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Evening star., 1953-12-06
BY Henrik M. Roos


Finland is presently in the throes
OF serious economic crisis, the end
Of which Is not in sight. The at
tempts of the cabinet Of Prime Min
lister Urho K. Kekkonen to solve the
difficult problems plaguing the ma
ton failed and after the cabinet was
ouSted on vote of confidence
in the Finnish Diet on November 4,
no political party dared to assume
responsibility for coping with the
formidable tasks ahead.
The only solution was the forma-
ton on November II Of a caretaker
government composed Of represen-
tatives of Finland's bourgeois parties
and headed by an economic expert,
Mr.. Sakari Tuomioja. governor of
the Bank Of Finland.
Origin of Economic Woes
The origin of Finland's current
economic difficulties can be traced
back to the Second World War and
the huge sacrifices it inflicted on the
Finnish people. Not only did Fin
land have to cede one-tenth Of its
territory to the Soviet Union and
resettle 100000 evacuees within its
new boundaries, it was also COM
PEELED to pay stupendous war repa-
rations amounting to $570 million
to the Russians.
In addition to this came other
debts, such as the handing over of
all German assets to the Soviets
and of compenSating the Soviet
Union for certain war damages. ALI
in all, the total bill paid by the
Firms has amounted to more than
billion dollars, a lot of money for
Finland, basically small country
with population of only 4 million.
To meet the crushing Soviet repa-
rationS demands, Finland had to
double the capacity of its metal
and shipbuilding industries, as the
Russians demanded payment in
kind. The goods being produced to
Soviet specifications, Finland had
no other alternative, when the
reparationS began to be completed,
than to arrange for continuation of
exports to the Soviet Union, on a
normal trade basis.
Borter Agreement
With this end in mind an extern
sive barter trade agreement between
Finland and the Soviet Union was
drawn up in 1850. For time things
looked good on the surface. The
Korean war created a boom for
Finland's vital woodworking in
dustries and in 1851 the Firms were
able to mark down q tidy profit Of
$3.50 million in their foreign COM
merce.
But when the boom folded and
prices fell in 1852 it became evident
Evening star., 1953-12-06

other countries Of the Communist
bloc has provided Finland with con-
siderable relief in her present diff
culties by assuring full employment
in the country's expanded metal in
dustries, it has also created some
difficult problems. The Soviet Union
is not granting easy terms to the
Firms. Fully aware that Finland
cannot find a market for her surplus
products elsewhere. the Russians
offer the lowest possible prices. In
addition they force Finland to ac-
cept grain and raw materials in
quantities exceeding normal require
mentS.
Some Of the surplus imports re-
ceived have had to be resold to the
West-at a loss. And when the
Firms have refused to accept such
imports in exchange for their goods,
they have been credited with ruble
assets, which are not convertible to
other currencies. The Firms have
thus realized the hard way that
there is no profit to be had in trade
with the East.
Sensational Soviet Offer
At the present time, however, the
advantages of trade with the So
Wet Union outweigh its. disadvan-
tages and Finland has accordingly
proceeded to negotiate treaty
Evening star., 1953-12-06

leSSly made this clear in the debates
that preceded the vote which estab-
lished Pella in Office. Senator
Raffeale Jervolino said bluntly that
the new government was not what
the Christian Democrats wanted
and that the party accepted it only
as a short-term necessity.
This prompted an Italian editorial
writer to speculate on the para
doxical position of Pella, "who finds
himself supported by public opinion
only to discover at his shoulder
party that intends to do away with
him at the earliest possible moment"
This situation has improved in
recent weeks, mostly through the
efforts of De Gasperi, who is now
the secretary of the party.
PeIIo, the Man
Well, then. what about this man
Pella who-always barring the possi-
bility that the Trieste matter will
backfire-may be around for quite
a while?
Giuseppe Pella's story has often
been called "a typical American
success story"
He was born 81 years ago into
poor farm family, but he studied
economics and commerce and
quickly became a much-sought-after
conSultant to textile manufacturers.
Pella turned to politics in 1946, WIN
ming seat in the Italian constituent
assembly and almost Immediately he
became fiscal authority in the De
Gasperi regime.
He became known chiefly for his
defense Of the lira" policy It
was hard-boiled, hard currency, anti
imitation policy, whose impact on
Parliament was softened somewhat
by the calm manner and moderate
Evening star., 1953-12-06

