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Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
US. SPENDING:
Deficit system Hit

It seemed an obvious conclusion
that the Presidents council OF eco
nomic advisers was having little
effect in influencing government Of
ficials to insist upon a real effort
by the administration to put its
financial house in order.
ANY such conclusion would have
been bolstered by the fact that DR..
Edward G.. Nourse. chairman Of
the council, was quitting that body.
In an address before the national
retail farm equipment association,
DR.. Nourse hit hard at federal def
icit spending and charged that the
government is slipping back into
deficits as a way Of life"
Instead of deficit financing. he
said, the government should be
putting its fiscal house in order
and outstanding reserves to support
the economy if less prosperous
times overtake US"
According to reports. DR.. Nourse
ndQ lnOllllCo 4ACoA0Che
that he was going to leave the gov
eminent, although there was no
word as to whether the President
bad accepted or would accept the
resignation.
WELL-PLACED official circles
were said to believe that Nourse's
decision to leave the advisers coun-
Gil was because Of his belief that he
had failed in what he regarded as
q fight to keep the council on a
strict professional plane of fact
finding and advice-giving. divorced
from political issues.
In his address. Nourse was crit
zeal of elements among labor. agri-
culture and management, Gliding
farmers for demanding stimula-
tive prices" labor for demanding
shorter hours in the face of the
need for increased production.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
BIG DAY.:
Breok for Kids

Underprivileged children In more
than 5000 US. and Canadian COM
munities will receive assistance
from a far-reaching program Of
youth welfare announced by XII
wants International and The Ma
tional Kids Day Foundation, Inc.
J. Hugh Jackson. Stanford, Calf.
president of Kiwanis International,
in announcing the cooperative eff
fort, said ''the problems Of under
privileged children T the prob
lens of the entire nation but their
solution depends upon local action.
There are more than 5000 Kiwanis
clubs which are geared for partici-
patton in the program"
FOCAL POINT of the campaign
will be the observance Of an an
nual National Kids Day." the first
to be held on Saturday, November
10, when each community will be
asked to enlist the support of its
citizens in meeting the problems
OF local youth.
The Kiwanis president empha-
sized that National Kids Day will
not be celebrated as a holiday or
used as a gift-giving occasion. 1T
is our intention to use the observ-
ance Of this day as a means OF
rallying the forces Of each COM
munity toward solving local juve-
nile problems" he continued. "By
this means, we hope to raise adj
ditional funds to carry on a year
round program Of youth activity
in cities and towns in the us. and
Canada. Money raised in each COM
munity will be spent in the same
community for the benefit Of chill
dren."
CHARLES PETTIJOHN, execu-
tive secretary Of The National Kids
Day Foundation, Hollywood. Calf,
said his organization was formed
last year to call national attention to
the right of underprivileged youth
to enjoy some Of the benefits nor
mally accruing to boys and girls in
more fortunate circumstances. The
Foundation also seeks to attract at
tention to the accomplishments Of
youth and to stimulate additional
interest in the problems of youth.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
MIDDLE COURSE

India will steer a middle course,
clear of entanglements in the cold
war, but when mans liberty or
peace" is endangered, then India
will fight.
That was the declaration OF In
dia's prime minister Jawaharlal
Nehru In a foreign policy speech
in New York a few days after his
arrival in the United States.
He called upon the world to talk
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
India Would Fight if Liberty Threatened

less Of war and to think more Of
peace and how to attain it. and adj
monished both east and west that:
1.-THE very process Of marshaling
of the world into two hostile camps
precipitates the conflict which it is
sought to avoid.
The Indian statesman's views
were given In an address marking
ceremonies in which Columbia uni
yersity made him an LID.
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26

Squint Miller, who's working as
telephone lineman, was telling me
about some birds that got into a
fight with his company.
Seems a couple of woodpeckers
set up housekeeping in a telephone
pole. Nobody minded them living
there, but they kept pecking at the
wires causing n short circuit
after another.
Finally, the telephone people
who had nothing personal against
the birds-just stopped up the hole
where they lived. But they kept
coming back. At last, the company
Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Nourse Raps Deficit Spending;
DecontroI Fails to Boost Rent;
Military Budget Tops IS Billion

