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out the lesser victors but would have en-
abled Moscow to exercise a veto under a
unanimity rule. So the Russian plan was
emphatically rejected. Yet, without Rus
sian participation, peace settlement with
Japan was deemed impracticable.
Unlike the German situation, however,
this deadlock was not unfavorable to us.
In Japan we control the situation and can
mould Japanese recovery much as we see
fit. And the success of our recovery pro-
gram is increasingly repugnant to Moscow.
Hence, it is by no means unlikely that
Soviet diplomacy may be preparing to
raise the Japanese issue once more, If
only for diversionary and propaganda
purposes. Such an initiative would be
logically linked with Soviet moves in
Korea and with the situation in China,
where the Communists appear to be get
ting the upper hand. Under these circum-
stances, Moscow's attitude toward Japan
will bear watching.
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and translates them, by actual reproduc-
ton of the human voice, into sound. Thus,
when the "eye" passes across the letter A,
an electronic impulse >activates selector
mechanism which causes recording tape
to announce the letter by name. Each
letter causes the machine to respond with
the correct letter, by voice.
Unfortunately, the machine is so COM
plicated and expensive at present as to
preclude its use by individuals. However,
further research is planned. This may
lead at least to better and cheaper in
strument capable of being installed in IL
braries or institutions for the blind, for
general use by those who can hear but can
not see. Such revolutionary aid would
be a boon to the blind, contributing not
only to their pleasure but to their earn
ing powers. The possibilities are suffl-
ciently intriguing to warrant intensive
efforts to perfect more practicable ver-
sion of the laboratory model. The
time may come when reading by ear will
replace reading by touch for all the blind
whose sense Of hearing remains unim-
paired
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Politics and Palestine

The world has now witnessed another
flip flop in Americas Palestine policy. Last
Thursday, everybody in Paris, including
our own delegation, had no doubt that we
would support the Chinese-British resolu-
ton to create Security Council subcom-
mittee to study the possibility of imposing
sanctions on Israel If it refused to with
draw its forces from the Negeb. The next
day, however, the situation was reversed,
apparently on the strength of message
received from President Truman. AS of
the moment the net result is that con-
fusion reigns, with nobody-again includ-
ing our own delegation-seeming to know
exactly where we stand.
This is all rather typical Under Presi-
dent Truman our policy on Palestine has
been made up of an unedifying series Of
on-again- -off-again decisions in which the
State Department has found itself obliged
to perform somersaults before the eyes of
the world in keeping with directives from
the White House. Thus, last November,
against the counsel of large and we'll
informed body of opinion in the depart
ment, the United States voted for parti-
tioning the Holy Land between the Arabs
and Jews. The following April, it reversed
itself and came out in favor of an unreal
istic proposal for temporary U. N. trustee
ship over the country. month later, with
a suddenness that took everybody by sur
prise, Mr. Truman extended diplomatic
recognition to Israel on provisional, de
facto basis. Then within the past month,
after Secretary Marshall had Endorsed it
presumably with his approval-the Presi-
dent said we would not support the Berna-
dotte plan for revision of the boundaries
previously recommended for the new
Jewish state. Our latest switch is thus in
character with the record as a whole.
OF course, in fairness to the President,
1t must be said that the Palestine problem
is so enormously complex that it makes
decisions difficult and uncertain. That
consideration to one side, however, and
wholly apart from the merit or lack of
merit of some of our Teversals, the fact
remains that no nation in the world has
dealt with this issue as skittishly or as
unpredictably as our own. AS the consti-
tutional fountainhead of our foreign policy,
Mr.. Truman is responsible for that. 1t
in dealing with the matter, in the midst
of presidential election year, he has not
had in mind-just as Governor Dewey has
had in mind-the large and very important
Jewish vote in the pivotal State. of New
York.
In other words stated bluntly, domestic
politics-and not simply the difficulties
apd ,,pccrtainties of the pr0hlen Itself
has played key part in making our
approach to the explosive Palestine ques-
ton look like anything but good and high
minded craftsmanship Certainly, when
our foreign policy is conducted in manner
of that sort, we must expect serious injury
to our prestige abroad. Now that the elec-
ton is almost over, one can only hope
perhaps forlornly-that there will be an
end thereafter to all such, American gyra-
tions in the councils of the world.
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Moscow Eyes Jupun

