davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Dorothy thompson
Truman Fails to Heed Signs
Contributes Wore Than Any World Leode
To Accelerate Universal Overturn

him with brain, spirit. and
nerves Of the utmost sensitivity.
Man, who is unique in his
capacity to bend nature to his
will, is also pre-eminent in his
susceptibility to nervous break
down and insanity. An elephant
herd will stampede from exter-
nal shock. Man is the only ami
NAL capable of himself creating
intellectual and emotional chain
reactions to keep him stam-
peding.
In our times. leadership which
asserts itself in impulsive ges-
lures ceases to be leadership.
1t intensif1es what it should re-
strain. When the President
loses self-control, it is catching.
He has twice compared the be-
havior of groups Of Americans
to that of Russians" He has
exploded half-cocked over moth
ing more important than an
opinion of his daughters voice,
and then reasserted his temper
Gin the off-the-cuff speech on
January 19). He has attacked
the Fulbright report on the
RFC, not discriminatory but in
sultingly, apparently dismissed
out of hand the well-founded
criticism Of Treasury policies by
the Federal Reserve Board. and
has upheld his personal loyal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Lowell Me1ett:
Debate May Be Useful After All
Now Largely Confined to Disagreement Among
Republicans, May Develop Clear Party Policy

That has been true in this week
of Lincoln's birthday delibera-
lions. AL over the land the
party's orators have taken the
platform to demonstrate to their
own satisfaction that Mr..
Truman is leading us nowhere.
But at the same time they have
demonstrated their disagree
ment as to where he should lead
us. Gov. Dewey would have US
take off on one tangent, Senator
Taft in another. Senator Wherry
would have us sit right where
we are. All the other speakers
deplore our lack of leadership.
Maybe it's all for the best. It
has led Senator Duff Of Pennsyl-
vania to demand that his party
formulate some positive and af-
firmate, not merely negative and
critical" policies. If the Great
Debate should bring this about
1t can be said. when it dies down,
that it has not died In vain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Henry McLemore:
Recalls Eating Spaghetti
Until He Lost lis Pants

but couldn't exactly place one
another.
Then, all Of a sudden. we both
remembered.
"McLemore," he called. what
in the world are you doing
here?"
Major Phillips" I called
back. well. I'll be-"
With the speed and enthusi-
asm that an American always
shows when spotting another
American in a foreign country
I jumped up from my table and
headed toward the Major.
Two seconds later I was in
the middle of my most embar-
RAISING moment.
Just before 7 reached the
Majors table the loosened
trousers that I had forgotten
all about dropped around my
ankles, tripped me up. and sent
me sprawling, fiat on my face.
at the Majors feet.
There I was, in full view Of
most of the other diners, clad
only in my shorts. and still
chewing on a mouthful of veal
scallopini.
The Major looked at me as If
I were crazy. as did his wife.
The captain and two walters
helped me to my feet and I
dressed as fast as any fire.
man ever did, chatting away like
a maybe to the Phillips and
trying to act as If there was
nothing unusual about a man
losing his trousers in a dining
room.
don't know If I was the most
talked about man in the hotel
during the week we stayed there,
because I don't speak Italian,
but I do know I was the most
stared at. But the folks stared
in vain. 7 added suspenders to
my belt. plus a strong rope.
and yard or two Of Scotch
tape.
Distributed BY McNausht Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Henry McLenore:

What was your most embar-
RAISING moment?
Mine came to mind today
when 7 airmailed the Savoy
Hotel in Florence. Italy, for
reservation a couple Of weeks
from now.
am not at all sure that I
will get a room. due to the up
roar which 7 Internationally
caused in the dining room OF
that hotel two years ago.
We had left Rome early in
the morning with nothing but
a continental breakfast under
our belts, and as you we'll know
a continental breakfast isn't
worth a continental to Ameri-
cans who are used to starting
the day with ham and eggs and
other stick-to-the-ribs vittles.
When we reached the Savoy
dining room 1t was going on 2
o'clock and we were famished.
We were seated at a table
against the wall and ordered
the works. Antipasto. mines
trone. spaghetti, veal scallo-
PM, salad, jug of chianti.
and dessert.
Along about the middle of the
meal I realized that my trous-
ers had shrunk sometime dur
ing the year, so under the pro-
tective covering of the large
white tablecloth that reached to
the floor. I loosened my belt
considerably. Very consider
ably, let us say, and settled back
to really enjoy the fine Italian
food.
The room was crowded but I
had noticed when I came in a
man in uniform lunching at a
table near the center of the
room. His face was familiar to
me, and mine must have been
to him. because we kept darting
glances at one another. You
know how it is. We both were
sure we had met somewhere,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
COnstdFtIne Brown:
India Power Politics Studied

agricultural products appears to
be confirmed by the latest sta
tistics provided by our own Com
merce Department. Report FIT
400 contains the following in
teresting data. In 1948 India
purchased from the United
States $63.500. 900 worth Of food
grains. In the first seven
months of 1850 it bought only
$24,400.000. The purchase Of
cotton. which amounted to $4.-
100000 in 194S, rose to $685.
100000 in the first II months
Of 1850.
It is probable that Congress
will appropriate enough money
to provide India with / million
tons of wheat this year. What.
ever deliberate mistakes the
New Delhi government may
have made in its fight to shake
the economy Of Pakistan, the
fact is that there is real danger
of starvation in India this year.
And midas people should not be
punished for the blunders Of
their government.
The offer Of the New Delhi
leaders to provide the ships for
the American wheat will re-
duce substantially the burden
on the American taxpayer. But
at the same time. since famine
in India Is recurrent, 1t is likely
that Congress will warn our
Asiatic friends that while We
do not intend to play politics
with human suffering, they
themselves must end what
amounts to economic sane
tions" against Pakistan, with
which India has serious po-
Htjca1 differences
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

ties-when changes would have
Modified.
No world leader is both more
obstinate and impulsive in de-
manding immediate interna-
tional showdowns Gas on Korea
and China). He seems deter
mined to solve problems by
broadening and intensifying
them, and to think any kind OF
action is better than concen-
trated thought.
Where the signs would tell a
locomotive engineer to slow
down, he speeds up. careening,
in the process, from one track
to another.
And the result is that he
perhaps more than Stalin-is
contributing to accelerate run
away dynamism and universal
overturn.
He is not a man Of destiny.
But he is nevertheless its tn
strument.
tReleased BY The Bell Syndicate. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Constantine Brown:

Congress does not question
the view, expressed by President
Truman and former President
Hoover, that political differences
between the United States and
India should not interfere with
American aid to millions OF
Indians, who may be in danger
of starvation.
But the Appropriations Com
mittees of both houses will study
carefully the question whether
the Indian government can OBJ
tain the needed food grains
from her neighbor Pakistan.
The members of those COM
mittees also are expected to ex-
plore allegations that the Indian
government itself "has played
power politics" and that this is
partly responsible for the pres
ent food shortage.
Ever since the Asiatic sub
continent was divided into two
independent republics - India
and Pakistan-the New Delhi
government has been sulking
toward its neighbor. In an eff
fort to undermine the neighbour
ing republic-which is 30 per
cent Moslem-India has endeav-
ored to sabotage it economically
by refusing. as much as possible.
to purchase the products OF
that overwhelmingly agricul-
tural state-cotton, jute and
food grains.
Pakistan, after satisfying its
own needs and filing contracts
with Japan and Western Ger
many, today has available for
export $4,000 tons Of rice and
10000 tons Of wheat. It can
be sold to India at a far more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Doris FIeeson:

The current quarrel between
President Truman and Con-
gress over the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation is a col
orful facade behind which a
much graver matter lies hid. 1t
is the collapse of great princi-
pies and enterprises because the
Truman administration is
proving too weak to sustain
them.
: RFC is but one Of the many
independent agencies or COM
missions by which strong Pres
idents and sometimes Congress
have sought to overcome or
ameliorate the economic and
social evils arising in our sys-
tenn. In the domestic field
most of the great policy de-
cisions Of our time, those which
shape our future, are made out
side the regular departments.
The departments handle rou-
tine; the independent agencies
break ground.
Opponents of the Square. New
and Fair Deals have always
understood this. They have
fought the delegations of power
to such bodies and the ap-
pointment to them Of men they
considered too ardently at
tached to change.
The tug-of-war goes back a
long way. Franklin Roosevelt's
contributions to the alphabet
soup were more numerous
SEC, iva. CAB, FDIC. etc..
etc.-but it was Grover Cleve-
land in whose first administra-
ton the Interstate Commerce
Commission was set up to curb
railroad monopolies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

The President holds an I'M
enviable Office. heir as he is to
the irreversible actions Of the
past years and the perils of the
immediate future. He faces
problems which confound pro-
found philosophers, and which
are not of recent origin. We are
seeing the liquidation of a past
epoch, to which innumerable
factors have contributed: the
modern chronological revolution,
the decline and fall of colonial
imperialism, the demise Of great
states and "the revolt of the
masses"
Great wars always accelerate
historical processes. The two
wars of this century immensely
speeded up chronological prog
ress, of itself a destroyer Of long
established physical and mental
traditions. The first world war
shook the foundations Of West
ern colonial rule and the second
completed its collapse. The two
wars broke up three great states,
leaving vacuums. Both wars i'm
mensely increased the role Of
labor. accelerated at break-neck
speed the Capitalization of state
power, initiated monetary revo-
buttons and undermined the
economic foundations. of the
middle classes.
If one could look, as disem-
bodied mind, on human society,
one would, I think, observe
process at work of such awesome
upheaval and momentum that in
1t the greatest political figures
appear as pigmies and all the
leaders as one with the led.
In some epochs the task OF
leadership is to throw off inertia.
In our own Western society its
task is to restrain the runaway
momentum which affects not
only external and physical forms
of government and society, but
the minds, emotions and nerves
of men. Presumably the human
purpose is to assure something
more than mere human sur
vival; in the words of William
Faulkner, to help man, not only
to endure but to prevail.
But nature has not created
man as a mechanical contriv-
ance. nor as an animal only Of
bone. blood. tissue and repro
ductive organs. She has endowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Refusal to Buy Pokistun Farm Products
Confirmed by Latest Commerce Statistics

advantageous price than we can
offer, since transportation costs
would be much lower. The New
Delhi government prefers. how
ever, to obtain the needed grains
in the United States. although
half a million tons are available
Immediately in Pakistan.
Although there is no question
that drought Quakes and other
natural causes have reduced
the food output in India this
year, it is equally true that the
farm policy of the New Delhi
government-which is to make
India a large cotton and jute
producer-has contributed to
the present shortages.
According to an article pub
lished January 7. 1851. in the
Calcutta newspaper, the States
man, 10000 acres Of riceland
have been diverted to jute in
the province of Bengal. This
has caused loss Of 100000 tons
of food grains"
Spokesman for the Indian
government maintain that only
reclaimed land has been used
for cotton and jute. But it is
pointed out that since famine
and grave crop shortages are
endemic in that republic. 1t
might have been wiser for the
government to consider first
things first-the need of India's
population to become indie
pendent of foreign food sup
plies and to assure the use of
as much acreage as possible for
the essential needs Of its people.
The suspicion that India Is
playing a political game by
refusing to purchase Pakistan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

could just as well have said pri-
vately, through his own military
representatives In Washington.
about crossing the 18th Parallel.
The view Of any one govern
ment that the U N. forces
should not press beyond this or
that line is extremely delicate
information of a highly dan
gerous character to broadcast.
1t tells the enemy what risks
they can take in moving against
our troops. 1t tells them of i'm
portant differences inside the
military command. The enemy
can gain a good deal of infor-
nation as to our intended troop
movements and plans II it
knows what objections are being
raised to our operations and
strategy irr Korea.
There used to be a time in
diplomacy when, if the British
government had anything OF
military nature to communicate
to the American Government or
any other government with
which 1t was allied, 1t would be
a private communication and
not through the publicity Of a
speech in Parliament.
Coming, as this incident does.
on top of the laxity of the Brit
ish government in allowing Klaus
Fuchs. a British citizen of Com
munist background. to slip
through security lines and come
to America, where he was ac-
copied on the clearance" Of the
London government, there is
bound to be feeling that Great
Britain and the United States
are not working together as
closely on security questions as
they might be.
People generally have been
given the impression abroad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
Doris FIeeson:
Liberal Front in COLLAPSE
Truman Administration Proving Too Weak
To Sustain Great Principles and Enterprises

the transfer Of American Air
lines overseas routes to Pan
American Always. Congress has
not yet probed the rumors that
swept the cocktail lounges but
the prestige of the CAB plum
meted to new lows. Similarly
the Federal Power Commission
lost caste when the President
parked his friend Mon Wall
gren in the chairman's seat
after the Senate Armed Serv-
ices Committee refused to con-
firm him as chairman of the
National Security Resources
Board.
The RFC debacle is about to
be aired in public hearings
which the President has drama
tized with his attack upon the
critical Fulbright report as ASH
nine. Yet most members Of
Congress agree with the Presi-
dents stand that Senator Full
bright's single administrator
proposal is unsound, unfair to
the one man who might be
named and a clear violation Of
the commission principle.
Harassed and weary, the
President abruptly abdicated
great powers to one man,
Charles E. Wilson. in the mo-
bilization setup. That this does
not sit well with his party and
supporters is evident in their
complaints. Noticeably, too, one
Thomas E. Dewey has greeted
it as practically his own idea.
AS they survey the scene,
many Democrats fear that not
Just battles but the whole lib
eral war Is being lost-and not
because the President planned
1t that way either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15
David Lowrence:

IT is utterly inexplicable why
the British government persists
in handing military information
to the Chinese Communists, thus
endangering the lives Of our
troops in Korea.
1t is not being done deliber-
ately. Of course, or with the OBJ
ject Of informing the enemy.
but the net result is the same.
Thus the following dispatch
came through on one Of the
press association wires from
London in the last "a hours,
and evidently nobody there
thought it should be censored:
British military experts be-
lieve that the U. N. forces in
Korea should hold a strategic
line roughly 10 to Is miles south
of the 38th Parallel frontier,
well-informed sources said.
1T Is likely that this view
has been communicated to the
United States in connection with
the view of the Labor govern
ment that for all political pur-
poses the U. N. forces should not
cross the parallel without full
consultation among all countries
which have troops under Gen.
Macarthur"
Now it has just been dis
closed by Secretary Acheson that
conferences are being held twice
q week in Washington at which
Representatives of all u. N.
countries having troops in Ko-
rea are present. These confer
ences are held in the Pentagon
Building with our own military
chiefs. and have been going on
since the latter part of last Mo-
vember. Hence, 1t seems fan
tastic that the Prime Minister
Of Great Britain, Clement Attlee,
should have felt obligated to say
publicly the other day what he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-15

These agencies have survived
the frontal assaults of their
enemies as they could continue
to survive direct attacks. In
weakness, inertia or dishonor.
they cannot preserve their aims
or accomplish their goals.
What has been happening at
a constantly accelerated pace is
that President Truman has been
unable to inspire them or to
staff them with men whose
abilities and convictions are of
such a high order they can push
onward and upward under their
own steam.
The Presidents manpower
difficulties are an old story in
the classic pattern Of the
chicken and the egg. It is hard
to tell whether the selfishness
of able Americans in refusing to
work for the Government forces
Mr.. Truman to resort increas-
ingly to mediocrity and his
cronies or whether able Ameri-
cans shun the Truman admins
tration because 1t is so much, in
the hands of mediocrity and the
cronies.
In any case. the agencies work
well only in proportion to the
availability of really first-class
people to man them. AS that
proportion has grown less and
the agencies weaker, the Presi-
dent has had more often to
intervene personally. The re-
suit has been a series of Incl
dents detrimental to the reputa-
ton of the agencies and to the
prestige of the President.
Eyebrows were raised when
the President overruled the Civil
Aeronautics Board and allowed
The Nome nugget., 1951-09-28
195 Coast Guard Academy Examinations

