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PROPOSALS

SEALED PROPOSALS dn dupiicate5
will be received by the Once Of
Space Use and Leasing, d. c., once
Of Real Estate MANAGEMENT, Public
Buildings Administration. General
Services Administration, In Room
1126, Federal Works Agency Build
ing, Washington, D. c., until 3
O'Clock pm. daylight saving time,
July %, 1949, and then opened
publicly, to lease to the United
States Government approximate
100000 net square feet of space
in units of not less than 30,-
600 net square feet, for use as
administrative. clerical and related
quarters in the District Of Columbia
and its adjacent area. The Public
Buildings Administration, General
Services Administration, reserves
the right to reject any or all pro-
posals. and to waive any informalfty
in proposals received when such re-
lection OF. waiver is in the interest
Of the United States. Proposals sub
ject to the specifications and general
conditions outlined therein are to be
submitted on proposal forms which
may be obtained in Room 63O6 in
the above-named building. JOHN l..
NAGLE. Deputy Commissioner for
Real Estate Management. is
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AUCTION SALES

ZED L. WILLIAMS & ZED l..
WILLIAMS. JR.
PUBLIC
AUCTION
Furniture, household effects,
rugs, fancy mirrors, ladies
secretary desks, drop-head
Singer" sewing machine,
mahog. 7-pc. dinette set, etc.
Williams Auction House
9lS NEW YORK AVE.
TUES. Gully 19th)-2 PM.
CONSIGNED from furniture stores.
closeout suites from factories, private
owners and other sources.
S-Pc. Lawson style new living room
suite. new Duran-covered living
room suite. fancy new wall mirrors,
fine grade walnut bedroom suite.
any lsdy's slant-front desk. mahos.
inlaid dinette set. ''drophead Sing
denza. odd sofas. odd chests and
dressers. odd beds. breakfast set,
bookcase. dishes and dinner sets.
Duncan Phyfe" style drop-leaf ta-
bles, needlepoint side chairs. ma
hog. coffee tables. mahog. sewing
stands and numerous other furni-
ture and better-grade household ef-
HUcTIoNEER's PHI. MA. ae7e.
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ERANE .. NONToNE

sarily, it involves some sacrifice on your part.
A sure characteristic of the immature father is
his flat unwillngness to invest his time and pa
tience in his child's development. If you want
your son to have intellectual interests, you
must listen patiently while he expounds his
adolescent ideas about the world and what is
in it. If you want him to develop handicraft
skills. you cannot simply hand him tool chest
and say, "All right, 60 down in the basement
and build boat
As a real father you must be prepared
to suffer a little while your child ''helps''
with various tasks. When you paint the
porch, do you refrain from giving your boy a
quarter and telling him to take in matinee?
When you plant flower bed, do you let your
toddler hang around and help even though
she does try to swallow the seeds? When you
gave Junior an electric train for his birthday
did you assemble it while he was asleep, or did
you wait until morning and tactfully ask to be
allowed to help him put his new toy together
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ASK your mother" he says, when permis-
sion is involved. If there is conflict under his
roof, he mutters weakly, Better do as your
mother says"
His children get the idea that he is really
a good fellow, and that it is their mother who
is the source of all the restraining rules and
nasty punishments. Sometimes he makes
further bid for good will by subverting his
wife's discipline: he'll slip dollar to the son
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father is the stern, remote dictator who acts
more like drill sergeant than parent. His
home is his castle, and his children had better
look sharp and jump quickly lest they receive
the brunt of his Olympian wrath.
Result: Rebel
NATURALLY, as every excl can testify, such
military rule does not inspire d desire to obey
Rather, it produces child who is in constant
rebellion, always scheming for ways to outwit
the old man and have the last laugh. This
mans child is the one who gets out of the
house by sliding down a bed-sheet rope, who
learns to lie blandly about where he has been
and with whom, and who breaks loose once
in while to commit some major havoc
Almost always, when look into the history
of such father, find that his own father
was just like him. MY Pop was really tough
with us kids, he tells me. And did he rebel?
Certainly! He grins little as he recalls what
a hellion of youngster he was. The grin
fades when I point out that there is little
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sense in repeating his fathers errors and sug-
gest that he adopt something that promises
little more success.
Many immature fathers have come to me to
learn how they can teach their children moral
values. One was upset because his son, who
was treasurer of the local boys club, had
altered his crude records to cover deduction
of SIS for ice-cream sodas and hot dogs for the
treasurer. was anxious to see the child. for
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5. Do you avoid your share of the
responsibility in melting out just
and necessary punishments of
your children?
6. Do you often react to your
children's misbehavior with vio-
lent outbursts of temper?
J. DO you try to get your children
to obey by promising them pres
ents and rewards?
3. Do you ever run down or be-
little your wife to the children?
8. If the men of your family were
all professional men or white
collar workers and your son. who
had a fair for mechanics and
low scholastic aptitude, wanted
to go into a garage business. " hat
would your attitude be? Would
you refuse to help him:
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HOW DO YOU RATE?

