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Evening star., 1948-02-13

itself and the 1s47s begin to appear
once again.
Every six weeks or so I decide to
give up smoking, then I ask myself
why I should become an extremist
and I decide to compromise by
simply cutting down on smoking.
This process hurts neither the to-
bacco companies nor me, because 1t
always works out the same. way.
have my before and after
breakfast cigarettes because man
needs strength to start the day.
Along about nine when I reach for
the package I put 1t hastily away,
remembering my new regimen. Then
the sound and sensible thought
dawns on me that the time to start
denying myself is in the afternoon
the good old afternoon when I
won't even care whether I have
smoke or not.
Unfair to Family to Refrain.
In the afternoon, say, play golf
and with SOC Nassau riding on
the match my keen financial sense
tells me that I need this money,
that it would be unfair to those
who depended on me for living to
throw it away and that this Ger
tainly is no time to perhaps jar my
sensitive nerves by starting to cut
down on smoking.
The evening, the long cozy eve
ming. is still ahead of me and when
the dogs and I are stretched out in
front of the fire reading some good
book that is comprehensive to all
of our intelligences, that is the very
time when the thought of tobacco
will be abhorrent to all three of us.
In the evening, however, I remem-
Der that I have to attend smoker
"a date I can't get out Of. Now,
no man is going to a smoker and
choose that very time to curb his
smoking habits. So it goes, about
one day in every six weeks Some
times 7 almost think I have the
smoking habit.
Do all women get as exasperated
as Jean does when she tries to call
a friend two or three times and
finds that the line is continuously
busy? She storms away from the
phone and says, II just don't I'M
Evening star., 1948-02-13
TheGreat Game0fPolit
Lane Book on Poland's Betrayal Difficult
For Roosevelt Defenders to Answer

Warsaw he did what he could, but
the Soviet representatives paid
slight attention to him, and his own
government not only did not oack
him up but, over his earnest protest
and with American citizens unjustly
imprisoned, loaned the Polish pup
pet government $90,000000.
The whole story as told by Mr..
Lane is sickening one of shame
less treachery, broken promises and
unshackled brutality. 1t is inter-
esting to note that the Lane report,
both as to responsibility for this
murderous assault upon the in
tegrity Of great people and on
the character of the occupation,
comedies with that made in Jan
Ciechanowskis book, published two
years ago.
Defense Unc0nvincing.
Mr.. Ciechanowski for many years
was the distinguished Polish Am
bassador to this country. BY some
it was unfairly argued that as q
Pole he was prejudiced. But no
can be charged against
Mr.. Lane. He is not a Pole; he Is
an American diplomat with no po-
litical connections, aspirations or
purposes. Early last year he re-
signed his post as Ambassador to
Poland and, at the age of 50, closed
his long diplomatic career solely to
be able to tell the American people
the truth of what happened to Po-
land-and why.
This he has done in his book and
Is doing in his lectures. 1t is a
shocking story and few Americans
can reflect upon their country's
part in 1t without a feeling of
shame. The defense of Mr.. Roose-
velt's role, at Yalta, Teheran and
after the seizure began, is not a
convincing one.
Chiefly, 1t amounts to statements
from his former intimates that
while Mr.. Lane has made a "valu-
able contribution" they personally
know OF Mr.. Roosevelts deep con-
cern" for Polish freedom and had
often discussed with him his ideas
for maintaining it. This clearly in
adequate reply is supplemented by
a transparently futile effort to shift
the blame for what happened, first
to former Secretary of State Stet-
tinius and then to former Secretary
Of State Byrpes.
In other words, no reply worthy
of the name has been made. Nor Is
it likely one will be. For the his
torians probably the kindest thing
Is to accept the explanation that
Mr.. Roosevelt was sick man whose
judgment was impaired. Certainly
the notion, which so many agree
Mr.. Roosevelt cherished, that he,
who spoke no word of Russian,
could, through two Interpreters,
charm" Mr.. Stain, who spoke no
word Of English, seems hard to
reconcile with reason.
Evening star., 1948-02-13

when everybody
begins to write
1947 on checks,
letters, etc. All
during January
people have it
well in mind
that this is 1948
and with a kind
Of quiet pride
and q mental
pat on the back
t ey carefully
write 1913 on
everything re-
quiring the date.
Good old habit
Le~{rs fN occorf
Evening star., 1948-02-13

