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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
Powerful Medicine
Coalition Fight On Ewing Imperils
Plan to Combine Welfare Activities

man bill and its defender, Mr..
Ewing.
The A. M. A. propaganda is well
financed, widespread and above
all, respectable. Southern Demo-
Gratis can cite it without mention
ing that Mr.. Ewing, in appointing
a colored woman as his special as
sistant and colored' doctors to Fed
eral hospital stats, is actually
practicing the civil rights plank in
the Democratic platform.
Notably Senator Hoey Of North
Carolina is one Of four Expendi-
lures committeeman who voted
against the disapproval resolution.
The others: Republican Margaret
Chase Smith and Democrats Hum
phrey and Taylor.
Voting to report the plan I'M
favorably were Democrats East
land, Robertson and Mcclellan. all
Southerners, and Republicans Nc
earthly. Ives, Mundt and Schoep-
pei. Their argument is said to be
that Mr.. Ewing is bound to be
Secretary of Welfare and that
putting so stout a champion Of
the Truman program there would
give it great momentum.
Notably Successful.
Truman appointments are too
often vulnerable from the compe-
tence standpoint. Mr.. Ewing how
ever cannot be attacked as lame
duck. a professional liberal or
Government careerist who never
met a payroll. He is a notably
successful New York lawyer, for
merly counsel for the Aluminium
Co. of America. AS former Demo-
cratic Vice Chairman, he did many
important and delicate tasks for
his party.
Senators, Of course. are not
against socialized medicine for
Senators. They and Representa-
tives, too, enjoy the unremitting
attentions of a doctor chosen by
them and paid by the taxpayers,
DR.. George Calver. whose Office Is
in the Capitol. When they need
disqualification, the taxpayers gen.
erously provide completely free
treatment by some Of the country's
finest doctors In the superb Army
and Navy hospitals here.
To paraphrase Samuel Butler.
members Of Congress would be
almost as much horrified at hear
ing socialized medicine preached
as they would be to see 1t discon-
tinued In their case.
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Vi Ull6 WOl III D
youngest republics to state in dra-
matte fashion what even some OF
our own policy makers have failed
completely to understand. Namely
that what happens to Asia is oil
direct concern to this country ano
its people.
mo one" he said. who realize.
the extent of the menace to which
Asia is exposed-the threat tt
Korea, the infiltration of Vie
Nam, the debacle in China-car
well afford to rest at peace now
that the North Atlantic pact is ir
full force and effect"
Outpost of Civilization.
President Quirino spoke as the
chief of a nation which has as
sumed for itself the role of the
outpost of Western civilization in
the region of Eastern Asia. In nc
other Far Eastern country are the
ideals and traditions of true de-
mocracy so we'll planted as in
those islands which we acquired
from Spain after the Spanish
American War and which we have
helped along to the status Of indie
pendent nationhood.
) Mr.. Quirino made clear how the
Philippine Republic is an out
growth and offspring of American
democracy when he pointed out
in addressing the Senate in the
old Supreme Court chamber, that
he had taken his own oath as
member of the Supreme Court bar
in that very room.
Nowhere else in the Far East
do American concepts of democ-
racy and freedom live as strongly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
This Changing World
Pacific Union Will Garry Little Weight
Tn Absence of American Support

