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he borrow from the banks the
20, SO or 100 million dollars needed
to build Jet airliner types on
speculation. Since this money
belongs to the people. you can't
hand it out with no strings at
tached and since there are SO
many groups. official and private.
interested In having hand In
the new development work. you've
got to appoint an interdepart-
mental committee to sit in WASH
ington and draw up the plans and
specifications to be given the
plane builder at the time you turn
over the money. This committee
must include the Air Force, the
Navy, the Commerce Department,
the CAA, the CAB, the airline OPP
orators, the airline pilots, the air.
port managers and all others who
have suppressed so long q burning
desire to fix things about an air.
plane the way they should be
fixed. Every one Of the dozen
qualified big plane builders in the
country may want some OF this
subsidy business, but 1t will be
your job to make the selection.
Too bad If oil the subsidy business
happens to land with one COM
pany."
Against subsidy: eve. the air.
craft manufacturers and contrac-
tors to the government, long used
to surviving on a competitive-bid-
ding and merit-performance basis.
don't want carloads Of money
from Washington along with di-
receives as to how to spend It..
We reafarm our faith In the older,
longer. but thoroughly proven
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ng Back limited States on Development of Jet ArGners
Another Says This Would Lead to Deterioration
and Collapse of Plane-Making Industry

plane after all, when the time
comes to sign. Also. they're proud
of their nameplates, now house.
hold words, and they're proud OF
their superior ability in a pre-
cision field, and they know they
know how to build airplanes.
They don't want their valuable
nameplate tackled onto a plane
designed by a committee Of vary
ing interests sitting in Washing
ton. But if they had to build
such a plane and If they did do
everything each committee mem
Der had a right to demand under
the subsidy idea, they'll lay 100
to / that the thing wouldn't be
efficient. Becoming bolder at this
point, they'll declare that be-
cause it would be so loaded down
with bureaucratic boondoggling 1t
couldn't fly!
Assets Available
Ludicrous as it sounds, the
greatest obstacle to Americas
progress In the development and
production Of jet airliners is
wrapped up entirely in the frus-
trating word procedure" We
lave the required, assets In hand:
A wealth of design and engineer
ing talent; the necessary (t-!oug1
undetermined amount) of money
the new job will cost under any
procedure followed; we have SUI
perior research and testing lab
oratories with scientists at work
right now on the terrific problem
Of exploiting the jet engine to its
maximum power-giving possibili-.
ties: we have the tools and the
plant space and the production
experience, gained from turning
out "a different types Of military
Jet combat planes for the Air
Force and Navy In the last seven
years, including the worlds fastest
jet fighter and the worlds fastest
jet bomber. OF these Jet combat
types, there are half q dozen
multi-engined jet bombers COM
parable in size to the exciting new
De Havilland four -engined pure
Jet Comet airliner and the smaller
Avro four-engined "Jetliner"
which made its debut as a Cana
dian product up in Toronto a
short time ago.
Unfortunately, our Jet bombers
are not 80 designed that overnight
they could be transformed into
luxury airliners.
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OF which ne was the pupl1Sner.
Gomez Returns
With Gaitan out of the picture
moderate Liberals regained NOM
inal leadership of their party.
Such men as Dario Echandia and
others joined patriotically with
President .Ospina Perez and the
moderate Conservatives in restor-
ing order and carrying on the af-
fairs of the nation. In subse-
quent congressional elections the
Liberals retained control Of both
houses of Congress, and the Bit
ter battle was soon on again.
Within a few weeks the cleavage
between the legislative and execu-
tive branches Of the government
became unbridgeable.
With presidential elections in
the offng Laureano Gomez re-
turned from Europe and resumed
active leadership OF the Conserva-
tives, eventually making himself
the party's candidate. Echandia
was nominated by the Liberals as
their standard bearer. Gomez
launched what his opponents de-
scribe as "far and away the most
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One Group Favors Federal Subsidy, Direction
and Control of New, Expensive Models
By Frederick R. NeeI'