SlgnlIlcant book
of Arthur Bliss
Lane C"I Saw
P o l a n d B e =
trayed") except
the single state
ment t h a t at
Yalta and Tehe-
ran Mr.. Roose-
velt, in his effort
to charm Mr..
S t a II n, aban-
doned the prin-
ciples Of the At
lantic Charter
ana, in effect,
cast aside his
Evening star., 1948-02-13

maud asked that some of our over
age destroyers be sold to Britain
and France because OF the Italian
submarine attacks he expected In
the Mediterranean.
When Phillips cable reached the
department, I sent 1t to the Pres
ident. He thereupon decided to
make another appeal to Mussolini.
Again we at the State Department
worked with him on the text. 1t
went forward at midnight that same
day, May IA, in cable from me TO
Phillips.
II have sent word to your ex-
cellency before that I am realist,' -
the President said. "As a realist
you will, know, recognize that if
this war should extend throughout
the world 1t would pass beyond the
control Of heads of states. would
encompass the destruction of mil
lions of lives and the best Of what
we call the liberty and culture Of
civilization. And no man, no mat
ter how omniscent, can foretell the
result either to himself or his own
people" sE
Phillips Fails to See Duce.
Phillips tried to see Mussolini
personally again, but this time Mus
solini sent word that he preferred
to receive the Presidents second
message through his Foreign Office.
Three days later. on May 1s, Phil
lips cabled me Mussolini's reply to
the President. This was that ITALY
is and intends to remain allied with
Germany, and Italy cannot remain
absent at a moment in which the
fate of Europe is at stake"
Meantime, during the few days
preceding this reply, Bullitt in Paris,
who had the closest possible con-
facts with the French Government
and reflected their natural con-
sternation over the catastrophe
turn in the fighting, cabled numer-
GUS suggestions for action on our
part toward Italy.
He proposed that the President
request the Pope to threaten Mus
solini with accommodation II
Italy should enter the war and to
denounce Hitler's invasion on spir-
itual grounds approaching q bull o1
accommodation. He also suggest.
ed that our Atlantic feet be sent
on a courtesy visit to Greece. that
Italian immigrant remittances be
cut of If Italy went to war and that
Italian immigrants and Italo-Amer-
leans adopt resolutions opposing
Italy's participating in the conflict.
I talked over these various sug-
gestions with the President. If
there was any step that had a
reasonable chance of succeeding, we
were willing to take it. But it was
clear that Mussolini's mind was
made up.
Further Demarche Urged.
Then on May rs Churchill and
Reynaud invited the President to
make a further demarche to Mus
solini, They suggested that he
make a statement to him on these
lines:
l. The President had reason to
believe that Britain and France
knew italy entertained certain ter
ritorial grievances against them.
2. Britain and France were fully
disposed to consider Italian claims
now with q view to reaching an
agreement which would satisfy rea-
sonable Italian claims at the end
OF the war.
3. The Allies would admit Italy
to the peace conference with a status
equal to that of any belligerent.
Churchill and Reynaud suggested
that the President should add that
the United States would do its ut
most to see to 1t that any agree
ment reached would be carried out.
Evening star., 1948-02-13

not to talk OUT
of turn to news
p a p er corre-
spondents, W a s
prompted by po-
litical rat h e r
t h n military
considerations.
Hence t o r t h
newspaper m e n
W i'll h We to
draw their in
formation eXclu-
sively from the
press officer of
the mission.
An American
Evening star., 1948-02-13

tax reducglOn.
Beyond that,
e xperi / e n ced
politicians de-
cline to predict.
They say they
want to see first
"if this is it,"
"it" being the
depression they
hate to name.
Despite loud
partisan outcry,
the con 8 r e S.
sional mood is
one of caution
when it comes
to remedies. The
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Rv Consfanfine Br0tvu

The orders given by Maj. Gen.
william c. Livesay, head of the
American mission to aid Greece,
that American Army personnel are
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Bv Frank r, Kent

1t is typical of the worshipers of
the late Franklin D. Roosevelt that
they should agree with practically
everything in the impressive and
Evening star., 1948-02-13
Rv Dorfs FIees0n

OV DUVES 1'FCCCUW
The immediate political effect of
the commodities market break is to
improve the Marshall Plans chances
and injure prospects for a major
Evening star., 1948-02-13
.clemore-
Sometimes He Thinks
He Has Smoking Habit
By Henry McLemore a

y OV 1IE" y INCHt"UFo %
Just some notes from the back OF
an envelope found when cleaned
out my good blue suit.
This Is about the time of year
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Police Transfers
Continued From First Page.)

