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like Senator Donnell of Missouri
The interest of such characters
in the garden spot of Kansas City
President Truman's home base. is
Indignantly regarded by all true
Democrats as inordinate. They
believe with some justification
that until next November, Repub-
licans will tend to depict Kansas
City as the capital of the under
world.
Unfortunately Timed.
From the administration point
of view therefore, the Staying of
Charles Binaggio. Kansas City
Democratic and rackets boss, was
most unfortunately timed. 1t will
now be practically impossible for
any investigation not to take a
detailed and serious look at Mhat
goes on in Missouri. And there
is plenty Of time to do it between
now and November.
The problem of Kansas City, It's
vote frauds and its politically
connected underworld, was in
herent in the crime probe from
the start. It is the principal rea-
son that the Rules Committee
okayed only a moderate appro-
priation and coupled it with a
requirement that the Investigate
ing group must report to the
Senate not later than July 81
next.
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CTedCc b united Doro'n' Aho"psoh'
Europe of which Germany must
be a part.
These things cannot be accom-
plished. The program is wish
dream.
Germany can become a menace
to the West only in military alli-
ance with the Soviets. In Eastern
Germany. q Red army is being
built. Mr.. McCloy cannot, there
fore, tell us how we can prevent
the revival Of a German war ma
chine.
Can't Join United Europe.
Nor can Germany" join a
united Europe. To effect this
there would have to be a united
Germany. and a. united Europe
for it to join. The latter is nom
existent. The former is impossible
without Russian consent, which
will never be granted to a Ger
many determined to join the
West.
Politics is the art of the pos
sible. Impossibilist politics are
none at all.
Not all the Atlantic powers want
q united Germany. France opposes
restoration Of the capital in Ber-
lin, and insists on the truncation
Of the Saar.
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power.
Secretary Acheson has learned
personally over the week end that
the appointment of two former
Republican Senators-John Fos-
ter Dulles and John Sherman
Cooper-has not changed the sit
uation in the slightest.
Both Failed in Election.
Both of these men filled unex-
pired terms in the Senate and
failed to be elected when they
ran for full terms. Moreover. Mr.
Dulles was on the now-deceased
bipartisan team during the blum
dering years" which brought the
United States to the present situ-
alton, in which we fear another
war may not be far away.
The personal prestige Of Mr..
Dulles as a good lawyer and a
pious man is we'll established
among Republican legislators. But
his standing as an able and real
istic policy maker is in doubt.
This was brought to the atten-
ton of Gov. Thomas Dewey in
August, 1948, when the Republican
Party had high hopes that the
Governor of New York would be
elected President. A group of
Republican Senators called on
him at that time and warned him
that If he nominated Mr.. Dulles
as Secretary of State, some of
them would vote against him, be-
cause they had no confidence in
his handling of foreign affairs.
Mr.. Dewey was not elected, but
the men who expressed their lack
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salesman in a women's hat shop.
Why the jails aren't crowded with
people who sell hats to women is
beyond me. How they resist bang
ing their customers over the head
with the handiest and bluntest
weapon available shows either
great respect for the law or
greater control over their tempers.
Tricked Into New Chase.
Several years ago I went hat
shopping with, my wife and at the
finish of the day I swore Il was
in awfully good practice by the
end of the day. that never would
I repeat the performance.
But I got tricked into another
chapeau chase here in New York
yesterday. and here are a few OBJ
servations I made on the harrow
ing experience:
Unlike men, women have nc
idea of what sort of hat they want
When man goes into hat store
he knows whether he wants a
gray, brown or green. and he
knows whether he wants a
straight brim, a snap brim. or a
pork pie. So he doesn't ask the
salesman to show him every bit
of headgear in the place, includ-
ing high silk hats and caps. The
average man can buy a hat and
have it initialled in fifteen min
utes.
But womanenters a hat shop
with no dreaming idea of what
she wants. She acts exactly as if
she had just acquired a head for
the first time in her life and
wasn't at all sure how to dec
crate it.
In one place I saw a woman try
on hats ranging in size from a
poached egg to a doorman's UNI
brella. All around her were other
women, sitting in front of little
dressing table mirrors, studying
themselves in hats of every color
and every conceivable shape.
Fugitives From Sideshow.
Women tried hats on that made
them look like fugitives from a
sideshow, but one glance wasn't
sufficient to convince them how
ridiculous they appeared. They
would peer and make faces, shift
the hat from one side to the other,
and tilt it up and tilt it back, be-
fore deciding to buy or not to buy.
In one small shop only two
women were looking at hats, but
soon a good fifty hats were scat
tered all over the place. Every
drawer in the shop was open, and
assistants were bringing in nearly
finished hats from the Workrooms
kept loose tally during the day
and for every 100 hats shown
women, one and one-half were
purchased.
Most of the gals, after running
a saleSwoman to the point of in
sanity, usually wound up by saying
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On the Record
Policy Set Forth in McCloy Speech
For Germany Seen as Wish Dream

