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Evening star., 1948-02-25

sinister figures Constantine Brown.
Of the Nazi regime, is now in the
Yugoslav capital as head of the
Soviet planning section for that
area.
DIR. Clodius was in Bucharest in
1874 when the Soviet Army entered
the Romanian capital. The military
and civilian personnel Of the Ger
man Embassy and military mission
was rounded up, but DR.. Clodius
was not among them. He managed
to escape and with the connivance
of some Soviet agents, it is said,
found his way to Russia, where he
joined Field Marshal Friedrich Won
Paulus' Free Germany Committee.
Nothing much Is known about his
activities thereafter until he recent
ly arrived in Belgrade as one Of
the chief planners and highest Of
ficials Of the Cominform.
He has organized q staf of ex-
perts and is working now to de-
velop and put into effect the broad
economic plan which aims ut inte-
grating the economy of the satellite
states with that Of the q. s. s. r.
ON the same basis that he had tried
to integrate the Balkans with Ger
man economy.
Austrian Mani Aids Clodius.
DR.. Clodius' chief assistant Is Hans
Neubacher. an Austrian, who before
anschluss was head Of the Austrian
Mani Party. Later, when q more
important figure was needed for
Evening star., 1948-02-25

IIeE ike CRAZY As
before the multitude Of new poisons
developed. Weeds would disappear
enstrely, leaving only flowers to
tlooni in the, garden. Stockings
wouldn't run, q woolens wouldn't
shrink, dogs wouldn't bite postmen
or newspoys, books would automati-
caliy open to the right page, and
livery poker hand would have ut least
four Of b kind;
No water Repellent Suits
y Unfortunately, none OF these
things has come to pass, although
the war has been over so long that
We are finally getting around to
doing something about TOTO. I have
VET 10 run across one Of those wa
ter.repellent suits I saw In a movie
short. You may have seen the same
thing. Two fellows, one wearing an
ordinary. suit and one wearing an
identical suit which had been Dip
ned In some Oak Ridge chemical,
got caught In the rain while on their
way TO keep dates with their girls.
The fellow In the ordinary suit ar
rived looking like a baptized hen.
His cflum,s suit was in perfect press.
and With a shake of his shoulders he
was as dry, as q pinch Of snuff.
Their dates, for . reason best
known to themselves. took of their
stockings and started saving at the
fragile threads with q piece Of jagged
Evening star., 1948-02-25
This Changing World
Russia Reported Using Hitler's Aides
To Gain Economic Control of Balkans

that post, Neubacher was appointed
Ned Ambassador TO Bucharest. He
later was arrested rs war criminal
and taken to our zone In Bavaria.
where ne was supposed to stand
trial ut Nuremberg together with the
civilian personnel Of the former
NaM government.
Marshal Tito personally requested
American authorities to send Neu-
bacher to Belgrade where. the
Yugoslav dictator alleged. he was
needed rs q material witness In the
trial for high treason" Of Gen.
Draja Mihailovich, former Yuso-
slav minister Of war and Chetnik
leader.
A request from such an important
parsonage and friend" Of America
could, of course, not be turned
down by our officials. Neubacher
was sent under escort to Yugoslavia
and was turned over to . Yugoslav
military guard ut the border. While
he expected the worst ut the hands
of the Yugoslavs, he was pleasantly
surprised to flnd In the train his
old party colleague and superior
DR.. Clodius.
Trial Admitted an Excuse.
The new economic expert Of the
Soviet government for the Balkans
Immediately explained to Neubacher
that the excuse of calling him rs =
witness in Gen. Mihailovich's trial
was merely q trick to get him out
of the hands of the Americans.
On arrival in Belgrade Neubacher
was set free, then sent to Russia
to Join the Free Germany COM
mittee for q period Of reindoctrina-
ton In the new Soviet totalitarian
policies.
Neubacher is said to have been
assigned for q while to the Russian
government in Eastern Germany.
He attended the indoetrination
courses held by Russian and Ger
man top-ranking officers where the
German students were reminded Of
the Bismarck and Won Seeckt doc
trines that the real future Of the
Reich depended on the closest pos
sible cooperation with Russia.
After graduation" Neubacher
was assigned to DR.. Clodius' eco
nomic otdces, where the two men
are working now with equal enthusi-
asm for integration Of Balkan econ
omy with that Of the u. s. SIR.
Evening star., 1948-02-25

