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Evening star., 1949-10-25

about is the Henry McLemore.
man who devised the application
blank for World War II CTS to
fill in to get their Government
insurance dividend.
For clarity and simplicity it is
the greatest American document
since Lincoln's Gettysburg Ad-
dress. I prophesy that sometime
it will be preserved under glass
and key, and shown to citizens as
the work Of a man who, risking
his all, dared violate the bureau
cratic Vaccinations Of Washing
ton, D. c., in the late 1940s.
Couldn't Believe His Eyes.
I couldn't believe my own eyes
when saw the application. When
I first heard that we GI's were
going to get a bonus for not being
plugged for keeps, I pictured the
application we would receive. A
batch of papers heavy enough
to break a burro's back, with A.
1923 questions to be answered.
Color of hair. shape Of ears, name
Of great grandmother's first SER
ious suitor, favorite cigarette,
gasoline and toothache remedy,
height, weight, and chest lex
panded) size, middle initial of
doctor who delivered you, doctors
favorite hobby, exact height Of
Mt. Everest, and exact length
Of time you can stay under water
without coming up for air.
But the application was as
simple as ABC. Just q small card
with the minimum Of questions.
So few questions that q man could
answer them with one dipping of
his pen: Name, serial number,
number Of insurance policy, per-
manent address and branch of
service.
Hero Refused to Bulge.
I would be willing to bet that
the man who devised the CT in
surance dividend application has
been fired, denied his civil rights,
and ridden out Of Washington to
the hoots and jeers of 250,000
filing clerks. I can picture what
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BY Harry Honon| MrI onoore-
Halls 81 Insurance
Form for Simplicity
By Henry McLem ore

I don't know the mans name,
but he should have a monument.
Not a little OIL monument two
or three hundred feet high, either,
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This Changing World
French Farmers Seem Reluctant to
Replace Animals With ECA Tractors

do not live in isolated farm houses.
If the village has no veterinarian
there is at least some elderly man
who knows what to do when a
horse becomes ill. Sometimes 1t
is necessary to travel many miles
to find a mechanic who can
handle the ailments of motor,
and he charges a pretty heavy
fee.
One of the men attached to the
United States Information Ser
vice, whose job in this district Is
to tell American visitors the ef-
fects of ECA on the rural French
population, showed me the rich
farmland around Strasbourg. He
was explaining how happy the
farmers were to have their trac-
tors to relieve them of the job OF
plodding behind a slow-moving
plow. you will see." he said,
ito what good uses they are put
ting their tractors"
AS We moved down the road
we saw at a distance a number
of heavy farm carts. 'You see, y
he said, "in the past these were
propelled by horses or oxen. Now
they are pulled, sometimes sew
eral at a time, by an American
tractor"
Not q Single Tractor.
I was happy to have an oppor-
tunity to see this change. but as
we approached the carts my
friends face fell. The four
heavily laden carts were pulled
by nice-looking, slow-moying
Percherons. We Travelled the bet
ter part of an hour and saw great
activity in the fields. But the
antiquated Percherons and the
more placid oxen had not yet
been displaced by the tractor.
My USIS friend decided to show
me a typical Marshall Plan farm.
1t was pleasant to look at. The
ancient houses were freshly
painted. The villagers locked
plump and happy unquestion-
ably the result of the rich and
excellent Alsatian food which Is
plentiful.
In the old farm yard there we're
plenty of light and heavy carts
some had come to France under
the Marshall Plan - as well as
new harrow discs and cultivators.
But we saw not a single tractor.
I did not press for an explana-
ton. We talked about America,
the political situation and the
fact that this province Of France
was only seven hours from the
Russian zone of Germany. Casu-
ally he confessed that a few trac-
tors find their way into the ooun-
tries behind the Iron Curtain.
Some greedy farmers. apparently
after tinkering with a tractor for
several weeks, find buyer who
is looking for motorized equip
ment for collective farms across
the forbidden border. And since
the farmer can sell his equipment
he sees no reason why he should
not revert to the horse and oxen
Of his ancestors,
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OCTOBER

his superiors said when he walked
into their Office and submitted this
simple. sense-making, non-extra-
work-making blank. They un-
doubtedly threw up their hands
in horror at the very thought Of
doing something the easy way
and ordered him to 60 back and,
if necessary. take a year compli-
eating the form.
But he obviously stood stead
fast. In the tradition of the great
pioneers he refused to bulge. So
let us honor him. Let all Of us
CTS chip in and erect for him
an enduring memorial-one that
will last through the years and
keep his memory green.
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On the Other Hand
Strange Reward Proposed for Man
Who Always Has Been Good Soldier

