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Evening star., 1949-11-12
Letters to The Star
Dual Public School System
DeplOred by Two Readers

Dual Public School System
Deplored by Two Readers
To the Editor Of The Star:
The antiquated dual public school sys-
tenn of the District Of Columbia Is showing
serious signs Of inadequacy. AS long as
this city remained a relatively small town
our public schools presented the outer sem
blance of an efficient organization, but
since the great population increase In this
city Immediately prior to and during the
recent war its defects are becoming grossly
apparent The present scramble to flnd q
solution to the overcrowding which exists
principally in the colored schools is case
in point.
In an integrated system most Of the al
legged overcrowding and, in some cases, un-
der-capacity operation which exists In some
schools could be solved Immediately. Only
In this way can the occasional increases or
decreases in the school population Of the
various sections of the city be adjusted
on q sound basis. The adoption OF this
plan would mean the elimination Of the
present school divisions formed on the basis
Of skin color and the complete merger OF
all students, teachers, and other executives
into one big system.
Anything less than this will mean that
Washington, D. c., will continue to have an
inhexible, overly expensive, below standard
school organization, constantly beset by
serious problems and furnishing conspicuous
proof of another shortcoming in the demo-
cratic practices of this the capital city of
democracys leading exponent.
r. STEWART RANDALL, MD.
Evening star., 1949-11-12

augment the heating oil supply Of the Dis
trict permanently.
You may obtain confirmation on the above
developments by interviewing Senators
Thomas and Watkins Of Utah. Senators
Millikin and johnson Of Colorado Senators
Bricker and Taft Of Ohio and Senators
Nicely and Kilgore Of West Virginia. In the
latter State large coal-distilling il-from-
coaD industry once hourished. The coal
miners also want to help create this indus
try in the United States, but their leaders
have prevented it thus far.
LEWIS c. KARRICK.
Evening star., 1949-11-12
Finding . Home For Four Children
Discovered To Be . Major Problem

Discovered To BE Major Problem
To the Editor Of The Star:
May please ask one simple question Of
the readers of your good paper? I would
just like to know why the people who have
houses and apartments for rent consider
it such crime" for tenants to have four
children.
recently ran want ad in The Star for
furnished or unfurnished house, but
nearly everyone was Mortified to think that
anyone with "all those children" would
want to rent place for them to live in
So I guess we're just outlaws and out of
luck. also, as nobody anymore seems to be
willing to rent. anything to anybody with
children.
I know that some small children are
destructive, but we are willing to repaint
walls. or repair any damage that ours do
Still we can't find house.
MRS. P. A.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Revolutionary New Process
Speeds Aluminium WeIdinq
By the Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. L.
Battelle Memorial Institute said
today a process expected to revo-
lutionize industrial and job weld
ing of aluminium had been de-
veloped.
Battelle, a private research Or
ganization, said the welding pro-
cess was developed through re-
search by Air Reduction Sales Co.
at its Murray Hill IN. j. labora-
tories, and at Battelle in Colum-
bus
The process, Battelle said, read
lily joins aluminium plates one
eighth to three inches or more in
thickness at least four times
faster than any previously known
means of equal quality.
The new method. known as "air-
comatic.' uses e pistol-shaped
welding tool, through which filler
metal in wire form is fed at con-
trolled speed.
The filler metal carries the
Welding current and an arc is
maintained between the end of
the wire and the aluminium. A
sheath of argon or helium gas
surrounds the arc, preventing air
from contracting the molten metal.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Mission to Open Today
At St. Stephens Church

A mission conducted by the Re-
demptorist Fathers will open to-
day at st. Stephens Church,
Twenty fifth and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, and continue for
two weeks, the Rev. Joseph F.
Denges, pastor of the church, an
nounced yesterday.
Women will attend the mission
this week and the mems mission
starts next Sunday. The Revs.
John Schultz, c. SIS. R., and Will
liam Treanor. c. SIS. R., will con-
duct the spiritual conferences.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Dispute Delays Delivery
OF Two Pittsburgh Papers
by the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
PITTSBURGH, Oct. lin an
on-a again, off f-again labor dispute,
Pittsburgh's two afternoon news
papers missed delivery Of most
editions today.
Involved were the Pittsburgh
Sum Telegraph, the Pittsburgh
Press, and Local 211 of the AFL
Newspapers Drivers and Helpers
Union. The local has about ESQ
members.
Spokesman for the newspaper
called the walkout unauthorized.
They said the deliverymen claim
we have said mo- to too many
things during negotiations"
The deliveryfnen's contract is
scheduled to expire tonight at
midnight. The drivers reported
for work three hours late today.
then walked off the job again after
a few truckloadS had left.
BY mid-afternoon the dispute
was again reported settled.
The Arizona post., 1949-05-06

