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Evening star., 1952-09-09
MARYLAND Jurist Sworn

Judge Charles Markell Of the
Baltimore Supreme Bench, is the
new chief Judge Of the Maryland
Court Of Appeals.
The 69-year-old jurist was given
the oath yesterday by Gov. Nickel
din at q ceremony at the State
House. He will serve until he
reaches retirement age in De.
Icember as the successor to Judge
IOgle Marbury. He is the 18th
chief Judge Of the States highest
court. Az
Evening star., 1952-09-09
SuiIor Writes 40-Foot Letter

TOKYO, Sept. 9 (R.-Seaman
Pat Keeley, jr., wrote a single
spaced typewriter letter to his
wife in California. It's 40 feet
long. contains 28,158 words and
took a month to finish.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Bus Crashes Into Cliff

MEXICO CITY. Sept. 8 (R.-A
bus crowded with rs persons raced
|downhill when its brakes failed and
crashed into q stone cliff killing
two men and . woman and in
Turing 50.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Maryland and Virginia
-News in Brief
News in Brief

Iopened yesterday, although the
building is still under construction
Several board members had in
|dicated they were ready to cance
the contract last Thursday but
they agreed to reconvene Monday
to see what progress has beer
made,
Evening star., 1952-09-09
EIks Plan Benefit Dance

A dance to provide funds for a
new lodge building for the Prince
Georges County Elks Club will be
held at the Prince Georges Golf
and Country Club at 8 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Ohioun Is Middies' Cuptuin

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 8 R.--
Midshipman George o. Selz of
Toledo, Ohio, was named captain
of the 3.750-man brigade of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy
yesterday.
Evening star., 1952-09-09

Record Temperatures This Year.
highest, 101, on June %.
Lowest. 10. ON January 30.
High and Low Of Last "a Houfa
High, 20, at 2:10 pm.
Low, Sc, ct z am.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
River Rep0rk

River Report
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
andoah muddy ut Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Cain Victory Expected.

Observation-Disclosures Cain IA
vored to win G. O. P. renomina-
Evening star., 1952-09-09

Moon. today - 1928 pm. i'll am
Automobile lights must DO turned on
one-han hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
| Capital Current month to date):
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Fletcher Knebei:
Potomac Fever

Senators raty the contract with West
to ntan for Chicago where they'll gladly slaughter
another for the honor of carrying it out.
President Truman the price opens
dangerous gap" the defense programthrough
fearful that credits will headlong fight
to another disastrous Democratic victory.
Senator Lodge Ikes reveals strategy
showdown the first
the stolen delegates-and
andquare decision by the 1000 prospective members of
cabinet
Platform Chairman Milkn pledges Republican platform
with teeth in it, Every four the c.
OF by the last candidate he hit the ground
President Truman to Arkansas to dedicate
Presidents travels popular with the hope
to catch glimpse of their hero-and the other half
any excuse to get him out of Washington.
Byrnes of South Carolina threatens Dixie
the Democratic convention Jimmy Byrnes mighty
Fair Dealersafter the they hogted him him
serve sentence Supreme Court justice and Secretary of State
urges Republicans to Hartley
law in their platform In return the CO will promise support
candidae-with the possible exception of
Macarthur, Warren and StaSSen.
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Doris FIeeson:

CHICAGO, July 2. - Taft,
nominated on the second ballot.
That's the aim of the Taft
Strategists.
The Senator from Ohio may
or may not have those 603 votes
he talks about so confidently,
but one thing he does know. If
his foot slips after the first ball
lot, when the favorite sons be-
gin to release their delegations.
he is done for.
Not all the Taft delegates are
tied down to the point where, a
large and loyal army, they will
follow all the way. More than
the mere desire to find the win
ner is involved. Some impor-
tant Taft pledges were obtained
before Gen. Eisenhower became
O real contender.
Already the Eisenhower forces
are claiming a small but signif1-
cant Leakage few votes here,
a handful therein the noun
tain States and in the Midwest,
of delegates supposedly pledged
to Taft. They are confident that
if they can hurt the Ohioan on
the first ballot they will never
look back.
Senator Taft is meeting this
threat by claiming everything in
sight, including a mellow and
forgiving nature, in order to
hold his lines and create the
psychology that his nomination
is inevitable. If a man can talk
himself into the nomination, the
Senator can make it. He is Civ
ing a great performance, re-
markable for the end Of hard
pre-convention campaign which
took him into almost every
State.
Here on the home stretch. too,
with all the bargains made and
the steamroller safely in the
hands of trusted lieutenants.
even to the keynoter. Senator
Taft is also striving to give the
effect of generous cooperation.
His claims, however, that the
national committee will not fol-
low his lead are only put by re-
porters under the head of good,
clean fun.
Senator Taft is also seeking
to disarm the fearful by an ap-
pearance of moderation in the
foreign-policy field. To those
who follow his Senate, as diStin-
/ guished from his presidential
campaign, career, some of his
comments now seem ludicrous.
It is late but Gen. Eisenhower
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Doris FIeeson
If Foot S|i ps, He Is Done For
Strotegsts Aim for Nomination of Toft Second Ballot
Not All Delegates Pledged to Ohioon VIII Hold Front

