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Evening star., 1950-04-01
Mr.. Truman Hits Back

The President evidently has decided that
the time has come to fight fire with hre to attack
his Republican critics in the same vein in which
they have been attacking him and his sub
ordinates
That is an understandable reaction. But
it does not necessarily follow that 1t is wise
thing to do.
Republican Senators Mccarthy, Wherry and
Bridges are denounced by the President as
saboteurs of American foreign policy. And the
Senate Republican Policy Committee-which has
refrained from making Senator McCarthy's
charges party matter-is accused of resorting
in this phase of the cold war to partisan tactics
that are comparable to shooting American
soldiers in the back in hot war.
This is pretty strong stuff There is, no
doubt, some justification for it, The Republican
critics, while probably not consciously trying to
sabotage our foreign policy, have resorted to
methods which certainly have been injurious to
that policy. But if the Republicans have erred,
there is no reason to suppose that Mr.. Truman
will improve the situation by resorting himself
to extravagant and intemperate statements.
The President, of course, sees in the Repub-
lican onslaught the outlines of potent political
issue. He said as much, accusing his political
opponents of resorting to sabotage of foreign
policy after having tried, and failed to find
welfare state and socialism And Mr.. Truman
has never been one to seek cover when political
fight is in the making.
Still, as President, he has more than
partisan interest to think of. He is primarily
responsible for the conduct of our foreign rela-
tions, and there is no doubt that he is genuinely
and properly concerned at the direction events
have been taking. The question, however, Is
how best to deal with a situation of this kind.
If Mr.. Trumans Key West statement means
that the lid is of, that the signal has been given
for knock-down, drag-out fight with the Re-
publican critics, certain consequences are in
evitable For one thing, it is going to make things
much harder for men like Senators Vandenberg
and Saltonstall, who can see the damage that
is being done to our national interests and who
want to keep the more reckless Republicans in
check. If this becomes two-way partisan fight,
however, it is going to be difficult for them to
support the President. Furthermore, such
battle would play right into the hands of Sena-
tors Mccarthy, Bridges and Wherry. Calling
them saboteurs is far more apt to encourage
them than to subdue them. Maybe the Presi-
dent can match them in name calling contest.
But there is not going to be much left of the
bipartisan foreign policy, or any other foreign
policy when the fight is over
It is hard for a man, and especially for one
of Mr.. Truman's temperament, to sit back and
take the sort of things the Republicans have been
dishing out. But it is The Stars belief that the
President will be wiser, and in the long run
more effective, If he will stick calmly to the
facts and the evidence, and refuse to be drawn
into contest in vituperation.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
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unions" for trying to keep Claude Pep
per in the Senate.
AS lifelong F1oridian white, Anglo
Saxon) I resent most wholeheartedly
your attack on one of the few South
erners in public life today courageous
enough to stand up for the natural
rights of man. You have betrayed your
journalistic trust.
Charles Thomas Dixon, jr.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Western Union Reodies Its Defenses ~

HoU does the problem, of the defense
peans themselves? Here is the second
of three articles on this question. re-
printed from, the Observer OF London.
The third article DiH appear here
Monday.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.


blood always the same?-C. I. d.
A. The number is highest in the
morning; men have more red cells than
women. The number increases in high
altitude.
@. Was the march Of the stars Jupiter
and Venus across the western sky re-
Gently. just after sunset. a seasonal
phenemonon or does it occur only at
intervals of months or years?-M. A. N.
A. The recent conjunction of these
planets is not a seasonal phenomenon
but takes place at irregular intervals
once or twice a year. However, when
it does occur 1t is not always visible in
the evening sky, and sometimes is not
visible at all If the two planets are too
close to the sun. For examr,e. the con-
junction Of Jupiter and Venus on Janu-
nry Is was not visible to the unaided
eye while the following one. on April S.
viii be seen in the southeastern sky
before sunrise.
O. What is the difference between
divorce and annulment Of marriage2
B. A. S.
A. In granting a divorce the court
recognizes the existence anu validity oA
the marriage but frees the parties from
the bonds thereof. In annulling mar
riage court recognizes the existence
but not the validity thereof and purports
to place the parties In the position they
would have been II the marriage had not
been performed.
@. Why does tornado have an explo-
sive effect on huildings?-W. d. T.
A. In a well-developed violent tor
nado, the atmospheric pressure at the
center of the whirl is so much less than
the pressure In the surrounding atmos-
phere, that as the whirl passes over q
building, the sudden decrease in pressure
outside the building Is often sufficient
for the air inside the building TO burst
the building.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Questions and Answers

