davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1948-09-17

. kick In the face or bop him .
semihaymaker on the jaw.
Probably the easiest job In the
world Is that refereeing . Sia-
mese fight. Once he has seen that
neither fighter has q knife or .
pistol concealed on his person, his
job is about finished. He Is ex-
pected to help cart the loser out Of
the ring, but he doesn't have to
share In this chore unless 1t pleases
him.
In America most fighters have to
retire because their legs give out.
Here In Siam the most common
cause Of retirement Is q worn-out
knee, elbow or foot.
Distributed BY McNausht Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1948-09-17
On the Record
Lincoln, Analyzing Conditions Which Led
To Civil War, Outlined Present Situation

not strengthening but being weak
ened everywhere.
The United States Is not at pres
ent prepared for war. The risk that
the Soviets run now, in attempt
ing their step-by-step conquest, Is
arguably less than it will be when
Western Europe has industrially
recovered-and when the American
rearmament program is completed.
Now, rather than later-the Soviets
must think - the United States
could be forced to accept a fait &C
compli, amounting to complete
reorientation of the continent and
putting them in the Ruhr and In
advance position from which to
threaten America.
The Czech coup was the sign in
the sky, from which the battle for
Berlin follows logically.
And 1948 is the centenary Of the
Communist manifesto. This may
have symbolic significance in the
Soviet mind.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1948-09-17

gent agents were Oorotny thompson.
in the city seeking to destroy it
without war-seeking to dissolve
the Union, and divide effects, by
negotiation. Both parties depre-
Gated war; but one of them could
make war rather than let the Ma
ton survive, and the other would
accept war rather than let it perish.
And the war came"
There we have q classic analysis
of the type Of political conflict re-
|sulting in war. It is an appropriate
description Of the present situation.
The West European states-with our
aid-are trying to save their free
dom and create some European
unity, without war. The Russians
are seeking to prevent and destroy
the restoration Of Europe, and sub
ject 1t to the Soviet Union. Both
parties deprecate war, but one Of
them would make war rather than
let Europe survive.
One Side Faces Defeat. /
Under these conditions, negotia-
tions can have but one outcome:
Defeat for one party and ior recourse
to war. The aggression Is entirely
on one side. Again to quote the
famous Lincoln address:
ITO strengthen, perpetuate, and
extend this interest (slavery) was
the object for which the insurgents
would rend the Union, even by war;
while the Government claimed no
right to do more than restrict the
territorial enlargement of it,"
Thus, the Civil War did not arise.
from the determination of the North
to abolish Southern slavery but
from the determination Of the
South to extend slavery to new
States and Territories. The North
had determined upon a policy OF
containment.
So 1t Is today. No conflict has
developed over the peculiar des-
potic system Of the Soviet Union,
nor over the vast additional ter
ritories absorbed as a result OF the
advance of the Soviet armies into
the East European world. It de-
velops over Soviet determination
to extend this conquest into the
centers of Western industry and
culture.
War Motives Suggested.
Daily it becomes clearer that
rather than let Europe survive and
recover, the Soviets will make war.
In my belief they are pushed to-
ward war by q variety Of motives:
The Marxist-Leninist thesis that
no Communist state, however vast,
will ever be safe while a single
powerful non Communist state con-
tinues to exist; the poor opinion
Soviet leaders have of the eco
nomic stability Of their realm and
consequently of the permanence of
their rule, unless they can extend
it to the far more highly developed
industrial and chronological civili-
cations of the West; and the analy-
sis that time (for war; is not on
their side.
In connection with the latter the
sis, the original Soviet hope OF
spontaneous Communist revolu-
tions in the wake of a victorious
war has failed to materialize. Ex-
cept in Yugoslavia, where armed
Communists won by splitting the
resistance movement. no Commu-
mist revolution has occurred with
out the immediate presence or
proximity of the Red armies, and
the Communist fifth columns are
Evening star., 1948-09-17

to this four
years ago, all
thoughts W ere
a n x j ously di-
rected to an i'm
pending civil
War. All dread
ed tall sought
to avert 1t. While
t h e inaugural
address was be-
ing delivered
from this place,
devoted alto
gether to saving
the Union with
out war, insur-
Evening star., 1948-09-17
which forbids membership in the
Communist Party.

