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well informed on atomic weapons as well
as conventional ones, having been in
charge of the atomic bomb tests at Eniwe-
tok last year.
There has been need for top-level expert
evaluation Of present and proposed naval
ground and air weapons in an atmosphere
free from service rivalries and prejudices.
Curtailed budgets require that available
funds be allotted to weapons and systems
that will produce the best possible degree
of security. While the findings of the
evaluation group will be purely advisory
they should be helpful to the National
Military Establishment and to Congress in
making our defenses as strong as limited
appropriations will permit.
Evening star., 1949-01-11
Rhodesiu: The Next Dominion?

It Ia impressive testimony to the vitality
Of that complex political association, the
British Commonwealth, that as 1t wanes
In Asia 1t wakes in Africa. British Africa
is very much astir, these days. Ambitious
plans for large-scale developments OF its
undeveloped natural resources, ranging
from agriculture and stock raising to
mining and hydroelectric power, are either
actually under way or in the blueprint
stage. Despite the depletion due to the
late war, adequate capital Tin sterling) is
being furnished by the homeland, while
q stream Of high-grade migrants from
that same source is flowing eagerly into
British Africa in search of wider oppor-
tunities.
Nowhere is this developmental process
more pronounced than in the belt OF
territories collectively known as Rhodesia.
They form the central link in the broad
band Of British Africa which stretches up
the eastern side of the Dark Continent
from its southern tip at the Cape of Good
Hope to the borders of Egypt. The south
ernmost segment has long since attained
full Dominion status as the Union OF
South Africa The next link In the chain
is Rhodesia, appropriately named after
that great British empire builder, Cecil
Rhodes, who brought the region under the
British flag in the latter part of the
nineteenth century.
Although lying wholly within the tropics,
elevation gives Rhodesia a relatively
temperate climate. Nearly all of 1t aver
ages 1000 feet above sea level with patches
I.R- ,ie
renders 1t healthful and suitable for Euro
pean settlement. Already the white
population exceeds 100000, most OF it as
yet found in Southern Rhodesia, which
has graduated from the colonial pro-
tectorate stage and is a self-governing
colony. Northern Rhodesia and smaller
appendage known as Nyasaland are still
under the benevolent tutelage of the
British Colonial Office. But throughout
the region, a movement is afoot for uni
hcation and the attainment of Dominion
status.
If and when the Dominion of Rhodesia
comes into being, 1t will be thoroughly
British in character. The white Rhodesians
are nearly all from the British Isles, and
most of them are the best types of
pioneering stock. They inhabit a land
with total area of nearly 100000 square
miles, rich in copper, gold, coal and other
mineral deposits, great areas of potential
farm lands, and large sections under
valuable timber growths. An abundant
supply of native labor exists which, under
wise and humane treatment, need offer
no political or social difficulties, since the
native population is still in the primitive
stage, divided into many tribes and with
virtually no sense of solidarity from which
O nationalistic opposition could emerge.
spurred on by the urgent necessity of
developing Africa to take the place of
raw-material sources and export markets
3eopardized in Asia, Britain is solidly
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Both Ends Must Meet

The District of Columbia's biggest
budget in history, sent to Congress yes
terday, primarily becomes the job of the
House Appropriations Committee.
But an answer to the chief financial
problems posed by 1t must come from the
House and Senate legislative committees
on the District of Columbia. Chairman
McGrath is calling his newly designated
Senate District Committee together for
Its organization meeting today. The op
posite committee on the House side is yet
to be named officially, but it is taken for
granted that 1t will be as quickly organized
when the selections are announced this
week.
There Is every reason for prompt action
by these two committees The big prob
lem in this years budget, of course, is
how to make both ends meet Including
salary increases for municipal employees,
as they should be included in any realistic
estimate, Congress must find about $15,-
100000 additional to meet needs in this
current year and the fiscal year that
begins next July. A sales tax would pro-
duce most Of the money, but even a sales
tax must be augmented by additional
revenues. part of these additional
revenues should come from an increased
Federal payment.
Chairman McGrath and Representative
Mcmillan of South Carolina, prospective
chairman on the House side, may find 1t
worthwhile to create Joint subcommittee
to consider this new revenue legislation.
That method was followed last year. Had
1t not been for the delay in getting the
revenue bill to the floor of the House the
Joint subcommittee's efforts would have
been successful and the financial picture
this year would have been much brighter.
Much information was obtained by this
Joint subcommittee last year on District
revenue sources and its availability should
simplify the job this year.
If the two legislative committees will
proceed promptly to the business of pre-
senting new revenue-raising plans to Con-
sress, the appropriations committees can
make q more intelligent job of reviewing
details Of the spending plans outlined In
the budget.
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Still Confused