Soviet Ambassador Panyushkins COM
plant against certain alleged actions OF
General Douglas Macarthur and our occu-
pational authorities in Japan Is, by itself,
neither novel nor especially newsworthy.
other complaints and allegations have
been made from time to time, all of them
countered by our State Department as
equally unfounded., This latest Soviet
action does however, suggest that Moscow
may be preparing diplomatic Initiative
toward Japan similar to those which 1t
appears to be launching in Korea and Ger.
many. The essence of this pattern seems
to be an attempt to end military occupa-
tions by the Western Powers under cond1-
tions which would favor Soviet aims.
Moscow has never liked the terms on
which Japan was occupied by the victors
in the last war It tried hard to muscle In
on the occupational setup in japan on the
lines of the Potsdam agreement toward
Germany. Rebuffed In this, Moscow has
endeavored to throw sand in the well-oiled
gears of Japanese recovery by various
means, including encouragement OF the
small but ebullient japanese Communist
Party It should be remembered that
Soviet Russia has a seat on the eleven
nation Far Eastern Commission which ex-
ercises an overall supervisory role toward
the military occupation Of Japan under
the terms of the srmistice agreement, al
belt the occupation itself Is virtually an
American affair. That commission includes
representatives Of all the nations with
which Japan was officially at war, covering
states like Australia, New Zealand and the
Netherlands as we'll as the major powers.
And 1t is to that body that Panyushkin
addressed himself.
Moscows only success thus far has been
the negative one of blocking the negotia-
ton of peace treaty for Japan. General
Macarthur has repeatedly voiced the de-
STABILITY of such settlement, and last
year our Government took the initiative
in proposing peace conference on the
full eleven nation basis. To this, how
ever, Moscow demurred. It insisted that
peace making for Japan be done solely by
the Council of Foreign Ministers, restricted
to the five Great Powers" America,
HNtain, China, France and Soviet Russia.
7 proposal would not only hay frozen
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Stain and the Truth

Swift and unqualified denials by France,
Britain, the United States and spokesmen
for the six neutral" members of the Sc
cur1ty Council leave no room for doubt
that Prime Minister Stalin's Interview"
with Pravda has done violence to the facts
of history
The facts have to do with agreements
regarding the lifting of the Berlin block
ade. Mr.. Stain has accused Britain and
the United States of having violated the
one that was reached in Moscow on August
80. He has accused them, too, of rendering
null and void" another which he claims
was drawn up during the recent mediation
efforts in the Security Council
But If Recommendation means anything,
there cannot be the slightest doubt about
what happened to the August 80 agree
ment. For the record-particularly as set
forth in the American White Paper few
weeks ago-offers abundant proof that
that agreement was broken not by Brit
ain and the United States, but by Marshal
Sokolovsky, the Soviet military governor
in Berlin, who torpedoed it just as soon as
the time came to make it effective. AS for
the later agreed draft decision" men,
toned by Mr.. Stain, we have the word
OF all other parties concerned, including
the six neutral Council members who
attempted mediation, that no such under
standing ever existed.
In view of all this, it must be said of Mr..
Stain that either he is guilty of resorting
deliberately to brazen falsehoods or he is
the innocent victim of misinformation
handed him by his subordinates. If the
latter is true-which Is quite possible
especially in bureaucracy like the Soviet
dictatorship he had better find
out who among his underlings is response
BILE for 1t. If he does not he may learn to
his sorrow one of these days that some
lower-echelon cabal has fed him lies ca
pable of plunging Russia and the world
into war
That said, 1t can only be added that If
Mr.. Stain is himself responsible for these
grave falsehoods, he would be well-advised
to give careful thought to the history of
Herr Hitler and others who once thought
1t smart to employ the colossal lie as an
instrument of national policy,
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lures all the Beatitudes of Christianity. Prac-
ticed, he declares, they will solve every question
in the world and out of it. But the pertinent
question asked by that et-prophet is, Does
this Christianity have your vote to be true If
1t can? All, that Is the vital question with
regard to everything good and pure and true
and excellent: Does it have your vote to be
true If 1t can?
We are living in a world bafled, bored and
betrayed by the things in which 1t has put its
trust. The gods currently worshiped among
us mostly resemble the deities once decreed by
the Roman Senate, but they now are created
by Hollywood What are these gods? Physical
strength, social prestige, bodily pleasure po-
litical power, financial success-these things
made pre-eminent have brought us to the very
edge of chaos and catastrophe. They have
fashioned noisy materialism and coarsen-
ing of mental life They have cultivated
secularism that denies that man is born to
serve the spirit. In one area of life after an
other these false gods have emptied the uni
verse Of divine meaning and substituted human
ingenuity. Man has been trained to live in
the cellar of his being and to make that the
living room Of his house.
The world Is entering upon period of crisis
and threatened collapse, where we are being
forced to take sides. Gen. MacArthurs words
from the surrender deck in Tokyo Harbor
ought to be written on the doorposts of all our
houses: 1--WE have been given one more
chance. The issue now is of the spirit, rather
than the flesh. 1t is spiritual and theological"
In this decisive day of the "one more
chance" what is your vote? On the ballot in
every mans hand are those solemn words Of
Scripture: II have set before you life and
death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life,
then, that you and your children may live"
Most Americans readily would agree to the
assertion of an increasing chorus of thinkers
in all realms, that only return to true religion
can keep us from impending doom. Even so,
believing that, millions do not vote.
But my vote would make no difference!"
Listen to Bonaro Overstreet:
You say the little efforts that make will do
no good;
They never will prevail to tip the heavy scale
Where justice hangs in balance.
do not think ever thought they would;
But I am prejudiced beyond debate
In favor of my right to choose which side
Shall feel the stubborn ounces of my weight"
That is your vote-the stubborn ounces of
your weight. Those stubborn ounces count.
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A Precious Diory

