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machine for war production in the
event Of an emergency. Since It's
creation, the Munitions Board has
made far more detailed plans
within its zone of operation than
has the NSRB.
The extent of Mr.. Symington's
success will depend on how far
he is supported by President Tru-
man and how much cooperation
he is able to get from the estab-
lished departments, which have
always jealousy guarded against
invasion of an outsider.
Immediately after his appoint
ment, he declined to discuss his
plans for his new assignment,
saying that he wanted ito case
the joint" before he started talk
ing for publication.
This free and easy use of the
vernacular was typical of Syming-
ton, the wealthy Yale man who
was able to talk the same language
as Communist Bill Sentner of St.
Louis. when Symington's Emerson
Electric Co. was having labor
troubles while working on war
contracts. 1t also endeared him
to the Air Force flyers, whose
budget battles he fought in Con-
gress and before public forums.
Behind his gum chewing, smiling
face, there is the quick mind of
an experienced administrator and
of born salesman.
Aims for Good Staff
After three weeks, he could
only give the broadest outlines of
his plans.
my first job" he says, "is to
see that we have good staff men.
For the most part we have good
men and they have done an ex-
cellent job-far better than most
people realize. But we have to
get a few more men outstanding
in their professions and then we
have to get practical plans-not
plans just for planning's sake.
This job is necessarily advisory
to the President, not an opera
tional affair. Otherwise we would
have to have many more than
our $50 employees. Essentially,
our recommendations will be con-
cerned with ALLEGATIONS of power
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pills, was called
in as editor and
pu lis er in
1916. to jerk the
Post out of a
lethargy t h a t
had set in with
the passing of
the dyn a m i C
B o n fills and
Tammen.
A chain Gig
arctic S m o X e r
who shines his
own shoes with
polish kept in
a desk drawer,
W h II e keeping
two phone con-
versations going
- NJ
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administration to transfer COM
plete control of transportation
from Congress to the executive
branch, with Government owner
ship of all kinds of transport as
the inevitable and final step to
complete socialization of the Ma
tion.
Impossible. unbelievable and
ridiculous" as this indictment
doubtless will be branded in ad-
ministration circles. the same in
credulous brand could be stamped
on report that accredited rep
resentatives and spokesmen for
the airlines. railroads, motor truck
lines. aterways Including
oceans, freight forwarders, pipe
lines and two groups academically
described as transportation users
and investors, came to Washing
ton last week, checked their
knives. guns and brass knuckles
at the door of a public dining
room and went on to give a con-
vincing demonstration of brother
ly love and devotion to the present
private competitive transportation
system.
The significance of all this Is:
The great transportation system
of the United States. the finest
and lowest cost of any on earth.
has been deplored for years as
being in an inextricable mess and
with no workable solution at hand
to enable each kind of transport
to do the job for which it is best
equipped. and also to enable each
to operate at a reasonable profit.
Each specialist in his field resentS
encroachments on his territory
and he fights back.
The Senate and House Inter-
state and Foreign Commerce
Committees still are studying the
transportation problem since the
end of the war. Volumes of teSti-
mony have accumulated: the case
for each type of transport has
been ably and amply presented
and a solution is not in the i'm
mediate offing. But an event oc-
CURED on March 13 that has done
more to bring the combatant
members of the transportation
family around to an armistice and
a subordination of their personal
woes. however brief it may SUBJ
sequently prove, than any one
thing since the industry became
SO highly competitive.
Revampins Is Mapped
President Truman at that date
sent to Congress the first 81 plans
for reorganization of the agencies
of the executive branch under
the Reorganization Act of 1949
He told Congress the plans are
all designed either to put into
effect specific recommendations
Of the Hoover Commission "or to
apply principles set forth by the
commission in its reports" Pro-
cedure for action on these
plans, which Congress approved
in the reorganization act, requires
that unless majority of the au-
thorized membership of either
House or Senate votes disapproval
of any one or more plans, they
will become effective so days from
date of submission.
