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_ Propagandizing the Germans GE SIR BRIAN ROBERTSON, the British commander, has made an unprecedented appeal to the Germans for support against the Red wave which has engulfed Eastern Europe. Doubtless it seems strange, as he said to the people of Duesseldorf, that this appeal should be made less than three years after the joint victory of the Western A eal ion 1 so oe 10 the is counteract the propaganda of Soviet agents, “who with democ-

which they hope to gain, it is impossible to cover up & split 80 wide it publicizes itself. ’ * Nevertheless we have little faith in propaganda ap-

) - they could easily follow another’ totalitarian leader as they followed Hitler, Particularly if the new dictator fed their extreme nationalism by promising return of their lost eastern provinces, as Stalin may do when the time is ripe. Military and economic rather than political factors, or

out of a demilitarized Western Germany, in can work to live, Stalin as usual will profit

Truly. American Success Story "RULY WARNER, New York retail hat merchant who ' once operated a chain of 35 stores, died recently in Florida at 78. His name was so unusual and his career so old-fashioned that there might be a new moral in it some-

He was born Albert J. Warner in Philadelphia, the son of a clothier whose business failed when the boy was 12.

The son took a job as runner for a maker of sweat-bands,

and in three years had run his salary up to $4.50 a week. Then he became a salesmax for a hatter, whose

failed. He went to New York with a hat frm, whee his .

salary rose to $16 a week. After seven years, With another young hatter, who had saved $450, he opened two stores on Broadway, using the last of the capital to pay a month's rent in of business, in 1001, Mr. Warner and his partner took in $35 at one store, $5 of which they found on the floor. The next four days it rained, and nothing came in. Then on Saturday it cleared and the two stores sold $1100 worth of hats. The partners had gambled their entire stock on a novelty, the new rought felt hat, then replacing the derby. . Within a year the partners had $5000 clear profit, and came to disagreement. They tossed a coin for choice of the two stores and Warner wanted a name that would distinguish his place from the other. He had always signed his letters, “Yours Truly, Warner.” Once an answer came back addressed to “Truly Warner.” He adopted the name legally. By 1022 his sales were reaching $1 million a month. He attributed his success to changing hat styles every year, selling at lower prices, and advertising—buying more space than all the other hatters combined. ‘The more space I bought the more hats I sold,” he said.

Samuel T. Hughes

SAMUEL T. HUGHES is dead at 82. He had lived in retirement in Washington for many years, and therefore was no longer widely known. But to the older generation of newspapermen his name meant much. From the time he started as a cub reporter at 18 on Scripps-Howard’s Cleveland Press, his ability was marked. He rose rapidly up the executive steps on that paper. Later he became managing editor and then editor-in-chief of NEA, the country’s largest newspaper feature service. After that he pioneered in a third allied field, the ques-tions-and-answers feature for the press. He was head of the newspaper information service when he retired. To a working newspaperman the highest reward is the respect and admiration of his colleagues. Our friend, Bam Hughes. earned that reward... ..

High-Level Policy Needed IT would appear from the highly cautious statements of Secretary of the Army Royall that the State Department has decided to leave policy decisions to Gen. Clay in the recent unpleasantness with the Russians in Berlin. The great danger in such flare-ups is that a few careless, angry shots might undo the most careful diplomatic calculations and set off a spark that could lead to war. Even elementary prudence would suggest that the State Department handle the methods of coping with these incidents—especially at a time when diplomatic and military policies often seem insepgrable and indistinguishable.

No Austerity for Quadrupeds AN English dairy farmer has built a prize bull up to a state of super-robust health on a diet of stout and - @ggs. We can imagine how joyfully that news must have been received by thousands of rationed Britons over a n of scrambled powdered eggs washed down with of watery beer, ; :

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Into His hands! His wisdom shall guide Ris love shall you, Let go—and let God have a chance! / -J. HP ® ¢ 0

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FOREIGN AFFAIRS , .. By William Newton Berlin Now Governed Under Four Policies

BERLIN, Apr. 9—What is it like to run a city populated by your former enemies, kept in a state of tension by the Russians and where & war could break out almost any time? Well, it's interesting work, said Col. Frank L. Howley, “but there isn't much futyre in this sort of career.” Col. Howley is military governor of the American sector of Berlin. This area contains about one million Germans. He's got the Russians to the right of him, the French ot the left and the British in front. The colonel is 45 years old, comes from Philadelphia, has a thick thatch of iron-gray hair and a relaxed manner. : There is a four-power commission here which is supposed to agree on how to handle city-wide problems. Col. Howley is a member of that. The situation being what it is, agreements are rare. The Russians can—and almost invariably do—say “Nyet.” The Germans elect their own city officials to do the actual administrative work.

Each Sector Different

GENERALLY it bolls down to the Americans administering their sector according to their beliefs, the Russians theirs, and the British and French theirs. Once in‘'a while when they can get Maj. Gen. Alexander Kotikov to say “Da” instead of “Nyet” the four powers agree on some city-wide matter. Gen. Kotikov is the military governor of the Russian sector. -.».J2e8pite the i tary superiority, communism “Nas taken a terrible beating in Berlin,” Col. Howley said, “On one side of the street there is the truth and on the other side is a lie and the.people can see for themselves which is which,” he said. The Soviets have two main objectives in Berlin, and they can't accomplish one without hurting the other.

Reds Took Whole Factories

ONE IS .the “economic take.” The Russians have taken whole factories and they are taking from 60 to 80 per cent of the production of the factories which they left in their sector. The other objective is political control through the Communist Party. The Commies are having trouble getting votes because the Germans don't like the idea of all this “take” business, Col. Howley explains. The Russians have taken so much food from their zone that German rations are reduced and the standard of living is going down steadily. The Communists tell the people there is a food shortage because so many refugees are streaming into the Communist zone from the “starving” American gone. Some Germans believe this, but not many. The facts are too apparent. One reason the Russians are so anxious to get us out of Berlin, Col. Howley believes, is because they can't stand the competition. The standard of. living in our gone is going up and the standard in the Russian area is going down. Consequently the common people view the party line about the merits of communism with a questioning eye. The Germans are watching fearfully the efforts of the Russlans to get the Americans to leave Berlin, This week Col

at a party at a military government office. He danced with one

NATIONAL AFFAIRS . . .

A Pulitzer Prize for Lobbying WABHINGTON, Apr. 9—80 fast are changés occurring that the Rip Van Winkle who comes back after only a few years or, for that matter, even a few months of absence finds everything transformed. The days of the New Deal and the buoyant confidence inspired by the No. 1 New Dealer seem infinitely far off. Helping to work the transformation are the multiplicity of lobbies that flourish here today. They work in a carnival atmosphere of rivalry that< does not preclude mutual .back-scratching

Let's have a system of Pulitzer prizes for lobbying. It would go over big in this town * where showy public occasions are a favorite At a large public dinner—perhaps the

awards would be made, with still and newsreel cameras recording the event for the world, The judges offer something of a problem, would be well to choose two or three members of Congress and maybe a retired lobbyist thoroughly versed in the art.

: Certainly picking the winner this year. Thére are so many

The temptation would be strong to give the chief award to a spectacular mass operation. At the top of the list is the drive to put over the Tidelands Ofl grab.

Little Fellows Pushed Out

THAT IS organization plus. It is spearheaded by attorney-generals and governors of a number t

driving force—the oil companies that stand to pushed out other oil resources to the edge of

The fact that this seems to be our last great reserve of oil is something that is rarely spoken of, even though we hear talk on of the need to protect America's access to sgtrateThe judges of the lobby contest, it is hardly necessary to add, would ignore any such incidental consequences of this steamroller lobby. There would be one serious objection to award-

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of the secretaries, and when the music stopped he was approached by one of the viclinists. “Is it true,” the German asked anxiously, “that Mrs. Howley has just left for the United States?” Note to all German musicians and to Maj. Gen. Kotikov, The colonel and his lady are staying put.

LITTLE QUOTES From Big People

Unless you handle the issues of science and human relations well, you need not worry about the scorn of future generations. There may not be any future generations.—David E. Lilienthal, chairman, U. 8. Atomic Energy Commission. ; : £1 * @ § It's 96-cent-per-pound butter, not 4-cent-per-pound steel, that ‘the working man in this country is complaining about.~-President Benjamin F. Fairless of U. 8. Steel Corp. oe / * oo The iron curtain must not come to the rims of the Atlantie by aggression or default—Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R. Mich.). \ : ¥

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the Tidelands lobby. That might tend to discount individual initiative—the energies of the “little fellow” working alone in his little office with only a clerk and a stenographer. He can

Take the laundry lobby as an example. ' Per sistently and tirelessly this lobby has worked to modify the minimum wage act. The goal is to obtain from Congress certain vedefinitions under which as many as a million laundry, and other service employees might

In this instance the fruits of victory are still to be won. But honest effort and faithful tofl |

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Half Billion Dollar China Lobby

. AN EMBARRASSMENT of riches would be the real problem in making the final selection. One quiet, unostentatious lobby should not, how ever, be overlooked. ‘This is the China lobby. The effective operators here are ex-New Deal-

recently they represented Chind’'s powerful financial oligarchs. These oligarchs, including several members of the Soong family, are said to have at least a half billion dollars in deposits in United

The same lobby law firm represents Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, whose airline in China came out of UNRRA funds. Gen. Chennault, with his background of heroic endeavor for China, has been one of the most effective talkers for China and the half-billion-dollar aid fund now approved. The other day Nathaniel Peffer, professor of international relations at Columbia University, said that money would be completely wasted.

garchs when a wartime loan of a half billion was negotiated. American officials who finally . approved it now say they knew the loan would

That should be the No. 1 rule of this lobby ‘ contest—don't look too closely at cause and effect. Just get a plaque engraved or a handsome loving cup, and present it at one of those big dinners Washington, loves so well. It would be a little obvious to give a monetary award.

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“|IN WASHINGTON . , . By Douglas Larsen

lke’s Remark at Golf Stirred Political Talk

WASHINGTON, Apr. 9—About the onl rson not getting all excited about the renewed “Hisenmower oF Dee boom re to be the general himself. ce he retired as Chief of Staff of the Army, he’s been taking life easy. Most of his time has been spent leisurely Slotating his | Rook: Janel oh his war memoirs. ords flow 80 I 0st finished. | SASHLY ine fest He has firmly refused He’s had fun playing golf with his friend, Maj. Gen. Flo Parks, Army information chief. It was a poi Bi on 4 eighth hole 'of the Army-Navy Country Club several weeks ago which led to the controversy over the recent claim that the general wouldn't accept a Democratic draft as presidential candidate under “any conceivable circumstances” ° After he had holed out one pver par Ike said, “By the way, Floyd, don’t bother calling me every time you get a call about this President talk. You know how I feel and what I have always said. You know what to tell them.” * :

That was before the Eisenhower boom had become 80 fiitenss, however, *

. Finder Thought He Had New Information IN THE MEANTIME, Leonard V. Finder, publisher of the Manchester (N. H.) ing Leader, the man. who got the now: Tots “1 Wont Run” letter from Ike, belfeved that he had n new : a oration on the general's stand, Ij ight of recent,

Mr. Finder prepared to issue a statement that the general could be drafted. Gen. Parks, hearing of Mr. Finder's intentions b eleny a statement, called Mr. Finder and ordered him not t0 . Mr. Finder replied that he felt justified in fssulng such 8 statement, as long us it expressed his own opinion and didn quote the general. That same afternoon, a reporter called Gen. Parks and asked him the same question about whether Gen. Eisenhower had changed his stand. It was to this query that Gen. Parks made the flat statement that Ike “under mo conceivable circumstances’ would accept a Democratic bid. ) > A Jen. Parks now explains his statement became slighty changed somewhere, so that the reader impression those were Ike's own words, 89 ithe .

Publisher Stuck to His Opinion

CONFIDENT THAT his own information was correct—thaé Eisenhower would accept the Democratic draft under certald circumstances—Mr. Finder challenged Gen. Parks’ statement. Gen. Parks now frankly admits that he did not talk to Ge® Eisenhower before he gave out the statement about “no concel¥* able circumstances.” He says he gave it out based upon his with Tke several weeks earlier on the golf course. And Ged Parks still contends that Gen. Eisenhower hasn't changed bif position, ) : Gen. Parks is sorry, however, that he let himself be quoted as the spokésman. He has been deluged by letters saying Ike would too serve, if he were drafted And, apparently, the people who

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