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Evening star., 1952-04-23

should be shouted from every
houSetop."
It is so, of course. The COM
mission, at a lengthy meeting
Tuesday, indicated a desire to
publish the report, but is await
ing further advice from the
State Department, which means
a week or two of further delib-
Grafton by the department.
In his demand for publication.
the Missouri Senator said II can
we'll understand that the giant
oil companies involved in this
scheme to control the world oil
market and the exploitation Of
the worlds oil resources neces-
sarily would desire to have this
study declared a secret docu-
ment and in this manner con-
cealed from public examination.
! know the Oil companies
won't like it, and I know they
have unlimited resources to op-
pose public officials who do not
do what they want"
The "hush-hush" tendency is
due. of course. to the Iranian oil
imbroglio, in the first instance.
and the desire not to offend
other nations, our allies. A
tread-softly policy is decreed.
There always is an excuse, of
course, for side-stepping this
international highway robbery
by big oil combines which have
proved themselves stronger than
governments-above the law, so
to speak. A bold facing Of the
facts now would do more than
anything else to help us with
the people of the world.
Our Nation was alerted five
years ago to the developing oil
cartel and given an opportunity.
which it refused, to do some
thing about 1t through the
United Nations.
This story. revealed here at
the time in a series of columns.
goes back to the report made by
a Swedish government commits
sion, in the possession then Of
our State Department and JUS
tice Department, that revealed
Evening star., 1952-04-23

does not apply in this case. Yet
when it was proposed to deny
TaSs correspondents the privi-
leges Of the congressional gal
leries. the State Department
expressed the view that this
would be an unfortunate ges-
ture since 1t would reflect on
our obligations toward freedom
Of the press. From the inter-
national point of view this
should be two-way street. Our
Government knows only too
well that none of the American
correspondents covering the
countries behind the Iron Cur
tain have access to anybody
other than the political censor.
There seems to be little point
in keeping American reporters
in those countries when their
freedom is in real jeopardy
every time they find out any,
thing more than the Commu-
mist secret police wish them to.
The arrest and sentencing of
Oats is said to have created a
strong repercussion among our
Allies. Yet there has been no
attempt on their part to associ-
ate themselves with our Gov
ernment and take common steps
against the Prague puppets.
There are no Czech corre-
SpOndentS in the United States.
hence there is no opportunity
for reprisals. The so-called
Czech press relies entirely on
the Soviet Tass news agency
which is filing a greater volume
of news" from Washington and
New York than the correspond
ents of all other countries COM
bined. But Czech correspond
ents are roaming freely through
Britain, France and Italy. They
have a dual capacity Of news
gathererS and contacts, or drop
boxes" as they are called In es-
plonage language, with the local
Communists. Their expulsion
from these free countries might
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Doris FIeeson:

In a quiet way, Washington
has been rather enjoying the
plight Of the Northern liberals
who have so long dominated
Democratic politics and the
Presidency.
The steady attrition of their
senior statesmen and skilled
political operators eliminated
during the Jefferson-Jackson
dinner week end here when
President Truman announced
he would not run for reelection
and Gov. Stevenson of Illinois
refused to be a candidate. Their
obvious flounderings since then
in their effort to exert an effec-
tive control of the national con-
vention have been a source of
some mirth even to observers
sympathetic to their general
principles.
The newest victim Of their
diSorganization is one of their
most distinguished members,
w. Averell Hartman. Mr.. Harri-
man, who takes seriously the
problem of continuing the
liberal internationalist policies
of the last 20 years, consented
to be a rallying point for them.
His reward has been a singu-
larly inauspicious launching as
New York's favorite son.
In New York City, where poll
ticians are supposed to be crafty
and cunning beyond belief, they
introduced him as a candidate
in a kind Of beauty contest with
all the other hopefuls, including
Evening star., 1952-04-23

