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Evening star., 1950-02-21

to the realm of speculation and
rumor, it is unlikely that any re-
liable sources in the Western world
possess accurate information about
what really was decided between
the Russians and the Chinese
Communist government.
The protracted length of the
negotiations suggests that there
were differences of opinion. But
it also suggests that negotiations
covered far more than Chinese
Russian relations and encom-
passed plans for the furtherance
Of Communist political and mill
tary policies in all Southeast Asia.
The conquest of China was so
rapid that it may have upset the
timetable on Indo-China, Siam,
Burma, Malaga, India and other
points. Many factors may have
prevented Stain and Mao TIE
tung from seeing eye to eye on
moves in this area. But we may
take it that there was no disagree
ment in principle-nameIy, that
China is but one link in a pro-
jected chain of events aimed at
the Communist conquest of all
Ashland the world.
Seek to Block U. S. Aid.
Soviet recognition of Ho Chi
Mimi in Indo-China occurred
while the conference was going on.
We may assume that recognition
was not an isolated act, but part
OF a plan by which the fall of
1ndo-China is to be speeded up
with Chinese aid to Ho Chi Minis
guerrillas, before the Bao Dai gov
eminent can take advantage of
its recently improved position and
OF American recognition and pos
sible aid.
In this unconventional World
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the Alger Hiss
CT S e, is now
confronted with
a controversial
n e W Supreme
Court decision
On civil liberties.
Liberals swift
ly proclaimed
the decision a
defeat for those
who look to the
court to stand
aloof from the
emotions of the
hour in the pro-
lection of the
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5 t a t e s q n q
Great Britain
will make a
new approach
to the Soviet,
proposing not
only control of
the atomic and
h y d r o g e n
bombs but also
a general dis
cuSSlOn OF llml-
tation of arm
amentS.
The Kremlin
is expected to
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40
t h e W h o | e
agreement. The
published text
of the Yalta
agreement did
n OF tell the
W h oil e story,
which was re-
v e a ] e d only
t h re e y a r S
later. But If
that secret. to
which Amer
i c a ms ere
party. could be
kent corfroJ
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a displa e d
person Just ar
rived from Eu-
rope. The dis
placed person
was a little girl
of II, whose
parents W er e
killed when the
G e r mans in
v a d e d Yugo-
slavia and who
had lived with
her grandmoth-
er in the woods
and in caves
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By Dorothy Thompson

1t is wise to take a large grain
of salt with the descriptions of
secret codicils in the Russo-C Chi
nese agreement concluded last
week.
Undoubtedly, the published text
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pearance? Not
too long ago I
S a W Happy"
Chandler es-
corted to his
seat at a foot
ball game by
two policemen,
each of whom
bristled wit t h
enough arms to
uSHI a platoon
Of soldiers on
even terms for
a fortnight.
I imagine you
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By LoweH MeHeff

That was heart-warming
story the wires carried Saturday
from Monaco. Pa. It told of the
whole town turning out to greet
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That's because Daniel Schitea works
with them to replace old. worn-out
typewriters with brand-new, easy
writing SMITH CORONAs! If you
are tipping on an "old faithful"
that's seen better days, tell the boss
he may be paying for q new type
writer without owning one, and
call Daniel Schitea at Michigan
5000 right awayl
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McLemore-
Number Of Things
Keep PuzzIing Him
By Henry McLemore

Things That Puzzle Me Section: |
Why is it that baseball commits
sioner has to have an armed guard
when he makes a public ap-
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By Doris FIees0u

A Capital acutely conscious of
loyalty checks, of the growing
atmosphere of secrecy and the un-
happy backWash of suspicion from
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By Constantine Bro,cn

Moscow is reported to be con-
vinced that in the very near fu-
ture-and not later than the be-
ginning of summer-the United
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CLOTHING

