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Evening star., 1949-05-01
Truman Eligible
ToGet CoIonei's
Retirement Pay

Col. Harry s. Truman has been
guaranteed lifetime income OF
$82 so a month-under the law es-
tablishing a system Of nondisa-
bility retirement pay for armed
service reserves-when he leaves
the Presidency.
But White House aides said
yesterday they doubted that he
would apply for the compensa-
ton.
The defense establishment con-
firmed that since Mr.. Truman
saw service In World War I. had
attained the age Of 80 and had
completed 80 years Of "satisfac-
tory service" as q colonel in the
Artillery Reserve he was eligible
for the retirement benefit.
However, because of the Econ-
omy Act of 1882 he cannot draw
dual compensation from the Gov
ernment in excess of $4,000 an
tnually. But there is nothing to
prevent his acceptance Of such
payments after he leaves the
White House.
II, Congress passes Q pending
military pay bill, Col. Truman's
retirement checks would be
boosted to $110.25 month.
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Streetcor Fans Take Last Ride on Benning Line
By George Kennedy

1t was with mixed emotions
that the members Of the Wash
ington Division of the Electric
Railroaders' Association made the
fast trip on the Benning line in
the small hours this morning.
They always enjoy riding on street
cars but this one meant another
carline gone.
Today buses replace street cars
to the terminals at Seat Pleasant
and at Kenilworth avenue and
the District Line. The westward
terminal Of the buses will be La
fayette Park. Service to Rosslyn,
Va. will be continued by trans
ferring to the cars from Brook
lHnd line 600 that will continue
along Pennsylvania avenue and
NJ street to cross Key Bridge In
stead Of looping behind the In
terror Building.
The trolley fans made q day
HIGHT trip yesterday on the old
800" cars with platforms fore and
aft. These cars. which were
bought from the Providence. r. l.,
street railway company Is years
ago, will be put into storage in the
Capitals Transit Co.'S George
town terminal and Office building.
The fans went all over town and
paid their way. 1t cost them 81 so
apiece. The final trip started at
1;48 am.
On the daylight trip something
they always suspected came into
the open. Their president, Henry
G.i Leinbach, has q weakness for
bases. A sound physicist at the
Bureau of Standards. Mr.. Lem
bach Is a heavy, bespectacled man
in his sos. Along the line the car
stopped next to one Of the new
400 Mack buses and Mr.. Leinbach
pointed his folding camera to take
O. spicture of 1t. The members
hooted when Mike Lavalle, vice
president Of the electric railroad
eFs' division. who was running the
car, started in time to spoil the
shot.
II like buses. too," Mr.. Linebach
confessed. I've joined the Ma
tional Motor Bus Riders Associa-
tion which has just started in New
York"
Mr.. Lavalle is a regular Capt.
tai Transit motorman. He was
transferred from the lexington
line yesterday for the associations
trip. He said he would just as
soon take the traditional bus
Evening star., 1949-05-01
YugosIavia Observes
May Day With Blasts
Al Both East, West
By the Asseeiaisd prsss

