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Evening star., 1949-04-26

bin designed to broaden the au-
thority Of ths Commodity Credit
Corp. to provide storage facilities
for surplus grains.
The measure also would permit
the Government to barter surplus
wheat, cotton and other farm
products for strategic materials
produced by other countries
Mr.. Brannan insisted yesterday
that the program Is designed pri-
marily TO give farmers fair re-
turn and not at keeping food
prices to consumers down.
He explained the Government
would try to administer Its controls
in such a manner that food would
be produced In amounts just above
what consumers would buy at sup
port prices. Mr.. Brannan would
allow commodities TO fall In price
without supports-to the benefit
Of the consumer-and then assure
farmers their fair" income by
paying them the difference be-
tween the market price and q
guaranteed figure.
Hope Voices Concern.
Representative Hope Of Kansas.
ranking Republican member Of the
committee. said he was concerned
that consumer demand might
force the Government to permit
higher production so as to keep
consumer prices down. He cited
resistance to dropping Of rent con-
trolls as an example.
Mr.. Brannan replied that he
supposed" there would be some
opposition to raising prices. once
they fell to levels advantageous to
consumers.
Hog Price Decline Cited.
The hearing was enlivened by q
charge Of Representative Andersen,
Republican, Of Minnesota. that
statements Of Mr.. Brannan had
Influenced the downward trend
Of hog prices recently. The Sec
retary has warned on several occa-
sions that falling hog prices soon
would ind the Government buying
hogs to support the price under
the present program.
This puts fear in the farmers
mind" Mr.. Andersen said. "and
he Is rushing his hogs to market
before they get down to the sup
port price"
Mr.. Brannan replied that Very
often reasons are assigned to
things that would have happened
any way"
When Mr.. Andersen returned to
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his thesis. two O. his colleagues
came TO Mr. Brannans defense
Representative White. Republican.
Of California said he did not be-
lieve the SecretAry's statements
have had any effect On the mar
ket."
Then. Representative o'Soln-
van. Democrat. Of Nebraska in
terjected that Mr.. Andersen Was
making political capital and
that the point raised was unfair
and not pertinent 70 the hearins.
Mr.. Andersen later asserted that
L don't think We should fool the
people" with promises OF l5-cent
milk and 35-cent pork. The Sec
retary replied that he had cited
only milk and that. In any event.
Evening star., 1949-04-26
Brannan Farm Bill
Expected 10 Reach
Congress This Week
By MolcoIm lomborne, Jg.

A bill to carry out the Admin
is.rations proposed farm program
Is expected to be submitted to
Congress before the end Of the
week.
Legislation prepared by Agricul-
ture Department experts is just
about ready to be submitted to the
Budget Bureau. which is expected
to approve 1t.
But. when 1t reaches Congress.
the story may be different.
Questions Of some members Of
the House Agriculture Committee
yesterday of Agriculture Secretary
Brannan, who first outlined the
plan April Z. indicated the COM
mittee as a whole is not yet sold
on the plan. Mr.. Brannan was to
return today for further question
ing.
Senate Passes CCC Bill.
Meanwhile, the Senate passed
and sent to the House yesterday a
Evening star., 1949-04-26
+TnE SIMPLE RULES 4

6. Contest closes May 10, 1898.
Entries 10 be considered must b
postnasrked not later than midnight
Of that date.
I. Entries will be Judged for sin-
cerity, originality, and cleasns@.
Judges decision win be final. Fancy
entYses will not count sxtrs-~yos1
words and IDEAS sre whst matter.
No ensrssa will be returned Entrsas
and the IDEAS expressed therein be-
come ths property Of Pledged Qusi-
ity faundriss OF Greater WASH
ington.
Q. Any resident OF wsshington az
its suburbs may cosnpcse. exosps
employees OF Pledged Quality Lsan.
dries. thsir advertising agencsas. end
their families. Contest u subject 20
all District. State and Federal rsga-
Iationa.
.. Winners viii be notibed by nsasi
n soon after CONTEST closing data -
b practicable.
Evening star., 1949-04-26

