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it difficult indeed to understand
the spectacle being presented now
in Congress.
Some day the South will realize
on its rich resources and become
an area Of sustained well-being.
This will happen when the people
guiding its destiny come to under
stand that one of its greatest re-
sources is it's population-its whole
population-and that this Is a
resource to be developed and used,
not exploited and abused. BY now
many Southern leaders have come
to see that the South will only
progress toward permanent pow
erty if a large part of the popula-
ton continues to be exploited in
the way the soil was exploited by
the cotton growers.
These leaders know that the
South will not come into its own
while it remains a land of low
wages. They see the relation
between wages and buying power.
They know the South must have
a buying power commensurate
with it's population. They know
this will not be achieved while a
large part of the population is
denied its full rights.
u. S. Has Stake in South.
The Senators, who fail to see
these things, do not serve the best
interest of the South. Obsessed
by old shibboleths. they assert the
South's determination to go its
own way, meaning the way it has
gone in the past.
But the United States as a whole
also has a stake in the South.
When President Roosevelt said the
South was the Nations economic
problem No. l he meant that the
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1tuSSldllS, wiz
are said to have increased their
military establishment to about
40 divisions. by the addition OF
new units from the Far East, also
will conduct realistic spring ma
neuvers.
The new German police force
in the Eastern zone, equipped with
modern weapons but lacking
aviation and heavy tanks. will
participate for the first time in
the Soviet operations. not as
auxiliaries guarding lines Of a
communication. but as actual
combat troops.
Military observers in the United
States and Western Europe con-
slider these large-scale war games
as a part of the cold war, which
the Kremlin has decided to step
up during the coming months.
They do not consider that Moscow
has anything else in mind for the
present. But they always leave
a margin for error" because they
admit it is not possible for West
ern military planners to gauge the
frame of mind of the semi-Asiatics
who rule the vast Russian empire
War of Words Continues.
While these little-publicized
military developments are taking
place in Germany, the Soviet war
of words continues with unusual
violence against all the Western
states, as we'll as Turkey and par
ticularly Iran. Yugoslavia now
has been added for good measure.
According to those who watch
developments in Moscow this &C
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which every Henr, McLemors.
member of the family will 60 for"
Show me woman's magazine
or a cook book which doesn't de-
vote page after page to recipes
for the preparation and serving Of
these inevitable leftovers. You
would think that by now the
American housewife would have
learned to shop and cook so that
things would about come out even.
But no. If family of IL shared
one can of peas the chances are
there would be extra peas on hand
the next day. all ready to be
dolled up in some scintillating
fashion.
Suspected Of Hiding Food.
I don't know about the rest of
you husbands, but I suspect my
wife of hiding food so that there
will be leftovers. I am sure it
flatters her sense of thrift to be
able to use up something that is
already in the icebox. instead, Of
going out and buying brand-new
groceries for a whole new meal.
Actually, there is no thrift in
volved insofar as I can see. be-
cause the recipes for leftovers in
variably call for cream. butter.
eggs, seasoning and-well, about
everything in the way Of disguise
except a false beard and dark blue
glasses.
To make q few straggly scraps Of
ham and some tired asparagus
stalks into an attractive. tasty
dish." which will draw forth "ahs''
and "ohs" from the victims. costs
as much or more than T-bone
steak. Why not have the steak
to start with?
If there must be leftovers
served, why not serve them as is
and be done with it? No old vet
eran bit of meat loaf ever tasted
better to me because it was bedded
down in a green pepper with a
cap of pimento on its head to
help hide it.
Few words are so disheartening
to men as. Never you mind. dear.
just wait and see. It's surprise" I"
when they come from the little
woman when she Is asked what
there is for dinner.
Invariably, this means that she
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On the Record
Proposed Atlantic Pact Presents
Historic Reversal of 1889 Policy