has decided to lead a fight on
the issue of the contested South
ern delegations, yielding nothing
and claiming that morality,
ethics and legality are all on his
side. Drama is also on his side
the contests. especially Texas.
can be built into a great produc-
ton as some skillful and astute
operators perceive.
There is something very funny
about the Taft reaction to all
the furor. The Senator has be-
haved In the traditional, time
honored pattern Of dealing with
Southern leaders who can no
more carry their States than
President Truman can carry the
Union League Club. Any sug-
gestion that they were expected
to was treated as a joke.
To insist, at this late date,
that Republicans should take
seriously any popular ferment
in the South is viewed by the
Senator and his allies as on a
par with eye-gouging at a ten
mis- match, a plain violation Of
all the rules of political sport.
To them, as Bert Lahr used to
say, "It amt right, 1t amt
chic, 1t amt etiquette"
Nevertheless, the Eisenhower
people are doing it and a really
tremendously interesting politi-
Cal story which Is old to re-
porters would have been acted
Evening star., 1952-07-02
truman Is His Own Worst Enen1v
Economic System Damaged by Administration Failure to Handle
The Steel Strike Situation Foiry and Equtoby
and EquitobIy

ministration has been begging
at the doors of Congress for
many months for funds to pre-
pare defenses against possible
atomic bomb attacks. But Con-
gress has appropriated a very
small fraction of what has been
requested. The reason issthat to
a majority in Congress the
civil-defense project looks like
a "boondoggle" or another
WPA such as the Democratic
administration used to operate
to get votes in 1896.
Another instance of bad judg-
ment is the active political CAM
paign carried on by Averell Har-
riman for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination while he re-
tains his post as director of the
Mutual Security Agency. It is
hard enough to convince Repub-
licans that a policy of interna-
tional cooperation isn't just q
means of getting fat jobs for
deserving Democrats. The
task isn't made easier by the
fact that the head of the MSA
is going up and down the coun-
try stumping for political Office.
If he had only asked for a leave
of absence, it would have done
less damage to the prestige of
the international economic pro-
gram. But, in fairness, it must
be said that Mr.. Hartman is
just following the tactics of
other administration officials
who throughout the last four
years have been engaging in po-
litical activity while supposedly
performing duties in Govern
ment for which they are paid
full-time salaries. All these
things are bound to have their
repercussions in Congress.
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Evening star., 1952-07-02

fresh air and these thoughts go
through our minds: Wonder
whether tomorrow we shall be
alive. Lots of incoming (ene-
my's shells), maybe China boy is
getting ready. Wonder whether
we can make some hot water
and shave. Well, hell, let's eat
before we start on that trench.
II am proud to serve and
command these men who are
SO unselfish with themselves
and who will work with their
loquacious gripping until their
fatigues are soaked; then sit
down and laugh and drink q
can of beer in the dim interior
of an earthen bunker, I am.
according to the views of Fran
els the mule. the lowest thing
on earth'-a second lieutenant.
But there Is no greater praise
for a man in this world than
the quiet comment of men under
your orders: The lieutenant is
OK, we'll follow him anywhere
We fellows up here will live up
to the trust placed in us. But
will we be deprived of the tools
which alone can make our job
possible, by the play of selfish
labor leaders and the play Of
even more selfish politicians?"
These are not the sentiments
of just an individual youngster
but of tens of thousands who
are on the front line and won-
der what is happening back
home. They cannot understand
why selfish interests and politics
should interfere with the only
thing that may save their lives:
the arms and ammunition which
have enabled them so far to
Withstand the onslaught Of a
numerically superior enemy.
Evening star., 1952-07-02

out before the television cameras
if the Taft forces hadn't dropped
the curtain on the show.
Gen. Eisenhower will aim the
moral issue squarely at the
women delegates and commit
tee members. There are small
signs already that it Is taking
hold. Several committeewomen.
hitherto either docile or sharing
the views of their male coll
leagues, broke away from the
men on a key ballot. A good
deal of conversation Is also re-
ported among them about "do-
ing what Is right. no matter
who it hurts"
(Released by the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1952-07-02
Constantine Brown:
Sweat, Toll While Facing Death
Gs in Korea Front Lines Believe They Are Being Sacrificed
To the Selfish Interests of Union Leaders and Politicians

