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Evening star., 1949-08-21
in Vacations
By Jacques Futre1Ie, Jr.
The Stor's Travel Editor

than 10 per cent for the weeks
beyond September Is. That is on
the American plan, with meals.
And most hotels close, rather than
curtail service or risk a storm that
could empty the rooms almost
overnight.
In Ocean City, the traditional
closing date is the weekend near
est September 20. Several large
hotels and humber of smaller
ones will remain open this year
beyond that date, however. Among
them are the Commander, the
Colonial. the Majestic and the
Royalton. All are on the Board
walk. Each will close by October
l, according to plans of two weeks
ago. The Commander is one when
opened this year with off-season
discounts of 10 per cent between
May 81 and June IS. The reduc-
ton is to 60 in effect again Sep
tember IS until the closing date,
October /.
Mrs. Charles Ludlam, who oper-
ates the Hastings, will continue
her policy this year of keeping
open "as long as the weather is
warm" When it gets chilly, her
summer guests will transfer from
the Boardwalk location to the an
mex, facing Baltimore avenue.
Late-season vacationers also will
be accommodated there.
***
Bargains in Cottages-At nei-
ther Cape May. Rehoboth nor
Ocean City do hotel operators
attempt to match the off-season
rate slashes of Florida's Miami
Beach. Some hotels at that win
ter glamour spot, in order to Gre
ate tradition of summer vaca-
.tions, dropped $40-a-day rooms
and suites by rs per cent or so.
In the Washington area. the best
way to find bargains approach
ing that figure is by renting cot
tages and apartments. Monthly
rentals are cut about 40 to SO
per cent.
But cottage and apartment
dwellers got bargains of their own
this summer, according to real
estate agents at both Rehoboth
and Ocean City.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
George Washington Hote
OCEAN CITY, MD.

Boardwalk at 10th. Ocean City. Md
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M Ball. Owners & Mgrs
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Continued on Page B-7, Col. 5.
Evening star., 1949-12-25

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Evening star., 1949-12-25
Modern painting is invading
the Christmas field - and
causing its customary stir
by Leslie Lieber

GHADEs of Picasso- esque modernism have
~ invaded the traditionally sacred field of
Christmas art. The five reproductions on these
pages show evidence of the trend.
They rank among the 100 best of nearly
10000 canvases entered in the biggest inter-
national painting contest in history. The Hail.
mark Company, greeting-card firm, put up
$4,000 in prizes for paintings on Christmas
themes done in the U. S. and France Widen
stein Galleries administered the program.
Critics and artists consulted by this writer
are agreed on one point: the canvases hew
faithfully to the traditional Yuletide inspira-
ton - the Nativity. As to the sincerity with
which that inspiration has been reflected,
however, there is controversy.
TYPICAL of those in favor was Art Critic
Dorothy Adlow: ''The contestants have SIM
ply treated the subject with the individualism
rampant today. feel the paintings were done
with sincerity"
Not 50 sure, though, were several non
participating artists. Their spokesman, Ameri-
can painter Reginald Marsh, accused some
contestants of adding halos as afterthoughts by
way of tailoring discarded canvases for the con-
test. Il also question the taste of a painting
which delineates the sensitive features of
Christ's face with an impressonistic' cross"
THIS WEEK takes no sides in the dispute but
simply displays the paintings for its readers,
and perhaps posterity to judge.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
| Weather Bureau Puts
Together the Story
OF "a Weird Winter
By Rowland Evons. Jr.

