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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Krug Stayed Too Long
Downfall Traced to His Failure to Give
Sufficient 48 Campaign Contribution

across the congressional goal line.
he wrote the Secretary three very
harsh letters.
Mr.. Krug apparently did it for
fear that Agriculture Secretary
Brannan, who has been feuding
with Interiors Reclamation Com
missioner Straus, would prevail
with the Budget. But Mr.. Bran
nan is a Truman favorite and well
able to fight a White House battle
especially when, he could show
that a White House verdict
through the Budget had been by
passed.
Senior Cabinet Member.
When newspapers advertised the
fact of the letters, Mr.. Krug
panicked. When the President
returned merely mo comment" to
questions about the matter at his
press conference. the Secretary
wrote his resignation. That Mr..
Krug announced 1t to reporters
before the resignation got to the
President was merely an I'M
fortunate error by a messenger,
but it also annoyed Mr.. Truman.
Mr.. Krug Is the senior member
Of the Truman cabinet. His re-
placement by Mr.. Chapman, the
simon pure New Dealer, under
writes the extent to which the
President, who at first put himself
in the hands Of his cronies, has
come around to those principles
he now calls the Fair Deal.
Time was when its advocates
counted on only one Trumanite in
the Cabinet-the late Postmaster
General Hannegan. Now they
count on flve-Secretaries Ache
son, johnson, Brannan, Tobin and
Attorney General McGrath-with
Secretary Chapman coming up.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Performance Is Proof
Truman Is Wise in Way of People;
Wins by the Confidence He Inspires

that campaign. They 60 on nat.
urally to give him top rating now
with another triumph in the of
year elections which usually DOM
go too well for q party in power
He is good no doubt about
that.
Leaving comparisons to history
where it is safe to leave them. II
is presently interesting to COM
pare the techniques Of the two
Presidents.
Mr.. Roosevelt was a master Of
what might be called "the grant
strategy" while Harry Truman''
technique is grounded in the sim.
pie approach Of folks to folks
The former, because Of his family
and background, fitted well int<
the grand manner which our PEG.
pie like, however they may deny
1t. And when, as in his case, thil
was coupled with an interest II
the welfare Of ordinary people
the result was something close tx
idolatry with millions, as the his
tory Of that era revealed.
Wise in Ways Of People.
Harry Truman gets his results
and more successfully thus fal
with the people than with Con.
gress. by simply being himself. q
man Of the people, very wise In
the ways Of people and winning In
the end by the confidence he in
spiress Of sincerity and earnest
ness in their behalf. He plays the
role Of Harry Truman, and never
overplays 1t.
He calls things by their simple
names and Is able to make great
and often complex public issues
simple. He reacts like the rest OF
us and he blurts out those re-
actions. 50 that his frankness,
which often also is blunt, has its
appeal. In his off-the-cuff re-
marks, about which his protective
aides used to worry 50. he often
comes close to the old-fashioned
cracker-barrel philosopher. and
there's still q lot Of cracker bar
rel in all of us. We are all Harrys,
Toms and Dicks underneath
Harry Humans political gift Is
in recognizing this and knowing
how to capitalize on 1t.
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dNOuV 44A1SSoo
Margaret smoking cigarette in
public. To tell the truth I hadn't
given q thought to her smoking In
public, but I guess If I am going
to think about her smoking at all,
I had better think about her
smoking in public. So far. the
Princess has given no indication
that she ever intends asking me to
a private smoker in Buckingham
Palace, or a roll-your-own party
at Windsor Castle. That's for the
likes Of Sharman Douglas, Danny
Kaye, and the Marquis Of Who
Observation-Disclosures
Smoked Privately First.
Wonder If I am capable of
thinking about such q monument
tai question as the rightness or
the wrongness of a princess Of
royal blood drawing nicotine and
coal tar into her lungs and then
blowing it out again. while COM
moners look on?
But in these inflationary days,
when readers don't 60 as far as
they used to, one cannot afford
to let them down, so here I 60
a-thinking about the puff that
was heard around the world.
From what I read about the
celebrated first public drag it was
obvious that Princess Margaret
had been hitting the old weed in
private. because there was no
mention Of her coughing, half
choking, and letting out those lit
tie putt putt puts of smoke
which are the giveaways Of the
novice smoker.
It Is my opinion that. although
a gasp Of surprise ran through
the room when she lighted up.
her first public smoke didn't give
her half the thrill the first one
she had in private did. That was
the one. I'll bet you, that she had
from q cigarette slipped from her
Dads case, and which saw her
lock herself In her room, and open
wide the windows 50 no tell-tale
odor would linger there. And III
bet she sucked q mint. or brushed
her teeth twice as vigorously as
usual before kissing her mother
goodnight. so that the smell
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rope, but also by responsible
French and British generals and
admirals.
Defense Of Western civilization
against q possible Russian on
slaught must include all the West
ern countries. It must be general
and not regional. Present plans,
which omit Western Germany
with it's 100000 persons and
Spain with its 100000, shows
immature judgment and may
even be disastrous If the Rus
slams decide to attack before we
have completed all preparations.
The Spaniards believe we are
making a serious mistake by re-
lying almost exclusively on French
and British capabilities. Those
countries were severely drained Of
their strength in two world wars.
Reds Still Strong in France.
Moreover, in spite Of commu-
nism's recession in Western Eu-
rope, neither the London nor Paris
governments could give positive
assurances that their people would
fight to the bitter end II an early
showdown occurs. The Communists
are still very strong In France and
could sabotage the country's de-
tense in the event Of an early
war. So long as things are rela-
lively quiet and the Marshall Plan
is bringing them an unexpected
economic recovery they are natu-
rally pushed into the background.
Nobody wants to offend Santa
Claus. But if-contrary to present
forecasts-the Russians decide in
the immediate future that war is
necessary there is a great deal
Of damage that the Communists
could do.
All the Atlantic Pact countries
have suffered serious wartime
losses In manpower and their war
WEAKNESS is great. The general
stats of all these countries are
thinking in defensive terms: De-
tense Of the Rhine and defense Of
the British Isles. Because Of their
lack Of confidence in the offensive
qualities Of their armies, they re-
fuse to consider an immediate
counteroffensive in the event Of an
attack from the East.
Spain. however. has consider
able manpower, which was un-
touched by World War II. More
than 1000 900 men are available
at present for defense against the
Russians. All these men are thor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

known to all
unbiased OBJ
servers In Eu-
rope: That de-
Tense Of the
Western Henri
sphere cannot
be conpl e t e
without the in
G lu sion OF
Spain.
Gen. franco 3
views are in
dorsed not only
by top-ranking
American mill
&orxy paor ", Ei,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

man Lne feSl-
ident Of tn e
United States.
It m u st be
generally recog-
nized by now
that Harry Tru-
man Is a very
able politician.
Performance Is
proof enough.
An intuitive
sense of practi-
Cal politics Is
q necessary in
gredient to sue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

DoOpy trapped
ever since the
1948 campaign
to which he did
n o t, in tn e
opinion Of the
palace g u ar d
and influential
Democrats, in
GLIDING t h e
finance chair
man, Loui S
johnson, make
q sufficient con-
tribution.
He couldn't
have been in
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sense OF my
readers, and no
columnist likes
to suspect that
he is writing
for a group Of
people whose
buttons aren't
all there.
Yet readers
do write to me.
| Only last week
I got q number
Of letters want
ing to know
what I thought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
This Changing World
Omission of Spain, Reich in Defense Plan
For West Laid to Immature Judgment


oughly imbued with a hatred OF
communism.
Manpower Unprepared.
For the last 10 years Com
munist efforts to arouse Spain
from within have been entirely
unsuccessful. While unquestion-
ably there is opposition to Ell eau
dillo himself and to his regime
nobody in this country wants to
see communism established In
Spain or any neighboring country.
This explains why the Socialists
have given up all ties with the
Western Communists and why
men like the exiled Spanish So
cialist leaders have adopted a
passive attitude. One Of their
leaders-Indalecio Prieto. minister
of war in the Spanish Republican
government. who now resides near
st. Jean de Luz. Francois trying
to reach an agreement with the
Royalists in an effort to replace
Gen. Franco with Don Juan. the
heir to the Spanish throne. or his
young son.
There is manpower in Spain
which Is so fearful of Russia and
Communist infiltration that II
would fight to the last man. But
this manpower is almost totally
unprepared for modern war. The
best it could offer would be stub
born resistance behind the ma
tural fertilization Of the Pyrenees
It has an air force of $50 planes
and no anti-aircraft artillery
Nor does it have tanks and other
mechanical weapons essential for
offensive operations. A common
sight in the streets Of Madrid are
burro-drawn two-wheel carts con-
tanning three or four soldiers. All
the Spaniards have is good will
and a determination to fight II
they become involved in war.
A number Of American generals
and admirals, representing all
Of our national defense,
have visited Spain in recent
months. They have been favor
ably impressed with the stamina
Of the Spanish troops. but have
come to the conclusion that their
combat value-except as guerrtllas
is negligible. Outside Of an al
most fanatical pride they have
to fight with.
Soviet Blitx Plan Seen.
Neither Gen. Franco. his ad-
visers. nor his political opponents
can understand why America,
which is spending SO many bill
lions of dollars to create q wall
against Soviet aggression. pur-
posely overlooks Spain. which is
one Of the best military bets in
Western Europe. They cannot
conceive that disapproval Of a
mildly dictatorial regime, much
milder for instance than that Of
Marshal Tito. should blind US to
the point Of jeopardizing defense
Of the West. They are earnestly
warning American officials. now
swarming into Madrid, that in
this day and age an army cannot
be improvised at the 18th hour.
The Russians have q number OF
parachute divisions available.
These are intended, according to
Spanish intelligence. for a blitz
invasion of Spain rather than any
other portion Of Western Europe.
The Spanish army, using old
fashioned weapons and lacking
aviation and anti-aircraft guns,
could not offer adequate resist
ance,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
Bv Constantine Bro,vn

MADRID (By Air MaiD In
public interviews and private con-
versations Generalissirno Francis
co Franco has stated what Is we'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14

any doubt about his status. Re-
liable quarters publicized the
politicoes' complaints that he took
to the briar patches Of the
sparsely populated West and
spoke on the issues rather than
;vehemently defending Harry Tru-
man where it counted. He was
a protege Of Bernard M. Baruch
and when Mr.. Baruch and the
President fell out, it obviously
weakened him. He had no back
ground Of old friendship with
President Truman to fall back on;
they scarcely knew. each other UNI
til near the close Of the war.
Truman Not vindictive.
The President, however, showed
no desire to be vindictive after his
surprise election and Mr.. Krug
sensibly refused to be stampeded
by lesser fry. Nevertheless. his
detractors had the inside rail and
showed no signs of moving over
to let him Join them. -.-.
Mr.. Krug had two choices. He
could have got out on his own
time. without a public rift and in
circumstances which would have
made him more valuable to busi-
ness by stressing his White House
connections. Or he could have
fought back through the jungles
Of White House power politics,
which Is hard work but for a
cabinet officer who can grant or
withhold many favors Is not i'm
possible.
It must also have been clear to
Mr.. Krug that tn Undersecretary
Chapman, Mr.. Truman had ready
made q new Secretary. When
President Roosevelt died, Mr..
Truman saw in Mr.. Chapman
only New Dealer who had been
for Henry Wallace for Vice Presi-
dent in 1914. BY 1948, Mr.. Chap
man had performed some of the
Presidents most delicate political
chores and had demonstrated an
unqualified ,loyalty to the Fair
Deal which was unaffected by his
personal fortunes under President
Truman. In fact, the politicians
had begun to press Mr.. Chapman's
claims to Interior to the point
where the high-minded Mr.. Chap
man interviewed in Mr.. Krug's
behalf.
End Rum Around Budget.
But Mr.. Krug was apparently
lulled by the Presidents inaction.
He neither got out nor devoted
himself to rebuilding his position
within the administration. He
rarely saw the press-who. at the
least, are useful reminders Of what
seems to be going wrong with
ones affairs. The bureaucrats
began to complain that it was
hard to get decision from Mr..
Krug. The question Of his bust
ness interest In a textile mill In
IVA territory bobbed up In the
newspapers via q suit fled In New
York regarding it.
The climax Of MIR. Krug's mat
tention came In the reclamation
matter. When the President dis
covered that Mr.. Krug had made
an end run around the Bureau Of
the Budget to get various projects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
n
By Doris Fleeson

The departing Secretary Of the
Interior. Mr.. Krug, is another
man who stayed too long In his
prestige job in Washington.
Mr.. Krug's path here has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
McLemore
Asked for His Opinion
On Princess Smoking
By Henry McLemors

It always surprises me when any
reader turns to me for an opinion
on any subject whatsoever.
It makes me doubt the good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
By Thomas L. Stokes

It is timely in view of last
weeks election to take another
look at Harry Truman the poll
tician as distinct from Harry Tru-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-14
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Evening star., 1949-10-30

The cost to you does not
determine the quality of
the service rendered, mere
ly the quantity and kind of
services. The quality re-
mains the same regardless
of price. Test us and prove
it to yourself.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
By Violet FouIkner
Food Editor.

You're going to see and hear q
lot about pork this winter. The
United States Department of Agri-
culture calls it the third largest
crop on record which means good
supplies at reasonable prices
This meat is especially rich
in B vitamins and so delicious in
flavor. I've pictured a pork idea
that shows you how to have three
fresh-cooked meals from one pork
loin roast. Instead of roasting
the entire piece Of meat, the meat
is divided into three different
pieces. each cooked a different and
delicious way for three entirely
different meals.
Every smart homemaker will see
the advantage of buying and using
pork In this fashion for more
economy and more variety in
meals. No mean saving of time,
too, is the fact that only one mar
keting trip is necessary for three
meat meals, rather than a daily
trip for each meal.
Here's how to try this new idea.
Choose a 4-to-6-pound rib half
of pork loin at your market. Have
the meat man remove the back
bones with an inch layer of meat,
and ask him to chop the back
bones into serving size pieces.
These will make the delicious pork
stew with dumplings pictured in
the upper lefthand corner. After
the backbone is removed. it is
simple to slice between the ribs
to make several small. partially
boneless chops for braising. This
will make the savory braised pork
chops with apple rings shown in
the lower lefthand corner of the
photograph, for another attractive
fresh-cooked meal. The piece re-
naming after the chops are re-
moved makes a smaller. one-meal
pork roast, ideal for the smaller
family.
BASIC RULES FOR PORK
COOKERY.
It's pertinent. I think, at this
point to remind you how pork
should be cooked to bring out
the fulness Of its flavor. The
terms rare" and medium" are
never applied to pork because 1t is
traditional and correct to serve IL
Evening star., 1949-10-30

Standard recipe for dumplings
using l cup sifted -four.
Cover the pork backbones with
water, add salt and pepper; sim.
mer for about 40 minutes. Ado
onions and carrot pieces. Cover
and cook 10 minutes. Drop the
dumplings on top of the meat anc
vegetables. Cover closely anc
steam IL minutes. Remove to hot
platter and thicken liquid If de-
sired. Yield: Four servings.
BRAISED PORK CHOPS WITH
APPLE RINGS.
4 pork chops. 70 cup water.
Salt and pepper. 2 apples.
Season meat with salt and pep
per. Brown meat slowly on all
sides with its own fat. Add wa
ter: more may be added later if
needed. Cover tightly. Cook over
low heat at simmering tempera-
ture on top of range or in slow
over 1925 degrees F. until meat
is tender. about l hour. While
meat is cooking cut apples in u
to "a inch slices and core. Place
on top Of chops and steam until
apples are tender. Yield: -Four
servings.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
A POrk-F0li0 of Pork Pointers

l"well done" That Is because the
flavor Of this meat is fully de-
veloped only by thorough cook
Ing. The test for well done" Is
simple. The cut meat should look
grayish white without even a tinge
Of pink. The best cooked pork is
done at temperature that allows
the meat to be well done in the
center and we'll Drowned outside
but the temperature must be low
enough so that the surface Is not
dried out before the interior is
well done. For this reason, pork
is never broiled because in broil-
ing the meat cooks too quickly to
allow the interior to cook thor
oughly.
ROAST PORK.
Wipe meat with clean. damp
cloth. Season with salt and
pepper. Place roast fat side up
on rack in open roasting pan. Do
not add water, cover or baste.
Roast in slow oven 1925 degrees
F., allowing 40 minutes per
pound or until meat thermometer
reads 185 degrees F. Remove to
hot platter and garnish with
canned pear halves filled with
jellied cranberry sauce.
PORK STEW WITH
DUMPLINGS.
Pork backbones cut from loin Of
pork.
Water.
Small whole white onions.
Carrots, scraped and cut in thirds.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
Modern MARRIAGE
By All Means Each Twin Should Develop
A Personality Distinctly His Own
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

Mrs. E. has twins and doesn't
know what to do with them. "Our
little girls are not quite 2 years
old and as alike as peas in a pod %
she tells me. II can hardly tell
them apart myself. So far have
dressed them alike-there's not a
great deal of variety in baby
clothes, anyhow. But I don t
know what is the best way to
treat them in the future.
Most of my friends say
ought to treat them as one, dress
them alike and let them have
exactly the same experiences.
And after all, aren't identical
twins just halves of one original
unit?
"A few friends take a different
view.
What's the scientific thing to
do? What is best for the girls
development and future happi-
ness"
There is no accepted answer.
Twins Of that sort usually are
treated just alike, as every one
knows. I believe this is a mis-
take.
Every one has to have some
"excuse for existence" some self
expression, something that gives
one feeling of being unique. In
the case of twins brought up
alike. this feeling is satisfied
largely by the fact that I'm a
twin" But if the twins are later
separated, their reason for feeling
sure of themselves is partly lost.
Such twin girls are less likely to
marry. I remember a case. two
fine young women. identical twins.
When one married, the other had
q nervous breakdown.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

terday at S o'clock at the home,
in Rockville, of the Rev. A. D.
Adams, who officiated, and a re-
ception followed at the residence
of the brides grandmother, Mrs.
R. E. Sweeney, in Alexandria. The
newly married couple will live in
Shiloh.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
TOWed Shortly

Mr.. Maurice Siskind announces
the engagement of his daughter
Charlotte to Mr.. Alvin Statland,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Stat
land. The wedding will take place
in the near future.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

| In all recorded history, there
is no instance of twin rising to
really top heights in achievement
There are many estimable and
even distinguished twins - you
know some, yourself. But In the
ranks of genius, twins won't be
found, although they ought to
represent something like one in
every 40, which is about their
quota in the whole population.
Maybe this is due to something
about their birth, maybe it is
partly due to the way in which
they are brought up.
If I were you, I'd bring up your
girls just as If they were ordinary
sisters, letting each one express
as much individuality as she
likes.
@. Don't you think 1t is i'm
portant for a husband and wife
always to appear at their best
before each other?
A. Yes. in respect to courtesy
and good manners: but not If you
mean glamour! Be reasonable; /;
likewise be natural, sometimes.
Don't you remember the story of
how thrilled young Queen Vic
toria was. in watching her hus-
band when he shaved? The at
tempt to base marriage on arti-
ficiality is bound to fail in the
long run.
@. A small family gives the
members chance to help each
other more.
A. Maybe too much chance. A
child from a small family should
be given extra opportunities to
work with other children and
adults outside the home.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
to Florida

Representative and Mrs. Roy o.
Woodruff of Michigan will leave
tomorrow for Florida to spend two
| months, in the West Coast town of
Venice.
Evening star., 1949-10-30

-GIOgdu Photo.
The marriage of Miss Jeanne
Sherman, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Sherman, to Mr.
Joseph Weissmeyer, son Of Mr.
and Mrs. BENJAMIN Weisstneyer,
took place last evening at Hotel
24oo, Rabbi Solomon Metz of1ici-
ating.
Evening star., 1949-10-30
.Weds Mr.. Fitzhugh

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hall an
nounce the marriage of theil
daughter Margaret Ann to Mr.
George Fitzhugh, jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fitzhugh of Shiloh, Va
The ceremony took place YES
Evening star., 1949-10-30

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