be one OF the services acting in
dependently of the others.
So Secretary johnson has on
his hands a problem just about as
ornery as ever confronted a re-
sponsible Government official. He
is aware that the breaches OF
ordinary discipline Of which high
naval officers have been guilty
cannot be overlooked. But any
action he may take must have for
its primary purpose the achieve
ment of real unification. that will
o'-the-wisp that eluded his prede-
cessor and that will continue to
battle him as long as discipline is
not enforced at the top level of
the services as well as the lower
levels.
Bradley Custer Sought.
1t is now being said by some
that Secretary johnson must not
only remove the present naval
member of the Joint Chiefs OF
Staff, but the chairman, Gen.
Bradley, as well. The general, it
is said, should not have allowed
himself to become 80 angry at the
tactics pursued by the naval ON
GERS; he should have been more
gracious and forgiving. Now. It
is said, their feelings are 30 hurt
that he never will obtain their
cooperation: somebody else should
be given his job In order to soothe
their feelings.
II the present situation is to be
regarded as nothing more than a
quarrel between the Army and
the Navy there would be some
merit in this suggestion. Mr..
johnson would have precedent for
such a solution. When the quar-
rel between Mr.. johnson as As
sistant Secretary of War and Harry
Woodring as Secretary of War had
reached the point where it could
no longer be ignored, President
Roosevelt ousted them both, even
though he was more favorably
inclined toward johnson than to-
ward Woodring.
Following this precedent, how
ever, is little likely to promote the
unif1cation of the armed services
It is more likely to be regarded
as victory for those opposed to
unif1cation and encouragement OF
continued revolt against overall
decisions that do not please them
And it would be a strange re-
ward for the man whose whole
career has been that Of the good
soldier.
Honduras merchants are buy
ing hand-to-mouth, awaiting low
er American prices.
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Military Statesman
Japanese Like Macarthur on Theory
Old.Men Rulers Are Not Ambitious

mood. There is also pressure by
big business which is either
pinched directly or fears the prec-
edent of such wholesale anti
monopoly. anti-cartel reforms.
Above all, and giving the other
elements more room to maneuver,
the increasing communication Of
the Orient now gives Japan a
peculiar Importance as an Ameri-
can foothold. It is argued that
1t is now more important to have
Japan a going concern than it is
to purify her completely.
1t is a complex situation which
will make increasingly greater
demands upon Gen. Macarthur
Crowds Still Bow.
The japanese, who feared the
worst and got part Of the best
that America has to offer, all but
venerate their deliverer. They
have discovered that he had a
Japanese grandmother dalse.
naturally which in this country
Of ancestor worship is an acco-
lade. Trafilc no longer stops when
he leaves his Office, but the bow
ing crowds still gather. Japanese
also like it that he is old; they
approve of the old as rulers on
the theory that they are no
longer ambitious for themselves,
but for a place in history.
He has been loyal to his people
here and supported their efforts
to implement the directives
handed him; they return him an
unusual fidelity and are eager to
spare him any criticism. It is
perhaps no very cynical asperity
to suggest that some realize they
could get someone very much
worse to oversee political, social
and economic moves.
1t is interesting that q profess
sional soldier should so success
fully direct such an operation
The general says he never lived
away from the sound of q bugle
until he moved into the American
embassy. But he takes an hon
ored place among Americas ver-
satile new breed of = military
statesmen - Generals Marshall
Eisenhower, Bradley. Smith and
Admirals Leahy and Kirk.
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to be seer ct, Ao"eh Mehet''
have been carried on the four
winds to all parts of the earth? ?
It is said that some heads will
roll at the Pentagon, meaning that
certain ranking naval officers will
be removed from their present
places and others named to take
over their work. Finding those
others will not be easy, when 1t
is considered that they will need
to be men capable Of bringing the
Navy completely into line with the
thinking Of the Joint Chiefs Of
Staff.
That means they must be men
having the full respect and loyalty
of the Navy in all its echelons-
just as the group Of trouble-mak-
ing admirals have seemed to have
it. There is no question Of the
Navy's loyalty to the officers who
have undertaken to blow the de-
fense program apart and reassem-
BILE it to their own satisfaction.
These are the Navy's authentic
heroes and their views are the
Navy's views. Any successors ac-
ceptable to the secretary will be
looked on with suspicion. And
such successors may find 1t diff
cult indeed to restore and main
tain the Navy's morale.
Someone Has to Make Decisions,
But 1t must be done If we are
to have a unified defense organ
ization, which all agree, we must
have. Quite apart from the need
to operate as a single team. there
is the fact, believe 1t or not, that
only so much money can be found
even in this rich country. for ma
tional defense. Somebody has tt
make the decisions as to the best
l,se of that money and It cannot
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cl0l ana eco Of' rioeson'
nomic. Comprehensive blue
prints drafted principally by State
Department economists were
handed to him. They describe
a democratic capitalism not yet
wholly realized in our own country.
Historic work thus has been
done here in a successful occu-
patton for which the victor has
so far picked up the check.
Economy Move Reflected.
Now Congress. business and
other interested parties are talk
ing a great deal about japanese
recovery-reviving her trade. and
getting her off the backs of the
American taxpayer. This demand
that the occupation produce pros
perity together with peace and
democracy is. as any politician will
feelingly agree, q horse Of another
color.
Undersecretary Of the Army
Tracy Voorhees, has just been here
for a look-see. He praised the
occupation. and said no change
from Army to civilian control was
contemplated. He said also that
Gen. MacArthur's civilian staff
the democratizers-would be cut
about 20 per cent. because of
budget cuts. but not the occu-
patton troops.
This is the familiar pattern
Of the New Deal which the re-
forms initiated here closely re-
semble. Now. comes the era when
recovery must follow reform" "
There are those who still feel re-
form has some distance to 60 and
must be closely policed all the
way lest the now obliging Japa-
nese backslide.
The pressure for Japanese re-
covery reflects Congress economy
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but a mile-high
m o n u m e n t,
with all the
things that 60
with monu-
ments, such as
lions, horses,
cherubimS, and
stout men and
women brand
ishing swords.
scattered about
like soap flakes
in a chain store.
The man I
am Writinq
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naQ no QlrecC
concern W ith
Japanese eco
nomic recovery
beyond keeping
the coun try
above the dis
ease and un-
rest level.
His job was
to restore order
and to democ-
r q tiZe the
whole japanese
feudal structure
political, So
oio1 A~I Ann
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i II NOl CllclA
France and the
ric h eastern
farming lands
on the Rhine,
one does not
see more than
a dozen trac-
tors in use.
The Econom-
ic Cooperation
A d m ! n ! S t ra-
tons public re-
lations service
emphasizes in
its pamphlets
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WILL. the m e S S
m a d e by the
admirals, aided
and abetted by
some important
m e m b ers of
c on gre SIS, be
cl e a n e d up?
How will conf
d e nee in our
plans for ma
tional defense
be res t or e d,
now that those
plans, including
some intended
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Bv Constantine Bro,vn