The menace that Britain fears
is not military but economic
the competition of German in
dustry. A truly democratic
Germany. prevented from meeting
its terrific economic problems by
the fullest use of all possible re-
sources. is contradiction in
terms. Democracy equates with
freedom. and only with freedom.
Russia wants Communist Ger
many united with the Soviet
world. The latter is united under
monolithic discipline. In the East
there is a unity to join. Russia is
creating the means to realize this
goal: A party operating in all
zones, and German army. One
cannot counteract this policy with
air castles.
What Policy Will Emerge?
1t is not 50 difficult to anticipate
what policy will emerge in the
German mind if one has sufficient
imagination to pretend for a
moment that one is a German
or an American. faced in his own
country with the identical prob
lens of the German.
What goals would we then
project for ourselves? Obviously
three:
/. To end the occupation.
2. To unite the nation.
8. To avoid being either the
pawn or the battle-ground of two
contending external powers.
The realization of point three
also is the only conceivable road
to international peace.
Neither Russia nor the Atlantic
powers can tolerate Germany as
an appendage of the other. Nor
can Germany. Western Germany
cannot make any move which
would withdraw her further from
Eastern Germany and guarantee
continuance Of division. To Join
Western Europe would do Just
that.
No part of Germany can toler-
ate West-East war. The strug-
gle for Germany is, however, the
most likely in the world to pre-
cipitate that horror.
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PaYOff in Votes Feared
Democrats Move to Put Crime Probe
Into Hands of Loyal Party Men

This was designed to prevent the
investigation from taking the
headlines throughout the cam
paign. But the more the party
strategiSts reflected on the Repub-
lican minority of the Judiciary
Committee to which the original
resolution was referred, the less
they liked it.
1t includes: Senator Donnell
who is up next fall and would
worry Kansas City crime like a
dog does bone. Senator Fergu-
son who is stubborn if not too
astute bloodhound. Senator Jen-
ner, who like Senator Mccarthy
doesn't care what he says about a
Democrat. Senator Wiley who is
up this fall and. badly needs talk
ing points. Senator LANCER who
is, to put it very gently, unpredict-
able.
Politics Via This Route.
The Democratic feeling that
politics might creep into the crime
endeavor via this route is not re-
garded in the Capitol as wholly
unwarranted.
In any case. Majority Leader
Lucas eyes with favor the bid of
the Interstate and Foreign Com
merce Committee to take or at
least to share jurisdiction in the
matter. The Democratic Policy
Committee will make the choice.
The Chairman of judiciary is
tough old Pat McCarran. Senator
McCarran has just been beaten
down by Senator Lucas in a fight
to liberalize the displaced persons
bill; however, he represents the
great gambling State of Nevada
and could be reasonably expected
to defend its interests. He has
spoken out against any joint juris-
diction on the ground that it's al
ways an inefficient arrangement.
Senator Kefauver of Tennessee,
the crusading liberal who pinned
Boss Crump's ears back, authored
the crime resolution. He still
hopes to climb into the drivers
seat on it and expresses confidence
that, we'll conducted, it cannot
harm his party.
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Irepudiates many of the promises
he made the people when he per-
formed his political miracle two
years ago. They seem to think
there is no limit to what the
man can do.
Everybody had that idea dur
ing the months following the '48
election when he upset the ex-
perts. retained the White House
for himself and restored Con-
gress to the Democrats. He was
the Mighty Mo of politics, des-
tined to become an American
legend.
Own Party to Blame.
He may still be the Mighty Mo,
but when he starts out next
month to take the Republicans
for another ride he may be re-
minded that even superdread-
naught can get stuck in the mud.
And the men of his own party
in Congress, now needing his
pulling power. will have them
selves to blame for landing him
there. BY the same token. they
will have to get him out OF the
mud if they expect him to do
his stuff in their behalf. At most
, he can only do part of the job.
| One opportunity to undo some
of the damage Congress has done
, is in the Presidents own hands.
, He can veto the Kerr natural gas
. bill. which squeaked through the
, House by whiSker, with a ma
5 jority of the Democrats voting
/ against it. after passing the Sen
ate by close vote. with a ma
jority of the Democrats voting
, for it. No serious effort to pass
it over his veto need be antici-
pated, since a two-thirds vote
would be required. In fact, a
good many of the Democrats who
voted for it under the pressure
Of the politically powerful oil in
/ terests, doubtless would be happy
| to reconsider their action now.
The proponents of the bill could
hardly get a majority against a
, veto, let alone the necessary two
thirds.
This is due partly to the fact
that the public only awakened to
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This Changing World
State Department Tries to Mend Fences
AS Tension in Europe Grows Alarminsly

