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Evening star., 1949-06-11
Dr.. Rustin Observes
Anniversary Tomorrow

The sSTvsccS t1fnosTos wlls mars
the beginning Of the IAN wear ei
DR. John " R4sttn $ ministry al
Mount Vernon Place Methocs2Sl
! Church He vas returned fog an,
other year III the annua, confer
ence which met III Westminster
| Md last week
DR. A. N Warner. associate MN.
lister. also NaS returned. mArkInk
his third year. Dr. Rustln will bs
preaching a, and ii.l5 am or
| Civilization or Culture and al
pm or When PRAYER AeAn,
| Power
| Mrs Alexander Stewart. nation.
lal president Of the Womens In.
ternatlonal League for Peace anc
Freedom, vii conclude her discus.
sion OF the North Atlantic Pact al
the forum meeting at 10 am.
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to reof game Iohs'&n'ihe n'""h'
and regroup their forces. which
had suffered severe losses in the
10 days. of actual combat around
the worlds fourth largest city.
At present a westward move,
from Canton to the more secure
regions around Running and
Chungking. is in progress. al
though the rump government
claims that it can and will defend
the capital of southern China to
the last drop of its blood.
Due to Two Factors.
The progressive decentralization
of the remaining Nationalist
forces is due to two factors: %
the lack of any kind of support
from the American Government,
which at one time was regarded
as the principal supporter of the
people who were fighting the
Reds; and 90 the feeling among
Nationalist troops that their lead
|ers-top-ranking generals an d
more interested in
their personal welfare than in ac-
tually fighting for China.
In spite of the spectacular VIC
tories Of the Chinese Communists,
the rank and file of the National
list armies have not been contain
mated in the least by Communist
ideology. Mass desertions and
surrenders have occurred when
the troops found themselves over
whelmed by the enemy and saw
no support coming from those
whose interest should have been
to storm the Red avalanche.
After spending some time in
the Utopian regime of Mao TIE
tung many Chinese soldiers and
officers have tried to return to the
ranks of the Nationalists. Be-
cause of the incompetence Of the
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Service
For Rev. james Richards

The Rev. James Richards w'lI
Be instituted as rector Of 81. Passlt
Parish, X street between Twenty
fourth and Twenry-Afth streets
NV. on Sunday q; ill5 an
The Right Rev. Angus Dun
Bishop OF Wasf.ngtou. has askec
the Rev. Arlington A McCalllInI
10 act as hts deputy and 10 be The
insiltutoT
The bishops ocnclal letter oi
institution vii oe read by tie
junior warden. KELSEY Y. Saint
land the keys OF the church snd
parochial recognition given oy The
senior warden. Wales II Jack
Father Richards succeeded
Father McCallum as rector M
June / He came 10 WASHINGTON
last November 10 oe the aSsocla u
rector through this past month
ana 10 be rector when Father Nc
Callum S resignation took effect
Father McCallum Is nov the
rector emeritus of ST. PaulS
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At kotionol Christion

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Evening star., 1949-06-11
This Changing World
South China Capital Expected to Fall
To Communists Within Few Weeks