General Walter Bedell Smith, our
Ambassador to Moscow. apparently differs
with the Presidents recent statement that
there are certain leaders" In Russia
exceedingly anxious to have an under
standing with U.S." At any rate, after
visiting the White House the other day,
he threw cold water on the idea that
there is a cleavage in the Kremlin over
its present policy toward the United States
the impression given by Mr.. Truman's
cryptic "off- -the-cuff" remark
In General Smiths judgment, there may
be some people" in Russia who would
like to be more conciliatory toward us,
but the Politburo itself-the Soviet ruling
body-is not divided. According to him,
its members have differences of opinion
in the course of shaping policy, but once
the policy is adopted, they all accept it
and do not clash. Thus, although he has
not ruled out the possibility that certain
individuals (not 1eaders) may be anxious
to reach an agreement with us, General
Smith has made clear that there is no
ground-in his opinion at least-for opti-
mistic speculation based on the Presidents
statement.
It Is conceivable of course, that the
President may be more informed on the
subject than his Ambassador. But the
chances appear to be that he did not
expect his "off -the-cuff" remark to be
interpreted as meaning that real split
exists in the Kremlin. The trouble with
all such offhand comment, however, is that
it invites an extravaganza of speculation,
and lot of Americans, despite General
Smiths views, will continue to suspect
that Mr.. Truman's statement had some
thing really important behind 1t. Maybe
1t did, and maybe 1t did not. The only
thing certain about 1t is that it has created
a lot of seemingly unnecessary confusion.
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Questions and Answers

M ses S get b the 2 any Of
B9resu ss ''tHS stree NE Washnstoh !. e
Please inclose three 80 return postage.
Q. Do State and local governments invest In
Federal securities? B. L. C.
A. State and local governments own nearly
So billion of such securities-about per cent
of the total Federal debt Nearly S6 billion
of this is owned by the State governments. the
remainder by city, county and other local gov
ernmental units.
O. Can an additional exemption be claimed
on an income tax return for blind dependent
over 65?-W. r. 0.
A. In the case of dependents who are blind
and IS years of age or over no additional ex-
emption for blindness or age is allowed. The
taxpayer can take one exemption because the
dependent is. in fact, a dependent, but he cam
not take additional exemption either because
the dependent is blind or is over IS years Of
age.
O. When was the revolver invented?-B. T. r.
A. The first revolver known as the pepper
box" was created during the reign of Charles
I of England Q6O1-49) within 100 years after
the invention of the crude pistol, which fired
only one bullet with each loading. This re.
volver was not practical and was put on dis
play as a curiosity in the Tower of London.
Samuel Colt saw 1t there In the 1905 and
upon his return to the United States began
to experiment in the development of q re-
volver. Several years later he succeeded in
producing a successful revolver.
@. Can an alien be employed by the United
States Government?-F. N. D.
A. Prior to 1885, when the international
situation became tense, Federal agencies hired
noncitizens rather freely. Civil Service rules
permitted such employment If no citizen had
qualified and was available. Since 1889, ap-
preparation acts generally carry specific re-
strictions against employment of aliens. How
ever, there are some specified exceptions which
permit the employment Of aliens in certain
positions under certain conditions.
@. Why is the American quail or bobwhits
called "colin"?-A. S.
A. The word is derived from the Nahuatl
(Aztec) language in which zoln designated
partridge. When the word was transferred
to Spanish 1t was pronounced with sibilant
&C" and written with a cedilla, but eventually
the cedilla was left of and the word became
colin"
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scenes that always brings about the selection
of "me-too" Republican candidates. Could it
be that secret Red influences planned it that
way to insure Republican defeat? Nineteen
million voters who went to the trouble to regis
ter refused to stultify themselves November 2
by voting for either Tweedledum or Tweedle-
dee. Twenty-three million more failed to
register.
Meanwhile Communist publications openly
are boasting that Henry Walace's candidacy
forced President Truman far to the left.
r. B. A.
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Data on Presidents