86 Worsted Suits, were $50 to $50
Most sizes in regulars
shorts, longs; few stouts TX VR
and short stouts
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operate the Midwest Distrib-
uting Co., q wholesale liquo,
firm, should not be repealed. d
Giovann.'s brother, Vincent, is ali
officer Of the Superior Wine and
Liquor Co. A son and a nephew
own chains of package-liquo:
stores.
Statement Challenged.
The charge against Di Giovanni
is that he made false statements
on his license application to the
effect that he had never beer
arrested or convicted of a crime
A Federal narcotics agent
named MIN as one of two heads
Of the sinister Sicilian secret So
ciety, the Malta. here which oper-
ated and financed a seven-state
narcotics ring in the Middle West
The agent introduced charts
that showed the Mafia's reach
into gambling. murder. bootleg
ging. race wires, black-market
deals-and the legitimate liquor
industry.
Senators swallowed hard as
they got the background of an
important, wealthy agent for the
business which Congress legalizeo
in order to pauperize crime. It is
not an isolated case, their investi-
gators are already able to assure
them. It could add up to a treno
with but one end-prohibition
again.
released by The Bell Syndicate, Incl
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This Changing World
Biggest Budget in History Seen Likely
With Sharp Rise in Defense Needs

some Of their domestic difficulties
and a portion of the new appro-
priationS will be used for the re-
armament of a German defense
force which will cooperate with
the armies of the other Western
European countries.
For the time being there are
no definite plans about German
rearmament. because Of the strong
opposition of the French govern
ment. A plan for the organization
of a Western European defense
force, in which nationality would
be a secondary consideration, may
be worked out in the near future.
This would enable us to provide
the Germans in the West with at
least minimum of modern weap-
ons for the defense of that mo
mans land" which lies directly in
the path Of eventual aggression
from the East.
Funds for Spanish Forces.
Similarly, it is possible, though
not yet probable, that some S per
cent of the 81 billion additional
MAP appropriation may be ear
marked for the Spanish forces.
Full diplomatic relations with that
country are expected to be re-
sumed by the end of this month.
This opens up the possibility Of
more direct talks with the British
and French governments, which
at this moment are strongly op-
posed to the arming of Spain and
the Madrid government. The top
military men in the Atlantic Pact
countries are known to favor the
inclusion Of the Spanish military
forces in the Western defense
setup. Moreover. they are unani-
nous in their belief that Spain
would provide an ideal beachhead
and springboard for an offensive
in the event the Russians Jump
the gun and start an aggression
before we have had time to Or
ganize an adequate Western Euro
pean force.
The plans of the Allies are still
largely in blueprint form. They
cannot become effective, regard
less of how much activity the re-
spective governments display, be-
fore the end of 1882.
In any event, If the present
world crisis does not become more
dangerous American taxpayers
will be saddled with budget for
the current fiscal year of some 500
billion, the most gigantic budget
ever known in the world during
peacetime. II Russia decides to
go on a rampage in the next nine
months. these figures will have to
be revised upward
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0uQBeC bureau Constahtne BROWN.
in collaboration with the Defense
and State Departments, is said to
be as follows: $27 billion for the
Army, Navy and Air Force; $500
million for the Atomic Energy
Commission: $2.5 billion for
guided missiles, and $4 billion for
the Military Assistance Program
to help arm our Allies and asso-
ciateS abroad.
The $27 billion total for the
armed forces is considered a mini
mum and will be sufficient pro-
vided (a) the cost of labor and
materials does not increase greatly
over present levels. and (b) the
international situation remains
static.
Big Increase Possible.
If the prices of strategic mate
rails continue their upward trend,
or If the U. S. S. r. decides to step
up its aggression. particularly in
Europe. it seems more than prob
able that the budget for the Amer
lean military establishment will
have to be increased substantially.
The $500 million for the Atomic
Energy Commissions program is
considered relatively small and
indicates that the production of
the atom bomb is in full swing
now and needs no drastic increase
But it is interesting to note that
the guided missile program must
have been sadly neglected in the
past. since it requires at present
no less than $2.5 billion.
The balance of the total, $4 bill
lion, will be used to speed up the
military preparations of Western
Europe. While no details are avail
able, the consensus of most OBJ
servers is that by the end of this
year the European members of the
Atlantic Pact will have ironed out
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Prohibition Again?
Kefauver Probe Unexpectedly Uncovers
Liquor Crime Tie That Could Set Trend

of a local Democratic boss, Charles
Binaggio. When Senator Kefau-
yer briskly shook up the skeletons
in that closet, Kansas City gave
him credit for a good show and
considerable courage. After all
the most famous alumnus of Kan
sas City Democratic politics is
President Truman and this is an
election year.
Reaction for Zeal.
It is also possible that such
fresh airings of the unsavory story
may tarnish the bright prospects
of Missouri's Democratic candi-
date for Senator, Tom Henning,
but Senator Kefauver plunged in
1t is understood. that Washington
is rather fretful about such Ke-
fauver zeal as his summons to the
witness chair of the President i
friend, Jim Pendergast. That zeal
did earn for the crusading Sena-
tor laurels from Roy Roberts OF
the Kansas City Star, who says
that the hearings were fine and
complete, not a whitewash."
What had not been pulled to-
gether before in public hearings
was the story of how the under
world is continuing to finance it.
self from the drinking habits Of
Americans q malign condition
that repeal was supposed to cure
Yesterday a brief dispatch from
the State capital states that Jo-
seph Di Giovanni has been cited
to show cause why his license to
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Arkansas Ave. Group
Would Raze Hospital
For College Buildings