In ramshackle camp at Kill Devil Hill
on the coast of North Carolina on the
evening OF December II, 1903 a man sat
writing in diary. He was not the sort
OF man that people would notice on the
street. Back in Dayton, Ohio, his family
was known as 'just plain folks like every
body else" When a lad he had started
printing business. Later lin partnership
with his brother Wilbur he had run a
bicycle shop. In 1896 the death of Gustav
Lilienthal, German engineer who had
tried to initiate the wing movements of
birds, led the pair to speculate on the
feasibility of flying. Three years later they
built some model gliders In September,
1900, they successfully operated one of
these on narrow strip of sand dividing
Albemarle Sound from the Atlantic.
Now they had new contraption, weigh
Ing 750 pounds. Storms delayed the tryout.
But finally everything was ready, including
the weather. The result as the original
aviator reported 1t in his journal reads:
When. we got ups wind of between 20 and
Is miles was blowing from the north. We got
the machine out early and put out the signal
for the men at the station. Before we were
quite ready, John T. Daniels, w. 8. Dough,
A. D. Etheridge, w. c. Brinkley of Manteo
and Johnny Moore Of Nags Head arrived.
After running the engine and propellers a
few minutes to get them in working order, I
got in the machine at 1926 for the first trial
The wind according to our thermometers at
this time was blowing a little over 20 miles
(corrected q miles according to the Govern
ment thermometer at Kitty Hawk. On stop
ping the rope the machine started off increasing
speed to probably or miles. The machine
lifted from, the track just as it was entering
the fourth mile. Mr.. Daniels took a picture
just as 1t left the tracks.
Such was Orville Wright's impression of
the beginning of modern aeronautics-
nothing fiowery, nothing pretentious; just
simple narrative, characteristic of an
ordinary chap who knew what he was
doing and was content to be nothing more
than he was. The journal in which he
wrote is one of the treasures of the Library
of Congress. Shortly the plane which first
proved that heavier -than-a air aviation was
practicable will be installed in the Smith
sonian Institution 1t is on its way back
from England where for many years 1t
was an object of pilgrimage in the British
Museum.
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Reading by Ear

