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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-13

only scientist among the FIVE In this all
important position, he's going to help see to it
that we stay years ahead of the Russians, or
anyone else, in atomic research and develop
ment.
The five Commissioners, appointed by the
President, have the duty of making all the
vital decisions about u S. atomic-energy
activities. These five civilians handle gov
eminent investment bigger than General
Motors Corporation, hold leases or rights to
more land than the State of Rhode Island.
and keep about 5000 Americans at work,
through 5000 contracting and sub-contract-
ing firms. 1t is their job to keep the U. S. first
in atomic weapons. and at the same time
make the wonderful peacetime atomic future
come true.
Huge Decisions
AS THE only trained scientist of the five.
Smyth naturally understands the technical
side of what's going on more fully than the
other four men. Consequently his opinions
carry great weight.
When he tits back in chair at the huge
conference table in the Acc building and
casually explains an intricate chemical or
physical process, it may be the deciding factor
in spending another 20 or 80 millions on a
given project. The decisions are made, of
course. by majority vote of the five men,
all of whom have studied the recommended
tons of the Acc specialists
BY their vote, after discussion, the five
men may decide to create another new CITY
somewhere in the western desert. They may
throw many millions into new attempt to
develop more potent bomb or an earth
circling satellite bomb sooner than other
nations. Or they may spend money for alb.
stract theorizing with no foreseeable practical
use - but which may some day prove as
Evening star., 1949-04-24

newspapers. and Sheridan wasn't
sure he wanted that. lie looked NJ
his watch. Maybe he could still
catch Rogers in hin olsrr. ;.
Fifteen minutes later Sheridan
parked his car On . side street and
began running fx the Municipal
Building two blocks away. He
raced up the wide stone steps.
He WAS breathing hard when he
rushed into the roam. The wall
clock said 5:33. Ofkcially the
Offices were closcd. and his heart
sank n he noticed the empty
desks. Then = man came cut Of an
inner Office and Sheridan RELAXED
a bit. MIR. Roeenl" he said
hopefully. The man nodded.
I'm Joe Sheridan" he blurted.
Sorry to be late. but ! - my car
broke down"
Rogers nodded again briefly -
he sat down and motioncd Sheri-
dan into . chair.
Il won't question il. Sheridan"
he said slowly. ''But for your sake
hope it's true. 1t doesn't look
good for a parolce to be late for
his first probationary report"
mo. sir. it wouldn't" Sheridan
said. lingering his moist hat band.
"It'll never happen again.
either. -"
Good" Rogers settled back in
his chair and regarded him care
fully. Now then. Sheridan" he
went on. Would you say you'd
been behaving yourself?"
Sheridan looked at the man
levelly for a moment. Then he
smiled. I'D say 50. SIR" The End
Evening star., 1949-04-24

cop was out in a fash. his gun
waving. The punks came out
shaking. their hands in the air.
Sheridan expelled a big breath
and backed up slowly. The cop
didn't need him now. Besides.
Sheridan didn't want to be around
when the cop started thanking
him. Things like that got into the
Evening star., 1949-04-24

Street the wrong way. Startled
stall-keepers and shoppers shook
their fists and screamed.
lHE green sedan turned into
Lake Street just as Sheridan got
to the entrance. The driver
jammed on the brakes desperately
and stopped two feet away. The
Evening star., 1949-04-24
He leoned out The
window and hred

they'll hop out and disappear so
fast you'll never find them. 80"
Sheridan raced on for several
blocks and then turned sharply.
The sedan. he figured, would hit
the area by coming up Lake
Street. The cop muttered that
he'd better be right.
Sheridan swung down Lake
Evening star., 1949-04-24

A PARrY's made when you serve this
IA glamorous new cake-Chitton!
So different! Light as angel food,
yet moist and rich. So light and lus-
cious because it's made with Wesson
Oil. All Betty Crocker's recipes for
Chiffon cakes call for Wesson Oil!
Evening star., 1949-04-24