as in the Philippines. Neither in
China, Japan, Korea, Indo- China.
Thailand, Burma, Malaga nor
India have purely American ideals
taken root as they have in the
Philippines.
The United States is at the
crossroads in its policy toward the
whole region of which the Philip
pines are the most modern part
Mr.. Quirino recognizes this and
bids us hasten the decision or
which we are to 60, for he and his
government are in the midst OF
dealings with Chang Kai-shek OF
China and President Syngmar
Rhee of Korea for the creation Of
Ia Pacific union, which would be
comparable, as its sponsors see 1t
to the Atlantic alliance. but which
has not yet received the nod OF
approval which it seeks from the
United States.
Assurances From Truman.
President Truman has assured
President Quirino that he will not
return home empty handed from
his visit to Washington. but there
is no indication whether he was
referring to additional payments
of money on war claims or to
strengthened assurances Of secur-
Iity against the growing encroach-
ments of communism.
The Philippines not only need
continued American payments but
also some evidence that the United
States is not writing off the Far
East to the Communists. Their
long future is more involved
in the latter than in the former
In the absence of American sup
port and material backing, Pa
cific union will carry little weight
as a bulWark against communism
1t is the wealth and resources
of the United States which, finally
will have to turn back the tide in
the Western Pacific as they have
turned back the tide in Europe,
Whether or not we are to sup
port Pacific alliance will have
to be decided as part and parcel
of the formulation Of our new
policy toward China. II Presi-
dent Quirino and the other West
ern-minded leaders in the Far
East are able, on their own initia-
tive. to consolidate all of the re-
manning free regions of the Orient,
the path toward tangible kmeri-
can support will be greatly
srnoothed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
On the Record
Failure of the United Nations Held
Due to Lack of Intellectual Honesty

|ciples of international law to be
previously accepted by all and not
subject to veto. It failed to de-
fine aggression or preparation for
aggression. 1t did not establish
an effective international tribu-
nal or provide for common de-
tense against q lawbreaker If the
culprit were a great power. It
could, therefore, conceivably work
only as long as the great powers
were in agreement, and 1t has not
been obstructed by small mi
nority." but policies advocated by
the United States and govern
|ments following American lead
ership have been opposed by the
Soviet Union and its satellites.
who, far from being a small mi
nority," envelop the greatest uni
fed power complex on earth.
Failure Predicted.
The failure of the United Ma
lions to establish collective secur-
ity was inherent in its structure
and, therefore, practicable. There
is no historical precedent where
great powers with unrestrained
sovereign rights have remained in
agreement except against a COM
mon enemy: and to believe that
great powers between whom
existed no common basis of prin-
ciples would continue to agree
without a common menace was
childish. When they fell out the
United Nations, as an instrument
of universal security, collapsed.
This comment is not hindsight.
A small minority. including this
columnist. warned from the be-
ginning that the San Francisco
Charter would not work. This
minority was accused of "sabotag-
ing the peace" Indeed, in the first
years after the war, to suggest
that there was anything inherently
wrong with the United Nations
was regarded as blasphemy and
branded as "isolationism."
Now, although there Is no use
crying over split milk. there is
profound abuse in pretending no
milk was ever split. Unwilling to
make an honest diagnosis OF the
illness of the United Nations.
sponsors of the Atlantic Pact now
present it as Strengthening the
United Nations" and furthering
collective security"
It does nothing of the kind. 1t
is a limited military alliance be-
tween sovereign states to counter
the Soviet Unions military al
liances. 1t does not strengthen"
the United Nations but tacitly adj
mits its powerlessness. If the in
tention were to strengthen the
United Nations, American leader
ship would have exposed faults IN
the structure and recommended
the creation Of a law, q Judge and
a policeman to all nations and
open to all. !
{EeIessed BIZ The Dsu oyndieatov>1nsJ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
Gruening Charges Alaska
Is j. ). Achilles Heel
By the Associated Press

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. IL
Gov. Ernest Gruening charged
yesterday that Congress is per.
petuating Alaska "as Americas
Achilles heel"
In a press statement, the Gov.
ernor termed as nothing shor,
Of unbelievable" the decision OF
the House to shelve the military
appropriation bill carrying $751;.
1912 for Alaskan defense con-
istruction next year.
Gov Gruening said Alaska
could be taken tomorrow by q
minor scale airborne invasion.
Instead of having made
Alaska lmpregnable as q bulwark
for the United States and for the
Western Hemisphere, the Congress
is perpetuating 1t as America s
Achilles heel" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
MosIem Units Confession
OF Anti.Tito Plot Reported