NV, but merely presented his re-
port to the ABC Board. The board
according to Maj. Barrett, formu-
lated the charges.
Doubt Thrown on Testimony.
The Commissioners cleared the
grill on recommendation of Cor
poration Counsel Vernon E. West
The city heads, with Mr.. Vests
approval, found that:
Evidence was conflicting and
grave doubt had been thrown on
the accuracy of prosecution testi-
mony; insufficient weight was given
by the ABC Board to defense evil
dence, and that the findings of guilt
were not supported by the prepon-
derance of the evidence.
Pvt. Manthos also was tripped uI
on his account of what happened
on September 10, one Of the nights
when Pvt. Wallace investigated the
grill. Pvt. Manhtos had testified
earlier that he was in the grill from
midnight September II to 1:45 am
September 18 and did not see the
alleged violations.
Assistant Corporation Counse
Robert D. Wise, however, told the
Commissioners the First Precinct
arrest book showed Pvt. Msnthos
had made an arrest in Franklin
Park at 1910 September 49, Pvt
Manthos, according to persons at.
tending the Tuesday hearing, ther
admitted he may have mistaken the
time but insisted he had drawn or
his best recollection.
Subsequent to the conflictin,
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Theater Unit Asks Release
,0f BeIasco for PLAYHOUSE

The American Educational Thea
ter Association has voted to ask
President Truman to release the Be-
lasco Theater for use as a legitimate
playhouse under the management OF
the American National Theater and
Academy. ....
The Belasco building, facing on
Lafayette Square, is owned by the
Government and is being used by
the Treasury Department for Office
and storage purposes.
The association adopted a resolu-
ton yesterday during its convention
at the Statler Hotel to ask for the
release of the theater since Wash
ington never has had a legitimate
theater open on an equal basis ito
ALL"
The Federal Works Agency last
summer accepted bids for lease of
the space, but no prospective lessor
felt able to meet the Governments
cancellation terms. Bids we're re-
ceived from ANITA and Joseph Cur
It's of New York.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Wainwright Denies
Gen. King Disobeyed
In Bataan Surrender
BY the Assoeiossd Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 80
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, re-
tired, today denied statement that
1t. Gen. Edward P. King surren-
dered defending forces on Bataan
against Gen. Wainwright's orders.
The statement was made yester-
day by DR.. Louis Morton, chief OF
the historical division of the Armys
Pacific Section. He told a group OF
historians gathered in Seattle that
Gen. King had disobeyed Gen
Wainwright's orders to continue de-
Tending Bataan in 1s42.
Il fatty deny that Gen. King ever
disobeyed any order from me-" Gen.
Wainwright told a news conference.
II think Prof. Morton, or whoever
he is, Is not fully informed on the
matter
Gen. Wainwright, who won the
Congressional Medal of Honor for
his defense of the Philippines, now
heads life insurance company. He
me the press in his office.
He gave. this account of the sur
render of Bataan:
EARLY in the morning of April 8,
1912, Col. Jesse Traywick was duty
officer on the rock of Corregidor.
He had been on duty all night. He
came to be and said Gen. King is
going to surrender Bataan.'
Il said, "Traywick, you tell him
that I prohibit that
Make this plain" Gen. VAIN
wright told a reporter today, II
knew that Kings position was hope
less, but I had positive orders from
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, then in
Australia, in which Gen. Macarthur
had radioed, and these we're his ex-
act words: There must be no
thought of surrender. You will at
tack"
Il transmitted these orders to
Gen. King. well knowing he could
not attack. But Col. TrayWick came
bac kto me and said it is too late.
Gen. King has already sent an Of
ficer forward with the white flag
Gen. King had sent the officer
with the white flag before he got
direct orders fro mme to mold Ba-
taan. He absolutely did not disotey
orders. l want to see no aspersion
cast upon Gen. King. He is gal
liant soldier, brave and courage
GUS man and a fine gentleman. 1t
makes me very angry to hear sny
criticism of him.
MY action has been approved l.y
the President of the United States
and the public and I was awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor
for it. 1 am not going to do any
thing about this matter aside from
keeping the record straight. I don't
intend to make any other state
ments unless Morton makes another
statement.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Rules
Continued From First Page.)

