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Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13
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Mrs. Hattie Peters, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Peters of Pennsylvania,
are visiting their relatives here.
Mrs. Hattie Peters viii remain for
part Of the summer.
Misses Minnie and Altha Adams,
Miss Marian Egan of Wilmington,
spent Saturday afternoon with
Marian Robinson After week in
Wilmington, Virginia Lee Robinson
returned to her home on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Seeley and
two children are spending this
week with relatives in Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph hIissel and
daughter entertained Mr. Missel's
parents over the Fourth.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13
Ash Trays From Clam She'll,

Excellent and attractive ash trays
can pc made from large clam shells
you can obtain at the beach or at
your next seafOOd dinner. After be.
mg scrubbed clean and dried, a
thin coat Of shellac will give the
shells brightness and protection
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13
shelInn uaa

Wicker hampers present q prob
lem to housewives who wish to
keep them spic and span. The hum
dreds Of little crevices are easily
coated with a thin coat Of fresh
white shellac.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13

The assassination Of Abraham
Lincoln in Ford's Theater on April
IA, 1865, occurred on Good Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13

Millard Fillmore, 18th President
of the U. s., was also chancellor
Of the University Of Bunalo.
Milford chronicle., 1951-07-13

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Read the classified ads
Evening star., 1951-09-13
Vote-Cotchinq Season for '52IsOn
Stounches Followers in Senate Wonder if Truman Was Wise
To Asso Foes So Soon After San Francisco Conference
Constantine Brown:

President Truman'S stauncheSt
followers in the Senate wonder
how wise he was in training his
heaviest verbal artillery on the
opposition so soon after the
San Francisco Conference,
which brought marked improve
ment in the relations between
administration forces and their
foes in Congress.
The attitude of minority
leader Senator Wherry, Repub-
lican, of Nebraska, and many
other influential Republicans
toward the gigantic military ex-
penditure program was in
terpreted as an indication that
at least some Of the vital ad-
;ministration measures for ma
tional defense would have
smooth sailing.
1t is true that Senator Wherry
and Senator Taft did point to
eventual financial catastrophe il
the taxpayers money is spent
recklessly. They pointed out
that very soon some As per cent
of the national income will be
going for taxes. And If the IN
ternational situation becomes
worse than it is today. that per-
centage undoubtedly will be
substantially increased.
This appraisal of the situation
was accepted by some Demo-
Gratis besides the Dixiecrats.
But by and large, there was a
feeling in Congress that after
the remarkably good job done
at San Francisco, where under
the guidance of the United
States the non-C Communist
countries put Russia in her
place for the first time. a short
honeymoon would follow. during
which much business could be
transacted. .
Mr.. Truman has a well-es-
tabhshed reputation for waging
hard-hitting campaigns, not
bothering about where the chips
fall. And no doubt he feels
that the vote-catching season
for 1852 now is on.
Unfortunately, his ghost
writer's are not of the same cali
Der as those employed by Presi-
Evening star., 1951-09-13

dent Roosevelt. For instance,
in arguing that it is inevitable
that taxpayers should scream
when new taxes are added.
President Truman said that "a
man will go into a night club
and spend $40 or $50. But let
him get a tax bill for $50 and
hear him scream"
Some 65,000,000 Americans
are paying taxes these days. An
infinitesimal number belong
to cafe society" Those who do
are mostly of the "easy come.
easy 60" type and are the last,
to grumble over increased taxa
ton.
The fact that in addition to
present heavy taxes the humble
hamburger costs the housewife
between SIS and 80 cents a
pound, and eggs are nearly
eight cents apiece, did not seem
to enter into the optimistic sur
vey of the President, who said
emphatically: This country is
stronger economically than it
has ever been before"
A number of Senators on both
sides of the aisle compared this
statement by the Chief Execu-
tive with one he made June l,
1850, when he assured the Amer
lean people that at no time was
the international situation better
and war so remote. Three weeks
later the Red Koreans attacked
South Korea and we have been
in the full-fledged, although
local, war in the Far East since
then.
The international skies are
darker now than they have ever
been. Nobody can say where.
when and how the Kremlin may
decide to strike. It is remotely
possible that it will continue the
cold war in the four corners Of
the world. It is more probable,
however, that it will start q
number Of chain explosions, in
which the Russian armies will
not be directly involved, but
which will place a heavy burden
on the American and some of
the allied military forces. Then
Evening star., 1951-09-13
President Is Confident
Events Conspire-Even MorshoIFs Resignotion-
ToMoke Him Feel He Could Be Reelected

