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Show THE LEW SUN, LEIII, UTAH Christmas Abroad Stirs Memories of Yule at Home By 3AUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. XVSU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. Christmas 1946! The second one in seven years when one could really talk about "peace on earth" without shamed and downcast i eyes. While1 nrmipa utrucffled. ? who could think 'Xt of the message to I the shepherds "p 'f 1 from the angels" I, ' ; - chorus promising fciyi8',' peace on earth tor ;jn f all men oi good kr ,, 4 will? My last Christ mas word was k v sent to vou from the ruins, where, one year ago, I Baukhage experienced the saddest holy-day season of my memory. It was In shattered Nuernberg with my thoughts on Its rubble and the ruins, ugly, symbols of man's inhumanity to man, the negation of our Saviour's teachings. 1 had pleny of food and drink and shelter and was clothed in the uniform which is a reminder of a career of which I am proud despite its implications. But I was as homesick as any young soldier in a lonely outpost with the threat of battle bat-tle about him for I could picture my own hearthside and the little group about the happy tree, my own tinseled packages unopened, and my empty hands reaching out vainly over the oceans too wide to span. And all about me were the signs of anguish, cramped souls, pinched bodies and the wreckage of the handicraft blossomed in stone and canvas and parchment which has enriched the world through the centuries. I stood in the desolate tittle square faced by the wreckage of buildings, thinking of what Rudyard Kipling called "Christmas "Christ-mas past." You may know the poem, breathing the nostalgia of an Englishman still clinging to his boyhood memories of England, Eng-land, contrasting them with what he saw about him in Ind a. "Oh the white dust on the highway! high-way! Oh the stenches in the byway! Oh the clammy fog that hovers over earth! And at home they're making merry 'neath the white and scarlet berry what part have India's exiirs la their mirth." . Nuernberg! In the shadow of her ancient castle grew a tradition which lived on to modern days; a tradition made eternal by the woodcuts and engravings of Albrecht Duerer whose 500-year-old house still stood but only as a fragile ghost which soon must yield to demolition squads, a hollow shell despite the proud persistence of its storied facade; fa-cade; a tradition made by the Meistersinger whose memory was enshrined in the home of Hans Sachs a house now only a shapeless pile of rubble. For the second time I had occasion occa-sion to recall the yearning in those unhappy Kipling verses. The first time was more than two wars before. be-fore. We two lonely Americans looked down from the window of our little room in a pension on the Boulevard Montparnasse in the Latin Lat-in Quarter on a snowless, aching Christmas in Paris. Below was a deserted convent garden. If only the figure of a single nun had broken the damp stillness curtaining leafless leaf-less trees and withered flowers! But no. they were all deep in their devotions devo-tions and not even the faint echo of the evensong or the moan of the organ or-gan reached us. Nor was there holly or mistletoe (no white or scarlet scar-let berry), for the Latin Christmas bears little resemblance to ours. Long months had stretched to years since I had seen a lighted Christmas tree, evergreen festoon or a bright-ribboned bright-ribboned wreath, or listened to the ringi. g crunch of footfalls in the powdery snow, or sleighbells no novelty then in our northern clime. I thought then of Kipling's lament of the exile and understood him when he said, "faint and forced the laughter, and if sadness follow after, aft-er, we are richer for one mocking Christmas past" Today as Yuletide rolls around once more, despite the shadows that fall across many a hearth, and the postwar worries that beset us, we at least can glory in the heritage of an American Christmas in the land which the God of our Fathers has bequeathed us. Almost a month before Christmas Day, John Lewis had a hint that reassured re-assured him, temporarily at least, that he would not spend this year'i holiday in jail. Judge T. Alan (Jolds-borough (Jolds-borough spoke the comforting word. He said, in discussing the contempt con-tempt charge against Lewis, that he believed "nobody's comfort would be disturbed whatever the outcome." How merry this season will be for the man who defied the government and brought down the wrath of half a dozen nations upon his head is a question. It would be interesting indeed in-deed to be able to look beneath the brow adorned with the bristling eyebrows eye-brows and thatched with' the thick grey hair that was once so black and bellicose. This season in the nation's capitol isn't as merry a moment as it is in most cities, for this is a