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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01

Jack Britn Wlmngtons leading pitcher
than other pitcher the Through
19 and losses easily the Interstate Sports
writer's and Broadcasters Associations Most Valuable Player Award
getting nearly double the total runner-up
Aentowns first baseman who finished Henry
Trentons baseman
Thrtyone members of the Association
the tabulaton, points
ecnnd and fnr first.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01
Jack Brittin Wilmington Pitcher Is
Most Valuable Player Award Winner

Selected By Members Of Interstate League Sportsrers And
BrOadcaster Association In Annual Poll Winner Received
Eight Votes For LIST Place. Five For End And Three Third
For Total OF So Points. Zerna Allentown First Baseman
Was RmnerUp, With 80 Points
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01

WE MAKE RUBBER STAMPS.
We Make Rubber Stampsl
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STOUFFER PRINTING CO.
"a North Ave. (rear) Phone 1900
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01

Fossil beds show that giant rep
tiles once roamed over Kansas.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-09-01

Chemistry had its origin among
the ancient Egyptians.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
GROWING Pains in India

Simultaneous police roundupS of Sikh
and Communist agitators vividly illustrate
the strange mixture of problems, old and
new, that confronts Indias national evolu-
ton.
The two movements have nothing in
common with each other. To the Sikh,
the Communist is anathema, while to the
Communist, the Sikh is an obscurantist
reactionary of the most noxious kind.
Nevertheless both movements menace In
dian nationhood, each In its own special
way.
What the leaders of present-day India
are aiming at is the creation Of q nation
state wherein each citizen enjoys equal
civic rights, regardless Of religious, lin
guistic or cultural differences. Such dif-
ferences have, in the past, kept India an
amorphous mass of divergent creeds and
castles. Indeed, the historic division be-
tween Hindus and Moslems rendered i'm
possible the political uniflcation of the
whole sub-continent, necessitating its di-
vision between the Dominions of India and
Pakistan. Nevertheless, within India, the
Government is establishing civic equality,
even though the majority is Hindu. 1t has
had trouble with its Hindu extremists
some of whom assassinated Mahatma
Gandhi. At their recent trial, those ia
natics shouted defiantly: 1--WE will con-
quer Pakistan! We will make Hindu
India!'
However, the Hindu extremists seem to
be under control The Sikhs present
tougher problem. This militant sect, num-
o,N $oS
in the northwest province of the Punjab,
demand a separate homeland for them
selves though they are minority even
in their own locality. To grant such
demand would obviously be fatal to the
concept of national unity. So their violent
agitation is being curbed by the arrest of
their leaders and ban on their propa-
ganda.
Yet, on the very same day when the Sikh
malcontents were being incarcerated.. the
Indian police were rounding up hundreds
of Communist agitators charged with a
widespread plot to paralyze the railroads
and other public services by series Of
strikes primarily political in character The
| progress of Communist propaganda in
| India is due to the same causes as in our
Western world. The rapid extension of
modern industry has produced grave eco
nonlic and social Embellishments, includ-
| ing the emergence OF an urban "prole-
| tariat" In the big cities and industrial
centers 1t is among this new working
class that Communism has made most
headway, though 1t has also gained foot
hold among the poorest of the peasantry in
certain regions.
Here, again, the leaders of India have q
! program of economic and social reform TO
Evening star., 1949-02-22
keepino q Contract

The last contract negotiated between the
United Automobile Workers and the Gen.
eral Motors Corporation contained O sort
of escalator clause, providing that wages
should be adjusted upward or downward
in accordance with the trend of living
costs. This arrangement brought some
cynical comment to the effect that wages
would 60 up all right If living costs rose,
but would not come down in the contrary
event.
It looks as though the cynics were wrong
At any rate, with the decline in the cost
of living, the General Motors workers are
scheduled to take cut of from two to
three cents an hour in pay next month.
This Is being resisted by some of the
subordinate union people. But the unions
publication, the United Auto Worker, has
warned all the members to be prepared for
the pay cut. Nobody likes o. wage cut"
the publication said, "but the plain and
simple truth is that, with this adjustment
the G. M. workers will have the same real
wage position they had when they received
an initial eleven-cent- t-an-hour wage in
crease last June and an additional three
cents an hour in September The amount
of money in the pay envelope will be less,
but 1t will buy just as much as 1t did in
September, 1s4s.'' The publication then
blamed the criticism within the union on
"a small group of Communists and other
political opportunists"
Thus. 1t seems that Walter Reuther and
other responsible UAW officials intend to
see to 1t that the union lives up to its
contract, even though the turn that events
have taken may be distasteful to the men,
bers. If this is the case, it will give
helpful boost to good-faith bargaining be-
tween industry and labor.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Washington a Religious Man

