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time when Englishmen came to
Ireland only to conquer, or try to
conquer, because they didn't.
Only One Reason.
Let's get philosophical. England
is in the shape she is in today for
just one reason. She didn't un-
derstand that there were countries
who loved liberty just as much as
she did. Do you think England
would be a pauper today If she
had India? And why did she lose
India? She lost India because she
wanted to take everything from
India and give India nothing.
Go through India as did a
year ago and try to find any sub
stantial thing that England did
for India. You'll find polo fields,
yes. You'll find golf clubs, yes.
You'll find mountain resorts, yes.
But the Indians couldn't enjoy
them. They were for the English.
What India needed was food, sani-
tation and medicine, not polo
ponies and limousines flying the
Union Jack.
For some reason England is
known all over the world as the
great colonizer. To my way of
thinking, she's the worst. Name
me colonies that stood up for her
in the last war. You can't because
no colony really stood up for her.
The United States has no reputa-
ton as humane colonizer, but
what did the Philippines do when
we needed them? Fought and
fought and fought.
Getting Full Come Uppance.
England is now getting it's full
come-uppance. And here in Ire
land the sons of Erin think that's
completely all right. The Irish
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have to carry a number of col
umns of advertisements and must
print local and national news Of
interest to their readers.
The Marshall Plan is mentioned
in polite terms occasionally. Re-
ports from Washington that Con-
gress had appropriated more than
SIS, 900, 100000 for the Economic
Cooperation Administration and
more than $1,250.O00,0o0 for the
Military Aid Program were given
about five inconspicuous lines IN
the London journals.
Editors Admit Little Effort.
Some editors admit that they
are not doing enough to bring
about the rapprochement with the
United States which they con-
slider desirable, but practical con-
siderations do not permit them to
allocate more space to American
news, even when, Britain is in
volved.
The British government, while
full of praise and gratitude for
timely American help which in
the last five years has saved 1t
from economic and financial dis
aster, is not particularly anxious
for domestic political reasons
to acquaint its people with the
magnitude of American support.
The Conservative opposition,
with the exception of Winston
Churchill. makes more frequent.
though less casual, remarks about
Americas great help. 1t uses 1t
principally to show how wasteful
the Labor administration has
been. In self defense rather than
in lack of gratitude the Labor gov
ernment feels it necessary to min
imize that help in the eyes of the
electorate. And it advertises on
every possible occasion that since
tho end of the war Great Britain
Evening star., 1949-10-11
This Changing World
British Public Has Only Hazy Notion
Of Amount of American Monetary Aid

has given away to other nations
not less than 100000 pounds
($3, ,600, 900, 900 at the rate of ex-
change which prevailed until Sep
tember 18).
When official spokesmen make
such declarations it is natural.
especially in a country like this
where the governments word is
never doubted, that the masses
should believe them rather than
occasional reports in the press
about the American bounty. And
when the Tories attack the ad-
ministration for squandering the
$3,759, 100000 American loan the
answer. as far as the public is
concerned. is that 95 per cent of it
was redistributed as gifts to other
nations.
Aware of Situation.
American officials in London are
aware that the British people
know so little about American
aid. But there is no indication
that anything can be done about
it. The American Government
has three propaganda organiza-
tions in the British capital; the
press service of the embassy, the
United States Information Service
and the information and propa-
ganda unit of ECA.
All of these agencies have
high-powered and probably able
men at their heads. But the same
overlapping of duties, to which we
have become accustomed in so
many Government departments in
Washington. exists here, too.
BY and large the contacts be-
tween the ECA press organization
and the editors Of Influential
London papers are very casual, as
are-to somewhat less extent
those between USIS and the Brit
ish papers. The old, ineffective
method of handouts is still in
high favor among American press
officers.
have yet to find a single Eng
lishman Of the type who is inter-
ested In international affairs who
has listened more than once to
the Voice Of America. Mallory
Browne, press officer Of the Amer
lean Embassy, finally has sue
ceeded in getting speakers to
travel around the country and tell
the British people something more
about American aid than the press
and radio are telling them.
But all this is a mere drop in
the bucket. The rank and file of
English people know about as
much about the realities of our
efforts on their behalf and the
rest of Europe as the average
American knows about political
conditions in Central America.
Evening star., 1949-10-11
Benevolent Despot Busy
Admiral Decker Rules Japanese Port
With Zeal of Reformer "Mavor'

