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the job. viii finish some necessary
business and sign UP.
Secretary johnson was not pre-
pared for Navy Secretary Sulli-
vans resignation and must turn
his attention Immediately to that
situation. Navy Undersecretary
Kenney is in Europe: the ranking
Assistant Secretary, John Koehler
Is comparatively new. having been
sworn in only last February.
Difficulties Of Unification.
The Johnson Sullivan clash
high lights the difficulties Of uni
fication which took such cruel toll
of James Forrestal. Both men
sincerely think they are doing
their duty and both are men who
act when they think they are
right.
The departing Navy Secretary
believes that q unification which
grants such power as Secretary
johnson has Just wielded-a
greater power. he thinks, than the
President has--is wrong. He had
already confided to his superiors
that he hoped he would not have
to testify before Congress on the
new proposals to strengthen uni
fication by increasing the top
mans power. He couldn't, he
said, in conscience support them.
The Defense Secretary holds an
equally firm opinion that the
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Navy Men Bitter
Johnson.Sullivan Clash High Lights
Difficulties of Armed Force Unifcation

whole object OF unification is 70
enable one man to resolve inter-
service riyalries. II he had not
acted quickly and couraseously
on the laying Of the supercarrier' S
keel. he would have felt he was
shirking.
He has q strong defense against
charges that he acted arbitrarily
or impulsively.
He talked three times about the
carrier to Secretary sullivan-in-
conclusively 1t Is true. since their
minds did not meet. He submit
ted the matter to the Joint Chiefs
Of STAFF and their presiding oili-
Ger. Gen. Eisenhower. Gems.
Eisenhower. Bradley Of Army
and Vandenberg Of Air Force said
no. Only Admiral Denfeld said
yes. 60 ahead.
Majority Story In Brief.
The majority story In brief was
this:
We may encounter an emer-
gency any day and our job is to be
ready for 1t. At the same true
the defense budget has been cut
50 that we can't have all we want.
even perhaps all we think neces-
sary. The supercarrier cannot
be ready for three years and its
ultimate cost-ship. arms, planss.
personnel--will run into millions
we can't even estimate. Above
all. We think intercontinental
bombers and bases now available
to US haye outmoded that carrier
now.
The Navy feels bitterly about
what 1t refers to as the Army's
desertien. 1t is understood that
Gems. Bradley and Eisenhower
are Influenced by recent diplo-
matte and technical advances
affecting bomber range.
This transition period in unfit
cation is trying many men and
tempers. There Is also q human
factor: The War. and Navy Secre-
taries were once cabinet members;
now only the Defense Secretary
has that peculiar glory and in
timacy with the President. The
Air Force Secretary never rad it,
so he can't be said to have been
denoted. g. .'.'
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On the Other Hand
New China Might Become Barrier
Against Russian Advance in East

civil war is now stirring strongly
throughout the whole Of the East
ern Hemisphere.
Which doesn't mean commun-
ism necessarily. but rather Asia
for Asiatics. In China 1t seems to
mean merely China for the
Chinese.
But whatever it means. the
harsh fact Is that we are not pre-
pared, and probably never will be.
to undertake the conquest and
occupation Of China. This knowl-
edge, possessed by our own mill
tary men and by our State De-
psrtmeYit, should be suf1icient to
prevent any impetuous action In
keeping with the emotions Of Tom
Connally-or of Winston Church.
Ill. who also has been indulging
In angry outbursts.
China for Chinese.
Most of US know very little
about China-as little. say, rs
Gov. Dewey. who sought unsuc-
cessfully to make our China policy
an issue in the last campaign.
AS little even as that group Of
Senators who recently proposed
to send another billion and q half.
largely in the form of military
supplies, down the bottomless rat
hole of aid to the Chang govern
ment. But one fact We can un-
derStand. The forces we have
opposed are now emerging on top.
For q time, at least, they seem
certain to be the government Of
China.
That means we will have to get
along with them somehow. In the
course of getting along We should
learn their real nature. Already
it has become clear that they are
not simply agrarian reformers. as
some of their American champions
once liked to believe. On the
other hand. it has not yet been
demonstrated that they are crea-
lures Of Moscow. as some others
persist in believing. It may be.
however, that they are more in
fluenced by the philosophy Of
Sum -Yat-Sen than that of Karl
Marx and Lenin.
In any case. II 1t is China for
the Chinese they want, that means
independence Of Russia as well as
the Western powers. Practically.
it means they must reclaim Man
churia for their own. Conceiv-
ably the New China could be the
desired barrier against the further
spread eastward Of Russia i'm
perialism. It would be intelligent
for US to promote such . consum-
nation, II we can.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
This Changing World
Officials Here Suspicious at Willingness
Of Moscow to Lift Berlin Blockade