from the industry that, as a
consequence. prices must be in
creased by $l2 or any other
figure.
This was because the ad-
ministratiol4 took the position
that a price increase of around
So a ton was due the steel COM
panies under the Capehart
amendment but nothing more
would be granted.
This effectually stopped any
request for a price increase, and
the astonishing truth is that,
ever since the steel companies
were seized, the administration
has spent its time trying to per-
suade the steel companies to
accept the wage proposals of the
board without offering anything
at all in the way of a price in
crease beyond the Capehart
amendment, which was due the
companies anyway apart from
the present controversy.
At this writing, the President
has not said he would order the
Wage Sterilization Boards full
proposals put into effect. Until
he determines exactly what the
wage figures finally are to be,
the steel men say they cannot
compute the cost or ask for a
price increase to Offset all or
even part Of the costs. This
illustrates the tragic bungling
which has been going on all
along.
Another Misrepresentation has
been the careless statement in
Congress that the steel COM
panies are building steel plants
''tax free" and with money
furnished by the taxpayers. The
truth is that every COM
pany in certain lines of busi-
ness can deduct each year one
twentieth of the cost of a plant,
so that at the end of 20 years
a fund can be built up to replace
the factory or mill. The Govern
ment here, since the Korean war
broke out. has been anxious to
stimulate the building of new
steel plants and has allowed the
deductions for depreciation to be
accelerated so that they can be
taken within five years. But II
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there are no profits against
which to apply the deductions,
there is no benefit to the COM
panies from the five-year rule.
Likewise these deductions on
taxes do not start until after
the plants are built.
The steel industry has to dig
up more than a billion dollars a
year of its own money to build
the plants. The Government
doesn't grant the money. Moth
ing Is "free." The total net
profit Of the steel industry after
taxes last year was $667 .0O0, 900.
so it is to be noted that the
companies had to put up out of
previous years earnings a sub
stantial sum in order to build
new plants. ANY large increase
in costs. such as the new wage
scales, has a bearing not Only
on how much profit will be left
after taxes but what sums will
be available after paying the
wages" Of investors.
Also, once the five years are
up, the companies pay the higher
tax rates on all their earnings
without the deduction, and they
are saddled then with the cost
of maintaining not only the new
plants but the old ones which
cannot possibly be reproduced
at their original cost.
A lot Of loose talk about the
economics of the steel industry
has been heard lately, and it is
regrettable that the issue has
been permitted in Congress to
descend to the levels of dema-
goguery. It is a pretty serious
business and can bring on q
serious depression for America
indeed, the future of the Ameri-
can economic system is at stake
in the handling of the steel
controversy, apart from the fact
that steelworkers' wages should
be raised or that certain in
creases must be allowed to cover
real costs. Government intrusion
in management. operation and
planning activities of the steel
industry is dangerous. Already
some companies are beginning
to cancel expansion plans as too
risky.
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Evening star., 1952-04-23
Truth Coming Out in Steel Fiqht
RECKLESS Statements Made Floors of Congress Price
Increase Issue Descends the Levels of Demoqoquery
David LoWrence:

The truth about what has
been happening behind the
scenes in the steel controversy is
slowly coming out. And, when
all of it does, there will be some
red faces in Washington, par
tlcularly on the floors of Con-
greSs and in the committees
where some reckless statements
have been made that do not
seem to be facts.
For one thing, it turns out
that the steel companies never
have requested a price increase
of $12 a ton. Yet just two weeks
ago-on April 8-when the
President addressed the Nation
by radio and television, he said:
THE steel companies are now
saying they ought to have a
price increase of $12 a ton"
The fact is the steel companies
have never specified what price
increase they wanted. They
have never learned just what
the terms of settlement would
be. They have never been able
to compute the costs of what
they would be required to ac-
cept as wage scale.
This will come as a surprise to
the public. In a sense it is a
reflection on the steel companies
because, for reasons best known
to themselves, they have not
seen fit to combat the erroneous
statements and inferences that
have appeared recently concern
ing their position.
The explanation offered by
steel-industry spokesmen for
their silence is that they were
in the midst of negotiations in a
rapidly changing situation. But,
even so, it was apparently a
matter of bargaining strategy
which caused the steel COM
panieS not to ask for a price
increase. Their original position,
they said, was that stabilization
meant no wage increase and no
price increase. When the Presi-
dents Wage Sterilization Board,
however. reported a definite
recommendation. the industry
experts estimated that the full
cost of the proposals would be
approximately $12 a ton. But
nowhere is there any record of
any statement or oral request
Evening star., 1952-04-23
Thon1os L. Stokes:

When President Truman is
sued his so-called security order
permitting wide latitude to Of
flcialS in classifying informa-
ton as secret" the danger was
recognized that this might be
capitalized by some officials to
withhold information to which
the press and public are entitled.
This threat has arisen in con-
nection with a report by the
Federal Trade Commission on
an international oil cartel, or
monopoly. to control production.
markets and prices. The State
Department has indicated some
inclination toward preventing
the FTC from making it public,
though the ETC is an agent of
Congress, not of the Executive
Branch.
AS long ago as January "a
this year. Chairman James M.
Mead of the commission let the
cat out of the bag about this
report which. he told the New
York State Bar Association, is
"a study of the character and
extent of joint action of several
international Oil companies
through marketing agreements:
through the development Of
common ownership of reserves
and production in the Middle
East, Venezuela. and other pro-
ducing areas: and through the
major pattern of contracts for
the purchase and sale of OIL"
It was put more directly by
Senator Hennings, Democrat, of
Missouri, who Is trying to blast
this report out, in a recent letter
when he said:
"This report, I imagine. mere
" provides in great detail the
facts which show clearly the
device used by these oil COM
panies to exploit the oil re-
sources of the world in mono
polistic manner contrary,
think, to the interests of the
people of the United States and
our national defense. If this is
so, I think that these facts
Evening star., 1952-10-05

each tray passed by the servants
offers a variety of drinks - Mar
TINS, Manhattans, Bourbon and
soda. Scotch and soda, old-fash-
ioneds, etc. But no vodka. General
Chuikov evidently had no idea
what the glasses contained. Chui-
kov would down Russian style in
one gulp first a Bourbon and soda.
then Manhattan, a Martini, etc.
Before the Mortified and fascinated
gaze of his audience, Chuikov by
my personal count proceeded to
consume some IL dry Martins,
interspersed with five Manhattans
and washed down with three Bour-
bons. Then l lost track.
Alcoholic AGaxashon
AFTER two hours of this alcoholic
marathon. the Soviet general
walked out of Harnack House
steadily and impassively and with
out assistance from anybody. Un-
fortunately that is more than l can
say for great many Western
officials, including some who got
into the contest quite late.
As of that date Chuikov gained
a rather fabulous reputation for
internal stamina. But I observed
at subsequent parties that not even
Chuikov tried to repeat that per-
Torrance. 1t may be significant
that just before left Berlin in
January 1850. one of Chuikov's
aides informed me that his boss
never takes a drink" The End
Evening star., 1952-10-05

looking man distinguished by
bushy black hair and shiny gold
front teeth. l remember that quite
a crowd gathered round as Ache
son proposed a series of toasts to
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which Chuikov lengthily re-
sponded.
The drama was not in the words
but in the alcohol. For at Harnack
House, as at most Army receptions,
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10
DELMAR
By Mrs.
Ella N. Carmme

Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Sherwood have
returned from a few days visit with
their daughter, Mrs. Larry Taylor
and Mr.. Taylor in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Florence Culver of Asbury
Park, n. j., is visiting her niece,
Miss Elizabeth Elliott, here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Aydelotte of
Detroit, Michigan, formerly of Del
mar, are receiving congratulations
upon the recent arrival of a son.
Mrs. Herman WOotten left on Sun
day to visit her daughter and Mr..
AydelOtte.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns Marvil are
visiting in Chicago.
Mrs. Martha Davis has returned
from a three weeks visit with Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Draper and family
and Mr.. and Mrs. Davis c. Draper
at Milford.
DR.. and Mrs. E. B. Daugherty and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Ellis, Jr., were
in Philadelphia Saturday a week
ago and attended the University of
Pennsylyania-N0tre Dame football
game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover German and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Hearn spent
the weekend in New Haven, Conn,
with Mrs. Hearn's sister, Mrs. EN-
OTy YOhans.
Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Culver have
returned from a trip in the South.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ellis left
town on Sunday morning for a two
weeks visit with relatives in Miss
issippi.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Harris Of
Wilmington spent the weekend
here with Mrs. Harris parents,
Mr.. and, Mrs. Jack Journey.
Mrs. Carroll S. Barr is seriously
i'll at her home here.
Miss Miriam N. Wright, daughter
of Mrs. Katie Wright, Route 2, Del
mar, has resumed her studies at
Penn Hall Junior College and Pre-
o
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10
FRANKFORT
By C. G. Croker
Phone Rodney 4s1s

