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HOUSES FURNISHED
CHEVY CHASE. MD,-Beautifr,

CHEVY CHASE. MD.-Beautiful g.
garage. bsmt.. gas heat, dishwssher'
S5ls d5islposal. TVi wash WASHER; dryer, freezer;
Dec. goth; SHANNON 4 LUcHS
s.BEDRM. BRiCKMAvailabie 3 Ri Vail bbiet2i immed med
S125 mo. Falls Church area, F.
E: MALCOLM Realtor. ,OW. 3024
cHEXY GiES,a .ttHau GHAsE1I%o bks from
Tgo-car garage. $3.50. Call OR
1919. day or eve. -27
- Two-bedrm. home.
near schools, shopping and transp. d;
MOOR "A AGENcY, MY INC, sH. 5S55.
NEAR 18th and r. I. ave. n.e.--Two;
Reaitor. AP. 6460. -27
SILVER SPRING-5-room brick bun
galow, partly furn.; good transp.,
conv. to Georgia ave. and shopping
VERY BEST NV. L0cATioN-Liy.
rm., din. .rm.. den and kit, 3 bed;
rms, bath and incl. porch: well
tfTTnd;; S16o; adults. GE. 1915
Z Brick with 6 Ems rms, ia baths. rec.
rm., garage. schools; only STD.
J: LEE DONNELLY. MA. 3316: eyes.
OIL. 4074. pr
BETHESDA-Attract 2-story Co.
lonial on a nice wooded lot; Z bright
rooms. den and Law, on 1st 4. $2l5.
NORTHWEST REALTY CO.. OIL.
6867; ewes. WI. 1894.
SILVER SPRTNG-Beautifu 2-bedrm.
brick rambler, near Franklin and
Flower ave, rec. rm., close to every
thing, tastefully furn.. $3.50 per
gU' mG' slS757:. T; +: BLANCHARD Real|esOF' e:le
SIX RMS, 21s baths, master bedrm.,
rec. rm.. .3rd and HAMILTON ST.
NV; excel. furn. Avail. Dec. 15 on
lease. $500 mo. HU. 3646. 80
32I7 ADAMS MILL RD.---4 bedrms.,
baths; on busline; $3.50 mo. Cali
7sa RoXBURY PL. N.w.-e-room
semi-det. brick, completely furn.:
gas heat; rent Sl25 mo. Call DI
ARLINGTON-5-rm. brick. furnished,
new cond., on beaut. wooded knoll
Ten min. downtown or Pentagon; /
block to bus; oil heat; S125 month
~. MA. $3.50 or EX. 5000, Ext.
3645. MIR. KESSECKER. 27'
l $3.50 NEWTON ST. N.W.-Attractive
3-beorm., row-brick house; S140.
HI: 4363, THOS. L. PHILLIPS.
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THREE -BEDRM., 2-BATH HOME
suburban Falls Church; immed.
LOVELY 7-ROOM COUNTRY HOME
On acres, Is mi. Washington,
p. c.; 3 bedrooms. 2 baths, large
living room, den SIX
Realtors "a. oe2o
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BEDRM. AND ALL HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE WANTED

