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Evening star., 1951-10-11
Fletcher KnebeI:
Potomac Fever

The Giants lose the World Series the Yankees who i'm
medatey turn to the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
Secretary Acheson spank Egypt trying toss England
of the SueS Canal Zone We've hunch the the
British Empire because it's so hard to find more.
Secretary Snyder Collector
Fnnegan after his private
Fnnegan took the matter advsemen Snyder hates
fire eploye who takes enough interest his work have
something under advisement.
The White House rebukes Senator Anderson and George
Allen for methods Of soliciting funds Truman memorial library
You might call stnging rebuke Of those
to be stung.
Two euenants of Senator Taft report after that he's
the Overwhelming obvious Republican choice for President
fact it's almost overwhelming obvious this whole
build up for Tafts presidential
Congressman Sed of Oklahoma he spends half his time
cobing lobbyists of his hair One fix that tip
your hat when you pass them
The FBI hauls Gus Hall, jumping Communist back to the
United States him behind Definitions
cell be Of instead place
Washington where they invited for cocktails that
the middle of the lecture.
Evening star., 1951-10-11

volved the juggling Of 400 tax
accounts. The country didn't
notice it but a Delaware Demo-
crat employed in the rich New
York tax district did. He de-
cided to risk some disclosures
to the steadily persistent hon.
est Senator from his own State
who did not appear afflicted
with headlinitis but got results.
AS the results began to get at
tention, the bureaus many other
honest employees began to offer
the Senator their cooperation.
Not all the red faces resulting
from Senator Williams remorse-
less pressure for a cleanup are
in the executive branch.
The naming Of collectors of
internal revenue. like Federal
judgeships, is a senatorial pre-
rogative. Startled by current
disclosures, Senator Russell of
Georgia. a discreet man. per-
mitted himself to exclaim that
if the Georgia collector proved
false, he would himself feel cul-
pable.
In particular. the Senate
Finance Committee which has
jurisdiction over revenue mat
tiers. including collector nomi-
nations. remained noticeably
quieScent as the Delaware David
"a member of finance-re-
peatedly took his disclosures to
the floor. This committee prides
itself on its austere conserva-
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Doris FLeeson
Lid Off Cesspoo| of Corruption
Deowores Senator Williams Spent Four Years Investigating
Juggling of Tax Accounts by Internal Revenue Bureau

tism and its dominant figures
Chairman George. Senators
Byrd, Johnson Of Colorado,
Democrats: Senators Millikin,
Taft. Butler, Republicans-vir-
tuously scorn the Fair Deal.
But like Mr.. Schoeneman,
they were slow to take seriously
the unimpressive Senator with
the squeaky voice from the
small State of Delaware.
They have agreed on their
mea culpa. They have now
adopted a rule that before any
collector Of internal revenue
can be confirmed he must be
called before the committee and
a full understanding reached
with him that it's a full-time
job whose duties do not-in
spite of Mr.. Finnegan of St.
Louis-include keeping people
happy.
Senator Williams approves Of
that but he's not quite finished
with the current crop. in large
part because he'd like to see
the honest ones completely
cleared. He has called for full
biographies and reports on the
whole lot. He thinks perhaps
some kind of public pat on the
back for the innocent might
help restore public confidence
in the bureau. Believe it or not,
he hasn't introduced a resolu-
ton for Williams subcommit-
tee to do it, either.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
DoVid LoWrence:
Tragedy Behind Capital Scene
Forestos Dory Is Story Of Conscientious Public Servant
Who Would Not Yield to the Expedences of Politics
David Lowrence:

James Forrestal's own story
of the events in his life that
brought disappointment, frus-
tration, and eventually suicide,
Is released in book form today.
It is a dramatic story Of what
happens behind the scenes in
official Washington. The diary
tapers off toward the early days
of 1949 when his health began
to break.
While there is not in the book
the slightest intimation of any
circumstances which in them
selves led to the nervous col
lapse, there is enough evidence
in the diary of the demolition of
Jim Forrestals whole career. It
is the story of a conscientious
public servant cast aside by the
Truman administration because
he did not yield to the expedien-
cies of politics or allow cam
paign contributions by factions
or groups or individuals to
swerve him from what he
thought was the right public
policy to recommend.
The Forrestal diary doesn't,
Of course, tell the whole story.
Some day it will emerge when
other men of courage leave their
diaries to be made public and
perhaps. too, when men with
stricken consciences tell of the
sniping that went on against the
then Secretary of Defense be-
tween November. 1948, and the
time of his involuntary resigna-
ton early in 1949.
There can be no doubt that
Jim Forrestal devoted his life to
public service. No better exam
pie could be given than his in
the devotion to duty irrespective
of political partisanship by
Evening star., 1951-10-11
John c. Henry:

Two weeks from today the
British voters will go to the
polls in a general election. In
the first instance their choice
will be between continuing IN
Office Labor Government un-
der Clement Attlee or returning
to a Conservative leadership
under Winston Churchill. There
is an outside possibility. al
ready limited at by Mr.. Church.
i'll, that in event of a narrow
Conservative victory there will
be an offer made for coalition
service.
On the surface all OF these
possibilities would seem to Of
fer reasonable, assurance that
there will be no drastic change
in Britain's foreign policy. at
least in its detectives Of main
tanning strong Anglo American
ties and in its adherence to the
common front against Commu-
mist pressure and aggression.
The element of assurance in
this regard is basic despite the
biting criticism which Mr..
Churchill already has directed
at the Labor Government for
its manner of approach toward
the objective.
Behind the scenes. however,
there is another element in
Britain's election which may
we'll bring to bear upon the
political future of that country
and perhaps upon the entire
West a more profound and dis
turbing long-range influence.
This element is'centered in the
left-wing Labor Party philos-
ophy of Aneurin Bevan and his
Evening star., 1951-10-11
British Left-Winger Stands in Strong Spot
To Capitalize on Victory by Either Porty

rather substantial group OF
energetic followers.
In contrast to the relatively
moderate socialism of the Attlee
faction of the party. the Bevan
clique is an extremist one with
little sympathy for traditional
capitalism. 1t has been de-
scribed as only slightly right of
Titoist Communism and in some
respects, such as its anti-Ameri-
can bias. it might be considered
even more out of tune with the
West.
AS a violent advocate of
Britain's domestic social pro-
gram, Bevan split his party last
spring and resigned from the
government when it became
obvious that the demands of re-
armament and of implementing
the defense program of the
North Atlantic nations could not
be added TO the heaVy costs OF,
and the dislocations attendant
upon, the continuing socializa-
ton of the British economy.
The Attlee leadership decided
that the necessary adjustment
must take the form OF a curtail-
ment, at least on the cost basis.
of the social program. Bevan
quit but his quitting and a
subsequent show of considerable
strength at a recent party con-
ference leave him today in
strategic position to Jake politi-
cal advantage of the election
whichever way it goes.
Despite the quibbling, intense
as it may become, over foreign
policy the really clear-cut ques-
ton facing the British voters
is whether or not they wish
Evening star., 1951-10-11

chicanery and intrigue as it
can be when a book Of revela-
tions, like that Of James For
restal's. is read.
The net effect of all this may
be to focus attention on the
secrecy in which governmental
affairs are conducted. When
one sees the political motive so
dominant in public policy. there
is a tendency to look with even
more suspicion on such acts as
that of President Truman in
seeking to close up sources of
information by executive order.
Only selected excerpts from
the Forrestal diary have ap-
peared in the press thus far,
and they naturally cannot give
the comprehensive impression
which the book itself diScloses.
No such diary has ever been
released during the lifetime of
the principals concerned. 1t is
a milestone in revelation of
public affairs-and only the ac-
cident of suddenly terminated
life makes it possible now for
the American people to learn
how inept and how confused
are the policy-makers and how
they failed in the postwar years
to provide for the defense of
the United States.
James Forrestal was con-
cerned about the future safety
of the United States. He was
deeply affected by cuts in the
armament budget in the face
of what he considered to be
grave threats from the Com
munists. 1t seems an odd CO.
incidence that as his book ap-
pears, our casualties in Korea
have just been announced as
having now reached approxi-
mately 10000.
Reproduction rights reseryed.)
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Lowell MeIIett:
Do-Gooders Also Come to Town
Washington Not Merely Mecca for Those Having Selfish
Interest to Sere-Sum Warriors Here This Week