Membership in the womens
clubs hovers around 5000 and it
has a steady source of income
the right to sell the scrap and
trash that accumulates within the
area.
Church schools were welcomed
and given quarters on the base.
japanese industry was encouraged
to make use Of facilities the Navy
found 1t did not need-one little
factory is making beautiful small
boats according to a design furn-
|ished by an American naval archi-
tect.
It was decided to make Ameri-
can Labor Day a rival to the
Communist May Day. So a holi-
day was declared and every Jap
anese worker invited to bring his
wife and one dependent to a tour
Of the Navy Yard, complete with
Refreshments - American soft
drinks and cocoa-and. for each
to take home, a package Of ten
in-one rations which had been
mouldering in the warehouses on
Guam.
Freedom for First Time.
The japanese navy had locked
its workers in mornings and
locked them out nights and never
were outsiders permitted to
glimpse the great yards activities.
All day $4,000 Japanese enjoyed
for the first time the freedom Of
the port, wandered at will through
quarters, shops and storehouses.
Nothing was reported stolen after
their departure.
Among the wonders they saw
for the first time was the tremen-
dous cave, elaborately equipped
for operations and living quarters
in case of air raids. Admiral
Decker has found an interim use
for, it-he grows tons Of mush-
rooms in it annually to feed his
men. For their benefit also he
runs a poultry farm of handsome
white leghorns which a former
future farmer Of America from
Mississippi manages with loving
care.
His men also enjoy the best
housing seen so far and we'll
equipped clubs which are financed
from the admirals four -and-a-
half-cent profit on every bottle Of
beer sold on the base. They have
lately been encouraged to frater-
nize in q few cautious expert
ments which are to be enlarged
If successful.
The admiral Is q benevolent
despot but he claims he is raising
a bunch of thoroughgoing Japan
ese democrats.
tReleased BY the Bell Syndicate. Ine.)
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1nssA7 ocoet r. W;aashlngton D. c. A-13

will tell you that in the world
book of ethics the way they feel
is wrong. No one should ever
gloat over the trials and tribula-
tions of another. But human
beings never completely follow
the book. When you've been tossed
around by people for centuries
it's the human. if not the nice
thing to exult. That's what the
Irish are doing. It makes them
happy to see the bulldog that
barked at them for so many years
have his bark reduced to no bark
at all.
The Irish used to go to Eng
land and be given treatment that
told them they were slightly un-
welcome guests. Now the English
come to Ireland and how do you
think the Irish treat them? They
treat them with full courtesy,
but they can't help but laugh
little bit inside as they see the
English pay for cream and eggs
and ham and butter with a de-
valued pound.
England, an Irishman told me
today, is now doing to its own
people what it tried to do to
all its colonies. And just as sure
as there's a shamrock in the
world the Irish people will do the
same as all the rest of the colon
les have done. They'll break
loose and be independent, and
that will leave England just by
her tiny self. And, the Irishman
concluded, what would be wrong
with that?
distributed by McNausht Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1949-10-11

Brooklyn navy yard section. He
had several advantages-he was
the occupation. he had 5000 jobs
to dispense, and the masses of
the people were so slave-driven,
poor and defenseless that any
change for them had to be for
the better.
The admiral plunged in with
the fury of reform administra-
ton and an exhilarating certainty
that American religion. health,
education and sanitation can save
the world. He also terrified any
obstreperous city fathers with a
mythical weapon on the order of
mama's bank account. It Is a
Louisville slugger which. he as
sures the baseball-conscious Japa-
nese, is the most formidable base
ball bat ever manufactured. so
he hopes he'll never have to use
his on anybody in Yokosuka.
Today the one disreputable
waterfront claims it is the most
democratized place in Japan It
has formally invited Admiral
Decker to become a. Japanese citi-
zen and in the recent mayoralty
election where, naturally, his name
was not on the ballot. he got the
most votes.
Enlists Aid Of Women.
A general cleanup was the first
order of the day. Then the hos
pitfalls and schools were reorgan-
lied. Another Decker secret wea-
pom was the women. Deliberately
searching for the most feminist
and civic-minded house wives he
could find, he lured them into
women's clubs where refreshments
missing here since prewar-choc-
olate bars-were always served.
Then he gave them the job of
encouraging, educating and polio
ing his civic projects.
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to s a v q n ! S
b r e a t h. "Au
them thi n g S
you called me,
y ou is," h e
summarized.
one recalls
this ! n reading
the Soviet note
on the estab-
lishment Of the
West German
r e p u b ] i c,
wherein tn e
Russian gov
ernment ap-
Z 1
Evening star., 1949-10-11

