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14 BROOKLYN EAGLE, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1949 National Whirlia! 9'3 Heffernan Says RAY TUCKER'S Move by Stalin to Discipline Tito May Stir World Crisis lr Fusion A Off on 6, Wrong LETTER President Truman exhibits-a spirit of stubbornness and know-it alines toward the 81st Democratic Congress that ap-iall5 his own party leaders in their efforts to The defection of Marshal Tito from his allegiance to the Cominform has been a serious affront to the prestige of Moscow, one which has rankled with increasing intensity with the passing of time. The boldness of Tito's move has had disturbing implications for the East, suggesting that the ties that bind the satellites to the Kremlin may be regarded lightly when it is found expedient to break away. The possibility that such a feeling may grow and that others among the Soviet-dominated states may be emboldened to follow the example of Yugoslavia has been a source of anxiety to Moscow. Obviously, Tito must be subjected to discipline and brought to terms. There have been many indications that Moscow has for some time been considering the most effective means through which this purpose can be brought about.

Reports from Rome that Soviet troops and forces from within Yugoslavia hostile to Tito's regime have been assembling in strategic positions on the frontiers suggest that finally the Kremlin has decided that the dissenters shall be subjected to direct pressure. If these reports are authentic, which seems, to be thecase, Marshal Tito has reached a critical phase of his career as one of the bolder spirits among those who cast their fortunes with Russia in the great alignment between East and West. Apparently, Tito, who possesses most of the qualities that contribute to at least temporary success in the role of dictator, including ruthlessness, daring and shrewdness, realizes that he is in a tight and hot spot. The reports that tell of the military threat against his security also make clear that he is busy at the task of forming protective alliances. There have been conferences on the Island of Brioni, just off the Istrian Peninsula, with "Western representatives," and other meetings are scheduled with certain "Western world personalities." Meanwhile, the hostile forces are described as grouping along the Albanian, Greek, Bulgarian and Hungarian frontiers of Yugoslavia, but whether for purposes of intimidation or actual aggression only time and the decisions of the Kremlin will tell.

As it stands, however, the situation must be classified as critical, both for Marshal Tito and for Europe, also the world. Wars have become almost impossible to localize, especially Balkan wars, and the course of events in the general neighborhood of Yugoslavia will be watched with interest, tinged heavily with anxiety. 'vJV j. ir 7 improve relations Detween we. White House and Capitol Hill.

He will not give an inch on compromises that have been suggested on "several major issues in dispute. Mr. Truman rebuffed several distinguished Southerners who offered to arrange an agreement on the Civil Rights filibuster that would have spared him the rebuff he suffered when Vice President Barkley'g pro-White House ruling was up-se. by a 4641 vote, with 23 Democrats arrayed against th Administration. Now, unless he agrees to the proposals placed before him several weeks ago, he may not obtain enactment of even one-third of the legislative program which he campaigned for last Fall, and which he outlined in his various messages to the Congress.

But it is probable that Senate leaders will accept the new anti-filibuster arrangement, even though Mr. Truman opposes it. The President also upbraided Democratic topnotchers on the 8oro Symphony's Debut Forecasts Fine Future A RAT'S JOB House and Senate Banking THE WORLD AFTER THE WAR By CONSTANTINE BROWN LETTERS TO THE EAGLE Currency Committees when they urged him to abandon hi demand for Federal control over wages, prices and materials. They pointed out that conditions had changed since he campaigned for election on an anti-inflationary platform last Fall, and begged him to sit tight instead of insisting on new restrictions. There is a rock off the Sicilian coast known as Scylla.

Not far from it is a whirlpool known as Charybdis. Between the two is a race or turbulent strait which mariners have found difficult of navigation from ancient times. Citizens of New York who have desired good government under a wise charter have been baffled for many years by the Scylla of rocklike strength of party organization on one hand and the Charybdis of self-interest and guttersnipe method on the part of groups which from time to time have gathered under the banner of reform. Since the two-year term of Seth Low, who was elected on a Fusion ticket in 1901, every reform administration has failed either to maintain the high standards professed in its. campaign or in keeping the approval of the electorate.

This is a Mayoralty year with Mayor O'Dwyer nearing the close of the four-year term to which he was elected when President Roosevelt's death deprived the Little Flower of his most powerful support here, and his declining health caused him to retire from the field and try the role of Warwick, with Newbold Morris as his candidate for the succession. Mayor O'Dwyer inherited all the debris LaGuardia left, taxes already exorbitant and in some cases almost confiscatory, an empty treasury, and a city in need of many things its hospital service run down, its police department reduced, and the effects of the world war everywhere obvious and depressing. Now the opposition is gathering and we find a Fusion attempted, a Fusion which evidently has gotten off on the wrong foot, with Clendenin Ryan making the prize faux pas of the century. Four years ago Governor Dewey took charge of the Republican campaign, forcing a Tammany judge on his party as the Mayoralty candidate. This year his refusal to sanction a legislative investigation of the O'Dwyer administration did credit to his sense of fairness, and in view of the wire-tapping scandal to his political judgment.

