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Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01

Headquarters for modern haying. See
your Case dealer for full information
on balers, tractor mowers-both trailer
and mounted types-and the 4-bar trac-
tor side-delivery rake, geared to make
fluffy windows at tractor speeds. Write
for free booklet How TO Make High
Protein Hay" Mention any size of trac-
tor, any hay machine, combine, corn
binder or picker, forage harvester,
spreader or hammer mill, tillage or
planting implements you may need:
j. I. Case Co.. Dept. D-5z. Racine. Wis.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-04-01
Feed Anger . Regular Equipment

oFormerly available as an extra, this feed
auger proved SO popular that it now is
supplied as regular equipment. 1t does
lot drag the hay but assists the gentle
acting, leaf-tight cross-feed apron. Par
ticularly valuable for light, fluffy hay and
straw in windy weather, it promotes fast
work in all crops. 1t can be easily attached
to Case Slicer-Balers already in use.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

put the final touches to this ex-
ercise in Senatorial humor. Never
theless. his honeymoon with Con-
gress is decisively ended before,
legislatively speaking, it never
really got started.
In fact, all over town admins
tration honeymoons are ending
and none faster than that of the
Secretary of Labor. Mr.. Tobin of
Massachusetts. His department,
emasculated by the 80th Congress,
would be strengthened. he was
promised, as a part of the admin
istrations pro-labor drive for
Taft Hartley repeal, improve
mentS in the Wage-hour law, etc
Repeal Fight Confused.
Prolonged hearings have dem
onstrated the confusion in the
Taft Hartley repeal fight. Com
mitteeS are about to vote on
wage-hour amendments with no
real certainty about the outcome,
And the Secretarys efforts to
reclaim various administrative
functions have met with sus-
tanned, effective opposition from
the Presidents own appointees.
Now Mr.. Tobin has made his
own contribution to his clouded
crystal ball by his choice Of
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Food andDrug Agency
Its Suggested Transfer to Agriculture
Department Held Not in Public Interest

the best interests of the public.
but it would promote neither eff
cheney nor economy. 1t would re-
quire duplication of field person.
mel and laboratory equipment, as
was pointed out in a dissent by
two Hoover Commission members
James K. Pollock and James H.
Rowe. jr.
If transferred back to Agricul-
ture. food regulation would be
under direction of a department
which, because it deals entirely
with agriculture. is much more
susceptible to pressureS from ag-
ricultural organizations whose in
tereSts often conflict with those
Of the consumer. Such preSsures
are not similarly persuasive with
FSA. The Hoover Commission it.
self clearly stated the difference
of objective, saying:
voluntary standards for grad
ing fruits. vegetables and other
agricultural products to facilitate
trade transactions are extended
by the Agriculture Department
through educational processes to
the consumer, and yet are at var
lance with standards for foods
developed for consumer protection
by the Federal Security Agency" j."
Report Offers Clue.
In short, the objective in one
instance is Ito facilitate trade
transactions in the other, con
sumner protection
The report of the Hoover task
force on the Agriculture Depart
ment also offers a clue, thus:
While there are occasional con-
ficts between consumer and agri-
cultural interest, as in the case of
spray tolerance, sucrose- -dcXtrose,
and skinned milk controversies,
and while such controversies
achieved substantial political sig-
niflcance, such controversies are,
after all, relatively infrequent
While they may not be very fire.
quent, they are nevertheless very
important to the consumer, as ex-
perience has demonstrated. The
substantial political significance"
proves they are more than trivial.
President Truman will have the
final decision on such proposals
for transfers of agencies and func-
tions under the wide authority
imposed in him by the reorganiza-
ton bill already passed by the
House and pending in the Senate.
The consumers case in this, as in
other agencies involved in reor-
ganization plans, is in his hands.
The public will do well to keep
that in mind
Evening star., 1949-03-02

be surprised II there were 10 OF
IL million.
He issued a few sharp COM
mands and his platoon Of termite
killers moved into action. They
drilled holes in the floor and
pumped in gas. They took up the
rugs and swished and swoshed the
floor with liquids.
Chased Out of House.
I don't know the chemical
formula of either the gas or the
liquid, but if a termite can stand
the stuff he is a better man than
I am. I don't know about the
termites, but the stuff chased me
out of the house and clean over
onto the lawn, where this is being
written.
I am not at all sure that I
would not have preferred to share
the house with the termites rather
than live in a foxhole the rest of
Evening star., 1949-03-02

