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Evening star., 1950-11-03
Won0en's
Clubs
10th Century Club
Doubles Donation
For GoNinger
By Ruth Dean

The rising cost of consumer
goods prompted the Twentieth
Century Club yesterday to double
its annual appropriation for its
Galhnger Hospital project.
At the same time, the club
heard Edgar Ansell Mowrer, jour-
nalist. lecturer and author, de-
clare that to survive in today's
world, the United States needs
allies as much as they need U.S."
The club, which met at the
YWCA, voted to appropriate $500
from its treasury for the purchase
and replenishment of equipment
in the crippled children's occupa-
tional therapy room at Gallinger.
In past years, We have asked
for only $780," Mrs. Allison Miller,
chairman of the clubs Gallinger
Hospital Committee, explained.
"But the committee felt this year
that increased costs of the ma
terials used in the occupational
therapy work necesSitated our
doubling our request"
Among the materials used by
the children in the occupational
therapy work are plywood, paint
and weaving looms.
Mr.. MoWrer spoke in place Of
the scheduled speaker, DR.. Arthur
Sweetser, director of the United
Nations office in Washington, who
was called out of town.
Mr.. MoWrer reviewed his i'm
pressions of a recent trip to Europe
where he interviewed top officials
in eight countries following the
outbreak of the Korean War to
see what they were prepared to
do in the crisis.
The speakers general reaction
was that Western Europe, on the
whole, was mot only willing but
eager" to help. However, he added,
individual nations were still i'm
peded by recovery problems and
internal dissensions.
He expressed the opinion that
the United States can count on
Britain as a passive ally" And In
Italy he found a feeling of greater
sanity among the people in the
northern section than in any other
country in Europe except Greece
where, in spite of a 10-year war
with communism. the people are
"ready for anything" he said.
Mr.. Mowrer declared that he
didn't find the people of West
Germany very democratic. On
the other hand, the East Germans
have had enough of the Russian
occupation, he declared, and "even
if they are not democratic, at
least they are ferociously antiS
Russian"
Mr.. Mowrer was introduced by
Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist, president
of the club.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
By Dr.. Paul Popenoe

Before marriage, conversation is
the principal way in which two
persons can become acquainted
with each other, and it's serious
mistake not to explore as many
mutual interests as possible.
There's an old story about a
beautiful but dumb" girl who de-
clared. when Harry and are to-
gether we understand each other
perfectly without saying word
TRY saying something and see
what happens!" an acquaintance
admonished her.
Some women talk themselves
into marriage: some women talk
themselves out of marriage. Maybe
the schools should spend a little
more time teaching conversation!
The English poet William Mason
was reported to have proposed to
the woman he married because
during whole evening he had
been in her company with others,
she had never uttered single
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Ashton Heights
7 eenuqe Dance

A dance for teenagerS will be
the first of several November en-
tertainments to be given by the
Woman's Club of Ashton Heights.
The dance will take place from
8 to II pm. tomorrow at the club
house, Alb North Irving street.
Music will be furnished by the
Serenaders Orchestra.
In observance of National Edu-
cation Week, the club will enter
tain at tea Sunday at the club
house honoring the principals and
teachers of the Thomas Nelson
Page and Matthew F. Maury
Schools. Members of the school
board are among those who have
been invited to attend the tea.
which will be held from 8 to S
pm.
The November bridge party
for the benefit of Arlington Hos
pital will be held from 10 m. to
l pm. Tuesday at the clubhouse.
Mrs. Walter Elliot is chairman of
the group which Is in charge OF
arrangements. Light refreshments
will be served.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

to learn as much about each
others tastes. interests, ideals and
ambitions as possible. If you find
you have a great deal in COM
mon, you can marry and have the
rest of your life for a petting
party. If you f1nd-as will often
be the case-that you have little
in common, that you have diver
gent aims and interests, you can
avoid marriage which probably
would end In unhappiness.
|. There are too many marriages
going into the divorce courts be-
cause they started in the way sug-
gested by the current joke about
the man who proposed to the girl:
why, we're hardly even ac-
quainted with each other!" she
protests.
"Okay." he replies, "but do you
know of any quicker way for us
to become acquainted than to
marry?"
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Abba Theta Meetinq