tration was trying to prevent
the Chinese debacle. The
smearing had had some success.
1t had become safe for Sena-
tor Taft to sneer at Secretary
Marshall.
Now he is permitted to seek
the rest he has long wanted
and the tributes are pouring
out from Republicans as well
as Democrats, justifying the
President once again. His sue
cessor, a strong and able man
and an obvious choice, seems
to have escaped involvement in
the murky mess in China. To
make a case against him the
opposition will have to start
from scratch, If it is able to
start at all.
So, all in all, the Presidents
present optimism is under
standable. Much can happen
on the Asiatic front in a year
and much probably will happen.
Some of it could be bad. But
just now events seem to be con-
spring to make the President
feel he can have another term
If he should decide he wants 1t.
Evening star., 1951-09-13

there is also the possibility that
the men in the Kremlin will
launch an all-out war.
1t is anybody's guess what
Stain and his associates in the
Politburo will do. They have
the advantage Of the initiative
in the military as well as in
the diplomatic field. This ad-
vantage compelS the leaders of
this country to get ready for
any emergency and to expect.
the worst. It requires full pre-
paredness Of all our armed
forces, assistance to those
friends across both oceans who
are willing to meet a Communist
onslaught arms in hand and an
increased diversion of our in
dustries from civilian to mill
tary proNuction. t..
In the very fortunate event
that we may not need to use
the new tanks, planes and vari-
Gus destructive missiles which
we are building, and if the pres
ent crisis eventually comes to
an end, all our war equipment
will be worthless. The taxpayer
would shudder if he knew how
many billions of dollars of war
equipment were thrown into the
sea or destroyed on the spot
after We and VI days.
Modern weapons devised by
American technical genius are
said to be devastatingly power
full. But they also are far more
expensive than last years less
destructive engines Of war. A
conservative estimate places
this fiscal years expenditures
well above the SOS billion pro.
vided in the present ordinary
budget. Whatever money the
Defense Department asks must
be voted. The country cannot
be caught unprepared this time.
when the very existence of the
republic may be threatened.
Such situation did not exist
in World War I or II. The tax
payer must fork over and tight
en- his belt. But this does not
mean that we are economically
stronger than ever before.
Evening star., 1951-09-13
Lowell MeHett::

The number one political
secret continues to be Presi-
dent Truman's purpose with
regard to the campaign Of 50.
He obviously intends to keep that
secret for quite awhile yet. But
one thing seems fairly clear. If
he already has decided not to
run again it is not because he
fears defeat. The President
never was more confident, not
to say cocky, than he is just
now. The confidence is real. At
times in the past he could have
been suspected of merely whistl-
ing in the dark to keep up his
courage, but right now it is
evident that neither the poll
tical present nor the political
future look dark to him.
Contributing to this state OF
mind is the warm and wide
acclaim with which the Japa-
nese peace treaty has been re-
ceived. Two weeks ago not
even the President would have
predicted this. He certainly
would not have predicted that
the administrations whipping
boy, Secretary Acheson, would
emerge as a national hero or a
reasonable facsimile Of same.
And not the hero of the Demo-
cratic party alone. but Of the
Republican Party as well.
Not once since the San Fran
cisco conference has the cry
been heard, "Acheson must go!"
Before San Francisco some one
important enough to be men
toned was saying it every day
even Democrats who conSid-
cred themselves loyal to the
party's best interest and to the
President. Since San Francisco
big-Shot Republicans have been
taking turns praising the Sec
retary, and not simply for "a
good gavel-banging job" as
Senator Mccarthy put it.
So the man whom the plain
politicians of his own party had
come to regard as a serious
political liability has suddenly
become a political asset and
the President who never wav-
Evening star., 1951-09-13
=
Should Have Happened Year Aqo
Lovett Appointment to Defense Post Held by Gen. Morsho
Opens Way for Reorganization of Joint Chiefs of Stof