There were plenty of signs that the Ryan campaign for good government, to be financed by the Ryan fortune, was a wildcat affair. Campaign committees of 5,000,000 had a bizarre implication. The establishment of a "Big Money Foundation" to conduct the campaign didn't sound well in the ears of the public, and the wire-tapping scandal will disgust many independent citizens. If there is to be a movement for the defeat of Mayor O'Dwyer this year deserving of reSpect, it will certainly have to steer between the Scylla of organization strength and the Charybdis of a major pre-campaign scandal on the part of the Mayor's enemies. But me once mouesi ana num Both U.

S. and Russia Are Poised For Vital War Games in Germany Important war games are going to take place within the next few weeks in Germany. The American forces, which have been strengthened by expanding the constabulary and which include aviation and heavy tanks, will engage in a defensive operation against a hypothetical enemy moving toward the Rhine. ble Harry S. Truman revealed the change in his personality most vividly in a discussion of the nation's need for a stronger airplane force with the man whose advice on national defense requirements is accepted as gospel on Capitol Hill Representative Carl Vinson, of Georgia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee in the When on Wednesday evening 86 musicians and their leader came upon the stage of the Academy of Music, tuned up their instruments and began to play, their audience knew that at last Brooklyn had a symphony orchestra.

And by the time the players had finished the first number, the crowded house of Brooklynites that had come to listen was convinced of something even more important that Brooklyn has a good symphony orchestra. Certainly the enthusiasm of the huge house, representing all sections of the borough and all kinds of Brooklynites, indicated that here was something for which they had a decided liking. So the launching 61 the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Dr. Herbert Zipper and with the aid of many public-spirited borough citizens, proved a success. On the score of the public's receptivity there was nothing left to be desired.

And the critics had no severe faults to find. The crowd that received the players warmly went away feeling that it had had a fine musical evening, would look forward to more such evenings, and that now, fortunately, these were assured. There has never been any question but that Brooklyn ought to have a symphony orchestra. Other communities of less magnitude have proved that they have sufficient love of music to support such institutions. The only doubt has been whether the people of Brooklyn would give that support.

Apparently they are ready to give it, and with real gusto. If the fervor proves lasting the orchestra cannot fail. Its first performance was marked by a pleasing freshness, and with its singers in costume in the act from "Don Carlos" it combined symphony and opera in a distinct novelty. In fact, the orchestra and its colorful and dynamic conductor put on a good show. On Sunday afternoon it will repeat its first program at the Brooklyn Technical High School.

And next season the plan is to tour the borough, bringing symphonic music to each section at low prices, so that all Brooklyn may enjoy the same music played by the same musicians that is offered at higher prices at the Academy. It is a splendid, democratic idea. The Brooklyn Symphony is to belong to every one. In Eastern Germany the Russians, who are said to have increased their military establishment to about 40 divisions by the addition of new units from the Far East, also will conduct realistic Spring maneuvers. The new German police force 'House.

Regarded as the "father of the modern American Navy," the loyal Georgia Democrat has; become the principal advocate of an air force second to no other nation's. He sponsors 70 air groups, as against the 4.8 demanded by President Truman. And he has the votes to put through his more elaborate program in both House and Senate. In an effort to patch up hi3 difference with the White House, he placed the problem before President Truman. closely on the heels of the last "peace-seeking" interview given an American news agency by Prime Minister Stalin.

According to those who watch developments in Moscow, this accelerated campaign means simply that the Politburo has decided to move fast henceforth. In the past three years the method of swallowing new territory has been to create a coalition government in which native Communists, handpicked by the Kremlin, were placed in key jobs. After a period of time, varying from a few weeks to a few months, a "popular" demonstration was set off against the "monarcho-fascists" in the government, and this resulted in creation of a completely stooge government. The sequel always was the Introduction government methods on the pattern of that in Russia, with Kremlin agents supervising and controlling all activities of the subjugated country. Urges Congress Approve Missouri Valley Authority To the Editor of the Eagle: Once again Senator James E.

Murray of Montant has introduced legislation to create a Missouri Valley Authority (MVA). This bill, based on the same general principles as the TVA, has little direct bearing on the people of Brooklyn, but its indirect importance to the entire population of the. United States cannot be overemphasized. If the MVA should become a reality it would harness the great Missouri River and its subsidiaries and bring to millions of citizens electric power which at present is unavailable. Untapped quantities of phosphate exists in the Missouri Valley.