BELGRADE. April 3o.-Yugo-
slavias ruling Communist Party
accused Western imperialist
forces today Of threatening q
new war against the Soviet Union
and countries Of the peoples, de-
mocracies." 1t also aimed blast
at Russia and other Eastern Slay
The charsesN 4 4 Il; ssrs u nads in a
special May Day proclamation
issued by the Communist Party's
central committee just ~ hours,
before ~ mass demonstration At
which Premier Tito will review b
parade Of soldiers and vofkers.
Significantly. the PROCLAMATION
also declared.
ATTEMPTS are being made In the
q. s. s. r. and the countries Of
the peoples democracies to or
ganize an economic and political
boycott against Yugoslavia) !,
while means and measures typical
of the capitalistic world are being
used to break the working en-
thusiasm of our masses and to
force our people into submitting
to unjust and unequal relations.
Ability for War Denied.
In using q double -edged sword
In the proclamation, Yugoslavia
emphasized simultaneously It's Bit
terness against the Cominform
campaign aimed at the Tito gov
ernment, along with Its hostility
towards Western policies.
Bluntly, it declared at one point
"imperialists today are not In a
position to provoke new world
war. There is not one people IN
the capitalist world who want to
90 to war or who are morally
prepared to go to war"
It added: 'Imperialist circles
are setting up military bases and
spending enormous sums Of
money on the perfection OF
weapons and increasing arma-
ments, but these measures are
being met with ever-increasing
resistance from the masses who
do not want to go to war"
The proclamation charged
Western ''imperialistic circles"
with attempting to prolong indefi-
niteay the slavery" Of colonial
peeple, and Of attempting to
"wSAken and even to destroy the
United Nations" -
Mcited the Atlantic Pact as an
ex&mple Of the Western campaign
against the Eastern states. And
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bulance passed the car with siren
screaming, the 20 members aboard
all shouted, You're wanted, doc!
William Smith, a youthful
craftsman on railway cars for the
American Car 81 Foundry Co. in
Philadelphia, also made the trip.
He said that he applied for Job
with the ]. G.. Brill Co.. which
made q good share Of Americas
street cars. When he found they
were making buses only in their
Philadelphia plant he withdrew
his application.
Paul Gable, music director in
Washington's white schools. made
the trip as did Leroy King. Of
William King g. Son, fuel mer-
chants here since 1885. Mr.. King
is a historian of traction. He told
of the timing Of the great change
over of the Seventh street line
from cable to electricity in 1898.
how 1t took Is seconds here and
40 seconds there and how the first
electric car started that morning
Evening star., 1949-05-01

The petition for q Temporary sr~
junction la@ meath. The DsStg.cs
Court assignment commissioner 4
once Cid no; tno1Afe wnka tagtse
will hear the case.
Scores Of similar petitions hAse
been fled against Mr.. Pay and
The telephone company The early
decisions are expected 10 chart
the course IN the osfer cases al
though the United States Al
tcrneys ofSce has emphasized
each case vii be considered md
vi6uaily.
Evening star., 1949-05-01

mans holiday by giving the men,
bers q ride all over town but the
union wouldn't let him. He was
being paid yesterday.
One of the out-of town men,
bers taking the ride was Miss
Margaret Hart Of Roanoke. Va,
an attractive woman with greying
hair who is employed by the Nor
folk 81 Western at home. Roanoke
she said, had lost its last street
carline in August.
Nobody seemed to care but
me-" she said.
She said she had gone on rides
with the association in Richmond
and Atlanta. Pittsburgh. she had
heard, has TOO miles of street
railway track. Asked If she would
like to ride them she replied that
she wouldn't care to visit North
ern city.
DR.. Ira Pearlman, a resident
physician at Suburban Hospital.
Bethesda, made the ride wearing
a motorman's cap. When an am
Evening star., 1949-05-01

SOuI Al4HHlN
Alumni Club al
$50 pm. to-
morrow In the
warcmAn Park
Hotel.
An other
speaker will be
Joseph A. Pc
rotta. general
secretary OF the
National Alum
nj Association
Charles r. Don :
nelly, club pres
! q z n q n =
not,nceSf The
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Trumun. Sends Greetings

President Truman yesterday
sent greetings to Queen Juliana
Of The Netherlands on her 40th
birthday, saying: 1.-THE people Of
the United States join me in ex-
tending heartiest congratulations
and sincere good wishes on this
anniversary Of Your Majesty's
birth"
Evening star., 1949-05-01

club includes several hundred
alumni living in the District.
Maryland. Virginia and Delaware
Ray j. Richards Is chairman OF
the dinner and James NJ. Fallon
viii be POSTMASTER. =.
Evening star., 1949-05-01
Alumni Club to Hear
Holy Cross President

The Very Rev, John A. oR-ien,
president Of Holy Cross College.
Worcester. Mas. viii address tie
annual dinner meeting Of the
Evening star., 1949-05-01

Egypt expects to drill about so
oil wells at the recently discover
ed Wadi Assal fields within the
next five years.
Evening star., 1949-05-01