a showdown on curbing the Rules
Committee. II group of South
erners decided to oppose new re-
strictions on the Rules Committee,
it would divide Democratic ranks
at the start of the session.
The move further to streamline
congressional procedure gained out
side support today from the Ma
tional Committee for Strengthening
Congress. This citizens group of
labor and industrial leaders released
a report urging Congress to:
End Senate filibusterS, seek an al
Tentative for the traditional SEN
iority system Of picking committee
chairmen and do something about
the "absolutism" Of the House Rules
Committee.
Rankin Target of Move.
Some House Democrats also are
reported to be discussing move
designed to prevent Representative
Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi
from remaining on the Un-American
Activities Committee, but 1t remains
TO be seen whether party leaders will
want to 60 in for fight which might
start a cleavage between Northern
and Southern Democrats.
Mr.. Rankin is in line for chair
manship of the Veterans Commit
tee, and the plan being discussed
quietly is to try to amend the rules
30 that no meIhber could head one
committee and serve on another. 1t
Evening star., 1948-12-30
British Foreign Office
Refuses Confirmation
OF Invasion Of Egypt
BY tho Asseeiatsd Press

LONDON, Dec. 30.-The Foreign
Once refused to confirm today 9
charge made by the British delegate
before the United Nations Security
Council yesterday that Israeli troops
have crossed into Egypt.
A spokesman told news confer
ence questioners that Britain has
received "a report from Cairo-but
not from our own sources" that an
Israeli force entered Egypt in the
direction of the town Of Ell Arish
on the Mediterranean coast.
British Delegate Harold Beeley
told the Security Council in the
course of a debate on Palestine in
Paris that the Israelis were con-
Quoting military operations outside
areas allotted to Israel by the United
Nations. Mr.. Beeley added that he
had just received a cable from the
British Embassy in Cairo reporting
Jewish forces had penetrated into
Egyptian territory and had attacked
town miles inside the country.
The Foreign Once spokesman said
the Cairo report" was not regarded
as confirmation that the Israelis in
fact did enter Egypt.
The Israeli government in Tel
Aviv has officially denied the charge
Source Of Report Held Secret.
Despite persistent questioning by
reporters the spokesman refused to
pinpoint the origin Of the informa-
ton which came to the British gov
ernment from Cairo.
Mr.. Beeley once before accused
Israeli troops Of having made incur
sions into territory not their own
into Trans-Jordan., He warned at
that time that Britain has a treaty
with the Arab kingdom which in
wolves a commitment to come to its
aid in the event of it being victim
of aggression.
Britain has a similar treaty with
Egypt.
The spokesman said in reply to
a question today that Egypt has not
invoked it. Egyptian Ambassador
Amdel Fattah Amr Pasha yesterday
spent 80 minutes with Foreign Sec
retary Bevin discussing the political
situation inside his own country and
the whole Palestine situation.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
House Group Urges
Rise in Spending Limi'
On Congress Races
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

A congressional committee urget
Congress yesterday to do something
about the cost of electioneering.
1t wants the amount Of money 9
candidate can spend In his cam.
paign for election to Congress to bs
substantially increased beyond tn,
existing legal limits"
The existing legal limit Is $2,5Ot
for a candidate for the House anc
$4,000 for a candidate for tn.
Senate, with loophole allowing tn,
maximum to 60 as high as 5000 fol
the House and 5000 for thu
Senate.
The loophole, which does not ap.
ply to many members, allows the
expenditure of three cents for each
vote cast in the preceding election
up to the 5000 and s25, 900 limits.
Cites Drop In Dollar Value.
The recommendation for the
change was one of five made by the
House Campaign Expenditures Com
mite, a five-member group Gre
ated every two years to scan the
congressional elections. Its men,
bers this year are Representatives
Riley of Oklahoma, chairman;
Harness of Indiana and Fellows OF
Maine, Republicans. and Fogarty
of Rhode Island and Harris of Ar
kansas. Democrats.
In support of bigger expense l:m-
its, the committee said the ex-
change value of dollar in terms
Of goods and services has declined
considerably in the quarter century
that has passed" since the present
limitations were fixed.
The committee recommended also
that, with discrimination" the lin
its of spending by individuals and
groups interested in political cam
paigns be increased. Existing law
puts a top of $1,000 on individual
campaign contributions and $3000,-
600 on the spending of political COM
mittees.
Limit on Group Spending Asked.
Other recommendations:
Inat nXed limit to put on the
amount political group. commit
tee or organization may spend in
behalf of any individual candidate
for Federal Office. There is no limit
now. other than the overall spend
ing tops Of 5000 for individuals and
100000 for committees.
That all Federal election laws be
consolidated into a single statute,
with possible increases in some PEN
alties for violations.
That the existing requirement for
House candidates to file itemized
financial statements 10 to Is days
before the election be removed. The
committee said this provision sub
jects candidates to undue hard
ship" during the closing and acute
days of a campaign. 1t added that
the requirement for filing state
ments 80 days after the election
should suffice.
The committee declared that sex
listing Federal election laws are still
inadequate to control the evils they
were designed to correct"
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Demonstrators Demand
That War Be Resumed