Of fact by writing The Evening Star Informs
tion Bureau, 1900 Eye street NV. Washing
Evening star., 1950-09-19
African Porcupine

African Porcupines are exclusively
nocturnal. They are much larger
than our native Quill pigs. Some
reach a length of two feet from
nose to five inch tall. The armored
one, when greatly excited, rattles
his tail quilts, when tranquil he
shifts or grunts. Rarely is he
strictly quiet. This may be accounted
for by reason of his dependable
bayonets. He never attacks. Armed
SO efficiently, he stands and waits.
African boys love to capture the
very young for pets. At this age
the spineS are soft and worn close
to the body. Since porcupines do
not possess mean dispositions, baby
porcupine is friendly and learns to
retain his darts as he grows older,
when his beloved master handles
him.
The many thousands quills are
set so loosely in a skin pocket they
slip out at mere touch. At the
end of each is a dart that enters
tender flesh, causing swelling and
making extraction of forward points
painful, Like trying to pull out an
imbedded fish hook.
Adult African porcupines are COW
cred with a forest of brown. On his
crown and shoulders he wears
luxuriant crest of stiff bristless.
These become coarses along the
back until they merge with the true,
sharp pointed, cruel quills. The 49,
Evening star., 1950-09-19
Natures Children
By LiIIion Cox Athey

inch quilts makes the pig appear
much larger than his natural size.
The quilts on the tail are somewhat
modified, having lost their points
in early life and now are nothing
more than hollow cylinders. 1t is
these he rattles when he joyfully
wagS his tail
1t is unfortunate that these pic
turesque animals of Eastern Africa
have acquired the taste for sweet
corn. Planters, victimized by the
nocturnal workers, sometimes en-
ploy boys to beat the nearby scrub
where the pigs often take their day.
time siesta. Occasionally they are
rewarded by rushing company of
sleepers who rudely awakened from
their slumbers race into the midst of
barking dogs and yelling boys. The
latter know how to avoid the bay
onets, the older dogs are usually ex-
perienced, but the younger genera
ton are too excited to heed warn
ings or must have personal knowl-
edge. These learn lesson the hard
way.
Witch doctors claim to know much
that is not true about the porcupine.
They make up pills from quills,
teeth and flesh selling them to
gullible natives.
They will part with their equip
ment to museum collectors for the
price of their current taxes, some
thing like $3.50 or six shillings.
After tax time they assemble another
collection of drugs, bags, and uuills.
Evening star., 1950-09-19
PRONUNCIATION CLINIC.

@. notice that most broadcasters
pronounce the day of Sunday, Mon
day. Tuesday, ETC., as day" to
rhyme with ebay" But the diction-
ary shows it as "di" as in did"
What is the verdict of your Pronun-
citation Clinic?-H. L. C.
A. All the dictionaries which I
have examined, with one exception.
pronounce the day of the days of
the week as "di." The one exception
is GroSset and Dunlap's Words: The
New Dictionary, which shows the
day as ''dee,' an SUN-dee for Sum-
day, and SO on.
This accurate reporting, for people
do not say ''SUN-di." The day is
usually pronounced "dee," but said
more quickly than in "bee, fee, tee"
But "day" is being increasingly
preferred by broadcasters the Nation
over, according to my four-year
radio check Of lay and professional
Evening star., 1950-09-19
7 axe Ny Word for 1t
By Fronk Colby

speakers. Radios preference for
"day" already is having an influence
on the rest of the population, and
dictionaries (Which always lag be-
hind usage) soon or late must give
sanction to "day" as proper alter
native pronunciation.
There is no reason why "day"
should not be accepted as good
pronunciation, for day IS the word
in spelling and meaning. How, then,
can any one say that 1t is in any
way improper to also call it "day?"
in birthday, why not in Thursday?
If day" is proper in holiday, why
not also in Saturday?
In my own forthcoming diction-
ary, the pronunciation of such words
as Sunday will be shown thus
SUN-dee or SUNDAY.
Heard on pewscast:: a.. said
to have invented a new-type dee
TON-uh-ter for the atom bomb"
The word detonator is accented on
the first and third syllables, thus J.:
.DETuh-NAY-ter.
(Releaked by The Bell Syndicate. InsJ
Evening star., 1950-09-19

