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failed to act constantine Brown.
on 1t.
There have been many instances
In recent years in which it was
known that some member of the
Presidents official family had asked
to be relieved of his job-either on
his own initiative or on the Presi-
dents suggestion - but inquiries
brought only official denials. Then
the White House published the
usual exchange of letters in which
the President accepted, with deep
sorrow" the resignation of some
high official, who usually gave
fatigue" or neglected personal af-
fairs" as the reason for quitting.
1t is well known, however, in inner
circles of the Government that al
though President Truman regards
Mr.. Forrestal as one of his ablest
associates, they have disagreed
recently regarding our overall COM
mitments abroad.
! Must Not Overlook Zionists.
The President is compelled, as
head of the Democratic party in
this election year, to take into con-
sideration a number of domestic
problems in conducting foreign re-
lations. He is reported to have told
many of his intimates that, while
he realized intervention in Pales-
tine might be detrimental to Ameri-
can national defense, he could not
overlook the Importance of the vote
getting power and the financial as
sistance of the Zionists and their
supporters.
Mr.. Forrestal's chief responsible
ity is planning and co-ordinating
national defense. He must be mind
full of the views of the National
Security Council, which is in charge
of strategic planning as well as
present maintenance of American
armed forces.
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American pOllCy, L'"eh A'Aes'
are simply massacred by the Arabs
or whether they succeed in fighting
the Arabs to bloody, inconcluslve
state of exhaustion.
We staked our honor on the out
come of the Palestine partition plan
when we put it through the United
Nations Assembly; or, If not on the
actual and unforeseeable outcome
on an honest and earnest effort to
make the plan succeed.
Now, faced with the consequences
of this commitment, we seem pre-
pared to sacrifice some part of our
honor rather than make good our
implied pledge to those other men,
bers of the United Nations that fol-
lowed our lead. We act the craven
and invite others to do the same
in the face of Arab threats. We
take the view that 1t is not prac-
tical to be honorable. Practical
men seem to have convinced our
Government that this is so.
Let Mussolini Flout League.
Practical British statesmen fol-
lowed this course when the Japa-
nese started feeling their way into
Manchuria, needless of Secretary
Stimson's warning that the time to
stop the japanese was then. Prac-
tical British and French statesmen
allowed Mussolini to f1out the
League of Nations and have his way
with Ethiopia. The same practical
gentlemen turned Europe for time
over to the tender mercies OF Hitler.
The League Of Nations failed and
fell apart because the strong MEM
bers were unwilling to stand up
to their commitments when those
commitments seemed to conflict with
some practical or commercial in
terest. The same fate for the United
Nations can easily be foretold If
we have learned nothing from the
experience of the League Of Ma
tionS.
The tragedy of it all is that the
practical men have not proved to
be practical in the past and, on the
evidence, are not being practical
now
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On the Other Hand
Practical Men Would Risk u. S. Honor
Fate of u. n. for Fear of Annoying Arabs

They have made oil the issue. II
we annoy the Arabs, they say, we
will be cut of from the great Middle
Eastern reservoir of oil. They don't
say what will then become OF the
oil, but they hint darkly that the
Arabs will turn the exploitation OF
their fields over to the Russians.
It is hard to take this sort Of
talk seriously.
Basis of Arabian Economy.
King Ibn Saud, for example, has
very comfortable and very profit
able arrangement now with COM
panies based in America, 5000 miles
away. This arrangement is the
whole basis of his governments s
economy and his own pleasant ex-
istence. 1t cannot be seriously
considered that he would exchange
this for partnership with his near
by and powerful neighbor. What
such a partnership has meant to
other weak countries bordering on
Russia is certainly as clear to Ibn
Saud as to anybody else.
But even if the Arab ruler had
nothing else to fear from making
this exchange, he would have to
contemplate a great reduction in his
present scale Of living. Only the
American concessionaires have the
technical skill and the equipment
for the vast production, piping. re-
fining and marketing operations
necessary to bring him the royalties
and the luxuries to which he has
become accustomed.
Poker is called an American game
and our practical men are supposed
to know how to play it. 1t is hard
to believe they really are taken in
by this Bedouin bluff.
Whether they are or not, there
still remain our national honor and
the fate of the United Nations-also
stakes in the game.
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Communist Capture
Of Anshun Conceded
By the Asseeiotsd Press