The Arkansas Avenue Citizens
Association will bend every eff
fort" to have the site Of the tuber-
culosis hospital on Upshur street,
NV, cleared for educational
buildings. Clifford H. Newell, pres
ident, announced last night.
Mr.. Newell told the group the
site has been IAN eye-sore in our
community for years, but it is in
what is known as one of the best
school centers of Washington"
1T is our cardinal aim this
year." he said, "to have the land
dedicated for a large administra-
tive building, teachers college
and junior college" He added
that the District badly needs new
housing for its present teachers
college and school administration.
Mrs. Ben Lewis was appointed
by Mr.. Newell to be captain of the
associations Community Chest
drive.
Fred Morgan, chairman of the
Nominating Committee, presented
a slate of candidates for the elec-
ton next month. These include:
Frank Gauss, president; Desmond
Murphy, first vice president; Rob-
ert Hurley, second vice president;
Essie Robbins, third vice presi-
dent; Charles Manoogian, treas
urer; Fred Morgan, assistant treas
urer; Mrs. Katherine c. Laverine,
secretary, and Mrs. Mildred Eich-
ner, assistant secretary.
A movie entitled Natures Free
Show" by Ralph Lawrence, re-
ceiyed warm applause. The meet
ing was held at the Burdick
School. Thirteenth and Allison
streets w
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People Understand Him
Truman to Hold Some Sort of Record
For Plain and Salty Language

