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Show THE LEIII SUN. LEni. UTAn . . . . eeemMeeeememssss" I . : i 4 I mmm ! I History Lives in Washington Statues Americans Dote on Nation's Monuments to Its Heroes By BAUKIIAGE News Analyst end Commentator. WASHINGTON. If you haven't anything else to do, just take a seat beside me on this bench for a moment. I think this is one of the nicest "little parks" in the world. It doesn't take its name from the gentleman on the horse right over there in the center, behind the iron pickets. I don't know why. Of course, he is only a replica. The original is in a square in the city he defended from the British in the "vieux carre" of New Orleans. He was GENERAL Jackson then. We think of him as President Jackson now. And we make fun of the horse he's sitting on, that prancing steed with his feet planted so firmly in the air ("like a liberal congressman," congress-man," as one of the old conservatives used to say). It took many pounds of lead in Andy's horse's tail to keep the two of them In balance, they tell me. Baukhage But don't think the horse's hind feet are not firmly planted! The one man who tried to move them brought down an avalanche on his head, and gave a President of the United States a real headache. It happened this way: There is a statue of George Washington tucked of! on a circle in a neighborhood which has neither nei-ther the distinguished distin-guished past nor the glorious present pres-ent of Lafayette Square. Back in the regime of President Harding, Har-ding, that statue was taken down for a little repair. re-pair. A newspaperman, newspa-perman, hard up for a feature, sat down and wrote himself quite a piece. His name was John Russell Young, and he is now commissioner (mayor) of the District of Columbia. Colum-bia. In his piece, he suggested that when Washington was prettied up and returned to public view, he should be placed in the center of Lafayette park. Andy Jackson, Young thought, could be relegated to Washington's former relatively obscure position in Washington Circle. Local officials agreed. Then the deluge. The story was widely printed and it seemed that every Democrat in the United States was personally person-ally affronted. The presidential secretaries had bales of mail to answer. The climax came when a long-forgotten Andrew Jackson Jack-son patriotic and marching club, which appeared to be very much alive and kicking, threatened threat-ened to descend on Washington in a body. The President had to issue a public statement saying that Andy was safe. But I didn't intend to run on about Anay. The park is not, as I said, named after him. It's named after that young man you see over there on the southeast corner looking right across Pennsylvania avenue into the window of the No. 1 guest chamber of the White House. His name is Marquis Marie Joseph Paul Yves Rich Gilbert du Motier de Lafayette. Yes, we're in Lafayette Lafa-yette park. Over there on the northeast corner cor-ner is another Frenchman, Field Marshal Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau. Over there on the northwest, opposite oppo-site the Decatur House where Commodore Com-modore Stephen Decatur died after being shot in a duel with fellow officer (Commodore Barron) out at Bladensburg, Is Baron JTriedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich von Steuben, Steu-ben, who was as useful to General Washington, in his way, as Lafayette was in his. Kosciuszko Statue Stir$ Reminiscences Bu that brings me to the statue 1 was really going to talk about: Tadeusz Andrzeg Bonaventura Kosciuszko, Kos-ciuszko, standing on the fourth corner cor-ner of the park across from the house which once belonged to tTames Madison. Dolly lived there after her husband died. The other day, a dispatch came In from Warsaw which said that the minister of education educa-tion of the Communist-dominated Polish government had ordered there would be no more "salaclons chattering jokes and significant smiling" in Polish schools and universities. 1 got to reminiscing on the air about how I had been told Polish students acted in the days when Poland Po-land was divided between Russia, Austria and Germany.-Teaching of Polish history was suppressed, and the Russian secret police then were as brutal (if not quite as efficient) as the Communist police in Poland are today. It seems a Polish teacher in those days occasionally would slip into his lecture some subtle anti-Russian or patriotic remark. There wouldn't be the slightest response from the students. stu-dents. The teacher would go right ahead, and then, after a perfectly innocent sentence of some kind, he'd pause (and probably do a little "significant smiling"). Then the students would fairly raise the roof with applause and cheers delayed action. I mentioned that on the air, as I said, and commented that every time I passed by the statue of Kosciuszko, I could hear a faint murmur. I had no doubt it was Kosciuszko telling what he would do today if he could just get down from hla pedestal. A number of people wrote in about that. They always do when I mention the statues. People are interested in-terested in statues even though they have gone out of style as monuments. monu-ments. You know, the Du Pont family fam-ily took the bust of old Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont out of the famous fa-mous circle named after him, and replaced it with the present beautiful beauti-ful memorial fountain. Some Wash-ingtonians Wash-ingtonians were deeply offended and the national parks service was kept busy for several days answering answer-ing phone calls and letters from indignant in-dignant citizens. In fact about the only complaints the national parks service has been receiving of late years have been concerned with the upkeep of the 77 statues entrusted to its care. 