Prylng into the monopoly WHICH
big name players have maintained
over the Won Zedtwitz gold cup for
two decades, DR.. c. w. Yorke and
Manuel Sherwin of Flint, Mich, won
the masters pairs tournament, blue
ribbon event of the national cham
pionships recently held in Columbus,
Ohio. Unheralded, and until the
Anal session unnoticed, the Michigan
entry outdistanced star-studded
field comprised of 1872 pairs repre-
senting every section of the country.
Provocative of the most violent
discussions between partners was
the hand shown today, culled from
this event. The maximum result
was obtained by the pair whose
bidding is indicated in the diagram
North opened modestly with one
club and, after Souths response of
one diamond, he made jump-shift
rebid of two hearts, forcing to game.
South at this point could recognize
that the partnership had a slam,
: but temporized further with a rebid
OF the diamond suit Norths bid of
three hearts was very enlightening.
It identified a f1ve-card heart suit
and, therefore, by direct implication,
q Six-card club suit, since otherwise
clubs would not have been bid first.
SouthS bid of four clubs is a deli
cate choice. On the surface, it
sounds like a mere preference, but
when South does something CLAM
orouS on the next round, as he fully
! intends to do, this bid will make it
clear that he has the ace of clubs.
North, not yet aware of Souths
strength and to impress partner with
the solidity of the heart suit, rebid it
once more. South now came forth
in his true colorS. The bid of five
no-trump is well chosen. 1t is not
part of any convention, but simply
shows well-balanced hand and a
willingness to play at slam, leaving
the selection of the exact slam con-
tract to partners choice.
Norths choice of six no-trump,
despite the highly unbalanced char
acter of his hand, is worthy of note.
His partner has described good dia-
monds, the ace of clubs, and a
spade stopper which must be the
queen-jack, for if it were the ace,
South would have shown it directly.
North, therefore, could count more
than the necessary IL winners and
realized he would lose only to the
ace Of spades.
A contract of six hearts was de-
feated at some tables when West
doubled the final contract. Nor
mally, such a double calls for the
lead Of dummys first suit, but East
felt that his partner could hardly
desire a diamond lead since North
had shown II cards in clubs and
hearts. He concluded, therefore,
that partner must be void in clubs
and could ruff the opening lead
copyright, 1850. by Charles II. doren.)
Evening star., 1950-09-19
Word Game
Find SO or more words in
VIRELAY,

meaning, IAN old French verse
form" Average is 81; limit. Is
minutes.
Rules-Words must be of -four
or more letters. Words which &C
quire four letters by the addition
Of "s," such as bats" cats" are
not used. Only one form of q
word is used. Proper names are
not used. A list will be published
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-09-19
Answer to RICHNESS,

Reins, resin. riches, rice, rinse,
risen. icer, inches. cess, chin,
chine, chess. cress, cries crises,
heirs, hires. hiss, nicer, niche, en-
rich, shrine. shire, shines, shin.
sire, siren, sine. since. >,
Evening star., 1950-09-19

Sweet sorghums are grown in
the United States for the manu-
facturs Of sugar and for forage.
Evening star., 1950-09-19
Goren on Bridge

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Evening star., 1950-09-19

Mother-Let's figure how much
we should increase your allowance
80 you can pay for your own
lunches at school.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
$4,000 Left To Union
By Veteran Member

