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Evening star., 1948-10-14
Radio Active Cruiser
Pensacola 10 Be Sunk
In Pacific Manevers

The heavy cruiser Pensacola, bat
tle-scarred Pacific war veteran, will
be sunk during naval maneuvers on
November 10 because she Is still
radioactive from the Bikini atom
bomb test and the cost of decon-
tamination would be prohibitive,
the Navy announced today.
The Pensacola Is one Of two of
the 76 surplus vessels which were
anchored at Bikini lagoon on July
rs, 1916, and which are still radio
active. The other Is the DESTROYER
Hughes, which also will be sunk dur
ing the maneuvers. Both are
berthed at Bremerton, Wash.
They will be sunk during naval
maneuvers in keeping with the naval
policy of sinking those ships for
which the cost of decentralization
would far exceed any scrap value"
the Navy said.
Twelve Of Ships StiM Afloat.
Twelve of the Biki1ii ships are
still afloat. Nine have been decon-
taminated completely, and one, the
carrier Independence, is serving as
Pathological defense laboratory.
Four Of the nine decontaminated
vessels have been returned to serv-
ice. They are the submarines Den
tuda and Parche and two infantry
landing craft. The other five are
attack transports which are being
sold as surplus.
OF the "a vessels which have been
destroyed, nine went down and cap
sized and subsequently were sunk in
the original test. The remainder
have been used either as target ships
or have been scuttled, because it
was more economical to sink them,
the Navy said.
Missed Initial Attacks.
The Pensacola, built at the New
York Navy Yard and commissioned
in 1880, narrowly missed the initial
japanese attacks in the Pacific. It
was seven days out Of Pearl Harbor
en- route to Manila on convoy duty.
The course was changed to Bris-
bane, Australia, and on December
20, 1941, the vessel suffered her first
war casualty with the loss of an
observation plane. Later it partici-
pated in the Battle of Midway and
was with the carrier Hornet when
she was sunk.
In November, 1912, while operat-
ing off Save Island, it was hit by a
torpedo and suffered heavy casual
ties. The cruisers later participated
in numerous landings, including the
Marshalls, Two Jima and Okinawa.
Evening star., 1948-10-14

Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Henry
Wallace are committed ito enact
ment of unconstitutional laws which
would give the Federal Government
a police force and destroy our Amer
ican heritage"
The States Rights Democratic
vice presidential candidate told a
rally "the civil rights programs of
all three seek to take away civil
rights of the majority"
Evening star., 1948-10-14
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

VIENNA, Austria, Oct, l4.-Rus-
sian attempts to convert Austrian
and German war prisoners to Com
munism are failing miserably," re-
patriated prisoners said here today.
A cross-section of 800 repatriates
who arrived here yesterday told
|newsmen they all had been forced
to attend lectures on Marxism
which pictured capitalism as de-
clining.
They said the lectures were so
contrary to what they saw around
them that they were left uncon-
WINGED.
The lectures, they said, were
given both by Russian officers and
by Communists from the ranks OF
the prisoners. At one camp a series
Of "question-and-answer" evenings
was started, but the plan was
dropped because they did not get
the right answers to their ques-
tions."
Willingly Attended Lectures.
The former prisoners said they
willingly attended all lectures be.
cause 1t eventually meant easier
work and more food.
Most of the repatriates said they
were well treated in Russia, after
the first hectic months of the i'm
mediate postwar period. Their
worst treatment, they said, was at
the hands of their fellow prisoners
who made a. quick and profitable
jump from Nazlsm to Communism
One returned prisoner told of q
German major, a former school,
teacher, who applied for and OBJ.
tanned job teaching Communism
to the prisoners. He held his jot
for three weeks-until the Russians
learned his wartime task was teach
ing Nazism to German Army re-
cruitS.
A former Viennese attorney, cap
tured in East Prussia the day before
the war ended, told of a group OF
so German Army officers who were
taken prisoner twice.
The first time they were captured
by the Americans, who eventually
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Expotriotes Say Russians Failed
Ito Sell Them on Communism

