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PACE 21 Baltimore, Monday FN I IN IN September 2 1917 PAGE 21 (and Russians) think it useful to make some such show, why, then, that too takes something away from the meaning, if not the noise, of Mr. Vishinsky's roars. The point is that there is a note of something other than an unalterable policy of defiance and challenge in the position recently, taken by two Russian stooges. It's a faint note but at least it isn't quite as sour as we've been accustomed to hearing. It will be interesting to see if it is repeated.

Isn't It? At the moment of writing, no decision has yet been taken on the calling of a special session of Congress. That, it is presumed, is one of the questions the President is talking over with congressional leaders-at the White House today. On the whole, informed opinion on the eve of the confer r.V A A ilJSvaV i1 i. i i '-T- ii LJ it-ife of Colt quarterback, with Margie. 6 months: Tom, 4 (right) and Ernie, 2 ir airm inn 1 1 a i miainan 11 I 'K'th ij.v"1 's Tawmi i i Colt coach, with daughters Hope, 3 Mrs.

Cecil Isbcit, wife of Colts, Wives 1 Enjoy Life In Baltimore Continued From Page 361 his wife, who is expecting a baby. arrived here last week for a two-week visit. She plans to return to their home in South Bend, When he is not playing football, Steve works in the core-making foundry of the Studebaker automobile works. At least, he did this year, jsext year, ne minus ne 11 find something easier than lifting engine blocks to keep in condition. He wants to get in business of some kind, or mayDe Decome a THE EVENING SUN Published Every Week Dar By THE A.

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29. 1947 The Elgin Affair Another round has been fired in the feud between Governor Lane and W. Lee Elgin, his commissioner of motor vehicles. We wspect that the public can view this vendetta with equanimity if not downright lack of interest. We do.

There are no real issues at stake: the debate isn't even very likely; the central question is simply one of politics as between politicians. Governor Lane has made no secret of Mr. Elgin's being the persona non grata of his, administration. The two men are old political enemies, having been in opposite camps in the politics of Hagerstown and Washington county, home of both. Mr.

Elgin was campaign manager for J. Millard Tawes, Governor Lane's opponent in last year's Democratic primary. The thing for Mr. Elgin to have done, according to the rules of politics, would have been to resign when his man lost. A Governor has some right to name heads of departments in his administration, since they do form his official family.

But Mr. Elgin had other ideas. He refused to resign, and in so doing he was within, his legal rights, because his term didn't expire until May-1949. The Governor wasn't willing to wait that long to get rid of Mr. Elgin, and he was successful in having a bill passed in the General Assembly to end Mr.

Elgin's term on June 30, 1947. Mr. Elgin beat that move when his "friends" filed a petition with the Secretary of State which required that the issue be submitted to a referendum in the November, 1948, election. The survey of Mr. Elgin's department by outside experts may be regarded, at least in part, as the beginning of a campaign to be "sure that the people support the Governor in the referendum.

This is not to say that the faults which were alleged do not exist, or that the Governor's criticisms are not valid. Anyone who has stood in line to buy a license plate, or to get a driver's license, knows that the efficiency of the department could stand improvement. It must be admitted, however, that were surveys to be made of other departments of the State government, serious fault might be found with them, too. You can see from this it doesn't add up to much except another contest between two political foes. Conciliatory Touch Mr.

Vishinsky has done an unconscionable amount of roaring at the General Assembly of the United Nations and he has been aided and abetted by Mr. Gro-myko, the Soviet Union's veto-man on the Security Council. To judge by their utterances, and by them alone, Russfa is in a more intransigent mood than ever before. However, there are one or two straws in the wind the barest wisps of straw, to be sure whirh may indicate that the roaring is, in part anyway, a stage effect. For example, one of the most subservient Russian satellites, Yugoslavia has not only released the three American soldiers whom it had made captives on the border of Trieste; it has also apologized for the action.

Of course, that does not mean much. But it seems somewhat different from the officially aggrieved and hostile tone which Yugoslavia had adopted in earlier incidents. And it coincides more or less with that country's "invitation" to six prominent Americans Mr. Byrnes, Mr. Mor-genthau and Mr.