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Laurel outlook., 1949-10-26
From where | sit e. by Joe Marsh
Now They're Sitting
Pretty
ddperfifement

donated that pole to the wOodpeck-
ers and set up a brand-new one for
their own use!
From where I sit, we'd all be bet
ter off if we were as tolerant with
u own kind as that telephone
outfit was with the woodpeckers.
Let's consider the other fellows
point of view-whether it's his
right to live where he wants, or to
enjoy a friendly glass Of temper
ate beer or ale when and If he
pleases.
M %"'4<
Evening star., 1949-03-20
This Metropolitan Area

Representative SaSscers suggestion that
an interstate commission be created to
Coordinate tax planning among the sep
arate jurisdictions covered by the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area is good one.
In supporting the sales tax for the
District, the Maryland legislator pointed
out the incongruity of having such grossly
disparate tax structures in an area whose
population is so closely knit and4 whose
interests are so closely related. There are
drawbacks-as Maryland has found out
to applying a sales tax to only one seq
ment of such an area.
Mr.. Sasscer's co-ordinating commission
idea should be extended beyond the field
of taxation, however. For taxation Is not
the only source of friction and confusion
among the District, Maryland and Virginia
authorities. commission OF inquiry
would find, for example, that there IS
need for co-ordinated planning and reg
ulation in the public utility field. Buses
and taxicabS which, in performance or
purely local services, are forced to cross
the Districts boundary lines are tech
nically operating in interstate commerce.
Yet this obviously is not the type OF
cross-country carrier operations with
which Congress intended the Interstate
Commerce Commission to concern itself.
That commission has enough on its hands
without expecting it to devote the time
necessary to the fixing of taxicab fares
and routes within the Metropolitan Area.
The result is that the taxis are subject
to District, Maryland and Virginia regula-
tions, depending on which jurisdiction
they happen to be operating in during
q cross-boundary trip. The same is true
of buses. To change fare or routes on
one of it's lines extending into Maryland,
the Capital Transit Company must obtain
approval of both the District, and Mary
land public utilities bodies. ~
The Star believes that Washington and
its suburbs have become so irlterrelatea
as to necessitate regional consideration
of problems which affect the whole area.
The appointment of an interstate COM
mission to study means of effecting this
integration program would be logical
first STEP 1t is not too soon to lay the
groundwork for future interjurisdictional
cooperation and co-ordination-for the
common good of the entire area.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

She knew that the batteries of the obsequi-
Gus courtiers were not the truth. The royal
looking glasses told her she was lean,
haggard, ugly. overdressed. old woman. So.
away with the constant reminders OF the
mirrors
But in the spiritual realm to get rid Of
certain mirrors may have dire consequences.
A compass of criticism sweeping the cir
cumference of the earth is no substitute for
q hand mirror. There is an exaggerated
altruism which makes people feel respon-
sible for almost everything and everybody
except themselves. Criticism, like charity,
should begin at home.
Psychiatrists complain that one OF the
chief difficulties with those mentally NAL
adjusted who crowd their offices is to get
the patients to face themselves. They dodge
the use of any discriminating mirrors.
Now. one of the mirrors where we may
confront ourselves is in the lives Of fellow
pilgrims of the Infinite. In theme we can
often see our own defects and shortcomings.
The keen prober Of souls, Gamaliel Brad
ford, declared that good biography often
is looking glass in which we see ourselves
That is why the great devotional classics
such as The Imitation and Brother
Lawrence'-are such enriching companions
They are not primarily pictures OF lives
lived long ago. In them we see ourselves
They send us on our way with question
which will not down: Is it for me to live
self or service? Is it to obtain power over
my fellows or on behalf of them? Napoleon
took the one way, PaSteur the other. No
uopder that nv pop,llar vote France put the
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Mirrors for Lent
Prayers for Revelation of Self and of God
Urged as Spiritual Help
'o,pn Harris, D. d., Lit. D.