!. What most Lowell Mellett.
people failed to realize was that
Chairman Boyle's action was in
keeping with the character the
National Committee has assumed
since Mr.. Truman became Pres
ident. The National Committee
has become an instrument Of
party policy. It is no longer
merely a political machine at the
service of any person calling him
self q Democrat. It is dedicating
itself to the double purpose of
carrying out the party's platform
and the achievement of party
responsibility.
Students of government have
long been calling for this very
thing, but it has remained for
President Truman to give it a
real try.
Began Under >Hannegan.
The effort began under Chair
man Robert Hannegan, with the
jealous and clever Gael Sullivan
doing most of the actual work.
MIR. Sullivan took an interest In
issues, the issues set forth in the
national platform. He swarmed
all over the place when the issues
came to q head in Congress.
He made it his personal business
to press for action in Washington
on the promises made to the
voters, but he spoke in the name
of the National Committee. j.
Howard McGrath, when he be-
came chairman. followed the
same course, not permitting the
fact that he was also a United
States Senator to embarrass him
Under Chairman McGrath the
National Committee became an
educational institution. Once a
week q letter over his signature
went out to the national, State
and local party leaders spelling
Evening star., 1949-10-11

the champion of German unity.
"The Soviet government has con-
Quoted an answering struggle
against the splitting of Germany"
The note also accuses the Western
Allies of dragging out the occu-
patton Of Germany and making
impossible a stable peace" accuses
the Western powers Of "a West
German government handed to
yesterdays servitors Of the Hitler
regime" and claims that the West
also adopts hostile attitude to-
ward the demilitarization OF
Germany"
Revenge, Greed and Fear.
Little can be said for the policy
Of any of the powers toward Ger
many. None were directed by
statesmanlike or even realistic
principles, but by revenge, greed
and fear. Soviet policy was to
weaken Germany to the point OF
destruction in order to absorb her:
Western policy was further to
weaken Germany only to leave
her suspended in midair. ..
In only one thing have all vic
tors been successful with the
Germans: In their propaganda
against each other. When the
Western Allies say that the Rus
slams wish to absorb Germany, the
Germans believe them. When the
Russians accuse the Western
Allies. of trying to destroy a COM
petitor, the Germans believe that,
too.
But no German believes the
Russian propaganda for German
unity, for the most drastic divi-
sion of Germany was carried out
by the Soviet Union and its Polish
satellite. East Prussia was GER
tainly Germany, and Koenigsbere
as German a city as Dresden
Today it is a Russian port; East
Prussia is divided and annexed to
Evening star., 1949-10-11
On theOther Hand
Democratic National Committee
Offers Something New in Politics

out the issues as seen by himself
as seen by President
Truman and as stated in the plat
form. Week after week all
through the year, Chairman Nc
Grath hammered away in behalf
of Taft-Hartley repeal, the min
imum wage, health insurance.
housing, expanded social security,
the Brannan farm plan or what
ever was uppermost.
Since his accession to the chair
manship, Mr.. Boyle has followed
the same pattern, probably using
the same excellent letter writer.
Nothing comparable with this
operation was available to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and there is moth
ing comparable now in the Re-
publican party. In any case the
latter party would find the under
taking impossible unless it reaches
agreement on its own program or
until the dominant element in the
party is prepared to disregard the
dissidents in the same bland man
ner that President Truman ig-
nores the wide split in the Demo-
cratic party.
=. Speakers Garry the Word.
The Democratic National Com
mittee, furthermore, has not lin
tied itself to letter writing as a
means Of spreading the gospel
among its own people. It has been
organizing regional meetings and
sending out administration speak
ers to carry the word. The two
thus far held, at Des Moines and
San Francisco, appeared to be
SO successful that a third is now
shaping up for Boston. Party
workers in the New England States
will gather there November 20
and 81 to learn or be reminded of
what the party is supposed to rep
resent. Il
It is an overstatement, of
course. to say that all this has
gone unnoticed. Democratic
members of the House and Sen
ate haven't failed to observe it
and those who consider it their
privilege to follow just as much
or as little d the party platform
as they may wish, don't like it.
They humble. sometimes out loud,
that the President is subjecting
them to improper pressure and
that the National Committee had
better begin behaving itself.
But the reports that most Of
them get from home indicate that
the President is still more popu-
lar than Congress and, while this
is so at least, not many Of them
expect the President to change his |
tactics,
Evening star., 1949-10-11
On the Record
Policies of East and West on Germany
Seen Harmina Themselves Chiefly

