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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Greek Bonds In u. S.

The invasion of Greece by Mussolini's forces
has set American financial experts to weigh
ing its consequences in this country. One of
these experts has looked into the bond situa-
ton and finds that the market value of Greek
bonds in this country is not large. The total
comes to $43, 500, 900. This figure, it is said.
is not adjusted for repatriations. The Greek
government defaulted on its obligations here
several years ago and only intermittent pay
ments have been made since then.
The issues outstanding include $40, 1861, 900 of
the Greek government seven percent refugee
loan of 1924; $16, SOL, 500 of Greek government
six per cent sterilization and refugee loan OF
1928; So, 576, 900 of Hellenic Republic eight per
cents of 1925, and $7,132, 227 of Greek govern.
ment three per cent notes of 1881.
In addition, Greece is in default on about
$35, 600, 900 owed to the United States govern
ment. While this total is inconsiderable by
contemporary standards, when anything less
than a billion dollars is chicken-feed, it is
obvious that this country has more than a
sentimental interest in Greece's defense.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Paderewski At Sea

The fact that Paderewski has sufficiently
recovered to continue his voyage to the United
States from Lisbon will bring comfort to
countless Americans who have been thrilled
and inspired by the performance of this mas
ter pianist and composer.
Ever since his first major tour of cities
In the United States, which included an en-
gagement at the Chicago Worlds Fair in 1893,
Paderewski has occupied a prime position in
the affections of this people, both as artist
and patriot. Paderewski dedicated his fortune
and services to his native Poland after the
first World war. He now again sees his coun-
try overrun and despoiled, and is too old,
and if the truth were known, probably too
poor, to do anything for his peple.
So he is coming to America to finish out his
span of life on his ranch in California, We
can only hope that he will retain his health.
if not his old vigor, for years to come.
Troubled Europe has given the United States
a rich harvest of distinguished men. None is
more welcome than this great Pole, Jan Pad.
erewski.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Quotations

How can our men become good soldiers with
liquor sapping their well being.-Mrs. Ida B.
Wise-Smith, w. c. T.. U. head.
Tolerance ceases to be a virtue when it is
carried to the point where everything is tol-
erated.-Representative Martin Dies, Texas.
=
Aiding a race to survive is not at all the
same thing as helping a government.-James
W. Johnson, veteran, American Volunteer Am
%bulance, in appeal for aid to France.
We shall be in a position to take a further
view of what we should do with victory when
we get it.-British Prime Minister Churchill.
1t has gotten so now that a farmer needs to
bring an economist, a bookkeeper, an account
ant and a lawyer along with him before he
knows what he is going to get for his milk
Mayor La Guardia of New York.
Certainly there is nothing in experience to
indicate that relaxing the 40-hour week for
everybody would add anything to the rate OF
essential production.-Col Phillip B. Fleming,
.Wage-Hour law administrator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31

Turkey will fulfill her pledge to come to the
aid of Greece. If so, powerful proof will be
at hand that Russia is no longer going quietly
along with the Axis, for Turkey would not 60
to war without a nod from the Soviet.
But even if the Turks do not move, the
British people can take heart in this sign OF
confidence in their own ability to cope with
Germany and Italy. Certainly Greece weighed
all the factors in the equation before she made
her decision. That she has thrown her Lot
with Britain is a testimonial to BritiAh
strength.
This latest brutal attack, following an ulti-
matum that amounted to an abrupt declara-
ton of war, is also a commentary on the
conferences Hitler and Mussolini have been
conducting with the peace of Europe" as
their announced objective. The kind of peace
they have in mind is still the peace Of con-
quest. They cannot conceive of any other
peace.
But the road Of conquest is long. It has led
Germany and Italy far already. Now it has
induced Mussolini into a new adventure. And
the end is not in sight.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Greece Fights Back

In the Greek decision to resist Italy by
arms rather than submit to demands that
would a meant the end of Greek independ.
ence there is cheer for the people of Britain
and all those who hope for the defeat of the
totalitarian aggressors. 1t means much that
the Greeks nave refused to bow to seemingly
overwhelming forces.
It is true that Greece has followed the lead.
ership Of Britain in recent years. It is also
true that she has no reason to believe that
Italian domination of the Mediterranean will
be to her advantage-quite the contrary. Blu,
other weak nations, faced with a similar prob.
lem, "a preferred discretion to valor in 4he
belief that resistance was useless. Evidently
Greece does not consider her fight quite hone
less.
What this means, in terms of future devel
oprnents. is not yet clear. It may mean tina,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Short Of Goal

