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Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09

They are engineers, accountants
former state and city fiscal Oiilc-
ais, former college professors.
MANY Of them are former employees
Of the agencies with which they
deal They earn up &c $1O.33O a
year. The general public never
hears their names, but many a. pro-
nlinent bureaucrat lives in secret
dread of what the examiners will
do to him each autumn.
The examiners send their recon-
mendations to the director Of the
bureau, Frank Pace, r., and he or
his deputies and assistants hold a
long series of review hearings. Pace
is keeping in constant touch with
President Truman these days. sees
him three or four times a week. The
budget involves policy matters Of
the utmost Importance 70 the Dresi-
dent.
After the Budget Bureau has fin
ished its work and the President
has approved it, the bureau sends
to each agency head a memoran-
DUN telling him how large an ap-
preparation will be requested for
his organization. These are called
allowance letters" MANY of them
already have been sent out. If the
agency head hits the ceiling when
4 he finds out what allowance is, he
can appeal either to the Budget
Director or the President for more
money.
The Budget Bureau contantly is
pressured by the lobbies and or
ganized groups. just as Congress is.
And some of the government agen-
cies themselves DO some high-pow-
cred lobbying and prcssuring when
the matter gets before congress-
But they seldom dare to take issue
openly with the Presidents budget
decisions. Once he hes submitted
his budget TO Congress-. his official
family is all supposed to stand
sOlidly behind him.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
Rising Sun Man
Heads Growers

Edward Kelly, Rising Sun fruit
grower the past 20 years and asso-
ciated with Frank w. Richardson
in the Tidbury Fruit Growers, was
elected president of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society Wednesday
afternoon at the closing session Of
the two day 62nd annual conven-
tiOn in Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. Kelly succeeds H. Milton
Hearn of Salisbury as president.
Phillip COrkran of Rhodesdale was
elected vice president. w. Lee Allen
Of Salisbury was reelected treasur-
er. Robert F. Stevens of Newark,
extension hOriculturist at the Uni
versity of Delaware, was reelected
secretary.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
Touch Three States

At EIicott's rock, on the border
Of North Carolina, you can rest
your hand so it touches North
Carolina. South Carolina and Geor-
gia at once.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09

Henry w. Miller. vice president
Of Consolidated Orchards. Paw Paw
West Va, spoke to the horticulture
lists on Apple Varities of the Fu-
ture." A resolution was adopted
that the president Of five, four gro-
wers and one nurseryman, to study
the apple varities and report at the
next annual convention.
Charles Atkinson and S. H. Ravs
ner Of Salisbury discussed the eroz
wing OF blueberries. /. e. Scott Of
the University Of Maryland spoke
on New Advances in Diagnosis is
Fruit Tree Nutrition, and urged
research to prevent cracking which
has damaged the sweet potato crop
In the area by an estimated 509o.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
Cigar-smokine

A survey shows that cigar smok-
ing in the United States declined
by one-third on a per capita basis
from 1921 to 1941, while cigarette
smoking greatly increased.
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
Nev Type Car Heating Found
Hazardous In Close Parking
BY Associated Press

WASHINGTONIt may be dangerous park
automobiles close behind a car with its motor running.
Three PENNSYLVANIA health many
have fresh ar intakes used connection with
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
GUARD UNITS
TRAINING SET

Nearly 5000 men, in various an
ti-aircraft artillery National Guard
units from the Second Army area,
viii undergo two weeks training at
Fort Miles, Lewes, from July % to
August 6. It was announced this
week by Colonel George w. Dunn,
executive ofIlcer, Delaware Mill
tary District, Wilmington.
A report from the Second Army
headquarters at Fort George G.
Meade, Md, received by Colonel
Dunn states that the 19sth AAA
and it's attached units will be at
Fort Miles from July 90 to August
Milford chronicle., 1949-12-09
Farm Cash Resarvea

Farm Cash Reserves
The American Bankers associa.
ton reports cash reserves held by
American farmers sufficient to re.
tire all outstanding farm debt.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Talmadge Tightens Grip
Georgians Glad as Legislature Adjourns
After Passing Registration Bill

