davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-02-27
F7enry WlC-en1Ore:
Is Surprised on Rome Visit;
Finds People Are Italians

card, or to take our picture, or
to guide us through st. Peters
itself.
AS all who have been here in
summer well know. Rome can
be miserably. miserably hot and
humid. Only the incompatible
sights of the Eternal City would
cause a man to walk about in
the MONDAY sun.
But now. in February, the eli
mate is a chamber of commerce
mans dream. It's that delight
full, coolish-warm weather, If
you know what I mean, and the
sky is a cloudless blue. It's the
sort of weather that makes even
the LATEST man save taxi fare
because he feels like walking
for miles.
The one thing that remains
constant in Rome, summer and
winter. Is the traffic. How the
Italians survive it years in and
out is one of the unsolved mys-
teries. It makes no sense what
soeVer. There are lights and
traffic cops. to be sure. but they
are just a part of the mad
scheme to see to it that life
and limb is ever in peril from
buses. passenger cars. trucks.
motorcycles. scooters, bicycles.
and horse drawn hacks.
For a pedestrian to be timid
in Rome is for him to stand on
one street corner for the rest
of his life. To ever cross a
street he must egg himself on
by muttering the classic Marine
phrase. Come on, you so-and-
SOS, do you want to live all
your life?" and charge into the
maelstrom.
Before I tackle Rome traffic
again I am going to take a rapid
course in Italian.
I want to be able to yell
'Help! Help" If nothing else.
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Evening star., 1951-02-27
Lowell MeIIett:

The Reconstruction Finance
Corp. has generally been re-
garded as a great political asset
to the party in offce-a two
billion dollar asset, 1t is some
times called. But President Tru-
man is not the only President
to discover that the big lending
institution can also be politi-
cal headache. 1t was that tn
President Roosevelt at times
when Jesse Jones, as head of the
RFC, seemed capable of exert
ing more influence in Congress
than the President himself. The
first big RFC headache, how
ever, was President Hoover's.
Mr.. Hoover more or less in
vented the RFC and persuaded
Congress to establish it. Its pur-
pose was to laid the financing
Of agriculture, commerce and
industry, to encourage small
business and to help maintain
the economic stability OF the
country" Conditions were des-
perate at the time and Congress
did not require much persuad-
ing, There were some skeptics.
of course.
Representative Parker Of
Georgia declared it was 'the
most decided step toward COM
munism any civilized govern
ment ever has taken with the
possible exception of Russia" :"
President Mansfield of the Fed
Grafton of American Business
saw in it another evidence of
government invasion of busi-
ness" But Congress, without
too much debate. enacted the
necessary legislation and on the
whole has had little reason to
regret it's action.
Mr.. Hoover's headache was
provided by Charles G. Dawes.
former Vice President Of the
United States, whom he named
the first president Of the RFC.
an Office since discontinued. Mr..
Dawes took Office in February.
1882, along with a board OF
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Doris FIeeson:

The st. Louis betting COM
missioner who defied a congress
sional committee to make him
testify before television cameras
will doubtless get considerable
sympathy from others who have
sweated under the combination
Of hot lights and heated ques-
tions.
But sympathy is all he'll end
up with in the opinion of the
Administrations legal lights and
of others expert in the collateral
questions raised by the novel
challenge to congressional au-
thority.
Their conclusion is that tele-
vision itself is the novelty but
q merely mechanical novelty in
this instance. The telecast,
which is what the witness ac-
tually complained Of, is regarded
as an extension Of communica-
tions, its most modern version
certainly but still a version
covered by the freedom Of the
press concept.
James j. Carroll, nationally
known expert on betting, when
called before the Kefauver
Crime Committee in st. Louis,
called attention to the televi-
sion cameras and repeatedly re-
fused to answer Senator Ke-
fauver's questions. He argued
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Dorothy Thompson:
The u. S. Again Avoids the Issue
American Note to Russia Is Called Not Honest;
Solution Of Gernnon Issue Held Poronnount

unification and naturalization
Of Germany. Immediately the
clacque is turned loose to an
nounce that naturalization
would lay Germany wide open
to the Soviets.
Why would it? Are Sweden
and Switzerland laid open be-
cause they are neutral? On the
contrary, they are the only
European countries whom Gen.
Eisenhower did not need to ex-
hort to self defense. Does neu-
trality mean defenselessness? II
that is what the Soviets mean
they are acting in bad faith
and we are falling in with their
preposterous definitions.
The United States should test
Soviet faith by entering the
conference with proposals which
would protect everybody, and il
rejected prove who the real
warmongers are. If we enter
the conference without hard
and fast definitions of free elec-
tions and neutrality, the confer
ence will either end in appease-
ment. or it will get nowhere at
all
Evening star., 1951-02-27

