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in 1916 and 1947, and again in
l949.
Mrs. Clark is well known in
Washington. having lived here a
total of almost eight years." She
first was at home in the Capital in
1924, then in 1887 when the gen.
eral was at the Army War College.
In 1940-42 when her husband was
with the Army Ground Forces,
and during the war years when he
was overseas. she also made her
home here, she recalled.
/ The Clarks and their daughter,
Ann, an artist, now are living at
Fort Monroe, Va. where the Gen.
eral is in command of the Army
Field Forces. Their son, William,
an infantry major. now is at WAL
ter Reed, receiving treatment for
wounds recently received in Korea.
Married Here
/ While discussing Washington,
Mrs. Clark, the former Maurine
Doran, said she met her husband
in this city. and that they were
married in the Washington Cathe-
dral on May II. 1924.
I am not an Army daughter,
said Mrs. Clark. when asked about
her background. She said she was
reared in Muncie Ind
Mrs, Clark, like the majority of
people in the Service" has trav-
eled widely in this country and
abroad. Il enjoy living anywhere
and everywhere, but I naturally
enjoy living most in my own coun-
try" she declared.
She said her travels have in
cluded parts of Europe, Africa,
the Hawaiian Islands and the
Caribbean. But it has not yet
been my privilege to visit the Far
East" she added.
Because they are constantly on
the go, the Clarks never have
bought home. When stationed
inside the U.SA., Mrs. Clark packs
up all their furniture and house
hold possessions and makes home
where the General is. when we
go overseas, we take only those
things which are necessary, usu-
ally including silver and linens"
she said.
Mrs, Clark has many hobbies,
for which she finds time in spite
of the demands made on the wife
of a high-ranking officer.
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British Visitors Are Feted
At Parties of Diplomats

I Lounge at the Mayfiower Hotel
for Mrs. Carter Magill, who with
Mr.. Magill has completed the
doing-over of the house at 109
Grafton street in Chevy Chase,
The Magills purchased the house
about a year ago and moved in
from their farm nearby.
Pre-Nuptiol Fetes
The First Secretary of the Swiss
legation and Nine. de Keller will
give dinner party this evening in
honor of Miss Laura Tuckerman
and her tiance, Mr.. Willard G..
Triest. Miss Tuckerman and Mr..
Triest will be married November
10 and members of the formers
family will begin to arrive here
the end of this week. Comdr. and
Mrs. Draper c. Kaufman and
their children will come Saturday
from their Newport home and Col.
and Mrs. Robert Hugh Williams
from Atlanta will come early next
week. Mrs. Kaufman and Mrs.
Williams are sisters of the BRIDE
elect and her other brother law
and sister. the Rev. and Mrs.
Clifford Meadows will be here by
the middle of the week.
The Rev. Mr.. Meadows is rector
OF Emmanuel Episcopal Church in
Boston and with Mrs. Meadows
attended the opening of the M.
and M. Karolik Collection in the
Boston Museum ten days ago. Mr..
Maxim Karolik, donor of the COL
lection. and the late Mrs. Karolik,
the former Miss Martha Goldman,
met in the home of Mrs. Williams
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman in Washington back in
the 1920'S.
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Mary Power
us Married

Miss Mary Mccarthy Power and
Mr.. James Whiting Saunders were
married recently at the Alexan-
dria Courthouse.
Mrs. Saunders. a native Wash
|ingtonian. is the daughter of the
late Mr.. Thomas William Power
She was educated at Georgetown
Visitation Convent, and studied
lat the Corcoran Art School
where she also has taught. She
has an art studio in Georgetown
Mr.. Saunders. a native of Alex
Iandria, son of Mr.. Floyd Garnett
Saunders Of Alexandria, was grad
uated with honors from George
Washington University. He is q
poet and pianist.
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LeFevre to Discuss
Work for the Blind