ABBOTT & LANDoN, OR. 6677. -2s
BOOKS NEEDED; highest cash prices
ais 62eFs RooT se%Gyes sTRT at our expense
st. NV, ME. 1895.
BOOKS BOUGHT, any quantity, and
removed at our expense. ALBION
BOOK SHOP. 1868 Pa. ave NV,
ST. 669S.
DIAMONDS, gold, silver. We pay
highest cash prices. See us first
Ask for MIR. BROTT, e17 F st. NV.
RE. 2075.
DIAMOND JEWELRY Of any descrip-
ton. gold and silver; cash paid.
ERNEST BURK. 614 18th st. NV.
DIAMOND JEWELRY of any descrip-
ton; gold and silver; cash paid.
ERNEST BURK. 614 18th st. NV.
FURNITURE-Win buy entire con-
tents or odd pieces; also old china,
bric-a-brac. Buying and selling for
55 years. HOPWOOD'S, Sth and 4
Sts NV. ME-. 52S7.
FURNITURE-single pieces and COM
plete household, etc. AID. $3.50;
ewes. and Sundays, AT. 251S.
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GOLD
Bring your dental gold, platinum,
discarded jewelry. We pay cash.
A. KAHN, INC.
SO YEARS AT 935 F ST. NV.
HEATERS, ranges, stoves, mattresses,
furniture. refrigerators. ACME
STOVE AND FURN., Ma. 1852.
HIDE-A-BED, Simmons full size;
must be reasonable. for cash. Gal
thersburg 576-J-4. 81
MICROSCOPE, binocular, with 3 OBJ
jectives. GE. S422 after Z pm.
known make only. GE. O619. after
z pm. and all day Sunday. Us
PIANOS-Will pay cash for pianos,
any condition or make. TO. 591S.
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ALEXANDRIA
VACANT

2-bedrm. brick. gas heat, full bsmt..
fenced-in yard; close to shopping
center, schools and bus. Only S1O0
per month.
CLYDE r. ADAMS, REALToR
5440 Annapolis rd. UN. 1143. Open
ewes. It'll pm.
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ROOMS FURN.-N.W. Cont }
GORDON HOTET.
$3.50 WEEK

916 10th st. NV. Downtown
Large double rooms with bath, S2S
per week: with running water, $22
per week. Singles. S14 up. MA. 1884.
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BuCKNELL MANOR

Brand-new, 3-bedrm o
PAIN PAIN nvlng rm.. dining rm..
iul basement. semtdetached
homes for rent. Homes hava
fully equipped kit, and fencsS
rear yard. To be compieted
approximately Dec, /. Only
20 min. from J4th st. bridae
For information call TIE. 466S
or kI. So 40. Sample home'
I007 Radcliffe drive, Open
1880 pm.
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$3.50 WEEK
Large double rm.. suitable for 2 young
ladies. couple or 2 gentlemen; on
front; maid service; near Dupont
Circle. l block off Conn; walking
distance downtown. 1925 18th st.
NV. Il
COLORED-21I ID ST.-Lge., clean
conf; next. bath; kit. privils. $40
mo. Two sober cple. UN. 7O45. -27
COLORED-FURNISH ROOM; en-
ployed person. DE. 545S after $50.
COLORED - ROOM for gentleman
linens furn.. privils. Alt Upsher st.
NV, GE. 2209.
COLORED-2O1S 5th ST. NV
Large front room, one child ac-
cepted. cooking, newly decorated.
DE. 1491.
COLORED-NICE FURN. rm. with
Kit; privils.. cow. to transp. NO.
COLORED-12th ST. N.W.-Nr. You
St, across from YMCA: twin beds:
one or two empl., refined men. DU.
S01R pr
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SOUTHEAST

900 Xenia st. s,e.-Fast route down.
town via So. Capitol st. Bridge. Very
large, 2-bedrm. units; S100 per mo-,
incl. utils.; garages available in same
bldg; $3.50 per mo. UN. $500.
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SOB PENNA. AVE. S.E.-2 rms. kit.
and bath; all utilities furn.; $40. ,
144S E ST. S.E.-2nd floor; adults
only; rms. kit. and bath: utilities
FREDERICK A. BLUMER CO., e17
Penna. ave. Sc, FIR. 1888. -
WE HAVE APIS. AND HOUSES
FURN. OR UNFURN.. AND SUB
LET'S. WASH. VA. WHITE ONLY.
WEEKDAYS. 81. SAT-. SUN. 9-5.
A-ONE RENTALS AND REALTY CO.
.524 BOND BLDG. MA. O0O7.
S15 KING ST., ALEX. MON.-SAT
2l6 RIIpI EY ar INC III 8 / D 1 q
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PIANOS, ALL STYLES
WE PAY HIGHEST CASH PRICES
Call Day or Night, SH. 3039.
PIANOS-ALL TYPES
WILL PAY CASH
AID. 1928 (9:30 TO 5:30) sos
SCRAP IRON. SCRAP METALS. auto
batteries house rags: highest prices
pcaH pease oevs1 phone Ss
WASH. RAG & BAG CO.. 215 L
SCRAP IRON. SCRAP METALS. auto
paid. If you cannot deliver your
accUmulations. please phone us.
ACE JUNK. CO.. 1920 Georgia ave
NV HU. 4421
WANTED-TV set, 10 in. or IL in.
Admiral or Emerson pref, table
model only; in good working condi.
ton: reasonable. MA. 2019, 1C
to 3 pm. -27
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Alan Furniture Manufacturing Co.
Closing out large selection floor
sample upholstered liv. rm. chairs,
sofas and sectional pieces. Reduced
as much as 5Oee.
Alan Furniture Manufacturing Co.
922 Burlington Ave, Silver Spring,
Nd. SH. 1898. Open Mon, and Fri.
It'll 9:30 pm. or
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED
ANTIQUES