Flight for every one, now COM
monplace in this, the Wright
brothers era, is being prepared for
transition into the new and par
TALLY explored realm Of jet pro-
pulsion, the exclusive domain of
daring research pilots and selected
combat airmen. Pioneering this
audacious plan to jet-propel pas
senger airliners twice as fast (500-
900 m.p.h.) and twice as high
100000 feet) as our piston
engine propeller planes now oper-
ate, are the British. They have
made great achievements in jet
airliner development up to now
and may wrest away leadership OF
world air commerce now held by
America through It's monopoly on
conventional commercial airliners.
The natural question, then:
What are we doing about It?
Nothing-yet.
Better to understand the con-
fusing and conflicting statements
and arguments to be heard soon,
demanding action to head of this
British threat to our supremacy
in commercial aeronautics, picture
a bewildered Uncle Sam, his back
to the wall. Facing him are a most
enigmatic and individualistic breed
of people, the aviation people.
They're telling Uncle Sam what
he must and must not do. No two
agree on any detail; each wants it
done his way. Representing a
fast-moving, exciting and hazard
GUS business, these aviation people
are intensely competitive, some
times political and always very
patriotic.
Two major and entirely opposite
courses of action have been recon-
mended by these worked-up avia-
ton people to treat with the jet
type airliner problem, though
when they last crowded Uncle
Sam in a corner, more than two
years ago, there we're no British
threats as they now appear. Avia-
ton then was having a mild de-
preston, in the su..-l l1er and fall
of 1947, and looking forward to
the time a few years hence when
newer. bigger and more expensive
airliners would be needed to re-
place the current types Gets were
not emphasized them. nearly
everybody felt the Government
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reactionary campaign In the ma
tion's history"
AS the contest proceeded Co
mez and his chief supporters, in
their desperate determination to
regain complete political power
in the country, threw all reserve
and discretion to the winds. They
gave no quarter to the moderate
Liberals who, during the darkest
hours of the Bogota revolt, had
buried their pride and political
convictions and Joined with the
moderate Conservative President
in helping to save the country
from utter collapse. They pres
sured Ospina Perez for more rigid
measures against the Liberals. In
return the Leftist Liberals grew
more vindictive. The moderates,
having nowhere else to turn. went
along with the extremists in their
own party.
Political Duel
At this point the Liberals made
what most observers think was a
serious error in political tactics.
Knowing that united Liberal
Party could win the presidency
in any honest election, and as
they announced, Ito shorten the
period of violence that marked
the campaign" they rushed a
bill through Congress moving up
the date for the elections from
early 1850 to November a, 1949,
which would, Of course, cut short
the term Of President Ospina
Perez. The bill was vetoed, but
the legislators Immediately re-
passed it over the veto.
As election day approaches any,
thing can happen, but there is no
denying that for the first time in
many years civilian government
in Colombia is giving way to mill
tary rule. 1t is apparent that
only the members of one party
will cast their ballots in the i'm
pending elections, which could
still be called off, but not if the
Conservatives have their way A
government growing out of such
circumstances could only be main
tanned by force and it is doubtful
whether bullets and bayonets
would be sufficient to stem the
tide of wholesale Liberal revolt
that would probably follow.
There is good reason to believe
that a considerable supply Of
arms has entered the country in
the last few weeks. Reports from
surrounding capitals tell of gum
running on a large scale.
Reds Would Benefit
There is no evidence that the
Communists have played any i'm
portant role in this regrettable
drama, Notwithstanding Conserv-
ative charges that they have. But
only the comrades stand to gain
anything out of what is happen
ing.
Short of a political miracle,
Washington can see nothing ahead
for Colombia but continued civil
strife or a military dictatorship.
In either case, peaceful, constitu-
tional government in this once
peaceful country is for the time
being in eclipse.
One of our ablest diplomats.
with a lifetime record of service
in Latin America. recently ex-
pressed this view: while we pour
out billions in an effort to pre-
vent communism from engulfng
the free peoples of Britain, France
and other European countries, we
see what little democracy there is
among our neighbors next door
gradually dwindling away"
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would have to help out with the
zooming development costs OF the