Competitive examinations for appointment to the United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut, will be held in major cities throughout the United States and it's territories on February IS and 19, 1852. All applications should be postmarked not later than January 1, 1852. Applications are desired from high school seniors who can qual- ify physically and who will have graduated by June 30, 1852, with minimum of Is credits, ' of which are in required subjects as follows: 3 units of English, 2 units of Algebra, 1 unit of plane geo. metry and l unit of physics. The physical requirements include the following: IT to g years of age; 66 to 76 inches in height, with width in proportion; 20/2O vision, uncorrected, for each eye; normal color perception; and a minimum of 20 vital serviceable natural teeth.
 Coast Guard Cadets pursue a 4-year course of instruction lead ing to a Bachelor of Science De- gree in Engineering with eligibil- ity for commissions as Ensigns in the Coast Guard. They receive, in addition to the required technical courses, practical and professional training vital to the education of Coast Guard officers.
 Detailed information regarding requirements for entrance, aca- demic curriculum and other as poets of cadet life may be ob- tained from school principals or by writing to the Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Wash ington 25, D. C.
The Nome nugget., 1951-09-28
New Draft Laws
 Include Childless Husbands for Draft

WASHINGTON, (P)- President Truman Wednesday signed new draft regulations which make childless married men eligible for military service.
 The presidential action also makes other changes in selective service rules in keeping with the draft law passed by Congress last June. The major effect, however, is the permission to draft childless married men, change selective service officials believe will make 500,000 men formerly deferred eli gible for duty. Brig. Gen. Louis Renfrow, acting director of selec- tive service, said about 100000 of this total may be drafted.
 Men affected would be those within the draft age bracket-183 to 26 years old.
 Under the amended laws "child" means an infant from date of con- ception. A man may obtain de- ferment only if his doctor says child has been conceived before
The Nome nugget., 1951-09-28
Three Dodgers Fined For Kicking UmpireS' Door

NEW YORK, (P) - President Ford Prick of the National League fined three Brooklyn players - Jackie Robinson, Ray Campanella and Preacher Roe-for causing a scene in front of the umpires' dressing room after Thursdays controversial Brooklyn Boston game. Dodger players kicked at the door of the umpires' room after the game
 Prick, newly elected commits sioner of baseball, took no action against catcher Campanella for his argument with Umpire Frank Dascoli in the eighth inning which led to Campanella's election from the game
 Robinson and Campanella were fined $10O each and Roe was fined $50.
The Nome nugget., 1951-09-28
J. s. SECURITY COMMITMENTS

It might be well to review the security commit ments of the United States in the present-day world. In addition to the task of defending its continental and outlying possessions, the United States is also bound to:
 CD Defend it's occupation forces in Germany, Japan and Austria.
 CD Assist in implementing United Nations obga- tons to oppose aggressors throughout the world
 (3) Under the Rio Treaty, to act with the other American republics in defense of the Western Hemi- sphere
 (4 Under the North Atlantic Treaty to join its associated powers in protecting part of the world stretching from the North Cape to the shores of Africa
 (5) Back up mutual defense obligations assumed with the Philippine Islands under security pact recently signed.
 Additional security arrangements are now under negotiation including the addition of Greece and Tur- key to the North Atlantic Pact expected to take place in Canada this month and, finally, military arrangement with Japan which involves commitments in connection with the defense of Japan
The Nome nugget., 1951-09-28
Addition Of New Ship Brings To 29 Vessels
 Under Alaska SS Flag

SEATTLE, (F) - The Liberty ship Clarence H. Matson has been allocated to the Alaska Steamship Company by the Federal Mari time Board for operation under general agency agreement, the firm reported today.
 This is the fifth vessel assigned to the company for operation un- der the National Shipping Au- thority. It brings to 29 the num- Der of vessels sailing under the company house flag. They are carrying grain to India as well as operating between Alaska and Seattle.