of confidence in Mr.. Dulles were
returned to the Senate and today
are among the leaders of the Re
publican group.
Mr.. Acheson was told frankly
last week that a bipartisan foreign
policy can be re-established only
by full cooperation between the
State Department and leading
Republican Senators. regardless of
whether they are members of the
Foreign Relations Committee. He
was reminded that even Senator
Vandenberg now is only lukewarm
to the bipartisan policy.
Committee Reshuffled.
The ranking Republican member
OF the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee is still disillusioned
over the reshuff1ing of his COM
mittee by the Democrats who, in
organizing the 8lst Congress, re-
duced the number of minority
party members on the committee
to five and increased their own
representation to eight. In the 80th
Congress the ratio had been seven
to six.
The Secretary of State also was
told that the Republicans do not
intend to make foreign affairs the
football of domestic politics, pro-
vided there is genuine consulta-
ton between them and the State
Department. But they will not
play along if the administration
insists on making major decisions
without previous consultation and
the Republicans are required to
approve those decisions.
If the State Department wants
the approval of the Republicans it
first must take into consideration
the views of Republican leaders in
spirit of give and take.
Present world conditions which
have brought us to the brink of
another war are due to major mis-
takes which the Republicans lay at
the doorstep Of the administration,
particularly the State Deprtment.
Mr.. Truman, who has just re-
turned to Washington after a
lengthy holiday at Key West, will
hear from his Secretary of State
the views of Republican legisla-
tors. But whether he will follow
any constructive idea Mr.. Acheson
may have formed in his own mind
after last weeks discussion is a
matter which raises considerable
speculation among his own fol-
lowers.
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On the Other Hand
Democrats Reminded That Even
Mighty Mo Was Only So Mighty

the meaning of the bill after il
had been passed. The public, in
this instance. includes many may
ors Of cities that would be directly
affected. They have petitioned the
President, "on behalf of the mil
lions of consumers in our cities, u
to veto the bill. Take a look at the
amazing list Of cities, whose may
ors have Joined in this plea:
New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleve-
land, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, St.
Louis. Milwaukee, Minneapolis,
Kansas City, Cincinnati. Denver,
Toledo, Birmingham, Akron. st.
Paul.
THE issue is clearly drawn" !"
says the petition. "A gigantic ma
tural monopoly will either be freed
to conduct its business on its own
uncomfortable terms or be re-
quired to continue serving the gas
consuming public in the cities we
represent under fair and proper
restraints of law"
Mayors are not necessarily ex-
perts in the field of national legis-
lation. but they do understand
public utility regulation. And they
do understand that the millions of
gas consumers are millions of
voters something that seems to
have escaped some of the Presi-
dents friends in Congress.
So it would appear that the
time has come for the President to
get tough again-tough with the
members of his own party. If he
is not able to do so on this and
some other issues, that coming
cross-country trip might as well
be cancelled in the interest OF
economy.
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Hence their
present fancy
maneuverS in
the Senate with
respect to pro-
posals to inves-
tigate in t err
state Grim e.
T h e ir imme-
diate aim is to
get any such
/ n v e S t igatlon
into the hands
Of loyal party
men and away
I r o m n o S e Y
D on11h1in onc
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II think III just look around a
little more. so would you give me
your card. please. may be back. -
1t was at this point that l al
ways took shelter IN corner. or
dropped to the floor. because I
couldn't figure a clerk letting such
customers go without pumping
lead into some part Of their bodies
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counteract the
pressure ex-
erted by the
u. S. s. r. to
prevent Ger
many from be-
coming again a
menace: en-
c o u r a 6 e q
truly demo-
cratic society;
maintain con-
trols against
revival of a
German war
machine: and
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to make a liv-
ing by diving
of a 100-foot
tower into a
thimble with
a matinee on
w e d n esdays).
or even by ac-
ceptlng a po-
sition that re-
quired me to
tattoo "Sempe3
Fidelis' on CO.
bras chests.
The job I
refer to is that
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at home and re-
vive the non-
partisan policy
in foreign af-
fairs.
T lie trouble
is that the Ad-
m i n i S rr a =
tion's attitude
toward such a
policy is still
DdSeC on the as
sumption that
the Republicans
should indorse
the actions of
the arfv in
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I1lo IL lClluS, Ill
c | u din 6 h i S
q tie friends
u n gu o t e, in
Congress have
given him a
prog r a m for
the next six
m o n t h S that
should make a
heart even as
strong as his
quail. They are
asking him to
get out and re-
elect them on
q rooorJ fhof
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By Lowell MeHen

