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Evening star., 1949-11-29
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. Ala
NOVEMBER 49,
tables there are In this country are
put to Use every daY.

tables there are In this country are
put to use every day.
When you are shopping around
for items needed for an old house,
have a try at finding big, old
fashioned shower spray. Our
shower requires one about six
times the size of the spray on the.
end of a big sprinkling can, but
do you think there is such a thing
in stock today?
No. The modern ones are about
the size of demitasSe saucer, all
chromium and nickel, and filled
with ball bearings and require at
least one year of study at M. I. T.
or comparable engineering school
to operate.
hate to seem cranky about this,
but I'm getting old like my house
). and "sot in my ways"
Evening star., 1949-11-29
On the Other Hand
The Important Thing, They Tell Us,
Is That We Must Never Lose Face

some Chinese for whom this
gracious practice had no mean
ing - some hundreds Of millions
Of them, in fact. These Chinese
can be said to have had no face
or sensitive feelings. No cour-
tesy was wasted on them by their
masters Of the mercantile and
landlord level. They were treated
like the serfs that they were.
Some foreigners conformed also
to this custom. The faceless
Chinese were not supposed to be
offended by signs In the parks
of the foreign quarters reading,
mo Dogs or Chinese Allowed"
People Long Opposed. ~>
There Is now a revolution In
China. a homemade revolution.
You may prefer to think that
what is happening is the conquest
Of China by Russia, that the
Chinese are merely the victims
Of slick exploiters In the Kremlin.
But the facts, as painfully es-
tablished by our State Depart
ment, are against you. Russia
unquestionably takes great salts
faction In the revolution and Is
happy to have it called Communist,
but Russia didn't bring it to pass.
It is the revolt Of q people too
long oppressed.
These are ignorant people. Edu-
cation has been denied them. The
present de facto government has
been striving to educate them.
something the present fugitive
government didn't bother to do:
The revolutionists have q long way
to 60. In time they may acquire
all the nice manners Of their
former masters, but in the mean
time We are likely to be embar-
rassed by more episodes Of the
Angus Ward kind. Revolutions
are often unpleasant for bystand-
|ers, innocent or otherwise.
We can only hope that things
will get better. not worse; that
we can find q way to make the new
ruling element in China forget
that 80 many Of the rifles, ma
chine guns and planes used in the
futile effort to stop their revolu-
ton had Made In America"
stamped on them. They might
forget more quickly If our face
conscious demagogues would
cease their shrill press and radio
demands, that we "go in there
and show the so-and-sos."
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Issue Up to Congress
Tobin Slated to Float Trial Balloons
On $1OO.Month Pensions for Retired

The House left out farmers and
farm workers but agreed to raise
the minimum monthly payment
from $40 to $25, the maximum
from $85 to $3.50. The social
security tax on both employers and
employees is raised to a peak Of
3.5 per cent collected on the first
So, 800 of income instead of $4,000
as at present.
Significantly Southern Demo-
Gratis stood almost solidly with the
administration to get these bene-
fits for their section in whose
balmy climate old age pensions
are popular indeed. The Senate
did not consider the bill but its
leaders now expect Southern sup
port. especially since 1850 is an
election year.
Gift From John L. Lewis.
Pensions as burning issue are
a gift from John L. Lewis, in his
way a creative pioneer. Mr.. Lewis
started the ball rolling with his
non -contributory pensions for coal
miners for which the public pays.
Coal goes into steel, often COM
panies own their coal mines. So
Steelworkers' President Philip
Murray was on the pension spot
with his union; he has now got
his. Steel goes into automobiles,
some automobile companies own
steel plants. Now the automobile
workers are on the pension
rampage.
Senator Taft stated the case
for the ordinary consumer who
pays for other peoples pensions in
higher prices and is taxed to sup
port the social security admins
tration. why not a pension for
a molder or q waiter?" Senator
Taft asked.
Many general pension advocates
assert it can be used as a sub
stitute for such scattered levies
as coal and steel and even veter-
ans pensions. A nightmare of the
conscientious Congressman is the
vision Of veterans pension bill
for the millions Of men and wom-
en- who served In World War II.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
On the Record
Fair Deal Demonstrates the Thesis
That to Him That Hath Shall Be Given

