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Evening star., 1948-06-30
On the Record
Administration Cannot Yield to Bluff
And Blackmail in Berlin Food Blockade

existing stocks are exhausted.
don't believe it. During the war
especially in the Pacific, We per.
formed miraculous feats of trans.
portation Of men and supplies. The
Western Allies have two Berlin air.
ports. The distance of transporta-
ton can be reckoned in minutes
There are no Himalayas in the way
that would take whole fleets Of
bombers. An around-the clock shut
tie to transport 1000 tons Of food q
day Is not impossible.
The Russians would not like such
fleets Of planes stationed in Ger
many. But they will ask for 1t by
cutting of all other means Of supply
except the air.
Treaties Recalled.
In 1882 and 1888 the Soviet gov
ernment, in concluding mutual nom
aggression pacts with all its neigh
bors, formally set up treaties de-
f1ning aggression, which bear care
full rereading. Among the defini-
tions Is blockade of another state
And in connection with all the def
initions the treaties say, mo politi-
cal, economic or other consideration
may serve as an excuse or justifica-
ton for the aggression referred to-"
The definitions brand as aggres-
sion acts-among them blocka de
which may or may not be accom-
panied by open violence. b
Have the Soviets, then, according
to their own definitions, reopened
the German war, insofar as Berlin
is concerned? Surely in addition to
feeding the Berlin population and
thus proving that we mean busi-
ness, we should bring this matter
Immediately before the United Ma
tions.
Three things seem always to be
good counsel: Never yield to black
mail; never assume a bluff: and
always try to gauge motives and
foresee consequences Of our own
policies and those of Others a.
The Russians are not playing for
Berlin but for Germany, and
through Germany for Europe. And
to 60 back to my original thesis
administration is not policy. It Is
merely the servant Of policy. One
can have the most efficient admin
Iistration on earth, but do the wrong
things and lose the Nation and the
world.
(Released BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)'
Evening star., 1948-06-30
THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c. Al,


money, and charm Of having charm,
I am now laying my plans for be-
coming ambassador with and with
out portfolio in 1852. One look at
me over television and the voters
will rush to the polls to give me
their support. Out of sympathy. of
course. They will feel that am q
man who needs anything and every
thing he can get.
I am just kidding, Of course.
Naturally, I think I'm darn good
looking and worthy Of any trust that
the people Of this country would
place In me.
Distributed By MeNsurht SYNDICATE. Incl
Evening star., 1948-06-30

Rogers voice will be heard through
the transoms of the ofiice Of Secre-
tary of Commerce?
Television has set . premium upon
personal appearance. In Z few
years q man with . mole on his
nose will have no more chance OF
winning an elective ONCE than q
pickpocket would have Of getting
rich in q nudist camp. Actually,
am thankful for such q develop
ment. It paves the way for me to
become q world statesman. Lack
ing only a foot Of being 6 feet tall,
and only wig Of having q head Of
hair, and only money Of having
Evening star., 1948-06-30

is the sorroWful
report borne by
scouts to the
anti TT u m a n
forces.
In that case,
anti -Tru m a n
sentiment W i'll
be channeled
into a boom for
Associate Justice
Douglas of the
Supreme Court
who will be given
a run on the
first b a II o t
W h e t h er he
wants it or not.
Evening star., 1948-06-30

W h at Moscow
terms the East
nDemocracies"
has been severe
ly preached.
T he Comm
forms action in
repri m a n d i n g
Tito in the COL
umns of the
Prague Commu-
mist paper. Rude
Pravo, took the
Western world
by surprise.
The highest
authori t les in
Evening star., 1948-06-30