Furniture. bric-a-brac, china. glass
ware. Oriental art objects, jeWelry.
rugs. silverware. paintings, por-
traits; highest cash prices paid.
Call MURRAY. Ia. 1888.
ANTIQUES BOUGHT
China, furniture, silverware. jeweIry
ana Chinese art OBJECTS. ANY guam
tity. Call LOUIS SEGAL. CHI. 1898:
ewes EN- 6765
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COURTESY
BUS SERVICE

Features include secretarial switch
board, utilities, three elevators. car
peted corridors, delivery service, .
large parking areas; storage space
on each floor; roof garden. Resident
manager on premises
MASTER TV ANTENNA AVAILABLE
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REFRIGERATORS

FREEZERS
WASHERS. DRYERS. IRONERS. TV
AL Makes and Sizes. Brand-New
DON'T
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TELEVISION

TELEVISION
Super savings during our pre-Xmas
sale. Compare our low prices. Open
evenings.
American Service Center
$50 N. Glebe Rd., Arl.. Va. OW 7722
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DYNAMIC MUSIC STORE

deliyer., Balance 8 years to pay. A
smaH deposit will hold for Christ
mas dsliyery ,,,.z
D1N1sSNS 7so9 6 NssiS 81. NV! WSFoRE 80
as sssn e0PRs5 gE6cRs ssst 1888 FSR
M st. NV. NO. 1908. WA. 550I.
POCKET and billiard tables, supplies,
poker tables and game equipment.
SUPPLY CO. $40 9th st, NV. Df
RADiAToRs-H.w.: lat. style; below
wholesale; ATLANTIC CO., s07 v
RADIO pHoNSSRApH. H SS Masnavox.
AM-FM-sW; Three-speed Webster
watts. Like new. $2s5. 81. 2416.
RANGE; 4. gas; new condition. Doree-
trolled oven and broiler. storage
door and drawer; S75. JE. 4-4lSS.
RECORDER, 1.Cc! DER, os Rsntron: dual speed
and playback. excel. cond.: SIS or
Sey Ssst q SfisF IS g 60. oais. CAN or.
RECoRDiNG TAPES. new and used;
554os4% 54oS4 s.S Sfi !. CoMMISsIoN nS on SHOP.
REFRIGERATOR. 1850 coidspot, 9
Gu. #. new condition; also furniture.
S5ts sisS rs! s.s. g. never ss.n
REFRIGERAToks e. in WORKING
condition, S35 up; also enamel gas
range. JU. 9-5434 -26
REFRIGERATORS: used; rent or buy
s. per .6n mo; full suaEantee. DoWD's.
REFRIGERATORS,u used: large asSort-
ment from $40 up. Some with
1-year guarantee. Time payments.
FREDERICKS. 1905 14th st. NV.
REFRIGERATORS-Extra large dis
count in brand-new 1852 and 1851
world-famous refrigerators-all in
1actory-fresh crates. Cash or terms.
Fully guaranteed by Washington
Oldest TV and Appliance Store.
STAR RADIO CO.. 400 11th st. NV.
REFRIGERATOR SALE
We must have room for new 1858
refrigerators; entire stock reduced
for quick clearance. Deep-cut prices
on GE. Philco, Westinghouse, Ad-
miral Hotpoint and Crosley re-
frigeratorS. AL new. delivered in
sealed cartons. Open ewes. till 8.
STANDARD TIRE 81 BATTERY CO.
10th and H NE. Ii. 3-9OS2
REFRIGERATORS
Late models. $25 UP. Also rent
refgrS., S5 month. Easy terms. Up
to S0S discounts! New refrigera-
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GIGANTIC SALE
NOW GOING ONI

