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Evening star., 1949-03-04
Auto Dealers Hail
Easier Credit for
D. Car Buyers
Ry Edword c. Stone

Reductions in automobile month
ly payments under the Regulation
w credit rules amended by the
Federal Reserve Board were out
lined today by the National Au-
tomobile Dealers Associations
Washington Office. The following
typical examples of reductions
were presented:
Car A, delivered in Washington
for 81 $50, payments reduced $3.50
a month; car B. costing $1.777
payments cut $S.10 a month: car
C, selling for $1.626. payments re-
duced $7.84 a month; car D. de-
livered here for $1,905, payments
reduced 1881 a month: car E
priced at $2,395, monthly pay
ments reduced by s11.15.
Members of the association to-
day praised modification Of the
regulation. but do not think the
Reserve Board went far enough
They take the view of most bank
ers that Regulation w is no longer
needed.
Weigand New Loan President.
Martin T. Weigand has been
elected president Of the Metropolis
Building Association. succeeding
the late John Scrivener. He has
been vice president and director
for many years.
His father was a former presi-
dent and his grandfather helped
found the institution in 1856. The
new president is a leader IN
Kiwanis International and other
civic organizations.
Rudolph w. Santelmann was
made vice president. in addition
to his duties as secretary and
director. A new director. Frank
E. Scrivener. was added to the
board.
Lecture Series to Open.
The Advertising Club Of Wash
ington will open its fourth annual
sales promotion lecture series next
Monday in the Washington Hotel.
The speakers will be Milton Blow.
G. A. Phillips, William Barring
Gould. David Arons. r. M. Oliver
and T. S. Repplier. Tours Of six
important business plants are in
cluded in the program.
District Chapter. Chartered Life
Underwriters. will entertain the
national president. Martin I. Scott
of Los Angeles. at a luncheon at
the Army and Navy Club on March
IS. Charles w. Hackney. president.
This will also be a Joint meeting
with the Baltimore Chapter.
Claude NJ. Principe, manager Of
the supermarket at l725 Bennings
Road. joined the Great Atlantic g.
Pacific Tea as a grocery clerk IS
years ago today.
Manual Covers Bank Costs.
To help banks lower costs in
purchasing supplies. the Bank
Management Commission Of the
ABA has issued a 79-page manual,
Bank Purchasing Procedure"
George NJ. Clark, president Of
the Consumer Bankers Association,
fears the Reserve Boards relaxa-
ton Of Regular w may be just
another step toward permanent
credit control" He considers the
credit rule futile and unneces-
sary."
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Odd-Lot DeuIinos

The Securities and Exchange Commission
reported today these transactions BY Gus
toners with odd-lot dealers or specialists
on the New York Stock EXCHANGE for
March 3: $3.50 purchases involving s6,-
S64 shares; 2,676 sales involving 72,04S
1,070 shares.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Washington Exchonqe
IST INCLUDES ONLY sELECTRD IssuFs
SALES.

Potomac Electric Power common-14o al
| 1873, 10 at 1879, 20 at 1873, 80 at 1873
! 50 at 137e, 30 at IA
American Telephone d Telegraph-lO al
2374. 10 at 23a4 80 at 23a4.
Hecht 80 perferred-20 at 81.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Foreign Exchange

NEW YORK Mar 4 UP.-Foreign ex-
lars, others in cents):
Canadian dollar in New York open mar
ket, 6is per cent discount. or 93.1sA
Europe-Great Britain (pound). .4.031,
unchanged Great Britain 30-day, futures,
4O27s of Is Of q cent, Great Britain 60
Britain 9O-day futures, 4.01ls, off M of a
cent; France Granc), .31ha Of cent,
unchanged; italy Oira), March fixed rate,
001739; February, .OOl 73e: Sweden
(francl (free). 1924. of .02 Of cent:
Latin Notwithstanding Gree, 20.90.
unchanged Brazil (free), $50, UNCHANGED;
Mexico, 1.3O, unchanged.
Evening star., 1949-03-04