To The Editor Of The Star:
So much has been written about our
great first President that there is nothing
new one can say, yet when another year
rolls around, bringing another anniversary
Of his birth. we find our love and patriotic
pride has grown deeper within us. AS we
view his life and compare him with great
men Of other countries who accomplished
notable deeds. we find that in completeness
Of character and in important achievement
Washington excels them all.
He had no formal military training, and
he had no trained army. Most of the time
his forces were made up of raw troops.
ragged and hungry.
Often stung by ingratitude but betraying
no anger and ever ready to forgive. Wash
ington fought without hatred. He was filled
with the spirit that created a nation Here
indeed was character to admire and re-
we're, one that never could become obsolete.
None was more worthy of emulation
It is we'll known that Washington was
man Of reverent and religious habits. In
1850 he was especially active in Parish work
and Church Warden at old Pohick Church
near his home in Virginia. In this work
he was closely associated with George
Mason. author of the Bill of Rights" and
Daniel McCarty. both devoted friends. In
1773 when the pews in Christ Church.
were sold, Washington bought one. which
has become historic. He presented the
Parish with gold leaf for much gliding
around the altar, cloth for the reading table
and two prayer books covered in Turkish
leather with the name Truro Parish" in
gold upon them.
With all of Washingtons cares and re-
sponsibillties as soldier and President, he
must have had the love of God in his heart
that gave him the power to carry on.
(MRSD M. l.. WALDE.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
State Department

The Hoover Commissions reorganiza-
ton report on foreign affairs points out
that the State Department In terms OF
appropriations is twelve times Ms big as
1t was ten years ago, and has five times
as many people working for it.
That increase in size has not been
accompanied by any corresponding In
crease in efficiency On the contrary, one
gathers from the report that the enlarged
State Department Is, If anything, less
able than formerly to cope with Its ex-
panding responsibilities.
The report makes q number OF speclflc
recommendations for improving the oper-
alton of the department. They are too
numerous to 60 into here in detail. But
they are aimed at an internal reorganlza-
ton, including merger OF the forelgn
service and the "home" staff. The purpose
s to fix responsibility for getting things
done, and to work out a clear-cut chain
Of command so that officials at the various
levels will know what they are supposed
to do and so they can be held accountable
for results
It may we'll be that in the long run the
most important result of this program, II
adopted, would be the freeing OF the Sec
retary of State and the Undersecretary
from the burdensome mass Of detail which
heretofore has taken far too much OF their
time. This has been particularly true In
the case of the Undersecretary in recent
years. But as the report points out, these
top officials should have adequate time for
thoughtful study of major policy problems.
They have not had this opportunity in the
past, and the result, as the report states,
has been that the entire department lives
day-to-day, and policies tend to be deter
mined in terms of Short-range decisions.
This is no way to run State Depart
ment in this day and age. During the
coming fiscal year we will spend somewhere
in the neighborhood Of $19,000,OOo 900 on
international affairs and our military pro-
gram. The best hope Of any substantial
reduction in this vast outlay Of funds lies
in the prospect of an improved interna-
ttonaI climate In this effort the State
Department will play vital role, and any
reorganization which increases Its EN-
cheney and effectiveness while not Offering
much in the way of immediate savings,
promises rich dividends for the future.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

it was not literally accurate in quoting
the Senator, and 1t welcomes his disclaimer
of intent to castigate manufacturers as a
class
Whatever may have been the case in
other years, the truth is that the recent
war was no respecter of persons. ALI around
the world there are crosses marking the
graves of the sons of rich men and the
sons of poor men. They fought and died
together for their country, and no useful
purpose can be served at this time by any
attempt to make the relative casualty rolls
an issue In hearing on labor bill.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Senator Peppers Remarks