the Soviet Union or Poland
Lower Silesia was German; but
Poland has annexed it. and driver
out millions of Germans, to form
everywhere in West Germany ir'
redentist groups, sullen and bitter
If ever q new Hitler arises he will
come from them.
The Western allies are stupid
not to renounce all territorial ag-
grandizements. Groups in Den
mark clamor for Southern Silesia;
the Benelux countries demand
valuable border territories; France
wishes to detach the Saar. Fol-
the sake Of the little they may
lose the great-a Germany per-
manently integrated into Western
Europe. Certainly they could bet
ter answer Russia If they refused
to copy so many Of Russia's poll
cies. But Russia cannot talk!
Test Of Peace in Austria.
The test of peace and willing
ness to withdraw troops is in
Austria. But the Russians are
holding that up and, though the
Western powers have not handed
the German government to yes
terday's servitors of Hitler, the
Russians have taken into their
secret police many Of Himmler's
Gestapo men. And the Russians
are building an armed police, as
the nucleus Of a German Red
army for q coming of civil war.
The teachers are former German
officers.
I think it was q mistake to es-
tablish the West German capital
in Bonn. Berlin Is the capital Of
Germany. whatever other city
may temporarily serve the pur-
pose, and this should be acknowl-
edged by the West.
Up to now the Russians have
defeated themselves in Berlin.
The blockade was q frightful
Russian error. But the Russians
may not stay defeated unless
Germans and the Western allies
make great sacrifices for the city
that has emerged as the most
courageous and freedom Loving in
the country.
At any rate, neither East nor
West in Germany will be politi-
cally defeated by the other. Rus
sia has been defeating herself;
the West has been defeating it.
self-most recently by the dis
mantling policy, whose cost il
not only German unemployment
distrust of the West and increased
German nationalism, but is also
borne by every American tax
payer.
Less attention to Russia-more
morality and common sense on
our own part-would be wise.
CReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1949-10-11

IIlC Acu W Au-
miral M a h a n
but he Is some
U. S. city halls
loss.
With Japan's
p ze n ayy
yard, the ad-
m / r a ! W q S
handed Yoko-
suka city and
outlying dis
tricts, q teeming
harbor area of
100000 people
roughly m
parahla t0 the
Evening star., 1949-10-11

England W ith
n o t h in g but
p r i d e for SO
many years, is
now laughing.
E n g liShnen
are now coming
to Ireland to
eat. Englishmen
are now coming
to Ireland to
drink. English
men a r e now
coming to Ire
! a n d for the
comforts of life.
Evening star., 1949-10-11

a hazy notion
of what Amer
lea has done
to help them
weather tn e
storm and since
the war.
English news
papers are short
of space. They
have to cater to
I n e ! r redQerS,
whose main in
terest is sports
Including horse
and greyhound
racing). They
Evening star., 1949-10-11

Tor the ruckuS
t h q t followed
when Democra-
tic Chairman
VILLA m M.
B oyle took a
hand last week
in the fig h t
over Lei a n d
Olds, by calling
on party lead
erS throughout
the country to
S pport the
Pr e 81 d e n t. S
nominee.
Evening star., 1949-10-11
By Constantine Bro,vn

LONDON, (By Air MaiD-The
overwhelming number of English
people not only have a distorted
idea about America but have only
Evening star., 1949-10-11
By LoweU MeUetf

A remarkable development in
national politics during the past
few years seems to have gone
unnoticed. This may help account
Evening star., 1949-10-11
By Doris Fleeson

YOKOSUKA. Japan. (By Air
maiD Benton Decker.
exponent of the Seattle-Aleutians-
Japan defense line, may not be
Evening star., 1949-10-11
By Dorothy Thompson

There is an old story about two
small Negro boys, calling each
other names. One was so vitu-
perative that the other. thought
Evening star., 1949-10-11
McLennore-
Irish Seen Happy
At Britons' Plight
Bv Henry McLem0r,