Deedee Sonenblick.
Members assisted by the Phi
Sigmas modelled a large array of
dresses at one of the most attrac-
tive fashion shows seen this year.
Pretty models were: Iris Berg
man, Phyllis Berman, Arlene
Brooks, Mollie Candiotti, Flora
Lee Epstein, Florine Gutt, Joan
Hirsh, Zelda Koplin, Zita Lesson,
Lila Levy, Mildred Levine, Dor
leen Ray, Frieda Schusterman,,
Shirley Schuman, and Mrs. Edith
Epstein.
YPHA
Presented for nomination as
new officers were: pres. Sid Ber-
man; vice-pres. Meyer Chatow;
treas. Sonny Weiner; rec. sec.
Miriam Pekin and Frances SAT-
ner; cor. sec. Eva Tax; exec. at
large, Joe Kesselman, Sonny Wei
ner; Council delegate, Irving Ru-
binstein.
On the Nominating Committee
were Marion Baron, chairman,
Meyer Chatow, Dottye Levine,
Eva Tax, Sonny Weiner, Anita
Willens, Shirley Vegodsky.
Roslyn Hart sang and Anita
Willens and Harold Kimmel
played.
Hayride from the Ell Con Sta
bles will be held May IA with
the group starting out about 8
pm. for Sabine Canyon. Reserva-
tions should be made by May 10
with Meyer Chatow, 4-1020.
The Arizona post., 1949-05-06
TEMPLE MEMS CLUB


Officers elected to serve next
season are: pres. Jack Nevins;
vice-pres. Jack Starr; cor. sec. Ted
Bloom; rec. sec. Hillel Rosen-
zweig; treas. Larry Sakin. Elected
to the board for varying terms
were: David A. Bloom, Saul Del
tel, Harry Haller, William Le-
Boff, Sam R. Kaufman, Arnold
Mandel, Louis Shenkarow, Ed
Smotkin.
On May 9 at the Palomino Club
the annual Installation Dinner
Dance will be held in the patio.
Reservations may be made thru
Jack Nevins, 5-3421, Jack Starr
5-5475, Larry Sakin 5-9422. This
installation affair is considered
the incest social event of the club
season and marks it's close.
TYO
A successful tea-dance was held
at the Santa Rita April II with
the Sisterhood as hostesses. Pro-
ceeds 60 toward financing dele
gates expenses to the Lake Tahoe
conference. The board is now
drawing up a slate of candidates.
Seen on the dance floor were
Pauline Tannebaum, Jay Davis,
Maxine Plumer, Jack Davis, Joan
Hirsh, Marvin Feldman, Alice
Klein, John Cohan, Zelda Koplin,
Sydell Glazer, Bruce Green, Ed
CARRIER. Constitution will be
changed to call for the election OF
officers in September. The club
will be inactive until Fall.
BIG
A masquerade party is planned
for May IA at the Woman's Club
for members and their dates to
be known as the ''Mask-Raid." So
cial chairman is Mollie Candiotti
On her committee are: Marilyn
Glickman, Rayda Gordon, Florine
Quit, Lila Levy, Elaine Pitluck
The Arizona post., 1949-05-06

Sunday Friendship Picnic was
held with Phi Kappa Psi at Ran
cho Diablo. Plans are to make this
an annual affair.
Mickey Bergner played second
flute in the Symphony and the
Band all season.
A Casino Booth at the Avs car
nival was popular. At the U. Sing
members sang you'll Never
Walk Alone" from Carousel, and
got considerable applause.
Mel Steiner, field secretary, Wis
tied the chapter this week.
The Arizona post., 1949-05-06

Alums gave the chapter a l6
inch cup to be awarded annually
to the member having the highest
scholastic average for the year.
A highlight of the dinner-dance
last Saturday night at Rancho Del
Rio was the crowning of Shirley
Present the sweetheart of ZBT."
Her attendants were Joan Kay
Brown, Barbara Kurn and Ruth
Jean Levy. Outstanding upper
classmen plaque was given
Michael Morris. Chaperones were
DR.. and Mrs. Leon Bitter, DR..
Albert Castro.
The Arizona post., 1949-05-06