1t looks this week as if Presi-
dent Truman will have use for all
the strength he was able to store
up during his month in Florida.
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By Constantine Bro,pn

While the tension in Europe and
Asia is growing alarmingly, the
State Department is trying-so far
inef1ectually-to mend its fences
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By Dorothy Thompson

The speech in London, April 4,
of John j. McCloy, United States
high commissioner for Germany,
set forth our German policy: To
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.clemore
Wonders at Patience
Of Hot Sole Clerks
By Henry McLemore

There is one job on earth
wouldn't have under any circum-
stances.
Before Id take it ] would try
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Bv Doris FleeS0n

Democrats here are trying to
make sure that crime does not
pay off in Republican votes next
fall.
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In Icy Sidewalk Injury

The district government can
not be held responsible for in
juries caused by ice and snow on
the sidewalk, it has been ruled by
District Court Judge Jennings
Bailey.
Judge Bailey this week ordered
a verdict in favor of the District,
which had been named defendant
in a damage suit. The plaintiff
in the suit, Miss Estelle Smith,
now of Henderson, Tex, had sued
for $4,000 damages for injuries
she said she suffered in a fall on
the street at Fourteenth and X
streets NV. in February, 1948.
Her injuries included fractures of
the wrist and elbow.
Judge Bailey, in his ruling,
noted there was no defect in the
sidewalk. The District was rep
resented by Assistant Corporation
Counsels Oliver Gasch and John
F. Doyle.
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Chang Takes Control
Of Nationalist Army
To Step Up War Effort
BY the Assoeioted Press

TAIPEI, Formosa, Mar. 16.-
Chang Kai-shek took direct con-
troll of Nationalist Chinese armed
forces today.
The office of Southeast Asia
commander, formerly in command
of F'ormosa armed services, was
abolished. Premier Chen Cheng
held the post until he took the
premiership this week.
The move was part of an effort
to step up the war machine to
prevent another defeat-which
might cost Nationalist leaders
their heads.
Ku Under Sharp Fire.
Ho Ying- chin, former premier
is expected to be named to sue
ceed the present chief Of staff
Ku Chu-tung. Ku has been
under sharp fire for asserted in
competency.
Chang abolished his office as
leader Of the Kuomintang Party.
The job became superfluous with
his resumption of the presidency.
AS these moves were made,
tribal chieftains in Formosa
pledged loyalty to the Nationalists
and vowed to fight against Chinese
Communists until the end. The
chieftains represented 140, 900
tribesmen. They gave their pledge
at formal ceremony before
Chang and Nine. Chang.
Some Of the chieftains had tat
tooed faces, some wore turbans,
some were barefoot and others
wore picturesque garb that might
have come out OF q comic opera.
One appeared in a Prince Albert
coat.
Presented With Gifts.
The chieftains pledged to fight
under Chiang's leadership in the
mountains they could make un-
tenable to a hostile force.
Chang promised the tribesmen
to do his best to improve their
standard Of living. education and
general welfare. He said these
objectives could not be fully at
tanned until the Russian aggres-
sors and their robots, the Chinese
Communists, are driven away from
our mainland"
The chiefs presented Chang
with gifts, including a dirk. It
carried an inscription reading:
When this dirk leaves its
sheath 1t strikes like thunder and
lightning. Use it to slay the
Communist devils"
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C. Held Not Responsible May Completion Date Set for New Bridge