Texans In San Antonia read
zero on their thermometers for
the first time last winter. Christ
mas Day in pocatello, Idaho, the
mercury dropped to minus 81, the
lowest recorded there. San Diego
had snow on two consecutive days
and residents couldn't believe their
eyes.
an no previous blizzard in our
records was the wind so high OF
the snow so heavy. and none lasted
longer" said r. A. Dyke. Nebraska
meterologist about q storm Janu-
airy 2 to 5. That and q subsequent
blizzard brought death to an esti-
mated 10000 cattle and $1,000
sheep.
But In the Nations Capital. jan
uary 8, the mercury scared to 9
springlike 6s. Corona. Calf. had
9 inches OF snow January IL and
Buffalo, NY had none.
The astounding story Of one OF
the weirdest winters Is now being
fitted together from statistical re-
ports coming TO the Washington
headquarters Of the United States
Weather Bureau. It has found
that the pattern that produced
the phenomenal weather started
forming last fall. Known IS an
extensive ridge and trough pat
tern" 1t persisted from October
to the middle 0 February.
Dastributsd ~ sas Assesaats1 Yfezsl
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that the growth of industry in
the Plains States will justify 1t.
eventually.
From Baton Rouge to Min
neapolis the Mississippi has
been dredged to a minimum
channel depths of 8 feet. The
Ohio River also is 8 feet
to Pittsburgh. So is the Illi-
nois. from the Mississippi to the
Great Lakes. Some important
tributaries of the Ohio, such as
the Tennessee and lower Mo-
nongahela, also have been
dredged to 9-foot depths.
The Missouri River channel
is 6 feet deep from the mouth
to Kansas City during the navi-
cation season. between ice
breakup in the spring and
freezeup in the fall or early
winter. From Kansas City to
Omaha it is 6 feet when there
is enough water.
The Army plans to deepen
the Missouri River channel to
8 feet from the mouth to Sioux
City. Congress has authorized
this project but has not appro-
priated the funds. Cost is esti-
mated at $4,000. 900.
The Army plans also to
deepen the Mississippi channel
to 40 feet from the Gulf to New
Orleans and to IL feet from
Baton Rouge to Cairo, Ill.
These projects have also been
authorized. but no funds have
been voted. Estimated cost Is
$6,000.000 for the Gulf
Orleans job. No estimate has
been reached for the New
Evening star., 1949-04-17

Orleans-Cairo part of the work.
The engineers are now max
ing surveys to determine
whether it would be econom-
ically justified to deepen the
Mississippi above Cairo to u
feet. Similar surveys are under
way with respect to the Ohio
and Illinois Rivers.
Canal Project
One major project actually
under way now Is the Chain Of
Rocks Canal paralleling the
Mississippi on the Illinois side
near st. Louis. A series Of rock
ledges extends out from the
Missouri side at this point. The
river falls sharply. with conse-
quent swift current. and all in
all Chain of Rocks has been q
trouble spot for years.
The $38.326. 900 Job involves
3 miles Of canal. twin locks at
the lower end. levees along the
canal. a bridge for U. 8. high
way sc, relocation Of public
utilities and bank protection for
the canal itself. 1t is expected
to be about half done this July.
Latest figures on traffic on
the Mississippi River system
are for l947. In that year
commerce totaled 23.457. 49,
821 ton miles (the equivalent
Of that many tons carried one
mile. or one ton carried that
mahy miles.
OF this. 2.745 900. 900 ton
miles were carried on the Mis-
sissippi itself between the Gulf
and Baton Rouge.
distributed by the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Pioneer Lady of the Press
BY Mory McGror