Three of the plans-Nos. 7, 13
and 21-respectively, concern the
Interstate Commerce Commission
the Civil Aeronautics Board and
the Maritime Commission and
under these three just about all
forms of transportation are reg
ulated.
Within 48 hours after the plans
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who is to do what in event Of
war.
after we get our staff in shape,
we must reappraise the plans al
ready made to see If they are
practicable and At existing and
prospective situations. Then there
must be tremendous selling job
within the Government and among
the people, especially in business,
industry and in labor organiza-
tions, so that all will know what
is needed of them in the event of
war"
Two Experts Before Him
Always the diplomat and dis
Greet public official. Mr.. Syming-
ton will not comment on the rec
ords made in the NSRB by his
predecessors, Hill and Steelman,
or speculate on why Mr.. Truman
wanted his old senatorial COL
league. Mon c. Wallgren of Wash
AlS tOlls 41l DO N4ldA lAAdlls
This writer, however. has OBJ
served the NSRB since it's estab-
lishment under the sponsorship
of the late Secretary of Defense
James ". Forrestal. and can offer
some comments of his own. r.
Mr.. Hill was a transportation
expert rather than an industrial
ist. and although he had served
the Government well in wartime
he was novice when it came to
dealing with established Govern
ment agencies. particularly the
all-poWerful Budget Bureau.
Without any specific direction
or approval from the White House
he attempted to set up the NSRE
as an "operational" rather than
as an advisory" organization
which meant that had his plan
been put into effect he would
have invaded the province OF
many established departments.
After he made a few actual moves
in this direction, he was stopped
cold by Mr.. Truman and several
cabinet officers. He resigned in a
silent. dignified huff and refuses
to discuss his differences with the
White House.
The President revealed his un-
derestimation of the boards i'm
portance by appointing his presi-
Dental assistant, MIR. Steelman, as
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t r ! a ] tycoonS
to street-corner
peanut vendors.
Enemies said
the column was
a blackjack with
which the Post
beat advertisers
into line and
t ey depicted
BonflS as a
pirate. nc e
D e n v err S de-
partment stores
b oy C o tied the
Post in protest
against the COL
umn. Simulta-
neously, the Post;
discovered" the
G Z n r n e VI q r q
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Threat Of Reorganization
Binds Transport Groups
Three Trumun PIuns Considered as Puvinq
Way for Government Ownership Couse
Unity in Embottled Industry
By Frederick R. Nicely

The ntenecine strife the American transportation industry
OF the three mounting trucks buses anes
and pipelines continue old the
railways and then from othehas suddenly
belgeren
what they charge and denoune shwd calculated
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Definite Action Tokes
PIoce of Cautious
Pace in Planning

career man who knows the intri-
cacies of governmental bureauc-
racy but lacks industrial and
management experience. He could
talk with cabinet members on an
almost equal level. Mr.. Truman
further disclosed his own concep-
ton of the boards value when he
tried to appoint former Gov. Wall
gren to the craftsmanship. His
major qualification was that he
was a crony of the President and
could talk with him on intimate
terms.
Dealt With Small Business
Because of his business and gov
ernment experience. Mr.. Syming-
ton appears to be the ideal man
for this big job. Born of wealthy
Eastern seaboard parents, he was
in World War while in his teens
and after his graduation from
Yale. where he was in the exclusive
clubs. he Joined his family busi-
nesSes as an executive. Leaving
these establishments, he soon
made a name for himself as re-
habilitator of depressed small
businesses. 1t was in this capac-
ity that he came to st. Louis in
1888 to be president of the Emer-
son Electric Manufacturing Co.,
which had been having serious
trouble with CIO United Electrical
and Radio Machine Workers of
America. William Sentner, an
avowed Communist. was a power
in the st. Louis local. but Sy-
mington was able to work out an
amicable deal with him so that
Emerson became a robust small
business that developed into
fairly large business during the
war.
Before Pearl Harbor, Mr.. Sy-
mington demonstrated his busi-
ness acumen by going to England
to study the latest airplane tur-
rets and came back with orders
for Emerson that eventually made
it one of the largest airplane
appliances plants in the country.