traffic privileges on the Saimaa ca
nal. The 36-mile-long canal, which
before the war constituted an i'm
portar1t short cut from the Saimaa
water route system in interior Fin
land to the Gulf Of Finland, was
cut in two by the loss of parts Of
the Province of Karelia to the So
Wet Union in 1910.
Whether or not transit traffic
privileges on the canal would result
in concrete benefits to Finland is
open to doubt. The canal is in all
likelihood badly dilapidated and
would require extensive repairs, in
addition to which the technical and
practical problems imposed by ar
rangement of transit traffic behind
the Iron Curtain are formidable. If
an agreement concerning use of the
canal ever is reached, it will prob
ably prove most beneficial to Fin
nish-Soviet trade by opening an
important water transport route for
Finnish exports to Leningrad.
Wove Of Indignation
Although Mr.. Kekkonen probably
had Minister Lebedev's permission
to make public the content of their
discussions. his disclosures created
wave Of public indignation rare
in Finland. Not only was Mr.. Kek-
konen severely censured for having
made public the contents of secret
talks he conducted still in his ca
pacity as Prime Minister, but he
was also chided for having kept
back this vital information from
the Finnish Diet.
The consensus is that Mr.. Kek-
konen made this disclosure for the
purpose OF serving his own political
ambitions, to demonstrate that he
alone among the present Finnish
non-Communist politicians is able
to get along with the Russians and
obtain concessions from them.
But in doing this he has con-
f1rmed the suspicious of many Firms
that he Is an ambitious, power
hungry man, who does not hesitate
to place his own advantages above
that of his country. He may have
injured his chances of becoming
Finland's next President. It has
been common knowledge in Finland
during the past years that Mr..
Kekkonen has been the chief candi-
date to replace the incumbent, 81
year-old Juho Kusti Passikivi, when
his term expires in March, 1856.
But Mr. Kekkonen has weathered
difficult situations previously, and it
may well be that the Firms, if severe
complications should arise in their
relations with "the Great Eastern
Neighbor." as they euphemistically
call the Soviet Union, will take Mr..
Kekkonen back into the fold again.
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self, called his government one of
transition; a non-political cabinet
formed in crisis to carry on the
national administration and get the
budget through Parliament by the
October 81 deadline. Thus, he was
in good position to ask for mora
torium on politics-as-usual.
Pella's political honeymoon has
had its ludicrous aspects.
Deputies on the far left responded
to center party ~Pella's moderate
tones with rare moderation of their
own. And when Pella took his tough
stand on TrieSte-with hints to the
United States and Britain that they
had better deliver something tan
gible or Italy might re-examine it's
foreign policy direction-the Com
munists and Left Socialists were al
most ecstatic.
On the other hand, the first genu-
inc attack on the new government
came from Pella's long time cabinet
Observation-Disclosures leader Ran
dolfo Pacciardi, former Defense Min
lister. He feared Pella's stand on
Trieste would weaken the Atlantic
alliance at critical time.
But the most ludicrous aspect of
all in connection with Pella's honey
moon is that those visibly least
willing to go along with it in the
beginning we're the parliamentary
leaders of the Premier's own Chris
tian Democratic Party.
For Pella was not selected for
this job by Christian Democratic
leaders. He was chosen in fact as
we'll as officially by the Liberal
President of the republic, Luigi Elm
audi. his teacher and sponsor in the
field of government economics and
finance
Christian Dennocro tic loo dove 70 ot
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Beck Sees Union Role
As an Economic One
Rather Than Political

Dave Beck, president Of the
AFL International TeamsterS'
Union, yesterday appeared out
of harmony with sentiments ex-
pressed by other labor leaders
concerning labor'S role in politics.
II have never advocated the
philosophy of political action
(for labor)," he told members
of the National Press Club. 81
believe in the free enterprise
system, the capital structure.
Under it, we have gained the
greatest standard of living ever
achieved"
Labor's gains in the past have
been made through economic
action rather than political ac-
tion, he said.
Earlier yesterday. AFL
Secretary Treasurer William F.
Schnitzler told a Hod Carriers
Union convention here that labor
must use its political potentiali-
ties to effect a change in Con-
greSs and thus in the Taft
Hartley Act. AFL President
George Meany made similar
statements to the hod carriers
on Monday.
Gives Warning.
Mr.. Beck, however, warned
that those who advocate the
philosophy exemplified in the
Taft-Hartley law may come
home to see the day that labor,
copying from the book of Eng
land, will exercise attention to
its future development along
political lines"
Labor's political action in
England resulted in "the British
government finally coming under
the dictation Of British labor"
he said.
He predicted that full-scale
political activity by American
labor will come about only 'if
the labor movement Is driven to
this extreme"
Farm Problem Cited.
The union leader said the
Labor Department does not have
the political power in behalf of
the working man that the Com
merce Department does in behalf
of businessmen and the Agricul-
ture Department in behalf Of
farmers.
He cited the denunciation Of
Agriculture Secretary Benson's
farm program by farmers.
president Eisenhower ran out
OF the White House faster than
Paul Revere got on his horse"
he said, to defend farm policies
in a Kansas City speech last
week.
Referring to the AFL decision
to clean up the New York docks
ny O0oGCA VI SdLlSSGCL u 1uuCu
labor organization and replace
ment of it with a new dock
workers union, Mr.. Beck de-
clared:
Il say there is no place in
the American labor movement
. for any one advocating the
philosophy of communism or for
muscle-men or racketeers." Eff
forts of the AFL to correct the
dock situation should be en-
couraged through every legiti-
mate avenue of support" he
added.
Labor's need for mutual CO.
operation with industry was
stressed by the union official in
his talk.
Labor should work in close
concert with industry" he said.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
tuberculosis Groups
Seek Boy for Programs
BY the Asseeiated Press

RICHMOND, Oct. 21.-Virgin-
la tuberculosis associations are
looking for a boy under IL who
most resembles the child on the
1853 Christmas Seal, Edmond H.
Brill, jr., chairman of the Christ
mas Seal Sale Committee Of the
Virginia tuberculosis Associa-
ton said yesterday.
The child will be selected on
the basis of appearance, person.
Evening star., 1953-10-21

ality and talent. Mr.. Brill said.
To qualify. he must have some
connection with the TB move
ment.
Throughout the Christmas
Seal sale. the boy selected will
appear on radio and television
programs and before groups.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
$40 Billion for Cars

NEW YORK.-The American
people spend about SAT billion
a year on furniture, and sbout
$10.3 billion a year for new
automobiles. according to eco
nomic surveys.
Evening star., 1953-10-21
Points for Purents-sy Edythe Thomo, woIloes

Mother-It is only 3 o'clock
SO you can have a raw vege-
table now but nothing to eat
later because your body needs
the sort of food we have for
dinner.
Evening star., 1953-10-21

Mother-You have been eating
cookies all afternoon. You're
hungry because you didn't eat
any lunch and now I suppose
you're spelling your appetite for
dinner.
Evening star., 1953-10-21

. Budget and Charge Accounts
. Model Rooms and Displays
. Free Decorator Services
Q Free Parking at Both Stores
Evening star., 1953-06-17
By Lewis T. Atchison

A typical American family and
a pacing horse that moves like a
ballroom dancer are adding a
new chapter to Americas never
ending success story.
The people are Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Wagner and their back
ground is typical of thousands of
other Americans, down to the
snug little white house with roses
climbing up the wall, and a cou-
pie Of large appetites generally
known as growing boys. They
live at TOTO Taylor street. Land
over Hills, Md.
The horse is flve-year-old Hi
Los Forbes. who must be re-
garded as at least co-hero of the
tale. His courage matches that
Of his owners, for it has been
an uphill battle for all three.
Set World Record.
Hi-Lo's Forbes, named before
the Wagners got him, won the
$4,000 Invitation pace at Rose
croft last Friday night in track
record time of 2:012s. Only a
week before, he had earned a
$4,000 bonus by hanging up a
world record Of 1895 in taking a
$4,000 race at New York's Roose-
velt Raceway. He became only
the fifth harness horse among
thousands to travel a mile in
two minutes or under on a half
mile track.
The others in this select group
are Sampson Hanover, whose
1:593s record Forbes broke in
New York; Greyhound, famous
trotter, and the PAGERS, Billy
Direct and Tar Heel.
Hi-Lo's Forbes won 10 Of his
80 starts last year under Jim
Stokley's handling, turning in q
2-minute mile at Lexington, KY.
He's won close to $4,000, but
the horse apparently is only be-
ginning to get into the heavy
money.
It costs money to enter a horse,
even a harness horse, in a stake
race, and Wagner's salary as a
milkman for the Chestnut Farms
Dairy doesn't permit him to en-
ter either Hi-Lo's or his full
brother, Mac Forbes, in any race
that strikes his fancy.
Poor Man Has to Scratch.
"A poor mans really got to
scratch around in this game"
Wagner said, adding that he
borrowed the money to stake
Hi-Lo's Forbes at both Rose
croft and Roosevelt.
Mrs. Wagner is a trained
nurse, but her family, which in
cludes a 3-year-old daughter as
well as the two boys, requires her
full attention. She has been ac-
tive In work with the Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts and Parent
Teacher Association, as well as
the other extra-curricular duties
a mother is expected to perform.
They all take time.
Keeping a harness horse is no
Evening star., 1953-06-17
Players Not Wanied
By Yankees Smash
StengeI's 5 Record Bid
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innings Of the first game, the
Braves picked up a pair in the
sixth on Eddie Mathews goth
home run Of the year and tied
it with three in the eighth off
Karl DrewS and Robin Roberts,
who was working in relief. The
winning run came home in the
10th when Thornton Ripper, the
sixth Philadelphia pitcher,
walked Bill Brutton with the
bases loaded.
In the second game Max Sur
kont celebrated his 31st birthday
by edging Jim Konstanty in q
pitching duel for his ninth
victory against a single loss.
Rip Repulski. rookie Cardinal
outfielder who had been benched
for weak hitting, singled home
the winning run in the seventh
inning against Brooklyn. Hal
White, who came on during q
four-run uprising in the fourth,
shut out the Dodgers the rest Of
the way for his first National
League victory. He was released
by the Browns earlier in the
season. The loss was the third
in three games for Brooklyn In
st. Louis this year.
Johnny Lindell, a six-time
loser, pitched and batted the
Pirates to victory in the first
game. To use his batting power,
Lindell was placed sixth in the
Pittsburgh lineup.
POllet Beats Old Mates.
HOWE Pollet, who moved from
the Pirates to the Cubs in the
Ralph Kiner deal, beat his old
club in the nightcap for his Sec
ond victory of the year.
The Giants and Redlegs
pounded 43 hits in their double
header, including five home runs.
Larry Jansen, with help from
Hoyt Wilhelm, took the first
game. Bob Kelly, recently Of
the Cubs. won his first of the
season in the nightcap.
Ray Boone broke in with De-
troit in a big way, hammering a
home run and a pair of singles
in a perfect night against Bos-
ton. Boone, traded to the Tigers
by Cleveland Monday, played
third base. Billy Hoeft went the
distance for his fourth victory.
The Indians. still suffering
from their four-game Yankee
siege. lost their sixth in a row
at Philadelphia, twice frittering
away three-run leads. Eddie
Joost drove in two runs as the
Athletics rallied to win in the
eighth.
Evening star., 1953-06-17
Mats
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hits Griffith Stadium Gus
toners got their first glimpse of
Tommy Byrne in a Washington
uniform when the former White
SoX pitcher batted for Stobbs in
the eleventh inning and flied out.
Wilson is a .643 hitter against
the Mats this season with nine
hits in IA attempts Vernon
is challenging Vollmer for the
Mats runS-batted-in leadership
.. Clyde leads, 40 to SO Billy
Pierce, who held the Mats in the
ninth and 10th innings. emerged
the winner It was his eighth
victory . EX-Nat Mike Fornieles
preserved the win, although
yielding singles to FITZGERALD
and Yost in the 18th.
The front Office has announced
that the designation of next
Monday as ladies' day was in
error That designation was
made more than a month ago
A single game had been
scheduled here that day but rain
washed out a game with Cleve-
land May 10 and a double
header was arranged for Monday,
Evening star., 1953-06-17
Bill DaiIeY's Pitching
Saves WI in First
Game Of Tourney

WaShington-Lee will stay In
the running for the Virginia
State scholastic baseball cham
pionShip. being contested on the
Mount Vernon High School field,
as long as it has top-fiight pitch
ing, but, without that its chances
appear to be slim. The team has
totaled but five hits in It's last
three games.
The Generals meet Newport
News at $3.50 pm. today in one
Of three games being played
among the four teams in the
tournament. Hermitage of Rich
mond and Danville clash at 2
pm, and the winner plays the
loser Of Washington-Lee VS..
Newport News at $3.50. South
paw Don Kildoo will start for
WI, and Lee Roy Whiteman for
Newport News.
Daley Hot Pitcher.
Last night WI got a first
class performance from right
handler Bill Daley, who shut out
Hermitage, 20. He allowed buC
three hits while tanning II and
walking four. He gave up a sin
gle with two out In the first
inning and then pitched hitless
ball until the eighth.
He struck out the first batter
In the top Of the eighth, but two
successive singles put him in
trouble. To get out of 1t he
whitfield the next two batters.
He also struck out the side in
the third and seventh innings.
The Generals got their runs
in the sixth inning with only
one hit. A walk, a hit batsman
and a single loaded the bases.
One run scored when Hermitage
failed on q force play at second
base. Then Pitcher Grover Jones
walked in a runner.
Newport News Wins.
In the first game last night
Newport News downed Danville,
SO, behind Bob Conley's two
hit pitching. He famed 16 and
walked six. Sonny Williams of
Danville got four of the six
passes. Conley helped his own
cause with three hits in four
times at bat. Newport News got
13 hits. all singles with the ex-
ception Of an inside-the-park
home run by Catcher Don Brandt
in the eighth inning with one on.
Eleven major league scouts,
including Ossie Bleuge, farm
director Of the Mats, and Sherry
Robertson. his assistant, are at
tending the tournament.
Evening star., 1953-06-17
| IcasteIIani SIiuht Choice Over LanuIols Toniqhf

Friday. But Jim Norris. presi-
dent Of the International Boxing
Club, says the winner will meet
England's Randy Turpin for the
ddleweight crown vacated by
Sugar Ray Robinson.
Tonight's contest, at the Cleve-
land arena, will be televised ma
'tionally over CHS network, start
ing at 10 pm. (ESTO.
tThe bout will be televised
to the Washington area over
WTOP.)
Castellani has a record of fl
wins and five losses. LangloiS
has won 81. lost II and tied three.
Judges in Cleveland score on
the basis Of rounds.
Evening star., 1953-06-17
Struggle to Keep PAGER Racing
Now Paying off for MiIkmon