I .uOas, 100 ooG . uu noon $50 900
100 pm. A4o 900 900 o. m 900 600
tJnit Of trading 10 shares. s1n bank
ruptcy or receivership, or being reorganiZed
under the Bankruptcy Act, or securities
assumed by such companies. Rates Of div
ldends in the foregoing table are annual
disbursements based on the last quarterly
"r semi-annual declaration. Unless other
wise noted, special or extra dividends are
not included cid Called. Ex dividend.
xr Tx rights. a Also extra or extras. Plus
stock dividend. dCash or stock. e Paid
last year. Payable in stock. estimated
clared or paid so far this year Declared
or paid after stock, dividend Or split-up
Declared or paid as year "a an accumnia pa
this year. dividend omitted. deferred or no
action taken at last dividend meeting.
r Declared 194S payable in 1949 Liqui-
dating dividend Payable in stock exact
cash value undetermined on declaration
Evening star., 1949-03-04

United States Hoffman Machin-
cry Corp. profit for 1948 was $685.
592 or 80 cents VS.. $974,994 or
1925 in 1947.
Evening star., 1949-03-04
Dividends Announced

'Ex dividend. Books closed. Plus
extra or extras. a Paid so far this year
. Paid in 194a. Unlisted. xr Elk rights
Evening star., 1949-03-04
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Evening star., 1949-04-21

| sell. BUC cOnOl--
tions were abnormal: Democratic
President; Republican Congress
And it was a Congress the Re-
publican candidate could neither
defend nor disown. So Mr.. Tru-
man, coming out swinging, took
that for his target. carried the
fight to his opponents corner and
kept it there. He won.
That was only battle, of
course; only the beginning Of a
four-year war between the con-
ficting forces represented by the
candidates. The real strength
of Mr.. Truman's opposition was
revealed soon after Congress con-
vened by the readiness of North
ern and Southern conservatives to
cross party lines and join In a road
block against his legislative pro-
posals.
Stopped on Domestic Issues.
Through January, February
and March they held the line and
the President obtained no action
on civil liberties, labor, housing
education or health. On foreign
policy, where he also took the
initiative with his North Atlantic
Pact, he seemed to do better. But
on the domestic issues, which he
had reason to believe were the
chief reason for his election. he
was stopped, There have beer
Presidents who would have ac-
lcepted the situation. saying. See
1--we done all I could do. Congress
won't act" And would have beer
Evening star., 1949-04-21
On the Record
p. New Fortunes Cannot Be Made and
Retained in Present.Day Britain

-, sumer. The consumer here, how
ever, buys breast Of lamb for 9
cents q pound. lamb chops for
80 cents, steak for A cents-in
very small quantities. He gets
90-cent eggs (three' per person
per week II his grocer has them)
for a pittance by American COM
PARSONS. He pays 40 cents q
pound for 80-cent butter and SO
forth. The prices simply are con-
cealed and taken out OF his taxes
and the taxes of the higher earn
ers.
Same With Medical Care.
II Is the same with his medical
care. under the new universal
health insurance system. The
consumer sees it as . free serv-
ice. In reality. its cost. paid out
Of taxes. is considerably higher
per person than the cost Of all
medical and health services COM
bined In the United States. and
almost twice as high proportion
ate to income. In Britain one
cannot help having the conviction
that more proteins and fats would
be better health expenditures
than so much medical care; yet
medical care can be purchased
with sterling, and meat and fats
require hard currency.
The subsidies. and Herewith
concealed costs. have given the
British worker the habit of look
ing at his wages as pocket money.
ION this, Laborites and Conserv-
atives agree.) When the prices
rise. however infinitesimally. as
they do in Sir Stafford cripps'
new budget. there Is huge disap-
pointment among the workers who
still. I think. do not really under
stand that either prices or the
taxes that conceal them must
rise. and that the subsidies cam
not conceivably be met by taxes
on the rich.
Sir Stafford was compelled to
tell the constituents Of his party
that taxes on the rich also are
subject to laws OF diminishing re-
turns. II was admirably honest
but not popular, as economic facts
rarely are.
That these concealed prices
contribute to form Of infanti-
ism on the part Of the masses Is
the conviction Of this columnist.
A shelter against the realities Of
economics, they may prove one
day q serious political boomerang.
tReieased By the Bell Syndicate. Ine1
Evening star., 1949-04-21