To the Editor of The Star
In view Of the approaching Inauguration 1t
occurs to me that the following facts which
have compiled relating to the Presidents from
George Washington to Harry Truman may be
of interest to some readers.
Cd One or more Presidents were born in
each Of these IL States: Eight in Virginia.
seven In Ohio, four in New York, three in
North Carolina, two each In Massachusetts,,
New Jersey and Vermont. one each in Iowa,
Kentucky. Missouri, New Hampshire and Penn
sylvania. Although Grover Cleveland was the
only one born in New Jersey, he was the
twenty-second President and twenty fourth
President
ca While the general average expectation Of
life has been increasing in recent years. the
following figures indicate that there has been
. gradual decline in the average length Of life
of the Presidents, which probably is a ref1ec-
ton Of the greater complexity and pressure Of
modern civilization, Notwithstanding the ad-
vances in scientific achievement, or possibly as
an indirect result of the latter Ten Of the first
1s Presidents were over 10 years OF age at
the time of their decease. four Of these being
90 or over and John Adams being 80. On the
other hand, Of II deceased from Andrew john
son to Franklin D. Roosevelt Counting Mr..
Cleveland once, and Herbert Hoover's present
age), there were but four who were 10 or over,
none being over "A.
60 OF the eight Presidents born in Virginia.
all but Woodrow Wilson were elected before the
Civil War; whereas all of the seven Presidents
from Ohio were elected since that time. The
majority of all Presidents were buried in their
native States, but William Howard Taft was
buried in Arlington Cemetery, Virginia, and
Wilson in Washington. Seven Presidents have
died in oface-four from natural causes, and
three, Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield
and William Mckinley, by assassination.
Woodbury., NJ THEODORE T. SMELL.
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Suksests Reds influence G. o. p.

0USSSStS INV0S 1IIHuSI1VS u Os
To the Editor Of The Star:
wonder how many voters noticed that Gov
Deweys message to the New York State legis-
lature delivered about the same time as Presi-
dent Truman's message to Congress, contained
almost identical socialistic recommendations?
Wendell Willkie, too was an avowed socialist
up to one year before he received the Repub-
lican Presidential nomination, when he mys-
teriously became a nominal Republican.
Il looks as If the United States would be
mired in socialism as deeply as Britain within
hve years and as deeply as Russia in ten
without ever having o chance to vote for an
alternative. There's something mighty curl
Gus about the mysterious power behind the
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Mr.. Truman's Mandate Questioned

Mr.. Truman's Mandate Questioned
To the Editor of The Star:
Just to keep the record straight, I would
like to remind William M. Weber, whose letter
appeared in Wednesdays Star, that MI. Tru-
man was not selected by the majority of the
people to serve as President. According to
the revised official returns reported by the
48 States the total vote cast for President was
4s,69o,075. OF this total, Mr.. Truman received
"a, ,104 ,030 votes. Therefore, he failed to win
a majority Of the popular vote by 4S2O15 votes.
AS result, Mr.. Truman Is actually minority
President and by the same token he has not
received a mandate from the American people
to go to extremes in his ultra New Deal social
istic ideas. M. WESLEY CONN.
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Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
1Driter, although it is permissible for
a ,Driter kno,Dn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
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behind the opening up of Rhodesia. The
coming period therefore may see star
Ting transformation of one of the worlds
most promising frontiers into a settled
and prosperous community.
Evening star., 1949-01-11

With streamlining and slashing Of red
tape, it is expected the United States
soldier will now receive his pay on time;
and while nothing could be fairer, Is it
military?
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Teaching Visitors About D. C..


To the Editor Of The Star:
Next week we shall have with us large
number OF Americans from various States who,
for one or several days, will be reading cur
rent Washington newspapers and sending or
carrying copies away to be read by friends who
do not come to Washington themselves.
hope The Star will take that opportunity
to present to this geographically enlarged
reading public one or more articles, not merely
calling to the attention of readers that the
District Of Columbia lacks and desires the
rights Of suffrage, but explaining the nature
Of the present situation and what can be
done to remedy 1t. OF course, such an ex-
position would need to be prepared in terms
understandable to persons who may have no
background Of knowledge about our peculiar
situation; not so long as to be forbidding nor
30 short as to be inadequate, but perhaps
including both a gist of the matter and
more detailed explanation for those who are
interested in reading further.
Spreading knowledge in this way would not
only help to provide constituents pressure
for action in the present Congress, but also
have longer range effect in the election of
future Congresses whose action we will need,
and action within the States when we have
succeeded in getting a Constitutional amend
ment submitted for the national representa-
tion aspect Of suffrage
GEORGE w. HoDGKINs
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Constitutional Rights Emphasized