which forbids membership in the
Communist Party.
There are plenty Of Communists
in America today. Hence for a
witness to refuse to say whether or
not he Is a member Of the Com
munist Party, on the ground that
he would be testifying against him.
self, Is to invite proof in contempt
proceeding as to the extent to
which such . claim immunizes an
individual from answering any and
all questions.
Certainly there will be Q court
test Of this in the not-far-distant
future. If the claim were carried
to extremes, q witness could use
that excuse and refuse to give in
formation necessary for Congress in
its studies of legislative needs,
through claiming vaguely that he
would be incriminating himself. The
courts will doubtless define the Imi-
tations of such an alibi.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Right Of Congress
To Quiz Witness Has
High Court Backing
chorgs Thot Committee
Violates Constitution
Is Called GroundIess
By David Laurence

Some rather farfetched interpre-
tations Of constitutional rights are
being expressed by witnesses before
the House Committee on Un-Ameri.
can Activities and some individual,
WILL In the end, undoubtedly be
given citations for contempt and
jail sentences.
II b amazing to find 70 many
well-educated Americans declaring
their opinion that 1t is o Violation
Of the Constitution when a com.
mittee Of Congress asks what 9
mans political beliefs happen to be
Congress has been upheld agar
and again by the Supreme Court Of
the United States In its powers oi
inquiry, 50 1t Is accurate to say tina,
committee powers Of inquiry are 81
much q part Of constitutional law al
any other powers construed here
tofore by the courts.
Congress- Power Cited.
If Congress could not find out the
political beliefs Of individuals, II
could not provide for the enforce
ment of q dozen laws that are on
the statute books. Congress, by law
not only can ask about political
afiliatons in a committee hearing
but 1t can require individuals to
state what expenditures they have
made for any political cause.
Many citizens do not know thai
the law of the land requires the
filing by an individual with the
clerk of the House of Representa-
tives of q statement of any expend-
itures over $50 made by him in be-
half of any candidates for Federal
office. It may be bothersome la"
but 1t Is constitutional, because the
right of Congress to make rules and
regulations to prevent fraudulent
elections has been upheld by the
Supreme Court.
often Congress specifies by Law
that appointments to governmental
agencies shall be so many from one
political party and so many from
another. If Congress had no con-
stitutional power to inquire how 9
man voted in previous elections, II
would have no means OF ascertain.
ing whether the appointees compiled
with the laws governing bipartisan
appointments on commissions ano
boards.
Must Have Information.
The theory back of this constl-
tutional power is that both houses
of Congress must be provided WIFI
the information needed for legs'
lation. If Congress wishes to ban
the Communist Party, 1t has
right to find out to what extent
such q party has made inroaos
in American life. Congress coulo
not bar from existence a polltlca!
party as such but it could bar any
political party or organizatlor
which had any connection with q
foreign government. The argu'
ment of national security always
transcends in time Of emergency
any considerations Of normal polltl-
cal custom or practice.
Thus, while conscientious OBJ.
iectors during wartime can assert
religious or political objections to
war, they cannot be free from Fed
eral orders or powers during war
time. The Government may or may
not compel them to serve in war,
but they certainly could not enjoy
freedom from wartime regulation
as to their movements or activities.
Consideration for the objectorS led
to the granting of noncombatant
duties but this was an admin1stra-
tive discretion rather than con-
stitutional compulsion.
It is as logical for such an indi-
Evening star., 1948-09-17

sunday AFTER
noon.
Rajada mnern
Stadium is the
home Of Sia-
mese boxing, and
n e ar murders
are committed
there each Sab
bath. To one
accustomed q to
American style
boxing, the Sia-
mese branch Of.
the family . is
shocking in its
brutality. I saw
Evening star., 1948-09-17

the Tree worlds
struggle against
ed totahtar-
ianisn and is
emphasizing the
necess ity for
global planning
Of our defense
system.
Foreign Secre-
tary Bevin on
w e d n e sday
neatly pointed
up the charac-
ter of the Com
munist world
wide campaign
Evening star., 1948-09-17

