARTIES Greece

10 the Editor of The Star:
read with interest yd article, Greek
Cabinet Crisis" published ihe November IS
issue Of The Star, and thdh I cannot but
agree with you that the preh parliamentary
crisis cannot be explained rely by the gov
ernments failure to cruslthe Communist
guerrilas and better bad comic situation, -
l feel that in your brief ,hrical survey Of
the facts leading up to the sent crisis you
have oversimplified the Grespolitical issue
1t Is wrong to consider tHRoyalists and
Venizelists of the past as two tties represent
ing respectively the Right 4d je Left Though
one might consider the oldVlzelist UiberaD
Party as leaning slightly nSrqb the Left than
the Populst 1t would be s elacious-and a
great deal more so, in fat-S say that the
Populist Party was R4htWing and the
Venizelist Party Left Wig fty as to COM
pare the Republican Partyn II United States
with the Tories in Englanandhe Democratic
Party with the Labor PAY in be same coun-
try. Both Venizelist andPopuSt or Royalist
Parties included amongst sir supporters la
borers as well as very wely men, the only
real issues being the pers4f the grand old
man of Greece and Of national politics,
Eleftherios Venizelos, and \ monarchical or
republican form of the regt Even the latter
issue was more personal thd theoretical, many
Venizelists, including the 81 Venizelos him.
elf, not being theoret.callytposed to a con-
titutional monarchy.
However, I take one excepttwhen you say
hat the Populist Party includlhe wealthy or
veil to do. Every party has MIXERS of wealth,
Industry, labor, farm and pea&ry. Who can
say that all Republicans areEalthv in the
United Sutes or all DemocrH are laborers
and farmers? believe that tparties have
all classes Of people in every Dix of life, in
every country
The conservative, as you call vtrevulsion in
public opinion which strengthd the Royal
lists" had taken place long befdl dlhe Commu-
mist coup of December, 1914. man in the
street in Greece had already, dvg the occu-
patton, suffered from the CommlA It atrocities,
and though American and Britt kublic opin-
ion was then blind to the Red&kil, he had
already made up his mind whit 4he danger
to his country lay. The Decembekolt of 1914
only proved how right he had bd]n his fore
casts.
Finally, believe it is mistaked a source
of misunderstanding today to \ speak Of
Royalists and Republicans. Today can def
nitely say that whatever the ences be-
tween the Populist Party and fpfE segments
thereof, on the one hand and the RVenizelst
Party and detached parts OF 1t, HE other,
the regime question has been solya king Paul
enjoying the full confidence OF al aNsrliamen-
tary sections as an impartial SOY In above
parties, which Is the place assigns him by
the democratic constitution of @
SOTERIOS MI son.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Musicians MAY Laugh

To Che Editor OF The Star:
Your editorial of November IS entitled "Are
Musicians Artists?" creates the erroneous i'm
preston that AFRA has issued a ruling that
In some way would prevent members of an
orchestra from full participation in q comedy
radio program. There is, in this case, moth
ing more nor less than routine enforcement
of a long standing rule that persons who sing
over the air within the duly authorized coll
lective bargaining units) receive the minimum
Evening star., 1948-11-23
Expondine the Pork System

Extension or the WaSIeL pain ~
nearby Maryland under plans approvepy
the Maryland- National Capital hark "a
Planning Commission will remove ae
danger of commercial development lm
number of areas long sought for anciusn
in the Metropolitan Area park system.
MARYLAND planners thus have taken Y
other step toward realization OF the gre
park preservation program envisaoiN
under terms of the Capper-Crsmton y
of 1890. This Is q far-reaching commune
enterprise in which the Federal GoVernf
ment. Virginia and Maryland are coI
operating.
One of the objectives of the Capper'
Cramton legislation was to prevent the loss
to the public of huge recreatlonal aho
scenic areas in the valleys OF the Potomac
River and its tributaries. Federal ano
State funds have helped to save many large
tracts on both sides OF the river. onoei
announcement of the Capper -Cramton
allotments and with the wise advice ano
active aid of the National Capital PARK
and Planning Commission, planners In the
MARYLAND and Virginia counties OF the
METROPOLITAN Area have joined "noie'
heartedly in the park and parkway
program.
The additional areas just brought within
the MARYLAND master plan will project the
existing park system into the Paint ane
Oxon Run Valleys In Prince georges
County and the Little Falls Branch, Will
let's Run and Paint Branch Valleys II
Montgomery Real estate developers hav'
eyed some of these areas wistfully In recen
years. In order to give the extension 1orce
however, the Federal Government will nav
to make an additional appropriation unoe
previous Capper-Cramton Authorizations
Maryland asked the Eightieth Congress 10
asl, SOC, 900 appropriation for this purpose
but received only 10 per cent OF the re
ouested fund. The Maryland Commission
VIII renew It's request before the ne'
Congress.
Meanwhile, In Virginia, there Is
temporary lag in land acquisitions TO
completion of the Arlington County seetio
of the George Washington Memorial Park
way. This has resulted from failure Q
Arlington County to appropriate 800
as its share of the cost of buying rights of
reaching to the Fairfax County line. TIL
State of Virginia and the Federal Govern
ment are ready to contribute q total O
$4,000 toward this joint land-ouyin
project But the longer the purchases ar
delayed, the more money will be needed t
make the acquisitions for residential build
ing developments are under way In tn
area in question.
Arlington is hard put to find funds TO
schools and other needed improvement
and hence has been reluctant to appfo
pirate its share of the parkway fund. Blu
there is a real danger that If the purchase
are too long delayed, completion OF tn
long planned parkway will be seriously i'm
periled And failure of the original park
way plan would be a setback for Arlington
as we'll as for the public at large.
Evening star., 1948-11-23