The creation of an MVA would increase greatly the production of this and other valuable minerals. Above all, it would save hundreds of lives annually and billions of dollars in property and land from the disasters of floods. An apathetic attitude on the part of Americans including Brooklynites will prevent the establishment of the MVA. The public should recognize the need for such a program and let their elected representatives in Congress know of their feelings in this matter. HOWARD N.

MANTEL. Hits Lewis Reasoning In Calling Mine Strike To the Editor of the Eagle: I think it is a shame that John L. Lewis is allowed to make such a poor excuse as calling the present walkout of the miners a memorial to the deceased miners. Every one knows the strike is only in protest against the appointment of Dr. James Boyd as head of the U.

S. Bureau of Mines. Lewis' objection to the appointment is based on the fact that Dr. Boyd never worked in a mine. Had this been the theory used by the United States during the war we would not be enjoying the freedom that we have in the U.

S. today. We had officers on ships "who never sailed the sea before. We had pilots and men in uniform who never flew or fought in combat before. FRED M.

WILLIAMS. in the Eastern zone, equipped with modern weapons, but lacking aviation and heavy tanks, will participate for the first time in the Soviet operations, not as auxiliaries guarding lines of communications, but as actual combat troops. Military observers 1ft, the United States and Western Europe consider these large-scale war games as a part of the cold war, which the Kremlin has decided to step up during the coming months. They do not consider on the basis of their present information that Moscow has anything else in mind for the present. But they always leave a "margin for error," because they admit that it is not possible for Western military planners to gauge the frame of mind of the semi-Asiatics who rule the vast Russian Empire.

While these little-publicized military developments are taking place in Germany, the Soviet war of words continues with unusual violence against all the Western states, as well as Turkey and particularly Iran. Yugoslavia now has been added for good measure. The Soviet attacks against the nations which refuse to be placed behind the Iron Curtain, and particularly against the "arch-criminals" in the American government, exceed anything that came from Paul Joseph Goebbels in Germany at the height of World War II. This campaign of villiflcation against Russia's former allies has been intensified in the last two months and followed Dr. Brady Says: From the Eagle 25 Years Ago March 18, 1924 The House passed the soldier bonus bill, 355 to 54, after a 40-minute debate.

"Loyal Democrats," he said, "are behind this 70-group program, Mr. President. We want to support you, and we don't want any credit for making America all-powerful in the air. We want you to get the credit. "But this question of Congressional support for you is a two- way proposition.

You have got to help us. It can't be a oneway street. We need your help as much as you need ours. "More airplanes will help you in your dealings with Russia." This remark almost forced President Truman out of his chair. "I don't need any help in my dealings wiC Aussia," he Replied.

"I can tell you and every-' body else on Capitol Hill that there is not going to be a war with Russia. She cannot fight for 10 or 15 years. That' flat." "I agree," said Mr. Vinsun in his soft Southern tone, but you have got to make certain agreements with Moscow. And 30U will be in a better position make them if you have an authorization for 70 instead of 48,,, air groups." Despite these cogent arguments, President Truman- indicated that he would not surrender on this point until the last minute, if then.

Such prospects for the 1952 Democratic Presidential nomination as "Ike" Eisenhower. Henrietta Coffin, 65-year-old recluse, was found dead in her apartment at 196 Fulton in which she had hidden $100,000 in securities. the peace of mind that enables him to come back to the valleys of concrete and stern competition with fresh and vigorous spirit. The elements of urban, rural and primeval living are necessary, will always be necessary, for the human molecule to survive as an Individual breath of nature, today as never before, especially when the trend in many parts of the world is to make of man a mere machine. To Speed High IQ Pupils School children who have nice IQ's prove themselves better in reading and arithmetic than the average youngster a year or so older, have a certain "social and are at least 11 years old are hereafter going to be able to run through three years school work in two years if their parents want them to.

That is, in "special progress classes" that are to start next Fall in the city's junior high schools, children now in their sixth year may start to work with the prospect of completing their seventh, eighth and ninth year work a year ahead of time. Thus healthy children who learn more readily than the average child will have the chance to develop their minds with a speed for which the minds happen to be equipped. That they should be provided with opportunity to do so is sensible. And parents who believe it more sensible to let their children grow up unhurriedly along with their more average pals need not conform. The road to education is a wide highway with different lanes for drivers who choose to move fast and have the power for doing so and those who by choice or otherwise find it more comfortable to make their progress, in the more leisurely lane at the right, where they slow up no one.