= STRASBOURG, France (By
AirmaiD. - Travelling through
some of the agricultural areas
which lie between Pas de Calais
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Bv LoweLI MetIeff

It is tough problem now. the
national military establishment;
a tough problem for the Secretary
of Defense and the President. How
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Bv Doris ELeeSon

TOKYO (By AirmaiD. 49, An
early directive, never repealed, to
Gen. Macarthur from the Joint
Chiefs of Staff told him that he
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Displays Cold Realism.

Realistically it must be said that
no politicians of either party have
indicated that they are interested
in woman on the national
ticket. Mrs. Roosevelt. the fore
most woman in the world, says
she does not believe her country
is ready yet for a woman Pres
ident or Vice President. Senator
Smith herself has displayed a
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ease the path for British sterling
area goods into the American
market.
If the measures for both short
and long term alienation of Brit
aims situation are taken together
with the recommendation of the
International Monetary Fund yes
terdaX that Nll dollar short coun-
tries devalue their currency rather
than attempt to engage in aus
terity restrictions which endanger
their well-being, the line is pretty
we'll laid down along which the So
luton to Britain's ills will be
sought.
Matter of Realism.
The heart of the real assistance
which this country can provide
the British at this time lies in
the opportunities offered by the
American market as an outlet for
British goods, and there is every
evidence that the American nego-
tiators approached this matter
with the greatest realism.
American purchasing power may
reasonably be regarded as provid-
ing part of the remedy for Brit
aims troubles. but if great reli-
ance is placed on any plan to
flood the American market with
British goods-through a combi-
nation of reduced tariffs and de-
valued currency - that reliance
should be abandoned promptly.
The Reciprocal Trade Agree
ments Act now is under debate in
the Senate, and is expected to
pass without the peril point"
provision which made 1t so OBJ
noxious to the administration.
The new act, already approved by
the House, will facilitate the
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This Changing World
u. S. Has Gone as Far as Reasonable
In Easing British Economic Crisis