His success at Emerson and his
work for the Office of Production
Management prompted Mr.. Tru-
man to offer him the chairman
ship of the three-man Surplus
Property Board in June, l945.
Here. he began the disposal of al
most hundred billion dollars
worth of Government war proper
ties. Shortly after he was con-
f1rmed for this position, Congress
abolished the board setup to give
him the sole direction of the or
ganization.
He continued in this job until
February, le46, when he was
named Assistant Secretary of War
for Air. There had been no seam
dals in the Surplus Property
Board despite the billions that had
to be supervised. In September,
1947, he became the first Secretary
of the Air Force under the unfit
cation plan.
Backed 7O-Group Force
AS Assistant Secretary for Air
and as Air Secretary he became
the idol of the flyers because of his
aggressive insistence for a 10
group Air Force as recommended
by the presidential committee
headed by Thomas K. Finletter of
New York, Mr.. Symington' choice
as his own successor. Even now,
with the defense budget down to
less than $14 billion, he is argu-
ing that we should have the
70 groups as soon as the national
economy permits.
Mr.. Symington has demonstrat-
ed that he knows business and
labor organizations, governmental
procedures, including appearances
(See SYMINCSTON Page C-o1
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Truman Still Attracting
WhistIe-Stop Audiences
Reception From Mississippi to Puget Sound
Gives No indication Of Lost Ground
Since He Made the Trip Two Years Ago
BY loseph A. Fox

President Truman still is pulling em in at the whistle stops
the road again another trip to the Pacific Coast the
President discovered 16State crossing into
its final that from all Indications he continues to have the
appeal the little people in the roots that paid of in votes
In the 1948 upset
Newsmen with him two years ago again time
Evening star., 1950-03-12
Mercury Is Fastest
OF All the Planets
In Solar System
By Ramon Coffmon

Among the nine planets in our
solar system. there is one which
is faster-moving than any other.
That planet is Mercury, and it
carries the name of a fast moving
god of long ago.
What speed that planet does
have! In one second it covers 2s
and half miles on its trip around
the sun. That is more than one
and a half times the speed of the
earth.
If Mercury travels that fast,
we might expect it to seem to
shoot across the sky. Actually it
is so far away that we fail to see
any motion when we look at it for
a minute or two. Watching it
from night to night, astronomer S
figure its changes in position, and
from those changes they can tell
its speed.
Mercury can be seen without a
telescope at certain times. Those
times are in the twilight.
The average distance of Mer-
curry from the earth is about 93,-
100000 miles. There are days
when Mercury is only $4,000, 900
miles from the earth, and other
days when it is 100000 miles
away.
We might suppose that Mercury
would be most easy to see at the
closest points, but the fact is diff
ferent. At the closest points the
dark side of Mercury is toward us,
and nothing on its surface can
be seen.
There are times, however, when
Mercury gets directly in the way
of the sun, and then something
interesting happens. We see a
transit of Mercury" The transit
is watched through telescopes
which are fitted with dark eye
pieces so the sunshine will not
hurt the eyes of the astronomers,
A tiny black circle passes across
the face of the sun as the hours
go by. This circle is made by the
planet Mercury.
Years pass between transits Of
Mercury. There will be one on
November IA, 1858, and another
on May 6, 1857. Still another is to
come on November 7, 1860.
There seems to be good proof
that Mercury rotates. or twists
around, once in SO days. That is
the same time this planet takes to
revolve around the sun. If Mer-
curry turns only once in that time,
the same side always faces the
sun, and it must be extremely hot.
Evening star., 1950-03-12

In appraising the 194s yearling
crop owned by King Ranch, the
owner and trainer of that racing
establishment agreed that two
sons of Bold Venture and a colt
by Bull Lea were most likely tc
prove the best race horses. A colt
by Bold Venture out of Igual, thus
a full brother to Assault, the 194e
Kentucky Derby winner, was Sc
lected as best of the three. Later
named Air Lift, he had to be de.
stroyed after being injured as q
2-year-old.