factories In the field" that get
the Government benefits.
In general, therefore, the higher
the capital investment the greater
the Government aid. Iowa corn
farmers, short Of cash. are having
to dump this years crop at the
market price Of 96 cents per bushel.
Farmers with cash reserves seal
the crop In cribs for the Govern
ment price Of $1.37 q bushel.
Same Way In Britain.
British socialism, incidentally,
works out the same way. With
every crop under control, and the
government regulating farm condi-
tions at 4 very high standard,
only the highly capitalized farms
can survive. Owners Of great es-
tates, operating through tenant
farmers with guaranteed govern
ment prices, are making . great
deal Of money, and are, In fact.
among the few really prosperous
classes left In Britain. This &C
counts for the curious pro-labor
sentiment among semi-feudal
landowners. Eventually. Of course,
the death duties will get their
manors and estates. but even then
the owners have good prospects Of
staying on their ancestral acres,
as managers for a government
trust-and without having to
shoulder private risks.
There is the same trend in in
dustry. The ever-increasing and
universally standardized demands
of labor can better be met by the
richest and strongest industries
than by the smaller and newer
ones. The unions try to standard
ize wage rates throughout the
country regardless of the capacity
of an individual industry to meet
them. or Of the cost Of living index
Of particular areas. Rates and con-
ditions demanded are. in many
cases, altogether extraneous to
economics.
All this favors concentration Of
economic power, and accounts for
the curious company who support
the Fair Deal-organized workers.
and farmers who 60 to auctions In
private airplanes.
The concentration Of economic
power which it furthers, furnishes.
of course. the argument Of social
ism. What it is not furthering is
economic democracy, or the equal
ization Of opportunity.
Evening star., 1949-11-29

drop from top to bottom. would
be to court disaster.
AS an owner of an old house,
did you ever try'to buy replace
ment for the living room table
that age finally has overcome? Try
it some time, and see what they
try to sell you in the furniture
stores. I mean, try to buy a liv-
ing room table that stands waist
high or thereabouts and doesn't
give you the bends when taking
things off it.
All Coffee Tables.
All tables now are coffee tables
with legs about as long as those
of a dachshund. and look as if
they we're built to give as wedding
presents to Singer midgets. No
wonder the price of coffee is so
high if all the confounded coffee
Evening star., 1949-11-29

IlIOIlt1lS.
The Panay incident, it is said,
was intended to test the position
of the United States and its will
ingness to accept insults and hu-
miliations by Asiatics. The sink
ing of the American gunboat in
the Yangtze river by Japanese
airmen had no military impor-
tance. After it occurred the Tokyo
government, which set the pace
for its European allies-Germany
and Italy-waited for Washing
tons reactions. They might have
been stern and violent, but as
It turned out they were not.
Both Seen as Test Cases.
A strongly worded protest fol-
lowed the incident and the Ameri-
can Government was delighted
to accept a token apology and
offer of compensation from the
japanese government. This, in
the opinion of many European
diplomatic observers, convinced
the risinS tictators that the
United Stats. like the European
democracies. was not prepared or
willing to react in kind to a punch
on the nose.
In the same manner the arrest
and mistreatment of the American
consul general in Mukden was a
test case. inspired without doubt
by the Politburo, which controls
Manchuria completely. The Chi
nese Communist authorities in that
former province of China have
even less freedom of action than
the Reds in other parts of the
country. Russian military and
civilian representatives are the real
rulers.
In the present setup In the Far
East Manchuria is treated more
Evening star., 1949-11-29

/ n G S a n d fix
lures for old
f a S h / o n e d
houses.
I realized this
the other day
when the upper
from t paw of
our lion claw
bathtub 6 a v e
way after 80 or
more years OF
faithful service
and I started
S h o p p | n G
a rou n d for a
Evening star., 1949-11-29

Pre- S | d e n t
Truman h a d
placed expan-
sion Of the
Social Security
Act at the head
of his social
program in his
State Of the
Union message
even b e fore
Senator Taft
Joined the pen
sion parade.
The Senator
announced that
Evening star., 1949-11-29