The feeling among the men
who are fighting in Korea is
mounting that except for some
bonuses politicians are throw
ing at them in order to win
the favor-and the yotes-of
their families in the United
States they are being sacrificed
to the selfish interests of labor
leaders and politicians.
This feeling was put ade-
quately on paper by a 24-year-
old "shavetail" who for the last
four weeks. soon after he ar
rived from the United States.
has been on the front line con-
tinuously.
The boys out there appar-
emily receive some information
about the political contests
back home. But all this Is OBJ
viously Of little Importance to
them. 'The political picture
means little to us over here"
writes the youngster, "in COM
parison to the news we read in
the Stars and Stripes about At
per cent of jet engine produc-
ton being halted because Of
the strikes; no more 3.5 rockets
because of the strikes; no more
trucks or tanks because of the
strikes. If ever there were men
who would volunteer as strike
breakers it is these men here
who sweat through the day in
their toll in making bunkers or
digging trenches and then sweat
throughout the night from the
mental strain of watching and
waiting"
In modern armies of demo-
cratic nations there Is little
difference between the enlisted
man and the officer. They are
all comrades in arms sharing
the same food and the same
risks. The only difference is
that of responsibility.
Hence officers and men feel
alike in the face of common
dangers and risks. What a
Junior or senior officer writes
usually represents the senti-
ments of all the fighting men.
The shavetail who describes
succinctly the feelings of his
associates continues: "To us
men here, there are no fringe
benefits: no time and a half: no
opportunity to work in defense
plants and reap high wages; no
holiday; no Sunday drive with
the wife and kids-nothing but
the chance of being torn asunder
by screaming shells as we
are quietly doing our job. It
takes no ranting union leader
Evening star., 1952-07-02

permitting the workers to de-
termine for themselves by secret
ballot whether they would ap-
prove the final offer of man
agement.
Mr.. Truman. in signing the
new controls bill, has lashed out
against Congress for failing to
pass a better bill, but he is ap-
parently Indifferent to the part
he and his administration
played in alternating more than
a majority Of both houses of
Congress.
The public and labor mem
bers of the Wage Sterilization
Board and the Office Of Price
Administration who failed to
deal realistically and fairly
with the steel controversy and
lined themselves up partisanly,
as they did, are primarily re-
sponsible for the fact that the
new Wage Sterilization Board
will be stripped Of its powers to
help settle labor disputes. This
wreckage was due to their
mistakes and blunders.
In some respects the ad-
ministration Is it's own worst
enemy. It sometimes plays poll
tics in a way that destroys
confidence in Government it
self. Thus, the other day,
when the question of filling a
vacancy in the Office of Civil
Defense Administrator arose
and the post was offered to
former Gov. Lane of Maryland,
Democrat, who did the Offer
ing? The dispatches say that
the chairman of the Democratic
National Committee. Frank Nc
Kinney, took it up with Mr..
Lane. Since when is the post of
Civil Defense Administrator a
political job?
The Civil Defense Ad-
Evening star., 1952-07-02
David Lawrence:

Some day the historians will
appraiSe the damage done by
President Truman to the Ameri-
can people, and particularly to
the economic system Of the
country, this year by reason of
his failure to handle fairly and
equitably the situation arising
out of the steel dispute. And
not the least of the damage
which will be recorded will be
that which today gives the
country what the President says
is a weak measure on economic
controls to combat imitation.
Once the people lose conf
dence in a President and once
the Congress by majority vote
and in a recent instance by
a two-thirds vote-shows a lack
of confidence in the Executive,
there are bound to be conse-
quences of a serious nature.
The defects in the immigra-
ton bill, passed over the Presi-
dents veto by both houses,
might well have been corrected
in advance If Mr.. Truman had
shown a willingness to work
with Congress heretofore in
stead of adopting an inflexible
position.
Also the new law which takes
away from the Wage Stabiliza-
ton Board any power to inter-
vene in labor disputes would
never have been passed If the
President and his appointees
had not abused their power in
operating the board he had set
up under the old law.
There would today be a con-
tinuous production of steel If
Mr.. Truman had not indicated
to the CIO several months ago
that he wouldn't use the Taft
Hartley Act, with its media
ton powers and its machinery
Evening star., 1952-07-02