Quartzite used In the steel indus.
try Is obtained by blasting with dy-
Mantle after oxy-acetylene torches
have burned as far as 20 feet into
the surrounding rock.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
This Changing World
Bevin Praised for Pointing Up Global
Character of Russia's Bid for Power

king government and, II successful,
would provide q new base from
which to conduct the final cam
paign in China.
Further than that, a Communist
triumph in Southeast Asia would
provide q starting point for attack
in another and equally fertile direc-
tion-the great subcontinent of In
dia. The withdrawal Of British
strength from India Left two rela-
lively weak states, whose very weak
ness makes them ideal ground for
Communist Vaccinations.
Reds Bid for Big Prize.
The fact that the Communist
movement has until now been
minute and Of extremely little i'm
portance In Indian and Pakistan af-
fairs is highly misleading, for Rus
sia has been providing the same
Moscow training facilities for party
members from those countries as
it has provided for every other coun-
try In the world.
The combined prize OF India and
China Is an alluring one for Com
munists. From simply the stand
point of populations to be dominated
and harnessed to the Red machine
the goal is worth everything the
Communists can put into the effort.
China and India between them con-
tain nearly half of the worlds total
population II to this vast reservoir
Of human power could be added the
100000 who already live under
the Red yoke and many more mil
lions in other parts Of the Orient
besides China and India, the total
would run well over half the worlds
total population.
It is an impressive prize for which
the Communist world is contending,
and one which probably can be more
easily gained than the subsection OF
the Western world to communism
by frontal attack. If communism Is
being successfully checked In the
Western world, 1t has practically a
wide-open door In the East, for the
vast impoverished and illiterate peo-
pies of Asia and the islands Of the
Far East provide the kind Of soil
In which the Communists like to
work with their appeals to class
hatreds and animosities.
To what extent the Western world
can 60 In meeting this Red threat in
Southeast Asia is highly uncertain.
Britain still has . foothold in Ma
laya and we keep bases in the Philip
pines and Japan. The Dutch hold
an uncertain position in the Indies.
But the time may not be remote
when we will have to think In terms
not only of resisting Communists IN
Europe, but also many parts OF the
Orient as the fighting spreads from
the localities where 1t now RACES.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
By Dorothy Thompson

Abraham Lincoln, in his second
inaugural address, thus described
the conditions which resulted in the
Civil War:
"On the occasion corresponding
Evening star., 1948-09-17
By vConHanfine Brotcn

The accelerating tempo Of the
Communist campaign in Southeast
ern Asia is bringing home to many
people the truly global character of
Evening star., 1948-09-17

vidual to claim that the Constitu-
ton provides against involuntary
servitude" and that hence he can
not be compelled to join the armed
forces against his will as 1t Is for
witnesses now to contend that they
need not answer questions asked by
congressional committees because
this infringes on their constitutional
prerogatives.
Bill of Rights Quoted.
Even the fact that man shall
not be compelled in any criminal
case to be a witness against him:
self" as provided in the Bill OF
Rights, does not mean that a wit
ness may refuse to answer any and
all questions put to him by a con-
gressional committee. 1t will have
to be established first Of all whether
the testimony asked really could be
used against him in criminal case.
Actually it is not a crime today to
be a Communist, and there Is no
law as yet on the statute books
Evening star., 1948-09-17
.cLen1ore
Siomese Boxing Bouts
Murderous Affairs
Bv Henry McLemoys

BANGKOK, Siam.-Any one look
ing for the worlds roughest sport
should come to Bangkok and at
tend Rajadamnern Stadium Of a
Evening star., 1948-02-26
By John w. Stepp

Mass eviction Of more than 100
families from 48 houses situated in
the path of District civic improve
ments was ordered yesterday by
Municipal Court Judge Thomas
Dewey Quinn. who felt the decision
was absolutely necessary"
Recognizing the bad" housing
situation. in Washington, Judge
Quinn told Is of the affected ten
ants who had gathered in the court
room that he did not want to seem
arbitrary"
"It is always a hard job to put
people out of their homes" the
Judge declared, "but we must take
judicial notice of the Districts need
in the matter.
With the consent of Attorney
William H. Macdonald, acting for
H. L. Rust Co., which In turn repre-
sents the District in the cases In
volved, Judge Quinn gave one group
of tenants Is days in which to find
new homes, and the second group
10 days.
The District sought eviction Of
100 families from SO houses in the
Evening star., 1948-02-26