reason that Constantine Brown.
nothing has been decided yet is
that neither President Truman
nor Secretary of State Acheson
have made up their minds whether
the position shall be entrusted to
another military man or to a civil
ian. They do not believe it wise
to make a change with the cold
war entering a new phase.
Until a few weeks ago there was
a strong feeling in the Govern
ment that with We day nearly
four years in the past the position
of governor in Germany should go
to a civilian. This, the State De-
partment argued, would not
change our military position in
the least. The American oom-
mander would simply report to a
nonmilitary man instead of to
higher ranking general.
In discussions of this matter in
the National Security Council
and in the cabinet it was pointed
OUT that it might be desirable to
replace Gen. Clay with a civilian,
since such a man might have
greater experience in framing eco
nomic and social regulations than
a professional soldier.
Not Displeased at Prospect.
The Army itself was not dis
pleased at the prospect of putting
the whole German situation di-
rectly under the State Depart
ment, since it would do away with
present dual control, which has
given rise occasionally to friction.
1t is recalled that about Is
months ago the Army issued a
directive 10 Gen. Clay under
which the major elements of the
so-called Morgenthau plan we're
to be eliminated The State De-
partment took different position
and sent contrary drectives to
Gen. Clay through its representa-
tive at Berlin headquarters, Am
bassador Robert D. Murphy.
The whole matter eventually
Evening star., 1949-03-02

away Jean was nehry McLemoFe'
Whistling as she drew buckets of
water from the well, the pups were
strumming banjos out of happi-
ness and health, the flowers were
blooming a mile a minute and the
old homestead was in good repair.
I must have no more than
turned the corner when disaster
descended upon the household
with both feet, because I returned
to a shambles. The first things
my eyes lighted on when got
back were the dogs. They looked
like Well-dressed mummies. 1t
seems that they had run away,
and while away had elected to
tangle with a boxer that had a
sweet tooth for raw cocker SPAN
iels. He left them with little more
than two ears, a tail and bark
between them.
In chasing the dogs when they
ran away, Jean had stepped into
a crab hole on the beach and
taken a header, skinning her
hands and knees and slightly
twisting her northeast ankle.
$3.50 Worth of Termites.
But all this was nothing COM
pared to the shock that awaited
me when big truck drove up and
men started sWarming into all the
rooms of the house, dragging hoses
and carrying big drills and huge
containers.
What in the world is going on
here?" I asked. rs the place on
fire? If it is, tell me-
"Oh, no." Jean said There is
no fire. I just forgot to tell you.
We have termites. Two hundred
and fifty dollars worth. One of
the grandest crops that has been
raised in this vicinity in years"
The men I had mistaken for
f1remen were exterminators, and
the head exterminator explained
that while he didn't know the ex-
act number of termites that were
under my floors, slowly eating up
toward my ankles, he wouldn't
Evening star., 1949-03-02

average citizen, Ahoi"As L. "'"N
so intricate and ramifying are
the operations of government. 1t
is easy, for instance, to overlook
those bureaus and agencies created
by Congress through the years to
protect the consumer. How they
may be affected is an important
consideration in assessing reor-
ganiZation plans.
One such, among many, that
has performed notable service on
behalf of the consumer is the Food
and Drug Administration that
grew out Of the relentless cam
paign for pure food and drugs put
on by the late DR.. Harvey w.
Wiley back in the Theodore
Roosevelt administration. 1t has
been battling against powerful
private interests through the years,
though the public learns little OF
this.
Originally this agency was IN
GIl6 hSI DCpoI tAIAtAAb' a
few years ago it was shifted under
one of the reorganization plans OF
the Franklin D. Roosevelt regime
to the Federal Security Agency, a
move that has proved to be help
full.
Would Require Duplication.
Now the Hoover Commission is
recommending, in its report to
Congress on reorganization of the
Agriculture Department, that its
functions relating to food products
be transferred back to that de-
partment while those relating to
drugs and other products be kept
in FSA under a reorganized Drug
Bureau to be administered by the
Public Health Service.
Transfer of food regulatory
functions to the Agriculture De-
partment is not only contrary to
Evening star., 1949-03-02
This Changing World
Top Officials Do Not Believe 1t Wise
To Permit Gen. Clay to Retire Now