Picked third was the son oil
Bull Lea. This colt was named
Beau Max for the King Ranch
trainer. He was good winner
at 2 last year. Between the two
was put a chestnut colt by Bold
Venture and out of Verguenza
and that accounts for the name
battle-ground.
Evening star., 1950-03-12
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

LONDON. Mar. 11.-Red April,
13-year-old gelding that just
keeps on winning, scored 10
length victory at Hurst Park today
over a steeplechase field which in
cluded five Grand National en-
tries.
Lord Mildmay's Cromwell was
second to the veteran, with Torhill
third. Neither Red April nor Tor
hill, today's To favorite, is entered
in the Grand National, which will
be run March Is.
Possible, who is entered in the
National, was fourth, while the
other National candidates-Row-
land Roy, Skouras and Cottage
Welcome-were pulled up three
jumps from home.
Red April covered the three
miles and 180 yards in $50 and
paid off at 10 to /. The race was
worth f1,158 ($3,442) to the win
ner
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Gulfstreum Park Results
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Pres.
FIRST, RAcE-Purse, 5000; claiming
Gad ,sao1 snd upward; fprlongs
Alexis tMonteiro) 6.IO 400
Big And Better (culmone) 2.sG
Time, 1:10+s.
manasa. Coral Way, KeTs Love
SECOND RAcE-Purse, $1,000; claim
nn;- ing; 4,ysar1olds Esa ,a and up; furlongs.'
sold sold verse Ses Hstsan Rossrs 2@lo soo s6 sS
Percivale tRobertson) 3.5O
.Ais'on As0 ranfszas ,,sz B5sss s Steel Strike
daily double paid S61 800.
THIRD RAcE-Purse. s2.4oo: allow
aeei EaeeI ;Riys4s 4iyssrolds; furleass as 90 or
Bold Knot tCulmone) 400
Also s' raia9Ray r.o, X, Waiver, Jacks Re.
ny sa SfHs He Mf5sH beH bn.ro 5aaa Give
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $4,000; claim.
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; furlongs
clnil outand aoush spnsIeS onS0ne' aloo 1915 o af
RcTal Time3 He1io n'a4M' tM0ra' soc
R IL doas mhss'
Maijo and Wintag, ~.
FIFTH RACE-Purse. $4,000; allow
ances; 3-year-olds; Lis miles.
Schroon (Scurlock) 2140 700 3S(
Broken Crown (Stout) $40 2.7l
Halorette {Church) $50
Also rsn,--aettie Marie. Willy Willie
Blazing and Erosion 81
SIXTH RAcE--The sHorning Handicap
purse, $1,000; 3-year-olds and up; IL
Wynford II (Fandez) 1920 500 3.st
Alarmed (Nelson) $50 2.o(
aBewitch tScurlock) 22(
Time: 1:49as.
Also ran-Gangway, Chicle II, John,
JOY.
a-Calrlmet Farm entry.
SEVENTH RACE-Purse, $4,000: allow.
Titien end (Domenico) 47.70 1880 Al
Commodore, Lea (Manifold) 4.7O 32l
| Wide Margin Hanford) $50
! Also % ran@Music. koncalla, Sub ane
| Pegasus 2nd.
EIGHTH RAcE-Purse. $2,4o0; claim,
ing; 4-yearcSids and upward: y miles.
esIss esnaer9e Ssne MefaaHSIn} MfInaads5} 1890 S
Also e ranHcountrya Boy End. Libert,
Road Hard Held, Bill Ross, Litter, Muzzle
Mayram and Good Story.
NINTH RAcE-Purse, $4,000; claim.
ing; 4-year-olds and upward; y miles.