crown Of honor on the brow Of the man who
chose the cross for others, rather than
sword for conquest.
Then there Is the mirror OF the Shining
Ones who by their virtues and excellencies
shame our dull and stunted existence. Their
wings are in sharp contrast to our pedestrian
proclvties which are of the earth earthly.
That discrepancy suggests that we always
must measure our present stature by the
achievements and levels of taller individuals
than ourselves We must judge ourselves by
high exacting, unchanging standards. That
test eliminates associates. They may not
be big enough. We ourselves may be pigmies.
but those standing next to us may be even
smaller-sized Llliputians. To compare our
own superiority complex. Long ago wise
man said, "They who measure themselves
by themselves are not wise"
And there also is the mirror Of honest,
constructive criticism. Love often has use
for that looking glass. Real love comforts,
but it also challenges. It is not true love
that stresses only self-satisfactions and for
gets aspirations Ramsey Macdonald wrote
a touchingly beautiful brochure when his
lovely wife left his heart and home lonely
by her death. Recalling the cruel blows
which rained upon him in the labor move
ment, causing him sometimes to falter and
to long to give up the thankess struggle,
he declares that when he could bear no
more, he would fly with his lady" to their
Buckingham home and she would soothe
and comfort him. But was that all? Dh.
no! There she reconditioned him for new
battles. Gratefully he records: "She sent
me out again to snite and to be snitten."
What he saw in the mirror she held spurred
as well as healed. It showed him himself
and also the glory of his thorny duty.
There are two petitions to the complete
lenten prayer. The first is, Show me myself.
The second is. Show me Thyself. John
Bunyan tells us of a magic mirror where,
as it Is held at certain angle. one sees
his own features exactly Looking at 1t
another way. one sees the form and sinili-
tude of the Prince Of Pilgrims, wearing like
halo Of glory His crown of thorns. That
is the Lord of Lent. holiest among the
mighty. mightiest among the holy.
st. Paul Is thinking of that mirror as
he writes, "We all, beholding as in look
ing glass the glory of the Lord, are changed
into the same image. from glory to glory"
That is the supreme mirror for Lent
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Colonies in the New World

A meeting of American nations mas
assembled in Havana, but it is meeting
from which the United States ard several
Latin American countries are absent.
AT the Bogota Conference last summer,
a majority of the Latin American nations
voted to set up a "Commission on De-
pendent Territories" to explore the ques-
ton of European possessions in the West
ern Hemisphere and to investigate the
possibility of their achieving eventual IN
dependence The United States frankly
opposed the raising of an issue which in
volved ticklish problems of national SOW
ereignty, coupled with diplomatic and
economic factors OF difficult complexity.
And our reluctance was shared by MI
nority of the Latin American members,
who now re-emphasize their negative
attitude by not going to Havana.
The issue cuts deep. 1t involves drastic
change in the New World status laid down
by the Monroe Doctrine promulgated by
our Government in 1928. Under that Doc
trine, the Western Hemisphere was closed
to further European colonization, but
European possessions then existing were
not to be brought in question.
In the century and quarter that has
since elapsed, Canada has evolved from
q British colony into virtually sovereign
nation. while Russian Alaska has become
part of the United States. The only re-
manning colonies are the British, French
and Dutch possessions around the Carib-
bean, plus the British Falkland Islands on
the coast of Argentina in the far south
Some years ago the Caribbean possessions
had high economic value. as large pro-
ducers of sugar and other tropical staples
But the abolition of slavery in the possess
sions. together with the development OF
beet sugar in Europe. undermined their
prosperity, so that today they are economic
liabilities rather than assets to their Euro
pean possessors.
Nevertheless, the imprint OF the respec-
tive homelands remains, with all that this
implies in language, culture, tradition and
sentimental loyaltieS. The inhabitants,
collectively numbering more than 3,OOO,-
600, are legally British, French or Dutch
citizens, feel themselves to be such and
are so considered by their European fel-
low citizens Their respective evoluuons
certainly have little in common with those
of their Latin American neighbors; while
thew are both individually and collectively
too small and economically too dependent
to stand alone or in mutual federation On
the European side, the homelands would
resent any attempt to sever the colonial
connection by outside action, and such re-
tntment could have grave consequences
<pon the solidarity of the Western Powers
<xnressed in the pending Atlantic pact.
Under these circumstances, our Govern
rnent would seem to be justified In holding
that the raising of this issue at Havana is
both unwisetand premature.
Evening star., 1949-03-20