Alumni Of the University O.
Kansas viii meet at . c'elock TO-
night In the social hall Of Foundry
Methodist Church. Sixteenth and
p streets NV. CMcers wil be
elected.
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/. Get IN Official entry blank from
Pledged Quality Laundry, branch
store, or routeman. Compiete ths
sentence: Il like today's laundry
service because =" In Is words
or less.
z. Mail your entry to:
Pledged Quality Lsundries'
Headquarters
Room los. Willard Hotel
Washington (. ID. c.
8. Entries may be typswTittsn. or
written in pencil or ink.
4. Submit a. many entries - YOU
wish, AZ long N each entry 10 on .
separate, official contest blank.
S. Be sure to print or writs plainly.
Give your name, address, and the
name OF your Plefged Quality
Laundry clerk or rokteman. tThis
Ia important, for he shares your
good fortune IL you win by receiving
an additional prize
Evening star., 1949-04-26
Konsos Alumni to Meet

this was only . goai .cva.e xaes
10 work.
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thsir cleanliness, fault
lsssiy' pressed. Shirts are
factory-fresh, buttons
are replaced, collars are
crisp, wrinkleless and
inviting.
The weather i nevfr =
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il yourself, the time you spend. J
Don't forget the interest on The
Investment on the equipment-l 1
the amount your money would b
earning If it were in savings
account or government bonds.
And how much is q tired back
worth? Or legs weary from climb
ing stairs, or arms from lifting
and hanging wet and heavy
clothes? What price would you
put on q miserable head cold or
rough chapped hands? q &c
Add in all costs. both "a ~,
hidden and obvious % nv
then figure If you can
afford nat TO use the
laundry!
Evening star., 1949-04-26

x4CtOI Wk1cu yO0 sD0 sAsG LauAA11y.
! n Rain OF shine, snow or
Md slest, your laundryiready
'lN H to. relieve you of worry.
.T No more colds from hang
J ing out the wash in .
biting wind! No more
cluttered house when nasty
weather sends the wash indoors!
No more chapped and wrinkled
hands from soap and water.
Your professional laundry pro-
tects health--not only in the
elimination Of drndgery, but in
ths battle against germs. Home
laundsred clothes, by actual test.
have besn proved 70 Be amaz-
ingiy unhygienic. Professional
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operating costs Of your equip
ment, the price of soap and
Other materials used; the Wa
Ter, the cost of heating the
water. the wear and tear on
your machines. Add the cost
of maid service, or If you do
Evening star., 1949-04-26

> 1s1s-sau 4 xss,.ss . AsssA
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laundering Ii truly gefmicaoai,
with controlled temperatures and
rinse water as pure as the water
you drink.
Today's modern laun- a
dries give you "gentled" -,
clothes. They're easier on N
your garments. Special k&s
multiple rinsing processes
never leave soap in your wash
to shorten the life of fabrics
Take the matter of cost. When
your laundry is returned, therss
q bill attached for the total cost
Of the whole operation. Compare
It with the total cost Of doing
the laundry at home. Figure
Evening star., 1949-04-26
HERE ARE HINTS THAT MAY HELP YOU WIN!

Today's modern laundry service
II vital to health, comfort, and
good living. It eliminates hard
work. Whenyousend your clothes
to the laundry, you have more
time to enjoy ife-to take care
of household duties devote
TO your family-to spend in the
kitchen making moro delicious
Evening star., 1949-04-26

- meals. You say goodbye
Es1 to washins-and-ironins
. drudgsry when you call
AN on yor,' ,'.Plsdgsd Quail
ity" laundry.
Ths laundry Aposhes clothes
bstaer. Bed and tahls linens come
back snowy white, Cleaning In
Evening star., 1949-06-12

rate with that Of the West Coast But
this would infringe upon what is known
as the AREA wage pattern" The cost OF
living In the islands Is lower than that
on the mainland. and that differential is
calculated in fixing wage rates in Hawaii
The employers contend that 90 per cent
raise 10 the longshoremen would be dis
tinctly out OF line with the prevailing
pattern and would serve as a precedent
for general raising OF wage rates that
the islands economy could not support
That is why the demands of the strikers
are being so steadfastly resisted. and also
why the stand of the employers is being
so wholeheartedly backed by the rest OF
the business community. Meanwhile,
Hawaii suffers losses estimated at $500 900
per day, plus economic dislocations OF
numberless kinds
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Blockade of Huwuii