litical spot a year ago. Criti-
cism of Louis Johnson, then
Secretary of Defense, had be-
come widespread, especially aft
er the outbreak of the Korean
war, and hence Mr.. Truman
was trying by the appointment
of Gen. Marshall to meet that
criticism, An exception had to
to be made by Congress to the
law which it had passed barring
from appointment to the post
of Secretary of Defense any man
who had been in the regular
military service during the pre-
ceding ten years.
BY amending the law a bad
precedent was established. AS
was said then in these dis
patches, Gen. Marshall was the
logical man to take over the
work of co-ordinating the Joint
Chiefs of Staff. but some man
with civilian background should
have been found for the task
of Secretary of Defense.
One disadvantage always was
that so long as Mr.. Marshall
held flve-star rank, it didn't
matter whether he wore civil
ian clothes, the members of
the Joint Chiefs thought of him
as a military chieftain who out
ranked them all. Gen. Marshall
was quite aware of this and
leaned over backward to avoid
any appearance of imposing his
military judgments on the Joint
Chiefs.
While the appointment of
Gen. Marshall to the defense
post helped Mr.. Truman po-
litically. it took quite a toll from
the retiring general. He should
have been permitted to enjoy
the retired life which he had
so clearly earned by his past
service to his country.
Evening star., 1951-09-13

cred in his support has reason
to be pleased. At least for the
present. How long the new cli-
mate surrounding the Secretary
will last is an open question.
1t may depend on what fur
ther concessions in ASiatic pol
icy he is able to make to the
Republican opposition.
AS this is being written a
bulletin announces the resig-
nation of Defense Secretary
Marshall, bringing to an end
a splendid career of public
service. The greatest living
American, the President once
called him and he spoke with
unqueStioned sincerity. But,
by another ironic twist of poll
tics, his departure from the
cabinet may serve to strengthen
the Presidents position. For,
flying in the face Of the we'll
earned respect Of the Ameri-
can people for this man. the
fanatic Chang element in
American politics had long been
building a false and confusing
picture of the part he played
in the days when the Admins
Evening star., 1951-09-13
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever.

Robert A. Lovett former Wall Street hnancier. becomes
Secretary Of Defense Congress accams him the
the jobbiant dedicated and physically able take all
abuse it will throw at him.
President Truman his daughter Margaret
And he's not going to invite lousy critics
supper, either
President Truman Chester Bowes defeated
Connecticut Governor Ambassador India We
India the democratic life is In fact under Truman
the life of a defeated Democrat is a cinch.
The Government food prices H10 of
again in August this country good
anything.
Gen. Macarthur will address the American Legion
October II in Miami We all big to dwell
water the you blame recalls
few drips
Gen. Marshall resigns Secretary of Defense He
Pentagon where the outer walls face military ve
the White House. country Congress
place to park
Evening star., 1951-09-13
David Lowrence:

What should have happened a
year ago has finally happened
Robert A. Lovett has been
made Secretary of Defense.
And what should also have hap
pened a year ago-namely, the
appointment of Gen. Marshall
to active duty as chairman Of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff-didn't
happen then and, as a conSe-
quence, nothing has been done
to reorganize the Joint Chiefs
and make it as effective as the
top military body of the Nation
ought to be.
When setting up the present
structure for the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Congress adopted a
compromise plan that was a
hodgepodge. What is urgently
needed is that membership on
the Joint Chiefs should be a
full-time and not a part time
job. At present the heads of
the three armed services have
operational responsibilities in
connection with their own Serv-
ices and are, nevertheless,
looked to by the President and
the Secretary of Defense and
Congress to do an overall
planning job for the strategy Of
a future war as well as the cur
rent war in Korea.
George Marshall is a great
American. Few men in the last
half century have won such
esteem here and such affection
among people inside and out
side of public life. The job of
Secretary of Defense. however,
was one of overwhelming re-
sponSibility on the administra-
tive side. 1t is a task to which.
with all due respect for the
general, Mr.. Lovett could bring
more experience than his dis
tinguished predecessor. But
President Truman was in a po-
Evening star., 1951-09-13

