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Evening star., 1951-06-08
Dovid LoNrence
Biggest y. S. Defense Weakness
Congress Should Find Out if Our High Comnonc
Con Function Instonty if Wor Breoks Out
Dovid Lowrence:

When will the Senate and
House Armed Services Commit
tees begin to investigate the big
gest single weakness in the de-
tense situation of the United
States?
Plenty Of time is being con-
sumed by hearings in which
high-ranking military men and
the Secretary of State tell the
congressional committees what
they care to reveal about the in
ner workings of their offices.
But no time at all is being given
to an inquiry to determine if
America really has a high COM
mand that can function in
stantly if war should break out
suddenly.
All the testimony thus far in
dicates a judgment that there
probably will be no declaration
of war by the enemy but sud-
den attack, just as was the case
at Pearl Harbor in 1941.
But If the United States went
on a war footing tomorrow. the
command situation would be as
cumbersome, clumsy and con-
fusing as it has been through
out the Korean war. While
some members of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff have endeavored
to create the impression at the
hearings that Gen. Macarthur
was a bit difficult to handle at
the other end Of an 8,000-mile
line of communication, the evi-
dence indicates clearly that the
whole episode reflects seriously
on the competence, alertness
and judgment of the Joint Chiefs
Of staff. itself. As one retired
officer who knows the Far East
told this correspondent: when
the Joint Chiefs have difficulty
in telling a man Of General
MacArthur's ability what they
mean by their messages, it
shows a serious weakness in
Washington"
Something of the same sit
uation that happened at Pearl
Harbor in 1941 has happened
again. Gen. Marshall was then
Chief Of Staff Of the Army, and
Admiral Stark was head of the
Navy. When President Roose-
welt discovered how badly the
two armed service STATS had
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Thomas L. Stokes:

When all the technical
double-talk is cut away it is
nothing but o plain strike"
in which the beef producers are
engaged.
A strike against the Govern
ment! For the issue is Gov
ernment price controls. The
beef free-booters confessed 1t
all themselves. When leaders
of various farm and cattle as
sociations descended on this city
recently, pounding tables and
making loud noises like six
shooters, they threatened that
If controls weren't taken OF
farmers would hold their cattle
of the market and there would
be BLACK markets"
So now we have the great
beef strike Of 1851.
It's a free country. Sure.
Farmers can strike, like labor.
and withhold food from the
market, though statistics show
ing what a fat return they are
getting for their work and their
product seem to yield little
justif1cation-and particularly
at a time of national crisis when
some restraint might be ex-
pected.
But, Just as farmers can
strike, so can consumers. In
fact many Of us have already.
as a matter Of necessity. We
find we can do without beef,
seeing as how we have to, any
how. But this is still spotty
strike and there are not enough
of us yet to bring the steer
stalkers to terms.
What we need is a general
consumers strike. Just let the
farmers sit and watch their
cattle sit on their Tzlmp steaks
and we can sit on ours. They
can use them for pets, and may
be send us one or two for our
Zoos 30 the younger generation
can see what q COW looked like.
Let the beef already prepared
and delivered just cool OF in
the storage vaults. Maybe, if
we just sit tight long enough
and eat something else. we'll
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military rank so that the four
members will be coordinate
with each other.
Below the joint command
there should be three top men
of high frank to operate each
armed service and give full time
to those tasks without being
involved in the interdepart-
mental discussions on interna-
tional or political matters. They
could be called chief OF army
operations, chief of naval opera
tions, and chief of air operations.
The testimony in the recent
record Of the Senate hearings is
only part of the evidence OF
loose functioning and lack OF
information. If Congress chose
to investigate how little time
was given by the supposedly top
command here In Washington
to the events Immediately pre-
ceding the order for American
forces to enter Korea, 1t would
be discovered that the peace
time" footing has not since been
changed. and that the same
lack Of preparation which
caused serious delays a year ago
is prevalent today. Military
decisions require careful plan
ming in advance and are not al
ways good for the country when
made impulsively under stress.
Unfortunately for the Ameri-
can people, there is no check
on the incompetence of COM
manders in wartime. The war
colleges subsequently study in
secret the mistakes made, but
the American people pay for
those mistakes in the casualty
lists.
The Congress is the only means
which the people have to check
up on an administration which
has already shown by it's
handling Of Korean war opera
tions that it has failed to give
the American people a most
necessary instrument for mill
tary operations-more import
ant than planes, guns or draft
laws-a top command that gives
all Of its time to planning and
study of world strategy as the
nation is exhorted to get ready
for atomic war and instantan-
eous military action in the event
Of attack.
Reproduction Rishts Reserved.)
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Henry McLen1ore:
Wonders Why Reds Scare
Administration to Death