High production costs have
practically killed the Philippines
once ce-important export trade In
cigars, Manila reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

definite conclusions. Statements
were issued by some Of the par
Elephants, saying the way to win
was to stop saying me too, F"
but other participants discounted
these statements. Decisive action
on a party program was put OF
until February.
Brannan Slapped Down.
On another floor of the same
hotel at the same time another
meeting, having what could be
more important bearing on the
same elections, was being held.
This was. the annual convention
of the American Farm Bureau
Federation, largest of the farm
organizations. While not sup
posed to be a political gathering,
| it turned out to be nothing else
but. And it took very positive
action. It slapped down Secretary
of Agriculture Charles Brannan
personally, refusing his request
to be heard-an action without
precedent in Farm Bureau his
tory-and it slapped down what
| is known as the Brannan Plan.
It is the Brannan Plan on which
the Truman Administration large
ly relies to hold or increase the
great gains made last year in
normally Republican farming
States.
The action was taken on the
lofty ground that the independent
American farmer does not want to
be Subsidized" The convention
apparently did not consider the
present price support system as
anything in the nature Of a sub
sidy. It's a distinction a little
difficult for consumers to grasp.
but it seems to have satisfied the
Farm Bureau delegates.
In any case. it represented a
political triumph for Allan B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

that current emphasis on econ
omy as an end in itself during
the reorganization campaign will
damage the bipartisan stature
of the Hoover report and might
develop into a drive against the
Fair Deal that they would have
to resist.
Mere Murmurs Thus Far.
These are mere murmurs so
far. Since many members Of Con-
gress will resist reorganization
as much as they dare lest a
hair of some constituents head
be harmed, it is important that
they should not develop into
shouts.
Actually the economy slogan
strikes sensitive political nerve
in the dominant party. 1t sounds
ncomfortably like the Repub-
lican battle cry to circles charged
with electing Democrats. These
circles, despite scattered victories
last November, are still not too
certain that the public is in
different to an unbalanced budget,
Democrats also feel that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Sensitive Nerve Struck
Democratic Chiefs Hear Hoover Report
May Turn Into Drive Against Fair Deal

the Hoover Commission has tres
passed on the policy field as dis
tinct from questions Of efficient
management. They were es-
pecially incensed by a blistering
attack on the Veterans Admins
tration made by Thomas M.
Searles. q Philadelphia investment
banker. Mr.. Searles charged that
VA cost each taxpaying family
5000 a year and eventually would
cost them $500.
Question Not New.
The question Of where attack on
lnemciency ends and attack on
policy begins is not new in the
commission affairs. During the
private deliberations Of the ex-
perts, Mr.. Hoover and Dean Ache
son. now Secretary Of State, had
a lively contest Of this kind on
several points, notably electric
power and the Governments lend
ing power.
President Truman and express
ident Hoover both have much to
lose If the reorganization report
is now furnished. Many Democrats
groaned when the President re-
versed the Roosevelt policy Of ig-
noring Mr.. Hoover and gave him
the appointment, and they will
blame the White House If polit-
ical trouble follows from it. For
the ex-President, reorganization
can be q final triumph over his
critics.
The Democrats have been
known In the past to work
through labor or liberals to &C
complish some of their ends. They
did not, however, suggest the anti
Hoover outburst Of Dewey Ander-
son, the liberal economist, who
also thinks reorganization Is wan
dering far afleld. Nothing viii be
done by Democrats without the
go sign from President Truman.
Labor also is reserving Judgment
for the present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

starts asking Asnr1 Asls"ers'
questions, and let the air out Of
his tires when he Is in the house.
But not Jean and I.
To Hit Front Pages.
We see the census-taker's ar
rival as the biggest chance to hit
the front pages we will ever have
ii we can take him In.
So we are going to muzzle our
dogs at his approach, ply him
with lemonade and cookies If 1t
is a hot day, hot lemonade and hot
cookies if it happens to be q
cold day, and while he is being
given the best chair in the house
Jean will run down with q hand
pump and see that his tires are
properly inflated.
Because We aim to lie to the
man, and We want him to believe
it-believe it 30 much that he
will wire In his report on US, not
write it.
For example, when the census
chap asks me about my income I
am not going to tell him the truth
and have him take of his shirt
and give it to me; am going
to tell him that exclusive Of radio
and television, Endorsements for
long underwear and Turkish water
pipes, and . few hundred thous.
and picked up here and there at
checkers and croquet, I make
only 100000 . year.
I shall continue impressing the
census-taker when he gets around
to poking his nose into domestic
affairs and asks who is the head
Of the house.
II am" I aim to say, though
such an answer is such Z big lie
that Gutson Borglum could have
carved the history Of the world
on half Of it.
Won't Get The Truth.
When he asks us what our chief
interests are he Is not going to get
the truth. I have no intention Of
telling him that shooting pool in
dark and questionable pool halls,
reading other peoples mail, break
ing locks on diaries, and passing
counterfeit money fascinate me
the most. Nor am I going to let
him in on the fact that Jean
spends her spare time-and with
bright eagerness in her eyes
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On the Record
Zionists Can No More Yield Jerusalem
Than Germans Can Abandon Berlin