released them. They then started
toward their homes in the Soviet
occupied zone of Germany.
Just outside Berlin Russian troops
arrested them and sent them to a
forced labor camp at Minsk. The
former attorney said their treat
ment was far worse than that of
the prisoners originally captured by
the Russians.
Lazzer r., Viennese carpenter, said
Russia is still years behind the west
in developing an industrial potential.
Lazzer said the Russians depend
primarily on. antiquated equipment
and asserted that the average Rus
sian worker is inferior to his west
ern counterpart in almost every
trade.
Franz H., former clerk captured
in 1943, said treatment of the pris-
oners improved considerably after
the end of the war. 1t was not
until 1916, however, that prisoners
began to receive payment for their
work.
The former prisoners said condi-
tions improved when they were
transferred to a staging camp at
Marmaros Szigeth, Romania. Com
munist lectures, however, continued
Staged Hunger Strike.
Former Lance Corpl. Paul A. said
he had to stay for 13 months at the
Romanian camp, after he had been
led to believe he would be on his
way to Vienna within two weeks
after his arrival.
Paul said the prisoners staged q
three-day hunger strike last August
when rations were reduced to an
absolute minimum. He believes this
caused the Russian officer in charge
great deal of concern and prob
ably speeded the final lap of their
journey.
The ex-prisoners said they be-
lieved there were about 5000 Aus
trians still being held in Russia.
Several of the prisoners said there
were still hundreds of Hungarian
prisoners being held in the Roman
ian camp and that none were re-
turned to Hungary during their long
stay there.
Evening star., 1948-10-14

of all candidates be certified to elec-
ton officials at least 18 days before
the November 2 elections and that
the ballots be printed 10 days in
advance. It Is customary for the
Governor to give at least 10 days
notice in calling any special legisla-
tive session.
Gov. Lane said the attorney gen.
eral notified Gov. Thurmond last
July 20 that the party would not
qualify for the ballot.
The request for a Special session,
which reached my hands on the
morning of October H." Gov. Lane
said, comes at q date far too late
to have 1t honored, and at the same
time maintain the requirements of
an orderly democratic process"
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Woodbridge PTA to Meet

The first fall meeting of the
Woodbridge School PTA will be held
at 8 o'clock tonight in the school
auditorium at Carlton and Central
avenues NE.
Evening star., 1948-10-14

The cougar or mountain lion Is
the fastest animal on the North
American Continent. His speed is
100 yards in 3 seconds. But his lungs
are small and tires quickly.
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Gov. Wright Denounces
Civil Rights Program

MARIANA, Fla, Oct. 14.-Gov.
Fielding L. Wright of Mississippi
said last night President Truman,
Evening star., 1948-10-14
Irregnlars-it perfect would sell for more

Sir, here is your chance to build a really
fine shirt wardrobe for fall :. pocket q
splendid savings. Shirts tailored for long
wear and comfort Shipment includes over
1000 shirts, each bearing weIl-known
name. All Sonforized (Iess than % re-
siduoI shrinkoee) -. Some French cuffs
-. or spread collars.
Evening star., 1948-02-18

has been given henry mchemore'
some sort of presentation for its
campaign to eliminate the word
mutt" from the American slang
vocabulary as ill-fitting and In
extreme bad taste when speaking
of a dog, no matter what his breed
ingafoI
The presentation was made at a
breakfast given to the working
members of the Nations dog press
at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. In
the Starlight Bow-wow Room, l
imagine.
Must Be Shy of Dogs.
Ny guess is that the ofnces OF
Golfers Magazine on Park Avenue
must +be, mighty shy of dogs, or that
the editors must be shy OF dogs at
home, To continue the guess, they
probably have mice in the Park
avenue offices, and the editors keep
SQUIRRELS and canaries for pets at
home.
have yet to hear a dog lover
object to the word mutt" when ap-
piled to dog. But have heard
thousands of Cog lovers speak OF
their dogs as "mutts." This is true
not only of men and women who
own dogs of questionable ancestry
but Of men and women who owr
champion show dogs which have
names and pedigrees longer thar
henry wailace's third party chances
Confound it, Golfers, mutt" is
o word. of endearment, not one OF
derision-,, 1t packs the same affec-
ton as the word bum" when two
cid friends meet and one says,
Evening star., 1948-02-18
This Changing World
Red Coup Expected in Czechoslovakia;
us. Envoy Hesitates to Return to Post