No one can read the text or the North
Atlantic Pact, now awaiting the verdict of
world opinion, and say that men are in
capable of learning from tragic experience.
One has but to look back over the brief
span of ten years to comprehend how far
we have advanced in our thinking. Then,
as now, threat of aggressive war menaced
all of us. Hitler had been picking of his
weaker victims, one by one. Fear had
taken possession of Europe and it was i'm
possible to organize a common defense.
The freedom loving countries had waited
too long Hitler was ready; the others
were not, and the little nations, immo-
bilzed by terror, simply sat and waited
for the blow to fall.
Perhaps there was still chance that
the disaster might have been averted.
Across the Atlantic the United States,
potentially the most powerful OF countries
retained its~freedom of action. Even at
that late date, had this country taken a
determined stand against aggression, Hitler
might have hesitated. But we did not
grasp the opportunity. We wrapped our
selves in what we were misguided enough
to call a Neutrality Act, and Hitler was
led to believe that the United States was
no longer a factor to be reckoned with.
AS soon as he had made deal with the
Russians which he felt would secure him
against attack from that quarter. the
signal for the most devastating of all wars
was given.
We'll, thanks to good fortune, prodigious
effort and grievous sacrifice, the war was
won. Once more, there seemed to be
reason to hope for an enduring peace.
But that hope was soon to be blighted.
The United Nations, organized as the
instrument for perfecting peace, was
rendered all but impotent by the tactics
of the Soviet Union. Slowly world that
was disorganized and utterly weary OF war
came to the grim realization that Russia
was seeking not peace but conquest.
This time, however, the reaction was
different. When the intent of the Soviets
became too clear to be doubted. the nations
of the West, with the United States taking
the leading part began to organize
resistance. This came too late to save the
satellites and CzechoSlovakia. But the
Soviet grasp on Iran was broken. Timely
aid to Greece and Turkey has kept them
free of Russian domination. Then came
the Marshall Plan with its implementing
agencies. Through this medium we have
been pouring economic aid into Europe
on an unprecedented scale Where in
ternal weakness and strength once in
vited Communist iniltration, structure
of economic strength is emerging.
Excessive optimism would be dangerous.
But 1t is beginning to look as though
Western Europe will not go to the Russians
by default. The Russians have done their
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Conference on Foreign Policy

The State Department deserves special
praise for its fine efforts in connection Wath
the just-completed- three-day National
Conference on American Foreign Policy.
The daily programS-arranged under the
supervision of Francis H. Russell, director
of the Office OF Public AHalrs-dealt COM
prehensively with an the major problems
now confronting the United States and
the world. The speakers, ranging from
Secretary Acheson on down, included the
departments best experts. Although
largely off the record, what they had to
say added up to such clear and authorita-
tive comment that the net result can
hardly fail to be anything but more
enlightened public opinion
This is so for the reason that the men
and women taking part in the conference
many of them distinguished in their own
fieldS-came from all parts of the Nation
as spokesmen for a wide variety of we'll
established and articulate organizations,
including religious bodies, scientific asso-
ciations and educational, financial, indus
trial, agricultural, labor and other private
economic, political and social groups. What
these people have learned will be reported
back, in one way or another, both directly
and indirectly, to the great numbers Of
Americans they represent, and thus the
country at large is bound to gain in terms
of information.
It is significant, moreover, that the State
Department itself, by inviting the views,
criticisms and suggestions of such individ-
uals. certainly has received useful guidance
to-, or{i io,,1n bod af in 1u
light, therefore, either as an instrument for
keeping the public informed or as help to
the Government, the National Conference
on American Foreign Policy which is still
a relatively young idea, is an excellent
project. It ought to be perpetuated as a
regular annual event
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Are We Overrun With GIuvIits?

