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Evening star., 1949-05-05
Missiles Test Rance
Bill Waits Signature

A bill to authorize establish
ment Of q 3.o0o-mile-long test
range for guided missiles was
ready for White House action TO-
day. following final congressional
approval yesterday.
The report Of Senate House
conferees on differences In their
versions of the measure was
adopted unanimously in the
House. II previously had gained
Senate approval.
The Secretary OF Defense
would be authorized to institute
planning for the long-range prov
ing ground and delegate its ad-
ministration to- one Of the armed
services - presumably the Air
Force.
Expenditure Of $75,0o0,00o for
initial stages Of the project would
be permitted. Eventually. 1t
would cost up to 5000. .oo0. 900.
The State Department has an
nounced talks have been proceed
ing satisfactorily with British au-
thorities, looking toward estab-
lishment Of such a range across
the South Atlantic. with radar
checking stations on islands OF
the Bahamas group. A launch
ing site in the Florida Everglades
has been mentioned.
Evening star., 1949-05-05
kaImedy Trial Evidence
Unreliable, Ex.CoIoneI Says
RY the Aaseeiotsd Press

A former Army colonel-now
Pennsylvania judge-testified yes
terday that IL Germans sentenced
to die for the Malmedy massacre
were convicted on what he con-
siders unreliable evidence"
Judge Edward Van Roden OF the
Delaware County CPa) Orphans
Court also gave q Senate Armed
Services Subcommittee a story
suggesting that the killing Of
captured Americans at Malmedy,
Belgium. during the 1874 Battle
of the Bulge may have been due
to escape attempts and trigger
happy" nervousness among the
Germans. The version given by
some survivors Is that the Germans
lined up American prisoners and
cold-bloodedly shot 80 or more.
Judge Van Roden was one OF
three members Of q special COM
mission sent overseas last year
TO review 129 death sentences by
Army military courts. The group
recommended that all IL death
sentences given Germans convicted
In the Malmedy massacre be re-
duced to life terms. Gen. Lllcius
Clay, American military COM
mander in Germany. accepted the
recommendations as to six Ger
mans. The other six are still
under sentence to die.
Evening star., 1949-05-05
Blue Plains Home Fugitive
Held In Series OF Thefs

A youth who escaped from the
Blue Plains Industrial Home last
December was being held today
for Juvenile Court action in con-
nection with a series Of thefts
which, police say, the recaptured
fugitive has admitted.
The youth, seized In the No. 4
Precinct Tuesday, has been
charged with stealing five bicycles
and q truck during the last two
months, as well as with leaving
the scene Of an accident In which
he was involved while driving the
stolen truck.
Police said the 15-year-old COL
ored youth was committed to the
industrial home last October.
When he was arrested, they said,
he had Just stolen three bundles
Of rags. Detectives said the youth
took them to places where he sold
four Of the five bicycles he Is
charged with stealing.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-07-08

who read gained the impression that the u Government
giving indirect to the Arabs to renew their
against Israel The State Department to be
determined territorial adjustments upon Israel and
compel the Jewish state to admit large number of Arab
refugees under all circumstances And this deter
peace talks arranged in Lausanne by the United Nations
1t has point where high officials of the United
Nations practically dsrusul of their u N Concil
ation Commission which conducted the Lausanne negota
tons They have the feeling that each of the three
bers of the Commission acted in Lausanne under instructions
from his rather than in the spirit of the
United Nations This, they believe is true not only with
regard the American member but also with regard to the
French and Turkish members of the Commission They
would therefore, prefer to have u N medi
conduct the Lausanne talks rather than the hreean
Commission Specifically, they would like Dr. Ralph
Bunche take the job Meanwhile they watching
closely and cautiously to what the State Department
scheduled to Important developments in
the air.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-07-08