Constitutional Rights Emphasized
To the Editor OF The Star:
In his letter Of January 5th, headed Dis
elimination a Democratic Right" William NJ
Weber has so confused personal rights with
constitutional rights that I feel compelled to
enlighten him on the two.
To imply, as Mr.. Weber has done, that the
constitutional guarantees which comprise our
Bill OF Rights are the exclusive properties of
the "haves' Is to profess an ignorance of the
very democratic rights he Is attempting to up
hold
First Of all, Negroes are pushing" only for
the things that are guaranteed to all other
American citizens: The right to education
the right to have adequate housing relieved
Of ghetto conditions, the right to jobs based
upon ability rather than color and the prvi-
lege Of receiving proper pay and upgrading
for the job performed; also the right to attend
anything that has public" stamped on 1t
whether it be a school, church, restaurant,
theater or what have you.
These and many more, the Negro knows
to be his democratic rights as set forth in
his and Mr.. Weber's Constitution.
agree with Mr.. Weber that college gradu-
ate grown to banker should not be forced to
accept q grammar school carpenter into his
home, for this constitutes a violation of his
personal rights. But drawing the same parallel
can see nothing undemocratic abeut the
grammar school carpenter seeking the facil-
tiles that would make him banker,
Mr.. Weber states that 1T is natural hu-
man trait for those who are pushed against
to push back" Maybe So But for the "haves"
to retallate against the have nots" (who have
contributed 300 years of slavery, blood, sweat
and tears to the growth of this Republic)
would be to discredit themselves as men with
out honor in the eyes Of honest men the world
over
Westbrook Pegler once wrote that If he
were colored he would daily beat his head
against the brick wall of despair. The Negro
has been doing this since 1865. And with Mr.
Weber's time" availing him nothing he is
now beating his fist in the halls of Congress,
at the White House portal and in the courts
OF the land to accomplish his rights that
time" has forgotten. LLOYD GENUS.
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reaI Ter get the answer to question Of
fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 3l6 street NE. WashnGton .. D. c.
Please lnclose three 90 cents for return POSTAGE
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LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. V. II. Monk, Pastor

$3.50 Sunday School, VIM. Edwards,
Supt.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Kohl, daugh-
ter Candace, Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ.
Kohl We're Sunday dinner guests in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Kohl, Jr. and son, in Berne.
The Christian Laymen's group met
at the Noah Schumacher home Fri
day evening.
The front portion of the Omar
Gratz home is being remodeled at
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Schumacher
and family visited friends in CO.
lumbus, Sunday.
Eloise Steiner is to enroll as a
student at Bowling Green University
at the opening of the fall term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Names Gerber and
daughter Mary Ellen spent Saturday
in the home of Rev. and Mrs. Carl
Brown and son David Allen in Ft.
Wayne. Miss Gerber is to leave for
her mission field in Africa within the
next few weeks, after spending her
furlough with her folks here.
The abundant apple crop this
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on Thursday evening Of this week at
500 o'clock.
The Mems Brotherhood will meet
at st. Johns Church on Thursday
evening of this week at 500 o'clock.
Mr.. Leland w. Tomilson of Lima will
be our guest speaker. We want all
men to attend.
Youth Fellowship will meet on
Sunday evening at 700 at st. Johns
Church.
St. Johns:
$3.50 A. M. Sunday School.
No worship services this Sunday.
Our Congregation will worship at
Emmanuel's Church.
/ Promotion will be held in the Sun
day School on Sunday.
Mems Brotherhood on Thursday
evening at 500 (see above)
The Choir rehearses with the Choir
OF Emmanuel's on Thursday evening.
Kindly be at the church by 7:45P. NJ.
Let's show our spirit of unity through
our cooperation.
The Executive Board of the Wo-
mems Guild will meet with Mrs.
Ralph Diller on Wednesday evening
at 500 P. M.
Youth Fellowship meets on Sunday
evening at TOO. All young people
try and attend. We need your help.
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IN Ohe
Churches
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Paul II. Cramer, Minister
1l5TH ANNIVERSARY