WHAT kind of q father are you?
If your answers are ''yes" to five
or more Of these questions, then
psychiatrists would have to rate
you as a failure.
!. Because you are the bread
winner, do you consider that the
major responsibility for bringing
up the children falls to your wife?
2. When you get home at the end
Of the day, do you demand abso-
lutte peace and quiet at home. and
insist that your children leave you
alone and play by themselves:
). Is your youngster afraid to ask
you questions about sex and
other serious matters?
4. II your wife disciplines a child,
do you interfere or argue about it
before the child?
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necessarily pass through the courts. Many
manage to tumble their way into unhappy
adulthood without breaking any laws But
my office is filled every day with a frightening
number Of people who are running perfectly
good marriages, f1ubbing promising careers.
shamefacedly laboring under unbearable SEX
ual tensions. And too often we find that it is
a one-sided, mother r-dominated home which
has either started the emotional trouble or
pushed it toward crisis.
OF what use are fathers, anyway? A tragi-
cally large number view their paternal roles
somewhat sourly. Perhaps something like this
True, / went ffty-fifty with my wife in
producing my child. But after got through
pacing the hospital corridor while he was
being born, my part was finished All I've
done in the last ten years is pay the bills and
hand out little discipline now and then when
he got out of control. Sure, I'm fond of the
kid. Proud of him, too. But suppose could
take some more time to spend with him, what
would do? My wife can take him to the ZOO
just as well as can. Better, in fact She has
more patience to answer his questions"
They Need Man Around
YES, but your wife's answers are not the
same as yours would be! You and your wife
are not at all alike. the basic difference being
that she is female and your children must
learn to grow up in male and female world!
Your son needs man around whom he can
initiate. You want him to glory in physical
strength, learn to be aggressively fear
less, resourceful, protective lin short,
masculine. He will not learn that from his
mother.
Your daughter needs her father for another
reason. You, and you alone, will set the pat
tern for her future opinion of men. If, some
10 or Is years hence, she picks out a husband
whom you consider mot half good enough for
her." remember it was from you that she
should have learned better taste! 1t is every
fathers deepest wish that his daughter will
escape unhappy misadventures of sexual or
emotional nature. But the best protection
you can afford your daughter is not set of
strict rules about being home before midnight
In you she sees all the qualities that are ad-
mirable in men. If you measure up to your
own standards, and are around often enough
for her to get an idea of just what your
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standards are, you needn't worry about her.
Children have peculiar and often amusing
loyalty to their male parents The story is
told OF a mother who, feeling that her hus-
band was not much of a man, had made every
effort to divert her sons admiration to her
brother, romantic, swashbuckling success
who made his living building bridges and
leveling mountains
We'll, son." said guest who knew the
situation, Il guess you're going to be great
engineer, like your uncle
mo" said the child thoughtfully, Il guess
I'll be great neurotic, like my father!'
Most modern fathers are still in full retreat
from their paternal duties. There are three
kinds of immature fathers who contrive
to vanish from the home rather than face
their paternal responsibilities.
The most common is the one who allows
himself to be licked by very real problem -
the unavoidable pressures of our present day
way of living. Pop no longer works in the
nearby fields or in village store that is just
short hop from the house He leaves in the
morning while his children are still working
on their oatmeal and by the time he comes
home at night they have mistakenly been
hustled off to bed. Mothers apparently fail
to understand that play hour with Pop is
worth three of pillow pounding
On week ends. when this vanishing father
could spend considerable time with his young
= sters, he Graves instead game of golf,
round of poker, a concert or movie. Cruelty
enough. such cases of paternal indifference are
often emphasized when the child involved is
girl. Girls appear to their fathers as miniature
women - mysterious, unexplainable, def
nitely not fathers business.
Keep in Teuch
UNAvoIDABLY, fathers who are separated
from their children by divorce, military serv-
ice and such necessities as face the travelling
salesman fall into this category of the vanish
ing father. Gay personal letters. souvenirs
and elaborate descriptions of how father lives
and works away from home will do much to
bridge this gap, which may be no fault of the
male parent but nevertheless may do meal
culable damage to the child.
The second type of vanishing father does
not actually rob his children of his physical
presence; he simply resigns from fatherhood.
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VINO mas well deserved to
have his allowance cut.
This kind of weak
willed ''papa' thinks he
can gain his children's
love through indulgence.
He prefers this to the firm,
patient, reasonable adult
behavior that usually begets
admiration. He is mistaken,
but he won't begin to find it
out until it's too late. Then
he'll rush into my Office and
demand a magic formula for
controlling" his children
who, he will say, are going
from bad to worse.
Third fvr,o of irornat,,ro
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stealing is often an outward
sign of deep emotional in
security. But it was moth
ing 50 complicated.
"Why get excited over
five bucks?" demanded the
youngster. Il heard Pop tell
Nom that he'd beaten the
Treasury out of five hundred
dollars on his income tax"
The Ixa,natuxe Father
But while example is
much more important than
commands, it will not do the
whole job. Participation is a
part of child training that
cannot be avoided. Neces-
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AMERICAN FATHER