Stassen among them to visit Yugoslavia and investigate the Greek border problem. Now this invitation probably does not mean very much, either. But it does suggest a concern with American opinion and world opinion which once again is different from the bluster of Russia and its faithful perimeter states. Then in the General Assembly on Saturday the Polish delegate noted that his country's exports to Russia had declined from 95 per cent to. 43 per cent.

Moreover, he supported one resolution not, it is true, an especially important one which Russia had opposed. Maybe this was just a show of "independence," something to giva a varnish of verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. But if the Poles The Forum Favor Cily Manager To the Editor of Thf. Evening Sun Sir: The editor is not the only one in Baltimore who is disappointed over the Mayor's appointments. In the mayoralty campaign and afterward, we were assured that only men of the highest quality would be placed on such boards as the Planning Commission and the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals.

One looks in vain for the fulfillment of that promise. In the spirit of your recent editorial, there are too many "political in the list to arouse much enthusiasm among those of us who hoped for proper implementation of the new Charter. It is at this point precisely that cities under the city-manager system Imve the better of it. The chief administrator in such cities appreciates that his position (and his advancement to better positions) depends on the efficiency with which he operates. That depends in turn on the quality of his appointees.

With a politically chosen administrator, we tend to get appointments based on partisan considerations. No wonder that more than 700 American cities have adopted the manager plan! C. I. Winslow, President Citizens League of Baltimore. Baltimore, Sept.

24. Criticizing Taft To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: Are we about to experience the long-awaited millennium? Or has Senator Taft been misquoted? Not long ago this astute congressional leader opposed the "socialistic" New Dealers and their public power and land reclamation projects, their, housing program, their public health program, and their. criticism of excessive corporate profits. But as a candidate he suddenly seemed to realize that his interpretation of the expression, "free enterprise," was inadequate in its application to the general welfare of the nation. The new Taft had appeared.

We were treated to the drafting of the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill, followed by the Senator's "liberation" of the individual laborer. Last week he stated that profits were a bit high, and then in Saturday's Evening Sun he was quoted as realizing the need for "feasible" power and land reclamation and irrigation projects words that might almost have come from JJte lips of Mr. Wallace. (He did not, however, burn all of his bridges behind him, having been careful to include the word, feasible.) The Ohioan's apparent departure from pronounced policies of the past would seem to make him eligible for the Republican "doghouse," but examination of his recent actions should serve to point out exactly where Mr. Taft stands.

Recognized as one of the most influential men in Congress he has, nevertheless, failed to support consideration of MVA, an in vestigation of high prices with more bite and less bark, and, among other things, has even failed to push the housing bill that bears his name. I seriously wonder if Mr. Taft is fooling anyone with the political feelers that he casts about so freely. Willard R. Bonwit.

Baltimore, Sept. 21. Eleven Pups To the Editor of The Evening Sun Sir: According to articles appearing in the Sunpapers re cently, Ginger, a cocker bitch, owner by commander jviaric Woods, USN, whelped nine pups. Mr. Joseph Stultz, owner of Penny Caprice Black Darling, claims his bitch, a cocker spaniel also, had nine pups last January, and, therefore, the commander's cocker spaniel nine was no record.

For Mr. Stultz's information, our cocker spaniej named Bonnie, but with no papers, picked up on the Edmondson avenue bridge last year to keep her from being run over by the heavy traffic, two weeks ago whelped eleven pups, but unlike Ginger's owner we were unable to get a foster mother for them, and so when tail clipping time rolled around there were less than eleven tails to clip. Hugh O'C. Cross. Baltimore, Sept.

15. Points From Letters City Playgrounds We await anxiously news of the distribution of the $1,500,000 Recreation Fund made possible by the voters last spring. We hope a sufficient portion of it will be allotted for the improvement of our city playground facilities. O. H.