combined. But we unfold our
fists and quiver before an un-
sure bully.
If we are going to quit, and
1t looks as If we are, let the
State Department and the Pres
ident get to formulating our
terms of quitting.
Let us citizens know what
our terms of surrender to bri-
gandry are going to be.
Such q thing is impossible,
you say.
Quit kidding.
Aren't we trying to make
honorable peace" with North
Korea? North Korea started
this, didn't it? It pounced
without warning on a people
trying to make a go. finally, of
what had been a life without
hope for so many, many years.
How do you make an "hon-
orable peace" with a killing.
lying. cheating, thieving. mur-
derous bandit?
Maybe this country knows
how. 1t seems to have made
peace with gangsters. Adonis
two years. Costello next to Moth
ing. All the other buns off light.
What would constitute an
honorable peace? South Korea
is devastated. Millions without
homes, food or anything.
Thousands of American boys
dead. Greeks and Englishmen
and Frenchmen and Turks, gone
forever.
Might as well make peace with
q burglar. Shake hands and
ask him in for tea In exchange
for a promise he won't break In
and rob you again.
Let's be honest. Russia has
this administration scared to
death. And I say. what a pity.
After all, Washington. D. c.,
isn't all Of this country.
distributed By McNausht Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1951-06-08

historical record and for the
rightnesS of their own cause
If and when war breaks out
desire to exhaust all possible
means of arriving at a settle
ment short of war. 1t makes no
difference that the chance of
success is almost infinitesimal.
If there is the slightest chance
that war may be avoided, the
chance must be given the great
est opportunity to develop, in
the view of Western Allied
policy-makers.
It is important, from the
standpoint of those who are re-
sponsible for American foreign
policy, that Americas and her
Allies record be absolutely clear
before the people of the world.
That record has been kept clear
up to now, and only the refusal
to make an honest effort to set
tie differences peacefully could
stain it.
That does not mean, as Ameri-
can officials are making clear,
that this country must lend it.
self to Soviet propaganda mach
nations by agreeing to an
agenda which carries the strong
implication of Western respon-
sibility for world tension. They
have made it clear, however.
that they would discuss the At
lantic pact and American over
seas bases with the Soviet
Union in their true light as
proper defensive measures taken
for the protection Of the West
ern world against Soviet ag-
greSsion.
Even if an agenda for a Big
Four meeting could be finally
agreed on, the prospects of any
kind of real success are minute,
unless the Soviet Union alters
completely it's objective Of world
domination through the estab-
lishment of Communism. If the
Soviet ever actually does alter
its policy objectives, there are
ways it can make that clear
without a conference.
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Doris Fleeson:

The Senate's newest member,
Blair Moody of Michigan, de-
cided to enlist B. M. Baruch in
the fight to save the Defense Pro-
duction Act after listening to q
disteartening parade Of who.
me?" witnesses before the Sen
ate Banking Currency Com
mittee.
With few exceptions, witnesses
representing the great produc-
ing interests Of America acted
as If the controls program repre-
sented merely device Of the
politicians to annoy them. In
f1ation. rearmament, the war
in Korea, the threat of Russian
aggression-these basic reasons
for attempting to stabilize the
economy got no notice.
Speaker after speaker called
for the abolition of controls or,
If that could not be had, for
immunity for his crowd. After
weeks Of it, Senator Moody fig
ured it was time to produce a
witness to speak for America.
Mr.. Baruch, who reminded the
Senators in his dramatic call
for the original act that he
had made the round trip to two
wars, responded promptly. In
sagacious detail he has argued
the case for genuine controls.
hard on all but fair to all. plus
high taxes and restriction on
credit.
A brass-tack postscript In his
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own handwriting urged:

own handwriting urged:
"You know what TO do. Damn
the political torpedoes. Go
ahead"
An experienced correspondent
who has taken very easily to
Senatorial eloquence, Senator
Moody can be expected to make
good use Of this reinforcement
from the elder statesman in New
York. In fact, he got his release
on it over to the press gallery in
record time, in polished detail.
Just as the House Rules Com
mittee is automatically power
full, 1t is easy to precede inter
ests" with adjectives like selfish
or special, as President Truman
did not fail to do in his own con-
tribution to the drive to speed
action on controls. But this
is too simple; even fieeting
glimpses Of the hearings ap-
peared to show q difficulty much
more fundamental.
It is that the people Of this
country at least, as represented
by many of their spokesmen
coming to Washington, do not
still believe that we are in q bat
tie for survival. It would not be
possible for the record to con-
tain the kind of testimony it
does if, by and large. Americans
accepted the cruel implications
Of Russian imperialism, the Ko-
rean war, the ferment in OIL
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functioned in the emergency.
he gave immediate attention to
an entirely different command
structure. He had the Joint
Chiefs set up as an independent
body, reporting directly to him.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff ar
rangement which was estab-
lished by Mr.. Roosevelt during
World War II was a far diff
ferent thing from what is in
existence today.
First of all, 1t is not gen.
orally realized that the present
Joint Chiefs. comprising the
operating heads of the three
armed services. have duties
which are largely administra-
tive. Naturally they are abb
Sorbed In matters related to the
immediate requirements Of their
own services. They do not have
much time for overall plan
ming.
Only two or three times a
week, and then only for brief
periods, do the Joint Chiefs sit
down together. The testimony
of the chiefs at the hearings
shows clearly that on important
issues involving vital decisions
of policy they are not well in
formed at all and that the
liaison between them and the
unified commands in the field.
as well as with other parts Of
the Government, is very poor.
A significant improvement
would be the establishment by
Congress Of a joint command.
to be composed of one man from
each Of the three armed serv-
ices. with a secretary-general
as presiding officer. who would
also handle the relations of the
joint command with other
governmental agencies. The
members Of the joint command
should not be burdened with
any administrative work or oper-
ational duties and should give
their full time to the planning
and strategy policies to be
followed by all three armed serv-
ices-fixing the ALLEGATION of
responsibilities to each service
as circumstances in the world
situation change and as the law
permits.
All members Of the joint COM
mand should have the same
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have a price-cutting contest
like those going on now in other
lines. Maybe they'll come ask
ing us to drop in and get a
steak like grandpappy used to
eat at a price closer to what
pappy used to pay.
If this be revolution, sirs, let
the cowboys make the most of
1t.
We could all become vegetar-
ians.
It's possible to grow old grace
fully that way, and comfort
ably. even brilliantly. Look at
George Bernard Shaw. Photo
graphers just before his death
at "a revealed that a vegetarian
diet had not stunted his growth
and. from the reports Of visitors
in his last days, his mind still
was sharp and saucy.
Ninety-four is long enough
for any of us to live.
AS vegetarians, too. we have
our own political party already
Nor do we have to wait for
sweltering convention halls a
year from now in Chicago-un-
der the shadow Of the packers
when a bunch of politicians,
completely without our leave,
will pick our candidates for us
with us limited to watching
them sweat and stew over our
television sets.
According to q recent COM
munication to this office. the
American vegetarian party not
only courts our support. but
offers to give us. each and in
dividually, a voice in selecting
that party candidates for Presi-
dent and Vice President. Symon
Gould, associate editor of the
American Vegetarian, writes
that Gin the course of the next
few months every citizen reader
of our journal will have the op-
portunity to cast his ballot for
his or her choice for the nom
ination for President and Vice
President.
1.-THE candidates thus selected
will be the official representa-
tives for these high offices in
Evening star., 1951-06-08
Henry McLen1ore:

Having eyes that enable me
to read, and ears that enable
me to hear (eyes 1920, with
glasses; ears 1920, with trum-
pet), I know that the United
States of America seeks an
honorable peace" with the
North Koreans.
also know that by North
Koreans" the U. S. means Red
China. and redder Russia. espe-
cially the latter.
also know sometimes ! use
as many as 500 "I's" in q $50
word column) that there cannot
be an honorable peace" with
bandits, murdererS, thugs, kill
ers of women and children, de-
stroyers of decency. destroyers
of human rights, and head
chopper-offers Of the little man
who wants nothing but what
God gives away every day
sunshine, flowers. hills. valleys,
kisses and an upright stance
when walking.
Columnists whose shadows I
wouldn't dare approach with
out bowing low, speak Of q
peace with honor. How do they
ref that wav2
The same goes for our Presi-
dent, our State Department,
our brassiest of brass military
men.
Does it go for us? Does it go
for us American citizens?
hope not. God knows, I
hope not.
II it does, then we Ameri-
cans have given away our BIRTH
right for a mess Of something
that isn't even pottage. Fear.
Just fear. . !.
We quit, in other words.
And-to make 1t worse-we
quit In fear while all the world
knows we are the richest, the
most productive. the smartest
Nation on earth. There is more
know-how to win in this coun-
try than in any three countries
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Why Grow Old?
Heed Directions!

iciSes are in earnest and have a
right to expect results.
For instance, take the sidebend
for waist slimming. If you bend
your knees. you will not have the
same pull on the waist and you
will never timber up by stretching
your back leg muscles. When you
do the double cross dying on the
floor and swinging one leg across
the other, arms on floor, fingers
Iclinging to floor, you will not
Iget the stretch on the thighs or
the twist at the waist which you
would get if you kept the over
swinging leg straight and the
fingers on the floor.
When you do the bust exercise
lin which you bend the arms in
front of you. grasping the left
forearm with the right hand and
the right forearm with the left
hand and push the elbows to-
Igether, resisting slightly with the
hands-the pectoral muscles Of the
chest will not move in the same
way if the arms are bust level or
lower than they will if the arms
are shoulder height or a little
higher.
I have had so much experience
in teaching that know ahead the
mistakes you are most apt to make
and warn against them. So-heed
directions for lovely results.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
By Josephine Lowmon

Often it is not so much what
you do as how you do it! The
infection or tone of a voice when
saying something may make the
meaning entirely different from
the one which would be derived
from the written page. Your skill
at sports depends on how you
execute them. Whether you ac-
cept an invitation or refuse it is
not so important as the way you
do it; whether your refusal shows
sincere regret and appreciation, or
your acceptance reflects real
enthusiasm.
How you "do" your hair and
your exercises is also of paramount
Importance. I sometimes receive
letters from readers saying that
"a certain exercise is not accom-
|plishing what it is supposed to.
When I inquire about the way
the reader is doing the exercise
Il usually find that it has been
incorrect.
I would like to impress on you
today the fact that following di-
|rections carefully is of the greatest
importance if you are to get the
results you wish from figure mold
ing exercises. I feel this Is i'm
portant to explain because those
of you who write to me for exer-
Evening star., 1951-09-19
Fashion
Notes

Doris Day, along with Gloria
Swanson and Joan Crawford, has
succumbed to the idea of being a.
part of the great American fash
ion business.
The lure has been so great that
personalities whom one associates
with other fields are turning to-
careers in fashion and frequently
are combining both.
Doris Day, however, married
into the fashion world when she
became the bride of John Renna,
who is the president of leading
fur firm
She has been in Washington
for the past three. days and a
local store is featuring the furs
that she. herself, has designed.
The glamorous actress of stage
and screen. radio and TV who
was well known as an enter
tainer for the armed forces during
the last war ana VINO is also a
ferry pilot, designed many of her
Hollywood screen costumes.
Tired of hearing his wife al
ways telling him that furs were
fashioned with too heavy hand,
Mr.. Renna started letting her put
her talents into practice. Many.
many months were spent in learn
ing the varying characteristics of
different furs.
In selecting your fur coat Doris
Day says you should choose the
best quality of a less expensive
fur rather than a poor version of
a more expensive one.
Seek the advice of an expert
when buying Persians or similar
furs. There are grades and types
to consider If small, buy a coat
with less bulk. Tall? Buy one
with fullness near the hemline.
For fashionable furs throughout
the years select classic lines.
Tricks" date a coat.
Evening star., 1951-09-19
By Burboro Bell