One significant fact has been developed by
the financial campaigns thus far conducted
in Wilmington this fall. In most cases the
amount of money sought has not been forth.
coming in full. The drives have closed short
of their respective goals.
If the organizations seeking public support
were accurate in estimating their needs. this
failure to secure the total contributions set as
a minimum upon which they could perform
their service efficiently indicates that their
operations during the coming year are likely
to be under a handicap. There will have to
be a bit of pairing here and there, all along
the line, with the result that the effectiveness of
the separate organizations operations will be
impaired.
What is to be done about it is NOT quite
clear. It might be possible for contributors
to dig a little deeper and make up deficien-
cies. That, of course, is a personal matter,
to be governed entirely by the financial sit
uation of individual contributors. Or it might
be possible for the organizations to confer and
find that certain overlapping services could
be consolidated and so make the available
Wios SoA1iS1C1L " lax uSSuS. 1udt, tOO, Is
to be determined by the inner circles of the
organizations. No one on the outside can
make the decision.
Or it might prove wise, in the long run, to
unite all solicitations in a single campaign
a community chest drive-as the custom is
in many other cities. Preceded by a thorough
going investigation of the separate services
of the many organizations depending in large
on the public for operating funds,
with the object Of eliminating Implications in
service, such a campaign might well prove
the most satisfactory solution Of the problem.
It might show that quite a saving could be
made for the benefit Of contributors without
weakening or curtailing the work to be done.
A clearing house for the many charities would
not be amiss.
Wilmington's people are not niggardly. They
show that by the response to every demand
for money. They want to do what is right
by all organizations soliciting aid. But it is
not apparent that the system now in vogue,
every organization making its separate
drive for funds, is satisfactory, as witness the
failure to reach most of the goals. The way
to overcome this difficulty might be found
through closer cooperation and a united cam
paign.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Rev. Andrews To Preach
At Nine Mile Mission

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 30.-The
Rev. Victor L. Andrews, Ramseur,
former pastor of the Jacksonville
BAPTIST church, will open a weeks
revival at Nine Mile Baptist Mis-
sion Monday night. He will re
sisted by the Rev. L. c. Pinnix,
pastor of the Jacksonville Baptist
church now.
The Rev. Mr.. Pinnix will 20 to
Fairfield, November 4 to preach
in a Today revival at the Baptist
church now served by the Rev.
E. R. Stewart. I
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
1t Backfired

BY an odd piece of irony the Nazis them
selves are more responsible than anyone else
for the sharp lowering Of German trade pres
tige and a consequent rise of that of the
United States in the countries of Latin-Amer-
lea.
Last spring when Hitler's armies were
sweeping over France and the Low Countries,
German agents started an aggressive sales
campaign in South America. Low prices were
many orders taken for goods to be shipped
and delivered this fall.
This may have been due in part to the SUI
preme confidence of the Nazis in their ability
to end the war this summer But it was also
part of a campaign to persuade the countries
of Latin-America that the German army and
air force were irresistible, that Britain was
already licked and that these countries had
better play ball with Germany instead of CO.
operating with the United States.
By now the Germans have made fools of
themselves and destroyed a lot of valuable
good will which they had laborously built up
in these countries. Buyers are Inconvenience
and annoyed because the goods they contract
ed for are not being delivered and obviously
will not be for some time to come. The effect
OF the German boast has not merely been
lost, but it backfired. Because the Nazis have
not been able to make good on either their
commercial or their military promises Latin
America has lost confidence in them and their
agents.
1t hardly needs to be added that the re-
action aroused by this ill-calculated gamble
Will be very helpful to the United States both
in improving trade relations and in gaining
cooperation OF other kinds. The Germans can
regain this lost ground only by means Of
the swift military victory which now eludes
them. In the meantime our gains will in.
crease in the degree that our own military
strength and ability to defend this hemisphere
rise and to the extent to which we learn to
cater to the special requirements Of Latin.
lAmerican customers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
RAGS A DOG, is
ASSISTANT
ABERDEEl