A symposium on teacher tenure
will be given at. a meeting of the
Alpha Theta Chapter of Pi
Lambda Theta at pm. tomorrow
at Woodruff House.
The speakers will be Mrs. Ben
Baylor, Montgomery County
Board of Education: Mrs. D. E.
Kerbel, Alexandria School Board,
and DR.. Madeline Remmlein, Ma
tional Education Association.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Card Party Slated

A benefit card party will be
given by the Women's Council Of
the Montgomery County Jewish
Community at $50 pm. tomor-
row at the County Jewish Com
munity Center. Mrs. Sylvia Seidel
is chairman, assisted by Mrs. Jack
Herson, Mrs. Irving Chasen and
Mrs. Harry Dreisen.
Proceeds will be used to buy
furnishings for the center.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Shakespeare Society

The Shakespeare Society of
Washington will meet at 8:15 pm.
tomorrow at the Emerson Insti-
tute. 1924 Eighteenth street NV.
DR.. Fred s. Tupper of George
Washington University will dis
cuss Measure for Measure. The
meeting Is open to the public.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Canadian Club

A Halloween masquerade party
and dance will be held by the
Canadian Club Of Washington to-
morrow at the Willard Hotel.
Miss Margot- Chalmers is chair
man Of the event. assisted by Miss
Therese Rivard. John H. Lamy
and III. w. Benson.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Cabaret Dance

A cabaret dance will be spon-
sored by Naomi Chapter No. %
of the Order of the Eastern Star
tonight from $3.50 o'clock to mid
night in the Kensington Armory.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

Questions about marriage relation
ships may be sent to DR.. Paul Popenoe
in care Of The Washington Star. ae-
companied by q self addressed stamped
envelope {All letters confidential.)
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08

There was not an ounce Of principle
or sentiment in the whole perform
ance. 1t was a coldly calculated and
cleverly executed political plan. Ever
since the Democrats have coddled,
cuddled and cajoled the Negro vote in
every possible way. The climax came
in the 1913 convention when the civil
rights plank, upon which the FEPC
is based, was adopted. Now so deeply
committed that, despite the deter
mined revolt in the South, Admins
tration leaders cannot let go without
risking loss of vote that has be-
come vital. Most of them have no in
terest, belief in or liking for the bill.
Most of them will be glad to see it
beaten so long as the Negro leaders
do not blame them. Most of them
know it cannot be enforced if enacted.
This is the truth about the FEPC.
This is why the breast-beating oratory
Of its advocates is so obviously phony.
This is why their talk of principles,
morality and the Constitution is 50
revolving.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08

noble cause of abolishing racial dis
elimination and segregation.
But, with rare exceptions, not so
much as a trace of sincerity on this
issue exists among the politicians in
either party With these, it is wholly
a matter of politics. There is and has
been for fourteen years a contest be-
tween the parties to hold the Negro
vote in the ten States of the North
where it holds the balance of power.
Particularly, is this true Of the Demo-
cratic party, which since 1886 has be-
come more or less dependent on this
vote in most of these States and
which only began to he interested in
the Negro after 1896, when, for the
rirst time, it succeeded in weaving
away from the Republicans large
percentage of the Negro vote which
had been their basic asset since the
Civil War.
The story of how this was done has
been told before, but the present stu
alton makes it worth briefly repeat
ing. In 1884, ex-senator Guffy, of
Pennsylvania, sold the idea to Mr..
James A. Farley, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee, that
with more patronage for the Negro
he could carry Pennsylvania. Mr.. Far
ley felt that if this could be done in
that State it could in others. He and
Senator Guffy sold the idea to Mr..
Roosevelt. who enthusiastically CO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08
Barn Completely Destroyed

A large barn on the farm near Sand
Flat, occupied by Ed Hoye, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire last Friday
afternoon about $3.50 o'clock. Some
livestock and farm machinery also
were destroyed
An airplane pilot, travelling over the
area, called the family's attention to
the fire by circling several times. The
barn was in flames at the time.
The Oakland Fire Department was
called but arrived too late for any eff
fective aid. The farm was located on
the road to the Boy Scout camp, and
was known as the Kope farm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08

operated. The start was made by
naming a Negro editor from Pitts
burgh as an Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, the highest public office ever
held by a Negro. This was followed
by an avalanche of Negro appoint
ments to large variety of Federal
jobs, care being taken that the re-
cipients were from the states where
the Negro vote is large.
In the 1886 campaign, the astute
Mr.. Farley supplemented this by put
ting on the committee pay roll a large
number Of Negro preachers, teachers,
deacons and others more or less ora
torical who were sent through the ten
states to spread the gospel that
Roosevelt and the New Deal were the
true friends of the Negro. As a result
Of that campaign, more than 80 per
cent of the heretofore solidly Repub-
lican Negro vote was transferred to
Democratic With considerable reason,
Mr.. Farley considers this the greatest
political coup in our history. OF
course he admits it could not have
been done without the powerful aid
Of Harry Hopkins and his WPA. AL
So the personal popularity and pres
tigc Of Mrs. Roosevelt with the Neg
roes were of great help. Hundreds of
thousands of pictures of her taken
with male and female Negro students
were distributed in places where they
would do the most good
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-06-08
THE GREAT
GAME OF
POLITICS
by FRANK R. KENT

Copyright by The Baltimore Sun and
reprinted in The Republican by
permission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
Court Orders Maryland U.
To LET Negro Girl Enroll
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

BALTIMORE. May 1s.-Legal
formalities have been completed
leading the way to the entry of
Esther McCready. a Negro girl,
into the University of Maryland
School Of Nursing.
Chief Judge w. Conwell Smith
Of the Baltimore Supreme Bench
signed an order yesterday direct
ing the school to admit Miss Nc
Cready to the class entering
school next September 6, provided
she pays the usual fee.
Judge Smith signed the order
in compliance with a decision by
the Maryland Court of Appeals.
He earlier had ruled that the
nursing school did not have to
admit the girl.
Except for the law school, the
university has closed all its grad
uate schools to Negroes. Suits
seeking to compel the university
to open other professional schools
to Negroes are pending In Balti-
more courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
Two Youths Held After Girl
Tells OF Attack ATTEMPT

Two youths were arrested early
today for questioning in a report
ed attempted attack on q 16-year-
old high school girl.
Police said the girl told them
the pair forced her into an auto
mobile near her Georgetown home
and took her into nearby Virginia.
She accused both youths 16
years old and one 20-of attempt
ing to modest her. police added.
The girl was returned to her
home early this morning and her
parents summoned police after
hearing her story. The girl was
wearing a pair of Stacks, provided
by one Of the boys to replace her
own torn clothing, police said.
The arrested youths denied they
had anything to do with the Incl
dent. police said.
The girl also said that during
the ride in Virginia, the car skid
ded into a ditch and the youths
had to get someone to tow them
out OF the ditch, police added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
Half German Officials,
Civil Servants in u, :.
Zone Former Nazis
BY the Assoeiotsd Pres,

FRANKFURT. Germany, May
l9.-About half of all state off,
Gals and civil servants in the
American zone of Germany are
former Nazis, survey showed to-
day.
The highest percentage of ex-
Nazis in Office is in Wuerttemberg-
Baden. the state recently rocked
by a bribery scandal in the court
system set up to try Nazis.
In Wuerttemberg- Baden, Sc per
cent of all State civil servants and
rs per cent Of the top officials
were once members Of the Nazi
Party.
In Bavaria the percentage of ex-
Nazis on the State payroll is about
As per cent, and in Hesse about
SO per cent-with the Hesse per-
centage soaring to SO per cent in
the upper brackets.
All these figures came from Of
fetal German sources. American
high commission officials said the
latest figures they had were six
months old.
German statistics show that the
number of ex-Nazi officials has
increased greatly in these last six
months-and the number is still
growing.
American authorities almost
unanimously agree, however, that
although the situation is "un-
satisfactory'-it does not neces-
Sarily mean q resurgence of
Naziism.
II do not believe that there is
an organized movement to plant
former Nazi activists in key posi-
lions" said one American official
who has spent four years keeping
watch on Nazis.
He said sit is rather q question
Of filling positions with people
who are considered by the Ger
mans to be capable of holding
these jobs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
Nozism Ended, Won't Revive,
Official OF Occupation Says

positions now in Germany. But,
he said. not all Of these former
Nazis were devils"
1T is neither possible nor de-
sirable to try to keep million
former party members-and with
their dependents. probably Is mil
lion people-outside the commu-
nifty or outcasts from it." he said.
The American occupation on
cial said he was devoting his
speech to the Nazism question be-
cause he has found considerable
misinformation and consequent
misunderstanding" about it since
arriving in the United States.
Nationalism Is Noted.
MIR. Buttenwieser agreed there
has been rebirth of nationalism
in Germany and that this has
been accompanied by the re
emergence Of some dangerous
elements"
But. he stressed. the bulk of the
~SA AA0AA PCOPAC d1lO Ll1Cu 1CdUCTS
are alert and opposed to agrees
sive nationalism."
Mr.. Buttenwieser said the United
States must protect the West
Germans from communism and at
the same time make democracy
seem more attractive to all
Germans.
He cited these figures on the
program of disqualification:
A total of 1928, 900 Germans
have been screened: 9,833, 1854
were cleared while 3,459,136 were
found to have Nazi faint. About
2,502,163 of the later were held to
be light offenders and were par
doned without trial.
The remainder were tried and
9,770 were sentenced to labor
camps. 30,622 to special labor:
27,268 had their property con-
fiscated; 571,746 were fined:
1886 were declared ineligible to
hold public Office and 1875 ,036 were
restricted in employment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
by the Assoeiossd Press

NEW YORK, May l9.-An
American occupation official said
today in a report on Nazism that
save for some fragments, it has
been destroyed. never to rise
again
BENJAMIN j. Buttenweiser, as
sistant American high commits
sioner in Germany, said he based
this view on two things: Cd Care
full observation and co 1.-THE firm
and reasoned belief that the Ger
man people will not again
accept an theology or political
pattern which caused such costly
defeat, privation and long-range
deprivation"
Mr.. Buttenweiser appealed to
critics of United States de-Nazi-
fication steps mot to exaggerate
the relatively isolated" instances
where Nazi offenders have gone
unpublished or with light SEN
fences.
His audience was the Foreign
Policy Association, a private Or
ganization which does research
in international matters.
ParaIleled B'nai Birth Speech.
His speech was virtually iden-
tical with one that was cancelled
at Chicago last Sunday by the
Authorization League Of the
Jewish welfare society B'nai
Birth, on the ground it was an
"apologia" for a limited job done
in Kidding Germany of NaziS.
Mr.. Buttenweiser acknowledged
many former Nazis hold public
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
School Opened to Men

KYOTO, Japan R.-A CLASH
cal Japanese dance school has
admitted men for the first time
in its five centuries. Several of
Japan's top Kabuki dancers are
studying at the Inoue Kyo Mai
school in Kyoto's famed Gion
geisha quarters. Male Kabuki
dancers additionally portray both
male and female parts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19
Pump Works 81 Years

A pump outside Victoria Bar
racks. Sydney, Australia. con-
tinues to supply good water after
80 years of use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19

DR.. Thomas Rowland Hughes.
Welsh novelist who turned out a
novel a year. left an estate valued
at only $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-05-19

The Transvaal district In South
Africa rivals the Belgian Congo
as the worlds No. ! diamond
source.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Phone Union Seeks
Govt Probe OF
Bell Advertising

Washington LPA) - Communi-
cations Workers of America, who
have delayed a nationwide strike
against the Bell Telephone System
to Feb. "a, have asked the Federal
Communications Commission and
As state regulatory bodies to look
into the "anti-union Advertising
being placed in daily newspapers
throughout the country by the Bell
System.
CWA wants the regulatory agen-
cies to decide whether the advertis-
ing is a properly allowable oper-
ating expense to be paid for by the
phone using public"
"Telephone companies across the
country have obtained annual rate
increases since the end of the war
totalling $348,OO0,GC0," CWA Pres
ident Joseph Beirne wrote to the
40 boards. at is high time state
and federal rate-making bodies
called a halt to the Bell Systems
campaign to jack up rates, while
at the same time they spend much
of the money they get from the
public in higher rates on a high
pressure advertising campaign.
In California, in an NLRB elec-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Illinois Chamber
Opposes Liberal
Social Security

Washington (LPA)-One of the
most powerful state business or
ganizations in the country, the III
inois State Chamber of Commerce,
has led off the stone-age employer
groups which still oppose any real
ly adequate federal system of So
cial security.
Appearing before the Senate
Finance committee, Richard D..
Sturdevant supported extension of
coverage Of old age insurance, but
conditioned it upon cutting and
eventually stopping altogether,
federal payments for old age as
sistance.
The C of C has another condi-
ton, too. And it is the tipoff to
their whole "iffy" attitude on So
cial security. They want to make
sure that any improvements in
coverage or benefits under the old
age and survivors program won't
be a precedent for improving COW
erage and benefits under the state
jobless insurance programs.
To the provision in the House
approved bill which would increase
the amount of salary on which
taxes would be collected from $1,000
to $4,000, Sturdevant said perhaps
the most forceful argument against
I increasing the taxable base to
$4,000 is the effect such action
would have on the state unemploy-
ment compensation laws" which
would be to 'force an unneeded in
crease in unemployment compensa-
tion taxes" This runs directly con-
trary to the facts presented by
union spokesmen, who support an
even higher tax cutoff point, and
who have found in state after
state that the unemployment com
pensation funds are barely enough
to cover brief and localized unem-
ployment crises such as have beer
experienced during the past year.
The employers spokesman also
urged maintaining the present
loophole for socalled "self-employ-
ed' statesmen, which was put in the
bill by Rep. Bertram Gearhart OR,
Calif.) when he was a member of
the S0th Congress.
"The life insurance companies
are doing a commendable job" and
there is no need for the federal
social security system to provide
for a lump sum benefit to survi-
vors as is now proposed, the III
inois C of c spokesman maintain
ed.
/ Extending the coverage of the
law to totally and permanently dis
abled persons meets with strong
opposition from Illinois business
men," Sturdevant reported. He
said provision for "those who are
so unfortunate as to become per
manently and totally disabled rests
first with their families and Sec
ondly with the communities and
states within which they reside"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-16
Union Cites Facts
I'm Shutting OF
Jersey Paper Mill

Ridgefield, \. J. GPA)-The
Sl6,0C0,C0O Ridgefield Park plant
Of Continental Paper CO. viii close,
and all stocks and supplies will be
sold, Company President William
J. Afford announced Feb. 6. He
blamed a seven-month strike BY
Local 299, United Paperworkers.
Union Officers branded the ann
ouncement a. "the latest Of his
(Alford's) attempts to break the
union and the strike, and to black
jack the community into accepting
labor peace only at his dictated
price" They said the union IS will
ing to start negotiations on any
I reasonable basis. Full crews and
seniority provisions are the two
main issues.
The contract expired June ],
1949, and was being extended by
mutual agreement during negotia-
tions. On July 2, the company fired
an employe with 23 years senior
ity and refused TO discuss the grie-
vance because they said there was
no contract. The union struck on
July 5. Now Afford declares he is
closing the mill because he can
reach no agreement with the union,
although federal mediators could
not get the company TO bargain
Newspaper stories on the plants
shutdown refer to a profit-sharing
plan, implying the 500 employees
were well off before they got ideas
about striking. This plan was insti-
tuted by Alan Rucker, at that time
head Of the reactionary Tool Own
ers Union. President Of the Tool
Owners now is Fred Hartley of
Taft-Hartley fame. The Rucker
plan, based on bonuses tied to the
price level Of paperboard, went
into effect in August 1917. 1t
stopped paying off in the winter
of 1913. The family owning Con-
tinental also owns the Thames
Paper Mills in. Britain, which Vim
cent Tewson, head of the British
Trades Union Congress, has des-
cribed as a long hold-out against
unionism.