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Lynch
enjoyed a beautiful weekend in
Phila., with their daughter, Mrs.
James Murray and family of five
charming daughters On Sunday
morning the group was joyfully
surprised by the arrival of Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Burbage, who had mo-
tored up from town to join Mr. and
Mrs. Lynch
Mr.. and Mrs Monroe Long and
son Gerald, with their newlyweds.
Mr.. and Mrs Wallace Truitt Jr.,
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Dukes of Frank
ford. Later, Mr.. and Mrs Francis
Davis and son William of Dagsboro,
called.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Richards of
Bayard spent Thursday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. viii Mariner in
Frankford.
On Friday evening Mr.. Edwin G.
Crocker Of Storm Lake. Iowa, Wis
tied his sister and bFother-in-law,
NJ. and Mrs. Chester V. Hudson in
their little home near Fenwick IS
land
Mrs. William S. Long Jr is happy
to be back in her home with her
family on Thatcher ST. after hav-
ing spent Several weeks as a polio
patient in the Doris Memorial Unit
of the Hospital at Wilmington.
DR.. S. Turner Foster and his
congregation were proud indeed to
have with them at Sunday worship
service in the firehouse Sgt. Robert
A. Powell, recently returned from
Alaska, where he has completed a
tour of duty with the U. S. Army
The young man is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John H. Powell Of Ocean
View.
The FrankfOrd New Century Club
was entertained Friday evening by
Mrs. Francis Brown in her delight
ful new home near Ocean Downs
Md.
Mrs. Richard Taylor and baby
son Michael of Salisbury, Md, spent
the past week with her sisters
Judy and Connie Marvel, while
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
L. Marvel, were on vacation, visit
ing in New York.
Several local people attended
sessions of New Castle Presbytery
in Stow Hill, Md, on Monday and
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lingo and
family of Rehobth Beach were Sun
day guests of Mrs. Lingo's mother
Mrs. Hazel Lynch and other MEM
bers of the family.
Seaman Russell w. Murray. USN
son Of Mr.. and Mrs Irving w. Muir
ray of Frankford, arrived home
from Korea on October 3. on a 80
day emergency leave due to the
serious illness of his father, who
was in the Beebe Hospital at Lewes,
but has returned home and is sat
isfactOrily recuperating.
Weekend guests of the Murray's
were Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Murray
Of Phila.. and Mr. and Mrs. Ray
mOnd Horn and little daughter
Debby from Darby. Pa.
Little Miss Susan McCabe of Sell
byville, was the weekend guest of
her uncle and aunt. Mr. and Mrs.
Atwood F. Lynch Jr.a and little
cousin, a. f. Bird.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