~. S.-h1A1lO
now a hearing ear dog"
Born deaf and dumb, Fred Lewis
became an expert mechanic and
took over the job as chief engineer
OF the city water station several
years ago. But he could not hear
the machinery.
so Lewis trained Rags, a dog
OF indefinite ancestry, to take the
place of his ears.
When Lewis starts the pumps,
Rags will grab the end of his tail
In his teeth and chase it around
a few times. If all goes well, he
will then lie still. But if the ma
chinery stops, Rags arises and
goes through his tail chasing to
warn his master.
And when the fire bell rings,
Rags leaps to- his feet to chase
that tail and warn Lewis to start
the extra pumps. Strangely
enough, when the same bell rings
regularly as a time signal at IL
noon, Rags ignores it.
You cant's fool Rags" Lewis
wrote on a slip of paper with a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under Council Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
md Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrtghtsvile
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5-Foot Cope Fear River channel, 11id.
er Turning Basin, toith snip lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood ProdAc.
ton through sustained-yield methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency, supported by one
countrywide tar.
%Shipyards and Drydock.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, Developed around the
Community Hospital.
Adequate hospital facilities for whites.
Junior High School.
Tobacco Warehouse tor Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0ropang
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern tuberculosis Sdn0tor1Nm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
THE DEMOCRATS

To the Star:
Women of the state and nation
who turn to the pages of Ameri.
can political history for guidance
will not fail the democratic party
and its nominee in this critical hour.
They will recall that a permanent
accomplishment of the Woodrow
| Wilson administration was the en-
actment of the 10th amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States which extended the ballot
franchise to women and enabled
them to attain high elective public
office.
Furthermore, the administration
of Franklin D. Roosevelt was the
first to accord qualified women
broad recognition in government, in
GLIDING a representative in the Pres
ident:al cabinet. Out of the last
seven years emerged the countless
humanitarian reforms and bene-
fetal recovery measures of the New
Deal.
When President Wilson sought re-
election in 1916, women had the
right to vote in only 10 states. OF
the 10, nine - Arizona, California,
Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana,
Nevada, Washington and Wyoming
went democratic. The united, fem
inine.cast ballots in the bloc of nine
states with their So democratic
electoral votes formed a balance of
power in the nation and clinched
the victory for Wilson that was won
by the marrow margin of % votes
in the electoral college.
Again this year the women of our
state and nation will reassert their
loyal allegiance to the democratic
party which is theirs by mutual SER
vice, tradition and choice.
HELEN ROBERTSON WOHL.
Greensboro.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
payment of imitation fees amount

payment of imitation fees amount
ing to as much as SIS, plus dues,
and the union business agents
have relieved the government and
the contractors of the bother OF
hiring men for this work in Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio and
Pennsylvania. In some cases,
thanks to the unions, the federal
treasurer is given the privilege OF
paying much more than the pre-
vailing wage-out of which the IN
ions, of course, collect their tax
on patriotism.
The union agents have establish.
ed racket headquarters adjacent to
the federal premises, and men ap-
plying for work are referred to
them by the contractors who will
not hire non-union Americans. If
they did that the agents might
break a few patriotic legs and
skulls and hold up the national
defense.
Some Americans have travelled
long distance by jaloppy or thumb
in the innocent belief that in an
emergency all they require are
their skill and a willingness to
work. They have discovered that
the unions of the -. F. of L.
whose executive council, incident.
ally, is adorned by George
Browne, the Chicago gangster =
come before the American flag.
Those who lack money for the
down payment on the extortion, or
the willingness to submit, are out
Of luck.
The unions mar be a trifle
harsh, but it cannot be said that
even in a great national emergen.
cy they have lost their sense Of
humor. They are playin;; a great
joke on most of the patriotic suck
ers. The joke is that they are
compelled to pay the full price o,
the initiation for temporary jobs
which will end when the barracks
and plants are finished. But In the
long run the joke will be on the
taxpayers, who will have to fur
nish the money to pay the work
ers to pay the racket of the A.. F.
of L.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
THE THIRD TERM
To the Star:

IL Lie SldI
With so much discussion going
on about a third term for a Presi-
dent of the nited States, it may be
pertinent to the subject to call at
tention to he basic reason for the
fears in the minds of Washington
and Jefferson which they expressed
with emphasis about this matter.
To be brief, there was a rather
large party in this country imme-
diately after the Revolution whose
members could not conceive of
any safe government other than
a monarchy. The leader of this
party was Alexander Hamilton. He
worked in many ways to put forth
this idea Of establishing a new
monarchy in this new world.
Washington and Jefferson were
entirely opposed to it. Their fear
of such a government being fas-
tened on the new American State
was real and well founded. They
knew that the perpetuation of one
man as the head of this govern
ment could readily lead to the
founding of such a monarchy. Con-
sequently they opposed it with all
the power they possessed.
The Republican party Of our
time, which is the exponent of
many of the ideas of our brilliant
first Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton, goes about
creating a monarchy in this coun-
try in a more subtle way. For
many decades they have worked
to establish a p~lutocracy, and with
conspicuous success. Legislation
which this party has fathered has
made it possible for the great
wealth of this nation to be gather
ed into a few hands. There being
just SO much to gather, if it is
picked up by a few the many
must necessarily 60 without or be
the servants of those who are in
possession. This is most certainly
not democracy o can democracy
last long under such a system.
1t is that p~lutocracy which the
present administration has set it's
mind and efforts to correct. Il is
that %plutocracy which is now des.
perately fighting to perpetuate its
power, which is accusing its enc
mics Of attempting to create dicta.
torship. which has been no imagi.
nary power, but real and acting.
and apparently they are willing
and working to destroy the conf.
dence of the American people in
even the good intentions of their
present administration Of govern.
ment in Washington if they have to
disseminate falsehood to accomp-
fish their ends. They do not intend
that this government shall be ad-
ministered for the plain people of
this country, they are not wiling
tc share with them a fair proper
ton of our great wealth. So they
muddy the issue with cri.' - "ra:-
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
OUR PRESIDENT