Ernsting 100,000 Seats I certainly agree with Mr. J. F. Davies, Jr. Sixty thousand seats are not enough for a modern stadium.

We need 100,000. -G. Bornscheuer. Remedy For Prices It seems to me that our people hold the remedy for these excessive prices in their own hands, at least to a considerable extent. Let's simply stop buying the worst inflated items, like butter, meat, furniture, automobiles, alone with clothes, real estate, whisky and the higher priced candies, etc.

Then watch their prices slide! Herbert War-field. Wasted Dollar Having just returned from the Better Homes Exposition, I believe that the dollar I spent for admission was a waste of money. R. C. Bieneman.

1 A Children's Theater In A Maine Trailer By KLOISE JORDAN TN1QUE among children's the-aters is that in Portland, Maine. A couple of weeks ago 1 went to the closing performance of the season, and believe me, it's worth seeing. Kind of strayed in; wouldn't have known about it if Miss Lila Abbott, the Portland children's librarian, hadn't recommended it when I was visiting her office that morning. Afternoon came and on the bright blue heights of Fort Allen Park overlooking Casco Bay, with the sea for a backdrop and the sky, too, the trailer theater was set up for the last performance of the summer. All down that hillside youngsters and their mothers sunned themselves on the grass ot the natural ampitheater dozens 6f them.

All the young fry in baby carriages and out sat up as pert as puppies, and quite as bright-eyed. First, Margaret Ellen Clifford, director, came out before the billowing curtain and gave a rousing pep talk that put her audience in the best and most receptive of humors. Every youngster there was tingling with excitement. My own spine crept deliciously in anticipation of the playlet to como. Then the curtains parted and "Rumpelstiltskin" was in full swing, with the magic spinning of straw into silk, told in the best fairy-tale tradition.

How real were the characters! The king was regal and ermine-clad, the jester droll as a clown, Rumpelstiltskin was cantankerous and properly devilish, while the maiden blushed, like a rose and was pretty enough to enthrall any bachelor monarch with an eye for beauty. All the actors played like troopers, and the youngsters lining the hillside in the bright blue blaze of Casco Bay, sat spellbound. Afterward I talked with a member of the Teachers' Advisory Committee, which is the link between the Junior League, which sponsors the project, and the producers of the Children's Theater. This project was organized to bring the very best entertainment to a movie-surfeited juvenile public, wild west and gangster pictures being "the chief of their diet." A trailer was deemed the best way to present the plays Lt summer, because all parks in the city could be visited, as well as the outlying districts where defense workers were living, like Sagamore, Red Bank and South Portland. "The trailer was built by the Park Department and is fully equipped," said my monitor.

"A workshop was set up on Chadwick street in a brick garage where volunteers worked every day on scenery, costumes and rehearsals. Workers took their own lunches and the Junior League furnished them with light beverages. "A good many workers were recruited from the two high schools in the city. But," warned my committee member, "anybody who thought it was all play and no work was out of luck and a job for there was plenty to' do. The actors are members of the Junior League and their friends.

This is the only children's theater in the country to be made up of adults helped by thigh school students." The project was an instantaneous success. Children flocked in droves to the plays, thrilled as first-nighters. Here was theater real and exciting. Amateurs, the actors played with professional brilliance. Didn't I notice that as soon as the curtain went up on In winter, the Children's Theater holds forth in -some convenient hall and presents such attractions as the movie "Titian," puppets or marionettes, plays with ballets and other superior entertainments.

Teachers take their young charges, who pay a 10-ccnt or so admission fee for their tickets to adventure. Audience behavior is taught the children by the able director, Margaret Ellen Clifford, who is an authority on child psychology and certainly knows how to make all the youngsters present feel right at home. She has a big, spacious personality, and she takes everybody straight to her heart with her skill of showmanship. She makes every performance go like magic. The intermediary between stage and audience, she is the theater.

People everywhere have been attracted to this unique Children's Theater. It has had a big summer, and its fame is spreading far and wide. Portland has every reason to be proud of this project. I had as good a lime as any 10-year-old present, while as for the baby-carriage brigade they were there with both feet, too! Did You Say "Argyll" Announcement in the Weekly Scolsmanl George Harold Stiles Rome only son of Mr. S.