Stall De given.
The Governments numerous bene-
fits are largely showered on the
richest farmers.
Kentucky tobacco growers are
very prosperous with tobacco sell
ing at 80 cents q pound. On the
Lexington market the sale Of one
years crop for $40.000,000 is not
exceptional. In Paris, KY, the
years crop will bring 10000, 900:
in Maysville $17,5o0.000. This is
big money.
factories In the Fields
Tobacco growers-and this Is
true of other great cash crops in
other parts Of the country-are
limited to acreage quotas, the So
called tobacco base" for each
farm. II any tobacco farmer raises
more than his base he is subject
to a penalty. But he is also re-
warded by Government subsidy
for not raising tobacco, beyond
the base or quOCa.
This works to favor growers who
always have been tobacco farmers
A new man simply cannot get in
for the quota or base is assessed
according to the acreage which
has, in the past, been planted te
tobacco. Anyone who wants tt
start farming in Kentucky-or ir
any other great cash crop anc
Government-controlled area-wil
find the price of land fixed, not
by its natural or cultivated fer
tility, but by its existing crop base
or quota. So, although the Agri-
culture Department verbally en-
courages diversified and family
type farming. it is actually the
Evening star., 1949-11-29

western Euro
pean diplomats
believe.
N e W S papers
on the contin-
ent have given
more space to
to the treat
nent Of the
American con-
sui general and
his staff than
to almost any
other topic of
American and
F ar Eastern
news in recent
Evening star., 1949-11-29
Bp LoweH MeUeff

There probably is no way of
knowing whether or not Secre-
tary Acheson's appeal to the ma
tions had anything to do with the
Evening star., 1949-11-29
By Constantine Bro,cn

The case of Angus Ward in
Mukden and the Panay incident
in 1887, while dissimilar in many
respects, are parallel in some ways,
Evening star., 1949-11-29

release OF An
gus Ward. The
nations asked
to support the
American de-
n1and had not
had time to act
when the jail
d oors W e r e
opened and the
r e | e a S e m a y
h We be e n
merely coinci-
dental with the
appeal. On the
other hand, it
Is possible that
Evening star., 1949-11-29
By Doris Fleeson

Pensions-who should get them
and how much-will be a major
issue Of the next session of Con-
greSS.
Evening star., 1949-11-29
McLemore
Getting Old
Like His House
By Henry McLemore

There's a barrel of money to be
made by any man who'll start a
company devoted entirely to man
ufacturing old-fashioned furnish
Evening star., 1949-11-29
By Dorothy Thomson

LEXINGTON, Ky.-As one sees
the Fair Deal in operation, from
travelling about our country, one
Is struck by its curious contradic-
Evening star., 1949-11-29

t1onS. Theoret-
ically, it aims
to benefit the
p or, or as
we now say
in q mealy-
m o u the d at
tempt to avoid
simplicity the
underprivileged.
Actually, In
many cases. the
Fair Deal dem
onstrates tn e
thesis that Ito
him that hath
shall be given" "
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Why Grow Old?
Orqunize Your Purse
By Josephine Lowmon

put lipstick on in public without
turning our pocketbooks inside
out to find our lipstick or vial OF
perfume or a compact or anything
else.
There are a few little tricks
which help in this way. In the
first place we might clear our
pocketbooks out more often. Prac-
tically all bags today have place
for a small comb and many OF
them also provide special space for
the lipstick. However, 1t is won-
derful idea to keep a second coin
purse in your pocketbook In which
you can place your lipstick, an
eyebrow pencil and your little bot
tie of perfume. Then you will not
have to dig when you decide to
repair makeup in public, regard
less of best taste.
Anyway, it Is very firing and
wearing to look for things and
many women spend tremendous
amounts of energy and acquire a
feeling of Illustration by searching
many times each day for some
small item they need in order to
do their work or make themselves
more attractive.
Look in your pocketbook to-
night and see what you find!
Evening star., 1949-12-06

When I see a woman digging in
her pocketbook for some small
item it always reminds me OF a
squirrel digging for nut 1t has
hidden or a dog scratching for a
bone. If had a mirror I would
often remind myself Of this!
This, in turn, reminds me OF the
time we lost our parking lot ticket
when we went to the movies. My
husband pointed the car out but
the attendant was naturally
loathe to give us the car without
a ticket. I said, IF I can tell you
what Is in the glove compartment
will you give it to us?" He said. Il
guess so"
1t happened we had taken our
children to the beach the weekend
before and the glove compartment
had a weird assortment. I said,
There is a teacup, some peanuts,
comic books, a girdle and pair
of dark glasses" He looked, his
mouth fell open and he said,
weakly, ok"
In order for personal appear
ance to be most alluring and
makeup most attractive. we would
do well to call attention to the
arts of camoufiage just as seldom
as possible. It is bad enough to
Evening star., 1949-12-06