his deficiency the heat and it's discomfort The less crit
cal reader is just too exhausted to detect error
Secondly he afford the pleasure of toying with light
stuff jusifYng his plaYfuness the ground that heat is
neither nducive conducive to good thinking And who
the readers would be cruel enough to question such
naturalization? True there probably of read
who believe that concentration in heavy material is the
effective way of divertng attention from the heat
They the theorists who believe that thing only it
in your mind To them only say that still do
not know single who millionaire only because he
believes himself to be one.
Yet the life of Jewish editor these hot summer days
might be happier still he did not have to concentrate
the conventions Jewish organizations in the habit
Of holding in the summer if conspiratoray AS editors
we must read the of publicity that pour forth from
the ceners of the meetings You good reader are probably
spared the trouble of consuming the of words But by
Diminishing them you also denied the sweetness that comes
from being able peer into the sances and politics beyond
the words In simpler Words by RELOCATING the convention
stuff to the wastebasket you simply dsposng OF the stuff
that makes good sop in the winter
Mark Twain said everyone is talking about the
weather but has done anything about IT, Every
one is talking about Jewish conventions these daYs-at least
ten of them held last weekbut can do anything
about them.
We, in modesty, have prize-winning suggestion
the formation Of Jewish convention clearing mouse hat
would advise organizations when where and at what
ume to hold or not to hold their conventions
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-07-08
Between You and Me
BY BORIS SINCLAIR
Copyright 1949, Jewish Teegraphic Agency, Inc)
DIPLOMATIC NOTES: I
BY BORIS SINCLAIR

OIFLOMA ~ NO4G0: "A mysterious
communication sent out by the State De-
partment to American diplomatic repre-
sentatives in the Middle East is causing
much apprehension among Zionist leaders
in the United States . And, of course,
also to the Government of Israel :. So
confidential was the nature of the COM
munication that the diplomats were in
structed to destroy it after becoming ac-
quainted with it's contents One outsider
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-07-08
Benjamin Sohn
1915 Holmesdale Rd.,
jacksonville Fla.

June 81, 1949
The Southern Jewish Weekly
P. o. Box 903
Jacksonville, Fla.
Dear Major Moscovitz:
Iwould appreciate it very much
if you would give me space in
your worthy paper to make some
comment on an article written by
Mr.. Joseph Sokol of Charleston,
S. c., in your June oath issue.
Thanking you in advance, ! re-
main
Yours truly,
B. Sohn.
Editors note: The Southern
Jewish Weekly is printing below
Mr.. Sohn's reply to Mr.. SokoPS
letter of a few days ago, which
drew quite a bit of comment
from our readers throughout the
South. We are always happy to
print opposing views to all con-
troversial issues. We invite fur
Their comment from our readerS.)
MY REPLY TO Mr.. SOKOL
OF CHARLESTON
BY Benjamin Sohn
One can see by the article,
Zionism and Israel, in the South
ern Jewish Weekly of June "a,
1949, that the writer is an ardent
supporter of the z. o. A. and nat
urally, he is against dissolving it.
With this one can agree or not
agree. But the arguments he
gives in support of this is impos-
sible to conceive. For instance,
in one place he says: ITO dis
Continued on Page Sikh
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-07-08
ON SUMMER EDITING

We are grateful to Mr.. Nathan
Ziprin for the following guest edi-
torial. written in a light vein on the
subject of summer editing. Mr..
Ziprin recognizes that established
weekly newspapers do not declare
a holiday during the summer and
that Judaism is an all year round
observance. Says Mr.. Ziprin:
There are many things an editor
can be thankful for in the summer.
In the first place he can afford to be
below par. The discriminating
reader will forgive him, ascribing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10

western delegates and their refusal to
listen to reason" as expounded by Mr.
Vishinsky. These are, of course, mere
speculations. But a solid motive on the
part Of Moscow can be assumed.
To be sure, the last word has not yet
been spoken. Failing to agree on German
unity or Berlin, the delegates will now
presumably pass TO other items in the
agenda, notably trade arrangements be-
tween Eastern and Western Germany, and
a peace treaty for Austria. But the status
of Berlin Is, in Western eyes, intimately
bound up with East-West trade, while Rus
sian concessions over Austria can hardly
be expected save as part of larger pattern
Of Russian reasonableness The final
verdict on the Paris conference should not
be rendered until the last diplomatic card
has been played there. But there should
be no illusions on the dim prospect for
a constructive outcome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
An Important Fiscal Study