It all depends on what the Russian press
chief meant by worst" when he told
foreign correspondents in Moscow that the
United States maintains the worlds worst
news censorship" He would be correct II
he meant that America is complete flop
when it comes to press censorship. Our
rating, by Soviet standards, would be
minus zero.
But jacob Lomakin (who will be re-
membered as the former Soviet Consul
General in New York City who was ex-
cluded from this country for his activities
in the case Of Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina) did
not mean it that way. He made that plain
when he proceeded to tell the reporters,
without cracking a smile, that American
press censorship is sterner and more
thoroughgoing than that of any other
nation. According to Mr. Lomakin, we are
overrun with "glavlits." A "glavlit" IN
Russia is an agency which censors foreign
! dispatches. Whereas there is but one
"glavlit" in Moscow-and experience has
shown it is highly efficient one-there
are, said Mr. Lomakin, three or more in
the United States. What are these Amerl-
san "glavlits"? Mr. Lomakin avoWed that
they include "the Post office Department,
advertisers, businessmen, the State De-
oartment and others"
This bill of particulars will be little
perplexing to Americans in general and
to the press especially. 1t will probably
evoke a "Who, me?" response from Post
ONCE and State Department officials and
from advertisers and businessmen Mr..
Lomakin knows better, of course, but his
talk of American "glavlits" reads well in
the rigidly controlled Russian press. It
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Steel PaszIer

Industry forecasts that the steel shortage
will end after midyear Git clearly has eased
some already are putting the Commerce
Department on a spot President Truman is
asking Congress- to extend beyond next Sep
tember the departments authority to spon-
sor voluntary "set-asides" Of steel, plus
standby ALLEGATION powers. The depart
ment can't agree with these forecasts
Neither can it disagree without getting into
a battle with steel men that would almost
surely end their cooperation in making
the set-asides which the department asks for
essential users of steel Thus far the de-
partment has % kept mum. sitting on esti-
mates Of its own specialists, and CD cut
back some of the set-aside program as steel
demands Stacked off.
Evening star., 1949-03-20
Report on Greece

The Presidents sixth quarterly report to
Congress on Greco Turkish aid-covering
the three months ended last December
31-is no more uncheerful than expected,
and no more encouraging, either.
. As far as Turkey is concerned, the pro-
gram is operating satisfactorily enough,
primarily because the country does not
have to contend with Moscow-SerVing
Communist rebels. The situation in Greece,
however, is another story-the drearily
familiar story of traitorous guerrilla forces
promoting the Kremlin's ends by continu-
ing to create internal chaos in an effort to
make their native land fall through sheer
physical and moral exhaustion, If not by
force of arms"
On the brighter side, the Presidents
report declares that Greece's armed forces
are showing greater energy more disci-
pline and better leadership under the dis
tinguished General Papagos, the new COM
mander in chief. It declares, further, that
there are signs Of declining morale among
the guerrillas, and that "the military out
look is more promising than it has been
for some time" But simultaneously 1t
warns that "this does not necessarily pre-
sage quick and easy victory" 1t suggests,
rather, that many more months may have
to pass before the Greeks achieve internal
security, without which they cannot hope
to make real progress toward economic
and political stability.
Actually, of course, the situation in
Greece can hardly change much for the
better as long as the guerrillas are free
to stage hit-and-run attacks and find
refuge and help across the frontier in
Albania, Bulgaria or Yugoslavia. OF course,
too, with the possible exception OF the
Yugoslavs, who have broken away from
Moscow on other issues, the satellite Bull
gars and Albanians are not likely to stop
doing what they have been doing for
months past The General Assembly of
the United Nations has Overwhelmingly
condemned them for threatening the peace
by lending aid and comfort to the Greek
rebels, but they can be counted upon to
keep on doing just that unless and until
their Soviet masters issue countermand-
ing orders.
The Kremlin, obviously, is the real viii
lain here. 1t wants the present Greek gov
ernment overthrown. It wants to set up
a puppet regime in Athens. And 1t wants
to do so because it wants to drag the
Greeks behind the Iron Curtain-a de-
velopment that would bring all OF the
Balkans under the dominance Of the Rus
slams and thus give them threatening
new position of great power in the stra-
logically vital Eastern Mediterranean
Needless to say, as long as they hold fast
to that objective, Greece is going to find
peace and recovery elusive.
BY the same TOKEN the United states
will have to continue resolutely on its pres
ent course refusing to be worn down IN
Greece by the Soviet Unions blatant policy
of indirect aggression. To give up to tnat
policy would be to surrender to Red totaii-
tarianism an area crucial to American
security and the security of the whole free
world.