A child's clothes should look
as If they belonged to him but
they ought to fit easily If any,
thing loosely. so that air can cir
culate about his body and there
is no checking of the circulation
of the blood, no restriction on the
lungs.
Mothers, with an eye to the
ever-present pressure OF the bud
get, have to pass clothes from one
child to another sometimes and
when that is done. care must be
taken to see that the clothes be-
long to the child's body and do
not in any way make him uncom-
Portable. We'll, it is little tight
across the chest for you but you
can make it do for a WHILE" is
not good economy because it robs
the child of some degree Of vitality
and for that there is no recon-
pense either to the child or the
budget.
It Is especially important that
no garment Is too short in the
crotch. This is a common fault
with pants and shorts, and a
special nuisance to little boys.
Their shorts are washed and they
shrink a bit. The boy grows and
they seem to shrink more until
before his mother notices this he
is going about pulling at his trou-
sers. He is uncomfortable.
This discomfort, felt in a deli
cate part of his body. Is likely to
bring on unfortunate habits and
should be guarded against from
the beginning. We must make
sure that pants and shorts are
loose enough to allow free move
ment of the body and free circu-
lation of air. Perspiration in the
region of the genitals is likely to
irritate the skin and that way
trouble lies.
When clothes are too tight
Evening star., 1949-12-06
.Chi|d's Clothing
By Angelo Potri

across the chest the child cannot
use his arms freely. When hands
and arms are bound, even slightly,
the mind is irritated, temper
rises and anger is born. nl-fitting
garments of this sort are account
able for many a tantrum that puz-
zles good mothers.
Be more than careful of the
shoes children wear. They must
fit without pinching. and without
riding up and down in any place.
Children, always delighted to get
a pair Of new shoes, will eagerly
say that they fit. that they don't
hurt, although they are limping
painfully at the moment. They
cannot be trusted in this matter.
Their feet must be measured. the
shoe adjusted, and all possible
care taken to make certain Of the
FIT
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Recipe Roundup

and tablespoons of orange Gu
racao liqueur. Heat all these to
the boiling point. and add a
pinch of salt. Dissolve I table
spoon of gelatine in 2 tablespoons
of cold water. and add it to the
mixture. Strain again, turn into
a mold, and set to chill.
While the jelly is getting jelled,
cook the rest of the cumquats in
water until soft-leaving them
whole. Drain them, roll them in
granulated sugar, and use them
as garndsh for the jelly when it
is served. If you 'yess started
lemon or grapefruit tree from
seeds in a pot on thes Kitchen
window sill, now Is the time to
make use. of some ofasits leaves
to further embellish the dish!
Evening star., 1949-12-06

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Evening star., 1949-12-06
Attention!

The w o m e ms National
Farm and Garden Association,
interested in the sale Of hand
made and homemade items.
referred to in the series on
supplementing the family in
come, Pennies for Your
Purse" has informed us that
it cannot consider new con-
signees. and Is not likely to
be interested for some time.
It was our sincere endeavor
to refer only to shops Of this
sort that were actually in
terested in taking on new
consignees. We Believed our
selves to be reliably informed
that this was the situation IN
this case. We regret the in
convenience this may have
caused our readers.
BETTY MILES.
Evening star., 1949-12-06

Most women will, oeree
thot one of the incest Christ
mas gifts to receive is a
lovely robe. To insure that
the robe you want placed
under q Christmas tree is O
desired item, get ready, on
your mark, and scout around
NOW so thot the robe you
like IS under her tree and
not some one eIses. You may
see something one day, like
it, go back the next doy to
find it gone. -.
Happily, this season sees
q great many new styles in
many beautifully textured
fobries. The prices Of hoIi-
doy Gift robes ore reasonable
enough, too. An interesting
fashion note in hostess robes
this year is the combination
rough textures with sotIn-
smooth fobrics.
Our four robes sketehed
range from S8.95 to S49.e5.
They ore representative Of
the many fine and extremely
weII-foshioned- .ond, highly
, styled robes being feotured
at the shop where they we're
sketched.
Upper left: Groy sotin
with beIow-the-eIbow length
Evening star., 1949-12-06
CMm1naf Dessert

