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Evening star., 1952-11-27

With more than 800 years of tradi-
ton behind us. we are inclined to be
bit hidebound about Thanksgiving.
Things are done just so in your home
and mine-mainly because they were
done that way by our great-grand-
parents. Aside from the fact that the
turkey is eviscerated and apartment
oven-size, it's still turkey and it's still
prepared in much the same old way.
In the sense that she did not have
three centuries dragging at her apron
strings, Frau Keller was much like the
early Pilgrims on Thanksgiving Day in
1945. She gave half-dozen of us in
the little German village of Ehrings-
hausen the least traditional Thanksgiv-
ing dinner we ever had.
Frau Keller was the cook in our BIZ
lingual household. She had slightly less
English than had German. Since I
was the only one among six Americans
who knew any German at all. the Frau
and I were the point of tangency be-
tween the worlds of victor and van
Quished.
The mess sergeant brought our food
up to the house on Wednesday after
Evening star., 1952-11-27
The KremIin in Indo-Chind

Coincident with the news that French Union
troops in Northern Indo-China are bracing
themselves for what may prove to be the biggest
battle of the war thus far, experts in our State
and Defense Departments have reported that
Sovet-made military equipment is flowing in
steady stream to the Communist Wet Mimi
forces.
The equipment, which apparently is being
delivered in greater volume than ever includes
not only such things as guns and mortar shells
but 212-ton trucks as WELL There is not the
slightest doubt about the source of the supplies.
Samples have been captured, and they all bear
clear markings conclusvely proving that the
manufacturer is the Soviet Union.
OF course, ever since January 1885, when
the Kremlin extended full recognition to the
puppet Wet Mini regime-a move which France
at that time rightly described as IAN act of very
great gravity" Moscow trained Ho Chi Mini
and his Red forces have been receiving Russian
produced war goods That fact has long been
known, but the report from the State and De-
fenSe Departments enlarges upon it and throws
new light on the situation by revealing that the
deliveries have been notably increased in flow
that steadily continues.
AS explained in the report, this increase has
been made possible by completion of the last link
in tranScontinental railway system running
southwark from Soviet Siberia through Red
China to the Indo-China border. According to
estimates, the system is capable of supplying
Hos troops with many thousands of tons of mill
tary goods every month. OF the equipment now
being delivered the trucks may we'll be the most
important. At any rate, given enough of them,
the Wet Mimi Communists will have much
greater mobility than heretofore and thus will be
more formidable.
In such circumstances, even though they
control the air and seem capable of holding their
own indefinitely, the French Union forces are
likely to be harder put than ever to win victory
decisive enough to end the war and restore peace
and order throughout the country. The chances
are, moreover, that this bleak prospect will re-
main unchanged long as the Kremlin is in
there standing behind Ho.
The Soviet Union in short, is gambling for
high stakes over there and it apparently has no
present intention of backing out. Besides bleed
ing the French and thus weakening their contri-
button to the Atlantic alliance, it is seeking to
take over this highly strategic land as prelude
to the conquest of all of Southeast Asia. That is
why France must have every possible measure
of support in its valiant struggle to hold Indo-
China for the free world
Evening star., 1952-11-27
By WiIIiom Hines

nNE WAY of looking at American
History would be to say that. over the
last 331 years, turkeys have become a
good deal more toothsome and the people
who eat them good deal harder to
please.
There is no direct evidence-such as
an autographed wishbone-that turkey
was served on that first Thanksgiving
Day in 1921. Wild turkeys being rather
skittish and hard come by, it is more
likely that the Pilgrim fathers simply
passed up what then was rather
stringy and gamey-flayored bundle of
bones.
George F. Wilson in his book,
Saints and Strangers" tells little
about that first Thanksgiving feast. The
Pilgrims. who were neither so dour nor
so uninteresting as the Puritans. liked to
play as hard as they liked to work. Their
first Thanksgiving lasted for three days.
God had been pretty good to them
that first year in New England. So the
colony set period of feasting and
thanks, and went about preparing a
worthy feed Four men were detailed to
provide waterfowl, and had no trouble
getting what normally would have been
d WCChS supply.
But the Pilgrims, enjoying the friend
ship of the Wampanoag Indian tribe,
did the decent thing and invited Chief
Massasoit. On the day the feast began,
Massasoit showed up-with 80 hungry
bucks in tow. This put slight crimp
in the festivities until the redskins rose
to the occasion, went out and bagged
five deer which they added to the menu.
Pilgrim records show that first
Thanksgiving dinner featured venison.
roast duck. roast goose, clans. eels.
white bread corn bread. leeks. water
cress. wild plums. dried berries and wild
grape wine which the Pilgrims said was
very sweete e. strong"
The turkey either came in later years
or-as is entirely possible when the wine
is sweete & strong-passed for roast
goose on that first Thanksgiving Day.
Nor was there any cranberry sauce.
although the bogs were full of the little
red spheres. And pies, whether pump
kin or mince. also seemed to be absent
from the first groaning board.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Tradition Takes q Trimming at Times