te,ldent Of elementary schools for
the District, told the Judge over
crowded conditions prevail in every
school serving the Fourth and p
streets area Mr.. Savoy said that,
at present, 10 classes involving 300
children are being operated on a
part-time basis.
Archie A. Alexander. representing
the firm that has contracted to
build the K street cloverleaf, told
the court further delay in the work
would entail great financial loss, :"
which would have to be borne by
the District.
Judge Quinn bargained personally
with Mr.. Macdonald to obtain As
day extensions for the tenants living
Evening star., 1948-02-26

on the school site and the To-day
respite for the others.
Agreeing readily, the lawyer told
the Judge his firm will not charge
the tenants rent during the remain
ing period of occupancy.
One Of the tenants named in the
suit, Mrs. Vernice Lathern of 450
Franklin street, voiced q typical
plight:
81 have two daughters living with
me-" she said, land one of them
has two children Of her own. We
would have moved long ago if we
only could have found a place.
But some places told us, We
weren't making enough money to
Estay there, while other develop
ments told us we were making too
much. And, of course, there were
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Court EMicts 100 Families
To Clear Way for D. c. Projects

400 blocks of p and Franklin streets
NV. to build an elementary school
on the site. The second group of
suits involves IL families occupying
IL houses in the 2700 block of K
street NV. and the 900 block of
Twenty-seventh street NV, where
clover-leaf highway is to be built
on the east approach to the K
Street Bridge over Rock Greek Park.
A. K. Savoy, assistant superin-
Evening star., 1948-02-26
River Terrace Group Asks
Investigation Of Loiferers

A plea was made by the River
Terrace Citizens Association last
night to the District authorities to
investigate loiterers who have been
seen after dark in that area.
In. discussing the resolution,
Chester v. Parker, president, said
that not only have there been
strangers lettering along the banks
of the Anacostia River at night but
also in the residential area early
in the morning.
1t. Bert Sheldon of No. II police
precinct told Of the difficulties of
Evening star., 1948-02-26
Martin Will Speak
At Gettysburg Services
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
House Speaker Martin will speak
at the Memorial Day services at
Gettysburg Cemetery, Representa-
tive Gross, Republican, of Pennsyl-
vania announced today.
Because Memorial Day falls on a
Sunday, the services will be con-
Quoted on Monday, May 81.
Evening star., 1948-02-26

giving adequate police protection
to so large an area and praised the
efforts of the association toward
giving children of that section an
organized recreational program.
The meeting was held in the River
Terrace Church, Clay street and
Anacostia avenue NE.
Evening star., 1948-02-26
PTA Unit to Mark 5lst Yeur

The 51st anniversary of the
founding of the District Congress
of Parents and Teachers will be
celebrated at 1:30 pm. tomorrow
in the John Quincy Adams School,
Nineteenth and California streets
NV. A short play will be presented
by the Adams School PTA,
Evening star., 1948-02-26

many Others who simply refused to
have children"
you'll all Just have to look hard
Ter than you ever have before" said
Judge Quinn.
, 1948-04-22
RotaTans To Visit St.
Thomas Ii May

A group of Rotarians are
scheduled to visit st. Thomas
while on a trip to South Amer
lea for a conference. They are
travelling on the "Nieuw Am
sterday'' which is due to ar
rive on May s.
The Rotary Society is usual
ly made up of the outstanding
member Of every profession
in a certain area such as the
outstanding doctor, lawyer,
merchant. Not more than one
is accepted from a profession
from the neighborhood.
Plans are underway to carry
the visitors, an estimated $50,
on sightseeing tours of the
island.
, 1948-04-22
Duke Asks Patience;
Streets To Be Repaved

Charles S. Duke, Resident
Engineer on the FWA prof.
ect here has requested that the
residents of st. Croix be pa
tient in the matter of the ex-
c~avations in streets which has
been causing much inconvien-
fence and worry to a number
of persons. He said that the
work was being speeded up
and as soon as completed the
streets will be repaved and the
town cleaned up. 7
Many persons were worried
lest the streets would not be
repaved in a hurry but Mr..
Duke says that is not the case.
, 1948-04-22
Progressive Party To Seek
Leg. Support Of Rent Control
To Hold Public Hearing