at Is gratifying to learn that science is
not too busy with other things these days
to devote attention to the problem of de-
eising new aids for the blind. The latest
Hopeful news for those who cannot see
comes from New York, where Radio Cor
poration engineers have demonstrated a
remarkable device that enables the blind
tooread by ear rather than by touch The
device, based on the principle of the
electronic "eys," scans the printed letters
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this privilege Of untrammeled franchise was
purchased. Amid tinted trees, under the bluest
of skies, in the warm, fall sunlight at Airing
ton less than week from election, 20 flag
draped caskets in two mournful rows, at wait
ing graves, were mute reminders Of the last
full measure OF devotion paid by boys who
bravely died far from home, in tangled jungle
and on lonely isles. They fell that this kingly
scepter never might be snatched by tyranny
from the hand Of the common man. AS the
volleys were fired and taps sounded with the
low undertone of mothers sobs, we knew, alas,
that again the ruthless tyranny of the police
state is on the march, prostituting the sacred
name of democracy, making so-called elections
but the rubber stamp of dictators will. But
in our blessed land Of the free on the Tuesday
after the first Monday in November, turning
from imposing National and State capitols, our
reverent gaze is on the unadorned yet sacred
booths set up across the continent in which,
free from sinister. spying eyes, every man Is
alone with his own conscience, none daring to
molest or to make afraid.
But not only when as free men we in secret
mark the ballot and record our choice of pol
icies and leaders do we register vote. Every
day, every one of us is voting. Every dawn puts
a ballot in our hands. We choose, and make
our choices felt. In everything that has to do
with private and public life we constantly are
casting our ballot. The impact Of our per-
sonaity, the weight Of our influence is either
part of the problem or part of the solution
of all that relates to our ailing social order.
With all the matters up for decision in the
commonwealth of humanity every man must
face the question, what am I voting for with
my life? For instance, Robert Browning pic
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Bv Gerard D. Reilly.

clining to sell small quantities Of flour to boys
whom they have reason to believe want to uss
II in the manner stated. Last year the police
were unable to suppress the small boys, who
had their coats turned and who were otherwise
disguised when they went out to do mis-
chief. They did succeed, however, in landing
number Of them in the stations and their
parents werk then compelled to pay the penss'
atty" Fines ran as high as $40.
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have the right to vote,
q right bought for
them at crimson cost,
betray and deny their
birthright by failure
to exercise it. With
the future at stake,
when the votes are
counted they do not
count.
AS election day ap-
proaches, every man
and woman worthy
to be called American
Is keenly aware of
the price with which
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Among the loot offered by a give-away
show is popcorn machine with which you
can set up in business. #, in addition, you
can find neighbors who will pay to see
YOUR home movies. you're a Snowman
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One of the Navy's little newspapers
thinks the chicken crosses the road for
fowl purposes nifty which must 60 back
at least to the battle of Mobile Bay.
Evening star., 1948-10-31

French Reds, calling on the workers of
the world to strike, don't mean Russians,
as there is no room for this foolishness
under Moscow's equivalent of the Taft
Hartley Act.
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Regarding the candidates, the great
John L. Lewis has spoken, and so has
Harold Ickes. Since, however, these strong
individuals cancel each other >out, the issue
must be decided by us groundlings.
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Spires Of the Spirit
Spires Of the Spirit
On Going to the Polling Places
A Message in Advance of National Election Day
Stresses the Duties of individuals


One OF the most sublime sights on this torn
and tortured globe is America going to the
polls. One of the most disturbing things in
the life of the Republic Is that millions who
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r 1:o. ALoal ! Some Shadous of Coming Events
AOOh1l1S 1AllNdu Are Noted Here and abroad
tBy the World STAFF Of the Associated Press)

to see Russian troops out of Eastern Germany.
But We would consent to general withdrawal
only on condition that German elections be
held under some sort Of international super
vision. Russia has refused that In Korea.
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La Belle France is bluntly told to work
or perish, choice as unpalatable as that
other grim tossup, wallace or war"
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Flying Briefs

Newest honey touch in Air Force fighter
planes: Electric pop-out cigarette lighters in
cockpits. . Air Force is studying emergency
hatch requirements in troop carrier planes. :.
tiny budget has squeezed naval fighter train
ing to the point that planes get only enough
fuel for one hours flight week.
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More Headaches!