G. Rome and Mrs. Rome, Whatton Lodge, Gul- lane, East Lothian, and Marjorie Susan Mary Maclachlan of Mac- lachlan, eldest daughter of the late Maclachlan of Maclachlan and of Mrs. Maclachlan of Maclachlan, Castle Lachlan, Strathlachlan, Argyll Some Are Clubbed Down From the Richmond Tlmes-Dlspatchl It is in April that all big-league ball teams are created equal. In the months since, though, this has been straightened out.

other time he went to the bank to cash a check and there was at once a traffic jam. Then he said that the United States is the only country in the world that is not immediately threatened with inflation. Americans who are paying a dollar a pound for steak will find this very funny. Obviously the President has a sense of humor. Tosspot Tempest Although William F.

Halsey has exchanged his Admiral's braid for a tweed sport jacket, and his battle station on the bridge for the pleasure of country living in Virginia, it would appear that he hasn't lost his talent for touching off controversies. Now the bone of contention isn't Nips but nips, with the Admiral on one side of the issue as to whether strong drink ought to be part of a fighting man's impedimenta and a prominent temperance group angrily and somewhat irrelevantly arraigned on the other side. The ruckus had its origin in a remark credited to the Admiral in a magazine article. It was to the effect that, while there are exceptions, as a general rule he didn't, trust fighting men who didn't drink or smoke. The counterblast from the temperance group cites, among other things, the fighting record of such eminent nondrinkers as Sergeant York, Jimmy Doolittle, Robert E.

Lee, Jeb Stuart and Stonewall Jackson. Well, many others of the world's greatest fighting men have been notable tosspots, so we can't see just where this sort of thing advances the controversy much. Against the example of Stonewall Jackson, who is reputed to have "feared whisky more than bullets," the case of Ulysses S. Grant, who quite evidently feared neither, springs to mind. As is the nature of such controversies, this sort of citation and countercita-tion could go on indefinitely, proving in the process exactly nothing.

When Bull Hajsey says that "to a man who has just had a tense hazardous flight or a wet watch there is no substitute for a tot of sound spirits," we're inclined to go along with As for his more sweeping generality, well, it's pretty sweeping. But as to the impropriety of the opposition's rebuttal tactics, there doesn't seem to be much question. To intimate, yet without flatly charging, that the Admiral's battle tactics might have been influenced by his attitude toward alcohol, is a clear-cut example of hitting below the belt. The Bull wasn't very prudent but his critics torpedoed their own case. Mr.

Billopp Painting Job When a husband undertakes a painting job he is sure to be admonished to lay the paint on in smooth, even strokes. It will do no good for him to contend that there is no need as the paint will blend of itself. He will be told that he has always made that excuse and that there is no basis of truth in it. Previous examples of his handiwork will be offered as evidence. Nor will it do any good for him to promise faithfully that the paint will be applied as directed.

Such promises will be forgotten after physical exhaustion and boredom set in and while the job is still half done. It is much better instead for him to point out that he makes no claim to being an expert painter. If he were, he would hire4 out to paint houses and get much more money than he gets for the unimportant things he does now. He should warn that the paint will be slapped on in the easiest and most 'convenient fashion. He should make it clear that hairs from the paint brush will stay on the surface just where they leave the brush.

He should fcemind of his distaste for stirring the paint until it is well mixed and predict that, as a result, the first Dart of the job will be done chiefly with linseed oil and the last part chiefly with pigments. He should advise them that, in all probability, the finished job will look a mess and characteristic of his slapdash methods. In short, its imperfections will reveal it as the work of one who knows little about expert painting and cares less. If they are willing to accept these specifications, well and good. If not, he should advise that they pass him over and hire a professional.