government trend has developed
among the younger commissioned
elements in the army to forget
about their so-called government
and start a resistance movement
Of their own along guerrilla lines.
Conditions behind the Iron Cur
tain in China already are bad.
Because everything goes TO the
bureaucracy and the army, the
land is not being titled and large
scale starvation is expected by
next year. when millions will die
of hunger.
Seil-Out Move Reported.
Lack OF confidence in the pres
ent rump Nationalist government
is widespread among many young
men in China, who have not been
contaminated by the selfishness OF
their so-called leaders. 1t is only
intensified by reports that recent
ly those leaders. in an effort to
maintain their positions in the
areas south Of the Yangtze River.
have approached the Russians
with the suggestion for a non-
aggression pact. under whic h
Southern China would remain
strictly neutral in event of a con-
f1ict between the USSR and the
United States.
The Russian government is said
to have made the first approaches
to Marking at time when Mos
COW was not yet certain that it
could crush the Kuomintang
Marking at first turned down the
suggestion. But when the Com
munists approached Marking the
Nationalist leaders went back to
the Russians with the proposal to
discuss such an agreement on the
Soviet terms, provided that Mao
Tze-tung be ordered to halt his
advance.
There was no reply from the
Soviet ambassador, who. in order
to avoid further pressure. decided
to go to Canton. After the Ma
t1onalist government moved to
that city he was once more ap-
preached. but carefully avoided
discussing the matter, although he
was hard-pressed by Acting Presi-
dent Ii Tsung-jen. who replaced
Chang Kai-shek.
There is no question that most
of the Chinese are still in favor
of maintaining their traditional
friendship with the United States.
But the aloof attitude of our Gov
eminent does little to encourage
them. All attempts to show Rus
sia clearly as an aggressor in
China, just as It has been In
Greece. are frowned on by the
State Department.
Evening star., 1949-06-11


United States Constitution-"No
bill of attainder or ex post facto
law shall be passed" But ii
would 60 further and kick the
Civil Service system into a cooked
hat.
However, If it works. the big
industrial farmers may finally
achieve their purpose, which Is to
prevent the enforcement OF the
Reclamation Act so far as they
are concerned. 1t is designed to
staff the Bureau with officials who
can be browbeaten into ignoring
the 16O-acre, or family farm. fea-
ture of the law.
Shifting of Attack.
If you are not an irrigation
farmer you may think you have
no interest in this matter. But
If you are interested in good gov
ernment in only a general sort OF
way, you should know how difficult
Congress sometimes makes it for
our so-called bureaucrats to give
you good government. The case
of Mike Straus is not wholly un-
related to that of David Lilienthal
and other members of the Atomic
Energy Commission, now spending
weeks of time that might be better
used, defending themselves against
Senator Hickenlooper's charge oi
incredible mismanagement."
The story begins in 1914 when
legislation to exempt the Central
Valley Project from the 160-acre
limitation was proposed and de.
feated. It was continued in the
next Congress, with the same re.
suit. Finally. even the notoriou,
80th Congress turned the propose
down. The attack was then shifted
from the law to the men who en-.
force the law.
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Plon Memorial Service
For Arthur G. Bishop

A memorial service will be held
at 7;45 pm Sunday honoring the
late Arthur G. Bishop. former
chairman Of the Board OF the
Perpetual Building AsSocla ton
and past president Of the District
Lawyers ana Washington Title
Insurance Cos Mr.. Bishop died
on December 23. l946.
The service will be held III the
Ninth Street Christian Church.
of which Mr. Bishop was a mem
Der for Sc years.
A bronze plaque. presented by
the Church Board. will be dedi-
Gated as a part of the service.
Participating in the ceremony of
unveiling will be his four grand
children. John and Dorothy
Cooper. Kenneth and Richard
Crowell
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Georoetosn lutherun

Chl!crens cAy VII De oes<Yy e1
IN the Sunday scto<ol 81 D. sS a m
Al II am the subject cs tfss
Re- H e Beatty Is Born @.
Water Installation service oi
Luther League Officers A. pm
as follows Vsrna EAetscG pGxsi-
cent Betty Ann Herdt secrrsAEy
Rcoert RAihercale treasure: Id
ward Fling Ruth Hg~slcE ard John
EeAttN PEostM an C.ertsFEa lite,r
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Congress Heights Baptist

Members of the Congress
Heights Baptist Church and Sun
day school who have been gradu-
ated this spring from Junior and
senior college will be the guests
of honor at II am. tomorrow.
The Forest Heights mission or
ganization. sponsored by the Con-
gress Heights Baptist Church, will
lay plans for a vacation Bible
school and an open-air revival
meeting to be held in the Forest
Heights area, at meeting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. William l.
Heitman, 125 Seneca drive, Forest
Heights, Md, Tuesday at 8 pm.
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Humline Methodist