Senator Pepper was quoted in news dis
patches last week as having said that 1t
was "the workers sons who died on the
battlefields while the sons of manufactur-
ers stayed home and got rich" The Star
repeated that quotation in an editorial
criticizing the Florida Senator for his
remark
Now it appears that the quotation at
tributed to him was not literally accurate.
What he said at o. hearing Of the Senate
Labor Committee, as shown by the steno-
graphic transcript, was this And as
general rule it was the poor people whose
sons went to the battleflelds and lot OF
the manufacturers sons who stayed at
home got rich, and I know that lot OF
them" At that point Senator Pepper
was interrupted by Ira Mosher, former
president of the National Association of
Manufacturers, to whom Senator Pepper
remark had been addressed. Having had
three nepheWs killed and one of his sons
shot down in the war, Mr.. Mosher took
exception to the Senator's statement.
There is distinction between the
quoted statement attributed to Senator
Pepper and what he actually said, the
latter being less inclusive and therefore
less offensive. In The Stars opinion, how
ever there is no real difference in the
sense that the statement made constituted
an unwarranted slur on at least sub
stantial portion of the manufacturing
class.
It probably is true, of course, that some
sons of manufacturers did not go to the
battlefelds The same thing is also true
of some sons of poor people-those who
remained here to work in war plants, etc.
But these things were governed by the
operation of the Selective Service Act. 1t
was the law, and not the wish Of the
individual, which determined where and
how man of military age served. There
is no justification for any suggestion that
the sons of one class, or portion Of a
class, were permitted to prohteer while
the sons of another class did the fighting.
Later on in the exchange, although the
stenographic record does not show it, Sen
ator Pepper said he did not impeach the
patriotism of any individual. He also said,
apparently in modification of his earlier
statement, that "a few people stay home
and make the money and the masses of
the people 60 out and are slaughtered on
the battlefeldS"
In a session of the committee yesterday,
the Senator said this: IF said Qast week.
in the heat of exchange anything that
was interpreted to castigate the manufac-
turers as a class, why, certainly regret
It, 1 certainly didn't intend it, and not
only that, I didn't say it."
That is as good note as any on which
10 end this matter. The Star regrets that
Evening star., 1949-02-22

remedy or palliate the worst of those NAL
adjustments. But meanwhile the Govern
ment has to grapple with Communist
agitation which, in India as elsewhere,
seeks to disrupt the country's economic
life, sow class hatred, and precipitate
chaos About year ago, the Communist
Party in India was virtually outlawed and
many of its leaders were jailed. Since
then, 1t has gone Underground" and the
present fermentation of political strikes
indicates the persistence OF its clandestine
activities.
Thus does India evolve painfully between
the legacy of an unhappy past and the
emergence of new troubles. In the over
coming of this dual challenge the states
manship of India is engaged.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Woshinqton in 1949