FeSlQeQC OF the
United States in
1852. H..
The Vice Pres
ident will be
Tyrone Power.
Television will
elect them. I am
not at all sure
that Mr.. Peck
has a command
of the world sit
uation, or that
Mr.. Power knows
the difference
between a gavel
and a Max Fac
49,
Evening star., 1948-06-30

ever, the prime
function of an
American PreSi-
d e n t. Emcient
administration is
good and neces-
sary. But the
great problems
will not be ad-
m i mis- t r ative;
they will involve
decisions Of pol
icy that cannot
be made by lex
perts,' but by
the man of full
responSibility.
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Rp Constantine Rr0,cn

Whatever the final consequences
of Marshal Tito's accommodation
by the Cominform may be, there is
no question that the solid wall Of
Evening star., 1948-06-30
Bv Doris FIeeson

A statement that he is unavail-
able for the Democratic nomination
for President may shortly be forth
coming from Gen. Eisenhower. This
Evening star., 1948-06-30
By Dorothy Thompson

Last week at the Republican con-
vention we heard a great deal about
good administration and bringing
order out of chaos"
This is not in these times, how
Evening star., 1948-06-30
McLemore
Video Poves Way
For Next President
By Henry McLemore

Here Is an out and out nat state
ment with no qualifications at
tached:
Gregory Peck will be elected
Evening star., 1948-06-30

These famous "NoRTHcooL" Tropcals are fashioned
of fine rayon summer suiting that Is cool As an icics
to the touch . crisp and pleasing in Its feel! and
now available in new weaves-British overplaids,
shepherd checks, bengaines, stripes and popular
gabardines. Single or double breasted. Sizes for
regulars shorts longs, stouts and short stouts
Q WHITE "NORTHCOOL" SUITS----S3S
Evening star., 1948-07-11
40 Courses Offered Turks
By Airmen in u. 5. Mission

United States Air Force personnel
in Turkey are helping to train hun
dreds of Turkish air officers and
men in more than 40 technical
courses as part of the Military Mis-
sions activities there, Maj. Gen.
Earl S. Hoag, chief of the air group,
announced yesterday.
Gen. Hoag said the courses ranged
from pilot training to weather fore
casting.
Like the head of the mission, Maj.
Gen. Robert c. Mcbride, Gen. Hoag
reported that the Turks were "eager
to learn about new equipment and
show great aptitude in both formal
classes and on-the-job training"
In addition to the training In
Turkey, As Turkish Air Force officers
came to the United States in March
for technical and staff training at
bases here.
The Public Roads Administration
also has personnel in Turkey as
part of the aid mission.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Letter Written July ID, 1875,
lis Priced Family Heirloom

gin, Robert Yates evenly spaced
172-year -old letter reads:
Il arrived last Friday evening, in
health, since which time I have
been busily engaged in Congress
without meeting with an opportu-
nifty of writing to you before.
The Continental Congress have
declared the United Colonies free
and independent States, and abb
solved from all connection with
Great Britain. In consequence
whereof on Tuesday next we are to
take up the forming of new Gov
ernment for the State Of New York.
ION Friday last, two men of war
and as many tenders passed the city
of New York up the North River,
Notwithstanding heavy fire from
our batteries. They are now at an
chor opposite Tarrytown. They have
not yet attempted to land and prob
ably never will as the shores are
lined with the militia and their only
intention is to interrupt the river
navigation. The Army is still in
Staten Island in a sickly condition
and it is represented they will make
no efforts until reinforced.
THE Jersey and Pennsylvania
militia with a flying corps of men
are stationed on the Jersey shore
opposite Staten Island.
Il can add no more, as the express
| (probably coach or pony rider)
waits for me. My love to our chill
dren and your fathers family, as
also to our neighbor Ludlow and his
family. I am, my dear Jenny, your
constant and affectionate husband,
Robert Yates" (The letter was
written at White Plains, N. "
Van Buren's Kindness.
Seventy-six years later, when Lin
denwalds attic caves yielded up
the letter Martin Van Buren, ex-
President and then owner of the
estate, conscious of its sentimental
and historic value, directed his third
son, namesake and secretary, to for
ward it to the husband of Caroline
Van Antwerp of Iowa City, Iowa
so that his wife, the granddaughter
of the Jenny" of Robert Yates
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WEST NOTTINGHAM
AcAHEAY

