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demand for his personal appear
ance, he still is saying no.
Should he come, he will be con-
fronted with a hard-to-refuse chal-
lenge to debate the issues with
Harold Stassen at the university at
Madison. The Wisconsin State
Journal, Stassen backer, invited
him a month ago to do 1t; Gov.
Dewey's reply was "too busy" If
he now finds he has time for a
political trip, the Journal will re-
new the invitation.
Gov. Dewey enjoys the mo-
Ynentum acquired in two prior races
40 and '44-when all delegates
pledged to him were elected.
Slate Raided.
However, those states have been
raided by Gen. Macarthur Of one
proved vote getter, Secretary Of
State Zimmerman. Macarthur
people also say they will get the
bulk OF their votes from Gov.
Dewey, not Mr.. Stassen. If Gen,
Macarthur gets most Of the q
delegates, their logic is that Gov.
Dewey will run third this time
They suggest that if Mr.. Stassen
secures the major triumph, Gov.
Dewey and Gen. Macarthur might
crowd each other closely.
From a big-name angle, Gov.
Dewey has a rather unsensational
group as contraSted with his two
rivals. What he does have is a
Disciplined collection of political
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On the Other Hand
Presidents Speech Unfortunate
If 1t Fails to Move CONGRESS

this the Presidents address to the
joint session yesterday might bet
ter never have been made. Europe
may be persuaded that once more
we will be too late to prevent the
war that all Europe fears is
imminent.
What Is said concerning universal
military training applies, Of course,
equally to the request for tenn
porary re-enactment of selective
service legislation designed to bring
our armed forces up to their au-
thorized strength. It Is too early
to estimate the support the Presi-
dent will find for this proposal. It
Is new, although there have been
yelled hints that the Presidents
military advisers were urging 1t as
an alternative to universal training.
Little Interest Indicated.
But the attitude Of Congress TO-
ward universal military training has
been fairly clear. Despite an urgent
campaign by members of the ad-
ministration and prominent laymen
and despite widespread editorial
support, Congress has indicated lit
tie interest.
Hearings were held by the House
Armed Services Committee last
summer and in July bill sponsored
by Representative Towe, Repub-
lican, of New Jersey, was reported
out. Thus far, however, the House
Rules Committee has refused to
grant q rule permitting it to come
before the House. The committee
chairman, Representative Allen, Re-
publican, OF Illinois. has been at
tackled bitterly for his alleged OBJ
struction, but has shown slight con-
Germ. The fact that only a handful
of names, of the 218 necessary,
could be obtained for a petition to
force the bill out Of his committee
may have assured him that he was
not actually defying the will Of
Congress.
The Presidents speech may pry
the bill out or may produce the
needed additional signatures to
force it out. ..>., ,.~.,,s =, 4.sf..s
: The reluctance Of the Senate TO
act has been even more evident.
Senator Taft, chairman Ut the Re-
publican Policy Committee, Is
frankly and positively opposed to
universal training. This may ac-
count for the fact that hearings on
the subject have only just begun in
the Senate Armed Services Commit
tee. No bill has been prepared.
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INoTS OlLeH LlaQ nenfy McLemore.
he Is with shoes on. He must
weigh upwards of 230 pounds on
the hoof, but has no trouble max
ing the lightweight limit at any
time.
I have seen circuses all over the
world, and I believe that In big
Jim" Folsom you may be able to
procure a clown whose name will
live forever. Without any special
training, he has already established
himself IN the minds of thousands
OF Americans as a man much more
talented in buffoonery than Emmett
Kelly or any other clown you choose
to name.
Has Title Honorable"
Also, Mr.. North, Mr.. Folsom will
have the added distinction of hay-
ing the title Honorable" appear
before his name. He will be the
only clown who ever came in with q
title. II you get him, and I am cer-
tain you can If the price is right,
you will have in the Grand 1948
Opening the only Governor who
ever followed seals, rode around
the arena in q toy hrewagon, and
hit a less distinguished clown over
the head with q rubber nightstick.
This letter was prompted by q
sight I saw on Fifth avenue a few
days ago. Traflc was momentarily
halted on one Of the worlds great
thoroughfares while Gov. Folsom.
wearing big white sombrero.
kissed upward Of half a hundred
models while amazed, If not amused,
New Workers looked on.
1t seems that Mr.. Folsom has es-
tablished himself as the kissing
Governor" When he was running
for election he kissed everything in
Alabama that would allow itself to
be kissed by him. Since then he
has gone through a continual series
Of antics which makes me wonder
why some foundation hasn't sent
9 group Of scientists down to study
him.
State Needs Amusement.
I suppose he's funny. I suppose
that, when his State needs better
education, better housing, better
medicine, better roads and better
almost everything else, 1t is anus
ing for him to come to New York
City and kiss models on Fifth
avenue and generally act like a
clown.
Mr.. North, I believe you would
be doing the great State Of Ala
bama q favor II you lured Mr.. Fol-
som from the Governors chair and
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pattern does not change, although
it can be speeded up or slowed
down as best suits the Kremlin' S
purpose from time to time. In
France today the Communists face
two realities. One Is the growing
influence of Gen.. Charles de
Gaulle. The other is the loss OF
control of the Labor Confederation
(CGT) due to the revolt of Leon
Jouhaux and the formation of the
anti Communist Workers Force.
Leon Blum's right-wing Socialists,
likewise, are gaining membership
from the former pro-Communist
unions. These two facts account for
Maurice Thorez' recent trip to
Moscow for new orders.
Underground frightened.
Since Thorez' return, Communist
underground organization has been
accelerated and frightened. The
evident strategy is to repeat the
methods proved successful in Po-
land and Czechoslovakia by splitting
the Socialists into impotent splinter
parties. One important step toward
this end already has been taken
Blum's SFEO headquarters build
ing, where the Socialist paper Pop
ulaire is edited and printed, has
reshuffled its Office space to make
clear distinction between the right
and left wings Of the party. In
exact words, to let the pro-Euro-
peans and the Russians carry
on their respective campaigns sep
arately. though still under one roof
This process will take some
months to complete, and many
Frenchmen hope the new western
European alliance will unity the
continent before the Communists
plans for France are fulfilled. Real
ist hopefuls admit, however, that
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THE EVENING STAR. Washington, D. C.
THURSDAY MARCH TO- 1915