effect on our lawmakers. II our
Congressmen believe that Russia
intends TO deal properly on the
trumped-up Berlin crisis. they will
hesitate . long time before ap-
propriating money for Western
Europe's rearmament.
In some Washington military
quarters there is a feeling that
the Soviet Union may have de-
cided to postpone a crisis In
Europe this year. because it is too
busy In Asia. where things have
gone faster and better than they
dared to hope Also. Russia ap-
pears to be having some real
trouble with the satellite coun-
tries.
Disturbances In Balkans.
Reliable reports received in
Washington say definitely that
there have been serious disturb
ances in Bulgaria. Czechoslovakia
and Romania. The mysterious
Illness" Of Georgi Dimitrov. Bull
garia's dictator. who Is now in
Moscow. was caused by serious
trouble with the Bulgarian peas
antry. which was being commu-
nized by force. There have been
serious disturbances all over the
country. but censorship sup
pressed the news and intelligence
reports concerning them have only
reached Washington.
In Romania an underground
movement has been growing since
early last year. 1t came into ex-
istence because Of the ruthless
methods adopted by the secret
police against small land owners.
many Of whom were dispossessed
in the middle Of the night. They
were ordered to leave their homes
with Just the clothes they had on
their backs.
In Czechoslovakia there is a
wave Of repression Of the people
In all social strata. According to
the latest reports received here,
this movement is more cruel and
than anything Hitler's
butchers ever did in that un-
fortunate country.
Regardless Of how efficient the
state police may be. these rebelli-
Gus movements are worrying Mos
cows leaders. It may be that this
concern now Is being translated
into the appearance Of better in
terests on the part Of the Polit-
buro.
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make q friend Constantine Sfsvn.
ly" move at this time IN order to
influence American public opinion
and particularly the United States
Senate, against implementation
of the Atlantic Pact.
The Russians have shown clear
ly their concern over the treaty
and have denounced it daily as q
"warmongering enterprise Of capt.
talist-imperialist America"
Hope to Beat Ratification.
Soviet agents In the United
States have reported that rati-
fication Of the pact is certain, and
have stated. according to avail.
able information, that implement
tation of that agreement in the
form Of arms for Europe is likely
to pass both the Senate and
House.
Under these circumstances. say
those diplomats who are ac-
QUdultCo W1til VIC EAA CA2AAA
methods, the Russians are apply
ing themselves to influencing pub
lie opinion in America by showing
goodwill on a matter which Is OF
little strategic importance to the
Russians, in the hope that this
may help defeat in Congress tho
administrations proposal to start
arming Europe this year.
From past experiences the
Russians know well that any
slight improvement in the inter-
national situation. regardless OF
how f1imsy it is. creates a wave
of optimism in this country and
that this in turn has q definite
Evening star., 1949-04-28


tling swing in the county council
elections which will be going on
for some weeks still. and whose
results have astonisned even the
Conservatives. The government
consoles itself that partisan poll
tics play less Of q role in these
local elections than In parliament
ary ones and that, therefore, they
are not . cause for alarm.
But . Conservative member OF
parliament, Q very canny Scot,
predicted to me that the govern
ment would be surprised when
the Conservatives carried all the
leading Scottish cities. including
Glasgow. perennial Labor strong
hold.
Revision TO Drab Life.
II there is q change. it viii come
largely from the middle classes
without whom Labor could not
have carried Britain in l945. Al
though I saw relatively little OF
it myself. friends assured me
there was . general revulsion
against the drabness Of life. the
immense amount Of red tape anc
interference. the ever-growing
.'nonproductive and parasitic bu-
reaucracy." and the spirit OF re-
venge which, they insist. still
colors Labor policy. Commenting
on Sir Stafford Cripps' budget
they say. ''it isn't only that It's
tough; Sir Stafford also thinks
its good for our souls" Sir Stat
ford appears as the Savonarola
Of British socialism.
I asked the Prime Minister the
direct question: Among socialist
leadership. how much Of the I'M
petus ID idealistic desire for re-
form. and how much u resent
ment against the former leadins
classes?
He replied that he thought
there was far more idealism--the
general desire to better the lot ol
the average man. He pointed oui
that the war--in the way oil
classes had worked together II
the home guard and other home
defense services--had helped al
classes 10 discoyer and appreciate
each other.
But the government. whose
chief appeal has been 10 the ex-
pectation Of more pay for less
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track GOWN ht
n O q " b o
create the
type face for
the Plus Tax
part O: nearly
all advertise
mentS. In let
ters b o ! q e ?
than a burglar.
. dverfiSmentS
ask buyers 10
take advantage
Of tremendous
bargains, Ut
way down. way.
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Present plans
are to promote
Gordon Gray.
Assistant Secre-
tary Of War. to
'Undersecretary
and let him be
Acting Secre-
tary for several
months. Secre-
tary johnson
hopes that in
the in terim
Curtis Calder,
the Industrial
list he has al
Evening star., 1949-04-28


