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that Senator Capehart also has
opposed the programs put forward
by the late President Roosevelt
and Mr.. Truman to better the
condition Of the American people.
Labor Praised by Democrats.
Democratic leaders say that
their allies, the labor unions, have
done a great job in getting out
members to register. Indeed, the
registration is high for this elec-
ton. The Republicans have been
active along that line too. And
both sides are urging the voters
to go to the polls.
The run-of-the mine Hoosier
has not yet shown himself as an
internationalist. The late Wendell
Willkle shocked a lot of them
with his "One World" program
1t is doubtful, therefore, that at
tack on Senator Capehart as ar
isolationist will get very far
However, the Republicans fol-
lowers insist on calling him 9
nationalist an isolationist
The so-called RED issue" has
raised it's head in this State, too
Senator Capeharts and his friend.
attribute the Korean war to the
failure of the Truman admins.
tration to back UP the Chinese
Nationalists. They have imported
Senator "Joe" Mccarthy of Wis.
consin to tell the voters abou,
Secretary of State Acheson anc
the fellow travellers he declare.
have been in the State Depart.
ment. The Wisconsin Senator al.
ready has delivered three speecne,
in Indiana.
Capehart's War Record Cited.
The Republicans also are max
ing as much as they can of the
fact that Senator Capehart is a
war veteran and Mr.. Campbell is
not. Senator Capehart, they
point out, was the first man to en-
list from Davis County in 1917
He served two years in the Army
Indiana is quite veteran conscious
and the Republicans have stickers
for automobile windshields which
read: "Kllroy was there. Where
was Alex Campbell" Six out o1
the IL Republican nominees fol
the House are veterans, too.
| Mr.. Campbell was appointed as.
sistant United States attorney fo
the Northern District of indiana
in 1885, and in 1941 he becam,
United States attorney for tha-
district. He served as district at.
torney until 1948, when he wa
; appointed Assistant Attorney Gen
. eral of the United States. He i
. now 43 years old.
: AS assistant Attorney Genera
: he supervised the trials of Axi
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Lincoln
Continued From First Page.

period of 33 years are too many.
He discusses "Truman's terrible
taxes, and prices and imitation.
Mr.. Campbell refers to Senator
Capehart as an isolationist and
an obstructionist. He attacks the
Republican because of his votes
in the Senate against the ad-
ministration's foreign policy leg
islation, including the Marshall
Plan program and the North At
lantic Security pact. . He asserts
Evening star., 1950-10-26
EvongeIists Shushed

Evangelists broadcasting from
truck at Largs. England, were
ordered by the Town Council to
reduce volume, as they were max
ing too much noise.
Evening star., 1950-10-26
Chinese Reds Reported
We'll Inside Tibet

SALS ~ La, 4llUld, oCU. 20 tfJ
The Kalimpong correspondent
of the newspaper Statesman said
today that invading Communist
Chinese forces are we'll inside
Tibet.
He reported the Communists
were only a days march from
NeiWutsi (RiWoche), which lies
about 500 miles northeast OF
Lhasa. capital of Tibet. The cor
respondent said the Tibetans have
reinforced Neiwutsi with 10000
picked troops.
The Communists were reported
by this correspondent to have
made their first thrust south. o1
Dongma Pass and bypassec
Chamdo. where the defending
Tibetans were massed, in order tc
threaten Neiwutsi.
Lhasa radio broadcasts heard in
Kalimpong said the Tibetans are
shocked and dismayed by the
Communist invasion. Lhasa re.
CARDS the invasion as direct ag-
gression and is determined te
fight, despite the Communists su.
periority in numbers and equip
ment. the Kalimpong correspond
ent said
He said radio reports from the
capital indicated there was a pos
sibility the 15-year-old Dalai
Lama, spiritual ruler of Tibet, and
other high officials, would flee
Lhasa should resistance. prove
homeless
Evening star., 1950-10-26

There are 10000 still on the
waiting list for telephones in Aus
traIia.
Evening star., 1950-10-26

No Agreement Reached.
The Council finally decided to
tell the veto-free General Assem-
oly 1t could not agree, but Mr..
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Chinese Reds Entered
Tibet tuesday, Soviet
Announces in Berlin
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
policies of Tibet on instructions
from London and Washington"
This statement indicated that
the chief Russian claim regarding
Tibet would be that it was to be
an invasion base of the Anglo
Americans in the future.
The official Russian daily
added:
"The Tibetan people have re-
peatedly written to (Chinese
Communist LEADER Mao Tze-tung
requesting their liberation. They
have built roads in the border
region to facilitate the entrance
of the Chinese Peoples Army.
Thus the wish of the Tibetan
people has been openly demon
strated to return to the great
democratic community of China
and not to be put down by Amer
lean and English imperiaIistS.
Evening star., 1950-03-12