was Strengthened out, after Gen.
Clay protested and indicated that
unless there was better under
standing between the top levels in
Washington he would be COM
PEELED to resign and explain his
resignation publicly.
Until Moscow began to intensity
the cold war, it appeared that
Gen. Clay would be allowed to
return to the United States and
retire, unless he chose to take an
other assignment with the Army,
and a civilian would be sent to
govern the American zone of Ger
many under orders of the State
Department. The Army thus
would have been relieved of any
administrative burden in Ger
many and would have been re-
sponsible only for the mainte-
nance of the security of our zone
in that country.
But since the Russians launched
their nerve-War offensive through
out Europe it has become evident
that any change in the actual
setup in Germany might be mis-
interpreted and exploited by So
Wet agents to the advantage Of
MoScoW's propagandistS.
May Be Misunderstood.
The State Department, and
others who have favored civil
ian governor in Berlin. are aware
that our action might be mis-
understood by the German popu-
lation, which has become accus-
toned to look up to the military
more than to civilians. The cold
war now has entered new, and
according to many a more dan
gerous, phase than ever before.
To make a radical shift in Ger
many might prove risky.
Gen. Clay has learned the hard
way. To replace him at this time
with another general, it is said in
official quarters, might be dam
gerous under present circum-
stances. 1t would take some time
for the best of our military men
to become familiar with real con-
ditions in Germany.
Gen. Albert c. Wedemeyer and
Gen. Mark Clark. the two men
most prominently mentioned as
possible successors to Gen. Clay,
are both excellent men. But Gen.
Wedemeyer might become the
target for many liberals" because
he spent two years as a young
officer with the German Army and
by necessity came in contact with
German officers who rose to high
rank during the war Gen. Clark,
on the other hand, might be even
less understood by the Germans
than Gen. Clay.
The whole question of replacing
the present governor in Germany
is likely to be left in allegiance un-
til the outlines of the present cold
war become clearer.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
H0neymOOns Are Over
Truman and Tobin Already Having
Trouble With New Democratic Congress-

! Michel Joseph Calvin, a Boston
| lawyer, as his Undersecretary.
After one long, hard look at Mr
Calvin, labor has begun to groWl
ominouSly.
They say they do not know Mr..
Calvin and were not consulted
about his appointment The Gal
vim official biography describes
him as a member of "one of the
three largest law firms in New
England engaged in business and
labor law
Labor understands - correctly,
Mr.. Tobin says-that the firm S
practice includes chiefly corpora
|tions. Nor is it reassured by the
fact that the biography contains
nothing about any labor expert
ence. Somewhat fretfully labor
ties point out also that the
public service paragraphs describe
only public speaking in behalf Of
the Greater Boston Community
Fund.
McGrath Opposed Choice.
National Chairman McGrath
advised Secretary Tobin against
the Calvin appointment. Agreeing
that Mr.. Calvin himself was un-
exceptionable as a person and as
a Democrat, Mr.. McGrath sug-
gested that the Secretary go out
side his State for appointments.
This would, Mr.. McGrath advised,
broaden the base of congressional
and labor support for his depart
ment. The Secretary replied that
he needed a trusted friend at his
right hand and insisted on Mr..
Calvin.
In the White House the ap-
pointment was handled by John
R. Steelman, the Presidents ad-
wiser IN labor matters. Labor
circles report that Mr.. Steelman
said he foresaW their objections
but thought that it was entirely
the Secretary's affair.
Secretary Tobin is confident
that Calvin will make a favorable
impression upon the Senate Labor
Committee and will be confirmed
without difficulty.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

everything shot
to well, I'm
not the Presi-
dent, so I can't
cuss, ut you
g e t W h a t l
mean.
When I left
on a quic k
jaunt to Mo-
bile, New Or
| e a ms a n d
V i C k S b u r G,
everything was
fine at home.
When I drove
aWaV lean WAS
Evening star., 1949-03-02
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. AS
2.