LONDON, Aug. 11.-Leaders OF
a Yugoslav group called young
Moslems" have confessed a plot to
overthrow Premier Marshal Tito
and set up their own government
the news agency Tanjug said in a
broadcast heard in London yes
terday.
The broadcast called the Mos
lem group, on trial in Sarajevo
an illegal terrorist organization
1t did not say how many were
being tried or what the exact
charges against them were. Sen
fences will be passed tomorrow.
Mahmud Jerebica, one Of the
defendants, Tanjug said, admitted
the organization decided to over.
throw the social order in Yugo.
slavia by means of terror anc
diversion and with the help 0,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

sons who normally would be striv-
ing to bring about an understand
ing with Russia and an avoidance
of World War III. Only change
on the part of Russia somehow
can save America from more and
more militarism. For apparently
there is in the United States no
longer an anti-militarism senti-
ment strong enough to checkmate
the all-pervasive military minds
who run the Government of the
United States today. Where are
the liberals" of yesteryears?
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On the Other Hand
New DOGGY Phrase Likely to Figure
In Debate on Reorganization No. l

ment can rest than on determi-
nation to work for the general
welfare as specified in the pre-
amble to the Constitution"
Just the same. 1t is q safe pre-
diction that this new DOGGY phrase
will be chanted in alarmed &C.
cents IN the Senate chamber next
week when the Presidents Re-
organization Plan No. l is debated
For the plan proposes to convert
the Federal Security Agency into
a Department Of Welfare. q.
Herbert Hoover. testifying be-
fore a Senate committee, said
THE commission found difficulty
as to the name of this new de.
partment. Some of us felt the
word welfare carried unfortunate
connotations. including the impli-
cation of the Objectionable con.
notation OF welfare state"
Webster's Definition.
Oscar Ewing. Federal Securit,
administrator, who Is expected tx
head the new department if the
conversion is carried out. discussed
the word in his testimony. saying
he believed it was the best Of al
suggested. since it covered the de.
partment's three functions, educa-
ton. health and security. He
quoted Webster's definition Of the
word: state of faring. or beins
well; especially condition Of
health. prosperity. ETC.; negatively
exemption from evil or calamity.
1T is true" said Mr.. Ewing. thai
the word welfare has come Il
have a secondary meaning which
is narrow, connecting generally the
relief OF the INDECENT. As used ir
Plan No. the word is intended te
have its inherent broad meaning
In that sense the word is a full
and accurate description Of the
functions with which the new de-
partment will be vested. The very
scope of these functions will un.
dersc6fe the fact that the WORD
welfare is used In its basic an6
inclusive sense.
Furthermore, welfare Is the
name given to the new department
in bills introduced by Senator Nc
Carthy and Representative Hoff-
man, which I understand were
drawn by consultants for the
Hoover Commission.
Debate on the plan is certain to
be hot. It remains to be seer
whether. the word welfare
energies from it bedraggled and
discredited or with its dignity and
beauty restored.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

is C0c naDlt
of administra-
tons never. to
admit short
comings. The
people are told
that the Gov
eminent or its
predecessors of
the same party
were right in
the past and
are right in the
present, even
when policies
currently advo-
Gated contra.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
Bill Provides Heudstones
For Missing Servicemen

Headstones memorializing serv.
icemen missing in action or
buried at sea would be given to
their families by the Government,
under a bill introduced in the
House yesterday by Representa-
tive Secrest, Democrat, Of Ohio.
The headstones, similar to
those in national cemeteries.
would be intended for placement
in family burial plots in private
cemeteries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

several years,
and h a v in g
e a t en- thou
sands Of meals
prepared by its
Gordon B ! e u
chefs, I would
have S W or n
that nothing in
the way of food
could possibly
surprise me.
But I W q S
wrong.
Johan n e S .
hllrp'S Carlton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