fensive alliances and made the re-
quired economic treaties with the
other satellites In accordance with
orders from Russia. But the lead
ership of the government is still
pink and not completely red.
Kravchenko Book Sold.
Moreover, the Prague authorities
have not taken all necessary steps
to Undue their people with the new
democratic. spirit" For instance,
Victor Kravchenko's sensational
book about Soviet Russia-"I Choose
Freedom"-for months was per-
mitted to be sold in Czechoslovakia.
1t was not until a month ago
when the book belatedly was indexed
that all copies were conflscated.
In Moscow's eyes this delay showed
a strong tendency toward rotten
western capitalism"
The Soviet government also Is
irked because of the heavy volume
of trade between the western ma
tions and the Czechoslovak republic.
This is considered likely to weaken
the morale of the people OF the
country.
The main reason 1t is believed
that the iron curtain will fall COM
pletely around Czechoslovakia soon
is it's strategic Importance in Cen
trail Europe. The Kremlin is leav-
ing no stone untdrned to consoli-
date it's position throughout the
world. This explains the coup In
Northern Korea, the strong support
to the Chinese Communists in Man
churia, the activities in Greece and
Italy and the remarkable meeting
of minds" with the United States
on Palestine.
Seen AS Major Bastion.
Czechoslovakia has been consid-
cred by all European strategists as
the principal bastion in Central
Europe. Furthermore, the industrial
development in that country is far
ahead of that in all the other satel-
lite states.
The Skoda factories at Pilsen, to
mention only one of the major in
dustrial establishments, produce to-
day all the necessary equipment for
the Yugoslav and Romanian armies.
It's potential is much greater than
present output. Czechoslovakla also
has important mineral resources,
including uranium.
To leave such an important fac
tor as Czechoslovakia only par
TALLY behind the iron curtain
would be a mistake, according to
the Politbureau. Hence, the re-
ported decision to overhaul thor
oughly the government and insti-
tutions of Czechoslovakia.
Evening star., 1948-02-18

A e X q n q Dofo'n'
Werth, who writes here in the
Nation. Yet, in his latest dispatch
he had eulogized the same compos-
ers. who fell into disfavor while he
was reporting the enthusiastic re-
ception of their latest works IN
Moscow.
Now an effort is made by the
Soviet regime to prove that their
humiliation was but responsive to
"the broad masses Of the Soviet
people," who already had recognized
this tainted" music. A mechanic
comes forward with resolution OF
thanks on behalf of the whole
Soviet people"-who a fortnight ago
were applauding these same COM
posers.
Actually, the purge of the COM
posers has partly the same objec-
tive as revaluating the ruble. Tyr
amy can never allow any one to
rise above the dead level. Under
wartime incentives to produce, num-
bers of Soviet citizens accumulated
a surplus over day-to-day necessi-
ties. When a man has some saw
ings he becomes bit uppish
doesn't take everything lying down
He is, therefore, a potential menace
to tyranny.
Fame Is a Menace.
Fame, too, Is a menace. These
composers were not cracked down
on because the broad masses" had
discovered western taint" in
their works, but because the broad
masses were appreciating their work
little too much.
Practically all that can be said
about tyranny was uttered 300 BIC
Evening star., 1948-02-18

n d, according oo"s'@h'ine Dio""'
to advice from the Czech capital, a
Communist coup is expected shortly
Reports reaching the State De-
partment and other government
agencies indicate that Moscow has
decided that non Communist ele-
|ments in and out of the govern
ment are becoming dangerous and
showing too much independence
Moreover, President Eduard Benes,
Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk and
other political leaders are suspected
of being too "capitalistic minded"
Hence, the decision is said to have
been made in Moscow to pull coup
in Prague similar to that in Buda-
pest last spring. when the docile but
still democratic government .-oi
Ferenc Macy was dismissed and re-
placed by a 100 per cent Moscow
satellite government.
Masaryk, Benes Marked Men.
AS in the case of Hungary, it is
expected that with the transforms
ton of the present mixed Commu-
nist-Socialist government into a
completely Red administration, all
economic and political institutions
in Czechoslovakia will be "democra-
tized" on the Soviet pattern.
Ever since Mr.. Masaryk, at Presi-
dent Benes' suggestion, spoke Out
of turn last summer when the Mar
shall Plan was first proposed te
Europe, and agreed that his coun-
try would participate in the plan
both leaders have been marked mer
as far as the U. S. S. r. is con-
cerned.
1t is true that the Prague govern
ment played along with Moscow
later and obeyed the Kremllns
orders to pattern it's armed forces
after its powerful neighbor's. II
also signed the usual offensive-de-
Evening star., 1948-02-18
On the Record
Red Composers Purge Seen Aimed
At Fame They Won With Masses
BY Harry Honun