Sculpture of The Week at the National GoIery Of
Art is "St George and the Dragon English work OF
ot the gallery through Saturday OF 2:3O ond
2:3O pm. ond next Sundoy at 30 ond go
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Race Issue Leads Church
To Ban Methodist Literature
By the Associoted Press

TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 17.-Critical
of the treatment of race problems
by some church publications, the
Hyde Park Methodist Church here
has banned all literature from
the official church publishing
house. '-r
The Board of Stewards also
voted to spread the word of it's
action to other Methodist
churches.
The church, one of the South's S
largest. has 1910 members.
The ban applies to 40 publica-
tions. They run from publica-
tions for kindergarten to the Off
cial church organ, THE Advo-
cate"
The stewards particularly
frowned on THE Adult Student" r"
issued by the church's general
board of education. and High
Road" a publication for youths.
Stewards took their action
Tuesday. 1t turned down a pro-
posal then to throw out only ''The
Advocate" and High Road" It
decided to ditch them all because
approval of the others would be
an Endorsement of the publishing
house
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Action Near on Gas Act
Final Test Due on Unemployment
To Curb FPC Regulatory Authority

would direct. the FPC to keer
pertinent current information a.
to prices and competition and re-
port to the President and Con.
gress any remedial action
deemed necessary. but this i.
nothing more than the commits
sion can do already.
Regarded as "Sweetening.
1t is regarded as "sweetening'
to get support, and apparently is
serving that rationalizing object
to some extent, though it has not
satisfied proponents of sound anc
effective regulation, among them
labor organizations which are be.
ginning to lay down a barrage
upon the Senate against the Kerr
Thomas bill.
In telegram to every Senator
Nathan Cowan, CIO legislative
director, called the bill IAN un-
considerable raid" said it woulc
enhance value of reserves owned
by big oil companies by ten bill
lions Of dollars and characterized
the amendment referred to above
as merely investigation "after the
act"
In connection with this meas.
ure. it is interesting that the
FPC has a hearing scheduled
March 20 at Bartlesville, Okla.
in a jurisdictional and rate in.
vestigation involving the Phillip.
Petroleum Co., one of the large
natural gas producers and sellers
This will include sales to the
newly constructed line Of tn,
Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co.
serving Missouri, Iowa, Wiscon.
sin and Michigan.
The bill before Congress woulc
not permit such investigations by
the FPC as in this current case
according to FPC officials, because
of removal OF the jurisdiction
necessary, and thus could moi
properly protect the public in.
terest.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
7 Out Of ; Americans
Read Daily Newspapers
BY the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. II. -
More than two-thirds of the peo-
pie in the United States spend
some time daily reading news
paper, according to N. w. Aver
& Sons Directory of Newspapers
and Periodicals.
The agency announced yester-
day that daily circulation has
reached an all-time high. The
directory reported combined
circulation of 52,271 900 and fig
ures that the average copy of g
newspaper is read by more thar
one person.
Other statistics listed by the
directory included:
The Nations 1872 morning pa.
pers have combined circulation
of 20,151 900. more than pei
cent increase since the end o1
the war.
The 1893 evening papers have
a circulation of 30,911. 900, a gair
of slightly less than 6 per cent.
Four newspapers. = publishing
around the clock, have a circula.
ton of 100000. slightly less thar
a year ago.
Circulation Of Sunday paper.
has fallen off slightly to A, ,730, 900
but still is IL per cent above tht
distribution four years ago. Tht
number OF Sunday papers has in.
creased from $50 to SIT in the
last year.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