It Is possible to get the i'm
preston, because Of the nature
Of the stuff that makes news,
that, aside from tourists, no.
body comes to Washington
these days except persons seek
ing special privileges or pro-
lection of the privileges they
already possess. It is not a
correct impression. OF course.
some Of that character do come,
some who look upon the Gov
ernment as national grab bag
and come seeking their share.
There is tendency on the part
of this type to get into trouble
sooner or later and so make the
headlines. Hence the erroneous
impression. For Washington is
also the mecca of citizens of a
wholly different sort. 1t is the
place to which "do-gooders"
come, sometimes as last resort.
in the course of their dedication
to a life Of good works.
One group Of do-gooders has
been with us this week, the Ma
tional Association Of Housing
Officials, men and women who
give their full time to the task
Of eradicating the slums of the
cities, towns or rural communi-
ties in which they live. They
don't call themselves do-good-
ers. The term itself, usually ac-
companied by a sneer, was in
vented by someone wholly op-
posed to their philosophy of life.
But the visitors must have TAX
en- satisfaction in this remark
by one of their speakers, Oscar
r. Ewing, Federal Security Ad-
ministrator:
'The Federal Security Agency
is the arm of the Federal Gov
ernment responsible for carry
ing out laws affecting the
health. the education and the
family security of the Ameri-
can people. Sometimes our crit
les describe us as 'do-gooders.' I
do not know the origin of this
phrase. as it applies to people
who want to make America full
fill the great promise of it's
wealth and freedom; but I do
know that one of the greatest
single sentences in the Bible is
this: He went about doing good.
I have enough religious feeling
to believe that this simple de-
scription is worthy of emulation
by lesser mortals."
Among the lesser mortals
present there must have been
some who occasionally become
discouraged. For these our own
local do-gooder, John Ihlder,
head Of Washington's housing
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Doris Fieeson:

Four years ago an unim-
portant little crook in the In
ternal Revenue district of Della
ware tampered with the tax
account of a moderately sue
cessful grain merchant. When
the bureau began then to press
the merchant for taxes he knew
he had paid. he became annoyed.
When his own investigation dis
closed monkey business in the
bureau he decided he would dis
cuss 1t with the bureaus boss.
He had no trouble reaching
the then Internal Revenue Com
missioner George j. Schoene-
man, because the merchant had
just been elected to the Senate.
Senator John ]. Williams re-
calls very clearly. however. that
Mr.. Schoeneman was not i'm
pressed.
For that boredom, the Tru-
man administration is now pay
ing a heavy price. The lid is
off widening cesSpool of cor
ruption in the most sensitive
agency in Government, vital
centerS of Democratic political
power are involved, the name of
a Truman secretary, Matthew
Connolly. has bobbed up in tes-
timony and the end is nowhere
near in sight.
Senator Williams persisted
until he had cleaned up the
Delaware situation which in
Evening star., 1951-10-11

others. It is often said that pos
Sible "SmearS" discourage able
men from accepting posts of
Importance in Washington. The
Forrestal diary could discourage
them more than any possible
smears. For the diary plus the
news dispatches after the 1948
election tell of what happens to
a faithful public servant when
the buzzards of party politics
begin their pecking away. asSas-
sinating character through in
Spired attacks in the press.
Apart from the personal side
of the story, the ForreStal diary,
however, does give a clear in
sight into the kind of govern
ment that the country has ex-
perienced under the Truman
Administration. It reveals the
confusion in top councils. 1t
shows how often the most i'm
portant policies are prejudiced
by who contributes what to the
political campaign funds.
The book is replete with COM
mentS on how important policies
are shaped. To any one who has
studied Washington administra-
tions for any length of time the
revelations will not come as a
surprise. They merely confirm
what a small number of persons
have always suspected-that
politics plays an unscrupulous
part not only in the formation
of public policies but in the ap-
pointment of persons to high
office.
1t will be argued that un-
der Republican administrations
things have not been much
better, and there is merit in
that point. But the important
fact is that the public hasn't
yet become as aware of the
Evening star., 1951-10-11