The original Talmadge reregis-
tration act was real beauty. 1t
wiped out the present list Of l.
100000 voters. 1t proposed rereg-
istration every two years with
payment each time of a special
fee. It packed reregistration into
the first four months Of the year
in which a governor was to be
elected SO as to get the lowest
possible vote. And it proposed
as one qualifying test so ques-
tions that would probably stump
Gov. Talmadge.
Popular clamor has reduced 1t
to permanent reregistration after
the first one Q950), with an in
telligence test provided for regis
trants who can't read or write.
It is too early to tell what tests,
legal and otherwise. will be made
of the Talnadge harvest. The
legislature does not convene un-
til January 16, 1850 and, it may
we'll be that the statesmen will
have begun to fall out with one
another by that time.
U. s. Can Retaliate.
The Truman administration, al
ready cool to Gov. Talmadge, is
not going to warm up when it
looks over this record and it is
not without weapons. Georgia is
one of the States greatly benefit
ing from the New Deal program,
its agricultural aspects,
including rural electrification.
Then there is always the Internal
Revenue Bureau which was fin
ally turned loose with damning ef-
feet on the Huey Long junta in
Louisiana.
The Supreme Court probably
will not provide much recourse.
1t has always been slow to inter-
fere with the manner in which the
individual States and parties with
in the States conduct their pri-
n1aries and elections. =
tReleased By the Bell syndicsts, fne.r
Evening star., 1949-02-22
On the Other Hand
Best Time for Locking Stable Door
Is Before the Horse Is Stolen

mittee questioned some Of. the
country's economists. Stripped of
their yes-and-noes and their ifs,
ands and butts, the economists
seemed to agree that there Is no
occasion for us to get jittery at
this time.
DR.. Edwin G. Nourse, chairman
of the Presidents Council of
Economic Advisers and presumed
to be one Of the principal authors
of the Economic Sterilization Bill.
shares this view. This emphasizes
the point that the legislation is
not aimed at present conditions
or at any recognized imminent
threat.
1t is frankly an experiment. It
undertakes TO determine whether
we must continue to accept "busi-
ness cycles" as something beyond
human control. For the purpose
of the experiment. the contrary
Is assumed, i.e., that the cycles
are the consequence Of our own
short-sightedness.
Test Worth Trying.
Maybe the experiment, If tried,
will prove futile. Maybe we will
continue to be the victims ever so
often of implacable natural forces
that decree recurring periods of
want and suffering as part Of hu-
man destiny. Or maybe the pre-
cautionary measures we devise will
prove to be insufficient or unintel-
ligent.
But anything is better than an
other depression. BY the same
token. anything is better than the
wait-and-see state Of mind re-
vealed by many members Of Con-
gress. The experiment Is worth
trying. In any case, it involves
no hazards.
The national psychology has
been changing in our time. Where
as the Full Employment Act"
proposed by Senator Murray three
years ago was not taken too Seri-
ously, the following year saw the
enactment of the Employment Act
of 1947. And the amount of at
tention now being given to our
relatively small decrease in en-
ployment seems to indicate that
we have come to regard full en-
ployment as the natural state OF
affairs.
This being so, Congress is likely
to find the country behind the
President in this most important
of his domestic policies.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

free countries Dorothy Thompson.
to resist armed attack from any
quarter. Each country participat-
ing must contribute all 1t can
TO the common defense.
IF we can make it sufficiently
clear, in advance, that any armed
attack affecting our national Sc
curity would be met by overwhelm-
ing force, the armed attack might
never occur"
That Interpretation was that the
United States was offering West
ern Europe a military alliance to
resist by force any aggression upon
any member.
Ways to Reach Objective.
Now If we cannot, for constitu-
tional reasons. offer other coun-
tries firm military alliances, the
statement never should have been
made. II there are ways by which
1t is possible to accomplish the
same objective without involving
the Constitution, those ways
should have been worked out in
advance of any public statement
between the President and the ap-
propriate committees of Congress.
1t is unconvincing to explain. as
one Washington columnist did.
that "the trouble arose from
fundamentally false idea, which
the American negotiators, with the
best of intentions, but for lack Of
experience, accepted" Why should
we have negotiators lacking in
experience?
Nor Is 1t convincing to explain,
as other Washington commenta-
tors did. that foreign countries
should know our constitutional
limitations, and that the visit of
the Norwegian Foreign Minister
was precipitate.
The plain fact is. that before
negotiations with other states are
undertaken the Government of
the United States must know ex-
actly what it wants, exactly how
it intends to attain 1t. and exactly
what it can and cannot do.
Our foreign policy during the
war was a series Of fats accompli
between heads of states. which
Congress could do nothing but
accept. Congress, for instance,
never would have accepted Te-
heran or Yalta If there had not
been q war on.
That time Is over. Since the
end of the war 1t has been neces-
sary to think every measure
through to the logical conclusion.
anticipating and overcoming
Evening star., 1949-02-22