SHANGHAI, Feb. 21.-Commu-
mist capture of the Manchurian steel
center, Anshan. after week-long
attack, was conceded today by the
Nationalist commander in Mukden.
Elsewhere on the scattered civil
war fronts, however, the govern
ment reported successes
Pro-government dispatches to
Peiping said seaborne troops were
massing at Yinkow for a counter
offensive against Manchurian Reds
after the weather moderates.
The Nanking Peace Daily, mouth
piece of the government armies,
said Nationals had recovered sew
eral key towns below Chenghsian in
their drive to clear the Peiping-
Hankow railway.
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Admiral ConoIIy Gets
|Greek Decoration

Admiral Richard L. Conolly, COM
mander in chief of United States
naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic
and the Mediterranean, was made
grand commander of the Order
OF King George I yesterday by King
Paul of Greece when the admiral
called at the royal palace in Athens.
Rear Admiral George r. Hender-
son, his chief of staff and aide, was
made a commander in the order.
The honoring Of the admirals was
announced here by the Navy De-
partment, which said that Admiral
Conolly was in Athens to confer
with Dwight Griswold, head of the
American aid group, in regard tc
naval phases Of the aid to Greece.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
This Changing World
Forrestal Reported Ready to Resign
If u. S. Physically Supports Partition

According to the views Of the Ma
tional Security Council the United
States has assumed commitments
abroad as great as those OF the old
Roman Empire. They extend from
Korea through Asia as far as Italy.
These commitments do not include
the global economic responsibilities
which we have already assumed or
soon will assume.
Unable to Cope With Outbreak.
Under the Truman Doctrine we
may be compelled to intervene mill
tarily in Greece, Italy, Turkey and
even Iran. In the Far East we
are keeping forces in Korea, where
they may be attacked by the newly
created Soviet Korean national
army. We have forces in Germany,
Austria and Trieste which conceiv-
ably could become involved In a
shooting war.
The chances Of this happening,
according to political experts, are
very limited. But those in charge
of war plans in the Army, Navy and
Air Departments-whose response
bilities will become greater than
those of the politicians and diplo-
mats In the event of clash-must
take account of what chance there
| is.
1t is apparent that our present
military strength would be made
quate to cope with a single poten-
tial case of violence. to say nothing
of number of outbreaks. The
strategists must dismiss the guesses
of political and diplomatic experts.
They must look at actual figures and
understand that, while America and
the nations still friendly to us have
scant military and air power, the
Russians and the satellites have at
their disposal more than 10000 first
line planes and $50 divisions.
Not Opposed to Political Aspect.
Mr.. Forrestal, who has these
facts and figures at his fingertips, Is
not opposed to the political aspect
of the American policy in Palestine.
But he is greatly concerned that, If
the White House and State Depart
lnent decide in favor of direct ac-
ton, we may not be able to meet
other emergencies which our top
strategists fear may occur once
shooting starts in some corner Of
the world.
It Is this consideration alone
which prompts him to look askance
at any adventure which may in
volve Americas present weak forces.
He is said to have presented the
situation realistically to the White
House and has limited that If do
mestic political considerations take
precedence over the country's de-
fense position, he will have to re-
sign.
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Chamber Hears Plea
To Resell America :
On Free Enterprise