President. sufficient unto the
needs of the hour.
For good measure the secretary
threw in the assurance that he
doubted whether potential enc
mics had the capacity" to attack
the United States.
Mr.. Johnson's recent statement
plus his earlier remark that il
! Stain attacks at o'clock some
morning we will be ready to coun-
terattack at am, should give us
full confidence that we are so vel
prepared militarily-at least al
home-that we need fear no Pear
Harbor or sneak attack by Russia
AS it happens, however. Ali
Force Secretary Symington, who
has been in the Pentagon longer
than any of the present chiefs OF
the armed services, seems to think
differently.
February l Mr.. Symington ad-
dressed the graduating class of
Baylor University at Waco, Tex.
He hit straight from the shoulder
but, without mentioning secret
matters, he took the American
people into his confidence and
told them they should know that:
l. Behind the Iron Curtain
there has been an atomic explo-
sion, indicating that the Russians
now are manufacturing the atom
bomb.
2. Behind the Iron Curtain
there is aviation equipment ca
pable of delivering a surprise
attack against any part of the
United States; and
8. We have no sure defense
against such an attack.
Great Cities Within Range.
Mr.. Symington added that the
U. S. S. R. now is capable of un-
leashing, without warming. the
worlds largest ground army, air
force and undersea fleet. To
strengthen his warning of the
dangers facing this country
which Mr.. Johnson considers
capable of meeting any blitz with
in an hour after it starts-Mr.
Symington reminds us that RUS
sian soil is but five minutes fly
ing time from Alaska and only a
few hours from our great cities"
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Debate Slated Tonight
On Lodge Amendment

A debate on the Lodge Amend
ment for abolishing the Electoral
College will be sponsored by the
Washington Chapter of Americans
for Democratic Action at 8:15
o'clock tonight in Pierce Hall,
Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV.
James Loeb, jr., executive secre-
tary of ADA, will oppose the
amendment in a debate with
Betram M. Gross, executive secre-
tary to the Presidents Council oil
Economic Advisers.
The Lodge amendment, which
was passed by the Senate Febru.
airy /, provides that presidential
candidates share a States elec.
toral vote in proportion to theil
popular vote in the State.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
This Changing World
Conflicting Views of Military Leaders
On National Defense Bewilder Public

This is the picture given the
American public by two top men
in our Defense Department.. Sup
posedly Mir. johnson, as head of
the three military services, has a
better overall picture of our
strength, while MI. Symington, as
Air Force secretary, knows more
intimately the detailed needs of
his particular branch of the serv-
ice. That is the reason he has
steadfastly called for a minimum
of 10 air groups and agreed to
less for the present only when his
bosses-President Truman and
Secretary Johnson-told him that
for economy America must main
tain smaller force.
Our readiness to meet imme-
diately Soviet attack must be
doubted, however, when we look
at figures presented to members
OF Congress. The Russians have
more than 167 divisions under
arms at the present time. We
have 10-largely on paper. Ac-
tually we have only nine. and
those are streWn over the world
from Japan to Germany.
According to latest available in
formation, the Russians have at
least $4,000 f1rst-line planes, in
Guiding large number of fast
fighters which are intended to bar
the way to American bombers de-
livering the A-bomb to Russia.
Skilled Pilots Discharged.
We have fewer than 1000 first
line planes. 1t is true that we
have several thousand bombers
and fighters, built at the end of
the war. in mothballs. But it is
questionable whether we shall be
able to man them. For economy
reasons 5000 young, experienced
pilots have been discharged.
These men, who in an emer-
gency could have taken the re-
serve planes out of mothballs, now
will need several months refresher
training after they have been in
civilian jobs for a while, for they
have no opportunity to continue
their flying.
Moreover. for the same reasons
Of economy the flying time of
pilots on active duty has been cut
in the Strategic Air
Command-from 20 hours to eight
hours month. This reduced fly
ing time may be partly RESPONSE
bic for the increased number of
crashes in military aviation.
Under these conditions the
Navy-which only year ago was
described as outmoded, like arch
ers Of the Middle Ages-once more
has become our first line of de-
fense. The Navy is one branch of
the service which, despite drastic
cuts in its organization, can get
into action "at S am" and can
place all its forces, including the
Reserve fleet, on active duty in
less than three months after a
war starts. But it is highly doubt
full that the Navy can do much
to prevent an air attack on Amer
lean soil or possible Soviet blitz
against Alaska.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