Many father hardly has time for his children any
more. Think it doesn't matter? Read what this
authority about the tragic results of one-sded
upbringing and what you should do about it
by Edward A. Strecker, MD.
Chairman Department of Psychiatry,
University of Pennsylvania Medical hool
Evening star., 1949-06-11

economic collapse and chaotic situation
IN which Intervention by the Red regime
In Northern Korea could be easy. What
President Truman has In mind Ii q sort
of Little Marshall Plan" for the Republic
Of Korea, including rehabilitation as well
as bare relief. He points out the broader
implications of saving Korea's independ-
ence when he states that 1t has become
testing ground" for the principles and
practice of democracy "a against totali-
tarianism, and that the fate OF Korea La
being closely watched by all the Far
Eastern peoples.
Unfortunately, Korea's position has been
worsened by the Communist triumph In
neighboring China, and administration
spokesmen frankly admit that the aid
now proposed will not guarantee abso-
lutely against Communist aggression that
might turn Korea into q second Greece.
What they do emphasize Is that failure
on our part to extend such aid viii make
the fall Of the Republic practically inevi-
table and involve moral as well as material
consequences highly injurious to ourselves.
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Reputation und Security

1oIoou 0Idy, oecTetaTy y-oeSlgnaCe OF the
Army, has acted with commendable speed
to investigate the strange error" involving
the Pentagon and the reputation of Gordon
r. Clapp, chairman Of the Tennessee Valley
Authority. Apparently the whole thing was
unintentional, but it is nevertheless worth
mulling over as reflection of the some
what psychotic nature of these security
conscious times
The error" occurred after officials In the
American Military Government at Frank
furt, Germany, had requested that Mr..
Clapp be enlisted to 60 over there for
ninety days to lecture on power projects
and related subjects. In reply, somebody
in the Army here in Washington sent back
the impression that Mr.. Clapp was "un-
employable," a word which is used in
Government circles to suggest that the
individual 80 described Is unreliable or q
poor security risk for political social or
other reasons.
Yet this same Mr.. Clapp is head Of one
Of the Nations most important projects.
He has been chairman of the iva since
April, 1947, having been confirmed in that
post, by q close vote, after O long and
rigorous investigation and debate in the
Senate Of the United States. Despite this,
however, as recently as last March, the
AMG in Frankfurt received from the
Pentagon q cable that was interpreted to
mean that Mr.. Clapp's views were suspect
and that therefore he ought not to 60
to Germany to talk about hydroelectric
power.
In an effort to put things right, MIR. Gray,
expressing official regrets to the iva chair
man, has blamed the faux pas on an
unfortunate misinterpretation of the
word 'unemployable'" He has said also
that the Army has never Investigated
Mr.. Clapp and has absolutely no deroga-
tory information" about his security stand
ing. Yet somebody In the Pentagon,
possibly an intelligence officer Of little