Observation by Edward G.. Rob-
inson, who recently got back from
a world cruise, Europe is jig
saw puzzle with a peace missing"
Evening star., 1949-08-07

dollar payment for their goods.
The United States has replaced
Great Britain as the chief sup
plier of the worlds finished
goods. Demand for American
goods has put the dollar ahead
of the pound sterling as the
worlds most-wanted money.
Britain. too, needs dollars to
buy from the United States and
other dollar area countries.
The sterling area includes the
British commonwealth nations
and their territories. with the
exception of Canada. Iraq and
Iceland are also sterling bloc
countries. In these countries
the British pound sterling is
the trading unit. Other cur
rencies are used for foreign
trade outside the area, and
most sterling bloc countries
have their own internal cur
rencies. twenty-five per cent
of the worlds population is in
the sterling bloc.
Sterling, once the chief cur
rency of world trade. is still an
important influence. In recent
years, however, the dollar has
become the leading interna-
Evening star., 1949-08-07

the demand for such sterling
exports as rubber. cocoa, dia-
monds and other manufactured
goods has declined.
Various solutions have been
sought for the fiscal problems
faced by Sir Stafford Cripps,
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
One has been a request for in
creased Marshall Plan aid. An
other has been a widespread
discussion of devaluation of the
British pound, which has been
pegged at a little over four dol
lars. Devaluing the pound
would reduce prices of British
exports, However. it would
also increase the cost Of goods
imported by the sterling area.
One proposal has been that
the United States increase the
price of gold thus devaluing all
currencies based on gold, in
cluding the United States dol
lar. An increase in British
goods per man hour, for export
to dollar markets. has been
sought as a major remedy.
Meanwhile, Britain's trade
deficit with, the dollar area has
grown each month this year.
Britain is earning fewer dollars
Evening star., 1949-08-07

frightening emergency. They
share the common objective OF
a permanent wood supply. the
curbing of wasteful exploita-
tion, the employment of trained
foresters and, of course, the
riddance of forest fires. Fac
tional disagreement is mainly
on methods and the source and
degree of obligatory pressures.
In face of expanding popula-
tion, the overall drain on Uncle
Sans sawtimber supply as
compared to annual growth is
in the ratio of three to two.
For national safety, the figures
will have to be reversed and
made two-to- three. Before
that can be done. literally mill
lions of forest owners must be
sold" on good forestry as good
business.
When you break down the
national endowment of 465
million acres of commercial
forest, you assign the Federal
Government 81 millions, with
18 millions to the States and 9
millions to counties. cities and
towns, all these totals tending
sharply upward year by year.
Private ownership, therefore.
covers some 100000 wooded
acres. Who are these people?
Three million are farmers and,
Evening star., 1949-08-07

600 five-room bungalows and
enough newsprint paper to
publish the Sunday edition of
the New York Times for 81
years.
II every conflagration in
Uncle Sans woodlands were
suppressed. it would still leave
the critical problem of keeping
the forest domain self-per-
petuating. Sweden has gone
far to solve that problem by
stern legislative command.
Every acre of tree growth.
whether owned by the state.
farmer, lumberman or paper
maker. comes under jurisdic-
ton of technical forest engi-
neers and boards of public SUI
pervisors. You may cut liberal
quantities from your acre, but
only if you provide for a new
forest to follow your cutting.
This, of course, has to be by
natural regeneration" and not
by planting rows of little trees.
In general, and despite a tenn
porary lapse in North Sweden.
the country's capital stock" OF
living woodlands is not being
weakened by commercial ex-
ploitation. Why shouldn't the
same scheme work In the
United States?
Deep in the consciousness OF
the American people is the
Evening star., 1949-08-07
British Trade Curbs Start National Socialism Cry

London and they are now re-
viewing the British develop
ment program under pressure
from American oil firms. urging
them to hold back on authori-
zation to use ECA dollars for
machinery to meet Britain's
projected expansion of oil re-
fineries.
Foreign Investment: A third
complaint is heard from pri-
vate manufacturers who. hav-
ing been prevented from re-
opening prewar British markets
through import controls on
non-essential commodities, have.
in many cases, tried to transfer
part of their capital and open
plants in England. Some,
notably an important American
firm producing carbon blacks,
have obtained favorable guar
antees from British authorities
under which they can withdraw
profits and dividends in dollars
from Britain. On the other
hand, such well-known firms as
Coca Cola have been politely
informed that Britain cannot
spare the raw materials and
manpower for expanding non
essential production of non-
exportable items.
The real contest is not a clash
Of dogma or ideology between
freedom loving Americans and
Socialist Britons, but an old
fashioned clash Of interests.
Where American interests are
involved. they are as quick as
the British to make exception
to the golden rules of free trade
and open competition.
Nevertheless the criticism,
whether justified or not. is ex-
ercising dangerous results on
Anglo-American understanding.
Evening star., 1949-08-07
S,ueden Points Wav to Permanent Forest Reserve