screen wire. They sawed and sawed.
but couldn't produce even q tiny
run. The stockings had been treat
ed with another Oak Ridge chemical
which had rendered them little
tougher than . battleship.
I left before the movie was over,
so anxious was I to get one of those
water shedding suits and my wife q
pair of those U. s. 8. Missouri stock
ings. haven't seen any for sale
yet, have you?
Mice, Ants Thriving.
: AS for those lethal poisons which
were going to make bothersome
creatures turn up their little feet
and say uncle" I have tried them
all, and have yet to be disturbed by
cries of uncle" ringing through
the house. I really believe that
many of the sprays and poisons ]
have tried have improved the coats
of our mice and ants. They fairly
glisten when, tired of sciences
promises, take of after them with
a broom.
Now, for a few words about up
weed killers. I have
tried several varieties and the weeds
like them so much they take 1t
straight, without even asking for
q water chaser. When / really want
to get rid of the weeds, I always
fall back on the 10 little weed killers
I have had for long time-my
fingers.
As for woolens that won't shrink,
I see that sock stretchers are still
being sold; and as for heating from
Heaven, well, one only has to read
the newspapers to know that folks
all over the country are crying for
coal and oil.
I believe it is time that science
either put up or shut up.
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Evening star., 1948-02-25
On the Record
European Economic Crisis Seen Result
Of Nationalism and Glass Struggle
BY Harry Hunun

lieve they can exercise pressure up
on the new bosses throush their
votes. But this creates continual
crises, Is ali European socialist or
partly socialist states are learning
Britain, for instance, where La
bor government. resting on trade
union votes, is continually In trou-
bic with the unions. For these. who
are all for plannal economy. do not
want planning to restrict freedoms
which they actually inherit from
liberal capitalism.
Communists More Lsgieal.
The legislative bodies Of repre-
sentative governments cannot run
an economy. Where there Is state
control, the representative bodies
must delegate powers to bureau-
cracies, which then make and exc
cute plans. These-to retain power
in . political democracy-must con-
ciliate the masses, only to md that
perpetual Cancellation is inc M
patible with fulfilling any blueprint.
In this respect the Communists,
who maintain that parliamentary
democracy is only the political form
Of q bourgeois economy and incom-
patible with socialism, which re-
quires dictatorship, are the more
logical socialists.
Yet the organized workers every
where are helping along the new
feudalism: the benevolent though
tyrannical state which undertakes
to protect the individual from the
cradle to the grave. The rise OF the
working class to political and eco
nomic re-eminence is the outstand-
ing fact OF the epoch and is further
ing the dissolution Of the last CEN
tury's ideals.
Workers are not capitalists. They
expect always to work for . boss
but want to choose him and decide,
directly or via the state, their work
ing conditions. Their aim, In es-
sence, Is ever increasing purchasing
power with more leisure. But when
they Shooss the state as boss, 81 as
controller = OF the bosses, the stats
must either make the books balance
by, at some time or other, refusing
workers demands or borrowing from
abroad to meet the deficits. hrga
= SO far all socialist and part-so-
cialist states are living to Q greater
or lesser degree from the surpluses
Of the least socialist Of al countries
the United States. Obviously that
cannot 60 on indefinitely for, II 1t
does, it viii bankrupt the United
States.
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Queen Elizabeth Makes
Fust Winter Crossing
BY me Asseeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The Cum
ard White Star liner Queen Eliz-
abeth steamed into New York harbor
yesterday, completing its fastest
February crossing from Southamp-
ton since she put to sea In 1941.
Despite strong winds and heavy
seas, the voyage was made in 4
days, Is hours and 81 minutes. The
vessel carried 1851 passengers.
Evening star., 1948-02-25