1t will be recalled that Mr..
Marshall has had very little
rest since World War II ended
in 1945. He had served as a
special envoy to China in times
of extraordinary trouble and
difficulty, and he was then ap-
pointed Secretary Of State
again job to which he gave
his best efforts but which was
plainly out of his line Of ex-
perience.
A military man should be
permitted to stick to his last.
If Gen. Marshall had been al
lowed, as an adviser, along with
other flve-star generals, to con-
centrate on strictly military
phases of our postwar problems,
the Nation would have been
benefited far more and per-
haps the whole military pro-
gram would have been farther
ahead. AS it was, he was sad
died with administrative duties
and contacts with procurement
and personnel problems and a
thousand and one details of
the job of running the biggest
department in Washington.
The Nation owes a debt of
thanks to Gen. Marshall for
his unselfish efforts in public
service. apd particularly for his
insistence that his term as Sec
retary of Defense be limited to
the year or so that he specified
in the first place. Fer now the
way has been opened not only
for civilian as Secretary of
Defense, but for the early re-
organization Of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff-the most important
and yet the most neglected
phrase Of our present military
program.
Reproduction Rishts Reseryed.)
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Flood Hits St. Louis, Loss Below Estimate
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out of danger and most residents
went calmly about their business
today.
But along the waterfront area,
the muddy water inched into nu-
merous industrial installations as
it did in 1947 when damage was
estimated at SO million.
Morton Meyer. president of the
st. Louis Flood Control Associa-
ton, said today that waterfront
damage will approach 81 million
The untameable Missouri gave
more warning this time than it did
in 1947.
Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick. chief
of Army Engineers. reported in
Washington that the billion dollar
flood has cost Al lives in Kansas
and Missouri.
Health Steps Taken.
More than 2 million acres in the
two States have been flooded.
AS the Mississippi reached 8
crest here, the city health depart
ment was taking steps to prevent
contamination of the water supply
by backed up sewage. Plans al
ready have been made to spray
inSecticide over sediment.
Still standing by today were
airmen at nearby Scott Air Force
Base, Ill. Most military personne.
there were restricted to the base
for possible flood duty.
Downstream. sandbag crews
worked feverishly to bolster weak
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copious notes for the first time.
They twice halted the meeting for
short periods and held whispered
conferences.
Once Gen. Nam broke off 8
statement and waited until an in
terpreter told him what the Chi
nese were saying.
Tung and Hsieh asked Admiral
Joy to repeat his opening state
ment of July 10. In that state
ment, Admiral Joy had empha-
sized that his delegation came tC
talk in good faith solely about
military matters related to Korea
He said the delegation would moi
discuss political or economic mat
tiers nor would it consider military
subjects outside the peninsula s
borders.
Chinese Give Nam Message.
Admiral Joy yesterday repeated
that statement and added a few
remarks.
An Allied briefing officer, All
Force Brig. Gen. William Nuckols
said later that "the Chinese con-
ferred animatedly amongst them.
selves and then, through an inter
prefer, gave a message to Nam II.
Nam then suggested a reces:
until 10 am. Wednesday.
The Allies sked instead for E
half-hour break. When the dele.
cations filed back into the confer
ence room Admiral Joy expressed
the hope the conference could be
resumed before Wednesday.
Nam responded with an OBJ
viously prepared reply. 1t already
was in English when the Red dele
cation returned and an interpreter
started reading it.
Gen. Nuckol's assessment of the
meeting was guarded, He said Ad-
miral Joy was not brusque" in
rejecting the withdrawal proposal
as subject for cease-fire discus
Sions.
There seemed to be a certain
air of finality in his general atti-
tude rather than in what he said,
Gen. Nuckols explained.
He said Gen. Nam replied ""ir
slightly more reasonable terms
and was not bombastic." Gen
Evening star., 1951-07-22
Mayer Reported Set
To Ask Confirmation
As French Premier
BY the Assecioted Press