S1OIldl ScSSlOh
made it imperative for the ma
tional chairman. Senator Nc
Grath. to spend most Of his time
on the Hill. But no pay was at
tached to the job and Boyle con-
tinued to practice law here.
Public opinion was unfavorable
from the start to the arrangement
which gave an active lawyer so
clear a channel into the White
House and the Presidents ea-. No
charges are levied against Boyle
personally. but 1t is felt that the
setup represented potentially
troublesome invitation to criticism.
AS 1T became increasingly clear
that Boyle was in command Of
Democratic patronage the criti-
cism mounted.
Criticism as Challenge.
The President. who is prone to
interpret any criticism Of his
friends as a challenge to his 10y
atty instead of an invitation to
examine the facts. did not act un-
til a few weeks ago. At that time,
emboldened by his new attitude
of cooperation with Democrats In
Congress. friends from the Hill
told him that some Of Boyle's
clients were active in various leg
Evening star., 1949-04-21

can nulllfy the
land blockade by the use OF air
transportation to supply Berlin g
western sectors and their 1000, 600
inhabitants.
The recent record hung UP by
the airIift7in which planes car
ried as great a quantity Of sup
plies to the city as all forms OF
transportation did before the
blockade-was a supreme effort
carried out under most favorable
weather conditions. Nevertheless.
it demonstrated the exertion that
can be made when we have to
make 1t.
The question of cost did not
enter into the decision to set up
and expand the airlift. That de-
cision was made in the same way
that wartime decisions are made:
Necessary action must be taken
regardless of cost.
Huge Cost Is Cited.
The question is: Where do we
go from here?
The answer may depend on who
suffers most from this fantastic
deadlock over the virtually de-
stroyed former German capital.
We are putting out millions OF
dollars a week to supply Berlin.
The Soviet sector of Berlin and,
in fact, the whole Soviet occupa-
ton zone of Germany are feeling
the drastic effects of the cutting
off of Western German supplies.
How long we will want to con-
tinue spending huge sums OF
money for this purpose is not a
question which requires any i'm
mediate answer. We can do so in
definitely. If it is in our interest.
Against the cost Of the airlift
must be offset the training which
Evening star., 1949-04-21
On the Other Hand
President Takes Initiative Again
In Long Struggle With Congress

willing to sit out the rest Of their
terms. That isn't Mr.. Truman.
Came this month of April and
he cut loose with a political hay
maker that caught his opposition
off guard-his new farm program
It could be said he hit below the
'belt-the farm belt. What he pro-
posed seemed to be the answer to
the average Congressrnan's' and
the average citizens prayer. A
form of farm subsidy that would
protect the farmers income with
out stripping the consumers pock-
etbook. Politically, it offered the
glue that would cause the farm
vote and the labor vote to stick
together, in q coalition to end
all otteE coalitions. -
Something to Think About.
Placed in the lap Of Congress by
the Secretary Of Agriculture, 1t
gave the Presidents opponents
something to think about. The
more they thought about 1t the
more it seemed best to keep on
thinking about 1t. That appeared
to be >the only line they could
take. After all, as they said, 1t
was a matter that required lot OF
study. On the face of it. it looked
too good to be true. Like per-
petual motion. for example. Fine,
if it would work, but they mustn't
raise the hopes of farmers and
housewives, only to disappoint one
or the other or both. Better study
1t for long time-say until after
the 1850 election.
Which, no doubt, is what would
happen If the President weren't
such an earnest do-gooder. He
intends. it is said. to press the
issue to a quick decision by asking
Congress to apply his plan i'm
mediately in the case OF milk and
pork. Prices of these two essen
tials have been falling in a man
ner to frighten the farmers. The
Government can do one Of two
things. 1t can start purchasing
pork and milk to hold the price
UP. That would be the old way.
Or 1t can let prices fall (making
consumers happy and reimburse
the farmers for their losses. That
would be the new way.
It will be interesting to see how
Congress handles this ball. in case
the President does decide to toss 1t
out.
Evening star., 1949-04-21