Of Texas, has done just that.
"I think the State Department
should make representations and
ram them down their throats," he
said, referring to the discourteous
manner in which some Of the
Chinese Communists treated our
American Ambassador on their
entry into Nanking. Fortunately,
not many Senators appear to
share Senator Connally's view Of
what we should do and 1t is rea-
sonably certain that the State De-
partment does not.
How Could 1t Be Done.
However, these same Senators
and millions of Americans, do
share to some extent the feeling
which inspired the Connally ex-
plosion and that makes it useful
to examine the implications of
his proposal. How would we 60
about ramming our representa-
tions" down their" throats' We
could demand an apology and per-
haps receive it. If that satisfied
our feelings, it would be the end
of the incident. II 1t didn't. then
what?
Should we undertake to enforce
our demand by force Of arms?
Should we go to war with China
or what is now the dominant Gle
ment of China? Nobody wants
that. It would require millions of
our men and billions Of our money
and q long. long time to conquer
China - something no foreign
power actually ever has done.
Assuming we could do this impos-
sible thing, we wouldn't be able
to stop with China; In due time
we would have the rest Of Asia to
conquer and occupy. For the situa-
ton that has come to q head In
China after half q century Of
Evening star., 1949-04-28

way down. ssnT
tucked In the mos, obscure corner.
is Mr.. Plus Tax"
II used To be that the man who
could write the Lords Prayer on
the head OF pin. or on q grain OF
rice. was sideshow drawing card.
But the Plus Tax" man makes
him seem like q signboard painter.
One doesn't need to so 70 . doc
tor for an eye examination any
more. II one can read Plus Tax"
it's q cinch that ones eyes are
hitting on all right and In perfect
condition.
Surprise for Customer.
Some day some grocer is going
to startle the world by putting the
small mushrooms or the small
strawberries on top of the pack
age. instead Of the four or Ave
big ones. This viii enable the
customer to set . pleasant sur
prise. As he digs deeper in the
carton he will and bigger and
better berries or vegetables than
were on the surface. As it Is now.
the deeper one digs the bigger the
disappointment. ! suppose that
years ago this practice Of putting
the best on top fooled customers.
1t doesn't any more. II is prob
ably the biggest builder Of ill-will
that exists today.
II you are . baseball lover, and
most Of US Americans are. then
be sure to buy Tom Meany's
"Baseball's Greatest Teams" t$3.
A. S. Barnes d Coz. One OF
the best sportswriters Of all time
has written the story OF the
Yankees Of 1927. the Braves of
1914. the White Sox Of 1917. the
Athletics Of 1919. and oil the other
all-time teams. Even II you aren't
baseball lover. you win be by the
time you finish reading this hook
Automobiles have never BEEN
the same fun since the radiator
cap disappeared. thought about
this today when found an old
radiator cap In the garage. q relic
from an ancient Hupmohile. It
Is shaped like . clock face. and
has q thermometer In 1t. When
the mercury reached the top 1t
was time to stop and AL the
radiator with water.
Remember. the Chalmers.
I remember an uncle OF uine
who almost went bankrupt buy
ing new and novel caps for his
Chalmers. Remember the Chalm-
ers?' Very smart car. He finally
found what was to him the perfect
cap. IT was 4 bronze soldier
wearing the none too smart uni
form Of World War ].
Nothing chases me away from
q restaurant quicker than q sign
which says. I'VE Make Our Own
Chill" There are two things that
are canned which no housewife,
no matter how housewifey. can
make IS well on her own stove.
One is chilli and the other Is TO-
mato soup. That's . great thought
for today. isn't It, men? I
Have you ever been to q cashiers
wicket In . bank without finding
yourself behind q man who was
depositing q weeks intake-all
In pennies. nickles. and dimes?
Or have you ever tried TO buy
railroad ticket in q hurry with
out being Just behind some one
who was buying q ticket to yell
lowstone Park. with q months
stopover at Grand Rapids?
II your answer Is no, then you re
plain lucky.
Distributed b. MeNsusht syndicate, Inc /,
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the chancellor
of the excheq-
uer, Sir Staf-
ford Cripp S,
and the food
minister. M r.
Strachey - all
assumed tina
the socialist
government Is o
fairly perma-
nent fixture In
Britain. None
Of the m--to
me. at least
took very Seri-
r,tSlv the star.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

