davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-02-01

Johnny tOld hef ne liked thaC
natural look.
Marcia was back in her room. Ma
said, "Now she won't come back out
all evening"
"Sure she will. In half an hour
she'll be out. You wait and see."
Pa winked at Johnny. cit pays to
know them things beforehand. I
found out the hard way" He slapped
Johnny on the back.
Then he lodged. Ma had thrown
the dishrag at him. She missed Pa,
but she hit Johnny.
Johnny returned the dishrag with
a bow. Ma was so flustered she
apologized over and over. Johnny
just grinned.
DINNER vas good, but awful
~ quiet. Marcia came out, all right,
a thick coat of powder and lipstick
on her. She and Ma excused them
selves afterward with headaches. My
parlor tricks had sure back-fired on
me.
Besides, I couldn't locate any of
them. I didn't want to hunt around
for my parlor tricks and attract at
tention, and besides I'd seen Pa and
Johnny looking wise. I figured they
knew what happened to my tricks.
Pa and Johnny went off to the
garage to look at a bench Pa was
making, and I was starting to fol-
low them, when Ma nabbed me.
Since you're feeling so smart,
Bill" she said, ''you can just wipe
the dishes" After that she made me
sweep and get coal and split kim
ding.
When she ran out of chores for
me, She finally remembered Pa and
Johnny.
go out and get them-no, there
they are!" Sure enough, the garage
door stood open, and there was
Johnny pedaling the old rickety
grindstone while Pa was grinding
his teeth down to fit.
DA TRIED on his plate. He took
\ it out again. "Don't work right.
Lemme see yours, Johnny. I want
to compare them"
I heard a gasp from Marcia and
Ma behind me as Johnny took out
his lowers, then his uppers. Pa
looked. Good grief! I'm sure
sorry, Johnny. l thought them wom-
en- were in the house where they
belong!"
Johnny put his dentures back in,
He spoke to Marcia and Ma. 81 didn't
want you to know about my teeth
seeing how bad you feel about
his-but the fact is, I have always
had soft crumbly teeth and I had
to have them all pulled when I was
10. Terrible, isn't it?"
But Marcia didn't seem to care
She took Johnny around to the
front porch.
Ma just looked at Pa for a while
Then she said, $500, you and Bill
knew about Johnny's teeth all tn.
time!"
1t wasn't till the day of the wed.
ding, when 1 was dressing 10 fo
my job as best man-Johnny ha<
insisted ON having me-that tn,
mystery of the missing parlor trick
was solved.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-02-01

MoRRIs and HAROLD WALKER recently bought
the answer to their crop land power problem.
The brothers raise 1900 acres of grain on their
1000 acre ranch near Floweree, Montana, using
a new Caterpillar" Diesel Dc. Our Dc is the
power we need" states Harold Walker.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-02-01

~"CoferpiIor" Hydraulic Implement Controls
oyoiioble for the Do, d ond Dc Tractors
give you these important operating feofures:
. Simple. positive and sturdy
. Ample power TO operate crop and eurfh-
moving tools
. Single control lever at your fingerfips
. Variable speed" control for precision
adjustment of implement
. Full open" position holds out" until jock
completes stroke
. Adjustable stop TO regulate length of stroke
Like oil "CoterpiIior" products, the Hydraulic I'm
piement Control is sold and serviced by your
nearby "Coferpiilor" Dealer.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-02-01

The IS dro~bor horsepower D6 pulls O &c foof offset disk in 4h
speed for Walker Brothers, blowing S inches deep OF - mp.h.
The m~ore-than-50% fuel savings also re-
ported by Walker Brothers is not unusual when
a Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor replaces wheel
type, spark-ignition tractors. Besides the offset
disk shown here, the DIG handles a 20-foot
combine and 36-foot duckfoot cultivator. A
Caterpillar" Hydraulic Implement Control
mounted on the Walkers Dc provides fast,
responsive control of the disk.
Here is another reason for Walker Brothers
satisfaction with their Delight treading tracks
stay on top of wet or loose soil, without miring
down, marking or packing the ground. This
means being able to work fields in all kinds of
weather-and leaving the soil in proper condi-
ton to soak up valuable moisture. 1t means
wider bitches, too another profit booster
for Caterpillar" Diesel Tractor owners.
III. ond subject TO change without notice.
~eATERPILLAR TRACTOR co, PEORIA ILL.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1949-02-01