widely reprinted. even in the
South. and her success snoosir-
aged her to take the unhsard Of
step Of starting q political paper.
The Pittsburgh Saturday Visitor.
ardently aboiitionist. bore the
editors mark on every page. from
diatrtbes against the fugitive slave
Law 70 the hints 10 the home
maker.
Beware Of Sister Jane" became
o watchword among haple&s males
who felt the verbal iashinss Of
this gentle. biue-eyed creature.
who was only feet tail and who
had a melting smile +"
Appealed to Fillmore
When In 1850 abe undertook 70
become WaShinTton correspond
ent for Horace 0reelsy Of the New
York Tribune, she reacted with
typical indignation over the aeat-
ing arransements for women IN
the galleries.
After batting her way through
rank conscious congressional
wives. khs funed. 4 would rather
force my way through erowdsd
horse market and sit on the AUG
taoneer's block than 90 into the
gallery again.
Whereupon kf,s went 10 zee Vice
President Fillmore about getting o
seat In the press gallery. she re-
ports In her autobiography that
he was much surprised ard tried
10 dassalads me" " warning her that
tire place would be veTy unpleas-
art for q lady" 6siil he gave In
and Jane marched boldly into The
ali-maie preserve on April II.
1850. greatly TO the surprise Of
tsse Senators. reporters and others
on the fsoor and In tfss galleries.
But. she goes On 20 cay. ssas fsis
that the novelty would soon rear
OF and that women could work
there and win bread without sn-
noyance
And 30 ts did. and % they DO 10
day. the history Of wcxnsn's rsls-
tsons with congressional galleries
having been unmarried. sxceps for
q little Disagreement about pcwcsr
rooms In 1895. for nsasy q csn-
tufy.
James career a. o wsshsngson
cosrespondsnt eane abruptly 10
an erd when sfss fsis called upca
20 -expoe the prfvst< lafe of
unnsel webster fur tsas sststas0s on
ti,e fugitive alase isw. She print
I'd q psraxrsph os scandal aocus
him hecause xte seis he would ~
lais scse cpen essry sanctuary 70
the hioo6hcun6-
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Democrats Indebted to French Premier
Unknown Statesman
Achieves Much in
Seven Months

tor. I examine my patient In the
morning and again in the evening.
In the light of what I,f1nd ! dag
nose and take my decisions" And
he went on to explain what he
thought would be necessary to
free the community from the
malignant hold Of the Communist
trade unions.
He has been faced more recently
with a problem in which the Gaul-
lists were his chief adversaries.
He needed to raise . loan Of
l00, ,000. 900 900 francs; the Gaul-
lists, who have many adherents
amongst property owners. large
and small, were sure that he
would fail, and took steps to prove
themselves right.
Modesty Valuable
Queuille replied by inviting the
president Of the Chamber Of Com
merce from every town in France
to meet him. He received each one
Of them separately and talked
matters over frankly and without
haste. And again DR.. Queuille
saved his patient.
His modesty has had q peculiar
value within the counsels OF the
government itself. There was al
ways q large risk that his coali-
ton. like It's predecessors. would
not hold together-Socialists and
|MRP represent very different
points Of view. They have not
quarreled, partly because M. Que
uille has succeeded In convincing
them that. as between these major
components OF his team, he him
self Is a neutral.
With the unity Of his colleagues
thus secured. he has been able to
give full backing TO the most en-
ergetic and most decisively i'm
portant Of his ministers ~ Jules
Moch, the Socialist Minister Of
the Interior. But Moch would
never have had his chance to
run the country" as many be-
lieve he has done. unless Queuille
had been able to hold the ele-
ments Of the third force" to-
gether. Had he failed. . great
country might have been lost TO
parliamentary democracy - Mar
shall aid alone could not have
saved 1t.
Makes Toy Boats
But he succeeded. And demo-
Gratis everywhere are In his debt.
When n. Queuille goes home 70
his fiat for lunch-fle does not
live In the Premier's ofhcial resi-
dence-he takes an hour on TO Be
amongst his family: this no one
begrudges him. as he rises at 8
and works until late at night.
His favorite recreation at this
hour is making toy boats for his
three grandchildren. For this pur-
pose the Prime Minister uses emp
|ty walnut shella. cardboard. cot
ton, sealing wax and s0uas glue.
His boats do not look very remark
able, but they stay adoet.
ecssyrsshA is$s: tsessa csssrvsf Ssfsisa
Evening star., 1949-04-17

Defen~r Department ~1th tAs see-
rstagses o. ttss Array. Navy ard Az
Fore no lossgeY aaVtns tlse right
10 appeal 10 tire White Acsase,
One nrw department wesitd ee
added a Welfare ard kdaesttsn
Department toe which tire present
Federal Security AdnIaIsira tsat
would oV the haS1s
While the ilss Includes - per
mAneni agencies reporting 10 the
President outside the tao cate
gorieS listed. this number would
be more than cut IN hall u Iae
commission recommendation
become law Remove from the
list of s6 would se thess
Export Import Rank, Feceral
Deposit Insurance Corp and Re-
construction Finance Corp All
transferred 10 the Treasury
Fine Ayt& Commission National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and the Smithsonian
Institution 10 report through the
Once Of General Services
Federal Security Agency IN
become the nucleus Of the pro-
poscd Welfare and Education DE-
partment,
Federal Works Agency -prAe-
tically wiped out by transfer al
its functions.
National Arehives-~~to become
part of the once OF General serv-
ices
National Advisory COMMITTEES
for Acronautios~-to be Transferred
20 Commerce.
National Capital Housins Az
thorits~-to the District Govern
ment
seiee,,ve Service Systemic 60
to Labor,
Civil Service Placed
The civil Service Commission
might logically be eliminated from
this list Of 26 since It's chairman
already has been listed "a report
Ing TO the President as head Of the
once Of Personnel In the executive
once,
The 26 also includes the Central
Intelligence Agency and the Pana-
ma Canal. The former. however.
reports through the National Sc
curity Council and the latter 10
administered by the Army,
Two other agencies, the Tax
Court and the Tariff Commission.
would be removed by Mr., Hoovers
definition placing them with the
regulatory bodies.
The two new agencies the com
mission would set up are a national
science foundation--there Is now q
bill in Congress 10 do thIs--and .
United Medical Administration,
The medical administration pro-
posai has aroused much eontro-
versy
Remaining unchanged would be
these bodies: American Battle
Monuments Commission. Atomic
Energy Commission. Federal Me-
diation and Cancellation Service,
Housing and Home Finance
Agency. Indian Claims Comma
sion. National Mediation Board.
Railroad Retirement Board. Ten.
nessee Valley Authority and Vet
erans' Administration.
Time will eliminate some Of uls
81 temporary and special purpose
bodies--and likely add others. The
War Assets Administration IN on
the way out. an example Of the
elimination Of an agency by corras
pletion Of its purpose.
Evening star., 1949-04-17

President. the departments ard
the permanent agencies rcpoytank
10 the President would nanees
around 80. This Is based cn q
study Of the Is reports the Com
mission on Organization O. ths
Executive Branch made to Con
eresS,
The list OF eS agencies which
the commission published In !is
first report also included 81 tenn
porsry or special purpose bodies
The commission gscommenda =
tons made no great dent IN this
number.
Its recommendations would re.
move three and a saggest.on-~no;
a recommsndation-~~wAs made
which would place three more in q
new agency. General recnmmen-
dations might take care OF some
others.
Consolidation and elimination o!
agencies was but one phase ot the
commission work AS the result
of It's studies. II urged the regroup-
ing Of bureaus within the depart.
ments to eliminate duplication O!
effort.
Number Is Uncertain
Members of the commission and
its staff elite several reasons why
the reduction Of the 63 agencies
to about % was not achieved
They include these:
/. Lack OF agreement among the
II members Of the commission
2. A final Judgment that some
proposed consultations were not
feasible.
3. The fact that the list Of 6s
agencies was inexact and could
not be taken as q hard-snd fast
basis on which 10 work.
Just how many agencies nov
report TO the President Is q oues-
ton TO which various answers
have been given, The commits
sion's list OF IS was said TO have
been agreed TO by the Budget
Bureau. But the commission
itself listed Is more agencies
which 1t said might be added To
the 65.
Included are the Tarrin Com
mission and the Tax Court, For
mer President Hoover. chairman
Of the commission. expressed the
belief that these two should be
grouped with the nine indepen-
dent regulatory agencies.
On the basis of the commits
sion's recommendations the ex-
ecutive of.ice of the President
would include these agencies.
The White House Office with q
staff secretary. once q the Eco
nomic Adviser. once Of Personnel
headed by the chairman OF ths
Civil Service Commission, tn,
Budget once, National Securit,
Resources Board. National Secu'
rity Council. Once OF Genera
Services and a Board OF Impartial
Analysis.
The General Services once
one Of the Commissions innova-
tions. would include the Govern
ment supply functions. records
MANAGEMENT and public buildings
management and maintenance
The Board Of Impartial Analysis
would review engineering and
architectural projects. reporting
TO the President and Congress
The number OF cabinet depart
ments would remain at the his
toric figure ten. The armed sers-
ices howeyer would be IN one
Evening star., 1949-04-17