CHRISTOPHER BILLOPP Cheerful Stuff tFrom a letter In the Liverpool (England) Echo! "I'm sure numerous readers of the Echo would get quite a kick last Friday night on reading about the 4-inch caterpillar sent to you from Birkenhead, plus the 4-foot jellyfish found on Prestatyn shore. "News of this nature stirs the Imagination, and helps to counteract th depressing news about the crisis. Humor From Nasactivitiea. U.S. Naval Air Station, Atlantic City.

N.J.I It takes a lot of experience for a girl to kiss like a beginner. mntmm e-" ence held that no special session would be convened but that the Administration would find other means of providing for Europe the interim assistance which is certain to be needed and desperately needed before Congress can act on the long-range Marshall plan for reconstruction abroad. And after all that is the chief consideration at the moment that stop-gap help shall be given. If it can be arranged, then the immediate objective will be achieved. There is no-particular virtue in a special session as such; and indeed there probably are some wholly sound and excellent reasons for avoiding such a session if possible.

But it was hardly an excellent reason, rather it was an exceedingly melancholy one, which Senator Scott Lucas stated yesterday. He said he did not believe a special session could accomplish much because: "Unless there are some facts we do not know, I'm afraid Congress would spend most of its time on politics and the 1948 election." Senator Lucas may be ever so right; it sounds as if he is right. That is what makes his statement such a depressing one. Grant that "politics" is important, and of course the 1948 election is important. But in the context of urgently and instantly important things they rank fairly far down on the list.

For example, as Secre- tary cf State Marshall said a few I weeks ago, there's a grim prospect in Europe this winter of "intolerable hunger and cold." Somehow that seems at this moment a few shades more significant than "politics" and "the 1948 election." But Senator Lucas is afraid Congress might not think so. It's a pretty hard thing for Congress to have said about it, isn't it? Director's Admission More applicants are clamoring at the doors of Maryland's colleges and universities this year than can possibly be admitted. The enrollments will be larger than they were a year ago. Every college in the State will admit more students this fall than it did in 1946. But still many will have to be turned away.

The director of admissions of one of the larger universities has explained, in an interview with Mr. Frank Henry in The Sunday Sun, how the final selections are made. He said the first division is geographical. There is a quota: for Baltimore and a quota for the rest of the country. Then the director of admissions begins to look for other qualifications.

He considers the boy's extra-curricular activities, his qualities of leadership, and his performance in athletics, not to mention dress, social poise and family background. Finally, said the director of admissions, "We do not lose sight of the studious boy with consistently high marks and little or no interest in things besides his studies. Some of this type are potential geniuses." This is indeed cheering. While, to be sure, the American college sometimes seems to be designed for the development of muscles in large stadiums, the entertainment of the socially competent at college functions, and the production of high-powered go-getters with qualities of leadership, it is gratifying to learn that places are still being reserved for those who wish to enroll for the simple business of acquiring an education. Maybe the universities won't have to throw away all those pretty books and convert their libraries into gymnasiums and ballrooms, after all.

Jailhouse Jokes President Truman compared the White House to a jail the other day. He was talking to a group of state bank commissioners and he said that the White House might be described as "the finest jail in the world." Elaborating the figure of speech, the President said that every President becomes a prisoner as soon as he takes up residence on Pennsylvania avenue, and a President is in a bad way if he does not have a sense of humor. He said he went across the street once to watch a ball game, and immediately all the players stopped playing in order to watch him. He said that an deft) and Cecily Ann. HILLENBRAND MRS.

RUDOLPH (DOC) MOBLEY average wage-earners in search of living quarters. Their pay averages in the neighborhood of $1,000 per month for the five months that they are here. Pay Deep Secret The actual pay of football players is a closely guarded secret, and there are wide variations, depending on the bargain the individual player struck with the team management. Pay is reported to range from $3,500 to $8,000 per season. One player (perhaps jokingly commented that he look a pay cut when he left college to play pro football.

"But then." he added. "I had to study at college." Many of the players expect to continue playing pro football "as long as they'll have me." They point out Ihat it can only last a few short seasons, and that in no other field can they draw comparable pay. Some feel that when It is over, they are far behind their classmates in establishing themselvet in permanent jobs. Others plan to use their earnings to set up their own business. Still others expect to be coaches.