gave him some white makeup and q
stocking cap.
Further, I believe you would be
doing the Nation q service, because
Mr.. Folsom's antics are transmitted
to the rest Of the world by word and
picture, and one can't blame a Rus
sian. Hungarian, Czech or Finn for
wondering what kind of country
this is when a man who holds one
OF its highest Offices is shown be-
having like an adolescent boy at his
first kissing-game party.
Mr.. North, think know a good
way for you to introduce him to
your circus customers-"Mr. Nausea
OF 1S48.' Sincerely yours.
HENRY McLEMORE,
DISTRIBUTED BY McNaught Syndicate 1nc
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lESelI. IL was
aimed to obtain
action that will
inspire a spirit
of resi- S t a n c e
among those
C o u n t r / 9 S
deemed in dan
ger Of falling
u n d e r Russian
domination and,
at the sa m e
time, warn the
Soviet govern
nent that this
Nation Is pre-
pared to fight.
T he acti on
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WO many weeks
away, I believe
it W ould be
W orth your
while to take q
t r l p to M o n t.
g o m cry, Ala,
and take q look
at the Governor
Of that State.
His name is
"Big Jim" Fol-
som. He stands
6 feet 8 in his
stocking feet
in which he is
p h o t o 6 raphed
>&S~ It,
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mares mas Deen
speeded up in the
h o m e stretch,
both with funds
a n d Al ba n y
gauleiters ga
lore.
The candidate
himself has so
ng resisted
opportunities to
come here, he
can only do so
now at the risk
of accusations
o I p a n / c.
Though there is
S till a strong
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Italian elections.
In add t ion,
there has been
a tendency to re-
gard Communist
in flu e nee in
France as weak
ened. This Is q
serious error in
the view of ex-
perienced b.
erv ers W h o
know the Com
munist pattern
of in fill tration
and conquest in
Western Europe.
This aSin
Evening star., 1948-03-18
.clemore
Coils on Ringing
To Hire Gov. Folsom
By Henry McLe

Dy henry McLem0fe
Mr.. John Ringing North,
Ringing Bros. Circus,
Sarasota, Fla.
Dear Mr.. North:
AS a circus fan, believe should
call your attention to an attraction
which you perhaps have overlooked.
With the opening Of your season not
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By Constantine Bro,pn