city of transplanted folk, most of whose homes are too far distant to be reached on a short leave or via the restricted purse that Is the portion of most government workers. As I write, the President expects to journey jour-ney back to Missouri and his own family circle. Many of the officials will do likewise. White House a Center of Festivity In other years there have been more festive Christmases. The little ceremony which became be-came a custom during the Roosevelt regime when the President Pres-ident was driven out into the crowd abont the municipal tree where he touched the button thai illumined it has been discontinued. discontin-ued. That event which drew many a lonely inhabitant to the crowded square served to bring a holiday touch to Christmas Eve and the knowledge that the President Pres-ident later on would be surrounded sur-rounded by children and grand-cVldren grand-cVldren while he read the "Christmas Carol" was a rather cheering thought. ' , There is on record the time when two "White House children, Charley and Rbbert, one of them now a presidential pres-idential aspirant himself, cut a mammoth Christmas pie given to their father, William Howard Taft, by the International Bakers' association. associ-ation. It was 32 inches in diameter and weighed 92 pounds. There- was a grand celebration, too, when Theodore Roosevelt, et famllia, spent his first Christmas in the White House. The White House police were not the least of the celebrantsthe cele-brantsthe new president distributed distribut-ed no less than 87 fat turkeys among them, the messengers, ushers, gardeners gar-deners and stablemen. This was credited as being the largest largesse lar-gesse ever distributed by a president. presi-dent. President McKinley always gave turkeys to the married employees, em-ployees, but not as many or as big ones; the Franklin Roosevelts always al-ways had some souvenirs for the White House staff. What President Truman's gift will be this year has not been announced at this writing. Back in 1892 when Benjamin Harrison Har-rison spent his last Christmas in the White House there was no prejudice against things German and the high point of the celebration around the tree in the library was the recitation recita-tion of German poems, taught them by their governess, by the Harrison grandchildren, Ben and Mary. That was a real children's hour and we have a careful account ac-count in the Washington Star o' that date to authenticate it. N nylons or mink coats were mentioned.) men-tioned.) "There is a complete set." says the Star, "of real baby furniture, the bed quite big enough for little Mary Lodge McKee; a dressing case, with a glass just high enough for her to Peep into and arrange her front hair, and the cutest little wash-stand, wash-stand, with all the toilet appliances, appli-ances, all from Mrs. Harrison, to her tiny granddaughter. A set of lamb's wool muff and tippet for little Mary was lying near, and a steam engine, fitted out with every modern appliance, and which will chase around in the liveliest style for little Ben jamln. . He has a hook and lad der, a complete outfit, a set of parlor croquet and a doll baby or two." After all, it is the children who make Christmas, for Christmas was made for them and it is by their grace that we oldsters can relive it over through them. BARBS by Baukhage WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS Colleges Take Livestock Honors; Violence Marks General Strike; German Scientists Aiding U. S. Released by Western Newspaper Union , (EDITOR'S NOTEi When pinions are expressed In Ihess eelsmns the are those at Western Newspsper Colon's news analysts and got necessarily si this newspaper I Av . fill A Ji'Cfh . ! A Oakland pickets smash typewriter belonging to Charles Hill, Berkeley, Berke-ley, Calif., when ! they suspect he pur- j j chased it in struck Douna siore. uvcr. 130,000 AFL unionists walked out in general strike in support of retail re-tail clerks. STOCK SHOW: Colleges Day Perhaps it was only fitting that the nation's agricultural colleges, which have devoted so much effort toward the improvement of American Ameri-can farming, copped the major honors hon-ors at the 47th International' Live Stock exposition in Chicago. Royal Jupiter, a 1,370 -pound Shorthorn steer entered by Okla homa A. & M. college, was awarded grand championship, with Wyoming Challenger Standard, another Shorthorn Short-horn owned by the University of Wyoming, named reserve title-holder. A 222-pound Hampshire barrow entered by Purdue university was adjudged the grand hog champion, marking the 10th victory chalked up by the Lafayette, Ind., institu tion in this class since the stock show started. Having taken firsts in the steer and hog competition, the colleges contented themselves with a second sec-ond in the lamb showing, Ohio State university winning runner-up honors with a 147-pound Hampshire wether. weth-er. Sixteen-year-old Wayne Disch, Evansville, Wis., took first place with a 110-pound Southdown. 