first models or prototypes. so that
production models following could
be sold at a price our privately
owned airlines could afford.
Since then, orders to build up
the depleted postwar Air Force
and naval aviation have gone out
to the plants and the plane
makers cooled to the subsidy idea.
But the airlines. having to keep
an eye on future source OF sup
ply of new equipment, though
their present modern fleets are
good for another or 10 years
unless the British jet types come
along faster than is anticipated.
still favor Government help to
eliminate that first-cost burden.
Nature of Arguments
BY the spring Of this past year.
then, the aviation people were di-
vided and opposite In, their gen.
eral recommended course OF
action. One group told Uncle
Sam he had to subsidize the de-
velopment Of the new and ex-
pensive airliner models and 1t
should be under Government d.
rection and control. The other
group threatened Uncle Sam with
the rapid deterioration and
eventual collapse Of his aircraft
manufacturing industry If he did.
Competition would be destroyed,
inefficiency would mount. incentive
to conquer constantly arising and
seemingly insurmountable tech
nical problems would disappear
and finally he'd have to take over
the industry-nationalize it-and.
well, just remember what hap
pened to France and Germany
when their industries were taken
over by government.
Condensed as tightly as pos
sible-for the arguments to sub
sidize and not to subsidize are al
most interminable - here's the
way they have sounded for the
past two years and are likely to
sound In the coming months:
For subsidy: you've got to
open UP your wallet, Uncle Sam.
and pay the cost Of bringing out
new and radical types Of jet air.
liners because no aircraft manu-
facturer has the funds. nor can
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tional Committee, saying such a
nomination would be q good idea,
the question warrants considera-
ton.
Neither of these party leaders
hazarded a prediction that wom-
an would be named to either
national ticket in 1952-although
Mrs. Edwards rather indicated she
thought the Republicans were
leaning that way, certainly those
who look with favor upon
nomination Of Mrs. Margaret
Chase Smith of Maine, the Sem
ate's sole woman member, for
Vice President. Mrs. Edwards in
cludes Senator Brewster in this
category. Senator Brewster has
not hesitated to say he thought
his colleague would make an at
tractive candidate mot only be-
cause of her physical charm but
her demonstrated ability as a
vote getter." He might have added
to this her demonstrated ability
as a legislator and a politician.
Many Feminine Voters
Mrs. Edwards, indefatigable
worker for the Democratic Party,
had the satisfaction of seeing
President Truman present women
with appointments to high Office.
Like Senator Brewster, Mrs. Ed
wards recognizes there are some
50,000.000 housewives in this
country-not to mention millions
of unmarried women-all poten-
tial voters. She does not figure
that women will vote for other
women for Office merely because
they are women. But she does be-
lieve that women who support a
political party like to see their
sex recognized. So she has
persuaded Mr.. Truman to appoint
several to high Office, including
Mrs. Eugene Anderson. as Am
bassador to Denmark; Mrs. Perle
Mesta, Minister to Luxembourg
and Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark,
treasurer of the United States.
Considering that women were
enfranchised throughout the
United States only 20 years ago,
they have made much progress
toward playing a full part in both
politics and government. The late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
appointed the first woman cabinet
member, Miss Frances Perkins,
Secretary Of Labor. There have
been demands that a woman be
appointed to the Supreme Court.
but none has yet reached that
exalted Office.
The first woman elected to Con-
gress was Miss Jeanette Rankin
Of Montana, a Republican. She
entered the House in 1917. just
in time to vote against the resolu-
ton declaring war with Germany
Twoscore women have been
elected to the House-not large
number-and only two women
have been elected to the Senate.
Mrs. Hattie Caraway of Arkansas
"a Democrat and widow of Sen
ator Caraway-was the first, and
Mrs. Smith is the second. -Four
other women were appointed for
brief terms.
Mrs Smith, however, is the first
woman who has been discussed
seriously as a possible nominee on
the national ticket of either of
the major parties. But there will
be others knocking at the door,
once the idea has progressed fur
ther. One step leads to another.
For example, Mrs. Smiths over
whelming victory in the Maine
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20. l94s
Woman as Vice President
Warrants Consideration
Neither Major Party Appears Ready for 1t
Yet but the Vote.Catching Possibilities
Are Something Worth Weighing
By Gould Lincoln