Il&. EskSN&AA+s
when guests we're present, the way
the pups would stay on the back
porch during nealtimes, refusing
10 come into the dining room
Many is the time ! have felt called
upon TO apoloeiEe for their back
wardneSS.
Now you should see them. They
are two of the finest oeggars you
ever laid eyes on. They beat IL
into the dining room and so riSht
TO their stations, one al each end
Of the table. When they feel they
are not getting their share OF the
food. or the choice portions. they
growl and bark and Jump into
the handiest lap with the most
charming little snarl.
AS one guest said only yester-
day. 1T is a pleasure 10 eat with
you and your pups. You seem like
one happy family" Isn't that a
lovely compliment And all be-
cause OF the book on dos training.
too.
The chapter on teaching dog
how TO heel was a revelation.
Until l read it l didn't know a
dog was supposed TO walk at his
masters heels. ! had always
thought a dog was supposed 10
run blocks ahead OF his owner.
with his owner running madly
after him, shouting 10 him 10 stop
or come back.
Now you should see Bundle and
Dinah. When ! cry. He'll or.
more often, Heel. confound II,
heel" they light out for the best
sofa in the house and wallow on
1t and chew the pillows. For
some reason they have taken II
into their heads that heel
means sofa. This is great help
because ! can always catch them
on the sofa by locking all the
doors OF the house. This is much
better than having to run them
down. Later today ! am going to
cry. "Sofa!" to them and see II
by any chance they'll heel.
The book says dogs should
never jump up on people. and
offers several ways of curing them
OF this habit. one being to tread
lightly but firmly on their back
feet when they jump. I couldn't
wait to try TO cure my dogs OF
this leaping habit. because they
hold the free-style. dirty-paw
| high Jump record for cocker
spaniels under five years OF age.
All that stepping on the back
feet of my dogs has done Is cause
them to leap higher. They are
good for Ave feet any old day. but
step on their back feet and they
60 to six feet with ease. II I were
any heavier of foot I am sure
they would clear my shoulders.
The book doesn't have chap
ter dealing with how'to keep dogs
from dragging dirty. greasy bones
into the house and munching on
them under the beds. This Is
sorely needed chapter. and trust
the author will see At to add 1t in
a later edition. The only cure ]
have found is to remove the beds
from the house. even though II
means sleeping on the floor. This
lis a bit draughty. however. and
is not to be recommended 10 dog
lovers who have colds or suffer
from sinus.
Distributed By McNausht syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1949-04-21
This Changing World
Reports of Red Plan to Lift Blockade
Underline Impasse Over Berlin

American personnel are getting
out of this round d-the-clock opera
ton. as well as the operational
tests which American equipment
is undergoing. Our pilots are learn
ing lot about flying and We are
learning a lot about our equip
ment. So the cost Of the airlift is
not all dead loss.
Much more to the point Is how
long the Russians are going TO put
UP with the severe effects Of the
Allied counterblockade. which Is
putting on Russia herself the
strain Of supplying Eastern Ger
many's industrial requirements.
which formerly were met by the
Western occupation zones.
Reds MiscaIeuIate.
At one point last summer II
appeared the whole problem Of the
blockade could be settled. Only
a thin line prevented agreement
the issue of whether the block
ade should be lifted before four
power negotiations on Germany
began, or whether the negotiations
should begin before the blockade
was lifted.
That might seem to be trifling
difference, but there was sufficient
principle involved In 1t for us to
undertake prolonged airlift
rather than submit to Russia's
shotgun methods. The Russians
may have believed that winter
would force us to capitulate and
that the airlift could not be kept
going regularly. enough to supply
Western Berlin adequately.
II such was the basis for their
refusal to lift the blockade. they
were the ones who miscalculated.
putting themselves in the present
dilemma of being unable to lift
the blockade without suffering
considerable loss Of prestige in the
eyes Of the world-and of them
selves.
This miscalculation on the block
ade is an excellent demonstration
of how the Soviet Union could
miscalculate so badly on major
political issues as to plunge them
selves-and the rest OF us-into a
new war. 1t was the same kind OF
which led Hitler
and the Nazis to their destruction.
There may or may not be any
thing to the reports of Soviet over
lures for a settlement of the block
ade which will not cost the USSR
prestige. But we must credit the
belief that Moscow would like, II
she could, to get out of what has
turned 'out to be a very uncom-
Portable bed.
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Truman's' Party Loyalty
Presidents Action on Boyle Shows
RESPONSIVENESS to Party Pressures

islative matters. Again no charge
of undue influence was made
against Boyle, but 1t was suggested
that Congress might react un-
favorably II the situation con-
tinued.
1t is understood that Speaker
Rayburn was the spokesman for
this congressional hint. In any
case, 1t was effective. The PreSi-
dent suggested to Boyle two weeks
ago that he shift TO a full-time,
paying status on the committee
The party will be pleased with
the new arrangement which puts
1t first with one of the President S
close friends. Boyle has been con-
scientious and faithful to the in
terests Of the politicos but natur-
ally he could not be available to
the extent they desired. For the
first time really in the Truman
administration they feel they
have q voice at the White House.
Responds to Party Pressure.
1t has been obvious from tire
trend Of presidential appoint
ments that Mr.. Truman has been
more responsive lately to party
pressures and the claims Of those
who have fought his battles. Per-
haps this trend Is a combination
of Boyle's perseverance and the
Presidents own desire to imp owe
his congressional relations.
An example Of a lost cause re-
trieved by the new Truman dis
position in these matters is the
Illinois judgeship. The National
Committee. after months OF effort.
had given up on the Organization
candidate. James Finnegan, end
expected the choice Of a friend OF
a Truman friend.
Back in Chicago to make a JEFF
ferson-Jackson Day speech. Sena-
tor Lucas, majority leader. i'm
pulsively picked up the telephone
and called the White House. The
Senator said to the President he
surely would like to give the boys
some good news about Finnegan.
The President said cheerfully,
sure, 20 ahead.
Evening star., 1949-04-21