I MRS. BILLY care lor ner inree cnnaren ana give her more time to attend prac tice and games. Also married, and with then-wives in Baltimore, are Sigurd Si-gurdson. Colt end; Doc Mobley, halfback; George Zorich, guard. and several others.

Subletting Place Sigurdson. who lives in Seattle, is subletting an apartment for three months at 2026 Mount Royal terrace, and his wife arrived here September 16. They have been married six years and have no children. Sigurdson, who is a pure Icelander both his parents were born in Reykjavik and came to this country when young has solved the problem of seasonal employment by playing pro basketball in the winter time. The short spring gap in his employment is filled in by work in a Seattle sporting goods store.

Doc Mobley and his wife they were married years ago have established themselves in a furnished apartment at 933 North Calvert street. "We didn't have any trouble find ing it." Mobley said. "We just rented a car and went looking until we found one." Mobley lives in Houston. Texas he was a Hardin Simmons gridder and has a distributor business there that deals in piston rings. In his absence, his father-in-law is carrying on.

John Galvin, quarternack. wnose wife arrived from Chicago two weeks ago, has settled at 702 Wood- ington road, near Ldmondson village. They have been married two years and are expecting a child. Made "Deal" For Apartment nalvin said he had "a lot of trouble" finding an apartment, and finally made a deal with an apartment broker who was paid for his services. In ofT-season times, he plays pro baseball with an Indiana team.

Only one of the Colls reported that he was paying "exorbitant" rent for his apartment, and he nualified this bv saying it "seems exorbitant." In general the players ar not exactly in the same position 4: i. if -l i 4 as i 1 thinlrc V'c nrrt pnnH. "Friendlier" Than Mid-West Both he and his wife, a pretty ViinnaHa finmmonloH lhar npfin PI. in Ka timore were. verv irienoiy much better than in the Middle West" Another Colt wife, a temporary visitor here, is Mrs.

wnson Schwenk, of St. Louis, where her I husband used to play for Wash ington University. The Schwenks have found temporary haven in the St. Paul Hotel Apartments, at St. Paul street and Mt.

Royal avenue. It -was in the same building that Mr. and Mrs. Case and their three children sought shelter until they moved into their rented house on Guilford last week. "Fine," But Must Return Mrs.

Schwenk, a high-school sweetheart of her quarterback husband, said that Baltimore is fine, but that she must return to St. Louis to care for their 4-year-old daughter at their home there. She has been here a month, and will leave in another week. After that, Schwenk will room with a couple of unmarried Colts. She said she was having a va cation" in Baltimore, shopping and seeinc the sights, but that they were living in an apartment be cause Schwenk doesn't like to eat in restaurants.

Meantime, Schwenk's partner in their budding sand-and-gravel busi ness in St. Louis is looking after thines. They hope to branch out into other building materials after thev get better established. The Schwenks are expecting an other baby this fall. Last 'vear.

when Schwenk was Dlavine football for the Cleveland Rrowns. the couple closed ineir home in St. Louis and rented an apartment in Cleveland. Don't Worry About Injuries None of the wives expressed any serious concern about possible injuries their husbands might suffer in games. All of the Colts are vet erans, and Mrs.

Case commented that "after the it seems just like gravy." "Of course." Mrs. Hillenbrand sand, "when there's a pile-up. you wonder how your husband is going to come out especially if he's underneath." Hillenbrand, like all of the players, has sustained a number of relatively "minor" injuries cracked ribs, sprained ankles, dislocated shoulders, and the like. Schwenk is still recovering from an ankle operation, necessitated Dy an in jury received last year. Mostly Enthusiastic Fans All of the wives determinedly declared that they were football fans, but all except Mrs.

Schwenk admitted they were somewhat less than rabid except when their hus bands were playing. Mrs. Case plans to get a house- keeper as soon as she can. to help proiessionai dowiim. rugm nuw, bowls for fun and likes it, and.