The decision of the Senate and House
District Fiscal subcommittee to make q
Joint study of capital Improvement needs
and how to finance them represents
a sensible approach to difacult problem.
There have been studies and surveys in
the past, but even the latest-that OF
Engineer Commissioner Young-is out Of
date. Since then needs have changed In
many respects, and so have cost estimates.
More pressing than ever are the demands
for more and better school. welfare and
health facilities And as the demands
grow, the urgency of finding some way OF
building now and paying later has become
more acute.
It was with this picture of the situation
in mind that Representative Howard Smith
proposed earlier this week that new
survey of public improvement require
ments be made, In cooperation with the
Senate District Fiscal Subcommittee. The
latter group has agreed that this would
be the best way Of appraising the needs
and estimating the costs. With this In
formation before 1t. the joint COMMITTEES
then win be In position to consider the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10

perplexing question Of financing eonstruc-
ton that cannot well be deferred.
The Young report. issued two years ago
this month, presented to the District Com
missioners a preliminary" six-year pro-
gram for postwar Washington. TO be
financed out of general revenues, If avail
able. But the money has not been
available and there Is no hope that the
classrooms, the children's homes and the
disqualification needs of the city can be
met adequately out Of current revenues
Borrowing seems TO be the only solution.
1t is proper that the joint group should
explore the possibilities Of bond issue or
some other form of loan that would enable
the District to provide for an immediate
construction program and to spread the
cost over period of years. The financing
phase of the problem cannot be tackled
intelligently. however. until the full extent
of the improvement program is known
more definitely. The joint committee is
going about its task in realistic way that
gives promise of effective action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
Small Peoples Problems

Some months ago Representative Rogers
of Florida suggested on the floor Of the
House the formation of Select Commit
tee for Small Peoples Problems" 1t Is too
bad that nothing further has been done
about it, because quite apart from the
merits of the case, 1t would have presented
an unparalleled opportunity for airing the
loose use of minimizing words to describe
a great many people. What Mr.. Rogers
had in mind, it appears. was old people,
who do not get their full old-age benefits
for want of information. But he did not
say old" because small and little" are
such popular-and deplorably So-terms
for describing people who live everyday
lives. Little people" has even displaced
common man" as loving and inclusive
politicians expression. They are all wrong
because they connote condescension.
Clarity begins with a recognition that
small people" are children, and little
people" are the sprites who slip under Irish
doors and bake the bread or curdle the
milk according to their mood. When you
call an adult little" or small" you i'm
mediately suggest that some one is looking
down on him, and no matter how short he
is. or how limited his income he probably
would prefer to stand on his own two feet.
Plain people" is another patronizing
term. plain" indicates they are not good
looking and very few people are down.
right unattractive If you take the trouble
to look at them.
The best term to describe most people
Is simply that Most people" gives the
idea that they are in the majority and
are so united in the great brotherhood
of man, but not necessarily at dis
adyor,fooo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
Hot ond Cold Lightning
Observed by Engineers
Firxt Starts fue.. Nirls Metal
Second ShastVss Tarsst
Ev Tke,mas 4. HrwvY