American business today had be-
fore it program for a new sale
campaign for an old product-th'
American enterprise system.
The program was outlined at ,
meeting of a group of business
leaders at the United States Cham
Der of Commerce yesterday.
Lewis H. Brown. president of tn,
Johns-Manville Corp, said it SEEM
ironic to have to resell" Americs
to Americans. It must be done
however, he said, to instil an ap'
probation of the benefits of oul
way of life.
Voluntary Surrender Feared.
Since the depression of the 1930s
he said, many Americans are "frus'
trated, disappointed and fearful O
their own economic security" HI
said they may become "easy pre-!
to the nountebanks and demagoguel
who promise to put them on cas-!
street for the rest Of their live
If only they sign away their birth
right of freedom"
Eric Johnston said businessmen
must take a lesson from radicalism'
and work for an orderly change
Radical leadership works all tht
time for precipitate change" h
said.
I'm this era Of world chang,
America has a contribution. It mus
contribute free men, free production
and human dignity in climate o
free enterprise"
Misunderstanding Widespread.
Earl o. Shreve, president of tn,
chamber, said that while man.
companies have solved employe ane
community problems they have no
overcome widespread misunder'
standings about business.
Others who led the discussion
were DR.. Claude Robinson, Opinion
Research Corp; Lenuel r. Boul.
ware, vice president, General Elec.
trio Co., and Leonard w. Trester
chairman of the committee on ad.
vertising of the national chamber
Mr.. Boulware said his company
had found its employees want "the
new model packaged job" This il
made up, he said, of good pay, gooc
working conditions, good bosses
steady work, a chance to get ahead
to be treated with respect, to get the
facts about what's going on, to be
doing something worth while, anc
to have other reasons for really lik-
ing their jobs, such as finding them
interesting and satisfying.
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tions to keep us lulled with talk. I
said that one of the reasons was the
loud talk of the Japanese Prime
Minister.
On December 5 I wirelessed in
structions to our diplomatic rep
resentatives in Tokyo and other
points in the Far East concerning
the destruction of codes, secret ar
chives, passports and the like, the
closing of Offices and the severance
of local employees, and other items,
in the event of sudden emergency
cutting off communication with the
department.
During the following day, De-
cember 6, it seemed manifest to us
that the long threatened japanese
movement of expansion by force to
the south was under way.
Roosevelt Sent Draft.
In the Presidents opinion the
moment had now come to send his
message to the Emperor. He sent
me a draft which mainly was the
same as one I had sent him the
week before, but with some changes
and additions of his own.
went over this with my asSoci-
ates and found several statements
in it that seemed to require revi-
sions from the viewpoint of techni-
cal accuracy. These we changed and
sent the draft back to the White
House. That evening Mr.. Roosevelt
sent it to me with no further
changes, accompanied by this note
Dear Cordell: Shoot this to Grev
Il think it can 60 in gray code
(our least secret code)-saves time
I don't mind If it gets picked
up. F. D. R."
Sunday morning, December 7,
1941, went to my Office, as had
done almost every Sunday since ]
entered the State Department In
1888. .. .....-
During the morning I received
series of decoded intercepts con-
sisting of IA parts Of long tele-
gram from Foreign Minister Togo
to Nomura and Kurusu. This was
the answer to our proposals OF
November 26. There was also shor'
message instructing the Ambassa.
doris to present this to our Govern
ment, if possible to me, at
o'clock that afternoon. Here ther
was the zero hour.
The japanese note was little more
than an insult. It said that oul
proposal ignores Japan's sacrifices
in the four years Of the China af-
fair, menaces the empires exist
ence itself and disparages its honor
and prestige"
It accused us of conspiring with
Great Britain and other countries
'to obstruct Japan's efforts toward
the establishment of peace through
the creation of a new order in East
Asia" It concluded by saying that,
in view of the attitude of the Amer
ican Government, the Japanese
government. could not but consider
it impossible to reach an agreement
through further negotiations.
Nomura Calls for Appointment.
The note did not declare war
Neither did it break of diplomatic
relations. Japan struck without
such preliminaries.
Toward noon Ambassador Nomura
telephoned my Office to ask for an
appointment with me at ! O'Clock
for himself and Kurusu. I granted
his request.
A few minutes after l Nomura
telephoned again to ask that the
appointment be postponed until
1:45 p. m. agreed.
The Japanese ENJOYS arrived at
the Department at 2:05 and went
to the diplomatic waiting room
At almost that moment the Pfesi-
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bark on q policy
of physical sup
port of Palestine
partition.
Such reports
cannot be ac-
curately checked.
The policy Of
the White House
and of Cabinet
officers in such
cases Is to deny
SUCH re p o r t s,
even when the
President has a
resignation in his
hands and has
Evening star., 1948-02-21
Soviet PIunt Breeder Dies