noon and stacked it high on the big
kitchen table. I was In the parlor read
ing "Superman Comics" (popularly sub
titled "The STAFF Officer's Field Man
ual) when heard the commotion. I
reached the kitchen in time to see the
sergeant leaving and Frau Keller look
ing distractedly at the mountain Of food.
"Ach, sehen Sic, Herr Leutnant," she
sobbed.
I could see what was bothering her.
Our ice-box facilities were limited and
she was wondering where to. store
seven-day supply of food. So explained
that she was wrong; that this was not
food for week but food for day
Thanksgiving Day. That called for an
excursion into American History and
from there into American Cuisine.
The sergeant had brought along a
turkey. He also had furnished ham.
Each was accompanied by the fixings
normally appertaining there to-bread,
celery, sage and butter for the bird;
brown sugar, cloves and canned pine
apple for the meat. Seeing my work
cut out for me, told the Frau to take
notes while explained exactly how to
prepare an American doubleheader of
this sort.
must not have got through to Frau
Keller, because the dinner we ate on
Thanksgiving Day was less American
than anything ever sank a tooth into.
When the turkey was served, it had al
ready been dismembered and the succu-
lent breast hacked with a cleaver into
individual portions. The dressing was
not dressing at all, but sort of semi
sweet bread pudding en- casserole with
cloves in it. The potatoes were fried,
German-style. The ham was boiled
Germans are good at boiled ham-and
the pineapple was served as a hot stewed
.side-dish in a glass bowl. There had
been couple of cans of string beans,
and these turned up as salad I forget
what happened to the pumpkin, but it
didn't come out as pie.
But we fell to with a will. If Frau
Keller'S dinner was not exactly tradi-
tional, it tasted very good, undoubtedly
for precisely the same reason that an
other had tasted good 324 years earlier:
The wine was very sweete g. strong"
Evening star., 1952-11-27
What Horm?

1t may be that there have been some serious
security leaks from the recent Super-Secret
tests at EniWetok Ato in the Pacific-teSts
contributing to the development of the hydrogen
bomb. The possibility is being investigated
jointly by the Atomic Energy Commission and
the Defense Department. But there is good
reason to doubt that the inquiry will uncover any
deliberate violation of the law or of the regula-
tionS imposed on the thousands of men who
made up the task force carrying out all the
intricate operations involved.
Actually, although the investigation can be
useful in terms of perfecting the system of
guarding against possible breaches of security in
future atomic tests of an important nature, the
so-called leaks" in this instance seem to have
been rather innocuouS. They have taken the
form of letters written back home by numerous
members of the task force, most of them
described as very Junior officers young enlisted
men, The letters-none subject to military
censorship and some finding their way into
newspaper stories-have been aptly described as
the "gee-whiz" type, full of breathless accounts
of what apparently was an extraordinarily big
explosion. Possibly the accounts have been
helpful to the Kremlin but it is hard to see how.
This is so because the letters in question
seem to have been written only by individuals
80 or more miles away from the scene OF the
explosion Their eyewitness" reports-based on
tnexpert observation from afar-must therefore
be regarded as material of a kind that can
hardly be described as authoritative. In all
probability they have served merely to confuse
the Kremlin and perhaps sober it little. IT
50, then they have done some good. In any
event. 1t will be surprising if the current inquiry
shows that they have done harm.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
The AFL Makes Logical Choice

The American Federation of Labor followed
the expected and logical course in naming
George Meany as president to succeed the late
William Green. It was choice easier to make
than that facing the Congress of Industrial
Organizations in selecting a successor to Philip
Murray, question which finds the younger labor
organization widely divided today and which
may be fought out on its convention floor next
week.
plumber by trade, Mr.. Meany began his
career as a labor union official when he was
named business agent of his local union in 1922.
For five years in the 193Os he was president of
the New York State Federation of Labor and he
became secretary treasurer of the AFL in 1899.
His position as heir-apparent to Mr.. Green was
consolidated in 1947 when he beSted John L.
Lewis in dramatic debate at the AFL conven-
tion in San Francisco, feat that established his
qualities of leadership.
While the Federation is loosely knit group
ing of autonomous unions, its executive council
is a powerful body in " the tradition of
organizational discipline is Ii. established.
In recent years particularly, Mr.. Green leaned
heavily upon the more forceful and vigorous
secretary treasurer and the line of succession
clearly apparent. The CIO, on the other hand,
has functioned to much greater degree under the
individual influence of its president, first under
Mr.. Lewis and later under Mr.. Murray. Today
the organization is split with one faction backing
Walter Reuther of the United Automobile Work
ers and another supporting Allan S. Haywood,
vice president under Mr.. Murray, while third
bloc seeks to compromise the rivalry.
Mr.. Meany's first action was to announce
that the AFL is ready, willing and anxious to
cooperate in efforts to unity the two big labor
organizations. To that end, he disclosed that
the executive council at the same meeting in
which it named him president had voted to
reactivate the nine-man committee which met
with CIO representatives in 1850 on this very
issue Whatever may develop in this respect,
it is clear that the two groups, each to be oper-
ating under new leadership, are facing the
common problem of establishing a working
relationship with a new national political
administration.
The labor movement in the United States has
enjoyed it's greatest growth and influence under
Democratic administrations of the past 20 years.
It made unusual commitments on behalf of the
Democratic ticket in the recent elections. The
fact that the rank and file did not abide uni
formly by these commitments makes even more
intricate the problem which the new union
leaderships will be facing. The courses which
Mr. Meany and his opposite number in the CIO
will follow, with regard to each, other and in
dealing with Government, will be awaited with
interest.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
A Thanksgiving Reverie