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lightning
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torg time s40Gy es t@gnSxssas EssssE4snsraA
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loag oaratae+~~sa tssaes 81 . 92arsrs -
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shaTaars
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assass -<4uYagaas3 GaasaAsgw maae& AaaEsxgs
wAaes~s II &4sa II sAA1s aftgs a Tee na.3.
a4pGtsas al se20y1a A4s1 lzsaa.ss % asceza.
garaed ey a PEA ct tauaasg
No t~c lsxhiE4gng assss tfs Wrs,1ns aspaas
engineers have scanS. are saratscal They
are recSs1Iss fGl aa!osmAtgasa e&a rAeh wass
TREY are abr sc uAa One oatssAratT.k
event thAi has ecegsywd euggak axsrssl yeags
al this research. they fwEAost ~As I've rwesse.
sns Of . bolt estimated ~ sAs 900 Asar~s~s
ssop Q tower a. TIRE UngvcFsgIy q r4ytssafxn.
II consisted Q: Eve separate sayKrs whaea
struck q mast en- the eulld.ns travelled
simultaneously desn tse mast ana fsssa
through Q steel frame 70 TIE ground Tie
total current must have amounted to AxsrgA!
million volts
The lightning yrecT98ngs are eArxx2eli .
result both IN Better lightning ptoles i3a.s g.sg
buildings and n AgetnGns pgoat tganua.s.
stcn lines
They arr "nnsrtpGlntlag cAeh naah ass
engineers say. ard tllnK Asas tae teeesa gog
future reference
Powerful ne@ Insecticides ssaFae .aE NOSE
poisonous taAn pDI ale aesas tested hy
Agriculture Department ehemlsts
AMONG them according TO pg II e
HnNFE nf
RANT Quarantine. are . group Of nAosphns4as
compounds whose !ogmulas were obtained
from Germany 1aSt after the war
ABOUT 20 years ago German ehenaLsis try
ing to produce more deadly wAg sass tested
large group OF compounds on animals One
proved particularly effective against plant
lice. In this country these are commonly
eosnhaited with nicotine preparations which
are expensive and whose supply Ia tnSurncient
Tests os the German heXasthsl tetrap,acs.
phAte. Df, Raafk AASA Al4o9 thai II IL About
twice as effective as nicotine against Apsslaa.
Unfortunately, II Is about 50 times a. poison.
Gus 10 warm -hloodec animals ~ DOT The
Agriculture Department tests Aaoa that q
must Dc used with caution II can b. pro-
dneed eheaply IN any desired Quantities
Another new inseoticidt developed b, the
Germans during the var Is known Ax para.
thion and is particularly effective against
HiirA WHICH are FhghlF resistant TO DDf. 10
also is highly poisonous 10 many other In
seet$, II has disagrreahls sATllc-llks odor.
however. and Is about 70 times more toxis
than DOT 20 warm hlooded animals There
Is some evidence that Il has a cumulative
effect as q poison.
Unfortunately It Is pointed out, the new
insect poisons often are advertised a. harm.
less 10 man and domestic animals In tew
cases has this claim been sustained BY tha
Agriculture Department testG and the perfect
inSeeuclde sttll seems far in tire future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
The Deadlock Continues

Publication of the respective proposals
of Soviet Russia and the Western Powers
over the Berlin issue reveals seemingly
unbridgeable gulf between the attitudes
of East and West over that vital matter.
Incidentally the continuing railway strike
and Russian tampering with Berlin-bound
mail has virtually nullifed MoScow's osten-
sible concessions regarding the blockade,
access to the city from the West being
again almost wholly dependent on the
airlift Furthermore, the impasse over
Berlin comes on the heels OF similar
stalemate on the question OF German unity.
And the conduct of Mr.. vishinsky, the
Russian delegate, has throughout been so
uncompronising that hopes of agreement
on any part of the agenda are fast fading.
IT therefore looks as though this latest
session of the Foreign Ministers Councn
is destined to follow the pattern OF its
predecessors and end in hopeless deadlock
In the face of all this, the question
naturally arises why the conference was
held at all. So far as the Western Powers
are concerned, the answer Is relatively
easy. They felt bound to explore any
possibility for fruitful negotiation with the
Soviet Union over the crucial German
problem. And they came to the Paris
meeting with the hope, If not with the
expectation, that recent changes In the
German picture might lead Moscow to
modify It's previous intransigeance. To
have rebuffed Russian overtures for re-
newed discussion would have been grist
for the Communist propaganda mill
Just why Moscow favored the Paris Con-
ference of Foreign Ministers is not so clear,
provided 1t had no intention of altering
its unyielding policy Perhaps it believed
that conciliatory gesture would weaken
Western determination and stimulate a
wave of "appeasement" sentiment among
an American public anxious over the cold
war" and the mounting costs it involves
Perhaps 1t hoped that limited trade
agreement might be wrung from the dis
cussions. Perhaps, again, it calculated on
using even failure for propaganda pur-
poses. Already, the Moscow press Is sound
ing Of on the "dictatorial" tactics Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
HoIiduy-Lewis Style