College preparatory and general courses for
boys Accredited. Junior school. Small
classes. Remedial reading emphasized. Ex.
tensive activity and sports program. Golf
course, lake Limited enrolment. Between
Baltimore and Phila. Est. l741. Catslog.
J. Paul Slaybaugh, LID, Box 5, Colora,
Evening star., 1948-07-11

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
q. s. CLERK EVAN. Prepare now: Were
exam. Cali Mr.. Richards, MI. 8568. Do
you want to pass that civil service test?
THE CIVIL SERVICE PREPARATORY
SCHOOL, 1913 14th St. NV. MI. 955S.
A school highly recommended for 80 yrs.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
By Jessie Font Evons

Through the courtesy of Mrs.
Clarence A. Aspinwall of 234o Kalo-
rama road, time-stained letter of
July IA, 1776, from her third great
grandfather, Robert Yates, to his
wife, Jannetie Van Ness, is made
public for the first time.
OF historical significance from
several angles, national and local, it
was written by the Robert Yates
who was a member of the Commit
tee of Safety of the Colonies, OF the
Constitutional Convention Of 1777,
of the Federal Convention Of 1871
and of the New York State Conven-
ton called to ratify the Constitu-
ton. He was one of the first judges
of New York's Supreme Court and
it's chief Justice from 1870 to 1898.
This is the same Robert Yates who
kept a record of the secret proceed
ings and debates of the Constitu-
tional Convention assembled at
Philadelphia in 1777, and, though
often solicited, refused to permit his
notes of these debates to be pub
lished during his life, not only be-
cause they were originally not writ
ten for the public eye but because he
conceived himself under honorable
obligation to withhold their publi-
cation"
A Mayor Of Washington.
His wife, whom ha, addresses as
Jenny" was visiting her brother
Peter Van Ness, at his famous man.
sion, Lindenwald, which he hao
built near Kinderhook on the Hud.
son River. Later it became the home
of Martin Van Buren, United State:
| Senator, Governor of New York
Secretary of State in President Jack
sons cabinet, and eighth Presiden
of the United States.
A local angle stems back to Pete
Van Ness, the brother of Janneti'
or Jenny" One of his three SON
and her nephew was John Pete.
Van Ness, who came to Washington
as a member OF Congress from New
York State, married the beautiful
Marcia Burns, daughter of Davey
lived in sumptuous style on the sit
of the Pan American Union Build
ing and grounds, a part Of th'
dowry of his beauteous wife, ant
later became the third Mayor o
Washington. The second was Cor
nelius Peter Van Ness, second Gov
ernor of Vermont and Minister tt
Spain. The third was William Pete
Van Ness, United States distric
Judge and second for Aaron Burr II
his duel with Alexander Hamilton.
172-Year- Old Letter.
| Written on double, yellow, lega
cap-size paper with a Pinch mar
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Radford Says Fleet
CaIProtect Citizens
In European Area
By the kssocioted Press

CHAUTAUQUA, NY, July 10
There will be no more Corregidors
if war should break out in Europe,
Vice Admiral Arthur w Radford,
vice chief Of Naval Operations,
declared today.
In event of sudden hostilities,
the Mediterranean Fleet would let
America reinforce and supply its
troops and civilians or also evacuate
them. the admiral added.
Never again should we have
to abandon our men as was the case
at Corregidore, Admiral Radford
said in addressing the Chautaugua
institutions diamond jubilee cele-
bration.
Concentrated in Mediterranean.
The admiral spoke just a day
after the Navy's announcement in
Washington that two ships of the
Mediterranean Fleet-escort carrier
Palau and the cargo vessel Mar
quette-had successfully evacuated
American military and United Ma
tions personnel from Palestine.
The major portion of this fleet
the United States 9th Task Fleet
commanded by Vice Admiral Forrest
P. Sherman-is now concentrated in
the Eastern Mediterranean.
Admiral Radford, calling the Navy
a precision instrument of diplo-
macy to help maintain the peace,
said foreigners realize that the full
strength of America might will moi
be used unless there has been pre-
vious political catastrophe.
Can Halt Incidents" at Start.
However, they have different
impression of ships which are cap.
able of landing marines to spike
local troubles" he said.
In backing up our diplomacy, the
Navy, with its possibilities for loca!
precise action, can break up small
incidents before they mushroom
into catastrophe size" He added
Policemen with sticks and teal
gas have a definite advantage ovel
Sherman tank. They can do the
| job just as we'll without causing g
massacre. This consideration Is
what motivates much of the activi.
ties of our restless Mediterranean
Fleet"
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MONTE VITA RANCH Fo: - ,:'