LfN for publication must bear
lne PPture and address OF the
D''te though it is permissible for
w'f1kno,Dn to The Star to use
q "oDAdplune. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-11-23
BY HE HAsKIN SERVICE

@. How dosaltitude affect blood pressure?-
r. E. S.
A. The Unia States Public Health Service
says that variions in altitude have no effect
upon the bloc pressure itself Sufficiently
high attitudes, Or example $4,000 feet where
there is dencitcy of oxygen, induce fainting
through lack q adequate oxidation of the
tissues OF the bdy
@. Will a man l accepted for enlistment in
the armed forcesafter he has received his
notice to report for preinduction examination
under selective seree?-T r. E.
A. Inductees unde the 1948 Selective Serv-
ice Act cannot volulsrily enlist in the armed
forces after receiving notice to report for pre-
induction examination
9. Does the toby jueepresent real person:
m. M.
A. The toby jug is lid to be an efigy of
Toby Philpot, legendry bon vivant. Most
OF these jugs are in gaycolors, the faces gem
orally leering, but occsionally genial and
smiling. 1t is said thatthe earliest one re-
corded by a European Iaker was made by
Bottcher in saxony some lne in l7os.
Q. Who was the first caranal in the United
States?-E. K. X.
A. Bishop John McCloskeywas named cardi-
nal by Pope Plus TX, the Avestiture taking
place In old st. Patrick's in New York City
on April a, 1875. Cardinal McCloskey dedi-
Gated the present St. Patrick s, Cathedral four
years later. w
Evening star., 1948-11-23
QAstions and Answers

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-03-27

Joseph Pelham Flint. Michigan State Champion.
Debate Regional Champion Exiempore
due Unveriy Of students chosen The CHICAGO
BUNE Tor special recognition Citizens Tomorrow
Station WGN Cniesso Seventeen old Joseph Pelham
e&ce IN music and arr Elmer Green Grand Rapids registered
pharmacist who became assistant Loveand
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-03-27

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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-03-27
Spingarn Doubts
Senate Action
On Civil Rights

CHICAGO Coma,C-,
the current CIV. usais l ~
me waged IN the Scnat
within ,he ,snk. N ,re %
Gratis NAACP president a t.t
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wlN n5t al; .pu- t,ac FEpC
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NAACP legal >,. ce ec
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-03-27


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Evening star., 1948-03-16
Is on Patrol Wagons
Return 10 Police Beats

Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett to-
day won the Commissioners ap-
proval Of plan to return at least as
policemen to their beats by reducing
the number of the departments pa
troll wagons from IS to 6, and equip
ping those In use with two-way
radios.
Maj. Barrett told the Commission
ers 7s policemen ordinarily are tied
up in operating the l3 patrol wagons
which now respond to telephoned
instructions from each of the pre-
cincts. He said he, thought six ra-
dio-equipped wagons would provide
better service" and q more efficient
use Of, personnel.
Under the new system, Maj. Bar
rett explained, the wagons would
cruise the city constantly receiving
radio calls from the departments
communication center at the Mu-
nicipal Center Building.
Some of the men relieved from
patrol wagon duty would have to
operate the more complicated Of
fice setup required by the new sys-
tenn, Maj Barrett said. At least Is
OF them, however, could be returned
to duty as foot patrolmen, he added.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Fleming Orders Study
.WGAC Continued With
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Eye 10 Cancellation.