MOSCOW, Feb. 81 R). - The
newspaper Pravda today announced
the death OF Peter I. Lisitsyn, noted
Soviet plant breeder. Mr.. Lisitsyr
was afflliated with Timiryazev
Academy, one of Russias leading
agricultural research institutions.
Evening star., 1948-02-21

44N ="
prevent a wal
that will soil its
national honor
Whatever the
outcome of wal
b e t W e e n the
Arabs and the
Jews, if it is al
lowed to occur,
it will not leave
our honor in
tact. This will
be true whether
the Jews, their
hands tied by
B rit S h and
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Bv LoyeU MeHeft

This country throughout its his
tory has been as ready as any other
country to fight war in the name
of it's national honor. But it appears
orY, 1,oroodv fa
Evening star., 1948-02-21
By Constantine Brown

Persistent reports are circulating
In Washington that Secretary OF
Defense Forrestal intends to resign
If the White House decides to en-
Evening star., 1948-03-11
Orchestra Shown Appreciation
BY Enesco as He Conducts

his expression OF appreciation to-
ward the orchestra. He never passed
an opportunity to make it plain to
the musicians in front of him that
he was pleased with their per-
formance. In the short intermis-
sions between movements of the
symphonies, he complimented them
with slight mods of his head in
every direction and the orchestra
responded Fundamentally and un-
reservedly by playing its best.
From the moment Mr.. Enesco
began to WELD his baton, the bond
between the men and their con-
ductor could be sensed in the in
tensity of their reaction to his
beat. Not all virtuosos are conduc-
tors, but Mr.. Enesco is an excep-
ton. The opening measures OF
Beethoven's "Egmont" overture tes-
titled to that. Beginning in an
undertone, he led the overture un-
hurriedly, adding volume sparingly
as ne progressed. working up to the
first climax but reserving greater
dramatic force for the end. Mr..
Enesco did not respond Immediately
to the wave of applause which swept
the hall but got off the podium
without turning. When on the level
with the musicians. he urged them
with gestures to take the bow with
him. However, none rose until much
later, applauding him instead.
As Brahms was the hero of Mr.
Enesco's youthful worship, his per-
formance of that composers third
symphony and later of his own
symphony No. l in E fiat Maio
lent special interest to the program
1t was a revelation to hear such a
natural and sympathetic treatment
OF a familiar work in which the
heroic element is made unusually
predominant throughout. Mr.. En-
esco left the highly energized i'm
pacts to the last. It's opulent splen-
DOR seemed the richer because of
the intimate character given the
two middle movements.
Contrary to expectations, Mr.
Enescos own symphony does not
bear any resemblance to Brahms
style. Were it scanned for traces
OF an influence, one could rather
point to Wagner, especially in the
second movement. However, even at
the age OF "a, the composer had al
Evening star., 1948-03-11
1t. Griffin to Assume
New Duties at PRNC

1t. Harry K. Griffin, jr.. l702
Summit place NV, will assume
new duties in the District Public
Information Once Of the Potomac
River Naval Command next Wed
nesday.
He succeeds 1t. (jg) AMIGO Ba-
rome, who is being transferred to the
First Naval District, Boston.
A native of Washington, 1t. Gri-
fin attended George Washington
University. He has been in the
service since 1912, and has seen
Pacific war duty. He is married.
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ready the individuality which char
acterizes his latter works. Through
out the symphony his strings sing
rapturously. An element of mys-
terry pervades its middle part and
is expressed by an occasional trem-
olo in the strings. accompanied by
the beat Of timpani and muted GYM
balls. The thickness of sound is re-
lieved when the melodic lines are
given over to other sections of the
orchestra. The final measures of
the first and last movements bear
resemblance to each other both
ending on the same triumphant
note.
Evening star., 1948-03-11
By Elena de Soyn

Georges Enesco, one of the few
great musicians who was able to
survive the ravages of two world
wars unbroken in spirit, led the
National Symphony Orchestra in
Constitution Hall last night after
years absence. 1t was rather
unusual to see a man of his attain
ment and renown be so human and
simple in manner, so generous in
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Deaths Reported
From the D. C. Bureau of Vital Statistics. J