the major political parties Democrat or
nominate its national ticket?
score years ago question would merely
Today with Senator Brewster Of Maine chair
man of the Republican Senatorial Committee India
division Democratic Ma
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Colombia's Civil Strife
May End in Dictatorship
Democracy Dwindles Away in Neighboring
Country That Once Lived Peacefully
Under Constitutional Government
By Edword Tomlinson

Departments hopes for more stability among the
lomb the South American country with longest continuous
record and constitutional government has fallen
into political chaos when President Mariana
the military forces
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method Of developing big COM
mercial airliners from Government
orders for new bombers or trans
port planes. Tell your armed
services it's about time they
needed long and medium range
jet-type transports to tie IN their
Nationwide and worldwide ac-
tivities in half the time now re-
quired by military versions OF our
conventional airliners. They will
then announce q design compti-
ton, with details as to what the
Jet transports should be capable
Of doing, not how they should look
or how long they should be built.
A few companies, maybe all, will
submit designs; not sketches
drawn on the back Of an envelope
in a saloon or fancy morocco
bound advertising brochures pro-
fusely illustrated with artists con-
cepts, but comprehensive engi-
neering presentations that may
cost q company as mucn as
quarter Of a million dollars to
prepare.
Possible Procedure
1.-The sharp-eyed evaluation ex-
perts of the Air Force and Navy
will pick the winning designs and
contracts will be awarded to one
or more companies with the most
promising entries. What happens
to the companies that don't win?
They might get q piece OF the
winners business through q SUBJ
contract, but II they are consist.
ent losers In the design competi-
tions and have no other source
Of income. then they just don't
Evening star., 1949-12-17

Born in Washington, Mr.. Dulin
was educated in the public schools
here. He went into the haber-
dashery business at an early age
and was connected with the Philip
T. Hall, Inc, where he became
president and treasurer. About Is
years ago he took over the busi-
ness in his own name and con-
Quoted it until the time OF his
death.
Mr.. Dulin was a charter mem
ber of the Kiwanis Club here,
and past regent of the Washing
ton area of the Royal Arcanum,
an insurance fraternity. He WAS
also a member of the Potomac
Masonic Lodge and for so years
belonged to st. Adams Episcopal
Church.
Surviving him is his widow, Mrs.
Mary S. Dulin, of the Fessenden
street address. They celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary
last September 4.
In addition to his widow and
son, he is survived by a daughter,
Mrs. Ethel D. Crockett of Rich
mond, Va; another son, j. Russell
Dulin, of the Fessenden street adj
dress; two grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
p pm. Monday at the residence.
Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
President Presides
AT Navy Graduation
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor StoH Correspondent.

KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. IT.
President Truman today handed
out diplomas to 36 graduates of
the Fleet Sonar School.
The school. which teaches the
techniques of undersea warfare,
was turning out one of its six
month classes, and in presiding
at the exercises today the Presi-
dent again filled role that he
had taken last spring.
Both officers and enlisted men
attend the school. but today's
class was made up Of the latter.
Telling his hearers that they
"have been putting in some
strenuous hours trying to fit your
self for one of the great necessities
of our National defense program"
Mr.. Truman expressed the hope
that. the school would continue
to function "for the welfare and
benefit of the country"
AS the names of the graduates
were called, then, each advanced
smartly, saluted and received a
handshake from the President as
he took the diplomas from Capt.
w. r. Carruthers. the command
ing officer of the school.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
2.Big Buenos Aires Papers
Accused Of Violating Laws
By the Associofsd Press

BUENOS AIRES, Dec. IT,
Buenos Aires two great independ-
ent newspapers. La Pref1sa and
La Nacion, were accused by mu-
nicipal inspectors yesterday of
violating city ordinances and noti-
fed they must stop using much
of their mechanical equipment
until the violations are remedied.
However. they apparently will be
able to continue publishing.
The two newspapers, which have
been under increasing attack by
the government of President Juan
D. Peron, were ordered to appear
in court next week and defend
themselves against the charges.
The Socialist weekly, La Van
guardia, which also had opposed
Gen. Peron, was closed two years
ago for alleged violation of munic-
ipal ordinances.
Evening star., 1949-12-17