by gentleman named AflstotAe' l
quote:
ITO preserve tyranny it is nee
essary to keep down those who are
of an aspiring disposition
guard against everything that gives
rise to high spirits or mutual con-
fidence, nor suffer the learned meet
ings of those who are at leisure to
hold conversation with each other;
tyrants must endeavor by every
means to keep the people strangers
to each. other, for knowledge in
creases mutual confidence and
to know what every one under their
power does and says, and Tor, this
purpose to employ spies
Poverty Advantageous.
ut is also advantageous to a
tyranny that those who are under
it should be oppressed with poverty,
that they may be unable to compose
a guard; and that being employed
in earning their mere bread they
should have no time to conspire
against tyrants.
"A tyrant should also endeavor
to engage his subjects in a war,
that they may all have employment
and continually depend upon their
general.
"Slaves I" ." do not conspire
against tyrants, but when they are
treated with kindness are abettors
of tyrants.
"A tyrant should show no favor
to a man of worth, for he should
desire that no one should be
thought so except himself.
Whoever supports his own dignity
encroaches upon the superiority and
despotism of the tyrant. -
Has Three Objectives.
"There are three objects which a
tyranny has in view:
"The first is that citizens should
be of poor, abject dispositions.
"The second is that they should
have no confidence in each other
1.-The third is that they shall be
totally without means of doing any
thing, for no one undertakes what
is impossible for him to perform
and without power no tyranny car
be destroyed
Aristotle says further that it Is
good idea for tyrant to try
always ito seem rather like the
father of a great family than like
tyrant.'
And all this is exactly true OF the
tyranny of the Soviet Union. Fur
thermore, it will always become
true wherever economic, judicial
and police power are concentrated
| in single hands.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1948-02-18
Farley May Steal Show
Ovation for Him at Jackson Day Dinner
Gould Start Vice Presidential Boom

trouble leading thinks very highly
of it's former chairman.
One interesting aspect of the sit
uation is that Mr.. Farley Is ex-
tremely popular in that region
where Mr.. Truman is presently most
unpopular-the South. Like Al
Smith whom they rejected so vio-
lently, MI. Farley is Catholic but
he has always been on the best OF
terms with Southern politicians and
has fought their battles for them.
Perhaps he could even be said
now to be a Southerner by adop-
tion--he sells Coca Cola. Tile is
the head man of Coca Cola Export
The reaction of the Roosevelt New
Dealers to Farley boom would not
be long in coming. That wing OF
the party-Americans for Demo-
cratic. Action-holds its first con-
vention in Philadelphia next week
end. Mrs. Roosevelt will preside
over the foreign policy session and
the annual dinner.
Dinner a Financial Success.
Whatever else happens at Thurs
days affair, financially it is rous-
ing success. This is due principall7
to Mrs. Perle Mesta, the exuberart
Oklahoma friend of the TrumanS
who was put in charge of the
women's end of it.
Mrs. Mesta has been practical,
indefatigable and very firm. She
has seen to it that the people who
have taken something out OF the
Democratic Party and the White
House put back a handsome return
in dinner tickets. She has decided
whether the return was adequate
one famous industrialist finding for
example that his two tables had
become five period.
For some time the committee
lacked a treasurer. Mrs. Mesta- has
been nominated enthusiastically for
that post by one admirer-in writ
ing. You're better than Jesse
James" he assured her. He took
your money Or your life. You take
both. We need that spirit
Evening star., 1948-02-18

why, you OIL bum, you! Where
have you been?" and throws an
arm around the others shoulder.
There's the same warmth in the
word mutt" that there is in the
word monkey when husband
says to his wife. why, you sweet
little monkey" He isn't delegating
her to the ape family, or telling her
that she would look better swinging
from a limb than greeting him at
the door. He is talking the simple,
unaffected language spoken by those
who care for some one.
What About Comic Strip?
High in their editorial sanctum,
the editors of Golfers may not
know it. but boys all over the
country have asked for their first
dogs by telling papa and mama
that: Right down the street there
is the sweetest little OF mutt that
I can have for nothing, and if you'll
let me have him, I'll promise tc
take care of him all by myself. He
won't bother you at all. I'll feed
him and bathe him, and if he gets
sick, I'll nurse him.
Can you imagine a youngster
wanting a dog worse than anything
else in the world, telling his parents
that he had located dog of mixed
breed that could be had for a nom.
Evening star., 1948-02-18