settle the fate of that city. From
first to last it was q perpetual
bone Of contention between Ger
mans and Poles, and in the end a
direct cause Of the last war.
A United Nations regime NOV
ing into Jerusalem will move into
as explosive q situation as exists
anywhere. If those involved think
to keep order with a force Of 500
police they are very foolish. The
immense British forces-number-
ing tens Of thousands-could not
keep order in territory the size
of Vermont, which they made into
perhaps the most heavily policed
area on earth. They could not
even protect the lives of British
soldiers. The fate of Count Ber-
|nadotte and his aide should be
remembered together with the
noteworthy fact that the perpe-
traitors Of that outrage have never
been brought to judgment.
Will U. s. discipline" Rebels?
And just what stand will the
United States make If and when
the United Nations trusteeship is
challenged by Jewish rebels?
(That it will be challenged has
already been openly asserted.)
The Zionist vote in the United
States is solidly organized and
disciplined. And Zionism presents
it's case in q formidable propa-
ganda. Is it conceivable that the
United States will participate, If
the occasion arises, in "disciplin-
ing" Israel rebels? If not, who
will?
I think the United Nations is
preparing to walk into a lions
den, and I doubt whether the
U. N. is a Daniel.
It would, 1t seems to me, have
been wiser (however unsatisfac-
tory to have confined United Ma
tons supervision and protection
to the holy places of all religions
and have left the secular and po-
litical solution to negotiations be-
tween Israel and Transjordan.
For, If rebellious violence breaks
out, the holy places, the protection
of which is the sentiment animat-
ing Decentralization, will also
be endangered, including the little
town of Bethlehem, to which all
Christian hearts turn at this
season.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
This Changing World
James Report on Russian Warships
May Call Halt to u. S. Navy Cuts

|foremen and workers were taker
to the Russian zone. They were
offered great inducements fol
themselves and their families Il
work on Russia's naval f1ve-yeal
plan.
Among the many things which
Russia obtained during the honey
moon years with the United State!
were ship building equipment
prototypes of snorkel submarines
and blueprints which Hitler's
naval engineers had drawn but
had not put into actual produc-
ton.
Foremost Designers.
German naval designers were
among the foremost in the world
The Bismarck class battleshir
showed how far they had ad.
vanced. Time did not permit then
to construct a stable fleet Of
snorkel submarines. If they hac
been able to build several hundred
such submersibles it is doubtful
that we could have been able tc
defeat Germany's submarine cam
paign as early as we did. The cam
paign on the other side Of the
Atlantic might have had an en-
tirely different aspect.
The men who developed the
snorkel now have placed Their
skill and talents at the disposal
of the U. S. s. S. r. Because Of this
knowledge in Washington a great
deal of credence is being placed ir
the, figures published in James
Fighting Ships.
Our policy during the last Il
months has been to reduce the
Navy as much as possible. The
theory that the Navy Is about as
antiquated as the horse and buggy
has prevailed among the best mill.
tary and air strategists in this
country.
The principal role assigned te
the Navy has been to provide troop
transportation in the event Of
war. Some attention is being
paid to anti-submarine work be.
cause it was officially known that
the Russians have been building
snorkels.
Naval intelligence placed the
number Of submarines in Rus.
sian waters at about 10. But little
if anything at all, has been done
by our leaders to meet a menace
from q Russian fleet composed Of
all kinds Of surface ships as well
as submarines.
If the reports contained In
James are verified. a change will
be called for in the reduction OF
the Navy to the status of secon-
Diary auxiliary in the defense OF
the country.
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possible future Constantine Brown.
conflict, may have to be revised.
The British publication. which
obtains it's data from the most
reliable sources, mentions the fact
that the Soviet Unions flve-year
plan of naval construction, start
ed in 1945, provides for the COM
pletion of between $50 and 1000
snorkel submarines and at least
three capital ships with platforms
for launching guided missiles.
German Navy Yards Used.
Maintaining their reputation
for accuracy. the editors of that
book warn their readers that the
figures are not based on any Of
fetal estimates, for they are not
available. But they are based on
the best available information.
The fact that the Russians pos
sess new navy yards at Schichau.
Stettin, Danzig. Rostock and
Koenigsberg-all former German
yards-permits the deduction that
security in those areas populated
by Germans is not as tight as in
the U. S. S. R. itself. Conse-
quently, there are ways and means
of obtaining information which
would be denied Western observ-
ers in the area between the Wis
tula River and the Pacific.
The Russians have never had
the know-how to build modern
ships. In the years before World
War II they attempted with all
means at their disposal to pur-
chase a battleship-in sections
in the United States. When this
proved impossible they tried to
get blueprints of our latest battle
ships.
This lack of talent for naval
engineering was corrected after
the war, when some 10000 Ger
man naval architects and ward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
On the Other Hand
Farm Bureau Federation's Fight
On Brannan Has Political Color