4-7 Makes Hit All Chicago seemed to take out the welcome mat for more than 1,000 rural farm youth attending the 25th annual 4 H congress. Clean and wholesome, with an open and winning manner, the boys and girls went right on to steal the Windy City's heart Perhaps because they most typified typi-fied the hundreds of 4-H representatives representa-tives present, the eight, health champions chosen attracted wide attention. There was especial praise for Nancy Jean Davis, 17, Pittsburg, Pitts-burg, Okla., who not only corrected a curvature of the spine and built up her own health but also wholeheartedly whole-heartedly participated in the 4-H program for better sanitation, nutrition nu-trition and medical standards in her community. Girl champions in the spotlight in-eluded in-eluded Patricia Morgan, 18, West-ville, West-ville, Ind., canning; Mildred Bruce, 17, Newport, Ark., homemaking; and Doris Anders, 19, Heron Lake, Minn., foodj preparation. Wendell Straughm, 17, Oldham county. Ky., displayed the. biggest heart at the meet, having canned 1,300 quarts of fruit, meats and vegetables last year and given most of them to a Baptist orphanage and hospital. LABOR: Stiff Penalty When Judge T. Alan Goldsborough slapped a $3,500,000 fine against the United Mine Workers and a $10,000 penalty against UMW Chieftain John L. Lewis for contempt of court in staging the soft coal strike, it marked a new phase in American labor relations. Judge Goldsborough would not im- L prison Lewis and thereby set him up as a martyr to labor's cause; but the stiff fines Imposed against both the union and its big boss were designed de-signed to impress labor . generally that in a dispute involving government govern-ment interests, the government stood above all parties. Set back by the decision, the UMW command took immediate steps to appeal, but regardless of the outcome out-come of a higher court hearing, the "I would rather be right than president" pres-ident" Is an old saw. Try to be president these days if you are left When the animal kingdom replaces re-places the human race, the science of supersonics will have to be revised. re-vised. When your canary sings, any pun can tell you you haven't heard the half of it The Russians, who hate the bitter taste of quinine, says McGraw HiH (my ever potent source of important impor-tant information), have developed a new industry employing thousands of honey bees to make honey mixed with the medicament The Soviets know how to pass out the bitter coated coat-ed with the sweet this development would tend to prove. Move Back to Farm "How're you gonna keep 'em down on the farm?" no longer appears ap-pears to be a problem, according to the American Road Builders Itudy of population trends. During 1945, the farm population, popu-lation, for the first time since 1932, showed a net Increase. People living on farms now number 23,990,000, aa increase f 800,000 over last year, It was found. rank and file of the union continued to swear by John L. From Charleston, Charles-ton, W. Va., Pres. William Blizzard of District 17 charged: "This is part of a plot by the Democratic party to destroy the union." In Mahan, W. Va., Secy. Chester Cadle of Local 6713 said: "The boys down my way 1 w John L: In Biggest Fight are sure mad. They'll stick with (Lewis) now until hell freezes over.". Miner Bill Jones from Bentleyville, Pa., growled: "Let the government attorneys dig the damn coal." General Walkout The downtown district of Oakland, Calif., seethed with violence during the general strike of AFL unions over two retail establishments' refusal re-fusal to recognize the Retail Clerks union. . As militant pickets milled about, business and labor leaders and City Manager Herbert Hassler met to end the strike. The walkout resulted when the two stores joined with the Oakland Retail Merchants' association associ-ation in demanding that the union show a majority in all 26 of the member establishments or drop their demands. AFL truck, bus, trolley and train employees walked out with the retail re-tail clerks, paralyzing the transport system. Other AFL unions followed suit. Having indicated their support sup-port of the striking clerks, the other unions then were ordered back to their jobs by their leaders. SCIENTISTS: Work for U;S. German scientists recruited from the reich and working on year-to-year contracts have turned over secret se-cret research data worth millions and advanced American aviation from two to 10 years, army authorities authori-ties at Wright Field, Ohio, declared. Numbering both former Nazis and independents, the scientists are hard at work on development of supersonic super-sonic (faster than sound) passenger passen-ger aircraft, guided missiles and other new weapons. More prominent promi-nent