picnic for her husband, who is
on the job every morning at 3
o'clock. He has a wholesale
route, supplying milk to restau-
rants, stores, etc. Usually home
around 1890 or 1 pm, he's of
then to the stable on the 20
acre farm near Camp Parole,
Md, which the couple bought
several months ago, and which
they hope Hi-Lo's will pay for.
Trained by Veteran.
Hi-Lo's Forbes is trained and
driven this year by Henry
Clukey, veteran harnessman
who'll be 66 on July ID. He took
charge of the horse when Stok-
ley hesitated about leaving
Maryland for New York racing
this year. Wagner wanted the
horse to race in New York be-
cause the purses are generally
larger and no entry fee is re-
quired.
Clukey, who has seen and
handled hundreds of horses, calls
Hi-Lo's Forbes the best he ever
drove. He says the black 5-year-
old has no faults.
Mrs. Wagner's father, the late
Dave Cantwell, thought as much
of H-Lo's Forbes when he had
him. Cantwell. who died in 1850,
was the original owner.
Earl got interested in horses
after his marriage and helped
Cantwell with his training
chores. Blue Jacket, a winner at
Rosecroft. and Supreme Zimiri,
who held the Camp Parole track
record of 2:092s, were in their
stable. Cantwell cautioned his
daughter and son-in-law that If
anything happened to him not
to sell Hi-Lo's Forbes, regardless.
Went Lame in 1850.
Hi-Lo's went lame in 1850 and
had to be; laid over for a year,
but in 1861. his first season at
the races. he won eight of SO
starts. His first victory was
scored at Rosecroft in 2:152s.
Earl, broad-Shouldered and
good-looking, grew up on a farm
at Mount Airy, Md, where he
performed chores before and
after school and had little time
for play. His wife was born in
Anderson, Ind, and came East
in 1929 when her father went to
Johns Hopkins Hospital in Balti-
more for treatment of copper
poisoning. The family liked it
here and stayed.
The WagnerS met when she
ran out of gas while driving an
aunt home. The nearest help
seemed to be at a nearby farm
house, and Earl happened to be
there. You never met two more
pleasant people. And II Hi-Lo's
Forbes or some Of his friends
makes a million for them it
couldn't happen to q nicer
couple.
Come to think of it, Hi-Lo's q
pretty nice fellow himself.
Evening star., 1953-06-17
Pearl Mccoy Reaches
Tennis Quurter-FinuIs

Top-seeded Pearl Mccoy is in
the quarter-flnalS of the District
Recreation Department tennis
tournament after a 6-1, 6-1
victory over Ann Hilton.
In other second-round matches
yesterday on the Rock Creek
courts Marian TrenniS defeated
Florence Barnes, 6-1, Go; Dor
is Harrison defeated Loretta
Lowe, 6-S, 2-6. Sc; Ann Fen
nessey defeated Lois Deitemeier,
63, 6-1; Barbara Lynch de-
Evening star., 1953-06-17
By .hs Associated Press

CLEVELAND. June 17.-Rocky
CaStellani is q 6-to-5 choice to
win his bout tonight against
Pierre Langlois, the Frenchman
who, outpointed him in their
first meeting.
Langlois upset Castellani by a
single point on the judges cards
last February when the middle
weights battled in New York. Bet
tors kept the odds even until last
night when they gave the Amer
ican a slight edge.
Both boxers contend the win
ner should get a crack at the
man who takes the Bob Olson
Paddy Young fight in New York
Evening star., 1953-06-17
RedIees Drop Judson

CINCINNATI, June II P.-
The RedlegS optioned Pitcher
Howie Judson to Indiapanolis
The veteran right-hander worked
only 80 innings in 10 games this
season. JudSon was obtained In
q deal last winter with the White
Sox.
Evening star., 1953-06-17

feated Pat Townsend. 6-2. So,
and Marjorie Quirk defeated
Frances Krebs. 6-3. 60.
Tournament Director Frank
Shore requests contestants to
phone the Recreation Depart
ment. Adams 4-2050, for starting
times.