my days. To try to live in the
house now is to court death by"
asphyxiation. Even the stove and
the ice box are holding their noses.
Wonder what would have hap
pened if I had stayed away two
weeks. I guess an avalanche
would have come down on the
house. or a volcano exploded in
the basement, or bubonic plague
broken out in the broom closet.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-03-02

is stated in au-
t h orr t a t i v e
quarters, no de-
cision is likely
to be made for
some time, de-
spite the insist
ence of the
A m e rican oc-
cupation COM
mander in Ger
many CnaC ne
be relieved as
soon as posi-
BILE.
The principal
Evening star., 1949-03-02

LOTlC oendJe
struggle with a
President.
why is Presi-
dent Truman
lik March?'
they are asking.
B e c a u Sc he
came in like a
lion and will go
out lik a
lamb"
he PreSi-
dent, who got
the last laugh
on one Con-
Evening star., 1949-03-02

nOOkcl u u III
mission. must
be analyzed and
judged in detail
from the stand
point of the
public interest
as we'll as for
what it does to
promote eff
C i e ncy a n q
economy.
The public
interest at stake
is not always
apparent to the
Evening star., 1949-03-02
ADVERTISEMENT.
Now Many Wear
FALSE Teeth
With Little Worry

Eat, talk, laugh or sneeze without fear
or wobbling. FASTEETH holds plates
firmer and more comfortsbly This pleas
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It's alkaline (non-acid. Checks plate
odor' (denture BREATH. Get FASTEETH
at any drug store
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Br Thomas L. Stokes

Any broad plan for reorganizing
the Federal. Government. such as
that now being submitted in in
Stallments to Congress by the
Evening star., 1949-03-02
McLemore
Chased Out Of House by
$3.50 Worth of Termites
By Henry McLem0re

I ask you, is it possible for a
husband to take a trip, even a
little one of four or five days, and
return home without finding
Evening star., 1949-03-02
By Constantine BrOvn

Gen. Lucius D. Clay'S request
for retirement has been in the
hands of Secretary of the Army
Royal for several months. But. it
Evening star., 1949-03-02
BY Doris FleeS0n

A swiftly spreading March l
WitticiSm at the Capitol reflects
the confidence of Southern Sena-
tors as they start another his
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
Ingenious Swedish Cooling Machine
Solved Allies Communication Problem

The mathematical ingenuity of
a retiring and almost shy Swedish
engineer provided the Allies with
a "top secret weapon" that played
an exceedingly important role at
all fronts in the late World War.
He is 57-year-old Boris Hagelin,
born in Baku, Russia, where his
father, in the days before the
World War 1, was one of the
Swedish engineers heading the
Nobel enterprises.
In 1910, travelling as a Swedish
Government courier, Hagelin sue
ceeded in the hazardous task of
getting through Nazi Germany en-
route to the United States with a
complete set of blueprints and pro-
duction details as we'll as two fin
ished models of his portable cooling
and DECIDING machine, the Cryptic
graph. The United States had it's
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
Morse Miss Who Fought In Underground
Norway Movement Commended by King
Miss Eluesaeter NOu Works In Seattle

ing through the city on important
errands of sabotage. Then we
went into the mountains.
1T was from there that nine of
our boys destroyed the huge hy-
dro-electric plant at Rjukan. There
the Germans carried on expert
ments, and produced heavy water.
They saved some of the heavy wa
ter when the plant was destroyed,
and prepared to take it to Ger
many They had to cross the lake.
Our captain found out about
it, and put a timebomb in the hold
of the ship Many Norwegian pas
sengers were killed in the explo-
sion, but the job had to be done.
1t was the last of the heavy water
the Germans had in Norway
Miss Elvesaeter came to the I'm
tied States two years ago, accom-
panied by her brother, Aamund.
Her brother returned to Norway
to operate two resort hotels which
have been in the family for years.
She decided to stay.
II was in New York. she said,
but l decided to go to the West
Coast, because this is the place to
be. I decided to study the hotel
business here"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
New Swedish Method
Hardens Razor Blades