In the opinion of the American
Forestry Associa tion's "Ap-
praisal." not one in ten knows
or cares much about good
management of his farm-forest.
Another million is composed
of non-farmers, with 100000
900 acres in parcels of 100
acres or less. And they're worse
forest-managers than the farm
erS.
Industry Does Better
What about the big fellows
the industries and operators?
The American Forestry As
sociation claims that a fourth
of industry's forests are well
managed" for continuous wood
production and that one-half
of industry's timber domain has
fair to excellent" standards of
cutting and regenerative meas
ureS.
This hodge -podge of good,
fair and zero standards as ap-
piled to a highly essential raw
material leaves a dismaying
gap. In no quarter is the situ-
alton accepted as tolerable. The
country's forest resources, taken
as a whole. are like a fine
machine idling it's time away.
Can the machine be legislated
into doing what the public in
terest demands?
Evening star., 1949-08-07

with which to buy raw ma
terials for her foreign trade.
She has resorted to barter
agreements with various coun-
tries in order to save her dollar
reserve.
When the International
Monetary Fund meets in Wash
ington on September 13. dis
cussions of the relative values
of all world currencies will be
held in an effort to bolster
shaky economies. The British
are asking for a general re-
valuation of intra European
money before devaluing Of the
pound sterling will be con-
sidered.
The conference. dedicated to
keeping the worlds money in
balance. will seek ways to
stimulate world business. The
European Recovery Program Is
vitally affected by the status OF
all currencies, as we'll as by the
British financial problem.
A continued decline in
British dollar purchases will
mean longer queues. more belt
Tightening and further ration
ing for John Bull.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

tional trade unit. This is true
because independent areas,
which normally accept sterling
for their goods. now prefer pay
ment in dollars. The dollars. in
turn. are used for American
purchases.
Many causes have been cited
for Britain's financial crisis.
Paul Hoffman. ECA adminis-
traitor, calls it perfectly nor
NAL readjustment' from a SELL
er's market to buyers market.
Bernard Baruch. recently re-
turned from Europe. said one
reason was that the British
spent too much time on pa
tionalization and not enough
on production.
A major factor has been the
drop in commodity prices in
the United States. This has
brought British prices out Of
line with the cost of domesti-
cally made merchandise. More
over, increased production and
fewer sales of American-made
goods have created a changed
market SO that Britain can no
longer find buyers eager to get
everything it's factories can
produce. In the United States
Evening star., 1949-08-07

B, tain's financial crisis may
affec. workers and farmers in
the Omitted States.
The recent "standstill" in
British purchases of Americas
products will cut off an impor-
tant market for many items.
One third of Britain's i'm
ports of dresses come from the
United States. Oil and ma
chinery to keep British factory
wheels turning have come
largely from the United States.
Wheat, timber. tobacco. cotton.
steel and other metals are
among products which make
up a large proportion of John
Bulls trade with Uncle Sam.
Reason for the financial crisis
is simply that Great Britain
has been spending more dollars
than she has earned. Her gold
and dollar reserve has fallen
below the danger level.
The world. for purposes OF
international trade, has been
divided into broad monetary.
areas. The dollar area consists
chiefly of the United States
and Canada, with many other
Western Hemisphere nations
included because they require
Evening star., 1949-08-07

the Liverpool Cotton Exchange
has no effect on cotton planters
in this country, either as re-
CARDS bulk of new trade or
prices. What does enrage the
American textile trade is pro-
gressive exclusion from q
widening area of world trade
by what to them appear to be
unilateral London DEGREES.
Oil: Here the exclusion from
foreign markets is a fear
rather than an accomplished.
fact. The Anglo Argentine
trade deal, in which the Ar
Evening star., 1949-08-07
By Nora Beloff
london Observer Washington
f~rr..asnI~of