Just a hundred years ago today
Jane Grey Swissheln. n fiery lit
tie abolitionist once described by q
masculine contemporary rs "A
cross between woman and q
tiger" pushed her way into the
Senate press gallery. thus nlazins
a trail for ladies of the press who
have come and gone there st VIII
ever since.
A pioneer woman Washington
correspondent. she lost her temper
to gain her seat. During the Cival
War she won the reputation OF
being the best wound dresser In
washington" One Of the earliest
Government girls appointed by an
apprehensive Uncle Sam. she
failed to pass the 10th century
equivalent OF . loyalty probe and
was ared for her criticism OF
President johnson. whom. with
characteristic outspokenness. shs
called p traitor"
Despite hsr lifelong crusade for
abolition and her traii-blaxing ac-
tiyities - . newspaper editor,
Jane was no career girl. In com
mon with other strong minded
women of her day. she waa. ~
Margaret Farrand Thorp haa
pointed out In Female Persua-
sion." q superb housekeeper VINO
was AZ proud Of her pies as she
was Of her prose.
Too Brainy for Husband
Feminine fsrst and q feminist
aftervard. Jane, when she mar
ried, tried to curb her pace 10
that Of her husband. who was
plainly not her mental match.
Rather than become that odiosis
thing--a superior wife"--<he gave
up the wide-rangink reading abe
loved and confined herself 70 .
study Of the Bible
When if became obvious that
her gifts - . portrait painter
meuaced har domestic duties. she
stsrniy reminded herself that -
man does not marry an artist but
. hcusekeeper,~ renoaanced her art
and. rs she wrote later. spent
my best years and powers cooking
cabbage With All her edorsA,
ho~eyey. the marriage was doomed
70 failure. and her husband
eventually diyorced her.
II Was IN writing assanSt saas-
cry. which she depi0red with al
the Intensity Of . nerceiy hunAni-I
tartan nature. that she found the
casne and the work which shaped
her life. Her impasStoned. some~
times uheious iesterS 70 the Pssfs-
burgh commeTciAl Journal wsrsi
Evening star., 1949-04-17

For certain kinds of bulk car
go - grain, oil and timber
among them - water transpor-
tation is by far the cheapest
when there is no great need for
speed.
For many years the Nations
rivers have been carrying this
kind Of cargo, and now Army
engineers are busy with plans
for extending and deepening
channels for an even greater
flow Of traffic.
BY far the greatest river sys-
tenn is the Mississippi and its
tributaries, the Missouri. Ohio
and lesser rivers. This river
system connects with the Great
Lakes through the Illinois
River Waterway so that traffic
can steam all the way from
Mississippi River points to New
York via the Lakes lock system,
the New York Barge Canal and
the Hudson River.
Mississippi Dredged
Ocean-going vessels already
can travel as far as Baton
Rouge, La, through q 35-foot
channel. BY dropping part Of
their cargoes there, 1t is pos
sible for them to proceed up
river. This has been tried ex-
perimentally. but 1t Is believed
that special shallow-draft ships
that can negotiate both sea and
river would be needed to make
q going thing Of such traffic.
There Is a question whether
this would be practical. Some
who support the idea contend
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Oueuille Sets Back
Communists With
Third Front