between now and 1899. and be-
tween Nazi Germany and the
Soviets.
For the Nazi program could
only be accomplished by direct
employment of the German
armies, while the Soviets. I think,
hope to accomplish their objec-
tives otherwise. Armed force is
by no means precluded. but its
use does not necessarily involve
conventional international war.
The strategy is rather to foment
civil wars. to create chaos by
strikes and sabotage, and even
tually to achieve power by armed
internal struggles.
China Successful Model.
The successful model is China.
And while, in Europe. we are re-
versing 1889 neutrality, in China
we have re-established 1t in re-
spect to civil war. The Chinese
war is just as much an expansion
of Russian power by armed force
as an international war would be,
but our only Intervention has
been to urge truces entirely to the
advantage of the rebels.
Our Greek policy is otherwise;
yet it is half hearted and bitterly
assailed by American groups, most
of whom, except for the Com
munists. would quickly change
their attitude If a foreign Red
army were attacking Greece in
force. The Soviets know this, Of
course.
Neville Chamberlain excited
contempt when he confessed he
had never read "Mein Kampf.'
But some time ago Dean Acheson,
in an exchange Of letters with q
Senator. stated with acerbity that
he had never read the theses and
resolutions of the sixth world con-
gress of the Communist Interna-
tional which laid down the strate-
gies to be pursued in the colonial
world, notably China.
Those strategies were being put
into effect, with the friendly toler-
ance of many State Department
officials, but Mr.. Acheson seemed
to think familiarity with Com
munist plans was beneath him.
Lack Of it. however, is ignorance,
and indefensible ignorance. And
it can lead us to take measures
to prepare for the last war, but
not the next one.
Released by The Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
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many, which Dorothy thompson
Britain and France already had
appeased into an improved stra-
tegical position. One thing might
have deferred Hitler from further
Observation-Disclosures that If
he attacked anywhere he would
have to deal with the Soviet Union
and the United States.
Instead, the Soviet Union freed
his rear and with the outbreak OF
war the United States passed the
Neutrality Act. declaring we would
not fight, restraining our vessels
from carrying goods to belligerents
and refusing belligerents all
credits. Thus, as on numerous
other occasions, the United States
attempted to protect her security
by tying her own hands behind
her back. This was partly because
our armed forces had declined
below the minimum necessary to
defense in an explosive world.
The Neutrality Act, however
was not defense and did not reflect
realities. No people. had been
louder than we in denouncing Hit
Ter, and the fate of Atlantic sea-
board nations neither then nor
now could be a matter of indiffer-
ence to the United States. All 1t
did was increase Hitler's tempta-
tions; it could not keep us out of
war once he had yielded to them.
Three years later we were fighting
'on two fronts for our lives.
Reversal Of 1889 Policy.
The proposed Atlantic pact is a
reversal Of 1899 policy. It is a
clear warning that the United
States Identifies its own security
with that of Western Europe, and
intends to plan a co-ordinated de-
fense. And the United States no
longer is in the military condition
of 1899. We are the premier air
power Of the world.
Therefore, the lessons of hind
sight suggest that the existence of
the pact will, of itself, deter the
Russians from armed advances
into any part of Europe covered by
the pact.
In this it may well succeed. as
another policy in 1899 might have
deferred Hitler.
The trouble is, think. that 1t
n false to draw an exact analogy
Evening star., 1949-03-17
This Changing World
Both Sides Preparing for Important
War Games in Germany Soon

celerated campaign means simply
that the Politburo has decided to
move fast henceforth.
In the last three years the
method Of swallowing new terri
tory has been to create coalition
government in which native Com
nunists, handpicked by the Krem-
lin, were placed in key jobs. After
a period of time, varying from a
few weeks to a few months, a
popular" demonstration was set
off against the 'monarcho-Fas-
cists" in the government, and this
resulted in creation of a COM
pletely stooge government.
The sequel always was the in
PRODUCTION of government meth
ods on the pattern of that in
Russia, with Kremlin agents
supervising and controlling all ac-
tivities of the subjugated country.
According to Western observers,
this "slow process of conquest"
now is being abandoned. The alb
sorption process by stages is Civ
ing way to a more direct transi-
ton.
Finland Watched.
It is for this reason that great
deal of attention is being paid to
the situation in Finland. where
the present government is far
from meeting with Moscow's ap-
proval. Prime Minister Eager
holm decided, under pressure from
Moscow, to reshuf11e his cabinet
by including a number of militant
c Communists.
Negotiations have been in prog
ress for the last three weeks. But
Mr.. Fagerholm has been reluctant
to give certain key posts to the
Communists and Moscow now is
reported to have changed its mind
about the whole situation. 1t
wants to replace the entire Fin
nish cabinet with 100 percent
Politburo followers.
Communism has made little
progress in democratic Finland.
But there are now-as there have
been in the pasta number of
opportunists who are willing to
play whatever role the Kremlin
orders.
Future developments in the lit
tie republic will give us a measure
by which to judge better the new
policies of the Kremlin. which our
official analysts believe to be
changing now as a part Of the
shakeup in the Soviet hierarchy.
Evening star., 1949-03-17
Republicans on Defensive
Alliance with Southern Democrats
Forces Solution That Time Will Test