Suits now has Ihomas L. stokes.
reached the floor of the Senate.
Twice the House passed similar
measures-in both the Both Con-
gress and the present 81st. The
Ridley Moore bill, so-called, of the
Both Congress, the first version,
was killed by the Senate Inter-
state Commerce Committee; but
the second version. a modification,
slipped through that committee
last session and now is up for
action.
The purpose is to exempt from
supervision and regulation by the
FPC arms length" sales Of ma
tural gas by independent pro-
dueers to pipelines in interstate
commerce "Asm S length" means
that there can be no financial
affiliation between producer and
buyer and that there must be
Independent bargaining.
Oil Companies Pushing Bill.
Big oil companies, which own
the bulk of the Nations natural
gas reserves. are pushing the
amending bill. They would benefit
handsomely. They are powerful
politically, especially in an elec-
tlon year such as this. The
amendments have been urged as
needed to aid small producers,
but the fact is that while there
are 900 independent natural gas
producers, two-thirds of the total
natural gas is sold by the Is larg-
est producers, and nearly half OF
this total by 10 companies.
/ An amendment to exempt small
producers as such, on the basis
of sales volume, was defeated last
session by the House, which voted
the general exemption for all.
This amendment was sponsored
by Representative Crosser, Demo-
crat of Ohio, Interstate Commerce
Committee chairman, who led the
fight against the wholesale ex-
emption sponsored by Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat of Arkansas
Representative Crosser and four
other members of his committee
said in minority report that the
Harris bill, which was passed, "by
freeing a large segment of the
industry from regulation, would
: benefit primarily few large cor
porations which, because of Their
, monopolistic control of gas re-
serves in the Southwestern States;
, would have almost unfettered
power to fix the price of gas enter
ing interstate transmission lines.
i Neither does the Senate bill
conf1ne exemption to small pro-
ducers. It's sponsors. Senators
Kerr and Thomas. both Demo-
] Gratis from Oklahoma, have draft
ed an amendment to their bill
for submission to the Senate that
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Newsprint Stocks Seized
By Argentina Again
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 17.-Ar-
gentina's government has again
taken over distribution of all
newsprint of the country's papers.
The government siezed all news
print stocks yesterday and said it
would impound future paper ship
ments until shortage is over
come.
Similar action was taken last
year. The government said then
it sought to conserve Argentina s
scarce stock of dollars.
The capitals independent news
papers, La Nacion and La Prensa.
each will lose an estimated 5000
tons of paper.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

1IllS 1S tl1e
top race for motorcycles in the
world. Last year an English mo-
torcycle won. I am determined
an English motorcycle shall not
win it again.
The race course is 200 miles.
One hundred forty-eight expert
competitive riders are entered.
There is going to be a sneak entry.
His name is McLemore-his mid
die name is Fearless-his num-
Der is ISL. I have just been IS
signed crash helmet and a Har-
ley Davidson. That's why shall
return the motorcycle chamr ion
ship to America.
Wants Helmet Concession.
Mr.. France said, You better
have helmet. Henry, if you are
going to run" I said, II want
just one thing: the concession to-
sell helmets to the customers.
When Number Isl takes off
astride his Harley Davidson, you
Englishmen beware"
The only thing we don't have
in this country is the lack of cour-
age. This country has proved
that ever since it delivered itself
free from England. I will win
this race or bust. I have seen
the men run around Indianapolis
when Capt. Rickenbacker's chief
livelihood was the Indianapolis
Speedway. He came up the tough
way and he still is, in my opin-
ion, the best man in America. The
one thing would be willing to de-
bate is this: If the world were to
be filled with Rickenbackers, it
would be lovely world to live in.
Chins Are Pointed Out.
Back to the race. For one sec
ond may 1 tell you how the race
will go on February 10? Henry
McLemore, No. ISL, breaks quickly,
leads for two miles. People remark
he cannot hold the pace. At the
end OF 100 miles they say the same
thing. but old No. ISL is up there
at the top. AS I pass by at 113
miles an hour. I hear a little girl
say, wouldn't it be good if he
didn't have two chins and was a
bobby soxer?" Il stop and thank
her for her consideration and only
lose two laps. which I quickly
make up.)
We are now approaching the
end of the 200-mile race. I am in
the lead-only one more mile to
go, and then I say to myself,
you've got another sideline to
make yourself a living. Henry. so
why don't you blow a tire and
let real motorcycle driver finish
ahead of you?" I do that pur-
posely-blow a tire.
The man who puts these races
on. as I told you before. is Mr..
Bill France. I've got to couple
him with real good company: Mr..
Bill Dickey of Arkansas, former
catcher for the Yankees; Mr.. Will
lie Corum of indefinite riches. Mr..
Joe Williams, Mr.. Harry Salsinger
and all the lovely people who have
brushed against me and left me
just a touch of their sweetness.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.>
Evening star., 1950-02-17
DR.. Wruther Awarded
Lucas Medal for 1850