authority. had a word of en-
couragement.
Eve have learned" he said,
that public housing offers no
resting place for those who de-
sire a life Of peace. What it
does offer is the JOY of fighting
for a cause that is worth the
fighting. We have aided our
generation to be more than a
biological link between the past
and the future. In these years,
the most critical years in his
tory, we are privileged to make
most vital contribution to
human progress. To us has been
given responsibility for keeping
America true to the American
dream, for assuring that Amer
lea shall continue to be a land
OF opportunity Tor the common
man."
So the do-gooders are going
home. it is hoped, full of fight.
The presence in town was
scarcely noticed. The television
cameras were not focused on
their meetings. Maybe that was
the do-gooders' own fault. There
is much concerning the slums
that television could reveal:
crime, for example. A re-
cent great television program
thrilled the American people by
dragging criminals before the
screen. Maybe the people would
also like to see on the screen
some of the worst breeding
places of crime. Another popu-
lar current program presents
the battle of the medical pro-
fession against disease. Maybe
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Bevon IS Real Election Threat

to continue the socialist climate
as reflected in nationalized in
dustries and welfare services.
If they do, they will keep their
Labor Government. II they
keep it, Aneurin Bevan. with his
newly affirmed party strength
and the voters mandate" to
preserve the socialist philosophy.
will be in strong position to
challenge the Attlee leadership.
or at least to goad it into more
extreme welfare avenues.
If the voters turn to the
Conservative Party. Bevan will
be in even stronger position to
fight for his party control on
grounds that the Attlee faction
had become sterile in its leader
ship. II he should succeed in
this effort a Conservative Gov
ernment would undoubtedly
find itself facing an articulate
and aggressive minority, capable
of considerable obstruction and
in event of a slender margin Of
control perhaps able to force
a new political crisis.
All of this would be Of rela.
lively little import to American
interests in normal times but
the hard fact of Britain's in
ability to carry a full pail Of
water-rearmament and social
services - on each shoulder
means that the election choice
and its after-effects will have
a direct impact on the mutual
security effort. Bevan is a
young man. So. by comparison
with either Attlee or Church,
i'll and his influence in British
politics is still on the upswing.
Evening star., 1951-10-11

the television audience would
be interested in pictures of one
of the prime breeders of disease,
those same slumS.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-04
NOTICE
United States

! OnlCoQ OUdCoS
( Department of the Interior
Bureau of Land Management
Land Office
Anchorage, Alaska.
June Is, 1851
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
| Notice is hereby given that
Cecil Mittby Lynch, has made
apple alton for a domestic,
under the act Of May 26, 1884
(48 Stat. 8O9), Anchorage
Serial 01O495, for a tract of
land embraced in U. S. Survey
No. 2739, situate on north
side of Mission Highway, ap-
proximately l 1-2 miles north
east of the Town of Kodiak,
Alaska, adjoining U. S. Sur
vey No. 1922, containing 1874
acres. Latitude $40 AZ 40" N,
Longitude 1920 22' 38" w., at
Corner No. l, and it is now in
the files of the Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Any and all persons claim
ing adversely any of the above
mentioned land should file
their adverse claims in the
local land office, at Anchorage,
Alaska, within the period of
publication or thirty days
thereafter, or they will be
barred by the provisions of the
Statutes.
Chester W. McNally,
Acting Manager
Date First Publication 77-51
Date Last Publication 9-1-51
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1951-08-04

Joe Finnell of the U. S.
Social Security Commission
was in Kodiak this week.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-04-15

Rev. E. E. Tollefson. pastor. Melville
Lutheran church.
back. The women remained at home
keeping the fires burning. Caskets
in those early days were homemade,
covered and lined with sateen or
velveteen. The covering and lining
was done by the loving hands Of
neighbor women.
Story of Brave Women
Any pioneer history is a story of
brave and courageous women. These
women, descendants of the hardy
Norsemen were never idle. Their
were none of the modern conven-
fences in their homes, even doctors.
or nurses were not available except
by horseback. They did for each
other. They were never too busy to
go to sick neighbor. They officiated
at deaths and births, sometimes bap-
thing baby when they feared it
would not live.
Their social life was among them
selves. Mostly it was in and through
their church-the Christmas tree en-
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-04-15
Church