Industrial Work of the Blind
will be the subject of discussion
by Robert LeFevre, consultant for
the National Industries for the
Blind. at a meeting of the arts
section of the Woman's Club OF
Chevy Chase at 2 pm. Thursday
in the clubhouse.
MIR. LeFevre is at present Sec
retary to the Committee on Pur-
chases Of Blind-made Products,
a Federal committee appointed by
President Truman. 4
Mrs. Frank II. Fl. Roberts viii
be tea hostess.
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at the Purchase School. which has
Is pupils. ranging in age from six
to Is years.
The program on Sunday will in
clude piano selections by Mrs
Francis R. Hoehl and a reading
by Helen Noren.
Distinguished guests invited to
the tea following include Mrs
James B. Patton. president general
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution; Mrs. John Morrison
Kerr, treasurer general of the
National Society OAR; Senator
and Mrs. Edward Martin, Mrs.
John R. Murdock. the Very Rev.
Francis B. Sayre, dean of Wash
ington Cathedral, and Mrs. Sayre,
and the Rev. and Mrs. Bernard
Braskamp.
Hostesses at the reception will
be Miss Margaret Louise O'Brien,
Mrs. Bennett Simms, Mrs. John
E. Briggs and Mrs. Jerome Wilbur.
Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Braskamp, Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. Kerr have been
invited to pOllr tea
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The Grandmothers' Committee
of the District Children of the
American Revolution will meet at
q pm. tomorrow at the home OF
Mrs. James D. Butler, 6203 Four
teenth street NV.
Honor guests will include Mrs
Charles Carroll Haig. national
president of the Children of the
American Revolution, and Mrs
Ellsworth Clark, State CAR presi-
dent.
Mrs. Robert M. DeShazo, State
chairman of the committee, will
preside.
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Miss Sarah Petty
Weds Mr.. Hart

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles David
Smoot of Mitchells, Culpeper
County, Va, have announced the
marriage of their daughter, Sarah
Smoot Petty. to Mr.. John Benja-
min Hart of Clifton, Va.
The Rev. Philip A. Roberts per-
formed the ceremony October q
at the Presbyterian Church in
Fredericksburg, Va, and a we'd
ding supper followed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hart are on a Southern we'd
ding trip, after which they will
live in Fairfax.
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Masquerade PARTY

The Canadian Club of Washing
tons seasonal activities will get
underway at $3.50 pm. Saturday
when members attend a Halloween
masquerade party at the Ameri-
can Newspaper Women's Club.
A varied program of entertain
ment for club members for the
1951-52 season will include bad
Iminton, bowling, square dancing,
and ice skating in addition to a
Christmas Party in December and
an annual dance at the Wardman
Park Hotel in February.
Hume Wrong, Canadian Ambas-
sador is honorary president of the
club and John H. English, COM
mercial counselor of the Cana
dian Embassy is president.
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Thai Program
Is 7OniQht

Nine. Rangsiyakorn Aphakorn
wife of the air attache of the Thai
Embassy. will take the place OF
her mother. Princess Wan Waith-
ayakon wife of the Thai Ambassa-
dor, who was to have been honor
guest at tonight's benefit lecture
by the author of Anna and the
King of Siam" The princess has
gone to Paris with the ambassa-
dor. who will attend the United
Nations General Assembly session.
The lecture. by Margaret Lam
don. will be held at $50 O'Clock
at the OAR Chapter House, 1882
Massachusetts avenue. Proceeds
will go to the Mobile Clinic Fund
of the District of Columbia Foun-
dation for rheumatic diseases.
Also attending the program will
be the Ambassador of Korea and
Nine. Yang; the Charge D. At
faires Of the Philippines and Nine
Gamboa: Associate Justice and
Mrs. Harold Burton; Representa-
tive and Mrs. Carroll Kearns. and
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Louis H. Rem
frow.
In the receiving line with the
speaker will be Mrs. Joseph F.
Elward. founder and president OF
the District Foundation; DR.. Rich
ard Todd. Mrs. Estelle Whiting
benefit chairman: Mr.. George
Gaul and Mrs. w. o. Sullivan, CO.
chairman.
In addition to the lecture, the
benefit program will include a
dance by Nine. Wongswan, wife
of the financial counselor of the
Thai Embassy, and a song by Nine
Prabha, wife of the Thai press at.
tache. Arianne Hadley also will
appear.
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Donor Luncheon