TO hasten recovery after ii1nssa.
= many doctors advise dsinkink
Ovsltine for two reasons;
Fjvss. Ovalsine 10 one of the sichsse
food sources Of vieamins and miaerals.
Each cup, made with milk, provides
valuable amounss of minerals Caleism,
phosphorus add lrou. and visamins
A, b. c, q. @ and NiaSin. These vita
minis and minerals. % impoftant 20
speedy recovery, are often dekcient In
convalescens diets.
Ssess<, Ovaitine supplies basic food
substanees-complete peoseins 70 re-
pair body and nerve ceils--high.enerEy
foods for kesner vitslisy. Ovaleine u
specially processed for easy digevion,
30 Il usually stays down" when moth
Ing else seems TO agree.
Recommended the world over 70
build up convalescents. So II someone
Ia your family needs building up, try
giving Ovsltine for . while.
OvALTI n Z
Evening star., 1949-04-24
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You need light, delicate salad oil to
make this light, delicate cake! And
Wesson Oil is good cooks wisdom"
in other ways too. for homemade
dressings that give excitement to
your salads and for crisp, digestible
fried foods.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
More Trucking Comfort
In Store for Farmers

According to tips from automo-
tive engineers, little pigs that go
to market in trucks, and the ia. al.
ers who drive them there will soon
be getting the most comforta tle
rides they've ever had in farm
transports.
These engineers say the trend in
most new models of trucks is TO-
ward more comfort for the driver,
with the aim of making his life
happier - and also eliminating
basic causes of accidents and dam
age to cargoes.
Virtually every phase of truck
operation is now being studied by
truck manufacturers in an about
drive to eliminate many of the
jerks and jolts and destructive vi
brations that cause damage" says
W. L. Aiken, automotive engineer
of ski industries, Incorporated.
Innovations of many kinds, he
says, are now being built into
trucks, with special emphasis on
ways to cushion both the driver
and his load.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
u. S. Has Always
Hailed New Year

New Years Day always has
been actively celebrated in the
United States, and from Colonial
times to the present it has been
a day of great significance.
The Presidents have received the
public at great receptions on that
day, and the custom of visiting
friends and relatives is one which
has survived until the present.
In the "gay nineties" this Wis
iting back and forth attained
tremendous vogue and the young
blades Of the city and town looked
forward to the event with the keen
est anticipation.
Still New Years Day seems to
be growing even more in popularity
and the average American feels
"lost" unless he has some plans to
"go somewhere" and "do some
thing" on New Years Eve.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
Nations Have Own
New Year Customs

Almost every nation on earth
has welcomed the New Year with
some form of ceremony, not, how
ever, on the same date or in the
same way.
The Druids celebrated the New
Year on the shortest day of the
year, the time, in their belief, when
the sun which had turned away
in winter then turned homeward,
bringing with it light, warmth and
good cheer.
The superstitions that cluster
around the day began way back in
the time of these sun worshippers
when the priests led the people to
the forests of the gods for small
sprigs of mistletoe which would
bring them health and prosperity
for the year.
So important was the event the
people marched in professions to
the groves, led by the priests, and
there the mistletoe was cut with
sickles of gold
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
ARMAMENTS:
Census Voted