18TH ANNlNERSAR1
Sunday school $3.50 A. M.
Installation of Church School officers
and teachers at beginning of Sunday
School.
Morning worship 1880 A. M.
Sermon by Bishop Hazen G. Werner,
our Resident Bishop.
Basket dinner at noon.
Dedication service 2:30 p. m. DR.. +.
Bringle Mcintosh, President of Ohio
Northern, as the speaker.
Methodist Youth Fellowship $3.50
p. m.
Union services 1880 p. m. Rev
Paul Niswander, Bluffton boy, will
give the evening message.
Wednesday 21st-County M. \.
Rally 7:30 p. m. at Beaverdam.
Thursday 22nd-7:00 p. m. Meet
ing of the Board of Education
election of Church School officers.
Response to our volunteer work is
excellent. Men are needed the re-
mainder of the week to do last minute
odd jobs. Call or see Rev. Cramer
or Chas. Alderman.
Thursday 7:30 p. m. Choir practice
This is the real practice before Sun
day.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
Bluffton- -Beaverdam Parish
O. Merrill Boggs, Minister

Bluffton
$50 Bible School.
1890 Worship and Communion.
Sermon: "The Challenge of Christ. "
700 Christian Youth Fellowship.
Beaverdam
$50 Bible school.
1890 Communion.
7:30 Christian Youth Fellowship
will meet at Bluffton church.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
Leonard w. McIntire, Minister
Rockport:
9:30 Morning Worship
Sermon by the pastor.
1890 Church School
Rally Day and Promotion exercises
Bluffton:
9:45 A. M. Church School
Rally Day and Promotion exercises
11:00 Morning Worship
Special music by Junior choir.
7:30 p. m. Sunday evening Unior
Service at the Methodist Church.
Thursday, Sept. 20, 7:30 p. m. A
service of prayer and meditation fol
personal spiritual preparation fol
World Wide Communion.
A friendly welcome awaits those
who attend our services.
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STOCK SALES

For rent-Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. If
Beef sold by the quarter; also pork
half or whole for your locker or
home freezer. A to 2 Market. Ct
Service bulls delivered to your
farm; also have registered York
shire boar for limited service. Fees
So plus mileage. C. N. Long & Son,
phone Ada Red 1910. tt
For sale-Spotted Poland China
boars, eligible to registry. Park
Cherry, 4 miles west of Gratz cross
ing. Cairo phone 3517. "a
For sale-Registered Duroc boar
IL years old. Edgar Huber, miles
south on Bentley road. and q mile
west. Bluffton phone.
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EVANGELICAL & REFORMED
CHURCHES
V. c. Oppermann, Minister g.

V. c. Oppermann, Minister
EmmanuePs:
$50 A. M. Church School
10:45 A. M. Morning Worship
300 P. NJ. Afternoon service.
A basket dinner will be held at
noon, to which we want all members
and friends to come.
Rev. Elmer Fahringer will be the
guest speaker in the afternoon
service.
Materials for decorating should be
brought to the Church by noon on
Saturday.
Bring your canned goods for the
Home of the Aged.
The Choir will meet for rehearsal
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BLUFFTON MARKETS
Wednesday Morning

Grain (bushel prices) - Wheat
$1.90; corn S1.20; oats 62c; soys
S2.12.
Poultry-Heavy hens 22c; leghorn
hens 19c; heavy rock or red fryers
28c; leghorn fryers 20c.
Eggs-Large white Gle; large
brown 60c; medium white Sic; med
ium brown Soc; pullets 38c.
Butterfat-60c.
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BIG POTATO

A six-pound sweet potato grown by
Arthur Badertscher northwest of
Bluffton is an attraction in the Bluff
ton News window exhibit. Also a
AZ pound yam raised by Chester
Long of Lafayette.
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SoCIET,

Sunday services at 1880 A. M.
Subject: Reality"
Testimonial meeting at 7:30 Wed.
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church is
open every Wednesday from 700 tc
7:30 P. M. The public is invited tc
all services and to visit the reading
room.
This society is branch of The
Mother Church, the First Church OF
Christ, Scientist.