tow nspeople 49, Dorothy ThsnDssn.
the former living according to eco
nomic laws Of supply and demand:
the latter, in large part, trying tc
create . planned economy. The
farmers sabotage the townspeople
by refusing to deliver products ct
fixed, prices; hence-France Ii an
example-goyernment (Which fears
to try force against the farmers)
must beg or borrow dollars to buy
food abroad.
Among the townspeople. private
initiative has been progressively dis
Whether or not the state
is the prime producer, the state Is
becoming the prime controller. This
is the result of political and social
ideas, not of the condition Of the
economy.
Bureaucracy Is Master Class.
No economic undertaking can be
carried on without an enormous
amount Of red tape. Licenses and
priorities are universally required. 1t
becomes almost impossible for an
individual to start something he
thinks fulttlls . need and which
could be profitable. The entrspren-
elr, must b fita his ideas into. state
plans. He becomes . sort Of state
employe with his profits, II any, as
compensation-in lieu Of salary.
Private enterprise" Is not expended
I'M creative activities but in peddling
in the exploitation of shortages
which are themselves created by the
schism in q partly free and partly
controlled economy.
The new .maSter-class every
where In Europe is not, therefore,
the ''bourgeosie," in the sense OF
the owners Of productive property.
The master class ix the state bu-
reaucracy which controls In one form
or another the use Of productive
property.
The organized workers, for the
most part. accept these new mas
tkrs-the state functionaries. Hav-
ing political democracy, workers be-
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Mrs. Smiths Rugged Race
Maine Representative Conceded Chance
To Defeat Hildreth, Sewell for Senate

vehement wallace cr0wd Is drum-
ming up some trade.
But the Senate race has SAVIOR.
Mrs. Smiths valiant campaign shows
signs of awakening q community Of
interest among the women-the kind
of thing that made man politicos
like Roosevelt and La Guardia in
vincible but has rarely been accom-
plished by another woman. No
orators, Gov. Hildreth and Mr.. Sewell
have stood by helplessly, but their
wives have hurled themselves into
the breach.
Quiet Mrs. Hildreth has become
active and eloquent. Her argument
is that the Senate is largely made up
OF, Governors. (She is about 80 per
cent right. The glamorous, Rus
sian born Mrs. Sewell persuasiyely
"Why take q woman to
Warrington when you can get =
uan?s ~ -
MRS. Smith has not, however,
pitched this or any other of her
campaigns upon. any feminine ap-
peal, She has an excellent organi-
zation in her district, which has
five times elected her in walkovers,
plus such powerful supporters Is
Senator White and Mrs. Guy Gam
nett-wife Of the publisher and
former national committeewoman
to match against the organiza-
ticn strength and Statewide ex-
perience Of the two Governors.
Her speeches and personal con-
versations she carefully devotes to
such issues rs high prices, national
security and the Marshall Plan.
Her election would follow Names
traditional habit of promoting its
Representatives to the Senate. The
late Senator Hale was an exception
but Senator Brewster failed twice
for the Senate after being Cover
nor and was forced to serve an
apprenticeship in the House.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Through snow. ice and biizzards
starting with Northernmost Aroos-
took County the day after Christ
mas, Mrs. Smith has transformed
the State. Session n-days she an
swered roll call in the House: week
ends and holidays, she has combed
q constituency notoriously as rugged
In character as IN geography.
Testimony to her efforts is the fact
that she is no longer Mrs" or
even "Congresswoman Smith" to the
folks. She is "that woman" to fanati-
cal. Hildreth-Sewell supporters, Mar
garet to the rest. ,..
Other contests in this State are
attracting little attention. People
appear bored with the half dozen
candidates for Governor. They say
their delegation of II to the Repub-
licsn National Convention will be
about equally split between leading
contenders, with Harold Stassen per-
haps having the edge. The Demo-
Gratis are outsiders and small. but
Evening star., 1948-02-25