Washington UPA) - Fred B.
Hutchings, of Syraucse, N. Y, has
left $4,000 to the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers-AFL,
for the unions fund for a new home
in Washington. Hutchings, veter-
an member of the union, built up
his estate by careful investments.
A postman, he was killed in an
auto accident.
The $4,000 gift brought the
unions building fund over the
100000 mark. The rest came from
membership dues and a batch of
small contributions. Land has been
acquired at First Street and In
diana Ave. NV, overlooking the
Capitol. An eight-story building,
faced by Georgia marble, is to be
erected on the site, President
William C. Doherty announced.
Specifications have been completed,
and contractors bids are being
called iE this week. Doherty said
the union hopes to have the build
ing completed by the end of 1850.
The Letter Carriers plan to occupy
two floors and rent out the rest,
preferably to other unions.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26

fairness Of our tax system, and
should add several hundred million
dollars to its yield-sufficient rev.
enue to permit substantial excise
tax reduction where it is most
urgently needed"
The only specific figure used by
the President in outlining the scope
of his proposals was a request for
zone billion dollars in additional
revenue by revising and improving
the estate and gift tax and the
corporation tax laws"
Excessive exemptions and un-
duly low rates on estates, the chief
executive told Congress, are per-
mitting large fortunes to be trans
mitted from one generation to an
other free of taxes.
AS a means Of fostering small
business, the President asked Con-
gress to confine the increase in
taxation to those COM
panies making more than $4,000 a
year. This would confine the in
crease to one-tenth of all corpora
tions-but would apply to all the
big ones.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26

People prosper in proportion to
their procrastination in buying
things they can do without.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
Negroes Admitted
To Combat Units

Washington (LPA)-The Army's
directive admitting Negroes to
white combat units won the APP
proval Of Congressional civil rights
advocates who saw the move as a
beginning, not an end. The order
is a "step in the right direction"
they said, but inadequate"
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Cd,
N. ~, one of the two Negroes
now in Congress, declared that if
the Army's new policy indicates a
continuing trend the anti-segrega-
tion bill he introduced some years
ago will become obsolete"
Rep. Jacob K. Javits Or, N. Y.),
long staunch opponent of Army
segregation practices, said at is
heartening to see some progress is
being made in this direction. 1t
should encourage those opposed to
segregation in the armed forces to
go on with this fight until this un-
American institution is eliminat-
ed"
Sen. Irving Ives Or, N. ", who
recently protested to the White
House against Army practices in
Germany, called the new move ga
step in the right direction though
it may not go so far as some of us
would like"
The directive was handed down
to field commanders Jan. 16 by
Army Secretary Gorden Gray. 1t
will not eliminate segregation at
once, however, because assignment
of Negroes to combat units is ex-
pected to be slow.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
6-Hour Day. Farm
Labor Union Aim

Feesno, Calf. UPA) = Three
dollars an hour for operators of
mechanical equipment and a six
hour day topped the goals set by
the Natl Farm Labor Union-AFL
at its three day annual convention
here Jan. 1915.
The delegates also laid the
groundwork to bring 100000 new
members into the union this year
as a part of the AFL's campaign
to win a million new members as a
memorial to Sam Gompers who was
born 100 years ago. Overall aim of
the rounded program adopted by
the convention was "full employ
ment in American agriculture"
President Harry L. Mitchell of
the NFLU told the delegates, who
included dairy workers from New
York, cotton pickers from the
south and migratory workers from
the California valleys, that the
1850 organizing drive would be
concentrated on California, but act
ually would be nation wide in
scope He cited the unions victory
in the strike of 100000 in Cali
fornia cottonfields last September
as the basis for the campaign.
The union urged that federal,
state and local governments estab-
lish free schools to train farm
workers to operate mechanized
equipment. Delegates also passed
resolutions asking that food and
fiber crops be processed near point
of production, demanding social
security and wage-hour protection
for farm workers, urging that
farm employees be able to use the
Natl Labor Relations Board and
supporting housing program for
farm people. Backing was voted
for the Brannan price support
plan. In addition, the delegates
cooperation by the NFLU
with church and other groups
sponsoring DIS.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
Congress Partly Plugs Tax
LOOphOle On Insurance