DR.. S. Paul Schilling. professor
of systematic theology at West
minister Seminary. Westminster
Md. will be the guest preacher a,
Hamline Methodist Church at II
am. Sunday. DR.. Schilling was al
one time minister of the Brook
land Methodist Church of this
city.
Student day will be observed
and high school graduates will be
presented with Bibles.
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Or. {. T. libetto TO pteooh

The Rev Dr. ChAy3rs 7 l4b~yEo
executive secretary OF the RcA'C
O; Forelgn Missions q! Tire PRES.
eyteTlan Church u The L s A
Viii preach al Il am tomagruw
al The Ne~ YORK Avenue pyrSty q
terrain Church
Evening star., 1949-06-11
Italy Looks Brilliant
With Flush OF Marshall
Plan Blood in Cheeks
Political Mood, However,
Is Cautiously Optimistic
Due to Porty Extremes
By Dorothy Thompson

ROME CBy Wireless Out
wardly Italy looks brilliant and
prosperous with the flush of Mar
shall Plan blood transfusions visi-
BILE on her cheeks. The mood.
however. is cautiously optimistic.
Foreign visitors, triumphantly or
bitterly. will tell you that Italy
won the war. You can hear this
even from Italian mouths and re-
peated in cabaret skits. The
crowds in the streets are energetic
and orderly. A large, well-or-
ganized police force gives no en-
couragement to disorderly demon
strations of a revolutionary ma
ture.
The government enjoys high
international prestige. Premier
Alcide de Gasperi and the for
eign minister, Count Carlo Sforza,
are recognized as among the abb
lest European statesmen. So far
the prime minister has managed
to hold a balance within his
own party-the Christian Dem
ocraUS-between the rightists, who
pressure it as the most powerful
conservative influence. and the
necessity of adjusting its policies
to the requirements of its coali-
tion with right-wing Socialists and
Republicans, both considerably to
the left.
Thus, if the Christian Demo-
ocrats yield to their right wing,
the coalition is threatened. If they
move too far left the danger ex-
lists that the right will break away,
with monarchists and neo-fascists,
exposing the moderates of the
whole government to seesaw be-
tween extremes-the perennial
menace of democratic government
which Is, in essence. government of
moderation. and which exists by
perpetually striking balances.
Acrobatic Technique.
BY temperament and conviction
the premier is a man of the CEN
ter, but, as the public mood
changes the center cannot stand
frozen. Hence, his position re-
quires a certain acrobatic tech
nique which, thus far, he has per-
formed with adroit dignity.
How long the balance can be
held is not assured. Italian poll
tics, as Italian history demon
strates, does not naturally incline
toward moderation. Italy was the
worlds first fascist state and it
has the most numerouS-and most
intelligently led-European Com
munist Party.
The Communist Party was set
back on its heels in the general
elections of somewhat over a
year ago. but a lost battle is not
lost war. 1t polled 100000 votes
with everything pulled out to de-
feat 1.-THE Vatican and Catho-
lie action; a fantastic letter-writ-
ing campaign from Americans Of
Italian origin; the arrival of
highly publicized food ships, lead
el'chip by the American ambassa-
do. and even intervention by Joe
DiMaggio!
The Communists were plainly
thrown into confusion by political
defeat but concentrated then in
the labor field where they are
much stronger. There, too, they
initially overreached themselves.
The political chain strikes which
they sought to introduce during
the past months-a deadly weapon
if successful-fizzled out in a time
Of relatively high employment
when the dominant mood is peace.
New Union Movement.
The Nenni Socialist Union lead
ership, which always has made
common cause with the Commu-
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within the next
few weeks, prob
ably by J u y
/. according to
u n b / a S ed re-
ports from for
eign observers
in that city.
After tn e
c a pture OF
Shanghai { h e
C o m m u n / S t
forces slowed
their m a rc h
somewhat, be-
cause they had
Evening star., 1949-06-11

poration farm
ers of Califor-
mia has con-
ceived a new
method of de-
priving the Rec
lamation Com
missioner of his
pay. Like the
rider on the
Recla m a t 10 n
Bureaus cur
rent appropria-
tion, it would
play ducks and
Evening star., 1949-06-11
By Constantine Bro,cn

Canton. the capital of south
ern China and seat of the rump
Nationalist government, is ex-
pected to fall TO the Communists
Evening star., 1949-06-11
By L0weH MeHef

Senator Sheridan Downey's ef-
fort to starve Mike Straus out of
Office has taken a new twist. The
senatorial spokesman for the cor
Evening star., 1949-03-06

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UTutT ITUHI UWEN NUNSEN
Dept. 121-B, Bloomington, Ill. Clip This
Evening star., 1949-03-06
This Week in the Garden

weather moderates sufficiently to
permit planting out of doors. II
successful, these bulbs may be used
again next season, although it is
better to use them for planting IN
the garden than. for repotting Tor
forcing. Only the best bulbs
should be used for forcing.
X X
Trees, shrubs, roses, straWber-
ries, asparagus and many peren-
mails should be ordered now for
planting this spring. The main
season for setting them out Is as
soon after the middle of March as
the soil can be safely worked.
w. H. Y.
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Oaks Are Excellent Yard Trees
Impression That They Grow Too Slowly
Is Dispelled- Gain Height Fast
By W. n. Younoman

clays and a wide variety OF other
soils. a
/. The scarlet oak is a large. open.
round headed tree Of very rapid
growth. 1t prefers a dry, sandy
soil, although it is less particular
in this respect than the red oaks.
It is more suitable for planting In
suburban areas.
The Spanish red oak Is con-
sidered by many as the finest
shade tree for the eastern half
of the United States. 1t will make
a growth of 3 to feet each
season. While especially adapted
to a gravelly-clay soil, it Is fairly
tolerant, but 1t should not be
planted in wet soil.
The willow oak seems to thrive
best in a moist, sandy soil. al
though there are specimens grow
ing in heavy clays in the Wash
ington area. The distinctive
foliage is confusing to those who
think of the foliage in terms OF
a deeply lobed "oak" leaf. The
foliage is rather thick and the
shade is dense. 1t likes moist,
sandy land. 1t should not be con-
fused with the water oak, a much
less desirable tree. The laurel
oak. with foliage resembling the
willow oak, is,not reliably hardy
in this area.
Chestnut, ShingIe and White.
Another well-proportioned oak,
the chestnut oak, is seldom men
toned as being a desirable shade
tree although there are many ex-
cellent specimens to be seen IN
this area. 1t has wide spreading
top, often wider than high. 1t
thrives in the drier soils.
The shingle oak is interesting
because of its relatively lower
bushy growth and the unusually
dark green foliage. Some. seeing
a shingle oak for the first time.
guess it to be a magnolia or
rhododendron. The foliage turns
a russet-red in the fall.
The slow-growing white oak Is
highly desirable as mature spec
linen, but few will wish to try to
grow their own. We have never
seen a recommendation of the
black oak for home or street
planting, although it is a fast
grower.
All oaks are subject to some
pests, such as the leaf blister and
the leaf gals, but they are not
serious enough to warrant much
in the way of attention. Occa-
sionally Jap beetles must be
driven of.
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53O7 Baltimore Ave.
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Evening star., 1949-03-06
By q s,eff cer..pend.n, Of Ii. star

CULPEPER, Va.-Good farming
and good banking go hand In
hand. At least that is the opinion
of two bank leaders in this North
ern Virginia area.
Giles Miller. president of the
Culpeper National Bank. and w.
M. Early, jr., head of the National
Bank of Orange, 19 miles away,
decided the time had come to
build up a closer relationship be-
tween the banks and their farmer
customers. So both banks now
employ agriculture specialists
men who know farming and can
work with bank customers to
improve their farm program.
We've felt for a long time, y
said Mr.. Early, that q bank
cannot properly service its farm
customers from a desk in the
presidents Office. Figures have a
way OF taking on a new meaning
when you get out on the farm and
see at first hand the farmers
problem"
Reluctance Being Overcome.
Mr.. Miller told about one farmer
who stood outside the bank for
more than an hour one day before
he mustered the courage to come
in and ask for s75 loan.
Now" he said. I'VE are break
ing down that feeling Of reluc-
tance. We are getting to the place
where our farmer customers. no
matter how small, like to come
In and talk over any financial
problems they may have.
And another thing" he con-
tinued. by having a man who
knows farming We often can work
with a farmer who gets In trouble
and get him on q sound road
toward recovery. You know.
bank can't make money on fore
closures. Prosperous banks are
Evening star., 1949-03-06
Banks Meet Farmers Half Way
Specialists Overcome Reluctance of Some
To Come in and Discuss Finances

dependent on a prosperous agri-
culture"
Mr.. Miller said his bank makes
a special effort to help All Club
members.
If the county agent thinks a
All Club boy is doing a good job,
and If he needs money to buy a
calf. we let him have it. And
we won't let his father indorse the
note. This puts a boy on his
own. 1t makes him feel that he
is the one doing the job. And we
have never had a boy who failed
to pay off,"
Charles e. Green. who works
with the Orange bank, was grad
uated from Virginia Polytechnic
Institute two years ago and has
been with the bank for the last
year. He is secretary Of the coun-
ty artificial breeding association
and works with all farm organiza-
tions.
Many Drop in for a Talk.
Farmers IN Orange County
County have got the habit OF
dropping in to talk with Mr..
Green, whether they want loan
or not. They may want to discuss
the price or marketing situation.
or to talk about new feeding
formula.
Sometimes" Mr.. Green said, "a
farmer will come In to discuss a
loan and we will find that he Is
trying to get by on too little
money. We will show him how
1000 more might make his prof.
ect a sounder risk and keep him
out of future financial trouble.
This sort Of thing has happened a
lot OF times"
Dick Jones, farm specialist at
Culpeper, has been working with
the Culpeper bank for three years.
The Culpeper bank was among
the first three hanks in Virginia
to begin a farm program.
Mr.. Jones, also v. P. I. grad
uate, works closely with Culpeper
County farm organizations and
with j. A. Coffey, county agent.
He is on call to help out with any
farm program and to give assist
ance to any bank customer in
need OF help.
Both Mr.. Miller and Mr.. Early
believe the program has been well
worth the cost to their banks, and
is one that is bound to grow with
banks in rural areas.
Evening star., 1949-03-06

In spite Of the many Supefla-
tive terms used to describe oak
trees, home gardeners seldom give
them serious consideration when
selecting trees for street or YARD
This is a wrong viewpoint. A
bulletin of the Agriculture De-
partment indicates that this lack
of interest is not new. The bulle-
tin states, "Of the trees used for
street planting the oaks are the
best. They probably have not
been more widely planted because
of the prevalent belief that they
are slow growers and because IN
the North they are rather dlfncult
to transplant Although
some of the handsomest species,
like the white oak and the live
oak, are slow growers. those suit
able for street planting are COM
paratively rapid growers"
Obviously. one should not Sc
lect a wide e-spreading white oak
or willow oak. For a low type
house one might we'll consider the
broader type Of tree such as the
red oak or the Shingle oak. For
a tall house, the pin oak or the
chestnut oak which are upright
growers would be in better pro-
portion. For rapidity of growth
the red oak and the scarlet oaks
considered equal to many other
less desirable trees. Even the pin
oak makes a surprisingly fast
growth.
All these species are growing in
this area. hence are to be con-
sidered as natives.
Pin Oak Transplants Easily.
The pin oak is a favorite in
Washington, although the lower
+, branches always droop and the
! leaves hang on late into the win
! ter. Also 1t "leafs-out" late in
the spring. On the other hand.
the leaves are finely divided. it Is
not too wide-spreading for city
, lots, the foliage turns beautiful
scarlet in the fall and it trans
plants relatively easily. 1t does
. we'll on a moist. sandy soil, heavy