A new method for hardening OF
razor blades of stainless steel has
been evolved by Mr.. G. H. He'll
sing of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cal Institute at the Stockholm
University of Technology. Blades
ready-packed and thus protected
against mechanical injury or mois-
ture are hardened by deep-freez-
ing, whereby the soft particles of
austenite in the steel are convert
ed into the much harder marten-
site, giving the blades more dur
able edge.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

some countries = assuring rapid
and safe code communication. AL
though the Germans got hold of
some Hagelin coolers they never
succeeded in copying them, while
the m a C h i n was used in both
Sweden and France already before
the war.
Miracle Machine.
ALB Cryptoteknik, the Stock
holm firm originally entrusted
with serial production of the Hage-
lin apparatus, is still making this
miracle contrivance Incorporating
astronomic numbers of coding pos
sibilities. Nowadays, these desir-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

own cooling machine but the Swed-
ish invention was at once recog-
nized as the perfect solution.
At the order of the u. S. Gov
eminent, mass production was
started by one of the leading type
writer factories, with 500 units
turned out every working day. In
due course they were distributed
to all theatres of war, to Army
and naval staffs, headquarters and
comIbatant units everywhere-even
to underground organizations in
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

There was no place or time for
romance in the Norwegian under
ground movement during the war.
1t was a matter of life or death.
AS a result, pretty, blue-eyed
Kjellaug Elvesaeter, came down
from the mountains, still Miss
when the war was finished.
Miss Elvesaeter, now of Seattle,
said she spent the last months of
the war "at a hideout for 80 boys"
high up in the Jotunheimen Noun
tains, Central Norway, Central
Norway. She operated the under
grounds INSTRUMENTATION sys-
tenn there.
Today she is a hostess at the
Olympic Hotel Grill, learning the
american Way" and getting
pointers on her job from Thomas
A. Gildersleve, general manager
of the hotel, and Norman H. La
vim, Grill and Marine room man.
ager
MY captain was the man whom
the Germans hated and named the
Scarlet Pimpernell,' said Miss FL
vesaeter. we had out work to
do and we did it. Although I was
the only woman at the hideout,
was considered just another boy
with a job to do
Miss Elvesaeter so distinguished
herself in that job that she re-
Gently received a commentator
and decoration from King
George VI of England. Frank c.
Ogden, British consul, made the
presentation at the Rainier Club.
Our work was important" she
said, but I didn't do any more
than the others. For a while l
, maintained an apartment in Oslo,
where 1 hid the boys who were go
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

able machines are leaving the shop
for more peacable tasks and sales
results, predominantly abroad, are
stable.
Two models are made at pres
ent. One, Type c, is of small size,
manually operated. The other,
Type BE, has a power-operated
keyboard. The manual type ope-
rates entirely mechanically, per-
mitting a speed of from 25 to 40
lettrs per minute, deepening on the
operators skill. The keyboard
type, if no power is available, can
be operated by means of a manual
lever. It's size is that of an ordi-
nary portable typewriter, weight
about 25 lbs. 1t is equipped with
universal motor for IS V. DC
$50 V. AC) and a built-in adjust
able rheostat permitting the use
of power up to 22O V. AC or DC.
When power-operated the speed is
140 letter per minut and if operated
manually speed of $3.50 letters
per minute can be obtained. The
machine prints simultaneously the
message and the cipher on sep
arate tapes, similarly to Type ca,
so that the cooling or uncoding can
be followed letter by letter and
errors instantly detected.
Obviously, machine of this sort
is of first-rate importance also in
commercial fields. with untold OPP
portunities presenting themselves
when business returns to normal.
Numbering Experts
However, ABB Cryptoteknik is
not concentrating its efforts solely
on this product. In recent years,
the engineers of the company have
developed some new constructions
in the field of stamping nipple
ments. Among these are page
numbering stamps with clever de-
vices instantaneously inserting the
desired figures or repeating them
from two to four times. Further,
a numerator will punch consecu-
tive numerals in metallic material
while special numbering stamp
for photograph copies is equipped
with a latch obviating damage to
the sensitive film in heavy stamp
ing Another novelty is a date
stamp with vignette block now
used int ALA at Swedish post
offices. Self Thinking, it has press
cast gears and exceptional durabil-
ity.
A subtracting stop count er
which stops the machine upon
completion of the desired quantity,
a production stamp supplying time
and piece-work figures, machine
and load statistics etc, a pencil
sharpener which signals when the
pencil is ready, are other novelties
from this undetermined Swedish
enterprise.
Although Boris Hagelin has re-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

tired from active direction of
manufacturing operations he con-
tinues to work energetically on
new and perfected types of mathe-
NAUTICAL wonders that will turn
lbrain-wracking mental work into
simple manual operations.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
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