The anniversary of his birth is an ap-
propriate occasion for recalling the debt
which humanity owes to the personality
as well as the words and the deeds of
George Washington. Many of his contem-
poraries-Lafayette Chateaubriand and the
poet Byron among the number-realized
that his nobility was and would remain
force in the world. The unknown author
Of the inscription on his tomb at Mount
Vernon did not exaggerate when referring
to the fact that he was valiant without
ambition, discreet without fear, confident
without presumption" It was true that
In disaster he was calm, in success mod
crate, "in all himself" The Cincinnatus of
the West, indeed, deserved to be remem-
bered as "the father of nations" and "the
friend of mankind" Abraham Lincoln put
the common thought into the words:
washington is the mightiest name of
earth-long since mightiest in the cause
of civil liberty, still mightiest in moral
reformation"
What the Emancipator said in 1912 is
true in 1949. Emerson was correct In his
animation that "an institution Is the
heightened shadow Of one man." and in the
case Of the United States that one man 10
the commander Of the Revolutionary
armies, the chairman of the Constitutional
Convention and the hrst President. Lord
John Russell expressed the verdict Of his
tory when he declared: THE success of
America was owing to the conduct
and character of Washington" Edward
Everett added the counsels and example"
of the Nations founder to the powers that
will guide us through the doubts and
difficulties that beset us" Even such mod
ern writer's as John c. Fitzpatrick, sep
arated from him by crowded century of
compelling events, agree that he gave "a
healthy foundation and directional growth"
to American democracy.
Thus Washington remains living factor
in our life as a people. Great nations do
not arise from the endeavors Of small,
tnconSequential, unworthy politicians.
They are the continuing creation Of noble,
selfiess spirits. How fortunate America
was in the leadership of its premier citizen
has become plainly apparent in recent
years. Comparison with the instigators
Of other, less commendable societies serves
but to prove the point When Washington
shaped our system of balanced rights and
privileges, our representative common
wealth in which everybody has some
advantage and some responsibility, he
brought into existence a superior concep-
ton of government and mutually
But his achievement cannot survive and
prosper without the active, faithful support
of its benefciaries. We live in a time when
Washington's philosophy is challenged by
aggressive tyrannies. It is our duty to
defend the principles he exemplif1ed not
merely on occasional battlefields but in
the ordinary conduct of our lives, the rou-
tine behavior of all our days.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
More on B-36 Theory

To the Editor OF The Star:
In the editorial in The Star February Is.
"New Lights on the B-36" you stated that
critics were justified when they wondered
how such relatively slow air giant could
cope with squadrons Of enemy Jet-propelled
fighters. OF course, 1t does not take great
deal of intelligence to know who these So
called critics are. But as for the editor Of
The Star believing them to the extent that
he writes an editorial rejecting their views,
I think he should have additional informa-
ton on the subject.
In all probability when attacking an
enemy our B-36s will go In at night when
the overcast is soupy at 10000 feet or higher
and bomb by radar But it's one thing to
spot B-36s flying 10000 feet or higher at
800 miles an hour through dense overcast.
and it's another thing to find them, over-
take them, and shoot them down. Our B-36
crews know how to maneuver. how to jam
radar and fighter channels. The critics who
are certain that most of our bombers would
be destroyed never have attempted to inter-
cept bomber on dark and soupy night.
Neither we nor the British know how to stop
a determined night raid once it has begun.
Recent maneuvers showed that Britain can't
stop our bombers even though her area Is
small and she has the best in radar detec-
ton and interception machinery (the best
in jets). How can an enemy with a vast
area hope to stop them?
And regarding your statement that more
effective bombing Of a special target might
be done by A-bomb- armed bombers launched
from close-in carrier, refer you to Peace
Through Air Power by Alexander P. de
Seversky: How q ship sailing 600 miles
day can evade detection by planes flying 600
miles an hour, the admirals haven't ex-
.l-s - H. 1&cA ,,,sA,r ~
operate in the Mediterranean or North Sea
within reach of the German LuftWafte.
Enlarging a carrier merely provides foe
with larger target. The S0.000-ton float
ing islands on which our Navy has set its
hopes are military monstroSities. They will
be quarter of billion dollar expendables.
I have no doubt that when military history
is written these marine mastodons will be
cited as prime example Of strategic folly"
And the rest Of the editorial will answer
by again quoting Mr.. de Seversky about
Japan's surrender: "The knockout blow was
delivered by air power, sparing perhaps q
million American and japanese lives. Our
actual invasion came after the surrender.
A handful of American officers landed and
took control of country still possessing mil
lions of fresh troops. Most civilians could
grasp the obvious lessons of this picture.
But professional surface -strategists. inno-
cent of the aeronautical facts of life, were
bewildered. With few exceptions, they
emerged from the war sold to the hilt on
the triphlbious team for securing outlying
bases We are still witnessing the Maginot
Line mentality at work. The current pro-
gram of defense through balanced forces
operating from the chain Of bases means
only one thing: The perpetuation OF the
methods Of the last war"
France fell In World War II because OF
this. JOHN n. LEWEILYN.
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Challenges Pro.Israel Policy