'Some Washingtonians call up to rebuke the service for the greenish tinge creeping over some of them, like Kosciuszko's. It is bronze and weather turns it green, which most sculptors feel adds to its beauty, so the service doesn't worry too much. There wasn't much money for the national parks during World War II to pretty np Washington's Washing-ton's statuary. About all the service could manage was a yearly washing of each statue (it takes several men a whole day for the laundering job). But this year congress gave the service $10,000 for trucking equipment, hoses, masonry repairs, re-pairs, plumbing fixtures for the fountains and other monuments. They have another $10,000 to spend on structural repairs to replace re-place missing arms, legs and chunks hacked out by souvenir hunters, for statues have their ghouls, too. But most of the finger breaking, it is believed, is done by perverted youth. On the whole, people peo-ple like statues. V&V A- S urn: ris . . This is the Washington statue of Kosciuszko, Polish patriot, general gen-eral and statesman, who served as George Washington's adjutant and laid out the fortifications at West Point. There is another monument to him at West Point. p yip,- Air jV, --'r-ir rwaw - Ik. 1 ft 4 ' it i 4 ( FLORIDA OYSTER FLEET . . . Fishermen are bosyinr themselves again along Florida gulf ports bringing In the first of the 1947-48 oyster haul. Here "oysterers" secure their craft after a long day'a .bunting In Apalachicola bay. NEWS REVIEW Corn Estimate Lowered; Aid Europe Now, Plea REPEAT: Less Corn The 1947 corn crop, estimates of which have been shrinking like a $10 suit ever since August, was reduced re-duced by another 33 million bushels In the department of agriculture's September report. Total estimate cuts since August 1 were 256 million bushels, and the expected outturn this year now has been placed at 2,403,913,000 bushels. There was more potential bad news, said the department: In case MEAT SUPPLY Meat production can be maintained main-tained St a high level in the next year, despite the curtailed corn crop, animal feeding authorities declare. Extensive and efficient nse of vegetable oil meal and other products will enable farmers farm-ers to produce pork freely at less cost than If corn were used exclusively in feeding. an early frost should blanket the com belt, another reduction would be likely. Crop reporting board said that "it now seems likely that at least 75 per cent of all corn in the 12 corn belt states will have matured by the average date . of the first killing frost," but warned that if It were a week early, it would catch about 40 per cent of all corn at an immature stage. If frost came a week later, only a 15 per cent loss would be registered. Latest estimates also foretold a sharp reduction in the record wheat crop. Output was set at 1,408,602.000 bushels, as compared with the August Au-gust 1 prediction of 1,435,551,000 bushels. HEADLINERS Vi NEW YORK ... Margaret Truman, coloratura soprano, was unanimously approved by the board of governors for membership in the American Guild of Musical Artists (AFL) as a junior vocalist in good standing. IN TOKYO . . . Hidekei Tojo, former for-mer Japanese premier, now on trial for his life as a war criminal, peered into in-to the future, chose an epitaph for his tombstone: "By Buddha's grace all sins . committed while living are absolved." ab-solved." IN LONDON . . . Elliodor M. Libon-ati, Libon-ati, visiting Legionnaire Legion-naire from Chi cago, paused in front of No. 10 Downing street, the prime minister's minis-ter's residence, wickedly waved a handful of dollar bills in the air, attracted no takers. IN TALLAHASSEE . . . Sen. Claude Pepper (Dem., Fla.) opened his mouth to say that if the Democratic Demo-cratic party should feel that he could render 'greater service in some other way, I would be greatly influenced by that feeling," turned around to find that his friends were Tojo booming him for vice-presidential nomination. IN MILWAUKEE . . . Mrs. Lucy Nostrand stepped from a bus at a busy intersection, was knocked to the pavement by a hit-and-run cow, a refugee from a meat company shipment. URGENT: Stopgap Aid George Marshall, U. S. secretary of state, was trying his best to pile up pressure for a special session of congress this autumn to finance immediate im-mediate interim aid to keep Europe on its feet until Marshall's 20-billion-dollar, long-range rehabilitation rehabilita-tion plan begins functioning. Stymied by Republican leaders who were either downright opposed or indifferent to an emergency session ses-sion before January, Marshall was taking his case to the people, attempting at-tempting to rally public opinion behind be-hind him. Intolerable cold and hunger are the immediate threats facing Europe, Eu-rope, he said. The crisis calls for "urgent consideration." What would it cost this time? Marshall said that there was as yet no estimate of stop-gap needs, but he didn't deny reports that William L. Clayton, undersecretary of state, had cabled from, Europe a request for a special session of congress to vote 2.5 billion dollars for aid now. The special session was far from assured. If it came to a