or the talk of union shop to
make the men here do their
jobs. It is the respect they have
in one another. the thrill Of
belonging to a good unit, the
close comradeship with your
buddy who wouldn't let you
down. It is these facts that
make the CT and his unit the
close and hard-working team
that does not quit until the job
is done.
What a lesson could be
learned by many who pretend
to call themselves Americans if
they could see the voluntary
sacrifices a soldier will make in
doing his part. No man in in
dustry has to worry about his
life. But here, where that thought
rings through your mind "a
hours a day, men will volunteer
for almost certain death in try
ing to save a buddy. accomplish
a mission or In working their
everyday job"
The writer Of the above. who
less than three months ago was
just an American youngster con-
cerned with baseball. his girl
friend and the routine of mill
tary life, has acquired in the
relatively short time he has been
at the front a philosophy which
many high-paid leaders may be
unable to understand.
"It is the very small things
that mean so much to U.S." he
continued. Think of it: A
shower. a soothing opportunity
to wash away the accumulation
of sweat and dirt; a hot meal to
break the routine of canned ra-
tions; a lift in a jeep instead Of
the long walk down the dusty
road. We look at these war
SCARED mountains, breathe
, 1952-11-12

Even small children can help
mother with the wash now with an
easy loading Whirlpool automatic
washer and matching dryer. A top
loading door with lucite release
enables up to nine poundsrof clothes
to be quickly pushed or dumped into
the automatic. Agifow water action
distributes clothes evenly IN the
washer, making it unnecessary to
arrange them by hand.
Controls, placed at the back Of
both the automatic washer and
either gas or electric dryer, are out
Of reach Of small children, yet are
easy to read and set. Just two dials,
"time" and "temperature", set the
automatic for q complete wash and
cycle.
Similar outside specifications and
white enamel life-coat finish Of the
washer and dryer enhance their
compact design and matching beau.
ty. andlmake them q desirable conn.
bination in any kitchen Os laundry
room.
, 1952-11-12
Shipping News

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from Tampa November
10th, Miami November 18th,
jacksonville November 18th,
Baltimore November 22nd and
New York November 25th,
and is due at Frederiksted De
eember 5th, accepting freight
for ST. Kits, Antigua, Vene-
zuela, Aruba, st. Vincent,
Grenada and Trinidad.
, 1952-11-12

The SIS "ALCOA PLANT
Err" is scheduled to sail from
Baltimore November oath,
New York November 18th and
is due at Frederiksted, via
Puerto Rico, December 9th,
accepting freight for Guade-
loupe, Barbados, Venezuela
and Guiana.
, 1952-11-12

The SIS Y r is sche
duled to sail from New Or
leans November 9th, Mobile
November 9Th and is due at
Frederiksted November 18th,
accepting freight for Barba
dos, Venezuela, Georgetown
and Paramaribo.
G STEAMSHIP co. Inc
Robt L. Merwin & CO. inc.
, 1952-11-12
BY the Governor
Of the
Virgin Islands Of the United States
"A PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, the planting Of trees in the public parks and
along the roadside has an important bearing upon the ameni-
ties of the towns and countryside, and
WHEREAS it is fitting that the annual Arbor Day cele-
|bration should be restored for decorative purposes for the
stimulating of public interest, in the planting of trees, beauti-
flying public packs and roads and an economical method of
multiplying valuable plants; and
WHEREAS, the observance Of Arbor Day furnishes an
occasion for inpressing on the minds Of the children of the
schools the importance Of the planting Of trees and refresta-
ton; and
WHEREAS, the 18th day Of November is generally ac-
Ecepted as the day on which Columbus landed in 81. Croix and
therefore seems a particularly appropriate day for this
observance:
NOW, THEREFORE,, 4 MORRIS +. DeCastro, Governor,
of the Virgin Islands Of the United States. do hereby desig-
nate Friday, November IA, 1852, as Arbor Day in the NUM-
'cipality of st. Croix, and request that the Administrator
for ST. Croix, with the advice, assistance and cooperation Of
the Parks and Fairgrounds Commission of the Municipality
of ST. Croix and such other persons as he may select, shall
prepare and publish plans for actual planting Of ornamental
trees on that day BY government officials, the schools, public
organizations, and such other citizens as may be selected or
as may volunteer for such service.
And I hereby direct all agencies Of the Government Of
the Virgin Islands and Of the Municipality of ST. Croix to par
Eticipate fully in the arrangements for the proper celebration
of Arbor Day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand
and caused the Sealo the Government Of the Virgin Islands
Of the United States to be affixed at Charlotte AmaIie,
st. Thomas, Y. Z, this bird day Of November, AID, 1852
Morris F de Castro
, 1952-11-12
Notice to Delinquent
Taxpayers