Louisa English. %, s29 A st. ne.
Frederick w. Winkelman, 80, 3O1s Tenny-
John P. Roahl, 81, 210e Taylor st. ne.
J. Frederick Bolts. 70, Gaithersburg. Md
Lodlow c. Bramham, 7S, 1910 Massachu-
setts ave. NV.
Edward W. Daily, 4, 1346 F st. ne.
Violet L. Gaustad. 6S, Juneau, Alaska
Guss Hughes. "a. Soldiers Home.
Macaria de Basco. "a, Philippines
Leon De Nayas, 81, 1851 K st. Sc.
Ina e. Pratt. SO, 2210 Randolph st. ne.
Mackall E. Ellis, IS, Manassas, Va.
Sarah A. Lewis, So, 1913 K st. s.e.
| Margaret K. Kusack, 81. 33A Todd st. e.
| Charles M. Strietz, 4S. 732 9th st. ne
Dewey H. Chavies. 46. 902 sth st. Sc
| coara r. Taylor, A, 1906 F St ne.
Jessie M. Toole, 3s, 20S Massachusetts,
Tudor W. Mask. SO. a7oo 18th ST. NV.
Kathleen E. Sanders, 80, 1887 Qusrles st.
Sarah Dent, SO. 1909 corcoran St. NV.
Samuel B. Mason, II, 1876 22nd st. NV,
Henderson v. Martin. 65. 81 P st. ne.
Emma S. Billups. SO, 1106 Columbia I'd.
Estelie Ware. 5s, 1908 10th st. NV.
Mary w. Cooper. 80, 100 o st. s.w
James E. Brown. 46, ia @ St NV.
| Florence S. Burgess, 40, 1910 u st. NV.
Ethel Newman. 30, 133S12 5th st. NV.
Willie Mae Paggett 2s, 1856 9Th st. NV.
Earston Spencer; %, 1885 18th st. NV.
! Barbara j. Braddus, infant, 11OS Sth st.
/ NV.
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Births Reported
tFrom the D. C. Bureau of Vital statist,

rio" tne ~ Y. bureau OF Vital Statistics }
Siiour and Jaeoueline Anderson, boy.
John and Emily Allen, boy.
lMlcnael and Mary Anselmo, girl
Harry and Dorothy Bacalman, twin girls,
Thurman and Ellen Calvert girl.
John land Ellen Chambers boy.
MAX MAX and Gertrude Cohen, girl.
Joseph and Sue Cox, girl
Roland and Rita Cross, boy.
Lee and Lucia Cullinane, boy.
Walter and Gladys Ellis. girl.
Alden and Clarie Estey, boy.
Loyal and Jeanne Fisher, girl
Maurice and Dorothy Flynn, boy.
Eo1ert ana GeneVieve HagAn. boy and girl.
Jack and Fonnie Higgs, boy.
Edgar and Sarah Hogan. boy.
David and Hazel King, girl.
oscar ", and Marion Kremer, girl.
Iheron and Esther Morris. boy.
William and Rose Noon, girl
Edward and Antoinette Palank, boy.
franklin and Enid Partin, girl.
William and Betty Reed. girl.
Louis and Pauline Rubenstein, boy
Herbert and Catherine Smith, boy
John and Joan Steinle, girl
Charles and Nina Showers, boy.
Lloyd and Violet Suit. boy
Ralph and Della Windsor boy.
William and Alberta Hightower boy.
George and Gladys Jefferson, boy and girl
John and Cecilia Jones, girl.
Quentin and Mary Lee, boy.
Charles and Thelma Mackall boy.
Denver and Gertrude Mitchell. boy.
Alexander and Jennie Mitchell, girl,
Robert and Ruth Smith, boy
John and Eleanor Thompson. boy.
Percy and Lillian Thomas. boy
John and Gladys White, twin bows.
Tom and Julia Woolard, girl.
Evening star., 1948-03-11

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may be used in Lerma aqueduct in
/ Mexico.
Evening star., 1948-10-25
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