showdown, GOP leaders probably would oppose it openly, and they could, if they wished, : stifle any economic aid legislation. GOP VICTORY: Straw in Wind? Jubilant Republicans were making mak-ing much of Franklin H. Lichten-walter's Lichten-walter's resounding victory over labor-supported Phil H. Storch, Democratic candidate, in a special election to fill Pennsylvania's eighth district seat in congress. The issue, naturally, was the Taft- Hartley labor law, and the outcome was a two-to-one acceptance by the voters of the law and what it signifies. sig-nifies. If Pennsylvania is as much a political weathervane as it is claimed to be, the Uchtenwalter victory forecasts a cold, bleak wind from the north for Democrats in 1948. t Republican hoop-la called the vote "a smashing rebuke to the radical labor bosses who chose to make the Taft-Hartley labor management act the paramount issue of the elec tion." Army Shrinking Alarmed war department officials have estimated that the army's postwar strength has sunk to a new low of 965,000 officers and men, 105,000 below its authorized quota. The army lost 75,000 officers and men during July and August and gained back only 50,000 through its recruiting campaign, thus suffering a net loss of 25,000 since July 1, when strength was 80,000 below the authorized level. COLD-BLOODED FORECAST Coal Shortage Looms for U.S. Take a tip from the coal produc ers: Unless your furnace burns oil, it will be a good idea to keep a little sunshine in your smile and warmth in your heart this winter. Because, from the standpoint of obtaining coal, it looks like the winter win-ter of 1947-48 will be the toughest in at least six years. Producers already al-ready are admitting drearily that there is little chance that fuel shortages, short-ages, inconvenience and suffering can be put aside. Reasons for this uninviting outlook out-look are three, in particular: 1 Unparalleled demand in a peace-time peace-time period which even record production (600 million tons) will not fully satiate. Attempts are being be-ing made to stockpile, but to little avail Industrial stocks are the low est In years; retail supplies on hand are only fair. 2 Unprecedented shortage of rail- road cars. Never, in history of the solid fuels industry, were so few cars available to move s mua coal to so many consumers. "3 Domestic buyer indifference to J' pleas that they fill their bins during summer months. That apathy apa-thy is accounted for by higher retail re-tail prices of coal, combined with the prolonged heat wave which hilled the householder into a false sense of security. At the same time, paradoxical though it may seem, coal production produc-tion this year will reach a level surpassed sur-passed only by the output in 1944 when the nation was at the height of its war effort. Even if miners dug and machined an average of only 10 million tons a week during the remaining weeks of 1947, production would be 45 million mil-lion tons higher than the 532 million total In 1946. Because of strikes, idle time, car shortages and a shorter work week, the mines have lost somewhere between be-tween 35 and 50 million tons of production pro-duction so far this year. Concerning prices, the most likely prospect is for them to go up again. Dealers say that the customer appears ap-pears ready to take higher charges for tls coal as something unavoidable, unavoid-able, but he doesn't late it DREW PEARSON Another Glamour Probe Due MOST folks would think that congress had had enough of Hollywood after that Brewster-Hughes fiasco. How- "li uj- ..i.nn'in7'i io Koincf ranked UD DV We ever, wwuicr uig cAuaingnui,. - o -7 . .ii lt. house un-Americanism investigating committee that will outdo out-do the Hughes probe in names and glamour, if not headnnes. Until the curtain goes up. a publicity blackout has been ordered by committee chairman Parnell Thomas of New Jersey. Howev er, known that a swarm of big-name actors and actresses wiU be brougnt to Washington next month to testify on alleged communism in Houywooo, Even if the probe doesn't prove anything which it probably won't It will keep Congressman Thomas name on the front pages -alwaya helpful when one aspires te be GOP senator from New Jersey. Thomas and his Investigators are mum about which movie stars and producers will appear. However, it can be revealed that those scheduled to be invited or subpoenaed include: Charles Chaplin, who filmed 'The Dictator"; Katharine Hepburn, who introduced Henry Wallace to a Los Angeles rally; Adolphe Menjou, Robert Taylor, Director Leo McCarey and Hans Eisler, a Hollywooa composer and brother of Gerhardt Eisler, recently convicted of c ontejnpt of congress. Jack Warner, who produced Ambassador Joe Davies book "Mission to Moscow," at a time when we were wooing Russia, alse will appear. WALTER WINCHELL The Washington Ticker The administration is split right down the middle into two bloca liberal and conservative. The conservatives con-servatives are led by Secretary For-restal, For-restal, for whom the President has great respect, and include Harri-man, Harri-man, Krug, Snyder and Clark. The liberals are Bob Hannegan, Gael Sullivan, Schwellenbach and Clark Clifford. . . . The conservative bloc wants to force the ouster of Prime Minister Clement Attlee in Britain by insisting the British will get no relaxation of the loan agreement or other financial aid until Attlee is out, a coalition government is in, and the socialization of industry is stopped. . . . With the elections coming