February |, l949-l7
Evening star., 1949-12-27

to delay decisive action or pre-
vent action, as in the case Of q
filibuSter.
The National Committee for
Strengthening Congress finds this
to be so. In a report to Congress
made public this week, Chairman
Robert Heller urges the Senate
to amend its rules and require
debate to be germane to pending
business. He favors the House
rule under which the Speaker
can slam the gavel on any member
who gets OF the subject. Speak
ers sometimes have entertained
appeals from their decisions as to
relevancy, but they have seldom
been overruled.
Not Tried SINCE ~.
Actually, the present rules Of
the Senate would enable a tough
Vice President or presiding officer
to shut of irrelevant debate-if
lag 1ldu tIlC cuPpOAt Va y A1dJOAAty
of the Senate. But not since 1872
has this been attempted. On an
occasion in that year an appeal
from the chair was taken and the
Senators voted % to Is that the
presiding officer could not exer-
else such authority. This has been
accepted as a binding precedent
ever since, Notwithstanding that
the Senate rules include q section
from Jefferson's Manual, reading,
mo one is to speak impertinently
or beside the question, superfu-
ously or tediously."
One who believed that the
simple application Of this rule
would eliminate the present
wasteful practice of which all
Senators are aware. was Senator
Joseph T. Robinson Of Arkansas,
majority leader In the middle sos.
IF the Vice President" he said.
"in case where a Senator Is
abusing the privilege Of debate
by insisting on speaking to ir-
Evening star., 1949-12-27
On the Record
Defense of Western Germany Called
Biggest Problem of Coming Year

armament Of the German federal
republic almost certainly would
lead to war. under conditions most
unfavorable for Germany and all
Europe.
Russian Aims Clear.
Russian aims in Germany are
clear. In his speech on the ami
versary Of the Russian revolution
Malenkov mentioned only one for
eign political aim: the communi-
zation Of Germany. which would
mean control Of Europe. The war
against the bourgeoisie Is legal
and not aggressive, has been de-
clared by the Russian general who
participated In the Geneva Red
Cross Conference. and by Vishin-
sky In the U. N. II the Russians
withdrew from Germany and the
German Communists started q
civil war Of liberation. West Ger
man troops. intervening as they
would have to do. would bring in
Europe. Then-general war.
No moral excuse must be fur.
nished for this. The Western
allies should refuse to be baited
into this Communist designed
war. They should demand the dis
armament Of Eastern Germany.
They should propose the neutrali-
zation Of Germany and eventually
all Europe under guarantees that
any armed attack upon Germany
or any part Of Europe. either by
Russian or satellite armies or by
armed German guerrillas will be
regarded as q cause Of war by the
United States of America.
They should demand a plebiscite
on the form Of government the
Germans want and a general
election supervised by the q. N.
Europe is not now being de-
Tended on either the Elbe or the
Rhine. It is defended In the
United States Of America. Russia
fears nothing that stands between
herself and the Atlantic. but only
what stands here in America. She
is setting q trap for the kind Of war
that viii give her an argument that
the West, not herself. Is the ag-
gressor. We must not fall into
that trap, accompanied as 1t is by
q Russian peace offensive.
On the contrary we must make
an honest peace offensive, aimed
at the disarmament Of all Ger
many, her unfication by popular
will. the naturalization Of the
country. and the strengthening
Of the United Nations.
Evening star., 1949-12-27

t4OX4 Va VIC - ~
man circle. It is easier to put
the famous camel through the
eye Of a needle than to induce
Mr.. Truman to grant q new in
huence ready access to his per-
son.
Nowhere does his truly rural
Missouri background show more
plainly than in this field. Get
me some one I know" he will say
almost wistfully to those to talk
to him about vacancies which In
volve direct contact with him.
Unimaginative himself. he SHES
particularly from people suspected
Of imaginative. creative intellects;
these he Jumps largely as phony
liberals. Id
Two Unfortunate Effects.
Politically the Presidents tend
ency to collect around him reflect
ors rather than lights has two
various unfortunate effects. It is
robbing him of all scapegoats for
failures within the administration:
lacking colorful characters around
him to send up the trial balloons
and assume blame II they bust.
the President must always take
the rap.
It also leads to a dearth Of con-
structive thinking about the prob
lens that must be met. In most
Evening star., 1949-12-27
Fear Of Strangers
Steady Contraction of Truman Circle
Seen With Murphy Succeeding Clifford