PARIS, July 21.-Rene Mayer,
often attacked by the Communists
because of his relationship through
his mother with the rich Roths-
child banking family, was re-
ported to have decided today to
seek confirmation as Premier OF
France.
Socialist Whip Charles Lussy
said Mr.. Mayer informed the
Socialists of a decision to ask the
National Assembly to confirm him
next Tuesday.
There were indications that he
might try to for ma cabinet with
out the Socialists, though his gov
ernment would be precariouS. Mr..
Lussy said his party had not de-
cided whether it would go into a
Mayer cabinet.
MIR. Mayer has been trying to
get wrangling Socialists. indie
pendentS, Cathollc Popular Re-
publicans (MRP) and his own
Radical Socialists to agree on a
coalition cabinet.
He undertook the task after
Premier Henri Queuille resigned
automatically July 10 following
the June parliamentary elections,
and after former Finance Minister
Maurice Petsche tried for a week
and failed.
One stumbling block is the fight
over state aid to Catholic schools.
The Socialists are against it. The
MRP is for it, and the Radical
Socialist, made up largely of land
owners and businessmen, usually
side with the MRP on the issue.
Mr. Lussy said this issue seemed
to be settled, but the Socialists
still were not satisfied with their
demands for increasing wages to
meet rising living costs.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
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news from the United States, steps
to obtain United Nations action
in the case. and immediate break
ing off of all trade relations with
Czechoslovakia.
Similar resolutions are pend
ing in the House and may be
taken up this week by it's Foreign
Affairs Committee headed by
Representative Richards, Demo-
crat, of South Carolina.
Senator Monroney said he
would like to see public hearings
on the resolutions Ito educate the
American people on what is going
on in the Communist countries. :"
Senator Connally did not indi-
cate whether. public hearings
would be held pending the re-
turn of a majority of the men,
bers of his committee from a
European defense inspecting trip
They are scheduled to return to-
morrow.
Senator Knowland, Republican,
of California, also former news
paperman, said, I think the time
has come to take a firm stand. -
He added that he was inclined
to support retaliatory action
against CZechoslovakia.
The State Department has em-
phaSized it is doing all it can to
bring about Mr.. Oats release.
Last week it was announced that
Ambassador Ellis o. Briggs had
been instructed to make new rep
resentations to the Prague Com
muniSt regime. 1t was indicated
some new offer had been made
seeking the release of Mr.. Oats.
The State Department also is
considering steps to cancel trade
and tariff concessions to the
Czechs. This was ordered by Con-
gress in passing the recent Trade
Extension Act and, it is under
stood, has been speeded up by
the Oats case.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

stoically waiting for the waters
to recede.
Most of them Of German extrac-
tion, they boast that in their gen.
GRAFTON they never have been
forced to flee from a food. The
Coast Guard stood by, however,
Just in case.
There were numerous lighter
aspects of the flood. The Coast
Guard. for instance, is patrolling
the Mississippi to stop "speeders. y
Fast-moving motor boats and
yachts. most Of them carrying
Evening star., 1951-07-22

Admiral Joy crisply said. mo
comment"
Admiral Joy and two other &C
companying delegates. Maj. Gen.
L. c. Craigie and Rear Admiral
Arleigh Burke, planned to return
to the delegations advance base
near Munsan tomorrow.
During the Recess. the Allies
were hopeful that the Kaesong
area for a five-mile radius would
be kept demilitarized. No as
surance to that effect was an
nounced, however.
Ground action across Korea
yesterday was limited to sharp but
small patrol clashes. Rain, which
had caused one-day postpone
ment of the cease-flre talks Fri
day, cut down Allied air attacks.
Evening star., 1951-07-22
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. c.
SUNDAY.

sightseers. were creating waves
that endangered dikes already
soggy from the deluge.
A resident of West Alton has
his washing machine on top of
his chicken house as a protective
measure.
Mayor Fires Park Board.
Mayor Harry Katz of Chester,
Ill, across the Mississippi, fired
his five-member park board be-
cause it refused to permit flood
working airmen to use the towns
swimming pool without charge.
Efforts to save levecs have re-
Evening star., 1951-07-22

spots in the dikes. Major levees
were expected to hold.
One in Perry County, however,
was reported in critical condition.
About 60 miles south of st. Louis,
it protects some $4,000 acres of
rich bottomland.
The Missouri crested yesterday
at st. Charles, north of here
near the mouth of the Missouri. It
smashed dixie after dixie.
AT the juncture of the rivers,
the 300 residents of West Alton
were holed up in second floors.
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Nuckols added a warning against
being too optimistic about Mans
tone, however. saying, "It was a
very fine shading"
mo tangible progress was made
Saturday." Gen. Nuckols said,
Yet I think it would be erroneous
to say that no progress was
made"
Joy Flies to Tokyo.
Admiral Joy flew to Tokyo last
night for conferences with Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, supreme
Allied commander. Asked there
about progress of the talks.
Evening star., 1951-07-22

quired use of more than million
sandbags, some of which were
flown in by C-124s. largest oper-
ational cargo planes in the air
force,