5s:ss 5s:ss IS IS Ss$sR gSs$sRs's'' $50 81 Il
! Also ran-Harbor, Busy Sis, PharacY
Kid Stun, High Peak Killeybegs, Bachelol
Boy. scotiand Yard. Donnass Ace. :
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New Orleans Results
BY the Associoied Pres,

FIRSI RACE-Purse: 5000; claiming;
Bayridee (Hettinger 27.o0 1000 100
khaygram (Bone) 500 4. 90
Alcad (Haber) ,40
Also ran-Nineteen -Four, Fair Jete
tJacalitos, Chic Rose. fFlaeshifter. fLady
field. @
ing; 4-year-oids and Upward: 'SoH 8 fIronss e1a1m
Fighting Louie (Bone) $40 400 $40
First Pal tClaggetD 700 4.2(
Poodoo (Jones) 4 &c
Time. 1:13
Also ran-Donna l., survey, Merry Lad
Master; fRaidine Star. fMudf fVdSi Guard. dufS0'
Daily double paid sss. -.
j., THIRD RACE-Purse, $1,000; claiming
ssls52 s;si R'.S sosss sn55 sa,ra ''4o 5sS 5S
Also ran-slow Flash. Tea Dance
ture. This High jay Bee 'iai iii and df Frs, re,
Vsfisi I Field.
FOURTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000; claim.
ing Ingi 3-year-olds; i. miles
Ben Davis tHar3 40 4 fGG
S'r rimet riHaeomaF 7 az cBeasy' 4.sG
Aiso ran-Lucky Al, Nickie C, Country
Eoltor. Mitzi Helen and Reputation
anee; 2,year-olds; , furlongs.
Retleule tBone) $50 24O 2.2C
a. La Marga Kennedy 2.40 go
Also ran-chippy v, Glaomins, Dom.
steaa, sra6i, inky Racer, surpasser and Bob
aE H. Sane entry.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, $1,000; allow
an9es; 4,year-olds and upward; furlones.
Rookvoas RRt1ly valenI {{rhioo1 1900 500 $40
Montana Ttmn SANDS (Jenkinsj $50
s0 roRer RakIe R Eo1a Tski Mztf5 H5s
and Illustrate. ~ "
az. A. Chambers entry.
SEVENTH RAcE-The Louisiana Derbv.
iIs' rHI[se' $4,000, added; 3-year-oids; / u
c Greek Ship (Errico) 800 $40 . go
Yogi (CombestJ INV 3aa9
Also ,ran-f Nick Bloom. Here's Hube.
haze I1qlae T1as Ms,isn I'm RSn Bat Boy Equi-
me W, Congressional and Beirut.
Murray Hill Farm entry. b William
e. g. HeiS s, entry. Brookmaede stable 'sn,. enr
ing; 4,,year-olds and upward; ii miles,
Beach Moss tBone) 14S0 $50 81
GAooiIo 1eHdEllOJ 3 go 2 Al
Sure Gift CLicausD go
Time, 1:46.
Also ran-Trance Sleeper. Aunt Rutb
Great Shuttle, Sweet Streak and Temple
NINTH RACE-Purse, 5000; claiming.
Joe Valenti (Tenaglio) 22.2O $50 500
Pro tBone) 61 az
Arrow Rock CHettinger) 10
Time-2:0SH5
Also ran-Rio Limpio, Chic Chic, Ro-
tamaI Clover Miss. Stray Tiger, Joes Sun
and Miss Golightly 0Se '5"A
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Decorating Scheme
Turns Out as Expected
Prise Contribution
BY Joon Murphy, Is
Immoeu Seminary

Is your father the ambitious,
energetic type who starts a job
bubbling over with enthusiasm
and then quits in the middle of
it? Well, mine is. For about a
month, the head of the house
contemplated enlarging our little
dwelling. His dreams began to
take shape two weeks ago when
he decided to begin his remodel
ing plans by hanging, wallpaper in
one of the rooms. Just a simple
little room. We were all quite
alarmed for we thought for sure
he would start tearing down a
side. of the house, at the very
least, and in the meantime we
would freeze to death. But such
was not the case.
First of all the furniture was
removed from the room in ques-
tion, which was an all day affair,
while the boss planned his next
major move. Number one on the
agenda was the painting of the
ceiling. Amid the splatter of
paint, thoughtful deliberations,
and sermons on how everything
was to be done in a scientific man.
ner, this was completed. Next,
the woodwork had to be sanded
down and painted. Nothing is
worth doing unless it is worth do
ing WELL" said Dad. The rest
of the family groaned, for we
knew who would have to do it.