departments ana agencies, the OLD
patterns are being pressed relent-
lessly for the postwar world. State
excepted. and some Of them are
getting pretty threadbare.
The complaint is also heard
that the administration Is In
sulating itself from the country by
its failure to bring new blood into
the picture. An occasional career
promotion is all right, it is argued.
but the President must also have
eyes and ears around him attuned
to other parts Of the country.
Luckily for the Democrats, Re-
publicans have not been able to
muster the kind Of challenge that
will prove how little thinking is
being done here. A COP. policy
statement is in the making but the
makers. named by Chairman
Gabrielson, are heavily tinged
with an Old Guard philosophy
which can only serve as receiver in
UoA1hI upeSys
Career Promotion Urged.
To the long list Of fields in which
the President Is required to act
for better or for worse. the Federal
Reserve Board has just been
added. The recent death Of Gov-
ernor Clayton; the determination
of the Boards stormy petrol,
Mariner Eccles. to retire this
spring, and the expiration shortly
of Governor Draper's term leave
with the White House the power
to re-make the board into a. vital
factor in fiscal policy.
During Mr.. Eccles' years as
chairman this is precisely what
he did. with Mr.. Roosevelt's ready
cooperation. Many did not agree
with the policy but the board was
an independent. vigorous entity,
possessing the influence Congress
intended it to have.
This is one spot incidentally
where career promotion will be
urged upon the President by
other Governors of the Board.
Elliott Thurston, an alumnus of
the New York World. has been
Assistant to the Board and guide.
counselor and friend to all its
members since the early New Deal.
Evening star., 1949-12-27
On the Other Hand
Barkley Could Stop Filibuster,
If-But 1t Is a Very Large If

relevant questions, will hold the
Senator out Of order, he will be
able to force a vote on the cor
rectness Of his ruling and. II q
majority Of the Senate sustain
him, the Senator can only pro-
ceed on q motion and with the
consent Of the Senate. So that
extreme cases Of filibustering may
be met through the exercise Of in
telligence and courage on the part
of the Chair. i, supported by a
majority Of the Senate"
Where the Catch Lies.
The catch lies in that quail
tying clause. If supported by .
majority Of the Senate"
The Senate now has. In the
person Of Vice President Barley,
q chairman capable Of exercising
the intelligence and courage sug-
gested, but there Is no certainty
that he would be supported by a
majority Of the. Senate. Maybe he
will put the Senate to the test
when the big filibuster starts this
winter on the issue Of civil rights.
Maybe, remembering what hap
pened last winter, he won't. Then
he was overruled on q common
sense ruling on cloture. A major
ity of the Senate solemnly agreed
that he was wrong in holding
that the rule enabling two-thirds
of those voting to shut of debate
on a bill. applied also to debate
on q motion to take up q bill.
The Senator'S would not be de-
MED their right to talk. Following
this decision, many who we're
opposed to the filibuster thus
launched, took advantage Of the
opportunity to speak at length.
Senator'S Morse talked on the
Taft-Hartley law, Pepper on the
health insurance program, Mur-
ray on Missouri River Develop
ment. LANCER on American for
eign policy. Williams on the price
Of limestone. Thye on the Mime
sofa centennial, Watkins on the
North Atlantic pact, Brewster on
the Louis johnson appointment,
Byrd on the reduction Of Federal
expenditures. And q lot more on
a lot Of matters having nothing to
do with the business before the
Senate.
Evening star., 1949-12-27
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
TUESDAY, DEcEMBER H. 1949

as I said. Well, we're not Matching
1.-THE garage Is. It was the only
thing big enough to cover 1t, so we
had the garage lacked up a foot
or two, slipped the egg under, and
lowered the garage.
Mr.. Casper said that he Is also
forming a stable Of racing
ostriche-that they can outrun a
horse on a straight course.
Okay, Mr.. Casper. Thanks lot
and enclosed flnd two bucks to
play on Head In Sand the first
time she goes to the post.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc)
Evening star., 1949-12-27

over q key po-, Constantine Brown.
sition in the Pacific. When that
happens Okinawa and the Philip
pines will be in real danger.
To the average reader this may
appear to be an unimportant mat
ter. just as the victory Of Moscow's
puppets over the Kuomintang Gre
ated only mild interest among the
American people.
Military Can Only Agree.
Since the State Department won
its point. based on the fact that
we would only court trouble II we
tried to save Formosa, the mill
tary has no other recourse than
to agree to what now has be-
come national policy.
Gen. Macarthur. who bore the
burden of military responsibility
in the Pacific. is said to be pro-
testing still against such a short
sighted policy. But he has become
accustomed to having his views
ignored by the "peacemakers" in
Washington.
Our political strategy. which
professional soldiers must accept
in time of peace. Is directed at
protecting the Atlantic at the ex-
pense Of the Pacific. We are tax
ing great calculated risks In
Europe. But the State Depart
ment shrinks from taking small
er risk in the Far East.
While the Nationalist govern
ment still existed In China, and
might have been saved by q posi-
tive policy on our part. the State
Department was loath to encour-
age such help. It said then that
we could not come to the as
sistance Of the corrupt and in
efficient Marking administration
the liberal forces of the
Evening star., 1949-12-27