closed places. ! n10 GnaL leeuna
about airplanes, and consequently
had never flown before.
Prior to my departure for Moscow
I had conferences with the Presi-
dent on October 4 and 5 and. lunch
con with him on the 9Th, to 80 over
the various projects likely to come
up at Moscow. On the 5th took
Stettinius, Hackworth, Dunn, Mat
thews, and Pssvolsky with me Ia
the White House for . comprehen-
sive discussion with the President
in which Admiral Leahy also took
part.
Urged Four-Powsr Action.
We agreed at this conference that
We should make every effort to 81
cure both British and Russian
agreement to China's participation
in . four-power arrangement q
declaration on postwar agreements,
including establishment Of an
international peace organization.
Russia had opposed China inclu-
sion.-Ed. Note).
We thought the four-power con-
cept should be preserved, even at
the cost Of getting no agreement
ut this time. China was too i'm
portant . factor, both now and In
the future. both because Of herself
and Of her influence In British In
dia, to be alienated.
As for Germany, the President
said categorically he favored the
partition of that country into three
or more states, completely sover-
eisn but joined by . network Of
postal arrangements. communica-
tions, railroads, customs and, per-
haps. electric power, although he
thought power arrangements should
be made on q continental basis.
The new German states, he went
on. should be deprived Of all mill
tary activities, including training.
and of armament industries. East
Prussia should be detached from
Germany. and all dangerous ele-
ments Of the population forcibly
removed.
The President took up the argu.
mentr others ofoHa advancedp thai
partition would have many sunde,
sirable results and that the Gus
toms union arrangement eithe
would prove to be unvorkable O
would become 4 powerful instru
nietlt for the reunification Of Ger
many. s''' = y 81
Roosevelt for Partition.
He said We were inclined to exag-
serate these effects. He said he had
Travelled and studied in Germany,
could speak German, and thought
he knew Germany better than we
did. He insisted that partition was
the solution.
The conversation shifted to other
topics, but after . considerable time
the President suddenly brought 1t
back to Germany by saying that,
after all, 1t was many years ago
that he had become acquainted with
Germany and perhaps he didn't
know 30 much about her as he
thought.
He then said that the whole tran
period would have to be
one Of trial and error, and that it
might well happen that we would
discover that partition, undertaken
Immediately after the war, would
have to be abandoned. He thought
that reparations should be exacted
in manpower and equipment.
Mr.. Roosevelt said there was not
likely to be any trouble over the
restoration of Holland or the Scan
dinavian countries, but that Bel
Rium was likely to present difhcu1-
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Constantine Rro,rn

While the political moose Is being
drawn tighter by the Soviet gov
ernment In all countries OF Central
Europe and the Balkans, economic
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Chord Club Meets Tonight

The Lovette Choral Club will en-
tertain associate members of the
group at $50 O'Clock tonight in the
clubhouse OF the League OF Ameri-
can Pen Women. 1851 Columbia
road NV.
Evening star., 1948-02-25

us ut the wars
end. We were
told that, due to
the tremendous
impetus given n
science by the
war, m a NIX l nd
would reap un-
told b IN 9 fit s
during peace
's Heat would be
drawn from the
heavens, doing
away with coal,
oil, and wood.
Insects woul d
Evening star., 1948-02-25
By Dorothy Tha,n tsox

As have tried to show, the crisis
Of Europe is not primarily economic;
the economic crisis is the result OF q
social, political, and spiritual crisis.
Evening star., 1948-02-25

domination Of
these areas Is
being planned by
Moscow with the
assistance of two
OF Hitler's fore
most experts on
such matters.
According to .
report from Bel
grade, DR.. Karl
Clodius, former
ly Hitler's eco-
nomic q ambassa-
dor st large in
the Balkans and
one Of the most
Evening star., 1948-02-25

The two essen
tial factors In
this crisis are,
one, virulent and
essentially paro-
chia1 national
ism: and, two, a
class struggle rs
q result Of the
collapse Of 18th
century lib eral
values for wide
portions Of the
population.
This class
struggle 1 involves
far m ers an d
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Soys Postwar MorveIs
Haven't Come to Puss
Ry Henry McLemors

net only look like an elephant,
but have q memory like one.
Well do remember all the amaZ-
ing things that science promised
Evening star., 1948-02-25
Austrian Mani Aids Clodius.
Bv Doris FfeeS0n

ROCKLAND, Me-, Feb. 25.-The
political hot tip in Maine Is: That
woman may beat those two million
aires
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Representative
Margaret Chase
Smith, who has
acquired an ad-
mirable reputa-
tion IN Gig h t
years hard work
in the House, Is
bucking q Gov
ernor Oh orac e.
Hildreth) and q
former Governor
(Sun1ner Sewell)
for the Senate
seat being relinr
qpEhed by the
veteran wallace
White.
Evening star., 1948-02-25