France is being somewhat over
looked in the general govern
mental concern about the possibility
of Communist conquest in the
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Bv Doris FIeeSon

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Mar. 1s.-
Gov. Dewey's distance cam
paign to retain his former
monopoly of the Wisconsin pri-
Evening star., 1948-04-25

quotas for aliens. This means, In ehect,
that there would be no actual long-run
increase in the number of immigrants
allowed in under our present laws-a pro-
vision that ought certainly to satisfy any
body who labors under the impression that
DIP legislation will let the bars down to a
great influx OF aliens.
In the light of such facts as these, the
OARS position seems doubly difficult to
understand. Within the organizations 8
ranks, however, as the recent vote indi-
Gated, there is sizable group that has
the picture straight. The picture is this:
That the United States, If it Is to do its
Christian duty If it is to unburden itself
of the cost of supporting the DPS in Europe
and if it is to help itself by taking In
skilled people fully qualified to become
excellent citizens, must act soon under
some such legislation as that proposed
by Mr.. Fellows. There is no other sensible
way of dealing with the situation.
Evening star., 1948-04-25

are credible, will march their armies into
Palestine, and a. as far as can be seen
at the moment, the U. N. seems Incapable
of easing the crisis, although it may
succeed-if it acts promptly-in working
out vitality needed plan to protect the
holy places Of Jerusalem.
All this, wholly apart from the injury
it is doing to the prestige OF the United
Nations, foreshadows the very real posi-
bility of an Arab-Jewish war of extreme.
Violence war that conceivably could ur-
dermine the general peace OF the world.
Perhaps that is the only way the terribly
complex and embittered Palestine issue
can be settled Perhaps it just has to be
fought out in blood and ruin. If so, what a
commentary on the nature of man and
the wisdom of governments!
Evening star., 1948-04-25
A Poyinq Investment

The several jurisdictions beneflting from
the Joint effort to eliminate pollution from
the Potomac River and its tributaries
should have no hesitancy in granting the
modest increase in funds requested by the
Interstate Commission on the Potomac
River Basin. Their small contributions to
this good cause in the past already have
begun to pay dividends. AS the program
progresses the benefits will become even
more tangible.
Indicative of the steadily growing in
terest and even enthusiasm OF State
authorities in the cooperative cleanup
undertaking was the assertion OF Mary
land State Senator L. Harold Sothoron at
the meeting of the commission in Harris
burg, Pennsylvania. In advocating larger
contributions by the members of the COM
pact, Senator Sothoron declared that
Maryland has received many times in
dividends" the $4,000 appropriated by that
State in support of the commissions work.
And the nature of the enterprise Is such
that when one State benefits, others share
in the gains. A cleaner river is an asset
to every community along the river.
lands share of the cost from $4,000 to
$4,000, virginia's from $500 to $4,000,
West Virginias from $2,7O0 to $500,
Pennsylvania from $1,000 to $4,000, the
District of Columbia's from $5,400 to $780,
and the Federal Governments from $4,000
to $4,000. Except in the case of the
Federal Government, the increases would
preserve the present proportional alloca-
ton of expenses among the various
Jurisdictions. The commission feels that
the United States has not been bearing
it's proper share of the financial burden.
The commissions view is justified. 1t was
not until this year, as a matter of fact,
that the Federal Government made any
provision in it's budget for the anti
pollution project, although it Is party
to the compact and beneficiary of the
river-improvement program. However,
the budget for the next fiscal year calls
for a Federal contribution of $4,000.
Thus, the total amount available for
continuance of the commissions studies
of the pollution problem and for its
effective missionary work among State
authorities and private interests within
the watershed would be $4,000. This is
a relatively small investment in program
of erosion control, improved sanitation and
fish conservation that offers widespread
advantages to communities in the Potomac
River Basin. The returns from this small
outlay undoubtedly would be generous,
far-reaching and long Lasting.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
DoyIiqht Time Confusion