The prolonged strike OF the hawaiian
dockworkers is a notable Illustration OF
the power possessed by relatively small
yet key segment of organized labor to
disrupt the economic life of an entire
community.
The Hawaiian Islands have q highly
specialized economy. Limited In area, but
with q fertile soil and favorable climate,
the land is devoted to the growing Of trop-
ical products such as sugar cane and pine
apples This means that most food staples
must be imported from our West Coast,
2,400 miles away. Even the islands local
meat and poultry supply is vitally de-
pendent upon imported feed.
For the past six weeks the dockworkers
and the stevedoring companies both
tightly organized groups have been en-
gagged in dispute over wages which has
thus far defied all efforts at mediation.
The result has been q virtual severance
of Hawaiis lifeline" with the mainland.
Ships arrive on schedule, laden with every
thing needful, but the 1000 dockworkers
will not unload them, so they lie idle In
harbor. The effects upon the islands half
million inhabitants are increasingly grave
and threaten to become catastrophe.
Business is at q standstill. unemployment
is spreading, and shortages Of foodstuffs
and other commodities are becoming acute.
The situation appears tighter than during
the late war, and Governor Stainback
warns that the strike, If continued, could
ruin the economy of the islands in short
time"
Under these conditions it is not strange
that public sentiment Is reaching an ex-
plosive stage. Organized labor backs the
strikers, but large sections Of the COM
munity are bitterly hostile to the strike.
There is even talk OF Citizens army" to
unload the ships, though such action might
spread the walkout to other sections Of
organized labor, including the crews OF
the ships themselves. One factor con-
tributing to public resentment is the fact
that the local dockworkers belong to
the Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's
Union, Clio, an organization noted for its
militancy and headed by such left-wing
leaders as Harry Bridges and Henry
Schmidt. This complicates the economic
issue with political and theological factors.
The nub of the dispute Is demand by
the longshoremen for wage increase ap-
proximately 20 per cent above the existing
basic schedule. Such an increase, II
granted, would almost equalize the local
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Few Want to Be Teachers

The distressingly small number of candi-
dates for teaching jobs in the District
public schools is worrying school officials
again. 1t is likely to continue worrying
them until teaching is made more at
tractve calling than it is at present.
Although there are still five hundred reg
ular teaching jobs filled with temporary
instructors, because suitably qualified
permanent teachers are not available, only
eighty -one applicants for regular jobs
appeared for the June examination at
Wilson Teachers College. That was just
two more than last year This examination
is designed to create eligibility lists for
September appointments. At this rate OF
recruitment it will be many years before
Washington has enough permanent teach
ers to fill all vacancies in the elementary
and high schools.
The situation emphasizes the Importance
of early enactment of legislative remedies
for the teacher shortage. Still pending in
Congress are several measures which school
authorities say would materially relieve
conditions. First of all, of course, Is the
bill to extend to teachers the same cost-of-
living pay raise which Congress gave to
civil ScIVlCe CllLpAUyCo loSI yCdl' 4Ade 10
a must" piece of legislation to correct
manifest injustice. Next in Importance
is the bill to provide paid sick leave for
teachers. This bill, just approved by the
House District Committee, would eliminate
one of the principal causes of discomfort
In the school system. Under existing law
teachers taken Ill must hire and pay for
substitutes. This policy not only penalties
teachers for being sick but tends to make
them stay in the classroom when they are
physically unfit for duty. A third legisla-
tive move is to adjust the pay scale so as
to speed up promotions. The 1s47 Pay Act
prevents teacher from reaching the maxi
mum salary of his grade until he has served
fifteen years. The result is that no District
teacher today can qualify for top pay in
his grade. 1t is proposed to reduce the
qualification period to ten years and to
increase from $1OO to $3.50 the automatic
increases leading to the maximum salary
Unless the inequities which affiict the
school teaching corps are eliminated, there
is not much hope of larger classes at Wilson
Teachers College. Nor can teachers now
on the rolls be blamed If they seek more
lucrative positions in other lines of en-
deavor. The designations, the scarcity of
applicants for the vacated jobs and the
growing size Of the school system combine
to make dilemma which can only be met
by favorable legislative action soon.
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Royal Aero Club
Quoted in B-36 Controversy