Unfavorable weather has post
poned the tentative completion
date for the new Highway Bridge
to May /.
Highway Director j. N. Rob-
ertson, who had hoped to have the
project ready by the first of April,
also qualified his new goal yester-
day with weather permitting"
Workmen now are grading, set
ting forms and pouring concrete on
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Court Orders Wife
To Obey Husband

A wife must obey her husband
in everything, a court in Cairo
ruled the other day.
A 17-year-old Egyptian girl
married a man of 80. He forbade
her to leave the house without his
permission, to listen to the radio
or read books unless approved by
him. to visit her parents without
permission or to remain seated In
his presence.
The wife walked out and took
her case to the Moslem religious
court. She got her answer in one
word-obey.
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the approaches at each end. A
few more piles remain to be
driven to anchor the District end
of the bridge.
When the new bridge is finished,
the old span will not be closed, as
previously CONTEMPLATED. for a new
surface. Instead, traffic will use
the old bridge one way south on
two lanes, while other lanes are
being resurfaced.
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Indian Head Group Plan:
Amateur Talent Show
SpecioI Dispotch TO The S,or

INDIAN HEAD, Md, Mar. 10
An amateur talent show will be
given in St. Marys hall here to-
morrow night after devotions in
the church.
Sponsored by the Sodality of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, under
the craftsmanship of Mrs. R. c.
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Old Fashioned POTty
For Nellie Walker

Mr.. w. H. Walker. 3616 Fourth
Ave. So. entertained recently for
his wife. Nellie. at an Old FASH
toned party with pioneer Mime
apolis women as guests, Among
those present were Mines. Belle
X. Scott, Emma Grimes, Florence
Johnson. Matte bearing. Frances
Duncan. Rosa Pittman, John
Wright, Mary Jones, w. II,
Wright, Wayne White, Mary
Alice Smith. Hazel Underwood,
Marie Boswell. Lula Cratic, EN-.
ma Coleman, Alice Brown, Lottis
Hyde, Eva Abbey. Mayme Upte-
grove, Edythe Moulden, Jewell
Burke. Lucille TlIman, Lillian
Parkinson, Ethel Stevens, Eliza
beth Ewing, Hardy White. Arthur
Harness and others. Mrs. Walker
who has been indisposed said abe
WAS happy TO enjoy the company
Of her many friends.
Flowers were presented Mrs
Walker from the Booker T,
Washington Study club, LEILA
Thornton, Mrs. John Wright. Mrs
Earl Bowman and Mrs. Carrie
jackson.
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Board Approves 0OSklns
For Acting IndVSfFl0l
Secretary Urban L0opvO

Al It's regular meeting October
II, the Board OF Directors OF the
Minneapolis Urban League con-
firmed the employment of Ashby
GHslSins a. Acting Industrial
Secretary.
Mr.. GRsISins will serve until q
permanent appointment In made
by the Board. Mr.. GasI0ins In a
graduate student in Sociology at
the University Of Minnesota.
During World War II Mr.. Gas
kins was a member Of the Void
Chamberlain Naval Band. He WA
formerly employed by the Veter-
ans Administration.
Mr.. GaAkins In state president
OF the Minnesota NAACP.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-20

Ave. So. An election OF officers
was held.
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SOCIAL & PERSONAL
MINNEAPOLIS

Mrs. Jack POsten, 54i Gtrard
Ave. No, motored 20 Mason city,
Iowa for the weekend Of Oct. 10,
to attend q young peoples meet.
ing at the new Bethel Baptist
church, Mrs. posten was Sololst
on the program. accompanied by
Mr.. Joe Polk. Mr.. Jacob Reed
gave his Interpretation Of Negro
spir,tuals. and the POSten twins,
Robert and Raymond. sang a
duet Mr.. Carl Davis was the
chauffer for the group.
Tue A. n q. Club met Sunday
afternoon. Oct, 10, at the home Of
Mrs. Esther Roach. SaiT Fifth