OUR PRESIDENT
Hurrah, for Roosevelt!
A friend of the poor
Who drives poverty
From every door.
Born leader is he,
While the rich whine,
It's the way poor folks
Can earn a dime.
We sure need, fellows,
A man without fear,
To wave Old Glory,
Which we hold so dear.
A man like Roosevelt,
With laughter and song;
A friend like Roosevelt,
True, the whole year long.
Very wide the world,
The sea very deep,
So, all we ask Is
Our Roosevelt to keep.
MRS. FEB V. COWAN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31

The Star wishes its readers
to know that views and opin-
ions expressed in this article
r those of the author and
may not always harmonic
with its position.-The Editor.
NEW YORK, Oct. 36.-All right.
minded Americans, and particu.
larly those who are now serving
or soc will be called to serve in
the armed forces, will be cheered,
no doubt, to learn that labor's
gains, as President Roosevelt calls
them, r being well maintained
in the construction of various
plants and cantonments-that is tc
say, the American Federation oil
Labor is profiteering and racke.
teering with high patriotic enthu'
siasm, and civilians who wish tt
work on such jobs must submit tt
extortion by various unions of the
A. F. of L. a pick-and-shove
American who desires to do his
bit and earn a few eating dollars
for his family must buy a work
license, or union membership
from the Common Laborers' unior
at from $40 up, plus dues. This
union is a fine old democratic in
stitution, which has not held a ma.
tional convention in almost A
years, whose best contribution tt
labor, with an upper case L, anc
American citizenship, was the late
Mike Carrozzo, the millionaire
Chicago gunman and racketeer.
The Common Laborers' union
in its earlier days, was composed
to a large extent of Immigrant
Italians who did not know thei1
way around the new world anc
submitted easily to the discipline
OF smart unioneers who had pre-
coded them to the land of oppor
tunity and established themselve:
in politics and labor,
Member of AT. of l..
1t is still that sort of union, bu'
an honored member, nevertheless
Of the great family of unions il
the A. F. of L. It's record in the
Pittsburgh and Me- Jersey area:
smells almost the same as in the
Chicago field, but under the labo1
policy of the administration, il
works of national def-~;e, it en-
joys full extortion rights to bar ar
American citizen from employ
ment in the government service
if he refuses to shower down.
Mr.. Daniel Tobin's Transfers
union, the same that created s
political and industrial Dictatorship
in the northwest under Mr.. Tobin's
appointed vice-roy, Mr.. Dave
Beck, also is in on the racket
fact which doubtless explains in
part Mr.. Tobin's devotion to the
party of humanity in the present
campaign. MIR. Tobin's union has
long enjoyed the status of an I'm.
official and irresponsible but very
severe interstate commerce com.
mission, regulating and restricting
the flow of goods across state lines
and in some cases has slapped
down embargoes. It is a very
powerful union.
Carpenters, painters and other
patriots r allowed to work on
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31

tator!" While all the time what
they are fighting for is to hold on
to the dictatorship Of the power of
great wealth.
1t will be tragic for our people
II they allow themselves to be
1r1ghtened by this wolf cry of
DICTATOR. and holding on to 'tradi.
tlon.' The real question is, are we
70 give up ground won in the last
eight years for democracy and the
welfare of the people, or are we
70 return to the dictatorship by
Inc lew who have gained posses
sion Of the wealth of the people.
mat is the real and actual die
tatorship in question.
A VOTER.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-31
TOP O. THE MORNING

Let us be lone aUith Whittling aDdy the Uost
God-ike promises of the Divine Word, It'll they
come acithin the crdmped limits of our poU-
erty-stricken experience, and let us set to work
in earnest to bring our experience abreast of
Gods promises.
REV. JOHN McNEILL