The Russians weren't doing so
well in. United Nations activities.
Despite bitter Soviet objections,
the U.N. general assembly voted to
take worldwide census of ordi-
nary arms and armed forces. Los
ing the protest, the Reds lost, too,
in an effort to have the census in
clude atomic bombs, too.
However, the Soviet action made
it unlikely that any of the western
countries would turn in their fig
ureS now.
THE ASSEMBLY voted "A to S
(Slav bloc dissenting) for the cen
sus of weapons technically called
conventional ornaments" This
would include anything from such
small arms as pistols to the largest
warships and planes, but would not
include atomic bombs or any other
weapons of mass destruction. The
western group argued such a cen
sus is the first step in setting up a
scheme for arms limitation.
The assembly action confirmed
OllCe IlOIe uGClSlOIl VI Tie ~ IN .
commission for conventional arma-
ments that it has no business deal
ing with atomic weapons since the
U.N. atomic energy commission
was set up for that purpose.
THE FRENCH, on the other
hand, charged that Russia was
trying to trap the western powers
into disarming while the Soviets
build an army unprecedented in
history.
John D. Hickerson, us. assistant
secretary of state, told the Russian
delegates frankly that western
Europe is rearming and the US. is
helping, because they fear the in
tentions of the Soviet Union"
With this open declaration Of
knowledge or belief of where
Americas chief danger lies, there
should be no excuse in the future
for any reenactment of the Pearl
Harbor debacle in the event the
Reds start a war.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
COAL:
OF & On

John L. Lewis coal miners had
returned to the pits on an "off
& on" system of the three-day work
week. The concensus among op-
orators and federal officials was
that Lewis had done nothing by this
action but "save face"
THEY POINTED OUT that LIE IS
gradually was beginning to .e
hemmed in by a combination of
circumstances over which he was
losing control. Among these were
disposition on the part of the
miners to question his arbitrary &C.
ton in calling them from work and
cutting off their incomes, and what
appeared to be an open admission
of weakness by his bargaining with
operators on an independent basis.
At the time the three-day work
week went into effect, the southern
coal dealers had announced there
appeared little point in trying to
negotiate a contract with Lewis
until he modified two of his con-
tract demands.
The first was Lewis insistence
on willing and able' clause
which would give him the right to
call miners out on "quickie strikes"
or put them on a three-day work
week.
The other was the mine union
chiefs desire for "too much con-
troll over the unions multi-million-
dollar welfare and retirement fund.
JOSEPH E. MOODY, president
of the southern coal operators
group, declared that Lewis stand
imperiled the entire industry.
"Unless Mr.. Lewis stops winning
these demands" he said, she will
wreck the entire coal industry"
Of the clause permitting quickie
strikes or a three-day work week,
Moody said it would have to be
eliminated because it is a usur-
patton of the basic functions Of
management: at the right of en-
ployers to operate their mines in
accordance with sound business
judgment"
Meantime group of small mine
operators had signified their in
tention to sign separate agreements
with Lewis.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
Giveaways Going

Public apathy, according to cur
hent reports, appeared to be beat
ing the federal courts to the punch
in celebrating giveaway shows
from the nations radio networks.
Although proposed federal bans
remained tied up in the courts,
the public already had knocked off
a number of Jackpot shows by the
most effective means in radio
not tuning them in. Four such
shows already had folded, one was
on the way out, others were being
revised.
The decline of the giveaway was
attributed to the passing of a fad
"a falling off in interest among
radio listeners; but, whatever the
reason, it is automatic in radio
that loss of audience is as fatal
to program as any federal edict
could be-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
Good Psychology

And there are many here in
Washington who believe, as does
this reporter, that the attitude of
the Truman administration toward
the fallacious idea that the ma
tons economy must get back to
normal or to pre-war, has had
a tremendous psychological effect
on the nations business, despite
the cries of pessimism which have
gone up from business leaders
The committee for economic de-
velopment, which this reporter be-
lieves promulgates the soundest
economic principles of any other
business organization has already
testified before the congressional
joint committee, setting forth its
ideas for a stabilized budget ito,
set tax rates to balance the budget
and provide a surplus for debt re-
tirement at an agreed high level
of employment and national in
come" SO that tax revenues would
decline when national income de-
clines and rise when national in>
come rises.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30

lucky to leave the house on New
Years Day until some outsider has
entered in.
There is also an old superstition
concerning the weather told in an
old legend as follows:
eff New Year night wind
bloweth south,
1t betOkeneth warmth and
growth;
If west, much milk, and fish
in sea;
If north, much cold and
storms there'll be;
If east, the tree will bear
much fruit.
If northeast, flee it, man and
brute"
1t was considered unlucky also
for one to make a present on New
Years until one had first been re.
ceived.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30