Quoted in B-36 Controversy
To the Editor OF The star:
In the interest Of presenting supposedly
disinterested viewpoint regarding the B-36
argument, 7 quote out of context from
"Flight," the oficial organ OF the Royal
Aero Club, No. 2107. vol. Lv. dated May IL.
194s. subject: "The Asymptotic Bomber:
I'm our previous comments on United
States strategic-bomber policy we have
hinted that the Americans may be throwing
away a lot more good money after bad IN
n determined effort to save face by putting
the big piston -engined bomber on the global
map. One gets the impression. in fact, that
the Air Force top planners, having spent
so much already on their favorite weapon.
and with the 10,000-mile goal clearly IN
sight, are loath to cut their losses and start
on a fresh trail. Judged. Of course. by
present jet fuel consumption figures. one can
fully appreciate their dilemma-although II
is a tolerable certainty that by the time the
Convair B-36 Is In full operation. the pure
let bomber will have reduced the range gap
to a negligible quantity.
''The flaw In this UsAF thinking Is
that 1t Is predicated on the thesis that
enemy jet-fighter design has necessarily
followed American practice based on high
speed and high wing loading, rather than
the British characteristics Of lighter wing
loading giving fast climb for rapid intercep-
ton and agile maneuverability upstairs, as
exemplified in the D. H. Ghost-Vampire. The
latter can climb to 10000 feet In about
minutes and still do most Of It's fighting
from there on. up to well over $4,000 feet.
since It's service ceiling is higher than $4,000
feet 1t is hard to believe. then. that
Russian counterpart of this type Of defensive
weapon would have much trouble in knock
ing down such q ponderous target as the
B-36, however heavily the latter might be
armed. We fancy that our American friends
are prone to underrate the height Of the
Iron Curtain" w. N c..
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Letters to The Star

with city. State and national representation
The name could be changed 10 Washing
ton. Md; and the District OF Columbia would
comprise all the Federal buildings. including
the Capitol. subject TO Federal Jurisdiction.
It seems to me ! would rather have a
clear-cut settlement such as propose than
the mongrel arrangement that is being
worked out. think that the Congress has
its hands full without worrying about Dis
trict affairs.
I also believe that II referendum were
taken. that the majority OF the people OF
the District would favor my proposal
SAM B WEISS
Evening star., 1949-06-12
Prospects at Puris

PesSlmiStlc predictions as TO the outcome
Of the Paris Conference Of Foreign Min
listers seem justified After three weeks of
diplomatic fencing between Moscow and
the Western powers, the Soviet delegate.
Mr.. Vishinsky, has made proposal for a
peace treaty with Germany and withdrawal
OF occupying forces which Secretary Of
State Dean Acheson has summarily re-
jected as futile" and ridiculous"
That Characterization appears fully
justified In view of the background against
which 1t was made. How can a treaty be
negotiated with Germany" when no Ger
many in the legal sense as yet exists? At
present there are at least two Germanys-
the consolidated western zones and the
zone in Russian occupation. Between that
sundered twain there is no coordination.
Nor, in view of Soviet intransigeance, Is
there prospect Of such. Furthermore, the
frontiers Of any future Germany are un-
determined and in violent dispute between
East and West. These are only the out
standing items in a long list Of factors
which must be disposed Of before Germany
can re-emerge as juridical entity. To
postulate treaty under such conditions
is an absurdity. Indeed, Secretary Acheson
hit the nail on the head when he remarked
that "At the present rate OF progress here,
and II present delaying tactics were con-
tinued, 1t might be fifty years before a
treaty was made"
Mr.. Vishinskys proposal is therefore
exposed for what it obviously is-a bluff,
presumably for propaganda purposes. His
effrontery is enhanced by the fact that his
proposal comes on the heels of his previous
plan for four-power control of Germany
that left virtually no scope for German
administration and offered no prospect of
German unifcation. Suddenly, the Soviet
delegate reverses himself, but to no serious
effect. Even German nationalists should
see through this sort of double-talk.
Alongside the course of the Paris Con-
ference there runs a similar example of
Soviet chicanery and bad faith. This is in
regard to Berlin. Despite the Jessup- Malik
agreement" envisaging a lifting Of the
Soviet blockade Of Berlin, series Of Rus
sian maneuvers is nullifying that under
taking-on which the very holding of the
Paris Conference was supposedly based.
The western sectors Of Berlin are almost
as much isolated and dependent on the
Allied airlift as they were before.
At any rate, the delegates of the Western
powers have served notice on Mr. Vishinsky
that, as Secretary Acheson puts it. the days
of this conference are numbered" and
that neither he nor his British and French
colleagues are disposed to waste much
more time on Soviet evasions and utilities.
Unless Moscow is ready to come up with
something better than 1t has thus far
(there are reports that 1t may have some
thing dramatic" to offer today the
sooner the meeting is ended, the better.
Evening star., 1949-06-12
-m Harris. n. d.. Lift. n.