Riding, Swimming, Rifiery, Overnight
Camping, Mt. Climbing. Boating. Mineral
water recommended by State. Emphasis
upon health, happiness, safety. Mem
American Camping Asso. Reasonable fee
21s hours from n. c. WO. 4214.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Coroner Delays Certificate
In Death Of Traffic Victim

The coroner's Office yesterday said
certificate in the death of Roy
j. Mickey. rs, Of 5112 Connecticut
avenue NV, who collapsed while
taking a walk Friday, viii be delayed
until the middle of the week pend
ing further analysis Of the body.
Mr.. Mickey was injured June 10
when struck by car, police said.
He was still under the care of a
nurse after being released from Sub
urban Hospital nine days ago, 1t
was said.
A retired machinist at the Bureau
of Engraving and Printing, Mr.
Mickey collapsed while walking in
the 5100 block of Chevy Chase park
way NV. He was veteran OF the
Spanish-American War and worked
for the government for 80 years be-
fore his retirement four wears ago.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Winchester Mills Report
New Wheat Is High Grade
snseinI pi,nntch 10 The Star

WINCHESTER, Va, July 10
New wheat offered at mills this
week has such a low moisture con-
tent it can be ground at once, ac-
cording to Charles F. Coffman,
president of the Winchester Milling
Corp.
Most of the 1948 Frederick County
crop easily meets requirements OF
No. 2 grade, which is the best grade
milled locally, Mr.. Coffman said.
Mr.. Coffman said older wheat was
being quoted at S220 bushel and
new wheat at S215.
The price of new barley, Of which
there is a large crop, is S1.35 a
bushel, while old barley still was
bringing s165. Wheat yields are
averaging 80 bushels an acre, while
barley turns out so or more bushels.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
SULLIVAN SCHOOL

a1o7 wyoming Ave. NV, co. 1717 Z.
Intensive preparation for Annapolis;
ali Colleges Fall term commences
Sept. g. 9Se of our '47-'4S students
qualified for admission to service
academies or colleges.
Gerald J. Sullivan. w. E. Bailey,
1st 1t, U.S.A., Ret, Grad, .U:S.N.A;,
Principal Asst. Principal
Evening star., 1948-07-11

letter, might hand it down to her
children's children.
Mailed with "Free: M. Van Buren"
written on the envelope (probably
under his presidential franking priv
ilege), the accompanying note
states,
Enclosed send by my fathers
suggestion, a letter which may be OF
interest to Mrs. v. A. as an agree
able patriotic reminiscence Of her
grandfather. With our kind regards
to yourself and family, I remain
very truly yours. M. Van Buren, jr.
Gindenwald, Dec. II, 1882"
Evening star., 1948-07-11
District Workhouse Notes
Sharp Rise in Inmates