crops are coming along as is any,
one else-in fact more vitality inter-
ested than anyone else except other
farmers.
The only person who knows how
the crop is coming along,"-
is, the nations overall crops-is a
mythical person, Uncle Sam; but
he knows and he tells.
His information is gathered from
Al us. crop reporting offices, COM
piled in Washington, and released
on or about the 10th of every month
as service of the agriculture de-
partment's bureau of agricultural
economics. There are about 500 re-
ports made each year, and the far
mer who follows these reports
knows what is happening in the
field of agriculture and he regulates
the operation of his own fields ac-
cordingly.
The farmers, themselves, are the
reporters, having been sending in
formation to the government ever
since 1862 when crop reporting be-
gan during Lincoln's administra-
ton. No pay is received by the far
mers for this work, yet some OF
them have faithfully kept up reports
for 40 years.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
TAXES:
Reform Urged

It wouldn't be all beer and skit-
ties for Mr.. Truman and his let's
increase-taxes adherents in the
second session of the 81st congress.
AS everyone will recall, Mr..
Truman has indicated he will ask
a multi-billion dollar tax hike in
January, and he was bolstered in
that position by statement by
John Snyder, treasury secretary,
who also saw a need for more
taxes.
HOWEVER, Senator O'Mahoney
3D., Wyo.) didn't share the views
of these two gentlemen. Instead,
the senator said publicly that any
tax increase not only would be a
mistake, but practical impos-
sibility."
The senator, who heads the SEN
ate-house economic committee and
might reasonably be presumed to
know what he was talking about,
told newsmen he thought the gov
eminent could get more revenue
by revising the tax system to give
new incentives to business, rather
than by raising taxes.
HE WILL SUGGEST, it was indi-
Gated, that wasteful spending in
government be eliminated but not
too sharply, and that no tax hike
be made. Declaring the present
tax system to be badly in need of
reform, he said it should be re-
vised to provide incentive for bust
ness expansion.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
HIGH COURT:
A Stute's RIGHT

A states right to enact laws for
bidding use of force. and violence
to keep workmen from their jobs
was upheld by the United States
supreme court.
THE CASE came up on appeal
from Arkansas where the CLIO.
had attacked enactment of such
law. The labor unions called it
violation of federal constitutional
guarantees of freedom of speech
and assembly.
But the high court was not con-
fused. The Arkansas law, it ruled,
did nothing of the kind. 1t did not
penalize any peaceful assembly at
the site of labor dispute, nor did
it infringe the right of expression
of views in any labor dispute"
All it did, the court said, in eff
feet, was to require that labor
disputes proceed without the use
of force or violence.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
T:.H.'AFZn.,okr
~ NEW YEAR

Omens of good and bad luck
always have been associated with
the New Year, all founded more or
less on the supposition that su-
preme power was vested in an un-
seen deity who could bring good
luck if properly appeased, and mete
out punishments if offended.
Among the old superstitions are
many quaint customs that have
been observed for centuries and
have come down almost to this day
and age. They include:
To bring good luck, one must
wear something new on the first
day of the year. This is an old
English belief.
In some parts Of England and
Scotland it is believed to be un-
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
Lincoln Held Significant
Reception On New Years

One Of the most significant New
Years receptions ever to take
place at the White House was held
by President Lincoln in 1868. It
was at noon, January l, that secre-
tary of state Seward carried the
emancipation proclamation to the
President for his signature.
II have been shaking hands since
8 o'clock this morning and my
right hand is almost paralyzed, "
the President said to Seward.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
DEFENSE:
Skeletons RuttIe