among them include Dr. Rudolph Ru-dolph Hermann, aero-dynamiclst credited with perfecting the V-2 rocket and Dr. Alexander Lippisch, chief designer of the Messerschmitt plant The scientists contracts with the U. S. call for an allowance of $S daily for payment of personal living liv-ing expenses and salaries ranging from $2.20 to $11 a day, depending upon their abilities. Families of the scientists in Germany have been given preferential treatment Need Trained Men Employment of 1,000 German and Austrian scientists in this country coun-try will ease only slightly the critical criti-cal shortage of technical manpower which confronts industry, according to the American Chemical society. Peak enrollments in colleges and universities are not likely to end the scarcity of trained scientists and engineers even in the next few years, since many of the higher ranking students are turning to other professions because of liberal grants and subsidies, it is declared. HOUSING: New Program Resignation of Wilson Wyatt as nationa' housing administrator marked President Truman's determination deter-mination to fit the nation's building build-ing program within the framework of the free economy restored by sweeping decontrol. Wyatt's retirement followed the President's refusal to grant his demands de-mands for increased powers to push the erratic housing program along. As typified in his fight with War Assets administration over awarding award-ing the huge Dodge-Chicago plant to Lustrom corporation for construction con-struction of prefabricated steel enamel houses, Wyatt had sought authority over other government agencies to press his emergency program. Withdrawal of Wyatt from the housine nicture does not portend a relaxation in the government's de sire for the speedy erection of sore ly needed dwellings, Mr. Truman said. Since its inception, the emer-ppricv emer-ppricv nrnpram has been of a flexi- C ml f o ble nature' permitting alterations to meet changing conditions, he point ed out. SPAIN: Poses Question When is or is not a dictator a threat to world peace? Members of the United Nation's security and political council undertook under-took the answer to that disturbing question in pondering Russian-in spired proposals for termination of diplomatic and commercial relations rela-tions with Franco Spain. Like Greece, where the British and Russians are at odds, Spain occupies a strategic position in the Mediterranean, dominating the western entrance. As long as the rightists remain in power in the Iberian peninsula, British control of this gateway is relatively assured; as-sured; Communist dominance of the country, on the other hand, would threaten their grip. In countering Russian demands for a quick end of Franco at the U.N. meetings, Hartley Shawcross of Britain pointed out that there were other European countries with dictatorial regimes. To act against Spain would set a precedent for meddling in the internal affairs of other nations, he said. U.N.: Red Surprise Long staunch proponents of unrestricted un-restricted use of the veto by the five major powers in the United Nations organization, the Russians created a stir at the U. N. meeting in Lake Success, Hi. Y., by announcing an-nouncing their willingness to sacrifice sacri-fice the veto'in the control of arms and atomic energy. The Soviet's sudden turn-about caused speculation in diplomatic circles regarding Russia's motives. With only the masters in the Krem lin aware of the real objectives of the surprising shift in attitude, delegates dele-gates asked: Had the Reds decided on a new policy of international cooperation, co-operation, or did a realization that they themselves could not develop an atom bomb for some time instill a desire to prevent U. S. production of the weapon in . the immediate future? While the Russians eschewed use of the veto in carrying out arms and atomic energy control, they reserved re-served the right to employ it in the security council in setting up the machinery for regulation. Matt About Town: Broadway Smalltalk: A noted band leader (who made millions out of swing music) told chums: The honeymoon is over; people Just don't like it any more." . . Jmr"y Dorsey claims so many name bands are breaking up that a performer soon will be able to get into a theater the-ater through the stage door. . . . John Ringling North, the circus man, reporting the season was its best yet; $6 in N. Y. and $3 on . nt the Hartford fire cost four million! . . . Frank Sinatra has asked his sponsor to eliminate those screaming meemees (booby sox audiences), who ruined a recent program. Dinah, Jo Stafford, Como and Bing don't need any pnony applause ap-plause or cheers why does Frank? . . . Philp Dora says in H'wood when a man is seen talking to his wife everybody feels sorry for the Other Woman! Our Very Special Drop Dead Dep't: That Miami realtor wh4 took $1,000 from many war vet (to build them homes) and now won't refund their coin sinc his plan flopped. ... A Miam. newspaper actually accepted the following classified ad: "Barber, all-around man. No G.I. wanted. 