sheer pleasure
of h e arin 6
themselves talk !,
to talk about
matters not be-
fore the Senate
for action and
not gernane to
the s u b ] e e t
that Is before
the Senate, to
talk for the
edihcation o t
the voters ! n
their h o m e
States and, of
Evening star., 1949-12-27

&C q uaintances Henry McLenasr'.
If they knew who to express os.
trich egg gratitude, and when
they said they didn't know the
first thing about it. I turned to a
book on business English which
has been cluttering up the book
case since my school days.
No Help at All.
It wasn't helpful at all. there
being not single example Of how
to write 4 letter to 4 man thank
ing him for what his ostriches
and he had done to make Christ
mas q happier, brighter time.
There were letters which fur
nished information on the proper
way to demand that q tractor Or
dered months before be delivered
at once. and letters on how to
apply for the job Of bookkeeper
with q firm that manufactured a
cheap, synthetic rice for use at
double weddings. But there was
no more mention Of ostrich eggs
than would have found in 'F'or
Whom the Bell Tolls" or "Black
Beauty" ....
A gift Of ostrich eggs for the
first time is calculated to be
very disturbing, especially If the
letter explaining what they are
arrives a day later. When I opened
the box my first inclination was
to rush the eggs upstairs and
examine them under q foot or
two Of water In the bath tub.
They don't look like eggs as much
as they do highly-polished infer
nal machines.
After an anxious night, with
both Of us expecting to be blown
to Kingdom Come any minute.
the mail brought 4 letter from
Mr.. Casper telling us what they
were.
$125 A Dozen.
Each egg is capable Of turning
into as whacking omelets (more
about that later and they retail
at about $125 . dozen.
Mr.. Casper doesn't like to sell
the eggs. because . two-year-old
hen ostrich brings 5000 on the
open ostrich market. We decided
to eat one egg and hatch the other
one. The easiest way to break the
shell of an ostrich egg is to take 1t
to New York. carry 1t to the top Of
the Empire State Building, and
drop it three or four times.
Not wishing to make q trip to
New York at this time. we decided
to shoot it open. First I use a
shotgun. IL gauge. with bird shot.
This only freckled 1t slightly.
Finally, took it to q nearby mill
tary post where the commandant
was kind enough to shoot 1t with
the sunset gun cannon. This did
the trick, and we had m omelet.
cooked outdoors in q size 4S bath
tub. It was delicious.
We are Matching the other one,
Evening star., 1949-12-27
This Changing World
Fall of Formosa to Chinese Communists
Seen Only as Question of Time

agrarians and still keep our self
respect.
When 1t became undeniably OBJ
vious that these agrarians were
nothing but puppets Of Moscow.
the same officials justified their
policies by limiting that Mao TIE
tung. the Communists leader,
might become another Tito. Even
a few days before the great Mos
COW celebration on Stalin's birth
day inspired information from the
State Department indicated that
there was a great rift between
Mao and his Russian bosses over
the question of Manchuria. Yet
last Wednesday Mao, the most
recent addition to Russia's corps
Of puppet rulers, sat at the Bolshoi
theater in Moscow in the most
coveted place Of honor. at the
right Of the great dictator.
Could Have Been Averted.
A more far-seeing policy on the
part of our diplomatic department
in Washington could have averted
the present serious situation.
In 1947 a movement developed
in Formosa for a plebiscite to pro-
claim the island independent Of
China and place it under the
trusteeship Of the United Nations.
Such trusteeship in the Pacific is
exercised directly by the United
States. The then-governor Of
Formosa was Wei Tao-ming. the
former Chinese ambassador in the
United States. who knew President
Truman from the days when he
was Vice President.
The reports which reached
Washington indicated that such
a plebiscite would be ayerwhelm-
ingly approved by the Formosans.
who never relished joining the
Chinese republic. When we rashly
handed over Formosa to China
without waiting for the formal
signature Of a peace treaty with
Japan, Chang Kai-Shek sent to
that island a bunch Of carpet
baggers who behaved as If they
were in conquered territory.
The disconnected FormoSan
natives rose against that ad-
ministration. The insurrection was
put down violently and some co.
900 Formosans were killed. When
more honest governors were sent
over from the mainland 1t was too
late, The discomfort had reached
such proportions that 1t was
impossible to reconcile the
Formosans with the Chinese
administration.
Evening star., 1949-12-27