other prominent figures still are
'out." so to speak. The President
just dashes these brusque notes
off. himself, without benefit of
secretarial assistance, advice, or
an editor.
These missives naturally stir UP
a lot of talk, and set off conjec-
lures about their possible politica..
Ieffect. to which no answer will be
attempted here other than to OBJ
serve that the American people
do not seem to object q great deal
to plain speaking, even from their
President.
His campaign speaking is lit
tered with what the meticulous
might call "corny" phrases and
"wcrn-out" cliches-such as "spe-
cial interests" "gluttons of privi-
lege," 'reactionaries," "standpat-
ters." with Wall Street" thrown
in. But Jonathan Daniels ad-
vances a theory that this is
effective on the ground that the
President uses terms with which
people have long been familiar
and they know exactly what
Harry Truman means. There may
be something in that. Occasion
ally he gives his ghost writer's and
advisers the shivers when he does
his own variations, as, for in
stance, after the use of "gluttons
of privilege" in his printed text
at the mammoth Dexter, Iowa.
farm meeting in the 1948 cam
paign. Late that night, In a back
platform appearance from his
special train, he leaped off to
od-suckers of privilege" in an
Off -the-cuff speech.
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and half q dozen other breeds
could name. But not a cocker.
A cookers heart Is big. Real
big. But 1t was made for love, not
fighting. Leave a cocker by him
self for IS minutes and on your
return he will do his best to turn
himself inside out to show you
mis- gratitude for coming back
Walk around the house and whe1l
you get back a cocker viii act as
if you had been gone for Is years
whimpering. rolling, crying, anc
yelping with delight.
My two cookers. Dinah and
Bumble, could no more bring
themselves to attack a burglar
than they could bring themselves
to quit begging at the table. As
for being watchdogs, they are just
the reverse. Let me come home
at night and they'll bark as if
possessed BY demons, but let a
stranger walk up the yard and
past their pen and they'll stay as
quiet as a pair of mute church
mice.
Let a stranger open their pen
and they will cover his hands with
kisses. his legs with a hundred
gentle shifts, and trot along be-
side him as if they had known him
all his life. The cocker is very
polite. He will disobey his mas
ter, refuse to behave when his
master issues a command, but a
stranger can handle him as if he
were little sugar plum.
Should Have Kissed Dog.
Ny guess is that this cocker
who was supposed to have fought
the f1ercest fight since Shiloh, die
nothing Of the kind. The picture
I get is that of the burglar being
rushed by the cocker. yes, not to
attack but to make friends. The
burglar, being burglar who
didn't understand cookers, mis-
took this charge of love for a
charge Of viciousness.
He hit the cocker. The cocker
came right back for more, being
a cocker who didn't understand
burglars. This went on for nearly
two hours, the burglar slapping
the cocker and the dog getting up
before the count of ten and COM
ing back.
If the burglar had known
enough about cookers he could
have robbed the house in fifteen
minutes and been on his way. All
he would have had to do would
have been to pick the cocker up
kiss him on his silky ears, pat him
two or three times. whisper a few
soft words to him, and he would
have had a friend for life.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc }
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week WIN QlS-
closures by the
Kefauver crime
committee of
the extent TO
which the un-
derworld h a S
moved in on
the legal liq-
uor business,
whole S ale as
well as retail,
in America.
Unless the
liquor industry
and the poll
ticianS who are
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neighborhood grocer.
Frankly, ! think the whole story
Is a hoax. and that the cocker
should be made to stand in the
corner for two hours and then put
to. bed without supper.
Heart Made for Love.
I feel this way because I have
two cookers and have a thorough
understanding of the cocker
makeup. A boxer would fight a
burglar for two hours, and so
would a Great Dane, an Airedale,
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MS private re-
marks and per-
Sonal letters will
form a much
more interest
ing and spicy
collection than
his official pa
pers.
/. He strikes out,
too, on all sides,
at all sorts of
C h a r a C t erS,
some in tn e
eminent class,
conn a1p1bSt IN
the folklore
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supposed to regulate it promptly
accept the challenge to clean
house, public reaction against the
Kefauver disclosures, which are
now going forward in Chicago, is
bound to be intense and punitive.
1t Is an angle of the crime COM
mittee's work that the Senators
themselves had not quite expected
when they left Washington.
Other aspects were more famil-
lar. Kansas City, for example,
knew that it suffered from an un-
holy alliance of crime and politics
whose most recent dramatization
came with the Staying last spring
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had returned
home and ef-
fected the cap
ture Of the vii
lain.
| The cocker ,
I understand,
is going to be
! given q medal
for bravery, q
parade, q din
ner attended by
m q y orss anu
prominent citi-
Zens, and a free
| box Of bones
each day by a
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category, and at sainted institu-
tions as, for example. the United
States Marines.
Some who resented very much
his designation of Jimmy Byrnes
of South Carolina as "a miserable
failure as reported by Jonathan
Daniels in THE Man of Inde-
pendence" and not denied by
the President-will, on the other
hand, be very pleased and chortle
merrily over MIR. Truman's re-
mark in another of his letters
that he would not appoint John L.
Lewis dog catcher"-which, If
not very original, makes its point
clearly.
Letter Could Bring Price.
Many have suggested privately,
as did the writer of the letter
to the President which brought
this retort, that John Lewis would
make a good ambassador to Rus
sia, just the sort of a fellow who
could talk up to Joe Stain. They
now have an answer as far as
Harry Truman is concerned. He
has had his run-ins with John L.
and came off pretty we'll. much
better, to hear Republicans tell 1t,
than he has with the man he once
called good old joe"
The Lewis letter, if offered on
the auction block, probably
would bring from some highly
placed gentlemen in our big in
dustrial fraternity who have no
reason to like John L. a much
handsomer sum than the $4,000
which President Truman's letter
about the Marines fetched. Any
one Of dozen or so might like
to have that letter framed and
hanging prominently in his Of
flee.
In its tone of belittlement, the
Lewis letter, though not nearly
so original or expressive, recalls
the remark President Theodore
Roosevelt once made about a
Supreme Court Justice-"an old
fuddy-duddy with sweet-bread
brains" Harry Truman perhaps
comes the closest in his use of
stout language to Teddy Roose-
velt than does any other Chief
Executive in our country.
OF all our Presidents, Mr.. Tru-
man more nearly approaches An
drew Jackson in the use of plan.
and bald expressions, both about
men and issues. as he does also
in some other ways, though he has
not yet rivaled the remark &C
credited to Old Hickory on his
death bed that he was sorry he
hadn't shot Henry Clay anG
hanged John G.. Calhoun. That
is, as far as Has become public in
Mr.. Truman's case.
Just Dashes Notes OFF.
There may be a letter as strong
somewhere. For the John L. Lewis
letter, written to Neal Bishop of
Denver. a Colorado State senator
and Democrat, was dated May S.
I1949, and much time has passed
since then-and before, as MI
Truman has been President now
over five years. There's some
speculation around here as to
what nther letters about WhaL
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current Il sc a !
year in addi-
tion to the $35
billion already
provided. TIL e
entire amount
would be devot-
ed exclusively
to military pre-
paredness here
and abroad.
The tentative
breakdown of
this sum, which
is being pre-
pared by the
Budget. Bureau
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Gurden Club Exhibit