Rele.sed BY the Bell syndicate. .Inc)
Evening star., 1948-11-21
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Evening star., 1948-11-21

nounced by a joint committee of
the National Congress Of Parents
and Teachers and the National Edu-
cation Association here today.
The estimated need for a million
new elementary school teachers in
the next decade, the committee re-
ported is based on statistics show
ing this breakdown:
To fill new positions, PIT 900: to
replace the estimated number of
elementary teachers who will leave
the profession, $4,000; to replace
persons holding only emergency
certificates, 10000: to fill new jobs
created by extension of pre-school
service, $4,000, and to reduce the
general teaching load so as not to
exceed Is pupils per teacher. u.s.
600. The figures total 1,118,000
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Production Rate Rises
6 Billions in Quarter;
Spending Keeps Pace
BY the Associated Press

The Nations economic machine
got record results in the
third quarter of this year.
1t produced goods and services at
an unprecedented annual rate Of
S256 900 100000, the Commerce De-
partment estimated last night.
The turnout for that quarter, COW
ering the September
period, was $4,000, 900, 900 above the
rate of the preceding quarter, and
$11 900 100000 above the rate in
l948's first three months.
Spending, of course, kept pace as
an overall matter. But officials
found significance in the fact that
outlays for personal consumption
rose less than did personal income.
More Dependent on Income.
Personal spending is more de-
pendent on income now," one OFF,
cial told a reporter. In the early
part of the postwar boom, people in
creased spending even if they didn't
get an increase in income. Now it
looks like they wouldn't spend as
much if they didn't get more"
Personal income, after deductins
tax payments amounting to more
than 0O0,000,000 on an annual
basis, moved to record high rate OF
S193, 700 900 900 a year in the third
quarter, up $500, 100000 from the
second quarter,
Yet personal consumption expen-
ditures, although reaching a rec
ord rate of $l78, soc, 100000 a year,
advanced only 81 00O, 900, 900 over the
second quarter pace.
The difference was reflected in
personal saving which rose $780,
OOO, 900 on an annual basis to a
SIS 200, 100000 yearly rate.
Government Spending Up.
| Government spending on goods
and services, on the other hand,
took a $4,000. 900 900 jump to an an
nual rate of $37 100, 100000 during
the July September period.
State and local government pay
roll rises and increases conStruc-
! ton outlayS contributed to the gain
in government spending. but the
Federal Government was chiefly re-
Sponsible. ,
| It's payroll and construction ex-
penditures also increased, but even
more important were the jumps in
spending for foreign aid and in out
/ lays to help houd up prices of farm
products.
! AS Government grants took on a
bigger role in the financing of ex-
ports, net foreign investment-the
net export of goods and services
that are financed commercially
plunged to an annual rate Of $780,
900, less than one-fourth the rate In
the previous quarter.
Investments High.
Business investment continued at
the high rate characteristic of re-
cent quarters, moving up to an an
nual rate of $39 900 900 900 on the
strength of new construction, ac-
Icumulation of business inventories
and outlays on production equip
ment.
The reason that personal incomes
rose only $4,000, 600, 600 on an an
nual basis was that small declines
in the net incomes of business and
farm proprietors" partly Offset a
s6 ,0O0, ,000, 900 increase in wage and
salary payments.
The department said it could not
yet figure corporate profits for the
third quarter because of incomplete
data, and without that figure it
cannot estimate national income,
which measures incomes resulting
from production.
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Million More Teachers
Nav Be Needed in 10 Years
lx the Axsoeiafad HfakS

BY the kssoeiatsd Press
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-This country
will need more than q million new
grade school teachers-approxi-
mately 100000 a year-for the next
10 years.
That was the estimate made in
teacher recruitment program an
Evening star., 1948-11-21
ISipIe to Tell Of Polar Trips

DR.. Paul A. Siple, who made three
expeditions to the South Pole with
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, will ad-
dress the Washington Alpha Chi
Rho Club at $50 pm. Tuesday at
the Highlands Apartment House.
Connecticut avenue and California
street NV. DR.. Siple will talk or
his experiences in the polar regions
Evening star., 1948-11-21
Heidelberg Night Planned

An "Old Heidelberg Night" of
festivities will be held at 8 pm. to-
morrow in the parish hall of I'm
maculate Conception Church at
Eight and N streets NV, the Rev.
John A. Lubey. committee chairman,
announced YESTERDAY.