The annual Chanukah Donor
luncheon of the Adas Israel Sister
hood will be held at 1890 pm
Monday. December 3, at the May
flower Hotel.
Mrs. Louis Dubit has been
named chairman of the luncheon
and Mrs. Joseph Zupnik will act
as her co-chairman.
Proceeds from the luncheon will
60 toward the educational, ph9l
anthropic and social programs o1
the organization.
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Miss Joan Patricia Collins,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
H. Collins of Mount Rainier, Octo-
Der % became the bride of Mr.
Miles William Clifford. son of
Mrs. Anna E. Clifford and the late
Mr.. Miles c. Clifford of Mount
Morris, Pa. The ceremony took
place at the Mount Rainier Meth
odist Church. with the Rev. Clark
son r. Banes officiating, assisted
by the Rev. w. G. Collins.
After the ceremony. a reception
was held at the church,
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Mr.. and Mrs. Carville D. Ben
son of Arlington announce the
engagement of their daughter
Harriette Miller. to Mr.. Richard
Carl Johnson, son of Mrs. Carl
v. johnson of Takoma Park. The
wedding date has not been set.
Miss Benson is senior student
at George Washington University
where she is a member of Sigma
Kappa sorority. Mr.. johnson, a
graduate of the George Washing
ton University Law School, is an
attorney with the Department OF
Agriculture. He was a member OF
Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lewis S. Trundle
OF this city announce the engage
ment of their daughter. Lois Ma
rie. to Mr.. Charles Robert Bass
ford, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
M. Bassford. also of this city.
The wedding will take place IN
Nav.
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Halloween Portv

The Writers League of Wash
.ington will hold a Halloween party
on Thursday night at the Studio
1851 Columbia road NV. Win
iners of the leagues poetry contest
will be announced.
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Doris FIeeson:
Prudence and Patriotism LockinQ
Each of Major Parties Is Understanding Its Opposition;
Public Shows Little Confidence in Government

Each of the major parties
is currently Understanding
its opposition to the point of ap-
pearing devoid Of the most ele-
mentary political prudence and
simple patriotism.
Republicans at the helm of
the dominant G. o. P.-Southern
Democrat coalition are kicking
Harry Truman around and au-
tomatically thwarting his pro-
posals as blithely as if they had
never heard of 1948.
The Truman administration
is losing no chance to build up
Senator Taft as the inevitable
Republican nominee for Presi-
dent in the apparent confidence
that he will be O sitting duck
for the Democrats no matter
what errors they commit.
Thus the Capital is presented
with the unusual spectacle OF
each party doing its utmost to
see that the opposition chooses
the candidate Of those who will
be voting for the other side. Re-
publican tactics are the best
possible goad to Mr.. Truman,
whose intentions are still un-
certain. Democrats have opened
up the Minnesota primary to
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Constontne BroWn -
SloWdoWns at Factory and Farm
Moscow StreomIning Satellite Governments in Rononio
And Bulgaria to Push MIitorizotion Drive
Constantine Brown:

Moscow now is in the process
of streamlining its Romanian
and Bulgarian satellite gov
ernmentS. Not that they have
shown themselves unfaithful.
The Romanian Premier, Petru
Groza, and his Bulgarian COL
league, Vulko Chervenkov, have
shown themselves incapable of
pushing the militarization Of
their countries as fast as Mos
cow required. The members Of
their cabinets also have shown
themselves slow and lacking in
energy.
Whether their requirements
will be Soviet generals-as was
the case in Poland-or some
Moscow hardened Romanian
and Bulgarian Communists is
unknown for the time being.
Since last winter there have
been drastic purges and extern
siye troop movements in all the
European satellite countries. Ac-
cording to Belgrade reports,
the Kremlin was endeavoring to
get its satellites In a better mil
itary position so that with only
limited help from the Red forces
which also might be called
volunteers" they could put an
end to the Tito regime in Yugo-
slavia.
The satellite governments
; were obedient, all right. But
their military. preparedness has
been slow. Last spring there
were. important purges in the
top military personnel of all
these countries. The new men,
fully indoctrinated by Moscow.
did no better than their pre-
deceSsors.
It appears that the satellites
in Central Europe and the Bal
kans have no enthusiasm for
fighting. There were ,slowdowns
in the various factories the
Soviet government had erected.
Similar conditions existed in
the mines, while the farmers
in the collectivized farms seemed
incapable of raising even the
quotas imposed by their official
bosses.
Romania's Groza has been
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authors act confident that they
can put the blame on the Presi-
dent and escape scotfree them
selves.
They are also counting large
ly on a whispering campaign
to the effect that Mr.. Truman
Is breaking down. Perhaps the
newcomer to this weeks press
conference who politely told the
President he was surprised to
find him looking so young and
well was only practicing the
famous Southern courtesy.
But virtually every corre-
spondent has had to assure
some editor or his own Aunt
Minnie that no. the reports
are not true. Mr.. Truman is
not a secret drinker, not q
lush, does not retire soddenly
to bed every night. The Presi-
dent does look amazingly we'll
considering his burdens, he
does look after his health and
he does not have the alcoholics
temperament. There is nothing
neurotic about him. He may
drink too much occasionally
when Mrs. Truman or DR.. Wal
lace Graham isn't looking but,
to borrow a line from the late
Jimmy Walker. he can match
his private life with any mans.
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accused for some time as a
"deyiationist," because he did
occasionally say that his coun-
try's peasants were still indi-
yidualists and 1t would take
some time before they could
be fully educated to recognize
the doctrine Of working for the
state as the supreme authority.
But what seems to annoy the
Moscow satraps is the fact that
there is little, If any, military
spirit among these satellites.
The once-famed military quail
ties of the BulgarS and Hungar-
ians seem to have disappeared
altogether. The men answer the
call to arms, which they prefer
to the labor camps, but once in
the army they show little en-
thusiaSm.
The officers, under strict con-
troll of political commissars, are
incapable of inspiring any mar
tial spirit in their troops. At the
same time, the loose bandit
groups"-guerrillas who escape
into the mountains and marshes
show more fighting spirit than
the regular forces.
All these conditions have per-
suaded Moscow's dictators to
start a revamping of the existing
governments, which may lead
eventually to their being placed
directly under the iron rule Of
Muscoyite generals.
Marshal Konstantin Rokos-
sovsky, who, was sent from Rus
sia to take full control Of the
Polish government. apparently
has done a good job. There is,
of course. opposition to him
from a number Of irreconcilable
Poles. But he has handled the
army with sufficient skill to
make it a fairly reliable auxil-
iary of the Red forces. And the
Poles were considered by the
Russians as a much tougher
nut to crack than the rest OF
the satellites in Central Europe
and the Balkans.
What apparently worries the
Kremlin is that its propaganda.
to the effect that Yugoslavia.
with the assistance of Ameri-
can and British imperialists,
was preparing to attack her
neighbors. has made no impress
sion whatsoever.
For generations the Balkan
states have been at each others
throats. Moscow hoped to ex-
plot this to it's own advantage.
But apparently it has had little
success, principally because for
nearly four years Tito was the
top representative Of the Com
munists in the Balkans. When
he broke with his former mas
tiers, the official members of the
Comintern blasted him in ac-
cordance with instructions from
Moscow. But there is no doubt
that q large number Of Com
munists in the Balkans admire
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e on NeWSn1en

Korea. This, Of course, is q
political" subject and the U. N.
representatives said frankly
they had not been and would
not be authorized to discuss
political questions.
It was all the more surprising
to the u. N. ENJOYS to hear such
things raised because Russia's
deputy foreign minister Gromyko
had assured American Ambassa-
dor Kirk at Moscow that the
"cease-fire" negotiations would
concern military matters only
and that political subjects would
be left to subsequent negotia-
tion after the armistice had
taken effect.
On the surface, this might
appear to mean that the Chinese
Communists were far more in
sistent on carrying on the war
than the Russians. The chances
are that such an Interpretation
is not the true one and that
difficulties of communication are
really at fault. The Chinese
could not possibly be in any more
bellicose mood than the Rus
SLAMS, from whom they get the
bulk of their supplies.
AS yet there is no evidence
as to what caused the Soviets
to encourage the cease fire"
negotiations. One reason ad-
vanced Is that the economic
blockade was about to pinch
the Soviets harder than is gen.
orally known and that the
drain of the Korean war on
Soviet supplies and equipment
was a bit too much for Moscow.
The American Government,
which is steering the negotia-
tions, is quite well aware of the
unfavorable impression made
by the early dispatches about
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member did here and how he
explains what he did when he
gets back home is, as they say,
purely coincidental.
This must not be taken as a
blanket indictment, for that
would be far of. But it hap
pens often enough to need cor
rection. AS a matter OF fact,
some members of Congress,
conscious of the secrecy danger
to responsible and responsive
Government. sought to require
publication of important votes
in the Congressional Reorgani-
cation Act of 1916, but they
failed in this and other reforms
in congressional procedure.
This is a job Congress must
do for itself. Congress issmade
up Of the individuals you elect. A
next logical step would be to get
candidates in the next elections
to commit themselves on how
they stand about letting the
people know what they do here.
1t is, in fact, first essential
II you want a good Congress.
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and sometimes on one or two
highly controversial issues in
volved. Those are available for
publication. But members can
do everything possible before
hand to scuttle or destroy a
bill-and they often get away
with plenty; and then vote vir-
tuously for it, or the remnants
Of it, on final passage, so that
the constituent and voter never
learns what were his repre-
sentative's real attitude and
motives.
This comes about through
the process of considering all
major bills in Committee of the
Whole House, so-ca1led. There
occur the voice votes of which
the North Carolina housewife
complained. You can't learn
who did what there. Then there
are the standing votes, when
the StandeeS are counted en-
masse by the presiding officer,
and only the totals are avail
able. Then there are the teller
votes when members come
streaming down the center aisle
and are counted. like sheep, by
tellers, as they scramble by on
the hoof. There is no individual
record of any of this. Nor, be-
fore a bill gets to the floor, are
there public records of many
secret committee votes which
determine the shape of legisla-
ton in the first instance.
Your representative, if he
chooses. can slude your scrutiny
completely in this maze. He can
explain it as he pleases and you
have no way to check on him.
Anybody who has followed pro-
ceedings closely here and then
listened to the member on the
stump back home give an ac-
counting of himself is amazed
often, and amused If inclined
to be cynical. For in some cases
any similarity between what the
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Thomas l.. Stokes:
Thon7os l. Stokes:
Why Housewives Never Know
Congress Measures Often PuDosey Tied Up in Procedure
That RenLze the