lin block a d e
and TO remove.
through con-
versations with
the three major
Western pow
ers, one of Eu-
ropes m q n y
sore spots.
In some dip
lomatic . circles
IL is DelleVeQ
that the Soviet
approach W as
part of a Polit-
buro decision to
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should not do;
or some of the
t h | n gS W e
should not do.
One thing we
should not do
is to let our
tempers get the
best of us. cauS-
ing us to 60 of
h a If cooked.
The . venerable
C h a irman Of
the Senate For
eign Relations
Com m | t t e e.,
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Constantine Byo,cn

High Washington officials. both
in the State Department and out,
are still suspicious about Moscow's
alleged willingness to lift the Ber-
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Rv Doris FIeeson

Defense Secretary johnson
does not expect Immediately to
replace the Secretaries Of War
and Navy who have resigned.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Mclemore-
II Answer Is No.
You're Ploin Lucky
b. Henry !MeLTmors

PRIVATE OPINIONS MADE
PUBLIC: Il were John Ringing
North, and were n search Of n
new sadeS.aow feature. would
Evening star., 1949-04-28
By Dorothy ThOmbson

LONDON (By AirmaiD The
three British leaders with whom
I had personal conversations
the prime minister, Mr.. Attlee:
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Rr Lnn,pLL MpURff

1t is not easy to say what we
should do about China under the
present circumstances. It is easy
enough, however, to say what we
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Like Mrs. Roy Rogers movie stars
wife-you, too, will ride high when
you put on BLUE BoNNET-it's
Americas quality margarine. Your
family will love the country-sweet
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Its rich NUTRsTIoNi It's welcome
EcoNoNvi Yes, when you put on
BLUE BONNET Margarine you get
ALL THREE Flavor, Nutrition,
Econom-e-e! Put 1t on your table.
on vegetables, on your bread. Colos
yellow in 2 minutes fiat-because
It's in the Yellow Quik bagl
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HOLLYWOOD.