on, Mr. Truman is listening to the liberals on domestic policy. PAUL MALLON V. ft. Ambassador Griffls Is dwelling In a Warsaw hotel because be-cause the home provided by the Polish government was taken over by 30 squatters, who resist every effort to shoo them out. Dwight Griswold will resign as head of Truman's commission in Greece. Because, he says, Greek monarchists (and our state department) depart-ment) are giving him "the finger." He bitterly adds that he "isn't gonna hold anybody's bag!" . . . Another An-other Truman exec will quit and take an offer (at 60 Gs) in private industry, unless he inherits Hanne-gan's Hanne-gan's chairmanship of the Democratic Demo-cratic national committee. Now why would any man want a thankless thank-less (hat-in-hand) job like that? Treasury Juggles Its Figures PRESIDENT TRUMAN found the lost figures in his fiscal midyear budget review. Although dollar volume of business and income have been increasing since January, no one around the treasury has been able to find the figures showing how much this would increase receipts, and thus justify the Republican tax reductioa , When the Jane 15 quarterly income taxes came In to the treasury till, the Democratic actuaries should have been able to estimate immediately how much more money they would take in this present year than they had figured. Bat the Republican tax reduction bill was then under consideration con-sideration in congress, so the actuaries just looked dumb, and pointed to the daily treasury statement, which is an unrevealing generalization of matters fiscal. By June 30, this statement showed receipts were actually down the first six months of this year over last, instead of up above the budget calculations. cal-culations. Even at the fiscal year end, Treasury Secretary Snyder merely mere-ly estimated the surplus larger than expected for the closing year and warned against tax reduction, as you will recall. By this little fiscal ruse, the Democrats caused the Republicans to nse the six-month-old budget estimates of last January, which kept them on the defensive and forced them to justify any tax reduction by the amount of economies they could make. H. I. PHILLIPS Super Duper Russian Tomatoes Russia has perfected a spray that grows tomatoes three times normal siie. However, the effect of them dropped on an enemy city remains undetermined. And we still consider Russia's production of a super tomato totally eclipsed by its production at U. N. meetings of the super hard-boiled egg. How to annoy a Republican: Send him a ticket to "The Roosevelt Story." VANISHING AMERICANISMS "Here's penny for being s very good boy all week." WALTER SHEAD "A feature the Elkf outing will be sheep roast and barbetue." "This beef stew is too thick, waiter." "Make it 20 gallons. I wanna bust a two-dollar bill anyhow." .. "I'm sick of meat; why don't we have fish once in awhile?" - - "Whatever you do, don't let the women see you drinking." . There is this to be said of the liberation of India: Lord Mountbat-ten Mountbat-ten gave it an air that not even Tyrone Power could have improved on. British Squander Recovery Funds GEN. RAY BALDWIN of Connecticut spoke truly when he chided his v Republican colleagues: "If we are to remain the majority party we must act effectively in the interest of a majority of the people. If we att only in the interest of a minority of rock-ribbed Republicans we shall again quickly become a minority party." The record of the first session of the 80th congress bears out the Connecticut senator's charge, but the charge fits equally well the record of the 79th congress which legislated in the interest of a minority ef rock-ribbed Democrats. Our two-party system doesn't contemplate government by coalition, co-alition, but during both the 79th and 80th congress 'tt was evident the trend toward continued progressive government was halted and the clock turned back by this coalition of southern Democrats and Republicans, aided and abetted by the pressure groups of self-interest lobbyists. The power of recall held by the voters of the nation is helpless against this kmd ef government and a i-t.irn .tw 6 .. , . - o"v i-.iy tcBpunsiDiiiiy, essen- ual In our democracy, will be the best insurance against t evils of u ici5m spreading dangerously as a result of Terv irresponsibility. ir-responsibility. J " WRIGHT PATTERSON Two -Party System Falters TPHE American people are greatly lmeresiea in me survival Of England. We fully realize her value as a strong and prosperous nation to us and ta all free people. We evi- denced our desire for her survival by advancing nearly four billion dollars dol-lars to aid in her recovery from the terrific effects of the war en her production, her economy and her leadership. That four billion dollars has been spent in fruitless experiments experi-ments and in supporting the British political party now in power. While we are willing to aid England, we are not willing to finance the experiments ex-periments in national socialism which are being made by the Brit ish Labor party. The Washington Biolo vcjr ua mujiBca me the metal bands used u ; birds released in conneJA Us researches into Ameri I life. ' It now reads: urulH and Wild Life Services ton, D. C." s' M The old inscription breviated:-"Wash. -Bid H and the change was an Alberta farmer plaint to the U. S. govern "Dear Sirs," he wrefj one ci your pet crows 4, day and followed insW tachedtoit. I washed it 3 it and surved it. 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