Pattern No. 1922 is a sew-rite
perforated pattern in sizes 36. 38
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requires 54 yards of 39-inch
fabric.
For this pattern, send 80 cents
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tern number and size wanted to
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York 10. N. Y.
Send 25 cents today for your
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This latest issue is filled with new
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Don't miss it!
Evening star., 1951-09-19
USDA to Give
Course for
HOnnennQkers

Do you want expert help in do
ing q better job of homemaking
In planning the spending of
your family income? In planning
pleasing nutritional meals for your
family? In getting the most for
your food money? In making your
home suit the needs of family
members? In managing and
sharing the work in your home?
In selecting and caring for your
clothing, home furnishings and
household equipment? In attain
ing family cooperation? In under
standing your children's behavior?
Which of these and related
topics will be covered in the course
on modern homemaking for en-
ployed men and women at the
USDA Graduate School depends
on the interest of the persons who
enroll for the course. For each
topic. specialists in and out of
Government will be selected for
their ability to give up-to-the-
minute. practical and basic infor-
nation of immediate and long
range value.
Last year the course had inter-
est for the busy family in which
the homemaker also worked out
side the house, the beginning fam
lily to whom homemakihg was
new, the engaged couple wanting
preparation for homemaking and
single persons living in a group.
The expanding family with it's
changing problems. in fact, all
who feel the need to improve their
homemaking, stand to gain from
this course, since the students de-
termine its content.
The course meets Mondays,
starting September "a, from 6:10
pm. to 8 pm, in the South Build
ing Of the Department of Agricul-
ture. The charge is $18. Regis
tration continues until September
% in Room 1881, South Agricul-
ture Building, Fourteenth street
and independence avenue, from 9
am. to $40 pm. Your interest is
the only prerequisite. The course
carries two hours of college credit.
Evening star., 1951-09-19

YOUTHFUL SOPHISTICATION IS SUGGESTED in this
black veIours cootte designed by Lodde Nohrdee This
Just from his collection Of millinery designed for
the little lady, in the fashion world This group Of hots
is popuIory priced and think Mr. Northridee to be
congratulated giving to younger Iodies the same toste
charm, and IoveIiness that mark his own custom-mode
millinery prices they offord Call Sterling 5OOO ex-
tension 1885, between 900 and 43O pm for shopping in
formation.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-02-23

Among the several important Chamber of Commerce current projects that came up for review and discussion at the regular noon luncheon meeting Wednesday was the pamphlet on Matanuska Val ley which is being published by the Chamber. Special guest Elroy F. Hinman, assistant to the gen. eral manager of the Alaska rail- road, and E. J. Kanz, traffic man. ager of ARR, and approximately 40 members and their guests were in attendance at the meeting at which President James A. Hur- ley reminded members that the deadline for publication of the pamphlet is drawing near and any one planning to advertise should make immediate arrange ments to do so. Advertising in the pamphlet is not confined to Chamber of Commerce members but is open to any Valley firm or business. Advertising in the pam phlet will actually serve as a di- rectory of all business establish ments, merchants and profession al men here. Space for each di- rectory advertisement is the same and is on a flat rate of $5 per block. There are still some prom inent business men here who have failed to signify their intention of being included in the attractive pamphlet, which will carry some very fine pictures of the activities of the Valley and will present very comprehensive literature on the features and attractions of the Valley. The pamphlets will be mailed out in answer to inquiries that come to the local Chamber of Commerce from all over the states and in some instances from all over the world.