If there is more than meets the eye In
the stated purpose of John L. Lewis latest
mine holiday" 1t may be that 1t is
deliberate move to keep the Taft-Hartley
Act on the statute books. If there is no
more to it than appears on the surface,
then, indeed, this is an occasion so signifi-
cant as to warrant holiday for the rest
of us. For, as the public knows well from
sad experience, there is always Jack-lrl-
the-box with a kick in the Lewis bag OF
tricks.
It is not so ar-fetched as 1t sounds to
think that Mr. Lewis should wish retained
what he calls the Infamous Taft forced
labor statute"-at least for the time being.
First, he Is known to feel that 1t would
be good idea to have Senator Tafts name
tied to the "antilabor" law, as union leaders
describe it, when the Republican leader
comes up for reelection next year. Sena-
tor Taft himself may not relish being
identified with the present law, which he
is willing to change. Second, Mr.. Lewis
would 60 to almost any length to embarrass
the Truman administration which piqued
his ego by dragging him into court for
past misdeeds. And it would be embarras-
sing to the President, to say the least,
should the 81st Congress leave Taft-Hartley
untouched. Third, the only really worri-
some part of Hartley to Mr.. Lewis Is
the injunction feature. In the uncertain
ties surrounding labor legislation this ses-
sion, one thing is sure: If the law Is
changed, the injunction for national emer-
gencies will be retained, either directly, or
hidden in provision for Government seizure.
And guess whom Congress would have in
mind?
II evidence is needed to foretell the effect
of the Lewis holiday" on Taft-Hartley,
then it was supplied in the anguished cries
of Senate repealists when they read the
latest coalfeld news. Yet 1t was only a
few days ago that Mr.. Lewis accused ALL
President Green and CIO President Murray
of "a foul betrayal of American labor"
for allegedly supporting inconsequential
amendments to the Truman bill. This may
appear a bit devious. Well, Is that any
thing new for Mr.. Lewis?
A year ago, one would have assumed
the holiday" was called to put pressure
for a settlement on the mine operators
by depicting above-ground supplies OF coal
during new contract negotiations. Low
stocks of coal create lively demand and =
good market Operators, naturally anxious
to avail themselves of good market, are
more apt to heel-in to the Lewis demands.
Contract talks are starting. But the as
sumption is not valid this time. The one
week mine shutdown will hardly dent the
enormous supplies of coal on hand.
But suppose we assume the millennium
has come, and Mr.. Lewis was fortnight
in stating the purpose of the holiday
to prop the industry by draining off surplus
coal, which is depressing the market. Then.
this must be the first of series OF such
holidays" It would require many OF
them to stabilize" the industry. In that
case, perhaps Taft-Hartley should be
changed to plug the legal loop-hole which
enables Mr.. Lewis to call holidays" at will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
Cnfurnlshed Church 10 BE Ised
without Regard 10 Carpenter striks

Te tAs EaIsas ss Tia s1sE
It's an III wind that blows no good. Work
on our new chapel building al 0isoe road
and Ditmar road North. IN Arlington. aAx
stopped because Of the carpenters strike
Naturally. we're anxious for our building 10
be completed as soon as possible But We
are going 10 take advantage o. the strike
and hold series o. revival meetings In the
partially completed building while the work
Is stopped James r Bryant executive
secretary of the Virginia Baptist Board O.
Missions and Education. has agreed 10 eon-
duct the meetings the week O. June 10
through June "a Temporary lighting eil
be installed and temporary chars wlll be
used for the services. Any resemblance to
an old-fashioned tent meeting revival seys-
Ice Will be just Grand We are LOOKING for
ward 10 a wonderful series of meetings.
II d, RATEMAN
Church Reporter
Memorial Baptist Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-06-10
international Children's Fund
Needs Money In Order 20 Continue.
Ia TIA ysite, 81 TSh. ara


Needs Money In Order 10 Continue.
TO the Editor Of me star.
Perhaps you already have commented
editorialiy on the need for funds for the
International chiidrens Emergency Fund
OF the United Nations
According to the New York Times. April
"a. the fund was s2s. 900 900 short OF mini
mum needs for 1919, Aid has been given TO
$500 900 children; 100 900 900 In Europe. the
Middle East and the Far East stin need help.
OF the original $4,000 900 appropriated by
Congress TO be matched by other govern
ments at the rate Of % cents for every
United States II cents. there remains SCI :
100000 II will be or is supposed 10 be,
Withdrawn June 80. II not matched private
contributions cannot be used for this
matching by that time
The United States Great Britain and
France have no plans for national drives for
money this year. As of April "a only Swift
zerland had begun i94s campaign TO raise
funds. II there is drive in the United States
1t will not be sponsored by the Government.
suggest that Congress make the remain
Ing s2l 900 900 available to the fund without
matching" being necessary. The other gov
ernments still would have bargain open 10
them in this 'matching"-with June 30
deadline. PRIVATE CITIZEN.