Beginning today and continuing until
Congress decides to do something about
the situation, residents of Washington
and vicinity will have an opportunity to
see what 1t means to be out of step With
other large cities on daylight saving.
While Washington awaits House action on
q bill, to authorize "fast time" for the
District, most of the Nations populous
centers, with populations totaling an esti-
mated sixty million persons, moved their
clocks an hour ahead at 2 o'clock this
morning.
Meanwhile, congressional procrastina-
ton in enacting permissive legislation for
Washington has left nearby Maryland and
Virginia counties in state of uncertainty,
to say nothing of the befuddlement OF
commuters, radio and television fans and
q host of others. Nearby residents are
waiting to see what Washington will do.
The Baltimore and Ohio and the Pennsyl-
vania Railroads have gone over to day.
light saving schedules, which means that
trains will be leaving and arriving an hour
earlier than usual. And consider the
plight of the radio industry. All local net
works with programs originating in New
York on daylight time will record the early
broadcasts and put them on the air an
hour 'later-as a service to listeners. II
Washington eventually joins with New
York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chi
cago and other enlightened cities in the
daylight saving plan, this rebroadcasting
will become unnecessary. Since television
programs cannot be rebroadcast, shows
originating in New York. Philadelphia or
Baltimore will come to local video screens
an hour ahead of former schedules.
All of this confusion could have been
avoided if Congress had completed action
on legislation requested by the Commits
sioners. The Senate has passed bill
which would give the Commissioners
authority to institute daylight saving here
II the citizens want it. The citizens have
shown in the past that they are over
whelmingly in favor of the system: They
should be- allowed to have it again this
year and every year, if they so desire.
The Senate bill would give the Commits
sioners permanent authority to make the
change. The still pending House bill
would limit the discretionary power to
this Year
When the House takes up the matter this
week, it is to be earnestly hoped that the
measure will be amended to conform with
the permanent authority provisions OF the
Senate bill 1t is absurd for Congress to
debate, year after year, whether Wash
ingtonians should have the right to decide
the daylight saving question for them
selves. For that is the real issue-not
whether daylight saving is good or bad
for the District Good or bad the citizens
of Washington ought to have the right
to make the decision.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
Politics as Usual

In rdQl0 c0mmunlque from the ONO
political battle ground, Senator Taft an
nounces that he is opposed to the reap
pointment of David E. Lilienthal as chair
man of the Atomic Energy Commission for
a f1ye-year term II object to Lilienthal
as chairman of the Acc and so do many
other Senator's" the COP presidential
aspirant declared.
Why are Senator Taft and many other
Senators" opposed to Mr.. Lilienthal? Is
it because Mr.. Lilienthal has not done an
excellent job during the time he has
headed this enormously important agency?
If that is the case, Senator Taft does not
say so. Does Senator Taft have some one
else in mind who is better qualified? If
so, he has not named him. There must
be some reason, however, and two posi-
bilities suggest themselves.
One explanation may be found by going
back to the attack Senator Taft made on
sidering his first nomination. That at
tack, made in February of 1947, was a
clever but not very creditable job Of
blasting a man with innuendoes rather
than facts. The Ohio Senator ridiculed
the idea that Mr. Lilienthal was "the
indispensable man" But nobody had
claimed that, least of all Mr.. Lilienthal.
The Senator bundled Mr. Lilienthal in
with "a group of men" (unnameO who
had defied Congress, stretched their pow
ers, etc. The specific acts to which this
referred were not set forth, so the charge
could not be answered Finally he &C
cused the nominee of being soft" on COM
munism, whatever that was supposed to
mean. If that is worthy of answer, the
answer is in the record. Mr.. Lilienthal
has not been soft on Communists or COM
munism and his performance as head of
the Acc abundantly establishes this.
Another possible explanation comes from
the latest Taft statement. He limited that
he might go along with one-year re-
appointment, but not one for five years.
In other words, he expects that a Re-
publican will be elected President in No
venber, he hopes to be that Republican,
and he wants to reserve to the incoming
Republican President freedom to make
his own appointments to the vital jobs.
If this is correct, then it can only be
concluded that Mr.. Taft wants to convert
appointments which will profoundly affect
the life of this Nation into partisan polit-
ical plums. Mr.. Taft probably does not
think of it this way. But that nevertheless
Is what he would be doing.
One can only hope that Mr.. Taft will
not succeed It would be bad enough to
have partisan politics enter into such
appointments as this on any basis. It
would be worse if the choice should not
only become partisan choice, but a
partisan choice dictated by such foggy
considerations as those which Influenced
Senator Taft's opposition to Mr.. Lilienthal
last year.
Evening star., 1948-04-25
DPS and the OAR