The ST. croix Progressive
Party viii hold a Public Hear
ing tomorrow night In the Pub
lie marketplace. Christiansted
at 800 PM, when they plan
to attack the rapid rental in
crease in st. Croix. In a press
release they have stated the
stand they intend to take and
their attempts to have such
legislation as would aid its
passage.
Since their refusal to pre-
sent their case before the
Councils session last week, re-
questing that they hold a pub
lie hearing, they have appar-
emily found it urgent enough
to hold the meeting in the abb
sence Of that body, which is
now attending sessions of the
Continued on Page A.
EZ&
, 1948-04-22
Asks Employees
To Give Week
Would Help Deficiency
OF Both Islands

Governor Haste addressed a
meeting of Central admins
tration employees on Monday
afternoon in the Government
House and suggested that they
give the government one
weeks service sometime be-
tween now and the end of the
fiscal year, in a desperate eff
fort to try and make up the
deficit in the budgets of st.
Thomas and st. Croix.
Three suggestions were
made by the Governor; they
included the taking of one
weeks vacation, one weekwith
out pay or retrenchment.
Among those listed would in
clude the Governor, Govern
ment Secretary, Commissioner
of Finance, Administrator for
St. Croix, Administrative AS
sistant and others.
, 1948-04-22
4 Bills Introduced And
Discussed AT Length

Four bills were introduced
in the Legislative Assembly
yesterday, discussed at length
and sent to committee of the
whole. They are A bill to
provide for a Referendum on
certain amendments to the Or
ganic Act; introduced by Hons
Reuben Neazera and Roy P.
Gordon; and act to establish
the Office of Auditor of the
Virgin Islands; introduced by
Hons. James de Castro Chris
tan and Louis Hodge; the en-
actment of a building Code
by Hons. Canute A. Brodhurst
and Earle Ottley.
The Session which convened
at 10 AM. recessed at II and
reconvened at 2 PM. After
the lengthy discussions Gov
ernor HASTE, who addressed
the session at 1890 in the
morning returned at 4::3O PM.
to participate in informal dis
cussions with members of the
body in connection with his
trip to Washington and the re-
cent tabling of the Internal
Revenue bill.
Louis Shulterbrandt, Com
missioner of Finance, accom-
panied His ExcelIency in the
morning; but the Governor
, 1948-04-22
Soil consery. OHicisi
Kisits Island

Glenn G. Fuller, Chief CT the
Regional Soils Survey Divi-
sion, whose headquarters is at
Spartanburg, South Carolina,
visited st. Croix on Monday.
He left for ST. Thomas On
Tuesday and and departed on the
afternoon plane for Puerto
Rico on his way back to the
mainland.
Mr.. Fuller is in charge Of
Region II which includes the
south eastern part Of the Uni
ted States, Puerto Rico and the
Virgin Islands.
A fortnight ago Drs. Smith
and Burnett from the Research
Division also visited the local
office. DR.. Burnett is in. charge
of the Division In Rio Piedras.
, 1948-04-22
Gov. Warns Women Who Sign Contracts

Governor HASTE has issued
a warning to the women of the
Virgin Islands who sign con-
tracts to take employment in
Florida as domestics, at his
press conference on Tuesday
morning. The recruiting Of
these women is being done by
a representative of an employ
ment agency on the continent.
The Government of the Vir-
gin Islands is not sponsoring
any such project and has re-
fused in the past to sponsor
similar ones.
ANY United States citizen
is free to travel to any part Of
the country. However, the
government is not recom-
, 1948-04-22

came alone in the evening.
Mrs. William H. HASTE, wife
the Governor, accompanied
by a friend and a fair-sized
audience listened te lii Gov
errors message; a number of
pictures were also taken.
, 1948-04-22
Don't Leave Keys n
Cars" Director Warns

Acting Director George
Matthias has asked all citizens
not to leave their keys in
their autos when parked, He
wants each owner or driver to
cooperate with the police and
prevent the theft, temporary
though they may be, Of cars
, 1948-04-22

mer1lddiing this project which
would be entirely beyond our
control or powers Of supervi-
sion or assistance once the
young women leave st.
Thomas"
The young women would be
leaving the islands without
any legal guarantee of any of
the several promises that are
made to them and would very
likely experience racial seq
regationin the particular area.
He suggests that the young
women planning to accept
such offers should be prepared
to return with her own finan-
ces should she find conditions
not to her entire satisfaction.
, 1948-04-22
being parked.

aIVer being PARKED.
Within q short period Of
time g pickup truck and a
sedan were stolen due to fail
ure on the part Of the owners
to remove the keys.