CURED in 1890, five young folks COM
prising the class.
The first funeral was for a g.
month-old baby girl. It was winter,
the snow was deep, a bleak cold day.
A small sled carried the tiny casket,
an older sister and the pastor. The
neighbor men followed on horse
Montana farmer-stockman., 1951-04-15
One Of Montona's Oldest -.
mEiM Lutheran
By AMY MARTIN

BECAUSE PIONEERS are God
fearing people, the history Of early
settlements generally records the
founding Of church along with the
establishing of the homes.
The Melville Lutheran church in
Sweet Grass county had just such a
beginning. The first Norwegian
colony to come to Montana territory
was from Fillmore county, Mime
sofa. in 1881, settling on Sweet Grass
creek, west of the present town of
Melville. Because there were so few
people in that section, the group was
known as The Settlement.
First to arrive in August of that
year were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ell
ingson and their four children, Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Clausen and Peter H.
Becken. Three months later, in No
vember, Joseph M. Dahl, B. o. For
sythe, Iver Hoyem, Andrew Berg,
John Peterson and P. o. Fallang
came from the same section of Min
nesota. A year later their wives and
IA children arrived
Organized in 1885
From the first, Sunday school and
devotional group meetings were con-
Quoted. 1t was in October, 1885, that
the Home Mission board of the Nor
wegian Augustana synod sent Rev.
Peter L Reinertson to The Settle
ment. He remained for two weeks
conducting meetings in the school
house, baptizing several children, adj
ministering Holy Communion and
visiting the homes.
On Oct. &c, 1885, the present Evan
gelical Lutheran church was organ
lied by Rev. Reinertson. Officers of
the congregation were chosen and
a cemetery committee to select site
was appointed. The site selected was
just south of the school house. It
was dedicated by Rev. Reinertson,
Sunday, Nov. 8, 1885.
Services were conducted in the
school house until 1914 when the
present church was built. It cost
$1,000, not including the work do
mated by the congregation, which
then numbered 83. The parsonage
was built earlier in 1895 costing $500.
The Ladies Aid furnished the money
and the men did the work.
The first confirmation service oc-
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1951-08-23
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object of this proceeding is
to secure the foreclosure of all
rights of redemption in the land
above described and being the
same land described in a deed front
John B. Diamond, Treasurer, to
George Turner dated the End day
of July, 1910 and recorded among
the Land Records of said County
in Liber 1856 folio 113 and in a
deed from William Reading and
wife to George Jenkins dated the
18th day of November, 1896 and
recorded among said Land Rec
ords in Liber ]. A. 55 folio 347:
the said George Turner departed
this life sometime in the year
1912, intestate, leaving surviving
him as his only heirs at law his
widow, Mag Turner, and a son,
James Turner; said land is also
described in certificates issued by
the Collector of Taxes evidencing
the sale of said land on the 18th
day of June, 1850, to the plaintiff,
w. Armistead West, and sale to
George Turner on the 18th day of
April, 1887.
The Bill states among other
things that the amounts necessary
to redeem said land have not been
paid although more than one year
and day from the dates of sales
have expired.
1t is ORDERED this 22nd day
of August, in the year 1851, that
notice be given by the insertion
of copy of this order in some
newspaper, published in said
County, once a week for four sue
cessive weeks before the oath day
of September, 1851, warning
James Turner, Mag Turner,
George Jenkins and all persons
having or claiming to have any in
terest in the aforesaid land, to
be and appear in this Court, in
person or by solicitor, on or be-
fore the 25th day of October, 1851,
to redeem the land above described
and answer the bill of complaint
or thereafter a final decree will
be rendered foreclosing all rights
of redemption in said land and
vesting in the plaintiff a title free
and clear of all encumbrances.
CLAYTON K. WATKINS,
Clerk of the Circuit Court for
Montgomery County, Md.
True Copy-Test:
Clayton X. Watkins, Clerk. 1927