COLlier'S Maga-
zine.
OF course I
love Golfers
dearly and some
day hope to sell
them. a short
story for lots
of money. But
in the mean
time.
According to
a news bulletin
I have received
from the Gaines
og Research
Tenter Golfers
Evening star., 1948-02-18

ers and the per-
picked question,
What in t h e
world has music
to do with poll
tics?" sim p y
show t h a t the
American people
still do not un-
derstand the ma
ture of tyranny
OF all western
corresponds n t S
in Moscow, one
of the m oS t
friendly to the
So9iet Union is
A I az n ~ Il a -
Evening star., 1948-02-18

inal price? Maybe Golfers can,
but I can't.
AS a final thought, what in the
world does Golfers propose to call
that celebrated comic strip created
by Bud Fisher? -
Umph and jeff? Ugh and jeff?
I await the word from the edito-
rial board.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, 1nco
Evening star., 1948-02-18

er tomorrow
and have emerg-
ed with a pre-
diction:
The place will
be era m m e d
with friends of
James A. Farley
and he will get
an ovation that
may easily be
proclaimed the
S tart of his
boom for Vice
President on the
Truman ticket.
He'll steal the
show" is the
Evening star., 1948-02-18

to his post IN
Prague at this
time.
While the rea-
son given for his
continued S tay
in this country
is private af-
fairs" the fact
is that condi-
tions in t h a t
country, which
is partially be-
hind the iron
curtain, h a v e
grown worse in
r e c e mt weeks
Evening star., 1948-02-18
Rv Doris FleeS0n

The old hands at the Democratic
National Committee have been
the 2,oOo-odd reservations
for the Jackson Day din
Evening star., 1948-02-18
Bv Constantine Brown

Laurence Steinhardt, American
Ambassador to Czechoslovakia who
has been on leave in this country
for some weeks, hesitates to return
Evening star., 1948-02-18
Rp Dorothy THOMPSON

The expressions of astonishment
which in this country have greeted
the Russian slap-down of the
Soviet's most distinguished compos-
Evening star., 1948-02-18

NClOlI
Mr.. Farley and other former ma
tional chairmen were shared by
present Chairman McGrath for the
head table as the main ornaments
and advertisements of the party
unity which will be the dinner
theme. Following Mr.. McGrath's
announcement that Mr.. Farley
would be present, reservations from
people known to be nostalgia for the
days when Jim ran the place began
to drift in. A few of the more
hardened cynics are suggesting 1t
is not all accidental either.
Mr.. Farley has not shown in a
spot where his party standing could
be so tested for long time. How
ever, any gathering of organization
Democrats could be depended upon
to give him warm greeting.
Popular in South.
President Truman has noticeably
refrained from calling Mr.. Farley
into his councils. That might be
altered by demonstration that the
party Mr.. Truman is having some
Evening star., 1948-02-18
McLemore
aRops Golfers Drive
To Bon Word Mutt
Rv Henry NcLem0r

eo Bv Henry McLemore
I'll take a crack at almost any
thing except going over Niagara
Falls in a MILDLY blouse and bloom
ers, SO here I go taking crack at
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-30
Wallace 'Blunder'
Says UNIV Head

AKRON, Jan. % (LPA) -
John T. Jones, director of La.
bor's Non.Partisan League, DO.
litical arm of the United Mine
Workers, last week labeled
Henry Wallace's third party "a
monumental blunder," in re.
sponse to query as to whether
or not UNIV President John L.
Lewis would run for vice presi'
dent with Wallace.
Answering a letter from the
United Labor Party, a small
group centering in Akron, Jones
said "Mr. Lewis has no political
aspirations or ambitions"
He added that the Wallace
ticket "can only result in the
election of more reactionary
members of Congress. The first
step towards progress is the uni,
fication of the labor movement
The UMW's policy is to defeat
every man who voted for the
Taft-Hartley Act, regardless OF
party affiliation.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-01-30
.AFL Wars On
Loan Sharks

ST. LOUIS (LPA) - Loan
sharks in st. Louis who have
been charging more than the
per cent a year allowed by law
had better leave town, because
the AFL is after them. The St
Louis Central Trades & Labor
Council has voted condemnation
of loan sharks, who are reported
to have run the cost of a loan
ap as high as 900 per cent. Such
instances are being collected by
the Council, which promises to
act to end these practices.