experience and less judgment, appears to
have been in position to spread con-
trary impression.
According to Mr.. Gray, new Army pro-
cedures will prevent such errors in the
future. Let us hope 50. Let us hope, too,
that similar procedures are being put into
effect in other Government departments.
National security" Is a very broad phrase.
II dimwits, crackpots and backbiters are
free to put the finger on people in connec-
ton with 1t, 1t can be used-as 1t has
been-to cover a multitude of sins against
good Americans. The fundamental decen-
cies Of our free way of life demand that
we be on guard against that kind Of evil.
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f%Ft&k4E&
D-day the encrss as the ailsed armies ecn-
esned with the Preach Purees of tire In
terror had cost the Germans ise.eoe men.
900 tanks. 7soo vehicles and eleven generxla
Reinfcrcements we're arrsvtng pseceneal and.
although they included two good parrss
divisions. we're hardly sacnriens 70 balance
the losses.
Again-ths Fruits 81 Decepssen-
Actually the losses could have been MADE
up easily enough by bringing tn troops from
the crack 18th Army, which Vas hel6
in the Pas de CAlals But this army vas
sacrosanct II could not be weakened be-
cause the enemy believed stall that the
major assault would be made against H.
Troops were tyanSferred 20 Normandy oaly
when they could be replaced by A sood
divisions or better. Only after the shatier-
Ing disaster Of the break through did the
High Command. sttll grudgtngiy. permit
18th Army troops TO be brought 10 Nor
mandy for Q counter-atia intended 10
break the tenuous supply lines Of the Arneri-
can Third Army which had Just started It's
operations
The result Of the refusal to disturb the
18th Army left the enemy with q total Of
less than ioo. 900 fighting men-l7 divi-
sions with an average strength OF about
I,uVV--tO MSEt Tie assault %AfcAs Akhibst
these we're launched a total Of 81 American.
British and Canadian divisions.
Results Of Lev Morale,
Even with this disparity in numbers o
more stubborn resistance was expected. the
report revealed and It's failure 10 materialiEe
can be attributed only 70 the fact that
morale was at q low ehb. The German
troops had been told 10 expect a new secret
weapon which had not materialtxed The
morale Of the oticer corps had been un-
dermined by the attempted putsch Of the
feld marshals against Hitler. And II was
becoming more apparent daily that the
highly vaunted Luftwaffe, which had
played such q prominent part hitherto was
functioning at q quite low level OF efficiency
The enemy boasted that there was no
surprise element In either phase OF the lSi
Army Northumberland push from the
base Of the Cherbourg peninsula south
ward or the nanking movement OF the 9Th
Corps through Coutances and Avranehes
This probably was true. It was an obvious
movement for the Allies. whose movements
were unendurably restricted on the beach.
head area. But In the face OF this knowl-
edge there was an altogether insufficient
buildup TO meet the attack-probably be-
cause there was nothing to be done about
1t unless Hitler and his generals could be
persuaded to break up their precious 18th
Army.
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A Stomp Commission