amounts to an admission that the
Republicans have taken them of
the hook.
President Truman and North
ern Democrats have taken a ter
rible beating. They have had
desertions from their ranks. But
the President and his leaders are
still in the clear on the. principle
of civil rights.
The Republicans are on the
defensive. In alliance with the
Southern Democrats. they have
forced a solution which the
country will weigh and judge and
which time will expose to all
manner of tests.
Senator Wherry, minority
leader. has cheerfully assumed the
responsibility of proving that he
can do what Democratic Presi.
dents can't: Outsmart the South
erners. Senator Wherry authoret
the final agreement and led the
fight for it even after some Demo.
Gratis outside the South. including
Chairman Hayden of Rules. swal.
lowed it. This was against the
advice of some more wary Re-
publicans.
Leader of Coalition.
The smartest thing the very
smart indeed Harry Byrd of Vir.
/ ginia ever did was to encourag,
Senator Wherry's desire to settl.
everything and so eclipse Majority
Leader Lucas as the big man o1
the Senate.
| When the vote is taken. Senator
Wherry. a self-proclaimed advo-
cate of civil rights and cloture
will temporarily be leader OF
a coalition including all Southern
Democrats, most Republicans. q
few Northern Democrats. 1t could
make future trouble for Harry
Truman.
What trouble it may make fol
the Republican Party remains tt
be seen. If Senator'S Byrd ane
Russell have led Senator Wherry
up the garden path. there viii
be no civil rights.
One fact Is proved: A majority
Of the Senate cares far less abou,
civil rights than about othel
matters with which it deals. al
brave words to the contrary.
Evening star., 1949-03-17
On the Other Hand
Future Southern Statesmen May
Be Puzzled by Present Generation

national economy was thrown ou'
of balance by the retarded devel-
opment of that one great section
If the Roosevelt reasoning was
correct, 1t is important not only
to the South but to the Natior
that the rights of the Negro popu.
lation be legally established and
given general recognition.
President Truman's civil rights
program. therefore. can be re-
garded as more than an effort te
accord justice to millions of un-
derprivileged citizens. 1t Is ar
effort to put the economy of the
country on a sounder basis.
In the Senate. however. neither
consideration has proved sufficient
to outweigh the appeal OF cheap
Republican politics. on the one
hand, and the fanaticism Of the
Southern statesmen, on the other;
not sufficient to outweigh these
two things combined. Once again
the Senate presents itself to the
people in the worst possible light
Hypocrisy Cited.
A vast deal of hypocrisy was
necessary to bring about this
latest defeat Of civil rights. al
though not all the hypocrisy was
as brazen as that exhibited by
Senator'S Bricker of Ohio and Cain
Of Washington. Those two quite
recently joined in offering an
amendment to the general hous-
ing bill intended ostensibly to pre-
vent segregation in all public
housing.
On it's face 1t was designed to
do justice to Negroes. In fact, 1t
could have had no other purpose
than the defeat of public housing
to which both Senators are op-
posed, by precipitating filibuster
How little real concern they felt
for the Negroes welfare was re-
vealed. If it needed to be, when
they lined up with the Southern
Senators to help sustain the fill
buster against the civil rights
program.
In fairness to some of the other
Republicans who did the same. it
can be said they INDUCED in no
hypocrisy. They made no pious
speeches concerning the sanctity
of the rules. as interpreted by
Senator Vandenberg. They just
sat quietly In their seats and
voted to put the Democratic ad-
ministration in a hole. 1t seemed
a better idea at the moment than
clearing the way for the civil
rights program which most OF
them profess to support.
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II didn't kill
this corpse but
I can tell you
who did"
The spectacle
was not dra-
matte but it
was important.
It was also pro-
foundly dis
turbing to the
Senate s more
preScient mem
berS who found
in it an omi-
n o US reSem-
blance to the
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derment upon
the generation
of today. Those
future Senators
and such will
marvel at the
persistence with
W hich the i r
p r e d e C e Sc
sors clung to
the belief that
the S o u t n
should forever
continue cut
ting off its nose
to spite its face.
Thau will find
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n q v e D e e n
strengt h e n e d
by expanding
the constabu-
larry to include
aviation an d
heavy tanks,
will conduct a
defensive op-
Grafton against
a hypothetical
enemy moving
t ow ard the
Rhine.
In Eastern
Germany the
pree;o~e u,hA
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. c. A