Washington (LPA)-The House
Ways and Means Committee has
voted to impose $90,000,000 taxes
on the nations life insurance COM
panies for 1947-48-49, to partially
plug loophole in existing tax
laws.
This o m p o m i settlement
amounts to a very small levy, since
the companies earned Az billion
over the three year period. Some
of the insurance companies are re-
ported planning a court challenge,
charging retroactive taxation, but
most of them have agreed to the
settlement, probably on the ground
that if they don't Congress can hit
them much harder from now ON.
| enjoy my ease most when some
body else is active, especially in
the kitchen.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
OIeo Tax Repeal
Passed By Senate

Washington (LPA) - Federal
oleomargarine taxes will soon be
thing of the past, when House
and Senate conferees compromise
minor differences between their
respective repeater bills.
Senate action came late Jan. IS
when, after a series of amendments
had been beaten down, the tax re-
peal measure was passed, Sc to 16.
Only four Democrats (Humphrey
Of Minnesota, Magnuson of Wash,
Taylor of Idaho and Thomas of
.Utah) joined ~ Republicans in op-
posing the tax repeal on the final
vote.
Earlier, the Senate had defeat
ed two civil rights riders offered
by Sen. William LANCER Or, ND
by votes of 60 to 20 and SO to II.
1t also tabled his offer of the
FEPC bill as a substitute, SO to
II. In all three cases, civil rights
advocates opposed Langer's at
tempt to tie their bills to the oleo
measure in an effort to defeat the
tax repeater.
Also licked by a narrower mar
gin was an amendment by Sen.
Hugh Butler OR, Nebr.) to repeal
excise taxes on 'luxuries".
This went down to defeat, 43 to 80.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
Truman Asks
Congress To Plug
Tax LoophoIes

Washington (LPA) - President
Truman asked Congress Jan. q
not to cut federal sales taxes with
out at the same time raising rev
enue by plugging loop-holes and
increasing corporate taxes-but
Congress as usual seems cool tC
any change in the tax laws except
cuts.
The President, in his long await
ed tax message, warned Congress
that he would not approve legisla-
tion cutting the sales taxes unless
it made up the revenue somewhere
else. This plain threat of veto
was designed to head-off a move in
Congress to rush through a bill
cutting the taxes on long line Of
commodities from toilet prepara-
tions to luggage.
The Presidents message hit hard
at some Of the long existing loop
holes in the tax laws which he said
undermine public confidence in
the tax system" He aimed first at
the depletion allowances for oil
and mining companies, which for
many years have permitted these
companies to escape hundreds of
millions of dollars in taxes.
The present laws on taxation of
oil companies, the President said,
"are allowing individuals to build
up vast fortunes with little more
than token contributions to tax
revenues"
"For example," he added, dur
ing the five years 1943 to 1947,
during which it was necessary to
collect income tax from people
earning less than $40 a week, one
oil operator was able, because of
these loopholes, to develop proper
ties yielding nearly s5,000,O00 in a
single year without payment of
any income tax.
"In addition to escaping the pay
ment of tax on his large income
from oil operations, he was also
able through the use of his oil tax
exemptions to escape payment of
tax on most of his income from
other sources. For the five years,
his income taxes totalled less than
100000 although his income from
non-oil sources alone averaged al
most 81 100000 each year.
"This is a shocking example of
how present tax loopholes permit
few to gain enormous wealth
without paying their fair share of
taxes"
The President also asked Con-
gress to plug loopholes which per-
nit educational and charitable or
ganiZations to engage in business
and industry without paying taxes
that such activities would pay if
privately owned. He also asked for
taxes or life insurance companies
and on the income of movie stars
now using a device to escape much
of their taxes.
Plugging these loopholes, the
President said, "would be sub
stantial step toward increasing the
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-01-26
Meat Cutters Win Election

Chicago (LPA)-The Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters-AFL has won
bargaining rights for about SOC
workers at Darling G. Co., a fer
tilizer company in the Chicago
stockyard district. District so of
the United Mine Workers previous
ly held the contract, but was un-
able to get on the NLRB ballot
(UMW has not filed on-Commun-
ist affidavits.) Vote was 22S for
the Amalgamated and 152 for "no
union"