Kline, president Of the Fedora
ton. If he is q vengeful man he
obtained his revenge for the humi-
liating defeat he suffered last
year, when he worked hard for
Gov. Dewey but failed to deliver
the farm vote In Iowa, his home
State. How lasting this revenge
will prove to be can only be told
by the election returns next fall,
when Mr.. Kline's and the Fedora
tons influence on the farmers will
again be put to the test. Much
will depend. of course, on how
happy the present price support
law, favored by the Federation
officials, keeps the farmers.
Number Of Polls Taken.
It is not easy to determine how
accurately the Federation's stand
reflects the farmers feeling at
this time. During the past six
months a number of polls have
been taken and the published re-
suits would indicate that, of the
farmers who have made up their
minds. majority favor the Bran
nan Plan. The best break given
the Kline point Of view was in a
Gallup Poll in IL States. showing
10 per cent for the Brannan Plan
and ID per cent against.
A poll by the Des Moines
Register Tribune showed II per
cent for and AZ per cent against.
Wallace's Farmer (not published
by Henry Wallace) polling only
members Of the Federation, found
rs per cent for and Is per cent
against. The Wisconsin Agricul-
turalist & Farmer found "a per
cent for, "a per cent against: the
Minneapolis Tribune, 141a per cent
for, 10 per cent against: the
Minnesota State Fair, SO per cent
for, 81 per cent against.
It used to be said that the Farm
Bureaus were representative chief
ly Of the larger and well-to-do
farmers and related business in
terests. a point being made of the
fact that the first bureau was
organized in the Binghamton, N.
Y. Chamber Of Commerce. How
ever that may be. the bureaus
now have their full share Of small
farmers, as a result Of q member
ship drive that has brought the
present membership to more than
a million.
One Congressman disposed to
discount the Federation's political
power is Stephen Pace, author Of
the bill that, If it had passed,
would have given the Brannan
Plan try-out on a limited num-
Der of farm products. Mr.. Pace is
from Georgia, the strongest Farm
Bureau State in the South.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. ~ Ais


robbing birds nests and shooting
out lighthouse bulbs.
We are going to tell him that
our chief interests are painting
pictures Of Winston Churchill
painting, digging for prehistoric
blankets in the Navajo desert, re-
pairing the wings Of clay pigeons
and similar high-brow pursuits.
When asked about music we are
going to say that it is a shame
Sibelius is so old and unable to
create any more good tunes for
our morning setting-up exercises,
AS for food, are we going to
admit that we like canned baked
beans and hot dogs? Heavens, no.
The census-taker will leave our
house thinking that we have
crepes suzettes instead of pan
cakes for breakfast, and that
truf1les and hearts Of artichokes
are as common around our house
as mice.
We dream already of the envy
Of the smart set when, as q result
of our census answers, we get a
full page spread in the society
section Of the Police Gazette.