d VI 1lC1 NCo
by rattling it's saber little
louder.
The Swedes have become
alarmed over the fact that a new
chain of Notifications has just
been completed across the border
in Finland. These Notifications.
instead of having defensive
character, are regarded more as
springboards for an invasion by
the Soviet army, which Is re-
ported to have sent two more
divisions into the treaty areas"
Of Finland.
There have also been reports
so far not fully confrmed-of
Soviet army movements on the
Western tip of the Kola peninsula.
which is the border between the
U. S. S. r. and Norway.
Activities in Spitzbergen.
While these moves are believed
to be intended to step up the war
,of nerves in Scandinavia. there
lis real concern over the activities
OF the Russians in Spitzbergen.
That island, which lies $50 miles
from the Norwegian coast, has an
area of some 10000 square miles
and possesses rich coal fields.
The exploitation of these coal
mines is shared with the Soviet
government on the basis of an
economic agreement between the
two countries.
There are about 400 Russian
engineers and about 5000 Rus
sian miners on the island. These
Soviet citizens live, according to
orders from the Kremlin affect
Evening star., 1949-02-22

ure from COL Henry McLemors.
lecting match covers, from read
ing of the home life of movie
stars, from dipping snuff. and
from throwing a pitcher Of cold
water on a man taking shower.
I can't fuss at any OF these
forms of pleasure, because I have
a few peculiar pleasures myself.
For example, I know of few
things which give me as much
joy as narrowly beating a fellow
automobile driver into the only
parking space on a street. Let me
slip in just ahead of him. just
when he thinks the place Is his
and Is rejoicing at his luck, and
the day is made for me. A smile
comes to my face, whistle to
my lips, and off 1 go just as
happy as certain advertisements
say brides are when they get a
chest of plated silver.
Oh, Delightful Moment.
My heart leaps up. too, when,
after paying my bill in a restau-
rant, I am given ten or fifteen
cents too much change and thus
have chance to say to the
cashier, II believe you have
cheated yourself little. I should
only have gotten 80 cents back
and you have given me 40 cents. J"
Oh, what a delightful moment
that is! Without stopping to
think that I am supposed to be
honest, and that any honest man
would do the same thing, I have
Walter Mitty-like dreams as to
what the cashier is thinking. Her
thoughts according to me) go
something like this:
Thank goodness there are a
few honest men left in this world.
Wish there we're more like you.
If you hadn't discovered the error
and been decent and fine enough
to call it to my attention, would
have had to pay it out OF my
meager salary, and goodness
knows I can't afford it. I might
even have been fired because OF it,
but thanks to you. sir, everything
will be all right. Hope you'll
come here to eat every day, be-
cause just the sight Of you will
make me happy and reassure me
that America is a great place to
live, and American men are the
finest in all the world"
Sympathy In Voice.
I get great pleasure out Of the
misfortunes of my golflng and
fishing friends, also. They, dont
realize it, Of course, because long
years Of practice have enabled me
to put sympathy in my voice
when there really isn't any there
Evening star., 1949-02-22
This Changing World
Officials Here Disturbed by Reports
Of Russian Moves in Spitzbergen

ing Soviet missions in foreign
countries, entirely apart from the
rest of the population. The mines
which they operate are closed to
any Norwegian inspection.
In recent weeks, however, it has
been observed that the mine tun-
nels which Soviet engineers have
built are so constructed that they
could be used for launching guided
missiles. They are, therefore, i'm
portant military installations.
Iceland is considered one of the
most important strategic points
in the North Atlantic and in the
event of conflict between East and
West it is intended to make it one
of the major air bases Of the At
lantic bloc. The placing OF the
mine tunnels in Spitzbergen Is
such that guided missiles and
other such war weapons could
easily be launched against Ice
land and could make 1t untenable
1Or any western 1OTCe.
Little Norway Cai Do.
There is little that Norway can
do about the Spitzbergen situation
right now. The permission granted
the Russians to mine coal there
is contained in an agreement
which Oslo could not easily de-
nounce.
Even, if Oslo desired to take
such a step, it is highly unlikely
that Moscow would accept it, and
Norway is not in position to use
force to throw the Russians out.
Nor could it successfully demand
the right to inspect the Russian
operated mines, even If it could
prove to the United Nations that
Russia is developing them into
military installations.
1t will be recalled that the
League of Nations intended to in
spect the Japanese inundated
islands of the Pacific before World
War II, after reliable reports had
reached it that the JapS, under
the guise of building factories and
warehouses, were fortifying the
islands. The Japs denied the re-
ports and refused to permit
League of Nations inspectors to
visit the Marshall and Caroline
archipelagos.
1t is certain that the Russians
would do the same thing If the
United Nations dared to suggest
that the Spitzbergen coal mines
be inspected by a U. N. delega-
ton.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY a. le49s