IL lS Idlu W ullQeTStdHQ why Gllc
Daughters of the American Revolution
in a voice vote significantly including
noticeable dissent-have again placed
themselves on record as opposing emer-
gency legislation to permit the entry of
displaced persons into the United States.
No reasonable argument can be cited in
favor of such opposition. The simple fact
is that common sense wholly apart from
humanitarianism, calls for prompt and
affirmative American action to help solve
this peculiarly pressing and tragic problem.
Proponents of the prevailing OAR view
have sought to justify their stand on
several grounds, including the following:
Cd That they do not want any increase
in immigration; ca that they wish to
exclude foreign elements imbued with un-
American ideologies, and 60 that if the
DPS "are as desirable as some would have
us suppose" then it is their duty to
remain in Europe, which surely needs good
citizens" But these arguments are shall
low in the extreme, and the fears that
motivate them are so groundless that they
are entirely unworthy of any mature and
enlightened organization.
To begin with, the overwhelming mass
of displaced persons are from lands be-
hind the iron curtain. They cannot go
back in safety for the simple reason that
they are imbued with the theology of
democracy-the American ideolcgy-and
they would therefore be exposed to oppres-
sion and persecution If they returned to
their places of origin. Nor can Britain and
Western Europe-where substantial num-
bers of them are being allowed to acquire
citizenship-absorb all of them. In Short
their plight cannot be ended unless the
United States, along with other countries
in the New World, does its share in Offering
to take them in.
Actually, we can do this without strain
upon ourselves and in way that will
enrich and strengthen us, just as in the
case Of our past immigration. An excel
lent measure to that end is the bill intro
duced by Representative Fellows of Maine
Now on its way toward action in the House.
the bill is studded with special safeguards
that ought to be completely reassuring to
the OAR and any other group or individual
objecting to the entry of DPS for social,
economic, political and similar reasons.
Among other things, besides providing for
the most careful screening of applicants,
it would give top priority consideration to
those whose skills are needed in the United
States or who are related by blood to
American citizens.
Moreover, under the Fellows bill, our
doors would be opened to permit the emer-
gency entry of no more than 100000 over
a period of two wears and all these would
be charged up against our future regular
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Research Ships for Fishing

When Secretary of the Interior Krug
recently dedicated the Albatross III as
the first of projected fleet of scientific
research vessels of the United States Fish
and Wildlife Service, he told the audience
assembled for the ceremony at Boston
that "the oldest industry in America"
deserves such help as IAN irreplaceable
source of high protein food vitally neces-
sary in hungry world" Before the war,
he explained, Japan supported ninety-five
ships for oceanic and fishery research. The
Soviet Union according to his information,
has developed a fiveyear plan for the
expansion of its fisheries in the Pacific and
expects to increase her catch of fish in
that area two and half times by 1880"
employing for that purpose "the most mod
ern and best-equipped ships OF their type"
af1oat.
But even if other nations were not chal-
longing our country in this manner, Mr..
Krug insisted: "We must maintain our
fishery industry at high productive level
because of its indispensable contribution to
national income and full employment" In
New England alone more than thirty
thousand people are engaged in harvesting
and handling the catch of eight hundred
fishing craft of the larger sort and several
thousand smaller boats. The demand for
seagoing laboratory of the character of
the Albatross III is illustrated by the fact
that, although the total take from New
England waters has been increasing"
several of "the more valuable and popular
species show signs of serious decline" Cod,
herring and haddock are down" when
they should be up,
The new research ship, Mr.. Krug ex-
planned, will be used by scientists assigned
to discover how to produce more food"
from the ocean. They will conduct a
census of the fish populations, = study
the increase and decrease of fish stocks
under different levels of fishing intensity,
- try to learn the secret of changes
in size and location of fish populations, F."
all to the end that sound business plan
ming instead of reliance on fsherman's s
luck-sometimes good and frequently bad"
may be effective. In other words, they
are to share in the overall conservation
work of the Nation.
Mr.. Krug, concluding his address, en-
phasized the relation of food to freedom.
The Albatross III, he declared is pledged
to strictly peaceful service She will be
devoted to "the science and the art of
getting the most out of resource that
it has to give for mans preservation and
enrichment" Similar ships are wanted on
the Pacific Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico
to examine and report on conditions there
Including the mysterious "red tide" of
the waters of West Florida