Skeletons of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt elmer circle were be-
ing ratified again. This time, it was
Harry L. Hopkins, Roosevelt right
hand-man in the glittering days of
the New Deal and the early war
years, who was being resurrected
In charges he gave U. S. atomic
secrets to the Russians.
THE ACCUSER was G. Racey
Jordan, a former army captain,
who declared in a radio interview
that big loads of what Russian
colonel called uranium and "bomb
powder" were flown to Russia in
1914 under hurry-up instructions
telephoned Jordan by the late Mr..
Hopkins.
Ex-captain Jordan claimed pos
session of documentary proof, in
Guiding a diary and copies which
he said were of letters he wrote
informing his superiors of these
events.
U. S. officialdom who might have
been concerned, or who were init
mate with or associates of Hopkins
and the Inner circle" were quick
to brand Jordan's charges as fan
tastic," ''cock-and-bull story" or
to claim they had "heard nothing"
about any such happenings.
JORDAN'S ACCOUNT described
Hopkins as "the button the Rus
slams touched every time they
needed emergency help" and said
Hopkins twas in the picture all
the time"
Despite the overall denial in high
places, congressional prob e
group set to work to investigate
the charges. Its action was di-
rected by Chairman. Mcmahon
d., Conn., of the senate-house
atomic committee.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
'UnveiIing'

In Independence, Mo-, a myster-
ious blaze unveiled gift by Pres
ident Harry S. Truman to his home
town. The gift was a statue Of
Andrew jackson, and the unveil-
ing had been set for a later date.
The statue, mounted in front Of
the courthouse, was concealed by
a muslin covering. Somehow the
muslin covering caught fire and
burned completely away. Police in
Dictated they suspected pranksters.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
New Milk Nutrient Found
Essential to Good Health

A pre- 'iously-unidentified nutrient
in milk has been labeled-B-1land
found to be essential to normal
human beings.
Commercial chemists recently
isolated BIZ in crystalline form
from. hver extracts and found that
II is the material that makes this
extract effective in treatment of
deadly anemia. It was formerly
labeled Nutrient K" The form is
still in an experimental stage.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
Two-Foced Janus

The name January is de-
rived from the two-faced god,
January.
In mythology he was origi-
nally the god Of light and day,
but he gradually became re-
garded as the god Of the begin
ming Of things.
The beginning of the year was
sacred to Janus and a festival
In his honor, called Aginia, was
celebrated. At the beginning Of
any important undertaking his
advice and assistance were
sought.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
CZECH REDS:
Church War Looms

The smouldering row between
church and state in Czechoslovakia
threatened to erupt into open con-
flict as the nations Roman Catho-
lie bishops warned the Communist
government that they could not
submit to church control laws that
destroy religious freedom.
The bishops even went so far as
to suggest the possibility Of ire
ligious fight to protect their po-
siticn.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1949-12-30
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Annual Pred lotions
IN WASHINGTON


nURING THIS HOLIDAY SEA-
- SON, from Thanksgiving to the
New Year, Is the time when prog
nosticators come forth to predict
the economic trend for the coming
year.
And every year since wars end
we have heard those who predict
the coming depression-a depres-
sion which historically has fol-
lowed all wars and which tho
''cycle" analysts predict must
come-for the simple reason that
depressions have followed boom OK
prosperity periods In the past.
Here in Washington such pre-
dctions are already being made,
not with such certainty as in the
past, since the facts are that the
nations economy has, despite the
calamity howlers, scared to new
heights Of income.
And while, Of course, your
Home Town Reporter is no
economic expert, there are GER
tain features which stick out
in the nations economic life
bulwarks upon which trends
toward depression smash them
selves, which have not been
there following wars Of the
past. And it takes only common
sense and powers Of observa-
ton to note that these break
waters Of economic depressions
are functioning.
First and foremost is the en-
ployment act of 1916 through which
is set up the Presidents council
of economic advisors and by which
1t is the duty OF the President to
report to the nation annually on
the outlook for employment and to
propose remedies for maintaining
the economic stability. When con-
gress convenes in January, in adj
dition to his State of the Union
message, President Truman. under
this act, also will send message
to the congress based on careful
surveys by his economic experts
showing the condition of the ma
TONS business and offering meas
ures to insure stability during the
year.