I doubt If any man in the world
can say, Sorry, old man with
as much feeling as when an op-
ponent hooks out of bounds or
can't find his ball in the rough.
I am very good at saying.
Tough luck, pal" when the man
fishing with me loses a whopper
just as he is about to bring it
aboard. When I have the biggest
fish, and the fellow alongside loses
one bigger-Well, the pleasure
get would have to be measured in
light years even to approximate its
size.
It's a great world. folks. 1t is
the little pleasures that make for
Like only half stand
ing up when some one has to pass
you to get to his seat in the movies.
Or stopping at a red light so that
Evening star., 1949-02-22

the door unlocked.
It's an interesting attitude to
take toward the Presidents pro-
posal, which is the result in part
OF the very uncertainty that
causes Congress to hesitate. OBJ
viously nobody knows what lies
ahead. We may be moving into a
period Of prosperity so fantastic
that it will make our present
comfortable condition seem like
hard times. Or we may be head
ing for a terrible tumble. That
is to say, We may have the latter
unpleasant experience unless we
are able to act to prevent 1t II
the need to do 80 becomes clear.
The President has merely asked
for authority to take the steps
that would seem indicated under
such circumstances.
Summed Up in Cartoon.
A cartoon by Cliff Bergman in
Sundays Star sums UP our cur
rent uncertainty. 1t depicts John
@. Public facing an intelligence
test on the meaning of falling
prices and increasing unemploy-
ment. John @. is asked to check
one of the folloWings answers:
u. Helpful leveling off. 2. Just
burp. 3 A healthy disinflation
4. Nothing to be alarmed about
S. Higher taxes. 6. Price controls
7. Wall Street plot"
Aside from the Wall Street
Plot" which Mr.. Bergman added
just for fun, the cartoon presented
a pretty faithful report of the
opinions developed last week
when the Joint Economic Com
Evening star., 1949-02-22
On. 1T the, Record
.Impetuous u. S. Foreign Policy Moves:
Seen Aiding Kremlin in PROPAGANDA
D as$ "A al JH4A.

every difficulty in advance. Other
wise, the American system Of
checks and balances will result in
each policy being checked out.
Therefore, In policies involving
other nations there is but one
possible order Of procedure: One,
executive decision; two, clearance
or modification with Congress;
three, negotiations with others.
Only after all these stages have
been passed, and in this order,
should the matter be thrown into
public debate.
In the case Of the Atlantic Pact,
even Senator Connally, the ad-
Evening star., 1949-02-22

norShip in the future.
Georgians get another whack at
a third Talmadge innovation, an
act to extend the undemocratic
county-unit system of voting
which now applies only to pri-
maries, to general elections. AS
this takes the form of a constitu-
tional amendment. it must be
ratified in popular-vote referen-
dunn. Gov. Talmadge's object, of
course, is to give the rural coun-
ties. where his campaigning is
effective. the same power to dis
franchise large blocs Of city voters
in a general election that it has
in primaries.
Feared ms Puppet.
Some people are worried not so
much by Gov. Talmadge's show
of strength as by what they are
beginning to note as his weakness.
They fear Talmadge the puppet
more than Talmadge the tyrant,
able to. run the show himself.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

ministration's own man, was not
prepared. Gossip has it that this
was due to the lull between the
retirement of Secretary Marshall
and Undersecretary Lovett and
the appointment Of Mr.. Aeheson.
On that theory the whole world
can tremble If a secretary is
changed within the same admin
istration.
The only gamer from such in
competence Is the Kremlin. The
proposal of the pact staggered the
Soviets. Now, they have been
enabled to make q magnificent
propaganda comeback in the i'm
mense uncertainty Of the whole
situation.
tReleased By the Bell Syndicate. Ine)
Evening star., 1949-02-22