710 N. W. 95th Street." The Late Watch: General Eisenhower Eisen-hower chatting with two civilians (with lapel discharge buttons) while waiting for his car on W. 44th street . . . FDR Jr. will be offered a big job in radio soon. ... A race track bookie (who gabs incessantly in track slanguage) was passing a midtown synagogue, where a rabbi exchanged greetings with ,him. "You live around here?" inquired the rabbi. . . . "Not very far away," was the respectful retort "about a mile and 16th!" . . . Hy Gardner says if swindler Nickel feels like two cents, he's no different than any other nickel. That's all one is worth these days. ... A woman who runs a delicatessen on Madison in the 60s has Russian caviar flown from Moscow. She peddles it at $36 per pound. That means a restaurant would have to charge you 'at least $5 a teaspoonful to make a profit. Rnti-Nazi Tells Church Fight miltHMini,.i)nmwimw!., .miliums . hjiui - ft I A" Pastor Niemoeller arrives in V. S. with wife. Famed anti-Nazi churchman. Pastor Pas-tor Martin Niemoeller, who spent eight years in a concentration camp for his opposition to state control con-trol of religion, told the Federated Council of Churches meeting in Seattle, Wash., that the war was necessary for resolving the issue of freedom of worship. In the U. S. officially to thank American churches for assistance given German denominations since the end of the war, Niemoeller declared de-clared that just as members of all sects submitted to Nazi control so did others form a brave resistance band. Said Niemoeller: "God (did) not honor one single denomination by making it the stronghold of Christian resistance." SCHOOLS: Voters in four states recently approved ap-proved vital tax measures increasing state aid to local schools a total of at least 80 million dollars annually. Ona California proposition passed by voters accounts for nearly 47 million dollars of this totaL A tax-sharing tax-sharing measure approved in Michigan Michi-gan allocates an added 30 million dollars to local school districts in that state. Utah and Oregon also approved tax measures having widespread wide-spread effect on public schools. New York Novelette: She is a night club star. ... Her romance ro-mance and impending merger (to a rich local) have been highlighted high-lighted in most of the columns. Not this one, however. . . . Well, she has been threatening te kill him if he tries to get out of the planned wedding. . . . She car- ries a loaded pistol at all times (in her bag), and intimates report re-port she will shoot him. . . . Our hero had the gall to go to his ex-wife for advice. . . . She laughed in his face. . . . "After what you did to me and the children," chil-dren," she coldly informed him, "yon deserve to be shot I only wish I had the nerve to do it!" Tin to Nrwsnanpr A the peasants in your editorial rooms do not know the fnrmrt nt. u cause they keep calling them Their i.i nigiuiesses, wmcn they aren't. Referring Re-ferring to the Dook of WinrJcrs? vmi say "His Highness," and of her, you 4TT - J aj ner urace." xennyrate the Dook's sekratree in turbed. . . . Here's a film scenario: a targe steel company (Consoli-dated) (Consoli-dated) recentlv homrht 1 mines from a feller named Frank Christopher. The price was a mil-lion mil-lion $. . . . Christopher, a decade a6u, was a coat miner himself. Speaking of riches: Jackie Cooper! we hear, will retire. He's 25. Radio City Music Hall's singing' choir (non-union) would appreciate a raise, They get $45 per seven-day seven-day week (28 shows). Lowest paid singing chorus in N.Y.C. at $161 per show. Midtown Side-Show: The middle-aged woman, impeccably groomed, who enters a midtown bar daily at 5. She orders two Scotches and two Martinis and pips them down, each with a toast: (1) "To nothing!" (2) "t0 my first husband!" (3) t0 the " one I divorced!" (4) i0 love!" Couldn't possibly do it at home-no spectators, no audience. Yale -. ,w -"ries a Ctlppi movie review which panned 39. Ha ImiA. : i wvCa n snows It . . . .., mat youthful seeing a 0t 0f la belle . . Macoco names Gable inumstes Cause Rahla'. - . name wo Macoco of coast-to-coast Sounds In the Night: tana: "She had a gruesome ence? h u, . . uuinpea into -cU sne was alon . ,aaie s: "He her to Florida but she time to drink it over " Stork! "M... ." ngnt pu your competitors. Why neels nnu. iu.i- t ulue neelST. away Hofbrau: "Trum a-., iwnn ne., dQir That that scares us uie uiass Hat: 'Tell ing of a him in to pals. Drof. Truman? le in hi insist h- Would insure Publicity. At the Ice- exDeri. er hus- '!" . . . At has invited wants more ... At the publicly with make big - . 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