has gotten hold Of some fool recipe
that calls for stuf11ng the beef with
orange marmalade and shredded
|coconut, or for boiling the cab
bage in equal parts of bath salts
and shoe polish, or for taking any
other meat or vegetable she Is
working with and spelling its nat
ural flavor with some diabolic
concoction.
It'll be a pretty dish, you can
count on that.
It'll have more colors than a
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sunrise over the Painted Desert
and will be arranged on the plat.
ter to bring out its full beauty.
But it will have a taste that will
make the taste buds retreat into
their cave. there to growl and
snarl and bare their fangs.
I trust this is true Of most
American kitchens. I'd hate to
think I was the only fellow get
ting this sort of treatment.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Incl
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we
sal.
In 1899 this
column believed
the Neutrality
Act was q ca
tastrophe. The
European situa-
ton had dete-
riorated to q
point indicating
W ar. W h l c h
would, however,
come from only
one sour c e !:
Hitler's Ger
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SSAASASAAACA OsDAoAA
known as cleft
overs"
I'd wager that
a third of the
dinners served
in the average
American home
consist of bits of
this and bits Of
that taken out
of the icebox
and prepared in
a tasty, attrac-
tive. e y e a p
pealing manner
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Bv Constantine Brown

Important war games are going
to take place within the next few
weeks in Germany.
The American forces, which
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Mel Lemore-
Some Horsh Words on
National Dish-Leftovers
By Henry McLemore

Americas national dish is not
ham and eggs, or steak and po-
tatoes, or chicken and gravy, or
apple pie. "a
Our real national dish is a
Evening star., 1949-03-17
By LOweH MeUetf

The time will come, it is reason
able to believe, when future gen.
erations of Southern statesmen
will look back with profound Won
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Forces SOIut
By Doris FIees0n

The net Of Senate debate on
the finale Of the current filibuster
can be tersely summed up. The
eminent Senators arose in turn
and said:
Evening star., 1949-03-17
By Dorothy Thomson

The North Atlantic defense pact
is being negotiated 10 years after
the American Neutrality Act of
1889. Nothing represents a more
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
Viking
Village Is Now
Being Excavated

A new viking discovery has been
made in Denmark. Not surprising
news, it might be fought, from the
land of the vikings. But this time
the find is out of the ordinary.
On the island of Zealand. not
far from the viking camp TREL-
LEBORG doth century, where
excavations were begun in 1887.
there has been found remains of
a complete village settlement.
Most of the earlier discoveries
have been of military camps.
Excavations have shown that
it is a village where the first farm
houses were built in vikings times,
followed four times by new sets
OF buildings. Tae oldest village
dates from s00-10O0 AID. The
most recent was destroyed about
1775.
Trace has been found of sacra-
fetal customs. After rites had been
performed the farm inhabitants
buried pottery bowls under the
fireplace. These contained offer
ings to the spirit of the earth
A large number of silver coins.
dating back to 1900, have been
found.
Excavations continue in collabo-
ration with British archaeologists
who are investigating the spread
of viking culture from Denmark
to Britain. The work viii occupy
the excavating parties for ten
years.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
Swedish Business
Leader Will Visit
Here Next Month
Swedish Exports To
L. S. To Be Discussed