distinguished men. Authorized
to lend up to a total Of 81 bill
lion, the RFC was able to help
a lot of banks and other busi-
nesses, big and little. Mr.. Dawes
earned reputation as a tough
lender. AS the stories went,
bankers who asked for enough
money to cover their liability to
their depositors were apt to be
told to take 10 per cent and
sweat the rest out.
However that may have been,
Mr.. Dawes himself soon became
a borrower. After five months
in the RFC he resigned to re-
sumo the craftsmanship of the
Central Republic Bank & Trust
Co. of Chicago, a bank having
troubles as serious as any.
Three weeks later the RFC Gre
ated a sensation by lending the
Dawes bank $50 million. During
the political campaign that
summer Democratic orators in
sisted that the sum was actu-
ally 500 million. or only S mil
lion less than the banks total
deposit liability. It was even
alleged that he had demanded
the full amount, saying he
would close the bank otherwise,
with all the widespread damage
that would cause.
At the end of the campaign,
in his last major speech, Presi-
dent Hoover took up the issue.
defending the RFC and Mr..
Dawes. He described the trans
action in detail, as well as the
situation in the Chicago bank
ing territory that had caused
the RFC board to make the ex-
traordinary loan. He declared
that Mr.. Dawes had not sought
the loan and had only accepted
it on the insistence Of the board.
He told how the final papers
were signed late at night on a
Sunday, enabling the bank to
meet its depositors with a smile,
instead Of closed doors, on
Monday. Had the bank been
Evening star., 1951-02-27

It Is possible to present a
proposition for naturalization
that would, If accepted, offer as
nearly absolute protection as is
humanity possible to the Atlantic
community, the Soviet Union
and associates, and Germany
herself. But it would be incom-
patible with the present policy
of insisting that the whole world
line itself up in military alliance
with either the U. S. s. r. or
the United States.
That policy must lead to war.
for it is inconceivable that two
huge military blocs, each armed
to deter the other, should stand
glaring at each other ad infini-
tum. Whoever takes RESPONSE
bility for such policy, without
suggesting an alternative, shares
in responsibility for war, no
matter who fires the first shot.
The assumption in the United
States note that one must post
pone dealing with the chief
problem causing tensions until
the tensions have relaxed is
nonsense.
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Evening star., 1951-02-27
Constantine Brown
Soviet Satellites Growing Restless

cow and the ready assistance
given him - without political
strings-by the Western nations
also have contributed in no
small degree to the restlessness
of some of the top Communists
in the puppet nations.
The fact that Moscow has
proved itself unable to punish"
Tito, after having issued dire
threats. has affected a good deal
the thinking of those people
who, while Communists at heart.
now resent the loss Of their
countries freedom.
While this picture Of Mos
cows "indigestion"-as 1t is re-
ceived in some high quarters in
the Western capitals-unques-
tionably is correct, it must be
borne in mind that the millions
of persons under Moscow's boot
do not have adequate means for
rebelling successfully against
their masters tyranny.
Relatively few firearms can
be smuggled from the free ma
tions to the organized guer-
rillas. The secret police are
well-equipped with tanks, guns
and planes. A revolutionary at
tempt could be made in certain
areas. But the chances Of its
succeeding are extremely linn
tied at this time.
The underground's success
depends on the Muscovites' be-
coming involved in war. Only
then can local outbreaks be Of
any use to the subjugated ma
tions. The men in the Kremlin
are aware Of this fact and the
purges which now are taking
place are intended to reduce
that risk to a minimum.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Hoover Also Had His Headache
RIGS $50 Million Loan to Bank Of Its Former Head
Precipitoted Bitter Compoiqn Issue in 1882

allowed to close. he argued. 1t
would have meant the ruin not
only Of thousands Of Chicago
individuals and business con-
Germs, but of many banks
throughout the Middle West
along with their depositors.
In any case. Dawes bank did
ride out the storm Of that bitter
year, thanks to the RFC. The
RFC lost nothing on the deal,
although it had some bad mo-
ments. 1t was necessary to sue
several Of the banks principal
stockholders to compel them to
meet the double liability pro-
vision attaching to their stock,
which the RFC had been as
sured would be available to pro-
tect it against any deficiency in
the collateral for the loan.
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Dorothy Thompson:

The State Department has
finally answered Soviet pro-
posals for a four power confer
ence.
The Soviets want the confer
ence chiefly on Germany.
The United States note re-
plies:
THE attempt to eliminate the
causes Of European tension -.
80 deeply touches the interests
Of all peoples that 1t demands
the most serious and honest
consideration. :.
"It lis obvious that it is not
the German problem, or the
consideration Of a German
contribution to the defense of
Western Europe, which lies at
the root of the present tension"
This statement is neither hon.
est nor serious. Exactly the con-
trary is true. 1t is glaringly OBJ
vious that If the German prob
lem were solved q European
settlement would be possible,
and If 1t Is not solved, a settle
ment will be impossible, and war
that much nearer.
For months this problem has
exacerbated tensions between
the Soviets, and the West. The
issue to arm or not to arm
Western Germany, in response
to rearmament of Eastern Ger
many, has been the chief sub
ject of discussion in London,
Paris, Washington, East Ger
many and Bonn. Although Mr..
Acheson had to back down from
much Of his former position be-
cause of French opposition and
that of the German people,
Bonn is still being urged to re-
arm ana Gen. EISENHOWER mas
been exhorting German gen.
erals.
There is no indication that
the administration has the fog
giest notion of how to solve the
German problem in a way that
conceivably could be acceptable
to all concerned. Proposals, to
be acceptable, must fulfill three
conditions: provide for the Sc
curity of the Atlantic commu-
nifty; for the security OF the
Soviet Union and it's East Euro
pean associates; and for the Sc
curity of a United German ma
tion.
The soyiets have proposed
Evening star., 1951-02-27
KremIn Finds 1t Necessary to Stort Purges
And Supervise Armies of Puppet States

The wave Of pessimism which
swept the United States and
Western Europe as a result OF
that serious setback encouraged
the Moscow propagandists to
beat the victory tom-toms. They
did not know the old American
proverb: Don't count your
chickens until they're Matched"
The Chinese Communist de-
feat is said to have shaken pop
ular confidence in the ability OF
Russia to stand by its puppets
which 1t has thrown into a
military campaign. This is true
not only among the masses OF
citizens of the European satel-
lites, but also among some OF
the top leaders.
These people are beginning to
think that the broadcasts and
pamphlets of the Voice. Of
America are not the poppycock
they are represented to be by
the Russian-picked rulers of
those countries.
Passive resistance to U. S. S. r.
domination has existed in all
these countries, ever since they
were taken over by Moscow.
There are strong underground
forces in most of these states
and particularly in Poland and
Hungary. The representatives OF
these underground forces in the
free world have been compelled
time and again to warn them
against premature outbreaks.
They would mean. the under
ground is told. needless sacrifice
of life without any benefit for
the cause of freedom.
The success of Tito's declara-
ton of independence from Mos
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Henry McLemore:

ROME.-I got the surprise Of
my life when I few in here from
Germany.
For the first time I realized
that Rome is a city whose popu-
lation consists chiefly Of Itali-
ans, and whose predominant
language is Italian.
had gained the impression
from earlier visits-all made
during the summer, at the
height Of the tourist season.
that Rome was largely an
American city. most Of whose
inhabitants spoke English. car
ried cameras, and complained Of
sore feet as a result Of walking
from morn till night.
Rome in February and Rome
in June, July and August are as
different as you can imagine.
And to my way Of thinking, the
winter Rome is around 199 per
cent the more enjoyable.
Not that I have anything
against Americans. cameras. or
sore feet. but there is such a
thing as having too much OF
them. What a pleasure it is to
60 into a store and be served
Immediately without having to
wait half an hour while a con-
tingent of Americans haggle
over the price of hand-tooled
leather box and an embroidered
luncheon set.
Walking about the streets Is
a whale Of a lot nicer in Feb
ruary than it is in the summer.
The 10000 self appointed
guides. Offering to lead you to
a place where you can get it
cheaper. are in Information.
gathering strength to run sum-
mer tourists crazy.
Today we actually walked
across the Square of st. Peters,
up the great steps. and into the
basilica. without one single per-
son offering to sell us a postal
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Dovid Lowrence:

Political pull"-the same un-
aduiterated variety that has
plagued the temples of Govern
ment since ancient days-seems
to have come up for trial in the
Senate's investigation of the af-
fairs of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
Having exposed the influence
which various persons In the
executive branch Of the Gov
ernment are alleged to have
exercised in persuading the di-
rectors of the RFC to approve
applications Of loans, the spot
light has been turned by Presi-
dent Truman on members Of
Congress themselves, by point
ing to several hundred letters
written from time to time to
the RFC presumably urging ap-
proval of loans in behalf Of
constituents of the Congress
men.
Where billions Of dollars Of
Government money are to be
loaned, it is not surprising that
there will be pressure. Senator
Fulbright of Arkansas. Demo-
crat, chairman of the Senate
committee investigating the
RFC, says he has not uncovered
anything illegal" and the Pres
ident has said he hasn't found
anything illegal, either. But the
Arkansas Senator says that
things which are improper"
though not illegal, are never
theless subject to condemnation
II standards ofgood conduct are
to be set.
Two wrongs never make a
right. The fact that the Senate
committee uncovered some i'm
proper activities on the part OF
executive agency employees does
not immunize them from blame
just because some members OF
Congress may have also exerted
presSure.
All the documents in the case
should be exposed to view-not
only letters which members Of
Evening star., 1951-02-27
Constantine Brown:

The SOVIET union seems 10 De
suffering from an acute case OF
indigestion.
Reports from Czechoslovakia
and other European satellite
countries indicate a degree OF
restlessness which has compelled
the Kremlin to start some major
purges through the native pup
pets.
In addition, Soviet officers are
being sent in large numbers to
Romania, Bulgaria. Hungary
and Czechoslovakia to supervise
the armies Of those countries
both militarily and politically.
Trials of "traitors"-such as
Vlado Clements, the former
Czech foreign minister-will be
held shortly. For the present
there is no official confirmation
that Clements, who has turned
Titoist. has succeeded in escap-
ing from his home land.
There are reports that Ro-
mania's premier, Petru Groza.
is on the list. Bulgaria and Po-
land have been under complete
Soviet control for some time.
The resurgence of a spirit of
rebellion in the satellite coun-
tries has been accentuated by
the failure of the Communists
in Korea to defeat the United
Nations forces. Soviet propa-
ganda overplayed the prospec-
tive victory of its puppets when
the forces under Gen. MacAr-
thur were pushed back by the
intervention of overwhelming
Chinese Communist masses. It
looked to the Russians then, as
1t did to many Of the Western
nations, that we might be forced
to abandon Korea altogether.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
SERVICE AT FIRST CHURCH
OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST
225 N. POTOMAC ST.
235 N. Potomac S

Healing as an essential part of
Christianity, as taught and practiced
by Christ Jesus, will be among the
points stressed in the service on
Sunday morning at 11:00 o'clock,
when a LeSson-Sermon entitled
Christian Science" will be read.
Bible selections to be read will in
clude Jesus command to his follow
ers: "Heal the sick, clense the lep-
ers, raise the dead, cast out devils:
freely ye have received, freely give"
Matthew 1879.
Among the correlative citations
from Science and Health with Key
to the Scriptures" this one will be
read: Jesus established in the
Christian era the precedent for all
Christianity, theology, and healing
Christians are under as direct or
ders now, as they were then, to be
Christlike, to possess the Christ
spirit, to follow the Christ-example
and to heal the sick as well as the
SHINING" Up. 1887.
The Golden Text is from Isaiah
"The glory of the Lord shall be re
vealed, and all flesh shall see it to
gether: for the mouth of the Lorc
hath spoken it, (40:5).
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
an old
fashioned
NEW
YEAR
By SHIRLEY SARGENT

HEJOW WOULD YOU like to have
an old-fashioned New Years
Eve celebrations" Tom paused
hopefully as he set the protector up.
Heck, no" the eight children
complained, almost in unison. eve
always have movies on New Years
Eve
can right" Tom sighed, flights
off, please"
The lights blinked off, plunging
the room into darkness, but the
protector failed to work. "The
plugs okay," his wife, Martha,
said softly. Everybody yelled advice
to Tom, but he ignored it.
Lights he calle d finally.
Sorry, folks, but whatever's bro
ken can't be fixed tonight"
"What'H we do?" a disguised
nephew asked.
Tom grinned at their downcast
faces. you're spoiled by these
modern conveniences. Why, up to
six or seven years ago, we managed
to stagger along without movies.
Let's have an old-fashioned cele-
bration like we used to"
''Tell us what to do" the children
shouted.
swell, now, you start out by get
ting some good fire logs out of the
storm cellar so we can get that
fireplace going" Three shock
haired nephews clattered out of
the room, but Tom wasn't finished.
He turned to the adults, "We'l
need marshmallows and apples -
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
Church NeWS
DEVOTIONAL
BROADCAST'S