announced by the AF'L.
A former head of the Cigar
Makers International Union. Mr..
Ornburn devoted most of the last
Is years to activities publicizing
union made products.
Was Baseball Player.
A native of Moberly, Mo-, he
played professional baseball in
minor leagues in Missouri and
worked as a cigar maker in his
younger days. He was secretary
of the Connecticute State Fedora
tion of Labor from 1912 to 1928.
In 1918 he was named vice
president of the Cigar Makers
Union and then president for a
decade beginning in 1926.
Mr.. Ornburn moved to WASH
ington in 1884 to become secre-
tary- treasurer of the Union Label
Trades Department, which han
dies shop cards, buttons and the
union labels which designate
union-m made products.
Conceived Idea of Show.
He also conceived the idea of an
annual union industry show
which, since 1886, has been held
to exhibit services and products
made by unions. At the time of
his death, he was directing plans
for the 1850 show. to be held next
May in Philadelphia.
During the war Mr.. Arnburn
served on the Labor Policy Com
mittee of the OPA and was a
of the Labor Advisory
Committee for, Nutrition and Food
Conservation. During the early
1930s he wa sa member of the
Tariff Commission.
Mr.. Arnburn is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Anna Ornburn; a son,
Paul r., and a brother, Harry
Ornburn, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held att
II am. Tuesday at the Hines fu-
neral home, 290l Fourteenth street
NV. Arrangements for burial
have not been completed.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Truth Will Help
Cancer Patients,
Doctors Told
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE. Md, Dec. ia
psychiatry professor said last
night doctors should tell cancer
patients the truth-but not neces-
sarily the whole truth.
A recent study at the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital in Bos-
ton of emotional factors in can
Ger treatment was outlined by DR..
Jacob E. Finesinger in an address
before the Baltimore Medical So
ciety.
DR.. Finesinger said his study
showed that GOODNESS and aloof-
ness" on the part of the doctor
may defeat the aim of cancer
treatment.
He recommended that patients
be given enough practical in
formation" about their illness to
help them utilize the best avail
able therapy with the minimal
personal disturbance"
The Boston psychiatrist will as
sumo a professorship of PSYCHE
airy at the University of Mary
land next month.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Right Wing Slate Sweeps
New York Guild Election
BY the Asxoeinted Prssa

NEW YORK. Dec. 17.-Right-
wing administration candidates
swept all Offices in the annual
election of the CIO Newspaper
Guild of New York, voting tabu-
lations showed today.
Jay Nelson Tuck, night city edi-
tor of the New York Post, was
chosen president. with 1880 votes,
compared to 1902 votes for Arthur
Pollock, drama critic Of the New
York Compass. the candidate OF
the opposition "rank-and-file"
slate.
Reelected executive vice presi-
dent was Thomas j. Murphy, who
has been named to the post for
three consecutive years. He got
2,846 votes to 1897 for Sol Fox
of the United Press, the rank-and-
file candidate.
The administration group also
won all other posts, including 16
seats on the guilds Executive
BOARD.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
III Persons Believed Dead
lin Mexican Plane Crash
BY the Assoeioted Press

JALAPA, Mexico, Dec. 17.-All
II persons aboard a Mexican air.
liner which crashed near the gulf
coast yesterday are considered
dead, an official said today.
The wreck Of the Compania
Mexicana de Aviacion plane near
here was the third major crash in
Mexico in a year and half. Thir-
teen of those aboard were passen-
gers, the rest crew.
A resident of a nearby mountain
village told officials he saw the
broken DC-3 with bodies around
it and that there was no sign of
survivors.
Several million pesos were re-
ported aboard the plane. Guards
were en- route to the wreckage to
prevent thefts. A peso is worth
about 11a cents Omitted States)
The money was in notes sent out
to branches by the Bank OF
Mexico.
Evening star., 1949-12-17
Cripps Rubs Hands Over Dollars
Earned bv SudIer's Wells Ballet

full about the estimated $4,000
the troupe earned in the United
States.
What has also pleased me as
a ballet lover is that the ballet
should have turned out to have.
amongst all its other excellent
qualities, that of f1rst-class
dollar Garner" he said.
"You have no idea what pride
1t has aroused in the Businesses OF
the treasury chambers. They are
much more civilized than you
would ever guess"
David Webster, general admin
istrator of the Covent Garden
trust which runs the ballet, said
the company might make another
tour to America next year.
Requests to go back have been
received" Mr.. Webster declared,
"and maybe we shall be doing this
next year."