SvUt falls the Twilight OF the aging
year,
Its Uesper hour. Now In the ending
Let US recall its joys along the way.
Its moments best remembered and held
dear.
No life has been without some happiness.
Some scene OF beauty orGDen on the
heart
A tender aoord that caused the tears
to start,
Release from some old sorrop or distress.
A cherished hope, perhaps. long. long
denied
Has been fulfilled. The heart at rass
can tell
The Fathers plan and knop He guided
DeH
The SON He loved. but seemed at first
to cEide.
The SON whose spirit. tranced and ouer.
diDed,
Now kneels In feruent gratitude to God.
lnez BoreIoy Kirby
Evening star., 1952-11-27
'Bourbonism' in Art

Hurrah for John C. Rogers and his
fortnight protest of artistic supercili-
BUSINESS and despotism.
"Bourbonism" in art goes on and on
ad nauseum Haunting the flag of medi-
ocrlty, lmltatlveneSS. and "cultiSm," ="
while creative art and the original artist
travel lonely road.
To my mind, the sorriest spectacle in
the history of civilization is the art
jury" whether it involves one, two, three,
five or ten judges. Through the ages
there has never been anything more
futile or useless than "art juries."
The fact that an art jury" has turned
down an artist, almost presages great
ness One need only recall Courbet, Ro-
din. Whistler, Cezanne, and Van Gogh
and how they were treated by contem-
porary "art juries" to realize how medi-
ocre jurieS are.
Certainly the most reprehensible is
the "one-man art jury" as Mr.. Rogers
so emphatically points out. It isn't the
fault of the artist selected, either. When
a professional artist is asked to judge
other mems esthetic productions. he
loses his sense of objectivity, and he
becomes hypercritical if not sadistic. 1t
is unfair to artists to ask to judge the
works of fellow artists.
do not hold that "art juries" are a
necessary evil, either. There is no reason
why each artist cannot be limited
without prior judgment to one or two
works for each show, and each show
be based lon subject matter-portrait,
landscape, distractions, etc. In fact, I
do not understand whv there Should be
show, or why they should be arbitrarily
divided by mediums-oil. water color,
prints, etc. After all, art comparison is
on treatment of subject matter, not
media.
GinO ]. Simi.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Sounds Off at Senator

Noting that some one has suggested
the noble turkey as a symbol for personal
adoption by the Honorable Wayne Morse
Independent, of Oregon. cannot resist
offering what I believe to be a more
fitting hallmark.
With Senator Morse (and still in keep
ing with the American tradition of
independence would associate the fire.
cracker A lot of money spent for very
little show. A big report without lasting
results of any practical value.
Independent Voter.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Letters to The Star

such appointees have frequently been
among the best Commissioners we have
had. When candidates for these posi-
tionS have been actively interested in
politics, some Presidents have appointed
one Republican and one Democrat.
While the Commissioners act together
as a board on matters of major impor-
tance, it has been, and doubtless will
continue to be. customary for one of
the civilian Commissioners to supervise
the fire and police departments and the
other to supervise the welfare agencies
of the District.
Why then should not President Eisen-
hover appoint local residents to these
positions. one man with experience in
police and fire protection and the other
with experience in welfare work, these
men to be preferably non-partisan in
politics, or if this is impractical, then
one of them to be a Republican and the
other Democrat?
Would not this be more efficient and
more appropriate to the Nations Capital
than the present system?
Several persons have suggested the
name of DR.. James A. Cannon for Dis
trict Commissioner I urge the appoint
ment of Walter Fowler. For over 80 years
he has held responsible key positions in
the District government
Mr.. Fowler is a lawyer. a prosecuting
attorney, an assistant in the Corporation
Councils Office. He is connected with
the Health Department.; a member of
the Republican Club; Mason, and at
He is man who would see justice done
to animals as well to people and would
be opposed to any surrender of our
pound animals to the medical labora-
tories for experimentation.
H. n A.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
New Commissioners