The number Of inmates at the
District Workhouse is increasing,
officials of the Department of Cor
rections announced yesterday. In
the last two months the census has
risen from about roo day to more
than 1000.
Additional dormitories have been
opened. and eight are in use. This
is the first time since 1910 that all
dormitories have been used. The
Evening star., 1948-07-11

workhouse has a normal capacity OF
1000 inmates.
w. F. Fleming, superintendent,
said he had 972 prisoners yesterday.
Friday he had 1896. There will be
releases today and tomorrow. which
will bring the population down a
little, he said, but new arrivals to-
morrow and Tuesday probably will
bring the total to above 1000.
Evening star., 1948-07-11
Publicity Men to Meet

George H. E. Smith, secretary and
staff director Of the Senate Repub-
lican Policy Committee, will address
the weekly luncheon Of the Amer
ican Public Relations Association at
1915 pm. tomorrow in the Hotel
Lafayette.
Evening star., 1948-06-20

As far as the Progressive Citizens
Association is concerned, George
towns street cleaners have made a
clean sweep.
For their dexterity and willing
ness with a broom. II of the George
town areas IA cleaners were guests
Yesterday in the sun-spangled, rose
and lockwood garden at Century
House, 178-year- home OF Mrs.
Frank Allen West, 3406 R street
NV.
The men who patrol the area
west of Rock Creek and south OF
Massachusetts, avenue to the river
received 50 each in cash; coffee.
doughnuts and ice cream and words
of high praise from three bosses,
including Engineer Commissioner
Gordon r. Young.
Two of the men who have from
80 to 100 miles of streets to coTer
were unable to attend. One had a
toothache: the other was Ill.
The Georgetown cleanup crew was
similarly honored three years ago
hy the association at the Howard
Davidson home. Mrs. West picked
up the cause this year as a mem
ber of the association, as George
town Garden Club member and as
a citizen.
Juvenile Court Judge Fay L.
Bentley, who presented the gifts,
said: I'VE in Georgetown appreciate
your services"
The public is quick to complain
when things aren't right, but for
gets those who are responsible when
things function smoothly" she
added
In the association delegation
Evening star., 1948-06-20

India has flown crocodiles to the
ZOO in Hull, England. E.
Evening star., 1948-06-20
Hearing Tomorrow
On Mclean Rents

The !ong-awaited public hearing
on proposed rent increases at Nc
Lean Gardens, war time housing de-
velopment on Wisconsin avenue
NV, will be held at $50 am. to-
morrow at the District Building.
The Fairmac Corp, which bought
the development from the Govern
ment last October, is seeking fiat
s5-a-month rent increase for 1900
rooms and 10 per cent for 720
apartments. More than 1000 ten
ants would be affected.
Robert F. Cogswell, District rent
control administrator, said the
hearing will be held IN the board
room at the District Building be-
cause the rent control Office at 1740
Massachusetts, avenue NV. will not
accommodate the expected hundreds
of witnesses.
Present rents for rooms range
from $34 so to S4350 and for apart
ments from $50 to $3.50, Mr.. Cogs-
well said
Evening star., 1948-06-20
Street Sweepers Enjoy Coffee,
Win Praise at Georgetown Party

gathering in the West garden in ad-
dition to Gen. Young were: Mrs.
Henry Leonard, Mrs. Roger Bean,
Mrs. Thomas West, Mrs. Lorraine
Smoot, Mrs. Helen Greenlees, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Hinton, and Mr..
and Mrs. William Xanten. Mr.. Kan
ten is director of the District di-
vision of sanitation.
The third boss of the street clean
ing crew at the party was F. w.
Waldvogel, the foreman, of 5 An
acostia road Sc.
The crew, all colored, included:
Joseph A. Stewart. 9l8 Third
street S.W.; Sumpter D. Davis, 1919
Ninth street NV: Joe Boatwright,
1917 Linden court NE; John L..
Thomas, 24O71a I street NV: Wes-
ley Powell, 4O2 o street NV; Terry
Boyd, 1925 Twenty-eighth street
NV; William Jackson, so Myrtle
street NE; John Coins, II E
street S.W.; Coolidge Calvert, 5lS
Fourth street Sc; Walter Peevy,
2133 Newport place NV; John E.
Thomas, 3241 N street NV, and
Walter Smith, 1929 Cecil place NV
Russia's only sewing machine fac
tory is expected to produce 100000
machines by 1850.
Evening star., 1948-06-20