dict the past, and even if past
policies have logically produced
the crises which new policies are
designed to meet. Some one else
then, is always held responsible
and not the policy itself. This
leads to apprehensive confusion
in the public mind.
The recent report of the Sec
rotary of State to the House
Foreign Affairs Committee in sup
port of the European arms pro-
gram is an Illustration.
The Atlantic Pact and the arms
program are obviously necessi-
tated because the United Nations
has failed. Yet, according to Mr.
Acheson, there Is nothing wrong
with the Charter Of the United
Nations. On the contrary, 1.-THE
United States took the lead in the
most ambitious and comprehen-
sive attempt In history to organize
the nations of the world for peace
and progress on a universal basis.
And the United Nations has only
been unable to function as ii
was intended because of the OBJ
struction of a small minority of
its members"
This is not accurate nor honest
The United Nations has failed be-
cause it never established a genu-
inc system of collective security
with equal protection for all. Its
basic premise was unsound. The
United Nations structure was
based on an alliance of great
powers, and the principle of una
nimity amongst them. In this
claim the Russians are correct
But though the Charter might
have been designed for a design
ing great power. its author was
the State Department. The veto
right. which reserved only to per-
manent members of the Security
Council full sovereign authority
was approved by the United
States, though 1t obviously grant
ed TO great powers privileges de.
MED smaller states.
The Charter provided nosprin-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

"a oA4AS 4tSo4
gan / "a t i o n
Plan No. l is
in peril.
Plan No. l
combines all
welfare activi-
ties in a De-
par t m e n t of
w e If are. It
brings to frui-
ton years OF
non = partisan
effort W hich
eliminated in
the Reorgani-
ze&iA~ M
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

prese " a t l o n
of peace. and
urging immedi-
ate redefnition
of America at
titude toward
Asia, was the
most impressive
recent utter
ance on the ur-
gency of Asiatic
affairs for the
United States.
It has re-
NAMED for the
President of one
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Already 1t has
become a word
with which to
frighten tinid
politicians, on
the one hand.
a n d a W or d
with W h i C h
bold politicians
seek to frighten
timid taxpay-
e RS, on t n e
other. Used in
the phr a S e
welfare state"
it is made to
cnllnd nnsifiuelu
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Loretto Young to Have Bob,

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. II (R.-
Loretta Young is expecting a baby
Her condition became known yes
terday when she tainted on a
movie set and was carried to her
dressing room by co-star Clark
Gable. She is married to Tom
Lewis, advertising executive. They
have three children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

mission headed by Herbert Hoo
yer. Mr.. Hoover has testified that
it is a step in the right direction
and substantially in accord with
his recommendations.
It Is known that Mr.. Truman
would name Mr.. Ewing Welfare
Secretary. Obviously, Mr.. Ewing
could not administer any health
program Congress did not first
enact and Congress has not yet
seen At to enact one.
Actually the fight on Mr.
Ewing represents another bold at
tempt by a Republican-Southern
conservative Democrat coalition
to dictate personnel or policy to
the White House which it has
failed to capture In free elections
for 20 years.
Taft One Of Authors.
Senator Taft Is one Of the au-
thors of the resolution to disap-
prove Plan No. l, the others being
Democrats Hunt Of Wyoming a
dentist. ard Fulbright Of Arkan.
sas. Senator Taft has made ten
tative attempts to make defeat
of Plan No. a matter of Repub-
lican policy but has been rebuffed
many Republicans feeling it would
constitute q reputation of Mr.
Hoover. FL"
Democrats will not even ask the
President to withdraw Mr.. Ewing's
name: they agree with him that
MIR. Ewing has earned the post
But they fear the powerful medi-
cine mixed by the American Med
ical Association against the Tru-
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11