almost TO 1ear,
Of s ira n 6 e RS
within his ad-
ministration.
The appoint
ment Of Clark
Clihord's as
sistant, Charles
s. Murphy. to
succe e d Mr..
Clifford in the
important post
Of Presidential
counsel Illus
trateS anew the
steady contrac-
&ion of thu TrI1.
Evening star., 1949-12-27

0e pa + Y "cAts
The State De-
partment's pol
icy Of letting
nature take its
c curse" has
prevailed.
It is only q
ues stion Of
time now be-
fore the island
falls to h e
Co m m u nj StS
and the ham
mer and sickle
flag Is hoisted
Evening star., 1949-12-27

Casper, owner
Of Casper's Ga
tor jungle in
st. Augustine,
Fla, sent me a
pair of these
b a S k e t b ais
with-yolks for
Christmas and
n at ur ally !
want to let him
k n o W how
much they were
appreciated
I asked sew
eral OF m y
Evening star., 1949-12-27

its own military Dorothy Themp'sn..
resources, or by alliances with
stronger ones. But Germany's Sit
uation is unique.
On the frontiers Of both the
Soviet and Atlantic Pact spheres.
she is divided: an Eastern German
army is In process Of being. West
ern military leaders are discussing
q Western German force to coun-
teract 1t. This would set the stage
for civil war. the Russians favor
ite form Of war, by which they
are able to conquer without formal
aggression. In this. Eastern Ger
many would be supported by Rus
sia. with the view Of bringing the
Red armies to the Rhine. And
who would defend Western Ger
many?
Excuse for Action.
Arguments for rearming West
ern Germany BY contingents con-
tributed to Western defense forces
naturally suggest themselves: Ger
many must contribute her share
to the defense Of Europe; the
federal republic is without secur-
ity; the Atlantic Pact powers
must therefore assume the re-
sponsibility. Why not combine?
But would this give Western
Germany security? The Russian
army has 1000 tanks and 10000
heavy bombers. Where could an
attack by them be halted? East Of
the Rhine? The Western Allies
don't think so, as their maneuvers
last summer showed. II German
troops retreated. q large part Of
Germany would be destroyed; the
German Communists would re-
main the only armed forces within
Germany; all pro-Western forces
would be exterminated or forced
into exile-perhaps. like Gen.
Anders' Polish army. never to see
their homeland again. And who
would arm German forces, the
West German ornaments indus
tries being totally dismantled?
Finally, are the Russians likely
to give the West time to build an
other German army and war In
dustry9 "A weak. unequipped West
German force would create an ex-
cuse for Russian action. via East
ern Germany, without providing
adequate defense.
Dangerous, therefore risky. .,
the present situation = the r.
Evening star., 1949-12-27
By Constantine BroUn

The question Of Formosa has
been settled after many weeks
of discussions between the De-
Tense Department and the State
Evening star., 1949-12-27

the NOrtn Az.
la n tic Pa c t
powers to de-
fend the new
q er m an re-
public In case
Of war.
The question
Is proper. The
primary conM-
ton for the ex-
istence Of q
state is its Ca
pacity for de-
Tense. This may
be achieved by
Evening star., 1949-12-27
By Dorothy Thompson

The Bonn government has for
mally asked Western Allied high
commissioners to inform 1t what
plans. II any. are being made by
Evening star., 1949-12-27
b. Doris Fleeson

President Truman's personnel
problems continue to mount but
without q corresponding diminu-
ton in his dislike, amounting
Evening star., 1949-12-27
By Lo,ceH MeHeH

High on the list Of the sins Of
the United States Senate is the
tendency Of the members to talk
out Of turn. to talk for the
Evening star., 1949-12-27
NcLennore
Gets Hot Race Tip
With Ostrich Egg
By Henry McLemors

How do you 60 about thanking
\ man for a gift Of two ostrich
aggs?
I need to know because Jim
Evening star., 1949-12-27

PLEASURE IN PARIS IS WHERE YOU FIND II
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innocent now WITCH wenea Such existed Us s
except The form gay sovdy noushy merepesms
City Reod notion Of loving people courts s foves Of
this fobvou femme Jonuoy corone 32pose Picture Story.
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