Nm4NUt DeSSeT
Tiny little cumquats used in
the delicious jellies and mar
malades we get from Florida,
now appear in our markets. You
will have a pretty good idea Of
Just how delightful the flavor OF
these fruits can be. They make
delicious dessert.
Wash and wipe "a Of box OF
cumquats, and cut the fruit in
thing slices, crosswise. Put them
in cold water Just to cover, and
bring them slowly TO boil, Let
them cook gently for 40 or As
minutes, and then strain the
juice through a cloth-there
should be about "a cups.
Add to this juice y cup of
sugar, W cup of dry white wine,
Evening star., 1949-12-06

sleeves smortly cuffed and
seIf-buttons to trim the front.
A mature womon's choice.
Center: Bri|Iiont green wool
jersey is used with heavy
sotin to make this striking
robe with q wide, heavy skirt.
Satin foces the IopeIs and
the cuffs. Upper right: For
the college girl or young
coreerist on "ot-home" coat
Of many uses in either gold
or rust corduroy. The over
sized "storoee" pockets, q
little round upstonding
collar, the nicely euffed
sleeves, all piped with satin
are bound to delight the girl
who receives it, all tied up
prettiIy on Christmas morn.
Lower right: A zip-front
bunny suede" robe with VEL
vet trim for the woman who
wants warmth and q nicely
tailored appearance at the
some time. This Style comes
in green, dusty pink, sand.
copen, and red trimmed with
velvet. A number Of other
styles are olso available in
this brushed fobrie.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Storing Butter

When storing butter in the re-
frigerator be sure to see that it
is carefully wrapped to protect the
fiavors or odors Of other foods.
Use waxed paper. cellophane. or
aluminium foil for the wrapping.
Evening star., 1949-12-06
Cookies for Tree

If you want to hang cookies on
your Christmas tree make a small
hole in the top of each before
baking. But be sure the hole is
large enough so that it won't close
during baking.
Arkansas State press., 1949-08-12
Held

With the arrest Of Hampton
Fogg. 20. 1900 Louisiana street,
officers believe that they have
broken a furry Of house robber-
les in Pulaski Heights during the
past week. Detective Washburn
and waggoner picked up Hampton
Fogg on N. Grant a short time af-
ter receiving a call that an at
temp, had been made to burglar
lie a house on Club Road.
Unlike Arthur Divers, Fogg has
a record dating back to his four
teenth year He is crude and uned-
ueated, and went out for big time
loot such as diamond rings. one
valued at $500. radios, money.
and cameras. Fogg said he general
ly walked into The house after
discovering a door was unlocked.
Detectives Washburn and Wag-
goner are still investigating.
Arkansas State press., 1949-08-12
No Retreat On End
Of PaIk Bias. Says
Secretary krug

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of tt
Interior Julius A. Krug this week
assured Roy wilkins. acting secre-
tary Of the National Associates
for the Advancement of Coloro1
People, that "non-segresation r.
mains the firm policy Of the Ma
tional Park Service and the In
terror Department" and that there
will be no backward steps Of any
sort in the administration e
swimming pools and other recre-
ational areas in the District a
Of Columbia.
In response to q wire sent By
Mr.. wilkins on July s. protesa.
ing the proposed transfer Of -
ministration Of these park areoo
from the Interior Department =
the D. c. Recreation Board, Sec
rotary Krug stated firmly Inst
No assignments Of park land Win
be offered TO the District Of Co
lumbia Recreation Board without
complete assurance and . clsae
stipulation that all areas now o.
Grating on a non-sesresated basla
would remain non-segregatsd.s
See DC PARK-page foue
Arkansas State press., 1949-08-12
Co||egian Accused In Long
Series of Automobile Lootings

Arthur Divers. 81, young Dun
bar graduate, and student at AM
&N College, Pine Bluff, was ar
rested last week for a l3-month-
long series Of car burglaries in the
vicinity of Fifth and Gaines ST..
The officers recovered at Drivers
home two dozen suits, several
overcoats, quantities Of shirts, socks
and other clothing, valued at
several thousand dollars, as we'll
as typewriter, bags, cameras.
Classmates of Drivers at Dun
bar reported that he was an aver
age student, that he started dress
ing well during his last year at
Dunbar, and that when he re-
turned from State College this
summer, he was really sharp"
often changing twice during an
evening. Students from Pine Bluff
reported that he was the best
dressed collegian on the campus,
and that they wondered where he
got so many clothes, blu, that they
had no idea he was taking them.
In the county Jail, Divers told
this reporter, Il have learned my
lesson
Officers said that Drivers gave
this account of his activities: He
began rifling parked automobiles
in the Fifth and Gaines area ear
ly last summer. The clothing which
fitted him. he kept All other CLOTH
ing he obtained was pawned along
with articles for which he had no
use.
He went to college last Sep
TENDER, but resumed his prowling
during the Christmas holidays. He
again renewed his activities this