sinister. When, for instance,
former nator-Justice-State Sec
rotary Byrnes spoke recently OF
our country's drift toward well
fare state the inference seemed
to be that we were drifting to-
ward the fiery pits of hell.
One of the present justices OF
the Supreme Court doesn't feel
quite that way. THE human well
fare state is the great political
invention of the twentieth CEN
tury," Justice Douglas told the
annual convention, of the Go
last fall.
Psychological Weapon.
The present popularity of the
phrase-for use in a derogatory
sense-seems to have dated from
that speech. The effort has been
to make 1t a synonym for police
state" which obviously is far
cry from any notion that Justice
Douglas had or would be likely
to have.
Senator Francis j. Myers OF
Pennsylvania took note OF the
tendency in a speech at a gath
ering of veterans the other day
The term welfare state" he said
is "a new psychological weapon
designed to prevent passage OF
needed legislation in the interest
of all the people" 1t is used, he
said, "sneeringly and maliciously,
in an effort to convince the pub
lie that we are trying to regiment
America into a sort of benevolent
totalitarianism.
The Senator isn't afraid of the
word himself, saying, There is no
better basis on which a Govern
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Bv Doris FIeeson

Because Oscar Ewing, Federal
Security Administrator, Loyalty
supports President Truman's Fair
Deal, including the health pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-11
By Dorothy Thompson

In public as in personal life
decision to start new
life implies acknowledgment of
past errors. But in politics it
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foreign Intervention" He was re-
ported to have told the prosecutor
the Young Moslems" relied on
Britons and Americans.
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Bv Constantine Brofvn

The warning delivered Tues
day to the Senate by President
Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines
that 1.-The time runs short" for the
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Bv Lowel[ MeUen

One of the incest words in the
English language is going to be-
come a naughty WORD, If we don t
watch out. The word is welfare"
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Mclemore
South African Menu
Recalls Army Doys
Bv Henry McLemore

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa.
Having been a member of that
exclusive fraternal order, the
Army of the United States. for
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Evening star., 1949-10-23
6. W. Freshmen Top
Bulls in Opener, 1870

George Washington Universitys
freshman football team opened its
schedule yesterday by defeating
Bulls School, 1870, at Bulls. The
Colonial yearlings scored touch
downs in the first and final quar-
tiers to drop Bulls down to a 500
record with two defeats, two vic
tories and a tie.
An 11-yard pass from Jack
Baumgartner to End Fotis Karou-
satus accounted for the first-pe-
Rod score, and in the final, Vino
Burreira went off tackle for five
yards to tally. That touchdown
had been set up by a 40-yard run
by Baumgartner.
Burreira kicked the extra point
after the final touchdown.
BULLS.
AnGGSS-Koney' Ryder, Hamilton, Edmiston.
Taetlssmoison. Brown, shusart. Seller.
duair1IdsvMsy, vi1Is 1i,.y.r Dayatz. connor. Bonne.
Baeks-Cloonan,. eastman, Echaves. KtnR
kennedy, Nook, Gerding, McCubbins,
G. w. FRESHMEN.
Ends-Karousatus. England, Rizz;t.
Tackles-Flycik, Stokes, Bosmon, Thomp-
son.
Guar Regan. Quit, Aliwine, Wojto.
wicZ.
Centers-Samuelson, Woffard.
@sldrea ssa asrTeiTs
Bulls q q O. n
G. w. Freshmen --6 O o 713
G. W. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bur-
reira. Point after ouchdown-Burreira
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to do the job. Joe Tereshinski's
leather-busting end play will
be missed, for Joe's ailing knee
is still in cast, but Herb
Sheener and Ed Berrang can dc
the job on defense. On offense 1t
will be up to Bones Taylor and Hal
Crisler, although Whelchel also
may use Clyde Goodnight.
The Skins aren't at their physi-
cal peak for the third successive
week. Fullback Ed Quirk was a
doubtful starter last night, and
even PEBBLES wasn't feeling Timber
enough to try kick offs. But most
OF the team is in fairly good shape,
and ready to roll. Even Rookie
Tackle Laurie Niemi, who has been
operating at only so percent eff1-
cheney, seems ready to go at top
speed.
The Eagles undoubtedly have
been alerted for Sammy Baugh's
passes and coached to stop them
but they also had better be ready
to stop the Redskin infantry. Ed
die Saenz, Dan Sandifer, Rob
Goode or Howdy Dowda could
make it interesting for the Eagles
in a broken field.
The game will be broadcast over
Station WMAL and telecast over
WMAL-TV, starting at 1855 D. m