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have just returned from several months
in the Near East to find the newspapers
full of quite success story of the new
State of Israel Although in the Near East
itself Israel Is recognized as source of
endless turmoil and aggression, at this dis
tance 1t would seem to be filtered through
a romantic haze. The readers of The Star
will want, as usual, to get q clear focus on
the news.
I read now that Israel Cd has refused
to accept at Rhodes the compromise pro-
posals of Dr.. Bunche. already accepted by
the Egyptians: (2) has been equipped with
fifty Messerschmidt fighter planes from be-
hind the Iron Curtain; 90 has had the
United States diplomatic mission elevated to
an Embassy and a. released the Stern and
Irgun terrorists arrested" briefly for assas-
sinations, in time for them to take their
seats in the Israeli Parliament. We may
soon expect the liquidation Of another
Bernadotte, and another grab for territory,
probably Jerusalem.
This is quite a record of achievement for
one year. With $l00, 900 900 loan from the
Export Import Bank Israel should be well
launched on her way, ready to 60 under
her own steam.
mands expansion of her borders, playing
off Russian aid against our help. using both
to the full. 1t is no longer a question of
Israeli or Arab rights: the issue now is
in the open whether Israel is to become
a beachhead for Russia behind the backs Of
Greece and Turkey. The Israeli state, es-
tablished with arms from Russia and with
finances from the United States of America,
threatens every American interest in the
Near East political and strategic. from
Pakistan to Morocco, wherever Moslems live.
How many Americans, down In their hearts.
really believe that Russia has armed Israel
for anyone's benefit except Russia's? It
is openly predicted in the Near East today
that Russia, blocked by the Marshall Plan
in Western Europe, suddenly will divert her
cold war to the t-underbelly" Of the
Near East.
1t is time for good American Gentiles and
Jews alike to insist on d Palestine policy
in the interests Of the United States Of
America. MARY GARVIN.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

available. 1nasmuch as Gen. Vaughan Is a
member Of the official family of our Chief
Executive, think such q matter assumes
special significance.
The American people have just finished
fighting costly and bloody war against die
tatorships. We abhor forms of government
peoples anywhere. Our Government repre-
senting the people. is bound to reflect this
public attitude. This applies to the Chief
Executive and those who speak and act for
him, for whom he is responsible. Americans
disapprove of the present Argentine regime.
Diplomatic relations are maintained with the
Argentines, as with other nations having
dictatorS, for reasons of expediency. But
that does not lessen the discretion required
in handling such delicate relationships. We
are not required to accept or dispense favors
freely. Rather should our attitude be one
of cool and courteous reserve. In his ap-
parent willingness to accept this decoration,
Gen. Vaughan is exhibiting bad taste and
judgment.
Our President cannot afford to allow per-
sonal friendship to obscure his judgment of
the actions of SubordinateS. Mr.. Truman
was elected by q close margin and his every
word and act, and those Of members Of his
official family are subject to closest scrutiny.
Because of this fact he and they must be
prepared to meet criticism, with justification
that satisfies the public. No member of MIR.
Truman's family" should remain in it who
cannot be loyal and responsible to his lead
ership. Sometimes the President leaves the
public very dubious as to whether he appre-
ciates the seriousness Of these responsible
ties. PUBLICUS.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

Mounting costs and dwindling incomes
confront many an ivy-clad seat Of learning
with q herculean task. A college working
its way through college is a solemn thought.
Evening star., 1949-02-22

Now and then a phrase from Medieval
English returns to the common parlance,
like this new one that you hear these days:
"Can we afford it?"
Evening star., 1949-02-22

Gen. Vaushan's Argentine Decoration
To the Editor OF The star:
The case of the Argentine decoration has
several interesting aspects of concern to the
American public. The recipient is Maj. Gen
Harry H. Vaughan. military aide-de-camp
to the President of the United States. The
donor is the Argentine government, which,
of course, is Juan Peron-a dictator.
Customarily, a medal or decoration is
given for outstanding service rendered
Americans do not value such awards unless
they represent such an honor. What extra
ordinary service" has Gen. Vaughan rem
dered the Argentine government to have
justified this recognition? The press has
not revealed this information, II indeed 1t ts
Evening star., 1949-02-22
Letters to The Star

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