Conference, which will open June
80 and close August 8. The Lam
beth Conference, gathering OF
from churches and
members of the Anglican Commun-
ion throughout the world, is usu-
ally held at 10-year intervals. The
present meeting takes the place OF
the 1910 conference, which was
postponed because of the war.
One of 1 From U. S.
The Washington churchman will
speak over the British Broadcast
ing System on July 13 and will de-
liver a sermon at historic st. Pauls
Cathedral in London on July Is.
Bishop Dun will be one OF four
representatives of the Episcopal
Church in the United States
at the World Council of Churches
meeting opening August % at Am
sterdam. The others are the Right
Rev. Henry Knox Sheriff., presid-
Evening star., 1948-06-20
Church Fighting Reds
For Labor S Support;
Social Reforms Urged
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

VAI1CAN ClIH, June 13. - "A
leader of Catholic Action in Italy
said today the church Is waging a
great war to win, hold and increase
the support of the working man.
The enemy is Communism, he said.
Both use the same weapons: Ad-
vocating social reforms.
Pope Plus XII earlier this month
called for lust and necessary re-
forms" arising from "the ruin and
revolution of the world and its
aftermath"
A year ago Count Giuseppe dalla
Tore, editor of the Vatican's Los
servatore Romano, wrote series of
four editorials in which he declared
the ideas of Communism must be
fought with ideas.
Today Vittorino Veronese, the
Pope's appointee as president of
the militant Catholic Action, said
that with Communism's defeat in
the Italian elections this year, the
war of ideas has become positive. "
Credited With Left's Defeat.
Since the April elections both
Communist Chief Palmiro Togliatti
and Pietro Nenni, pro-Communist
Socialist leader, have charged that
Catholic Action was primarily re-
sponsible for the defeat of the left's
Popular Front.
Mr.. Veronese, leader Of the 4,000,-
900 italian members of Catholic
Action, said that up to the elec-
tions "the war was negative-to
preserve Catholic liberty for action"
The election was battle won.
and it opened the way for social
reform. But the war still is to be
won," he asserted.
For that. the energies of the
strongest are needed-the working
man."
A keynote for this fight, now
bitter in the ranks of the Commu-
nist-ruled Italian General Confed-
Grafton of Labor, is expected to be
set June by Pope Plus when he ad-
dresses the Italian Laborers Of
Catholic Action (ACLD. Many of
them are members of the confed-
Grafton.
Social Reforms Urged.
Throughout Italy, cardinals and
bishops are propagandizing for
social reforms.
II Quotidano, official organ of
Catholic Action, has been hammer
ing on the theme almost daily.
Romes independent "Momento
Sera" commented in this headline
over an editorial:
The church goes left; the card
inals talk like revolutionaries. II
cardinals walk on the left, where
will Togliatti walk?" 1t then quoted
Ella Cardinal dalla Costa, Arch
bishop of Florence. who recently
urged that Communism be drained
OF all that is good, just and evangel-
| ical."
Civic Committees Continue.
II 0uotidano said "Togliatti's
claim of dangers that threaten the
! C1lI lSbld1l lCIilOSl 10 pCIiobo =
That is. that behind this party
Conservative forces can gather,
paralyzing everv action for reform,
or at least limiting 1t"
In its first meeting after the
elections, the central organ Of Cath
olic Action voted May 81 to continue
the civic committees that played an
important role in the Italian cleo
ton campaign and decided to in
tensify action favoring social re-
forms and supporting ACLI.
"ACLI-Terra" farm laborers
of Catholic Action, ended a Rome
meeting this week by urging con-
solidation of social reforms, legal
appropriation of lands beyond a
certain maximum, and better use
of uncultivated public and private
land.