Cary Grants picture. Il Mar
ried a War Bride" was supposed
to cost $500, 900. Now / hear
that delays caused by sickness and
bad weather In Europe have
upped the price tag TO exactly
So, 900 900. Maybe this will prove
to producers that Hollywood still
is the best place to make movies.
Gregory Peck's infected eye
cost goth Century-Fox $4,000 q
day during the shutdown Of his
az O'Clock High" picture. Greg
is in every scene of the remaining
four weeks Of work.
Ronald colman and wife Bonita
are taking o slow boat TO London
at the end of August. Ronnie will
make a movie here quickly. then
he and his wife board q freighter
in Los Angeles Harbor that viii
eventually land them right in
London on the River Thames. on
the steps of Whitehall.
I bumped into Dick Haynes at
the Stork Club on my few days
in New York. The poor boy was
all tuckered out, with four or five
shows a day at the Roxy. What
goes with your divorce from
Joanne?" I asked him. She has
now esta blished residence at
Reno" said Dick.
Robert Cummings and his pretty
wife Mary had a CHASTITY expert
ence when they arrived in New
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night at wardman's Metronome
room.
Miss Bradley, who put Broad
ways recent visitors to Catholic
University theater into a proper
other over her promise. had pre-
cisely the same effect upon the
Metronome rooms standing room
throng. Her way with a song. from
torch TO swing TO comedy. is the
most fetching any new singer has
demonstrated around here in years
Technically, Miss Bradley is not
really a Washingtonian. The city
has merely adopted her. in pro-
ceedings which began when she
showed up as a student at Catholic
University last fall. From show to
show, the last one the revue.
Thank You, Just Looking" she
established herself as the most
promising talent the school has
found in recent years.
Her Wardman date Is a probable
all-summer affair. after which
she will return TO the university.
Unless a lot of people who think
she is already the equal of Mary
McCarty - this years Broadway
toast-convince her Broadway is
a more advantageous place.
Pioneering department: Cross
Roads theater, Washington S oldest,
is planning at least, one new de-
parture for its 14th season which
opens on June %. At the third of
its plays, Cross Roads will present
an original comedy by Cecil Willis.
entitled THANK You, Mr.. Garrick. :"
The theater's season will be
started with F. Hugh Herbert's
For Love or Money" which.
incidentally. is a later summer
booking at the Olney.
Irma Gordon again will act as
Cross Roads producer, with MIR.
Willis as director and Lowell
Swortzell as stage manager.
Additions will be held tonight In
the theater at Bailey's Cross Roads
in Virginia. Any one interested Is
invited to tryout for this years
company. reporting at 1880.
Il
Odds and ends department:
Marta loren. Swedish actress who
will come here Friday for the
premiere Of Illegal Entry" is an
other Scandinavian who won't 60
home again, except for a visit. a. +.
She has already applied for citizen
ship. =. Marilyn Maxwell who Is
always a queen of something or
other. has just been elected cam
pus queen" by the Gagwriters'
Institute. -. The gag is that they
have no campus. Judy Gar
lands visit to a Boston hospital is
for checkup, after which she has
it in mind to make a personal
appearance in London. Per-
sonal appearances in London are
the most profitable things Amer
ica's more popular performers can
do these days: AS IS" 'seilih2saI
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70 NE hcx klse learned &c Do those
superb drunk scenes y Edward
Ny Scr For months saac
Ds5eas. i STUFFED the wter. Ct
rich men who drink because ;ale. -
husbands are no AongeE interested
sn them
Peter LAwtaEd got reid tesg
about the weather arc iack ths
train back here from Nev YORK
a. the last minute, instead q ~.
Ing
Which reminds nae~-stss tusure
Mrs jimmy StexRgT. GaorsA Nc
Lean, called re;s from HOLLYWOOD
and told him. I want you 10 Dc
the first 10 know ! am engaged
TO Jimmy That vas nice c. her
because Pete. according 10 E1raoF
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Where and When
Current TheoteT Attractions
and lime of SHOWING

Ambassador - The Younger
Brothers, 1:25, 3:25. $50. 7:35
and $40 pm.
CAPITOL - Africa Screams"
11:10 am, 1850. 4:35. 7:15 and
10 pm. Stage shows: los, $50
$50 and Oils pm.
Columbia - THE Barkleys OF
Broadway: II am. LOS, $40,
$40, 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Dupont - "Pygmalion": l:10
3:15, $40, 1880 and $40 pm.
Hippodrome-"Spectre of the
Rose; 2::20. AIS, $40. 7:55 and
9:45 pm.
Keith's-"The Green Promise;
f1:25 am, 1:25. 1925, $50, 1880
and 9:35 pm.
LittIe-"Sleeping Car to Tri-
este: 1l:10 am. lis. $40, SOS,
7:35 and $40 pm.
METROPOLITAN "Casablanca"::
|1l:25 am. 1880. $50. $50, TAO
and GAS pm.
National Penny Serenade';;
1850 am. 1850. ans. 6:35, and
8 pm.
Palace-"The Stratton Story;
10:40 m. 1880. 3, Sis, 7:25 and
$40 pm.
Pix-"Miracle of Life; 500
$40 and $50 pm.
Playhouse-"Quartet'; II am,
II, $40. $40, 7:30 and $40 pm
Trans Lux-"Portrait of Jenny;
1885 am. l2:45. 2:35. 4:25, 6:15
$40 and 10 pm.
Warner--"The Younger Broth
ers": 11:l0 am, 1:20, 3:25. s:35
7:46 and $50 pm.e1ov itin xan,