The following radio religious pro.
grams, sponsored by the Washing
ton County Council of Churches, ano
furnished through the cooperation
of Radio Station WEI and WARK,
are scheduled for next week:
WEI, Monday through Friday
1915 a. M, Morning Devotions,
Rev. Homer D. Kendall.
WEI, Saturdays, 100 p. m, Sun
day School Lesson.
WEI, 'The Minister Visits: 1870
pm. Monday, Rabbi Ernst Conrad;
1870 pm. Tuesday, Rev. Russell c.
Oyer; 1870 pm. Thursday, Rev. Paul
M Robinson.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
Farmers Income
Tax Report Will
Be Due Jan. Is

One OF Three Procedures Must
Be Followed-Simplest Is To
Pay Tax For 1851 And Be
Done With 1t.
Maryland farmers who haven't al
ready circled Jan. Is on their cal
endar are reminded by A. B. Hamil-
ton, agricultural economist at the
University of Maryland, that 1851
Federal income tax report is due on
that late.
The law makes it necessary for
farmers to follow one of the follow
ing procedures:
l. File the final report by Jan. IS
for income received during the pre-
ceding year and pay the full amount
of tax due. In this case, no more
returns are necessary during the
year.
2. File declaration by Jan. Is of
estimated income received during
1851 and pay the full amount of the
estimated tax. If this is done, it
will be necessary to make a final re-
turn on or by March IS, 1852.
3. File declaration by Jan. Is.
Pay the estimated tax on install
ments. These will be due March Is,
June Is, September Is and January
IS of the next year. A final return
must then be made on or before
March Is of the next year.
Mr.. Hamilton recommends that
farmers file their returns for 1861
incomes by Jan Is, 1852. Following
this plan will eliminate the necessity
of preparing an extra report.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
FLAT OR FLUSH?

Captain Columbus" said a
scared seaman on the Santa Maria,
"if the world is really flat, like
everybody says
"Stop frettipg," interrupted CO.
lumbus i1npatiently, I'm telling
you the world isn't flat"
"But what makes you so sure?"
persisted the seaman.
'If the world was flat" returned
Columbus, twhere would 1 have
gotten the money to make this
trip?"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27

Shoe Fits
Like Cinderella, Freddie Holmes
tried on the shoe and it fit perfect
ly. But the 25-year-old New York
Negro didn't get a handsome prince
or princess. He got a Jail cell. The
shoe that fit Freddie had been yank-
ed off a would-be burglar by the in
tended victim, as the burglar fed
through a window Police found
Freddie in nearby alley. He had
only one shoe.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
Oversight

Foreman-"And what are you tive
fellows doins?"
Political Job Holders-"We're
carrying these boards over to that
lumber pile"
Foreman-"But where are the
boards?"
Political Job Holders-''F gosh
sakes, Sam, we've forgot the
boards"
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
THE sTRANGEST FRUIT

Two hd1biIlieS were making
their first trip ON the train and
news vender came. through,
selling, among other things,
bananas, which the hiIlbillies
had never seen before, They de-
cided to try one apiece and one
of them, faster than the other,
had his unpeeled and took a bite
out of it while the other one was
still closely examining his. Just
then the train plunged into the
darkness of tunnel and the first
hilibilly screamed: f'Don't touch
it, Zeke! 1 just took one bite and
it struck me bIindn'
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-12-27
Funny Stuff?
TAKEN AT HIS WORD

A man from a remote section of
the country walked into the grocery
store at the crossroads and an
nounced to the owner that he had
given up drinking.
$50 you've finally given up drink
ing, have your" asked the proprie-
tor.
eyes, suh," was the reply. Il
amt touched a drop in four weeks. "
''Well, you deserve a lot of credit
for that" said the storekeeper.
That's what l thinks, too" said
the mountain man. ''And I was
just goin' to ask you if you could
trust me for some groceries"