Representative George p Miller Of Call
fornia may have found the cure for the
plague of second-rate commemorative
stamps. In O bill which he introduced on
June 2, he suggests that q commission be
created to deal with the problem. The
Postmaster General would be chairman,
and his associates would be the Archivist
of the United States, the Secretary Of the
Smithsonian Institution, the Librarian of
Congress and "one individual from private
life to be appointed by the President"
Beginning with the calendar year 1850,
Mr.. Miller would have the proposed COM
mission select not to exceed twelve
subjects, each to be Of sufficient his
torical interest or current importance 10
merit the issuance of q commemora-
tive stamp" The denominations and de-
signs would be left to the Postmaster Gen.
eral to determine.
OF course, what Mr.. Miller wants is, In
effect, a policing of the whole field of
commemorative II his wish prevails,
there will be no more unworthy postal
labels. The immediate result of this bill,
when enacted into law, would be to
put an end to the food of appeals for
stamps Tor small, inconsequential objec-
tives. No theme of less than national
significance would have a chance of ap-
proval. The prevailing confusion. occa-
stoned by group and neighborhood pres
sures upon Congress and unfortunately
encouraged by the willingness of some
Congressman to bow expediently to such
compulsions would be terminated
II precedent be wanted for adopting
Mr.. Miller's solution 1t may be discovered
in the "jury" which In 1887 chose the
designers for the current Presidential series
Of stamps. 1t first was requested by the
philatelic public, and It gave expression
to collectors desires for more attractive
postal issues. Mrs Catherine L. Manning,
the Governments philatelist, was included
in the group. She still is available at the
Smithsonian and, as first lady in the
world of stamps" well might be asked to
serve again.
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Aid for koreu

President Truman's message to Congress
proposing the appropriation of $3.50 900, 900
for aid to the Republic of Korea under
scores one of the most pressing problems
In the Far East. That such q problem
should exist is due wholly to the bad faith
of Soviet Russia in failing to live up to
its international commitments and pur-
suing aggressive policies of its own.
The ancient nation of Korea was one Of
the first victims Of modern Japanese impe-
rialism. Subjected by Japan early in the
present century, Korea was harshly ruled
and mercilessly exploited by It's conquerors.
To undo this wrong and restore Korea to
sovereign independence was the declared
policy Of all the major Allies In the late
war, including the Soviet Union. Upon
Japan's defeat, the United States and
Soviet Russia arranged to divide Korea into
two zones for military occupation, with the
distinct understanding that this was q
Temporary arrangement to facilitate the
evacuation of Japanese personnel and pre-
pare the way for native regime over the
entire country. In fragrant disregard Of
this understanding, the Russians turned
its zone of Northern Korea into satellite
'People's Republic" run by Communists,
who claimed Jurisdiction over all Korea
and denounced the Republic established
In the American Zone Of Southern Korea.
That Republic was democratically elected
under the supervision Of United Nations
Commission, and the u. N. az well as the
United States has pronounced 1t the sole
legal government In Korea. The U. N.
General Assembly has likewise called upon
the occupying powers to withdraw their
forces as soon as practicable, and the
United States has announced its with
drawal by July /.
This will be crucial. date, because, at
the end Of June, the relief hitherto ex-
tended Southern Korea by our Army viii
terminate. The Republics economy Is far
from stabilized, largely because 1t Is de-
prived of the resources Of the Communist
dominated north. Failure on our part TO
continue assistance would insure speedy