nov IN summer srpayrx ross grd ard y hsss
bow TO each other IN courteous AGu3ty
There Is no Quesiaun e4t TIA; thx scasari
bloom is master IN The realm Of ths Fsss~s
When q June bride and bridegroom arcaoeo
that n the little garden Of staeh they Rad
dreamed ,hey wanted. Of ec4rse, some sssss&
an old gardener VAS asked !os h,s adj see IS
TO varieties and ccloTs- He replied My
dear fellow. take nay advice and have moth
ins but red roses to start With, Later oEa.
II you feel 50 inclined you can make roosn
for roses Of other eo}orx But start With red
Then he added, Red AlNayS SA,txneS~s
red rose IS real rose. rich rose. ross
rose. The more TedneSS you see In ycar
garden. the better you viii hks II unless
you are golng IN for roses on really ste-
mendous scale. be guided ay me and hcE4n
with nothing but red And when xe stop
10 think. rosy means red Rosy lips are not
white or yellow they are red. In a ccnpei!
ton for real roSineSs. the winner IS always
a red. red rose. Red roses AIe Smeo4S Of
triumphant certainty There Is no victory
in yellow or white Just q fragile ethereal
beauty, But red roses shout like uumpets-
even at a grave they speak OF the sting gleSs
death and OF the spoiled and beaten grare.
In a volume entitled A Book About
Roses. written by the dean OF a cathedral
in which red roses are given their gtghtfui
priority. there is golden sentence which ap-
plies 10 roses OF every tint and hue Here
1t is: He who would have beautiful roses
in his garden must have beautiful roses IN his
heart" Roses IN the heart And the dean
goes on In his book on roses 10 prove his
thesis: That there is a vital relationship be.
tween a heart and n garden. Roses III the
heart make their perfume known far beyond
the inner garden whose treliises they climb.
Such was the life OF 0eorge Matheson
who, as the dark Of blindness was closing IN
upon him. wrote a hymn which has upon
IL the breath Of Immortality, II Is about
that One who Is called the Rose Of Sharon"
Out OF his own poignant experience he
penned the words: oh. love that will not
let me go-Oh. love. that seekest me through
pain.-Oh. love. that followest all the way"
The author passionately loved red roses. Al
his funeral the students OF Edinburgh car
ried q mammoth wreath OF his iavorite
flowers. That foral Offering symbolized a
garden Of red roses very near the spires Of
the spirit; for. as George Matheson has
written in that gem OF hymnology:
i lay in dust life's glory. dead.
And from the ground there blossoms RED
Life. that shall endless be
Evening star., 1949-06-12
More Complex Than q Clock

David Sarnoff, head of the Radio Cor
poration Of America, has just asked for a
mighty big piece Of information that
probably would be Of doubtful value even
II 1t could be made available. He wants
to know what makes man tick" and he
has called upon scientists to get after the
answer right away with things like elec-
tronics and atomic energy. Apparently
the idea is to probe deep beneath the
skin and come up with all the secrets Of
human beings humanity and inhuman-
ity. Given that, then presumably 1t would
be possible TO work out formula for the
push-button betterment of our race, in
cluding conceivably the control Of mass
passion and public behavior.
But Mr.. Sarnoff's proposal raises q num-
ber of questions. To begin with, is he on
sound ground in assuming that man, like
the national and world scene into con-
sideration is 1t not more apt to liken this
benighted two-legged creature to broken
down old clock whose ticking, II any, is
eccentric at best? Besides. is 1t COM
nonsense project to try to explain what
has all the earmarks of being inexplicable?
Can electronic device, or tagged atom
tell us what human being really is
unless II can solve for us also the original
mystery of creation? And how can the
soul or spirit be measured IL It cannot be
seen. or touched, or put In O bottle for
observation or agitated by a. Bunsen
burner? And II one denies the existence
of such mystical things as soul or spirit,
then where does the "life force" come
from, or the "elan vital" or whatever
Intangible spark 1t is that makes us what
we are?
Let us suppose, however, that the in
explicable can be explained. Let us sup
pose that one of these days science will
find out precisely what 1t Is that makes
people tick What then? What II 1t be-
comes easy to control the behavior, the
reactions and the thoughts of the masses7
Who will do the controlling?. Who win be
the multitudinous sheep and who the little
band Of shepherds? And what win the
push buttons do to our race? What songs
will be sung. what speeches spoken, what
mob psychology applied TO lead humanity
down what paths TO what end? The
possibilities implicit In such prospect are
frightening enough to suggest that man
will be better of II he always remains
haffiing both to himself and his fellows,
more or less in keeping with Alexander
Pope's description OF him:
Chaos OF thought and passion. all con-
fused;
stu By himself abused and disabnsed::
Greeted halt to rise. and halt to fGu;:
Great lord OF all things. pet prey to all;
Sole fudge OF truth, ir endless error
hurled:
Fhs cloyr, fest and riddle OF ths worl6f