search for points where tariffs
may be further reduced in an ef-
fort to open up the American
market little wider to British
goods.
However, regardless of passage
of the Reciprocal Trade Agree
ments Act, if the importation of
British goods begins to injure
American industry - as imports
from other countries already have
been reported undermining some
branches of 1.-THE demand will
arise very soon to raise the bars
again, and the final result could
be new version of the Tariff Act
of 1880, which played such a pri-
mary role in setting off the train
Of depression events which led
to the rise of Hitler and the ulti-
mate outbreak of World War II.
Reactions Considered.
Progress in freeing the logjam
of world trade by the reciprocity
program which Cordell Hull faith
cred as Secretary of State was so
great that it would be unwise to
jeopardize Congress disposition
now to accept the Reciprocal
Trade Agreements idea in order
to alleviate the whole of Britain's
problems by means of American
imports of manufactured goods.
The reaction to such a solution
could be worse than the problem
which motivated 1t.
The final solution of Britain's
trouble will lie in the co-opera-
tive activity not only of the
United States and Canada, but
also of all the Western bloc
countries who are convinced that
Britains survival is essential to
our cause in the cold war.
Small improvement in a num-
ber of directionS-Which appar-
emily is what the conferees here
decided on will bring greater
and more lasting results than
great surge of Improvement in a
single direction, where such i'm
provement is likely to create hos
tile reactions.
Britain will be saved, We can
be sure of that, and the Ameri-
can market will not be captured
by the British; we can be sure of
that, too. 1t is the latter point
on which the London government
leaders must be convinced.
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Can't Be Shrugged Off
Vice Presidential Boom Reported
For Senator Margaret Chase Smith

cold realism on the subject; she
repeatedly warns women that they
will get what they fight for. that
men will not hand them anything
on a silver platter.
A clue to what the men current
ly managing Mrs. Smiths party
have in mind as women's place in
politics will shortly be forthcom-
ing. Mrs. Robert Macauley. head
Of the women's division Of the Ma
tional Committee, has resigned,
ostensibly to give the new chair
man, Guy Gabrielson, a free hand
In the selection Of his associates
but actually for the best Of all pos
sible reasons. She is going to have
a baby.
Mrs. Macauley, a pretty and
pleasant young woman, succeeded
to her post when the then chair
man. Carroll Reece, took exception
to the equal rights for women in
politics assumptions of Marion
Martin of Maine. Miss Martin
took hold at the low ebb of 1896
and in 1946 was able to claim for
Republican women an important
role in the election of the 80th
Congress. A request for her re-
signation swiftly followed her in
terview suggesting women would
expect q commensurate reward.
Miss Martins assistant, Mrs.
Macauley, was named in her place
and has given the men no trouble.
Can't Snub Any Assets
One of the problems of the COP
in the feminine sector are some
strong minded committeewomen
who want no National Committee
employe taking precedence. Le-
gally, it Is possible for the COM
mittee to have both a vice chair
man and head Of the women's di-
vision. It may be that Chairman
Gabrielson will bestow the vice
Craftsmanship on a committee
woman and name also a success
sor to Mrs. Macauley as head Of
the women's division.
AS for Senator Smith, the Re-
publicans are hardly in a position
to snub any assets and an asset
she is. Her peculiar eminence and
her golden disposition combine to
give her constant prominence.
She is Exhibition Number One for
the sightseers and she cannot ac-
cept all her invitations. In the
Senate her industry and courtesy
never fail.
Politically, she has one problem.
She has not yet decided just what
kind Of Republican she is. Since
the roll call inexorably demands
yea or nay, her occasional vacilla-
tions cannot be hidden.
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Robbia & Sons Tour, because that
was the one I was supposed to
be with, and mercy, I didn't want
to get lost from my group. What?
This wasn't the Forum we were
looking at? The what? The Col
iseum? Heavens. I was in the
wrong place.. and would he ex-
cuse me?
It calls for real class to attach
yourself to a guide who is taking
only three or four people around
You get a lot more information
from such guide. but it calls for
fine acting to stay close enough
to hear and yet seem detached.
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b o o m e d or
Vice President.
= T h e politi-
Goes involved in
the current ver-
sion S h r u g it
off and tn cir
d e n | a / S have
v e r / sinilitude
since none have
ever pus h e d
women in poll
tics. They also
include Senator
Taft, a candi-
date for Pres
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to lend It's help
in the solving
of Britain's eco
nomic crisis.
There Is even
reason to be-
lieve that this
Gov e rn m e mt
has gone fur
ther than many
members of the
United States
Cong eSS be-
lieve 1t should
60 in the mat
ter of reduction
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tacking a n v
where from 81
to 26 per cent
service tax on
y our bills, a
m q n h as to
conserve some
where.
So, after on
ly a few days
in r m e. I
have fig ur e d
out a W q y to
save q little
money. Instead
of hiring a
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Bv Doris FEeeS0n

What is bound to prove a hardy
perennial has made its appear
ance: A report that Senator Mar
garet Chase Smith Is being