No reasonable offer refused, We will
not. knowingly be. undersold. Come
early for best selection
Silver Spring Gas & Elec. Co.
e44 W5sRs oPEs Av.i 3 AM. TO 9 'Pi PM s-s08s @3s
REFGR;, gas, ais an sizes: z ss9iS.o I. " gD.
2237 Ga. ave. DE. $500.
R0ASTER, Westinghouse. good con-
EgSsoIsnts' 4sSSced bss.s aFFs e ind nHL1aH sHa I
SON. 2125 18th st. NV. NO. 0237.
RUGS. imported Persian. Oriental
design, heavy. closely woven for
good wearing. exl2. $49.5O: ski.
$3.50; other sizes proper priced.
RuGS-oriental. g1Iaul genuine, .,II rm. aRS RS
RUG SHOP, 2427 18th st. NV.
SAW, Sin. circular arbor. extra
cutters, la-h.p. motor. Call JU.
s2TiSs s2IS2SSS attsT aMscS1SF z I'm Singer Feather
weieht portable; compiete with Al
tachments; good as new, 500. JU.
sGWSfiNG fGlSfNS; MACHINES. portables; New
Home, S25; Singer. S39: New. mod.
r. b. reverse. S69.50; Featherweight.
$3.50; Terms. 915 10th st. NV.
sH0PsMiTH %. with accessories;
one 10-in. Delta band saw. one ain.
Atlas jointer; best offer. Call HU.
SiIVER-Royal Danish International
Sterling, service for 15. plus COM
plete serving pieces. most most new and nd
seen Mon. to Fri. 9 am. to 8 pm.
44T9 Conn ave, NV -Z6
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ANTIQUE CHINA
FURNITURE

Full contents. or odd pieces. Refgrs.,
stoves, wash. mach. TVS. S. Il
FURN. CO.. 210 7th st. Sc. AT
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REFRIGERATOR SALE
REFRIGERATORS

Late models. $25 UP. Also rent
to 3OS discounts! New refrigera-
tors. All makes and models. Also
large discounts on television and
washers. AILISON'S, 2209 14th st.
NV. Open till z PM; Sunday, 10
TO 4 u m AID 4006 070
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BIZ THE EVENING STAR
ESTABLISHED 1879
PIANO SPECIALS

Lowest prices in the city on lee. &C.
lection of spinets and consoles. All
wood finishes and cabinet style.
New, floor samples, and rebuilt.
Priced from 1895, S25 down will
deliver. Balance 8 years to pay. A
small deposit will hold for Christ
DYNAMIC MrJsTc STORE
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

model. mahogany cabinet; works very
good: S77. JE. 2-21S6.
TV-7". S25; g.. S35: 10", S42;
IL" $40; 10" $40. Webster wire
rec, S53. S07 11th NV. DI. O,4f,, .
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RAMRT,ERS
Reserved for Rental

'-bedrm.. daylight bsmt., semidetach.
ramblers: close-in, of N. II. ave,
IN Mont. Co., S125 per mo. Call
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COL oLoRED-HoUsE for rent; ne.
C6IoRE6 6fd sia6r PsavANNAnHa R III niaPIo Fl. sE 30
Semidet. brick. 8 rms. and recr.
auto. h. and h.-w.; Ss7 mo-; avail
immed. LA. 6-7522 pet. 40 pm
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28OO WOODLEY RID.
AIR-CONDITIONED BLDG.
Newly furn. l bedrm.. liv. rm., din
ette.. kit. and bath apt; garage
avail. If desired: secretarial service
in receiving rm:; $170 per mo. BY
S131. bet. 9 and daily. -27
DUPONT CIRCLE AREA
New apts. 2 blocks from Mayflower
Hotel; large living room, bedroom,
spacious General Electric kitchen,
dinette, modern colored tile bath
room, 2 large double-Size closets,
Venetian blinds. cross ventilation.
automatic wash. machine, brand
new blond mahogany furniture,
carpeting wall-to-wall; suitable for
, or 3 adults; S125 per month,
including all utilities. DU. 6644.
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ANTIQUES WANTED
silverware. any cond., jewelry, bric-
a-brac. glass and china. NO. O3O0.
HOUSE OF GIFTS. 1893 Wis. ave.
BEDROOM. dining room, contents Of
home: cash. We do moving, storage.
Ia. 2937; after pm. GE. l4I6.
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HOUSES TO SHARE

NV. 35th ST.-Girl over 25 to share
house with 3 others. Twin beds.
TV. OR. 1924. 80
WANT COUPLE to share pvt. home,
in Silver Spring, with practical
nurse; use as your own. Ia. 1894.
NE. SECTION
private; all home privils. or will
share home Will care for school age
child. HO. 1922. Pr
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DUPONT CIRCLE AREA

PA. AVE, DOWNTOWN
327 9th st. s.e.-2-rm. housekeeping
apt. comfortably furn.; front; $50
month. incl. utils. adults only.)
Mgr Ant -06
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HILLCREST PROPER

ELABORATE. NEW, GROOM HOUSE
EXCLUSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD
5000 PARK DIR. Sc, OPEN
Ii. 7-44l3 OR Ii. 6-7353
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By David Koonee

Nation in the percentage Of indus
trial employment increases.
This industrial empire in the max
ing is everywhere in Dixie: In Pen
dleton, S. c.; in Cornelia, Ca: in
Forsyth. N. c.: in Chapman, Ala:
in Jackson, Miss.
The grasping for industry has not.
however. caused the South to forsake
agriculture. Rather, agriculture has
kept pace with the growth in other
fields. Consider Spartanburg County,
s. c.. for instance. When the robbed
soil would no longer produce cotton.
even for the boil weevil, somebody
suggested peach trees. The idea
spread, and today Spartanburg
County produces more peaches than
all Of Georgia. long famed as ''the
Peach State"
One Eastern North Carolina county
which only o few years ago grew
tobacco and little else. today counts
its blessings in dairy farming, how-
ers raised for export, truck farming
and fruit growing.
In Georgia they've sown the yellow
wasteland in Bermuda grass and
put cattle out. The State may even
Evening star., 1952-01-20

toned as one who might have
taken over the cleanup job Judge
Murphy rejected. At any rate, he
is an ace trouble shooter and p re-
spected Government figure whose
loss would be felt in any admin
istration. The equanimity with
which that loss apparently was ac-
cepted, is taken by some as an in
dication that Mr.. Truman is get
ting ready to dismantle his per-
sonal rig next January.
Though, after his 1913 expert
ence, Mr.. Truman would be the
last man in the world to overesti-
mate the power of the press, his
dealings with newsmen have lent
weight to the negative side of the
great political debate. Commen-
tators point out that the once easy
going President has become irasci-
BILE at press conferences and less
willing than before to see the re-
porters' side of the picture. His
news conference on December IA
the one dealing with corruption
was rough sparring session in
which everything, including the
look In Miss Doris Fleeson's eye,
came in for Mr.. Truman's pointed
attention. H..
There was the belief, too, created
by remark made by the President
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Evidence Says No