Maj. Gen. Philip B, Fleming Fed.
eral Works administrator, TODAY
asked Alan Johnstone, Federal
Security Administration general
counsel, to 60 over the Government's 8
contract with Government Services,
Inc, and see If 1t could be Cancelled
The action was in line with Gen
Feming's statement yesterday to
representatives of the striking cafe.
terra workers. He told Edward e
Fisher, president, and Oliver T
Palmer. business agent OF Local 471
Cafeteria Workers Union, he would
look into the question Of cancella-
ton of the contract.
GSI also had been notified that
the Government may take over op-
Grafton Of more than 40, cafeterial
in Government. buildings. Since the
strike began more than two months
ago the buildings where the, cafe
terias are have been 'picketed by
strikers. :
Mr.. Palmer said. union members
would call on Secretary, OF Labor
Scf1wellenbach at 10 am. tomorrow
seeking his Intervention to bring
about q settlement Of the strike.
Trustees Of GSI rejected = for.
mula for settling the strike unless
the formula was modified. The SET
tlement proposal was made by
George e. Strong, who was named al
mediator by Gen. Fleming.
Since that time the trustees have
not been asked again to consider the
proposal.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
TiaI Use Of Extra-Wide Bus
Denied by, Commissioners

The Commissioners today denied
q Capital Transit Co. request fol
permission to make experimental
use OF an sextra-wide bus designed
by the Twin Coach Co, which built
the extra long bus with which the
transit company already is expert
rnenting. ~
The vehicle is similar to the two
section experimental bus put in use
early this month, but Is 1o4 inches
wide, as opposed to the normal s6
inches.
! L. 3. Merrill, transit company
president, told the Commissioners
ut their meeting this morning that
the extra 8 inches of width was
designed to provide a more spacious
aisle, permitting easier circulation
Of passengers. 3.-
Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young said the transit COM
pany's request was denied because
many Warrington streets used by
the buses are too narrow.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
3 Seized on Dream Tip
Held in Burglary Charges

Three men arrested on "tip"
which d tavern keeper received in
q dream were under high bond to-
day awaiting grand jury action on
housebreahng charges.
Held under 5000 bond set by
Judge Thomas Dewey Quinn in
Municipal Court Is Leongy Ed
wards, 2s, colored, Of the 100 block
Of q street NV. The court learned
he is on parole for housebreaking.
His fellow suspects in the Satur-
day night raid on George Stravakos'
Metropole Cafe, in the 5000 block
OF Fourteenth street NV, were
placed under $4,000 bond each. They
are Willie w. Wilson OF the 2l00
block OF Ward place NV, and
James L. Toney Of the 400 block
Of Tenth street NE, both as and
celored.
Mr.. Stravakos awoke from dream
that his place was being burglar
lied. He rushed out to check and
found three men looting his inn.
They departed rapidly through q
rear. window when he fired pistol
he had brought along. The three
suspects were caught in q car by
police who were nearby.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Bishop Dun TO Dedicate
Deoconess Yeo Memorial

A memorial to the late Deaconess
Lillian Yeo, for A years superin-
tendent of the House of Mercy, win
oe dedicated by the Right Rev. An
gus Dun, Episcopal Bishop of wash
lngton, at 4 pm. tomorrow at the
House OF Mercy, Rosemont avenue
and Klingle road NV.
The memorial will consist of a
tablet placed in the chapel OF the
House of Mercy and of a portrait
TO be hung in the front hall of the
nome. The tribute was made pos
siole by 81 contributions from 200
girls Deaconess Yeo had befriended.
Deaconess Yeo, who died August
I, ls47. was superintendent of the
home from 1901 to l945.
Evening star., 1948-03-16
Rent Rises Approved
For tS4: Apartments

District Control Administrator
Robert F. Cogswell today approved
rent increases for .lS4 apartments tn
three buildings In the Northwest
section. "a = -: . -. =" =
!; For the Legation apartment house,
5420 Connecticut avenue, owned by
the Hall johnson Construction Co.,
Mr.. Cogswell's ONCE approved an In
crease averaging e.26 per cent for 80
units in the building.
The owners had sought . o. per
cent increase. :. : = ~
The Kennedy Brothers Co., owners
Of an apartment house at 1901
Connecticut avenue, received an av-
erage ,7.45 per cent increase for "a
units In the building. They had
asked for 4 1055 per cent increase.
The same company sought q 1910
per cent rent raise for so units in .
building 1t owns at 1901 Cathedral
avenue. Mr.. Cosswell's office knock
ed this request down to 6.4s per cent.
The rent administrators decision
win become effective March as un-
less landlords or tenants involved
in these eases appeal In the mean
time 49,. ,.'