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 80 P).-
Student demonstrators for the sec.
ond day demanded yesterday that
war be resumed in Palestine.
Premier Muzahim Amin Al Pachachi
told the students in an address that
"our victorious armies are engaged
in continuous war with the enemy.
I believe war is the only means to
save Palestine.
Relatively small-Scale denonstra-
tions occurred Tuesday when it be-
came known that Brig. Gen. William
E. Riley of the United Nations truce
observation staff and several aides
had arrived to ask the Iraqi govern
ment to accept a permanent arm
iStice In Palestine.
The demonstrators were dispersed
without difficulty by police. But
larger demonstrations developed yes
terday.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Argentina Frees German
Accused Of Selling Secrets
BY the Associotsd Prsss

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 3o.-The
Supreme Court yesterday set aside
the conviction Of German trans
lator for the Argentine Army
charged with selling military Sc
crets to former United States mil
ltary attache
The court revoked a five-year
prison sentence given Eugenio Wit
tenberg, So, who was born in Ger
many and became a naturalized Ar
gentinian.
Wittenberg was arrested last April
and accused of selling plans of mill
tary bases to Brig. Gen. John Lang,
United States military attache at
Buenos Aires in 1914. Wittenberg
contended there was nothing secret
about plans for already existing air
fields. Gen. Lang was withdrawn
from Bueno sAires in 1945.
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Sports Score Contests
Are Called Lotteries

A Post Once official says the de-
partment objects to the printed
coupon employed by many publica-
tions in conducting contests on the
outcome of sporting events.
Sol Minded, lottery expert in the
solicitors Office, said yesterday the
department holds that the printing
Of such forms in newspapers and
other periodicals for the use Of con-
testants is in violation of the lottery
statute. The ruling has not been
tested, he said
The department had not previ-
ously made any public announce
ment of this position. but Mr.. Min
del said such advice has been given
to local postmasters and individual
publishers who made inquiries on
the subject over the last several
months.
Mr.. Minded told a reporter the
number of such inquiries has been
greatly stimulated by :he growing
popularity of contests based on
guessing weekend football results,
baseball games. basket ball tourra-
ments and other sporting events.
IF a coupon is printed for the
use OF the contestant, or the list
of games involved appears in the
publication in such form as to
lend itself to marking and clip
ping by the contestant the attor-
ney said, I'VE are holding that this
constitutes a violation of the lot
terry statute.
"a lottery in the sense that 1t
would bar publication from use
of the mails. must include the con-
tribution of some consideration by
a person contesting for a prize
We believe that the purchase OF
the periodical containing a printed
form for use of the contestant con-
stituteS such a consideration"
Evening star., 1948-12-30
Cabinet Of Iroq Decides
To Resume Palestine War

CAIRO, Dec. 80 R.-The 1raqi
Charge d'Affaires here said today
that Iraqs Council of Ministers had
decided last night to resume fighting
in Palestine.
He made the statement as he left
a meeting with officials of the seven-
nation Arab League. He said he had
informed the league officially of the
Iraqi ministers decision.
A high Iraqi source here said
Iraq's army will join the fighAlg in
Palestine whatever the cost and
whatever the outcome"
Abdel Hamid Abdel Hak, Egypt's
minister of supply, said. however:
1--WE know nothing about partici-