In the debate on the proposition
Resolued, That the President will run
in 1952-the case for the mega
tive is built around the theory that
every little movement has q mean
ing all its own. ..e54ss IL,
Those who believe MIR. Truman
will not run again dwell mainly on
interpretations of his behavior and
on what is believed to be his state
Of mind. The negative team con-
siders the President to have been
disillusioned by his friends and
thwarted by his foes. His recent
behavior is taken as proof that he
is ready to call it quits.
The most obvious item in support
Of this idea, of course, Is the issue
of corruption in Government. The
Presidents attitude toward house.
cleaning looks suspiciously like the
attitude of a man about to wind
up his affairs in Washington.> The
case for the negative holds that
Mr.. Truman toyed with the idea OF
a cleanup campaign under Judge
Thomas Murphy, but that when the
juriSt turned this idea down the
President lost interest.
Certainly, Mn Truman's second
decision in the matter-to put the
cleanup in the hands of Attorney
General McGrath-does not appear
Evening star., 1952-01-20

to be . particularly astute election
year move by q man seeking re-
election. On such q shrewd poll
tician as the President, the value
of the McGrath order to his po-
litical foes seems hardly likely to
have been lost.
Many persons are surprised by
the fact that the undoubtedly out
ragged President did not carry for
ward the top-level purge that ap-
parently began with the sacking of
Assistant Attorney General T..
Lamar Caudle. Mr.. Truman's
thick-or-thi loyalty to his subor-
dinates has at times been overem-
phasized in the minds Of his critics;
he showed no hesitancy in firing
Louis johnson at a time when most
people were predicting a long snd
happy public life for the Secretary
Of Defense. Why, 1t is asked, this
present failure to face the facts?
Another little movement which
has its own meaning in the mega
tive case is the Presidents reaction
to the resignation of w. Stuart
Symington as head of the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. Mr.. Sym
ington, a close Truman associate
who has served the President long
and well in some of the toughest
Washington assignments, is men
Evening star., 1952-01-20
Something New and Important Has Been Added South of the Potomac

challenge Texas some day. for
Georgia COW requires only two acres.
while Is acres are needed to feed
each COW in Texas.
Citrus growing still gives Florida
the highest average farm income of
any Southern State, but truck farm
ing also has given growing numbers
of farmers year round income. And
here, too, cattle is important. The
cowboy and corral are about as
familiar to the lowlands around Lake
Okeechobee as they are to the Texas
range.
Many q small farmer has sold his
mule to the rendering plant and
bought q tractor. Cotton Is still
grown to great extent throughout
the deep South, but the cottonfield
hand Is finding work that Is less
ack-breaking. The mechanical pick
er. manned by one person, does the
job Of so men. More and more the
airplane is used in the ceaseless battle
against insects. Even the versatile
jeep has been given chores once left
to man or his beast.
Education, however, has opened
the widest yistas to an abundant farm
life in Dixie. Leading the way have
been the tax-supported State univer-
Evening star., 1952-01-20
ZAP Photo.

at that conference, that a clean
up code would be urged in the
state-of-the- Union message. But
when that message was delivered
January 8, Mr.. Truman dealt with
corruption land almost everything
else) in generalities-a hint, say
the supporters of the negative,
that Mr.. Truman Is not interested
any more.
There are two other items promi-
nently advanced by those uphold
ing this side of the argument. One
has to do with Mr.. Truman's party
stalwarts, the other with his family.
According to some observers,
word must. have gone around in
the most secret circles of the party
that the President has given up
the idea of running again. This,
they say, would account for the
rise of such splinter groups as the
Kefauver movement, which hardly
could flourish alongside Truman
for President boom.
The family angle is more i'm
portant to Mr.. Truman than might
at first be apparent. The Truman
family threesome is close-knit,
and the counsel of the Presidents
wife in family matters is said to
have great weight. Mrs. Truman
is reported to be opposed to an
Evening star., 1952-01-20