The belief Is rapidly gaining
ground in American business
and political quarters that,
from an economic point Of
view. British socialism is quick
ly developing into national
socialism of the prewar Ger
man type.
This view, generally accom-
panied by comparisons be-
tween Sir Stafford Cripps and
the Nazi. DR.. Hjalmar Schacht.
is turning up with depressing
regularity in public oratory.
congressional debate, news
papers and cartoons. It is also
expressed in blunt language
by American officials in closed
door monetary and trade talks
with representatives of the Brit
ish government.
Here are some cases cited
recently by Americans to illus
trate this theme:
Cotton Trade: The cotton
trade complains that 1t is being
Systematically squeezed out Of
world markets wherever the
sterling block has the power,
although English mills have q
12-month backlog Of orders
while American mills are clos
ing down and 100000 mill
hands are unemployed.
The objection Is not to State
control as such. Businessmen
have told me that it makes no
difference to them whether
they deal with private firms or
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS corpora
tions, and that the closing ef
Evening star., 1949-08-07
By Robson Block =,
President Emeritus, Conodion
Forestry Associotien

Walking down a forest trail
in Sweden last summer, I said
to the local ranger:
What do you do when a fire
breaks out?"
Cant tell you" he replied,
i've only been here Is years"
Sweden contains 10.000.000,-
900 trees and keeps them vir-
tually f1reproof. Last year only
$500 acres were scorched in
a wooded domain Of $4,000 900
acres.
The United States. has 10
times the timber area of Swe-
den with a tree count in the
neighborhood of 500.000,000.-
600. Almost a quarter Of the
United States is covered by
woodlands.
New Forests Mapped
BY Scandinavian standards
the annual American bonfire
looks atrocious-and it is.
United States Forest Service
gives the yearly loss as 853,-
900, 900 board feet of saw
timber. and 100000 cords Of
smaller wood, classed as
pole timber" If all this spoil
age were turned to useful pur-
poses, 1t would represent ST.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

Shell and Anglo -Iranian. have
retorted that this expansion is
based on their own estimates
of increased future demand.
To this the Americans say that
they must have estimated fu-
ture demand on the assumption
that they we're going to capture
American markets. and dark
stories of cartel marketing
agreements and bilateral secret
barter deals are rife.
AS result the Economic CO.
operation Administration has
called its oil experts back from
Evening star., 1949-08-07

gentine was assured Of supplies
of sterling oil, made very little
difference to the existing de-
mand for American oil, since
they had no dollars to pay for
it. Nevertheless. the powerful
American oil interests have
learned with alarm of Britain's
intention of doubling oil refin-
ing capacity in the British Isles.
with a simultaneous 1arge-scale
development program of crude
oil production in the Middle
East.
The chief British companies.
Evening star., 1949-08-07

vanity of "inexhaustible re-
sources. They imbibed it from
their schoolbooks and perpet-
uate it in patriotic songs. Who
will dare add up Uncle Sans
65.000,000 acres of CONNER
cial woodlands and suspect it
of petering out9 A dowry Of
such geographical magnificence
is natural for exploitation.
Anyway. does not our hero wor-
ship focus on countless pioneers
who "hewed down the forests"
and turned America into an
agricultural masterpiece? And
then-look at the United States
in the last $50 years, furnish
ing half the lumber that's been
cut in the entire world! What
she did once, she can do again.
Need Reverse Ratio
This is not the viewpoint Of
the Federal and State Forest
Services, or of the wood-using
industry, or technical foresters.
While the Federal Forest Serv-
ice seeks a measure of legally
imposed controls on the use Of
privately owned forests, and is
roundly opposed by the States
and by commercial industry. no
one in either camp questions
the national forest situation as
other. than a critical and
Evening star., 1949-08-07


ton, are not beamed so they can
be conveniently heard in the
United States. Scripts of all OF
our programs, in English transla-
ton, are available on request and
we have a good many requests for
them.
Reds Try to Choke 1t
AS to the companion inquiry of
how effective this activity is be-
hind the so-called iron curtain,
my best answer at the moment is
that the Soviet government is now
devoting approximately four times
the capital equipment in trans
mitters, monitoring stations and
so forth, and 10 times the man
power to jam our programs in
their effort to block them off from
reception in the critical areas.
They would hardly go to this
trouble If the programs were not
effective.
The Voice of Ameria. quite
UNDERSTANDABLE seems to have
captured the greatest American
interest among the many activi-
ties of our international informa-
ton and educational program.
A newspaper reporter from my
home State of North Carolina said
to me the other day, I've heard
q lot about the Voice of Amer
lea, but I've never really under
stood it. Please explain who or
what is the Voice? Do you do the
broadcasting yourself? If so, the
Voice of America sure has a good
North Carolina accent"
Some time ago, made speech
In Detroit on the subject of the
Voice of America. and at the end
the chairman of the meeting said: