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Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Diplomacy
New lst Team

The arrival of Ambassador Alan G.
Kirk in Russia signalizes a reshufle
of the American diplomatic first team
in Europe.
Kirk, shifting to Soviet Russia from
Belgium, left New York for Paris last
Tuesday. He conferred with Secretary
of State Dean Acheson and attended
sessions of the Big Four foreign min
listers before leaving for Moscow by
way of Berlin.
Kinks arrival is expected to put
into effect a revised State Depart
ment policy of relying more heavily
on the advice and reports of us. en-
voys in key foreign capitals.
Europe Setup Revamped
Acheson repeatedly believes that
changes recently made by President
Truman have contributed to the for
nation of an unusually able group of
representatives in Europe.
John ]. McCloy, ex-president of the
World Bank, is the first American
high commissioner for occupied Ger
many. Ambassador Lewis Douglas
stays in London at least for the time
being. The veteran James c. Dunn is
in Rome and David K. E. Bruce has
just about been named ambassador to
France.
Bruce, a diplomatic newcomer, is
to be supported in Paris by Charles
E. Bohlen, who is transferring from
the post of State Department coun-
selor to minister-counselor, second in
command of the Paris embassy.
Authority on Russia
Bohlen, an authority on relations
with Soviet Russia, is said to have
had a choice of other top assignments.
including even that of ambassador to
Moscow. Associates say he shared
Acheson's judgment that at Paris he
would have an unusual opportunity
to help develop American foreign
policy.
In Moscow, Kirk will be joined by
a new second in command, Walwortf
Barbour, career diplomat, who viii
relieve Foy Kohler as minister-coun-
selor. Kohler is returning to heaC
Voice of America broadcasts.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Trade
ToriR ToIks LOG


The world tariff conference at An
necy, France, is at least one month
behind schedule. Only, seven of a pos
sible 270 bilateral tariff negotiations
have been completed, with two-thirds
of the period originally set for the
conference expired.
The international parley began
April with "a nations participating.
There are two groups. One comprises
the % nations which belong to the
l947 Geneva tariff agreement. The
second comprises IL countries who
wish to join the agreement.
The % charter-member nations es-
tablished their "most favored nation"
principle in Paris among themselves.
This provides that any tariff conces-
sion made among two or more men,
bers automatically is applied to all.
One stumbling block at the confer
ence is that some of the newcomers
introduced very considerable tariff
increases on the eve of the confer
ence
Any tariff concessions made by
such countries at the conference
might be regarded merely as return
to the old scale. or might even re-
main considerably above the tariff
level previously in force.
Italy was one of the countries
which made such increases. AS a re-
suit, Italian negotiations are proceed
ing very slowly.
Officials said some other small new
conner nations also were holding uI
negotiations because they came tC
Annecy insufhciently prepared for
large-scale barF hing on tariff rate
schedules.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17

sial subjects. All his
spe aking engage
ments will be made
by the ANA exec
utive committee,
which also will su-
pervise his edito-
rials dealing with
controversial sub
jects.
DR.. Fishbein's S
only. official post is
editor of The Jour-
nal of the Ameri-
can Medical AsSoci-
afion. During his 81
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
PARIS: A Question Of Timing

THE Senate may set aside de-
i bate on the new labor bill
next week to take up ratification
of the Atlantic Pact. It was ap-
proved unanimously last week by
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee.
The defensive alliance would bind
each of the IL member nations to
regard an attack on one signer as an
attack upon all and to take such ac-
ton as each deemed necessary, Elm
cluding the use of force"
Sen. Tom Connally (D-Tex), COM
mittee chairman, predicted over
whelming passage for the treaty but
there are indications of long and. ex-
tended debate. Sen. Forrest Donnell
(R-Mo) and Sen. Arthur Watkins
(R-Utah) said their opposition is un-
shaken despite the unanimous action
of the committee.
Boost for Morale
Speedy ratification by the Senate,
however, would prove a tremendous
boost for morale in western Europe.
Already the little countries there are
becoming apprehensive again at the
familiar pattern of deadlock becom-
ing evident at the Paris conference of
foreign ministers.
The Big Four policy makers
emerged empty-handed from a series
of secret meetings last week. Unable
to reach agreement on political unity
for Germany or Berlin, there was lit
tie prospect of any settlement on
terms for a German peace treaty.
Deadlock on Veto
The breakdown on Berlin appar-
emily hinged on the veto question.
The western powers insisted on limit
ing the veto and giving definite ad-
ministrative authority to an all-Ber-
lin German government, chosen in
elections supervised by all four pow
erS.
Andrei Vishinsky, the Soviet for
eign minister, demanded retention of
all the veto powers which were used
= in the past to smash four-power rule
in the capital. He rejected western
proposals that the veto apply only to
security and police matters.
The Austrian treaty is the last
point on the agenda. If the foreign
ministers fail to agree on that, one
more tactic probably will be fol-
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
In Short

Nominated; BY President Truman,
Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Richland,
Kas., banker. as the first woman
treasurer of the United States.
Protested: By Winston Churchill,
that the Labor Governments health
minister, Aneurin Bevan, had threat
ened civil war and blood bath" if
British Conservatives win the ma
tional election sometime within the
next IL months
Upheld: BY the US. Circuit Court
of Appeals, conviction and $1,420,O0O
fines of John L. Lewis and his United
Mine Workers for failure to call off
strike last year.
PardOned: BY Denmark, 4S3 prison.
ers, including collaborators with the
Nazis, on the centenary of the Dam
ish constitution.
Lifted: BY Baseball Commissioner
A. B. (Happy) Chandler, five-year
caspensions of Is professional players
who jumped to the Mexican league
AArve years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Weight
Sweet II Off

0WC0s u S't
How many hours must a dancer
waltz to lose pound? It would take
201S hours, according to tests made
at the University of Alabama's new
health and physical education labora-
tory.
On the other hand, runner must
run 4S.2 miles at rate of 10 miles
per hour to shed pound.
Or, take it easy and walk if you
prefer, but you'll have to stroll 6612
miles at a rate of four miles an hour.
If none of these strenuous methods
appeal, you can drop that pound by
driving your car. Trouble is-you'd
have to stay behind the wheel for 68
hours.
Hard work, like saving wood OF
playing football, will take off pound
age quicker. Saw wood 1012 hours OF
play football for 4.8 hours and you
get the same result-one pound.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Economic


EOR the second consecutive
i month, the nation is confront-
ed by an economic paradux-ris-
ing living costs while a FIVE.
months business decline contin-
ueS.
Latest Bureau Of Labor statistics
show the cost-of-living index up for
the second month in a row while busi-
ness activity is coasting downhill.
Steel production fell to 91.8 per
cent of capacity, lowest since last
December. Last weeks tonnage was
the smallest since July a year ago
when mills were just getting back
into production after the paralyzing
coal strike.
Slump in Orders
Memorial Day was not observed in
the steel mills and the production
irop is not attributable to short
work week. Experts say the cause is
a slump in future commitments by
steels big customers.
The Ford strike, for instance, took
one of the biggest users of sheet steel
out OF the market. That made more
steel available to other automobile
manufacturers, if they wanted it.
Steel statesmen found a lot of them
didn't.
Business loans hit the skids for the
18th week in row. Freight car load
lngs compared favorably with the
previous weeks totals but were more
than eight per cent below those of
year ago.
Average Worker Untouched
This paradox has had little effect.
however, on the average industrial
worker who has kept his job. His
weekly earnings, which average SO
cents more than year ago, have
about kept pace with the rise in liv-
ing costs.
Economists bring the national eco
nomic picture into focus with this
observation. They say that produce
tion, trade, employment and capital
expansion fall short, in most cases. of
the exceptional records set a year ago.
However, they add, if you go back to
any ordinary year before the national
economy was inflated to an unprece-
dented degree by the war and its
ter-effects, the current pictp is
excellent.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
People
Curfoins for Fishbein?

The American. Medical Association
last week clipped the wings of DR..
Morris Fishbein, long regarded as
spokesman for American medicine.
He was forbidden to make any
speeches or statements-or even to
give press interviews-on controYer-
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Reward
The Kofhy Fiscus Cose

aa'N ANShtF aSSOS SSSS
The final chapter in the tragic story
of Kathy Fiscus drew to close last
week with checks in the mail to 1872
men who toiled vainly to save her
life.
Donations totaling $42,613.2O were
sent in from all parts of the nation.
The money was distributed by a COM
mittee, headed by Mayor Clark Bell
of San Marino, Calf, in amounts
ranging from $9l.2O to 1927.
Three-year-old Kathy fell into an
abandoned 14-inch well casing April
8, and volunteer miners, sandhogs,
well diggers. engineers and workmen
labored 50 hours without a break
until they recovered her body.
IAN Rinhfs Rasora,od Ap Mnars4nn4....aA
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Communist Inquiries
Hold National Stage

COMMUNIST spy inquiries and trials made some Of the biggest
- complicated of the week Readers had trouble
keeping track all the players without scorecard
In Washington the House UnAmercan Activities COMMITTEE ana
Congressional Committee Atomic Energy continued ter
sensational DEVELOPMENT IN the House probe was
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17
Dates

Monday, June 13
Second World Health Assembly
convenes in Rome.
Tuesday, June Ia
Flag Day.
Wednesday, June Is
Federal income tax (second
quarterly payment).
Thursday, June Is
Birthday (91st), King Gustav .
V of Sweden.
Friday, June II
Bunker Hill Day in Boston.
Iceland's Independence Day.
Sunday, June IS
Fathers Day.
Governors conference opens
at Colorado Springs.
Milford chronicle., 1949-06-17

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Evening star., 1949-11-18

the Germans have protested strongly
against this unless it Is extended to cover
the neighboring heavy industry centers Of
France, Belgium and Luxembourg. In ad-
dition, the Germans are asked to "co-
operate closely" with the Allied Security
Board and to allow foreign investments
In German industrial enterprises.
The net impression from these ex-
changes is that a concerted endeavor Is
being made to integrate West Germany
into the economic and international struc-
ture of the Western world, besides facili-
tating its internal recovery and strength
ening its political status and prestige with
especial reference to the Moscow-domi-
mated regime set up in the East German
Zone OF Russian military occupation. We
are obviously in the early stages of an
evolutionary process, the precise course
of which will depend both on inter Allied
understanding and on German good faith
in constructive cooperation. The i'm
portant thing for the moment is that
real beginning seems to have been made.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
November Nioht

Ho,o silent these November moods tonight,
A quality OF stiffness so profound ~
That one dead leafs descent pith
whispered sound
Stirs In the listening heart sense of
fright.
But ,Dlaen the tuH moon rising strikes her
bright, =
Mysterious arro1os on the n,oldering
. ground,
Unnumbered je,oels of the frost abound
And fear gtues place to ,oonder and delight.
on autumn nights, some choose to sit at
home,
Poking the hearth until the flame
mounts higher
And Tar outstrtps the uarn1th Of
summer noon.
But some teD questtng spirits stiH must
Where great trees, anconsunssd 6t
heaTtless fire, !.
Shine tn the cold, ,oItts radiance u
the moon.
NEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Warming to Mr.. Lewis

The President is following the right
course in announcing that he will invoke
the Taft-Hartley Act against John L. Lewis
when and If a genuine emergency arises
from renewed, coal strike.
There has been speculation that Mr..
Truman might set up special fact-hnding
board for Mr.. Lewis, as he did in the case
of Philip Murray. That, however, was not
the best procedure in the case Of the steel
strike and it would be even less satisfac
tory If Mr.. Lewis should take his miners
out again. In the first place; Mr.. Lewis is
openly contemptuous Of Government fact
finding boards. Where Mr.. Murray &C
cepted the boards recommendations in
the steel strike, the chances are that Mr..
Lewis, unless given what he wanted, would
ignore any recommendations. Then there
is the further fact that the setting up OF
these special boards tends to foreclose
resort to the law. The special boards make
findings of fact and recommendations for
settling dispute. But II these are ignored,
and If the President then has to invoke
the law, he must appoint new board
which can make factual findings but which
cannot make recommendations. The dis
advantages OF that situation are obvious,
and the President is wise in steering clear
of them.
It also seems that Mr.. Truman is right
in refusing to invoke the Taft-Hartley Act
at this time Before doing that, he must
satisfy himself and must be prepared to
convince the courts, that national ener-
gency exists or is imminent. With the
miners back at work, and in the absence
of any clear evidence that they will strike
again on December l, where is the
emergency?
The President has said that when the
need arises he will invoke the law, and
that is all he should do at this time. The
effect Is to serve notice on Mr.. Lewis as
to what is in store for him. II the Taft
Hartley law, which Mr.. Lewis processes to
detest, is invoked against him, the mine
union boss will be bringing that down on
his own head. And he will be in no posi-
ton to claim that he did not know what
he was getting into.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Further Safety Steps Needed

IQe ClVu AeTOuduClCS 1aoAALAAo~A otAoa@
has acted none too soon IN banning
combat-type aircraft from the National
Airport. The recent disaster at the air
port and the series Of reports OF near
collisions between civilian and military
planes in the congested airport area war
rant drastic restrictions on use OF the
terminal. And these incidents make 1t
plain that the time Is at hand to consider
seriously q safer separation Of the flying
patterns of civilian airliners and OF mill
tary planes now based just across the
Potomac River from the National Airport.
The barring of combat-type aircraft
from Washington's only field for increas-
ingly heavy commercial air traffic Will
work some hardship on military flyers and
on private owners of militarytype aircraft,
but this is a small sacrifice to make In
the cause of public safety Had such .
rule been in effect at the airport on No
vember the worlds worst airplane crash
would not have occurred. Hereafter there
will be no more testing of ,combat-type
airplanes at the National Airport-a prac-
tice that should have been forbidden
long ago.
The CAA order against military flying
at Gravelly Point Is good first step to-
ward improving safety at the airport.
Other steps will have to be taken II the
overloaded terminal is to have adequate
relief from accident hazards which now
beset 1t. The long-range relief measure
advocated by the CAA and other agencies
is the costly one Of building q second
civilian airport somewhere in the Wash
ington Metropolitan Area. That will have
to come-and sooner than many author
tiles supposed before the rapid rise IN
commercial air traffic here since the war.
In the meantime there are additional
emergency steps which deserve immediate
study by administrative and legislative
groups The barring from the National
Airport of all non-transport trafhc-not
aircraft-would help to reduce congestion,
and hence reduce hazards. Blimps should
be kept safe distance away from the
airport approaches.
And, high on the priority list Of meas
nres to be considered by CAA and Defense
Department officials, should be placed
proposals to reduce sharply or to halt
altogether military flying at the Boiling
Air Force Base and the Anacostia Naval
Air Station. The military fields opposite
the National Airport are so close to the
National Airport that flying patterns al.
most overlap. In bad weather 1t is ex-
tremely difficult to keep the two types Of
traffic properly separated. The risks will
increase as air traffic increases in the
Anacostia Potomac section. There are
facilities at Andrews Field and at the
Patuxent Naval Air Station to handle
essential military planes In the Wash
ington area. Why not transfer military
flying to those more distant fields before
another serious accident occllrs here?.
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Proof Thut Hearings Are Vitol

District Attorney Fay has just PROVIDED
additional proof Of the wisdom of afford
ing telephone subscribers hearing before
depriving them OF service on the unsub-
stantiated say-so of law enforcement
agency. Last March Mr.. Fay asked the
telephone company to remove 326 tele-
phones which, he said, competent
evidence" showed were being used "in
violation of the statutes prohibiting
gambling in the District" Now Mr.. Fay
has withdrawn an unannounced number
of these requests, presumably because the
evidence was not so competent as he first
supposed.
Because a humber OF the subscribers
challenged the threatened action In court,
the removals never took place on the
sweeping scope planned. More than sew
enty were removed, however, before the
whole operation was suspended pending
court Qualification. Mr.. Fay says that this
clarification has enabled his Office to make
a clearer evaluation OF the evidence re-
quired to justify removal OF telephones in
gambling cases.
One Of the cases in which Mr.. Fay has
decided to cancel his request to the tele-
phone company is that of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Katz. It was vigorous protest by
this couple to the District Public Utilities
Commission which resulted in issuance by
the PUG OF new rule guaranteeing
hearing to anyone threatened with service
disconnection. The rule was strengthened
later at the suggestion Of District Court
Judge. The hearing plan is necessary
safeguard against arbitrary punitive action
by police or prosecutive authorities. That
such authorities can be mistaken in eval-
uating the competency Of evidence is plain
from Mr. Fay's back-tracking move In
some Of the telephone cases. The time to
catch such mistakes is before damage is
done to innocent citizens, not after the
wrong has been committed
Evening star., 1949-11-18
Perfect Example Found
Of Ieft-Sided Woman
N. Y. u. Medical College Reports
On Strange Case of Allesthesia
Bv Thomas r. Henry

There are one-sided people.
Apparently due to some brain defect, the
nature of which is not understood, they feel,
see. hear and smell only on the left or right
sides.
For a left-sided person, for example. .
burn on the right hand Is felt as q severe
pain on the left side. An acquaintance pass
ing on the right is seen passing on the lett.
All sound seems to be coming from the
same direction.
For such a person, it would appear. the
entire left cerebral hemisphere Of the brain,
which governs all sensation on the right side
Of the body has ceased to function.
Known as Allesthesia.
The condition is known as allesthesia. and
may occur in varying degrees. An almost
perfect example is reported here by DR..
Morris R. Bender and his associates OF the
New York University College Of Medicine.
It is a case of "left-sided woman" She
became depressed, listless and inefficient fol-
lowing a. miscarriage and an automobile
accident, and soon began to suner from
dizziness, headaches and blurred vision.
She soon became unable to do any work
which involved the right side OF her oooy.
Says the report:
IAN available energy was canalized from
her right to her left side. She could feel
a stimulus applied to her right side until
a similar stimulus was applied to her LETT
side, when the right perception became ex-
tinct Allesthesia was present, local1zlng an
object seen, heard or felt on the left side
even though the stimulus was applied 70
the right side. She preferred to use her LETT
extremities and to turn toward her left side.
Cutaneous, visual and auditory space was
disoriented on her right SIDE"
A new international temperature scale now
is in use.
It starts with the boiling point Of oxygen.
1927 degrees below zero, centtgrade. and
ends with the melting point Of gold, 1063.5
above zero.
There are four intermediate points to DO
used as checks-the boiling point OF sulfur
at 44460 c, the freezing and boiling points
at seo.s c.
New Scale Put in Use.
The new scale, agreed on at q world
weights and measures conference In Paris
last October, now has been put into use
by the National Bureau Of Standards for all
scientific temperature measurements. 1t
makes possible for the first time extremely
accurate measurements OF extremely low and
extremely high temperatures, and checking
the measurements against fixed standards
which are available in every country.
Above the melting point Of silver change
Of approximately four-tenths Of q degree
centigrade in all previous measurements will
be made necessary by the new scale. AL
ordinary temperature values will remain the
same, or the changes necessary will be 50
slight that they will be Of no practical i'm
portance.
The new scale became necessary with the
increase Of scientific investigations In the
regions Of extreme heat and cold such a.
the liquihcation of helium and the tempera-
lures generated with atomic energy.
The temperature scale still starts, how
ever, with absolute zero. where all movement
OF molecules ceases andimatter becomes COM
pletely dead"