A Good Appointment It is nice to see that a Brooklyn police officer has been appointed First Deputy Tolice Commissioner, next in command to Police Commissioner William P. O'Brien, who rose from First Deputy to GRIN AND BEAR IT By Lichty Miss Dillon Led Way for Her Sex After 45 years with the Brooklyn Borough Gas Company, 23 of them as the company's president, Mary E. Dillon has decided to "kind of take it easy." A pioneer in proving that a woman can head a big business institution as well as a man, Miss Dillon now looks forward to a life in which every day will be Sunday. She will, however, remain with the company as a consultant. Mary Dillon has cut her name neatly in the memory of Brooklynites.

Not only has she made history here as president of the gas company, but she has also shown women the way as the first woman president of the Board of Education in this country's largest city. No other Brooklyn women have won for themselves such twin distinctions, though many have won success in business, in politics, in science, in the arts. As president of a great utility and at the same time of Board of Education Miss Dillon has led the way in other di- rections, indicating that all avenues are open to her sex. She can now "take It easy" with the realization that here in Brooklyn her work has written a new chapter in the history of women's activities. More State Forest Land Needed A bill to provide $200,000 for the State of New York to purchase forest land to add to its relatively meager holdings in the Adirondack region will shortly be introduced in the Legislature.

We strongly urge that the bill be passed and that every legislator who believes that our youngergeneration should be amply provided for from the standpoint of natural resources should lend his support in putting this valuable conservation measure across. The money is to be used to consolidate State holdings of virgin forest land by adding adjoining land to the State Forest Preserve, which under the State Constitution is to be held in perpetuity for the people. State ownership would insure the land against spoilage and hold It In trust for all to enjoy. And what better fight for a city-dweller to make than to battle for the preservation and growth of an area where he can spend his vacations to secure once again One of the many "controversies" in which the teaching of elementary physiology and hygiene has involved me with this commercial interest or that clique of old timers in the profession hinges on a simple statement of fact, namely, that the unbroken skin never absorbs anything. If I am wrong about that, it should be easy for the interests whose products "penetrate" without breaking the skin for the "eminent medical authorities" who are obsessed by traditions to prove that something or other may be absorbed through the unbroken skin.

My skin is always available to any reputable physician or group of physicians who may care to use it in a scientifically controlled test with drug, chemical or poison which does not injure or destroy the skin. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Brown Moles Brown fleshy nubs the size of pinheads or match ends stand out on my neck and back. My sister had them, tied a string around them, and they shriveled away. Mrs. E.

A. G. Answer No harm trying your sister's remedy if you "first paint mole and skin half inch around it with iodine tincture 2 percent, boil the thread, wash hands with soap and water, dry with freshly ironed towel, tie thread tightly around mole, and cut away the ends with boiled scissors. Best methods of obliterating or removing moles, birth marks, moth patches, "liver spots," xanthomata of the eyelids are described in booklet Cosmetic Blemishes. For copy send 25 cents and stamped self-addressed envelope.

Senate Majority Leader Scott 1 Vv. Lucas, Chief Justice Fred Vinson, Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson and Justice William O. Douglas must shove over to make room for a new, surprise entry. He is Senator Millard L.

Tyd-ings of Maryland, chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee and son-in-law of Joseph, E. Davies, former Ambassador to Russia and a top-heavy can-' tributor to the Democratic cam. paign chest ever since WoodroW Wilson's day. THAT CHINESE EPIGRAM By EDGAR A. GUEST A plate, discovered in a Chinese garden, In brass, not printer's Ink, Holds this brief line, which passing time will harden: "Enjoy yourself! 'This later than you think." First read or heard, the epigram seems clever; But if we think it through It means: Give up all forms qf high endeavor To live a year or two.

Follow this phrase, to pleasure it will lead us And longer we may live, But we must turn our backs on all who need us And want what We could give. Oh, selfish thought that bids us put behind us Whatever need appears And run away where care can never find us, To buy a few more years! BROOKLYN EAGLE Trxif lUrt Ewu Re tittered) (rounded bgr Iiue Van Anden In 1841) TH1 BROOKLYN DAILY IAOL FRANK D. 8CHROTH, Editor, Publisher W. CSOWELL. Seeretarr-Treuurer Eail Bide 34 Johnaon B'alm 1.

y. TELEPHONE MAln 4-6200 Subacrlptlon rata bj mall tor the Brookira laU In the Dnlted state, one jear. 115.00 Commissioner. The man to be congratulated is Assistant Chief Inspector John J. Martin.

Brooklyn knows him well. Living here, he has been in charge of uniformed police in Brooklyn West and Staten Island. We wish him the best 'I stand four-square against having a depression fust BUT U. S. SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS a urooKlrn at 24 Claaa Mali Matter to oppease Russia..