Considerable controversy is taking place
on the subject of appointing new Dis
trict Commissioners under the coming
Republican administration.
In the past the two civilian Commits
sionerS have often been local residents
of no strong political afiliation, and
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Full Measure for Byrd

Senator Harry Flood Byrd will COM
mence his new term of six years the
twentieth of January 1858, and hold
Office until his successor takes his place
on January 20, 1859.
So how can Alice Wynne think he will
be succeeded by anyone in 1856?
Clara Burton Easterling.~
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Heard Enough

Truman is still in there debating. In
the first place. he says that the election
is over and in the same issue of The
Star he states what the Republican
administration should do in regard to
Nations health and social needs, for
merly known as socialized medicine in
disguise. Since he and his Democrats
were defeated because the country was
in dire need of change, 1t is obvious,
I believe, that it is time for him to
keep quiet awhile. You know he fought
mighty hard campaigning against Eisen-
hover and didn't pull any punches above
or below the belt. Now I think it is
time. since Eisenhower won, for Mr..
Truman to sit down and say nothing.
Daniel B. Felker.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

World War was about an archduke, and
World War II was over Danzig AL We know
about the third is that the cause must be
sufficiently insufficient
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Questions and Answers

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Evening star., 1952-11-27

@. Is there a patron saint of actors
and actreSseS?-E. S. M.
A. st. Genesius. martyr (286 or 303).
IS the patron saint of theatrical per-
formers. He was a Roman comedian
who, during a derisive theatrical repre-
sentation of baptism, was converted. He
was martyred under Diocletian.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

@. Which are the most densely popu-
lated regions OF North America?-
H. S. Y.
A. The West Indies, namely, Puerto
Rico. Martinique, Guadeloupe. Wind
ward Isles. Jamaica. Trinidad and Haiti.
in that order.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

Pen-aan1es may be used it letters carry
tOriters' correct names and addresses.
All letterS>0re subject to condensation
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01

LIVERY DAY oil men recover petroleum for your
= needs than before Combining hydraulic pressure
and heavy jellied kerosene, they apply liquid wedge
thousands of feet below surface to split layers rock around
the well bore-thus releasing oil previously held captive by
tight rock formations.
This revolutionary process called 'Hydrafac* al
ready has added billion barrels to the nations available
crude oil reserves.
This benefits every American Every barrel added to
petroleum strengthens country peace and in
helping to keep oil plentiful and at reasonable prices
There great possibilities in Hydrarac developed by
the Stanond Oil and Gas Company subsdary of Standard
OIL Of more than II 900 wells treated and tested out of
have responded with notablein many cases. spectacular
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01

RESEARCH eoEsFoN to help G.. P.
Gilbert, Standard Oils Agent at Sher-
idan, Illinois, supply the many pc
troleum products needed by farm
customers like Ollie Morsch, RID,
Serena, Illinois. Ollie has been buying
Standard Oil products for &c years
because, he says, "they have never
let me down, and have had the best
service a man could ASK
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01

RESEARCH GOES ON improving the
"Hydrafrac' process. In a laboratory,
G. c. Howard shows the principle of
the process by fracturing rock speci-
men with an improved Napalm gel"
Pressure has hit 1000 pounds per
square inch on the gel" Only through
continuous experimentation and test
ing can research scientists develop
new and improved processes.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01

RESEARCH GOES ON to solve under
ground secrets. j. w. Mechanism,
Jr., ''Hydrafrac" service engineer,
checks the critical step in treating a
well. AS the gauges register build-up
of pressure to $500 pounds per square
inch, then drop off, the engineer knows
that underground fracturing has be-
gun. Well opens up and flows at 294
barrels a day!
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01

THE STEPS IN "HYDRAFRAc":
]. Heavy ''gel'' is pumped under pres
sure up to 10000 lbs. per square inch.
Rock that imprisons crude oil cracks
under force of hydraulic pressure.
z. A ''gel breaker is introduced to
help return ''gel'' to fluid state.
3. Oil formerly held back in rock now
flows through cracks into well bore.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01
They SPLIT The EARTH FAR UNDERGROUND
TO FREE CAPTIVE OIL FOR YOU
New brings billion TO

increases Whole fields previously considered worth
veloping, producing oil.
'Hydrafrac'' be used by any oil producer-as a
licensed service For many years Standard Oil has offered
through license its process improvements Hundreds of
its patented developments being used by the industry
all at reasonable royalty rates.
The Hydrafrac story wildly shows the Importance of
research Tt also shows how cooperation and sharing of
research benefits make petroleum and petroleum
products available to you,
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-11-01
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