Writs of attachment having
been served upon all property
owners whose Real Property
Taxes for the year 1850 are in
arrears, and the same having
been duly recorded in the Of
flee Of the Recorder Of Deeds,
notice is hereby served, in ac-
cordance with the provisions
Of Section AS of the Ordinance
providing for the Assessment,
Levy and Collection Of Taxes
upon Real Property, approved
September 5, 1886, that unless
the taxes, penalties and costs
are paid upon publication Of
this notice twice a week for
three consecutive weeks, the
properties will be sold at pub
lie auction By " e n d U e
Director.
Department Of Finance.
Christiansted, st. Croix, WI.
October 81, 1852.
Z. r. CONRAD.
Asst Commissioner Of Finance,
St. Croix.
, 1952-11-12
(sEAL)
BY the Governor:
Daniel w. Ambrose
Government Secretary

m the DISTRIcT y Or THE VIRGIN ISLANDS US.
DIVISION OF SAINT cROIX AT C~HRISTIANSTED
IN THE MATTER OF THE estate OF
JOHN ]. REILLY (also known as
JOHN REILLY JR, deceased Probate No. i 1852
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING
Pursuant to an Order Of the District Court Of the Virgin
Islands dated October i, 1852, the undersigned Executrix
hereby gives notice that she will render her Final Account in
the Above entitled estate on December II, 1852, at the Office
Of the Clerk Of the Court in Christiansted.
Anyone having objections thereto should then and there
show cause why said accounting should not be approved.
Marietta S. Reilly
Executrix
WILLIAM +. MooRHEAD
Attorney
Evening star., 1952-03-30
By Soul Petit

regularly would surprise the
New York Times.
1T would triple Times circu-
lation," Mr.. Politz says. '"That
many people like to pretend
they are more intellectual than
they are.
''Thus. it's no good for an in
terviewer to ask simply, Which
paper do you read?' He must
ask specific questions like.
Which paper did you read
yesterday? whose sports COLI
umn do you like best? Which
comic strips do you follow?'
That way you learn the paper
they really read"
This self-pretense carries over
even to gasoline. Many people
like to claim they indulge their
cars with highest gasoline
regularly. Here. Mr.. Politz says,
the exaggeration runs from 20
to 80 per cent over the amount
Of high test actually sold.
"On questions of income" he
says. "the lowest income groups
tend to lie upward and the
highest tend to lie downward"
Mr.. Politz. q native Of Ger
many, is a thin. earnest man Of
SO. given to quick, nervous
movements. His diction and the
soft intensity OF his voice would
remind you Of Peter LORE. He,
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Reds Make Major Bid to Weon Germany Away From NATO Orb

in mid-Europe. could stand
closely behind the bargaining
table.
What this all boils down to
today is that the final advantage
in the struggle for Germany
is not yet assured to either eide
the Western Powers or Soviet
Russia. Moscow has made q
bold and skillful bid--and has
left its own way open to make
further alluring concessions.
The Big Three has made q posi-
tive and realistic reply--and
likewise has left the door open
for further exchanges. The
Bonn government of Chancellor
Adenauer has remained firmly
aligned with the. West. But
German public opinion is neces-
sarily under wraps. and. be-
cause Of this. slower to assert
itself, It has not vet been heard
in any convincing degree.
It is certain that the prOpa-
ganda values Of unity. indepen-
dence and rearmament win be
exploited BY the Soviet and
its agents In Germany. And it
is not unlikely that the Krem-
Inns overtures win be seized
upon by those Germans whose
first concern Is to remove the
country from any restrictive
associations, on the theory that
they can then drive better and
harder bargains tomorrow.
But time may be on the West
ern side. in view of the advanced
stage Of the complex Of negotia-
tions under way between the
NATO powers and the Federal
German Republic. This Is not
TO say that the West has time
to sVlander. however, nor is
there d wide margin for errors.
Of Judgment or Of execution.
Western diplomacy Is facing .
major test for high stakes.