ond thought as to whether the
spirit-n not the letter-of the
amendment may apply to him.
Some observers have interpreted
this to mean that he intends to
take advantage of the constitu-
tiona loophole to run again.
Toft Is His Man
Those who think Mr.. Truman
will run recall his. August 9 state
ment that he had a candidate for
the Republican nomination: Sena-
tor Taft of Ohio. With this in
mind, the prophets are keeping a
weather eye on Senator Taft's
strenuous campaign for the nomi-
nation. Many believe that If Mr..
Taft looks like the front runner in
the next few months, Mr.. Truman
will announce against him.
President Truman, however, has
assured queStioners that he will
make his decision public before the
Republicans meet at Chicago July
Z. And this statement has set of
a line of speculative reasoning
almost as complicated as the me-
dieval argument about how many
angels can stand on the head of q
pin. The affirmative debaters say
that If Mr.. Truman Is able to say
now he will announce his inten-
tions before the Republican con-
vention, this means he knows he Is
going to run. They figure it this
way:
Until the Republican convention
Is over, Mr.. Truman cannot be sure
whether or not Senator Taft will
be the Republican nominee. As
suming that he wants to run
against Senator Taft, If Senator
Taft Is nominated, then the only
safe announcement the President
could make before the Republican
convention would be that he has
decided to run.
Nor Is this all. Assume, for the
sake of the argument, that Presi-
dent Truman has decided he does
not want to run. His logical move,
in that case, Is to hold OF admit
ting this decision until the Demo-
cratic convention has started, on
July 21. That way, he could 60 to
Chicago in firm control Of the situ-
alton, in position to pick his own
successor. BY announcing his re-
nunciation ahead Of time, MIR. Tru-
man would seem to have everything
to lose and nothing to win, for his
hold on the party reins would begin
TO slip the moment he admitted
ne was through. Therefore, when
an astute politician like Mr.. Tru-
man says he will tip his hand in
advance, it can only mean that a
decision to run is in the cards. He
must plan to say he Is a candidate
to succeed himself-because that
is the only safe thing he can say
before Chicago.
Thus, at least, argue the people
who believe Mr.. Truman will be
seeking another term next No
vember.
Evening star., 1952-01-20
The Last Word

So, last week, the great debate
ragged on. But the answer to the
riddle still was locked securely in
the mind Of Harry Truman. He,
and he alone, held the key. The
funny thing about it was that, after
almost eight years in the limelight.
the President remained as in
scrutable to his fellow Americans
as he was the day that load Of
hay" fell on him and he stepped
into the late Franklin Roosevelt's
shoes. Americans had thought
they understood him well, back
there at the beginning. They
hadn't. In the intervening years,
time and time again, he had con-
founded soothsayers who claimed
to know his thinking, and his place
in the pattern of events.
Still, the public had q right to
believe 1t knew some things about
him. He was courageous. He was
not an easy quitter. He was real
ist who knew that the Republicans
were split at least as badly as were
his Democrats. He was intensely
loyal to the people and organiza-
tions who had made him what he
was. He was needed by these peo-
pie now, just as they had been
needed by him. And he was con-
yinced that the Democratic Party
specifically, his kind Of Demo-
cratic Party-was what the coun-
try needed.
On the other hand, he was grow
ing old. He must be tired. The
battle ahead might not be any more
hopeless than 1t was in 1948, but 1t
would be steeply uphill all the way.
His administration, so far, seemed
assured at least of a reasonably
secure, If not unchallenged, place
In history. And then, ex-President
is not too insignificant a thing
for q man to be at the end Of
his life-particularly If he has
retired undefeated. Why bother?
Clearly, whatever his feelings
whether or not he might be tired
OF the presidency-Mr. Truman was
not tired Of his secret. He treated
1t like some grand. private joke.
And no wonder. For, joke or no
joke. here was situation to warm
the heart Of any politician who had
taken full share of knocks In his
time.
Let the wise ones wonder.
Let would-be Democratic sue
ceSSorS fume.
Let the Republicans beat their
brains out in internecine strife.
Harry Truman could sit back
and watch the fun. He was having
the time OF his life.