After the sanding was finished
the paint was applied. We
breathed easier for now the hard
part was over. Or so we thought.
The wallpaper was the stick it
on-yourself" type in lone minute
fiat" or so the advertisement and
directions said. We learned differ
emily. The water splattered, the
paper didn't stick or go on
straight, and soon morale was
completely broken for my parent
had now lost faith in what the
instructions said. A paper hanger
was employed to finish the task.
After this episode, one would
think he had learned his lesson,
but Dad still says he is going to
enlarge the house.
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Cash Prizes Offered
For Work of Younq
Writers and Artists

Cash prizes of ST are awarded
for original stories, articles, poems
and cartoons published in The
Junior Star. Contributors of ma
terial which the editor considers
of sufficient merit also are issued
reporters cards.
The contest is open to toys and
girls of high school age and under.
Write on one side of paper (dou-
BILE space if you type) and put
your name. age. address, telephone
number and school in the upper
left-hand corner. Draw with black
India ink on white paper and do
not roll or fold.
The editor reserves the right to
publish any contribution in what
ever form he thinks best. regard
less of whether it is awarded a
prize. He also may withhold
prizes awarded for contributions
found not to be original.
Checks for prizes are mailed
during the week following publi-
cation. Address: The Junior Star.
727 Star Building. Washington 4.
Evening star., 1950-03-12
Argentine Long Shot Beats Calumet Pair
Wynford Il Noses 0ui
Aging Ge|ding, Pays
$3.50 in MutueIs
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 11.-Law-
renee Lewis rank outsider, Wyn-
ford II. pulled a major upset Of
the Florida race reason today by
winning the $500 Horning
Handicap at Gulfstream' Park
and paying off at S76.20 for 50.
Wynford II, bred in the Argen-
tine, beat Calumet Farms entry
of Armed and Bewitch, Chicle II
and Johns Joy. The five-year-
old son of Badruddin ran the
mile and a furlong in the good
time of 1:4925 over a fast track.
He carried 112 pounds.
Armed, the aging golden geld
ing, fought it out gamely but
didn't have quite enough power
in the final strides. At that, he
was always in contention and
only head separated them at
the finish, with Bewitch another
head away in third.
Ridden by Fernando Fernandez,
Wynford II ran well in second
position until they reached the
three quarter pole. dropped back
to fifth at the stretch and then
found an opening and charged
through to beat out the fast
closing Armed, who came from
fourth. A claim of foul was not
allowed.
Bewitch, winner of the recent
Black Helen Handicap at Hialeah,
took the lead briefly in the
stretch but lugged in badly and
had to be content with third
money.
Chicle II, winner of four
straight races, carried top i'm
post of 1913 pounds and finished
fifth. Bewitch packed 124 pounds
and Armed Ill pounds.
Wynford earned $4,750 and re-
turned S76.2O, So and $3.50. The
Calumet entry paid $3.50 and
$2.20. The $500 Armed won
pushed his total earnings to $813,-
500.
The Horning Handicap was a
final prep for the $4,000 Gulf
stream Park Handicap next
Saturday.
Evening star., 1950-03-12

Middleground had a limited
racing career at 2. He started
five times, won four races, ano
was third once. His only stakes
victory was in the Hopeful at
Saratoga, which he won by six
lengths from a field including
Navy Chief, Mr.. Trouble, More
Sun, Guillotine. Detective, Sulie-
man, Admiral Drake, and Picador
which finished in that order.
He started in only one other
stakes race, finishing third tc
Wisconsin Boy and The Diver in
the Arlington Park Futurity
Trainer Hirsch had sent the colt
to the Chicago track early in
hopes of him getting in a race
there prior to the Futurity. How
ever, the prep races in which he
was entered did not fill, and prior
to the Futurity the King Ranch
trainer commented, I'm afraid of
this one because that colt needed
a prep"
Middleground won his first race
at Belmont on May II, and his
other two victories were in over
night events at Saratoga. .
(TomorroW: Bed ORoses,")