NEW YORK-A leading producer Of acety'
salicylic acid has upped the price cents
o pound. This may mean higher prices FOL
aspirin.
atlantic Pact
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atlantic Pact

National resources experts are attempting
to figure out what it would cost us If the
United States joined with Western European
Powers in a military Atlantic pact" They
feel it might mean one Or all of the following:
No more tax cuts, an actual increase in taxes,
ALLEGATION of the most important materials.
Small Planes
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Production of personal aircraft carrying ur
to four persons) fell during the first three
quarters of this year. Compared to the same
period last year. figures were 13,775 and $3.50
dollar value, $45,0oo,0oo and $23,4oo,ooo.
Latin Woes
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Look for the center of United States popu-
lation to move into Illinois when the 1850 CEN
sus is totted up. It's now near Carlisle, Ind.
Var Dp0d
Evening star., 1948-10-31

PERTH, Australia.-United States Army
divers are preparing to search Darwin Harbor
for the United States destroyer Peary, sunk In
an air raid February 10, 1912 This is major
task in the Army's job Of returning American
war dead to U. 8. soil.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
New Displaced Persons Bill Completed

WASHINGTON, (P)-Rep. Wal ter D.-PaJ today completed new displaced persons bill which he said would eliminate all the fea- lures President Truman has ob iected to in the present law.
 Walter, the No. ? Democrat on he House judiciary committee which handles such legislation, told a reporter he will introduce he measure when the new Con- gresS opens January 3.
 His bill, he said, would (A) guar antee against racial, religious or nationalistic discrimination, B) double the number of homeless Europeans eligible to enter the United States, and co give them four years-instead of two years from last July to apply for admis- sion.
 Under the present law 205,000 European refugees are to be given entry to this country the next two years. The measure, passed by the 80th Congress last July, was de- nounced by President Truman during he recent campaign as be- ing unfair ot Jews and Catholics. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
SEEK MISSING PEOPLE

Anyone having information con corning he following persons is asked to communicate with the Governors office in Juneau:
 Bud F. Savage: Age 38. Last heard from in Ketchikan a year ago.
 Scott M. Dowding Ramsey: Once employed by the Puget Sound Bridge and Dreding Company on a construction job at Adak, Alaska. Last heard from in Kodiak on Jan- uary 5, l948.
 Gordon McClintic Dimmitt: Missing in Alaska since l943. Was an engineers helper at Anderson Camp, Fore Richardson. His fam fly is very anxious to get in touch with him.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08
Indifferent To Police Department

ANCHORAGE, (P)-Sgt. Will :am D. Refmke, one-time Anchor age resident and a member of the Seattle police department nearly 25 years, has refused to apply for appointment as chief of police here on the grounds that residents do not give he department proper support.
 The chief serves under such a handicap that I wouldn't want 10 De in the 1eparmtent," he sadi.
 He came here last week to con- fe~ with Mayor z. J. Loussac, city manager Don Wilson and chief of police Charles Stowell. He said he believed the department must have more personnel and better personnel" H calld the city a perfect hideout' for men who have committed crimes in the nited States and said he believed the situation would become more critical next spring.
 The public here seems to be in- different about the police" he said
 He was with the Alaska Engin- eering commission here in 1920. He is due to retire soon from the Seattle police department.
The Nome nugget., 1948-12-08

York, the Republican Presidential candidate, also was critical of it.
 Walters bill would declare a displaced person eligible for con sideration if he entered Germany, Austria or Italy on or after Sep tember l, 1889 and on or before April 1, 1 947.
 The present dates are September I, 1889 and December 22, 1925. By moving up the latter date Walter said, thousands of persons would become eligible who moved into Germany, Austria or Italy 10 eS- cape the Russians. This provision, he said. would apply especially to Poles.
 Walter says his bills 'guaran- tee" against discrimination would require that visas be issued 10 the various racial and religious groups i nthe same proportion that the number of displaced persons in each group bears to the total num- Der of displaced persons.
 Among other changes, Walters measure would do away With the top preference presently given az ricultural workers. His bill would give preference to farm. house hold, construction, clothing, and garment workers, and other york CTS needed in the locality n the United States in which Succ per sons propose 10 reSide.">