Peter julius Coyet, director of
the Stockholm office of the Swe-
dish Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, will be i'm Seattle
about January Is to discuss with
business groups the possibility of
marketing a larger variety of Swe-
dish exportable products.
Coyet will be prepared to furnish
figures on Swedish production and
export SURPRISES. He does not in
tend to conclude transactions. but
is prepared to place in contact
with Swedish manufacturers per-
sons interested in importing Swe-
dish products. The Swedish
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States has its head-quar-
ters in New York.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

Sweden Was No Bed OfRoses For
Lucia Girls On Il Whirlwnd Trip
Lucia Returns

Seattle's Lucia Bride, Miss
Lorraine Olson, returned the
other day from her trip to
Sweden, where she "had the
most wonderful experience of
my life"
Along with four other Lucia
Brides from America she partici-
pated in a number of festivities
and visits in the old country and
returned with a cherished gift, an
Orrefors vase with a Lucia motif.
She brought home beautiful
Swedish crystal. soft wooden ski
clothes, seal-trimmed shoes-and
memories of the best food she ev-
err ate.
Her own words speak Tor them
selves: -
1T was wonderful" she said.
why, I'll be talking about differ
ent things that happened for
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23

The Columbia Conference
Home of the Augustana Luth-
eran Church in Seattle will be
enlarged and rebuilt within a
period of five years, provided
necessary funds can be raised,
Superintendent L. E. Jones
announces.
The project. estimated to cost
about $125,OOO, will enable the
home to accommodate 100 per-
sons in private rooms. At present
81 persons are nvlng IN the home,
located at 4O5 N. 48th st.
The Columbia conference of the
Augustana Lutheran Church in
cludes "a congregations and $4,000
members. The new home will be
financed through the conference
or by donations from others and
81 percent of the necessary funds
must be available before the pro-
ject can be launched.
The proposed project is really
quite necessary since hundreds of
applicants to the home must be
turned away each year proving
it has a good reputation. Thirty
four women and 33 men are at
present living in the home. which
contains 5s private rooms and
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-12-23
Estimated Cost S125,000

eight double rooms with w S h :
stands in each. Actually the home
is the only one in Seattle in
which persons with old age as
sistance may live in private rooms.
OF those living there are at pres
ent SIS Swedes, five Norwegians
(including one who has lived there
for 90 years. two Germans, two
Englishmen and one Greek. Even
Catholics have been staying there,
too.
Carl Anderson. SO, Oldest Person
The cost of maintaining h
person there last year was SO dol
lars a month but the figure was
slightly increased this year. Those
entering the home may purchase
life contract for S3,000-S4 900,
whereby they receive food, lodg-
ingS, washing, etc, free of charge
for the remainder of their lives.
This does not include expenses
for extra care. Others make regu-
lar payments through the old age
assistance allowances. The young
est person at the home is SO years
old and the oldest is 90. The lat
ter, Carl Anderson, who has lived
on cambridge Island for m n V
years, is surprisingly spry an d
vigorous for his age. The average
age is ST..
The home has three regular
nurses. one substitute. two cooks,
a janitor, and other assistants.
The Columbia Conference Home
was founded in 1920. DIR. c. r..
Swanson, who was then pastor for
Gethsemane Lutheran Church in
Seattle, and originally conceived
the idea for the home, was named
superintendent. He died in 1910.
Gust Swenson. Bellingham. was
the first person to be accepted at
the home He was then So years
old and spent the last eight years
of his life there. DR.. G. A Mag
nusson and Miss Anna NJ. John
son, who served as house mother
during l920-l946, have also done
much work for the home. Rev
Jones work is also highly COM
mended.
The Columbia Conference Home
is one of the best of its kind
Scandinavians, who have every
reason to be proud of it, are urged
to contribute to the proposed pro-
ject.