DR.. William E. Wrather, direc-
tor Of the Geological Survey, has
been awarded the Anthony F. Lu-
cas- Medal for 1850. 'E- Ea
DR.. Wrather was given the
medal at the annual banquet OF
the American Institute of Mining
and Metallurgical Engineers yes
terday in New York. The medal
awarded on the recommendation
of a 16-man committee headed
by Herbert Hoover, jr., cited DR..
Wrather for "distinguish h e
achievement in improving the
technique and practice of finding
and producing petroleum"
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Air Group to Hear EnqIe

Representative Engle, Democrat.
of California, will address a din
ner meeting of the Washington
Air Derby Association, Inc, at
1880 o'clock tonight in the Con-
tinental Hotel.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

February 16,
1850, the same
President of the
United States
told the WASH
ington pre- s S
C orpS in SO
many W or d S
that the king
C a n do no
wrong.
Harry Tru-
mans brus h
with the press
is an amusing
story. The Pres
Evening star., 1950-02-17

Last Tuesday
night Defense
Secretary John
son a S S u r e d
the public in a
statement be-
fore a confer
ence of United
S t a t e S attor-
neys that the
defenses of the
United States
as of today are,
in the opinion
of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff,
mySelf and the
Evening star., 1950-02-17

My front yard
is part of the
c our Sc where.
under the di-
rection of Mr..
Bill Fra II C e,
people who ride
motorcycles de-
termire who is
t h e f a s t e S t,
who is the most.
c o u I a g e o uS,
W ho is t h e
S t + ongest and
who is the best.
Evening star., 1950-02-17

b + e a K d o w n
regulatory au-
t h orit ty over
natural gas long
exercised by the
Federal Power
c o m m j S sion
and would open
t h e W ay for
boosts in price
to 40 million
consumers.
For the first
time, a b ii |
W h i c h would
have these re-
Evening star., 1950-02-17
By Thomas L. Stokes

After four years, final test is
due shortly in Congress on pro-
posed amendments to the 1888
Natural Gas Act which would
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Bv Constantine Brospn

The American public is no less
bewildered than Washington re-
porters on the actual state Of our
national defense
Evening star., 1950-02-17

Figures He Is q Cineh
In Motorcycle Race
Bp Henry McLemOre

Day after tomorrow, which is
Sunday, unless my calendar is de-
ceiving me, the worlds motor
cycle record will return to Amer
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Bv Doris Ffees0u

Pray for me-" the new Presi-
dent of the United States begged
of Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt on
April II, 1945.
Evening star., 1950-02-17
Truman and the Press
Humble President Tells Off
Reporters at Heated Conference

entered the oval study the next
morning.
1t is not permitted to quote him
directly-it's a White House rule!
which is q pity because only
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Cliff Stewart of Portland, Ore,
is at the Baranof Hotel.
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SEA CATATR0pHE
KILL COUNTLESS
FISH NEAR SITkA

Countless thousands Of herring on
the spawning grounds near Godd-
ard Hot Springs, a few miles south
of Sitka, have been washed up or
the beach dead, with no apparent
cause ascribable, officers OF the
Fish and Wildlife Service said to-
day.
Frank Hynes, chief Of fisheries
management for the service, said
that numerous butter CLAIMS,
cookies, starfish and crabs were
also found dead or dying on the
beach there.
The mysterious happening took
place in only one small inlet. known
locally as Herring Bay, about u
by u mile in dimension. Hynes
and Elmer Hilsinger. Sitka enforce
ment agent, covered some 100 miles
of coastline in the vicinity in a
service plane, but saw no other evil
dence that seattle had persisted else
where.
Hynes first believed the cause
might have been an underwater ex-
plosion, but there were no indica :
lions to bear this out No red tide
or other phenomena have been re-
ported from the area, he said.
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WALTER WELkE
DUE SATURDAY
FOR FESTIVAL

Walter C. Welke, Director OF the
University of Washington Concert
Band, will arrive here Saturday
via Pan American to adjudicate at
the Southeast Alaska School Music
Festival May 6, and 8.
Mr.. Welke's musical training was
received at the University OF Mich
igan where he was assistant to
Joseph Maddy. In 1929 he went to
the University of Washington where
he has developed one of the finest
college concert bands in the coun-
try. His famous marching hun
dred" have set styles for football
bands all along the coast
He has been conductor OF both
the band and orchestra at the Ma
tional Music Camp at Interlocken,
Michigan, and was conductor Of the
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra for
five years. He was also vocal SoloiSt
at National Music Camp, and di-
rector of Mems Glee Club at Mich
igan.
Assisting Mr. Welke in the adju-
dication of choral groups will be
Mrs. Don McMullin and Mrs. Henry
Harmon OF Juneau.