When there was an effort re-
Gently by Stabilization Direc-
, tor Eric Johnston and others to
arouse housewives to write to
Congress to try to save imitation
controls, a few simple questions
were asked in this corner.
Wasn't Congress elected to
represent housewives, too? Does
it have to be reminded Of this
duty? And another-more or
less whimsically-must we set
up letter-writing schools for
housewives? It was finally con-
cluded here that, since Con-
gress didn't seem inclined to
do its duty unless reminded.
then perhaps housewives would
have to take time out and take
pen in hand.
Well, one housewife in North
Carolina, on reading those OBJ
servations, wrote in to tell how
she already had started her
own private campaign. It is
herewith passed on, in her own
words, because she must speak
for millions of others and be-
cause her own program is
good one, If somewhat demand
ing. She wrote:
"A week ago, set up q new
schedule for myself. Previously.
I had arisen at 6:15 am. I now
get up at 5:55. adding 20 min
utes to my working day. I use
that time to write to my Con-
gresham. 7 scan the papers,
reading carefully and thorough
ly every treatment of issues di-
rectly affecting me and my fam
lily. I have subscribed to several
magazines for news coverage.
IT want to find out how my
representatives are voting. How
shall I go about obtaining that
information? 7 intend to study
these voting records-and to
raise particular h when i'm
portant bills get the shuttle
treatment via voice vote. :"
She concluded:
How fine! We contribute to
campaign chests, go out and
vote. and then have to beat the
jerks over the head with q pen
to remind them we don't evapo-
rate between elections.
Ouch, madam!
She, did, indeed, raise a most
pertinent question which goes
to the heart of much of the
trouble around here when she
asked how to find out how mem
bers vote. She can't now, OF
course, nor can anybody else, on
many important votes in the
House which have played such
havoc with controls to protect
the consumer. The House wells
them in secrecy by It's proce-
dures, as it did on the imitation
control measure.
There are record votes, of
course, on final passage Of
major measures in the House
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the "cease-fire" negotiations
which spoke of American mill
tary men going to Kaesong vir-
tually in the guise Of peace
seekers while the Communists
stood armed around the con-
ference. The idea that the
u. N. has come begging for an
armistice will not only be
spread throughout Asia but it
has already affected many
Americans. Yet the argument
in favor Of going into enemy
held territory was that the U. N.
could afford to make conces'
sions on the "form"-that it
could afford to risk the unfavor-
able impression of those first
few days If in the end the U. N.
got the substance"
What the U. N. wants is an
armistice line north Of the 38th
Parallel at the present military
position of both forces. Also the
U. N. wants access to North
Korea for its commission to
supervise the armistice. There
are other vital points which
must be agreed on before there
is a "cease-fire." Meanwhile,
Gen. Ridgway is just as sus-
piciouS as any one would want
him to be, for he is well aware
of the build-up going on behind
the Chinese lines.
If a resumption of fighting is
forced, the Communists will
suffer heavy punishment and
maybe the ban on bombing
Manchurian bases will be lifted.
This correspondent gets the
impression here that officials
of our Government expect the
"cease-fire" to be consummated
after a series of conferences.
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