By Henry McLem0re
DUBLIN. The Irish are very
happy.
Make it very, very happy.
This little country, which fought
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-16
Martello Gallery And County
Beach Open Formally Sunday

no on the part of Curator Ed
ward Fisher and his many help
ers The Art and HISTORICAL Ex-
hibit will be ready for public in
spection on Sunday at 2:00p. m.
II fssshgped that the Distorted
exhibition will grow With the
years and eventually portray as
complete picture of Key West as
possible. For a modest beginning,
there are: Pieces Of Eight and
Indian relics donated by Mrs.
John I. Ward; a cannon ball dis
covered by Gladys Willing on her
property on Simonton street, evil
IDENTIFY fired from a Spanish ship
at the battery once maintained
on THE Hill" Dutch and Japan
csc cups from the Spanish ship
Buenaventura, the first prize
taken in the Spanish-American
War by Capt. Philip Cosgrove in
1893, and various photographs
and stereoptican views OF old
Key West were loaned by Mrs.
Stephen w. Douglass, A page
from the last issue of the Vicks-
Continued On Page SIX
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sIncidenf Occurred
Late Last
/ NighI
Wen R'Jca-ssl I n,Isr
i;onsls OF Sf5u
After m -ir Arrs.A
For Trcspa-sing

Two sailors alleEsilp caa lst
pceking in tire winsisuA lpefNfen
the Madri Gras Ciub aasi ere
Havana Madrid Club istr iai
night were arrested 81 tftpas.
sing charges by = shcFiff's slsIsi
ty.
There were several ssiioka = isa.
drove 10 the spot last uishl yfrF
were reported % havr gpnf 81
peak in the rear winfiuws - ~
Mardii Gras Club. which Mes -.
vcral girls in IFS silox
At all events. Depssts tsi1el fl
Serge Hernandez cafae agEsu 49,
scene. and he claims al 81 tl,sss,
escaped from him. except $40
men. They identified them eltts
as Donald Selixer and ! q Eaisa.
field.
They were held IA c,unss i@il
until this morning when isH
were released un<ins bona 81 5 a
each for appearance helnfe f'sae
Justice Ira Alhury ~ > r. m
Monday i, ! lsEellnllnarp y slas
Tfefnsnkiisz aetuz8f dc Asea -
'climbing up a cistern - uase
could peer into the wlntiosA uf
the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-16

leg West Fluida. has The
mnsi equnbls climnss ln tho
cHmigY. with en- osefogs
samqo oi only ~ Fuhsanhsii
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1949-04-16
Two Sailors Held
After They Picked
In Cafe Windows
slniayOE abe
Report On
Notary Fee
tsnecIar "a .rhs Uiti.enl

TALLAHASSEE. April 16.-
House Bill SO, which proposes a
tax of % cents on every acknowl-
edgemcnt of oath, has been re-
ported unfavorably by the house
finance and taxation committee.
The bill was opposed by the
Associated Dailies of Florida and
by group of small county law
yers.
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Much Last Minute WoI
Expedited by County
commissioner Allen
To Effect Openings
BY MONA FIELDS

N. ~
No matter what your particu-
lar tastes in amusement, you can
satisfy them out at the County
Beach this Easter Sunday, and
almost anytime thereafter. If
you just want to parade around
dressed up and see and be seen
just be at the Martello Towers
at zoo p. m. for the first inspec-
ton Of the new Art and Histori-
cal Museum. And you can Incl
dentally see some fine art work
and historical exhibits. If your
taste runs more to music-The
Key West High School Band
plays at 3:15 p. m. in the cere-
monies formally opening the
County Beach. If you want more
active amusement, swimming,
boating, games or picnic arrange
ments, the facilities are there
too.
With County Commissioner Joe
Allen actively expediting the
work and with much plain heave-
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Group Taken On
Tour OF Fleet
Sonar School
O. Public information
Officers Arrive
Here Yesterday,
To Remain Week

~ as 10 take a weeks refresh
90 course ON what the Navy is
doing IN Key West, 80 public in
formation officers who are CARR
"a in the Nays escrve arrived
here yesterday.
During the late afternoon the
Teservigts. who will be- on active
duty tor two weeks. one Of them
o. le spent here, were taken on
q tour of the Fleet Sonar School
~ the Key West Naval Station.
To-day and tomorrow the off
Gers. WIN are stopping al the
bschcl0r Officers quarters at the
Naval station. were free TO 60
where they pleased,
Monday and Tuesday they
viii observe the operation Of
fubmsrincs. surface ships and
various aircraft, including air
ships stationed at Boca Chica
Yield They will observe in par
tiruiaF the effects OF the anti
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New Prices for Cleaning
"2.DAY SERVICE"

Officers Uniforms. SpecioL 80c