paratory School in Chambersburg,
Pa. She is a member of the second
year class in the Junior College
Department.
Z. J. DOnnelly, member of the
local Moose Lodge, No. $50, here,
spent three hours on September "a
at MOOseheart, Ill, which is 35
miles out of Chicago. This is the
national Moose Home for Children
and is a complete city. Mr.. Donnel-
ly was quite impressed with the
dOrmitOries and other buildings
which are dedicated to their bene-
factors bv plaques giving the names
of the cities and states furnishing
them.
Mrs. Mabel e. Venables has an
nounced the engagement of Doris,
daughter Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Walter Venables, Delmar, to John
H. Hearn, also of this town.
The wedding will take place on
November %, at Z D. m. in the
First Methodist Church, here.
Miss Venables is a graduate of
Delmar MD High School and at
tended the Salisbury Business In
stitute and is employed as Office
manager of the William Freebooter
Baking Company, here. Mr.. Hearn
attended Maryland High School
and is employed at the Ralston-
Purina CompanY's new plant in
Delm9r.
Miss Elsie B. Whayland, daugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Whayland has set Saturday, No
vember l, All Saints Day. for her
marriage to Ludwig Melting of
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall II Noble
and son Mark have moved from one
of the Truitt apartments over the
Betty-Del Shop, to the Main ST.,
residence, formerly occupied by
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Fred HollO-
way. The most recent tenants, Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde o. Doss, now live
in Milton.
Mr.. Chester Bunting of DagsborO,
was we'll assisted in his harvesting
on Saturday, by his nephews, Dom
aid and Robert Coffin of FrankfOrd.
Mrs. Norma L. Dorey moved her
household effects to Wilmington on
Saturday, and will make her home
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston L. Williams
have returned to their home on
Clayton Ave, after having spent
the summer in their resort home
at RehObOth Beach. Their daughter,
Miss Carolyn, has returned to New
ark, Del, where she is a senior
student at the U of ID.
1t may not be news, but it's nice
to report our two bOnny nurselets,
Miss Marilyn Lavessa Ann Hudson
and Miss Bette Lou Tingle have re-
turned to their studies in Nurses
Training School at Delaware Hos
pital in Wilmington, after spending
the weekend at home with their
respective parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lester r. Hudson and Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias H. Tingle.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Middleton
left here on Saturday to join Mr..
and Mrs. Will Evans at st. August
Inc, Fla
Mr.. and Mrs. George Allan Hud-
son mOtored to Camp Kilmer, Nj,
on Sunday to return to duty, their
son, Pvt. Virgil Hudson, who antic-
ipates overseas duty in the near
future.
Next Sunday, Oct. u, the Rev.
Harvey Hufnal will occupy the pull
pit Of the local Methodist Church.
He is a former pastor of the ROX-
ana Charge, and at present he and
Mrs Hufnal reside in RehobOth.
Regular 1900 a. III. service with
Rev Hufnal. All welcome.
Evening service Oct. u, will be
in charge of Mr.. Elias Tingle.
Sunday. Oct. 10, will be I.ayman' S
Day with the regular services con.
Quoted as such. The speaker at the
morning service will be Mr.. Will
am II. Henderson, our Sussex
County agricultural agent, from
Wesley M ct h Odist Church at
Georgetown. The pastor, Rev.
Frank o. Baynard and Mrs. Bay
rdrd will be out of town during the
next two weeks enjoying a we'll
earned vacation
Aunt Suzy sez: There's so much
good in the worst Of us, and so
much bad in the best of us that it
an behOves any of us to speak i'll
about the rest of us.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Long Island, N. Y, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. Melting of Stavenger, Nor
way.
Miss Whayland is a graduate of
the Delmar (Md.) High School and
is employed by the Bi-State Print
ing Company, here.
Mr.. Melting come to Delmar from
Long Island, N. Y, and is employ
ed by the Ideal Contractors Com
pany of SeafOrd.
Luther Palmed passed away at
his home at 5O7 Jewell street, early
Wednesday evening of last week
following a lingering illness.
He was the son of the late Ed
ward and Emma Shockley Palmer
of Delmar, and a member of Hinton
Masonic Lodge of West Virginia.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Funeral services were held from
Marvel's Funeral Chapel at 900
p. m, Friday, by the Rev. John w.
Townsend. Masonic graveside ser
vices were conducted by Delmar
Lodge, No. 2O1, A. F. and A. M.
Interment was made in the First
Methodist Cemetery.
The New Century Club of Del
mar will hold its fall opening meet
ing in the Masonic Temple on Tues
day, October z, at 2:30 D. m.
Mrs. Oscar Thomas, the new
president, will preside and Mrs.
Stanley Dashiell, entertainment
chairman for the new year, has
announced the guest speaker will
be DR.. Park w. Huntington, direc-
tor of the State Department of Pub
lie Welfare. His topic will be "The
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Need Of Voting and the Platforms
OF Both Parties" Tea Will follow
the program with music under the
direction Of Mrs. John Tomilson,
music chairman This is an open
afternoon to which the public is
invited
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. McAllister en-
tertained at a family dinner Sun
DAY. The guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Littleton and daughter
of Philadelphia, ]. w. Littleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Littleton and
daughter, Mrs ]. r. Locates, Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph Baker, Mr.. and
Mrs. w r. Branford and daugh-
ter, and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Gray
of RehobOth, who were enroute to
Florida for their winter vacation.
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

Near the Trains
There is no place in England more
than l8 miles from a railway line
Milford chronicle., 1952-10-10

PLUS FED. TAX
Hungry Horse news., 1952-12-12
Oliver Fredriksen
Joins Father Here

Oliver Fredriksen is joining his
father. Fred, in the Fredriksen
Real Estate business established in
Columbia Falls in 1943.
The family has been in the Flat
head for 10 years coming from
Medicine Lake in northeastern
Montana. Oliver recently has wor-
ked as a steel foreman in erection
of the new Anaconda copper pro-
cessing plant at Yerington, New.
He is married, and he and Mrs
Fredriksen have one youngster.
Fred Fredriksen has just con-
cluded a real estate transaction
whereby a Mr.. and Mrs. Hight of
Deer Lodge purchased 12O acres
northwest of Columbia Falls own
ed by Lloyd Dayton. The Hights
have four children and are NOV
ing here shortly. The place has a
meadow and land that can be
cleared.