PARIS. The modest coalition
Of center parties headed by Henri
Qpeuille as the French government
has demonstrated gratifying
strength and stability in recent
weeks. Both the Communists and
the Gaullists lost ground to the
Queuille followers In the county
council elections of last month
and the Premier seems to have
established politically compat-
ible front on the working level.
Seven months ago. when Que
uille became Prime Minister Of
France, his was the fourth gov
ernment to be formed tn six
weeks. The Third Force" or
center parties. seemed to be going
out, like an enfeebled boxer who is
knocked down each time he gets
up.
Not Glamorous :
There were obvious comparisons
with Weimar-confusion in Par
lament, rising imitation, increas-
ingly daring Communist agitation,
increasingly confident Gaullist
rowdiness; many talked Of civil
war. And then came q Commu-
nist-led national coal strike. which
threatened to paralyze the coun-
try's economy.
M. Queuille did not seem likely
to survive In such a. situation
which. every one agreed. demand
ed q man Of national prestige. He
was almost unknown to the gen.
eral public Gin spite Of having sat
in Parliament for 81 years and
served in 26 governments. And.
when known, he was found to
have no political glamour at all.
In appearance, Henri Queuille
could well be the elderly provin-
cial doctor which his early train
ing intended him to become. His
life has, indeed, had q certain sim
plicity. He was born IS years ago
in<a small town Of Correze-a
region of farms and forests in the
heart Of the country-where his
father was Mayor. Henri studied
medicine: later he took to local
politics: became Mayor himself
and slowly rose through the coun-
ty council to represent his neigh
borhood in the capital city.
Career Unusual
He has always belonged to the
Radical Socialist Party-a stirring
name which the cautious middle
class Liberals of France have in
lherited from the previous century.
His chief" has always been the
lestimable Nj. Herriot: his special
subject agriculture: his expert
Ience Of men. which began with
his peasant neighbors. has con-
|tinually been growing.
His experience Of government Is
almost phenomenal. During l6
years NJ. Queuille has been Minis
ter Of Agriculture In eight dinef-
lent governments: twice Minister
LOT Public Works. twice Minister Of
Health. once Minister Of Posts and
Tslsgraphs. and. finally. Minister
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of Food in the Reynaud cabinet
of 1910.
The wealth Of administrative
experience he gained in these
posts is comparatively rare in
France today. And. although he
spoke in Parliament only on de-
partmental matters. and then
very quietly. without attracting
much notice outside the chamber.
he learned exactly how a delibera-
tive body may be handled-an art
which he now is practicing with
important success.
Above all. he has never lost
sight Of the well-being Of the in
dividual. which Is the special
study of doctors. Certainly,
amongst the classes Of France, he
knows the peasants best: but halt
the population Of France lives on
the land.
Evening star., 1949-04-17
Truman to Come Through
With Part of His Program
Foreign Policy Is Getting Best Support
in Eighty.frst Congress But Domestic
Measures Will Be Altered
by Gould Lincoln

President Truman bid for better relations with
the estimated In votes for the
main items of his domestic that
recommendations modica
tons-wiu enacted into law
winning his most CONSISTENT support in
Evening star., 1949-04-17
HooverG rGroupMissesGoal
In PAIRING Federal Bureaus
Permanent Agencies Reporting TO President
Would BE Cut to 80: Others May Fade
When Work Is Finished
sy : esca ? pesalcs

The Hoover Coznasao sAad rs afs' F~nc 70 cons'sSs
eS THE PRESIDENT ssaA9 es Fecoe@c
substantial
The Commissions followed woaAa reduce
lok4nS President feE su3aAncs
oase e