This Is not TO Dor''ns
say that one cannot earn a very
good income in Great Britain.
Many people can. and do. But
they cannot keep enough of it to
form new capital, certainly not
new capital out Of savings.
The workingman must look to
the state to care for him In every
emergency of life; he cannot pro-
vide for his own emergencies. And
as Sir Stafford Cripps recently
reminded him. he cannot have
his cake and eat it too" and So
cial services are not free.
A married couple with two chill
dren begin to pay income taxes
at 81, 900 per year and 1t goes up
quickly and steeply. From $2.40o
they pay $255 to the government:
from $4,000 1t is $432: out OF
$4,000 they pay sT20. If they
earn $40, 900 they give back So. $50
|. II they earn $4,000. they keer
less than $4,000.
Can't Make . Fortune.
As for making o fortune with
ones own brains. it is quite Out
of the question. Mr.. Churchill
for instance. is supposed to have
earned a million dollars in the
United States on his great MEM
oirs, but the government will leave
him just $24. 900 Of 1t.
Mr.. Churchill. of course, IL
working for fame, not money:
but even without an exaggerated
love Of money. most people OF
ambition In any field do work
for amenities, and for O standard
Of security their earnings can
afford them. To live on a SIS .00o-
a-year scale, Briton with two
children has to earn $50. 900. II
he has q house and garden. q car
and wants to give his children
anything more than the state
education provides. he win not be
able to save a penny for invest
ments.
Most people In Britain really
don't know what the basic things
of life are costing them. because
of the system of subsidies and
social services.
A large part of their food
meat. eggs, sugar. fats. bacon
Is rAtioned and sold TO them O.
way below the cost Of productive
Actually, the cost Of food In Brit
ain Ito the government Is al
most exactly the cost OF food fn
the United States TO the con-
Evening star., 1949-04-21

Va uCdbti 0utAES,
but also this Is
not q country
In which new
fortunes can be
made and re-
tanned for fu-
t ure genera
ms, unless
there Is a rad
ical swing to
t he gh t
which this COL
umnist, for one,
does not con-
Template.
Evening star., 1949-04-21

his 500. .000-a-
! year law prac-
ftice to devote
full time to the
Democratic Ma
tional Commit
tee for a salary
reported to be
around 100000
a year.
B oyle W a S
made executive
director of the
committee this
W inter when
= tHn nNn nrac-
S;1~of eeeetN~
Evening star., 1949-04-21

great realm OF
rumor, under
line the i'm
passe which has
developed In the
W h ole Berlin
situation.
The Russians
have prov We d
that they can
tie 3 erlin In
knots by their
Ian d blockade.
We have proved
Just as conclu-
sively that we
Evening star., 1949-04-21

last fall. That
is his ability to
take the initia
tive and keep
1t.
he ca m .
paign of '48
Sc e m s simple
in retrospect.
Under normal
conditions t h e
candidate in Of
fee would have
been forced to
spend his time
defending him.
Evening star., 1949-04-21

~ -
] never real
ixed how easy u
Was 70 teach q
dog obedience
until ! cot hold
O. this b o Ok
and read exact
~ how 70 do H.
Two days aco
neither Bundle
nor D n a h
knew how 20
beg for food at
the table Il
vas emoarraSs-
Evening star., 1949-04-21
By Constantine Brown

The current reports Of a Soviet
initiative for the lifting Of the
Berlin blockade, whether they are
accurate or spring simply from the
Evening star., 1949-04-21
Bv LoweH MeHen

President Truman in his strug-
gle with the coalition Congress
continues to demonstrate the par
ticular talent that elected him
Evening star., 1949-04-21
BY Harry Honon Mel Lemore-
Finds II Quite sosy
To Troin His Dogs
By Hesry NeLswcys

A friend has sent me book ar
dog training. and ] ar now In
the m4ds, q training my iwo
cocker spaaisis. Bunaae ard