President IN
the m l ds t of
the current un-
certainty ov er
W h a t lie s
ahead" T h / S
is som e W h a t
like saying that
II we b e co m e
certain. that the
horse s going
to be stolen we
will lock the
barn door, but
as long as we
are not, certain
we will leaYe
Evening star., 1949-02-22

ncl uldA 1 d IL
madge'S entire
legislative pro-
6 r a m, includ-
ing his pet re-
registration bill
affecting h e
civil rights OF
all the people,
white or black,
and the success
sion bills which
b y p a SIS t h Q
courts so as to
in sure T a l.
madge control
Of the COVER.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

Tries cOulQ put
only one inter-
probation upon
the statement
in Pre- Il d e n t
Truman's In
q Vi ural ad-
dress:
The primary
purpose (of the
Atlantic Pact)
Is to provide
u n m I s taxable
proof Of the
joint determin-
alton Of the
Evening star., 1949-02-22
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Evening star., 1949-02-22

Z o n OInc1al
quarters, but it
a lSo cauS e s
some uneaSiness
in military cir
cleS, which are
watching close
ly every m ov e
the Soviet Un-
ion makes now.
Th ere are
certain indica-
tions that Mos
COW Is moving
toward intensi-
fcation Of the
Evening star., 1949-02-22

ing b e a g | e S,
o t h ers from
getting a b lue
ribbon for hav-
ing the fatteSt
pig. and S till
o t h ers from
knowing W h a t
wine to serve
W tn Goldfish
balls q n d
mashed turnips.
And, to con-
tinue, I h av e
k n o W n people
who gain pleas
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Bv Doris FIeeS0n

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 22.-The
Georgia legislature adjourned last
week end and most Georgians are
heartily glad of 1t.
1t had showed through Gov.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
NcLemore
Little Pleasures
Make Happiness
By Henry McLemore

There is no defining. pleasure.
Some get it from owning yachts,
some from chasing rabbits through
a wet field behind a pack of bark
Evening star., 1949-02-22
By Dorothy Thompson

The impetuouSness Of American
moves in foreign policy is des-
pairing to other nations and men
acing to our own. Other coun-
Evening star., 1949-02-22
By Constantine Brown

The decision of the Norwegian
government to tie its destiny to
that Of the Western democracies
produces satisfaction in Washing
Evening star., 1949-02-22

half your car is in the pedestrians'
lane.
Gee, it's great to be alive.
Distributed BY McNsught Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Bv L0weH MeUeff

There is no general sentiment
in Congress. it appears, for the
enactment Of the Economic Sta
bilization Act proposed by the
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-10-07
Pro Come Reveals
Surprises, NEGRO SeuE

Professional football has dem
onstrated that II In fun Of sur
prises this year. When the Buffa-
10 Bills defeated the San Francis
co 49ers in the All America con-
ference they proved that every
team In the league u potsnt
enough TO beat any other.
Fletcher Joe Perry, little An
American from Compton Junior
college, leads the 40er BAN car
riers with an amazing 230 yards
in only 20 carries.
The Chicago Hornets are prov
ing to be the surprise team In the
conference with its slick single
wing offenBe which Coach Ray
F1aherty claims can do anything
the T can do. Paul Patterson Ii q
key Hornets man in the pass at
tack and on defense.
Nevertheless the big guns Of
the conference seem 10 be the
Cleveland Browns and the 49ers
on the first level with the New
York Brooklyn Yankees not fal
behind. With Marion Motley bach
In the lineup the Browns should
wake up. Sherman Howard ID
proving to be q valuable addition
to the Yankee baclCfield.
Buffalo's Bills may yet cause q
lot Of trouble In the league. Balti'
more seems to be the weakest
squad. The Los Angeles Dons po'
tentiAlly are great, but need q
little revamplng. The Dons arr
starting along that line by switch,
ing center John Brown 70 tackle
Next weeks conference games
viii pit New York at Chicago.
Buffalo at Los Angeles, and
Cleveland at San Francisco.
In the rival National league the
Chicago Cardinals, the Chicago
Bears. and the Philadelphia Ea-
glcs appear to be the class Of the
circuit. II the Eagles can MAIN
tain the exhibition sharpness thru
out the season they should win
the title.