The first Falls Church Garden
Club exhibit will be held from 8
to 10 pm. tomorrow and from 2
to 8 pm. Sunday in the Madison
School, Falls Church. Proceeds will
benefit the Falls Church Library.
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Bv Doris FIees0n

by D0ffS FIeRSOn
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. g.
Prohibition, here I come!
That's the new national story
that began building here last
Evening star., 1950-10-06
By Constantine Bro,cn

President Truman is reported
to be compelled to ask Congress,
when 1t reconvenes November 81,
to appropriate $34 billion for the
Evening star., 1950-10-06
By Thomas L. Stokes

However else Harry Truman
goes down to history, he probably
will hold some sort of record for
salty and blunt language. so that
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Advises Burglars
To Kiss Dogs
Bv Henry McLemoye

You probably read of the cocker
spaniel who, for the better part
of two hours. fought off a bur-
glar until his master and mistress
Evening star., 1950-06-08

THE Secret Fury" it is about
a nice concert pianist (Miss Col
bert) who is. getting dressed TO
marry a handsome. easy-going
architect Ryan.
An hour before the wedding,
the house is full of jollity and it
is clear that these are solid
people, secure in their fashionable
social niche. This lasts only until
the marriage ceremony reaches
that point at which the Bishop
asks if any one knows any reason
why this man and woman should
not be Joined in holy wedlock.
A handsome, hoodlum type
takes this as his cue to say that
Miss Colbert was married just a
couple months before to another
chap than the architect.
X X y 4
Everyone has always hoped to
see something of this sort happen
at wedding, but perhaps not pre-
cisely the way it goes in THE Sc
cret Fury"
The evidence in this case points
to the fact that Miss Colbert really
was married, probably in a state
of amnesia, and of course, there
will have to be an annulment
when and if anyone can discover
just what did happen. Naturally,
the police are not consulted as
they never are in Hollywood. In
stead, the amateurs involved un-
dertake to unravel the mystery
for themselves.
Before they get the results they
are after, at least three people
are dead. the heroine is sent to an
asylum for the criminal insane,
and one of the most sensible look
ing aristocrats on the, premises
turns out to be as mad as a
halter.
Actually the score may vary
three or four in either direction
Out IT is not too important.
X *
While ''The Secret Fury" is es-
sentially chiller, it never loses
sight of the fact that comedy can
be helpful in relieving the strain
of murder and dementia. In
deed with a comedienne of Miss
Colhert's caliber around it would
be foolish not to give her a few
moments of flippant sophistica-
ton. Ryan and Miss Cowl also
contribute to the intermittent
merriment of "The Secret Fury
The main body of the story
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Drama News and Reviews
The Secret Fury at Keith's
More Furious Than Secret
By Joy Cormody

THE Secret Fury at Kehs will teach that Joan craw
ford and Barbara Stanwyck do those
meodramas which the heroine suffers six fates
than
production
Colbert
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her MIND winch, lndeed, is pre-
cisely what happens here. The
truth is that the writings of the
plot may do the same to you un-
less you keep tight grip on your
self.
Yet if Miss Colbert is not hope
lessly overwhelmed by THE Secret
Fury" there certainly is no need
for you to succumb to its dizzy
succession of melodramatic cliches
The picture, you may have
noticed, is one of those whose
ending patrons are asked not
to reveal. A much. better trick
in getting it talked about would
have been to offer a prize to any
one who could synopsize the plot
in any number of words under
$4,000.
RKO has put everything and a
representative sample of every
body into The Secret Fury" It's
dubious theory seems to be that
everything can happen to anybody
and it certainly has found a
willing actress in Miss Colbert.
She and her competent colleagues,
including Robert Ryan, Jane Cowl,
Paul Kelley and Phillip Ober, give
the picture comic and chilling
moments that its basic confusion
might well have frustrated.
To bounce over the surface of
Evening star., 1950-06-08

THE SECRET FURY" an RKo release.
produced by Jack H Skirball and Bruce
Manning, directed by Mel Ferrer, screen
play by Lionel Houser from a story by
Jack r. Leonard and James oHanlon.
AT Keiths.