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Evening star., 1945-10-22
One World Solution
By Maj. George EieIdine Eio,

The central political problem oS our
times is to establish firm basis for
cooperation between the Anglo-Ameri-
can nations and the Soviet Union.
II this central problem can be solved,
virtually all other major international
problems become, by that fact, soluble.
II this central problem cannot be solved,
virtually all other international prob
lens will remain insoluble.
If we can solve the central problem,
we shall have world security. If we
cannot solve 1t, we shall have world
divided into two great blocs, possibly
growing increasingly hostile to each 9TH
er and fearful of each other with the
passage Of time and the multiplication
of frictions
The solution of our central problem
is not to be accomplished in day. 1t
is not matter Of sitting round green
covered table and signing documents.
It is not, In fact, a matter of person
alitieS, though personalities can be of
great help or great detriment.
Basically it is matter of confidence
and understanding between peoples The
growth OF confidence and understand
ing upward into the sun out of the dark
morass Of fear, mistrust and secrecy is
q slow process. Therein lie most Of the
dangers to our future hopes.
The English-speaking peoples have
not the least desire to attack the Rus
slams, or the least intention Of doing
so. Nor do they desire. or have any rea-
son, to limit the growth of the Russian
people toward the prosperous security
which the resources of the vast Russian
state make possible. But they are sus-
picious Of Russian motives, they fear q
Russian turn toward imperialistic adj
venture.
The peoples OF the Soviet Union have
not the least desire to attack the Amer
leans and the British, nor any good
reason for doing so. Nor do they have
any reason for limiting the growth Of
the Anglo American peoples toward the
prosperous security which our resources
and abilities make possible for us. But
they are suspicious Of our motives. They
fear that We are seeking to hem them
In (the Gordon sanitaire" complex, J,
and they-or at least their leaders are
sharply conscious Of their present con-
ditton Of military weakness, compare
Evening star., 1945-10-22

There Is an increasing tenseness in
the situation In the Balkans and the
Middle East which is only sketchily re-
ported to the American people because
Of difficulties of coverage and censorship.
According to reports from reliable
quarters, November 7, the date the Rus
siam Turkish treaty of non-aggression
expires, might become a critical day.
Secretary of State Byrnes privately
admitted on his return from the H.
fated London Conference that the Rus
slams had given him the impression that
they intend to handle In their own way
the question of the straits and the
dispute over return of the Ardahan
and Kars areas to Russia. ComrAissar
Molotov has indicated that the Soviets
would brook no interference in this mat
ter unless the interference was init
ated with the aim Of satisfying all Of
Russia,s claims.
The Russian forces In Georgia and
Armenia, as well as those In Northern
Persia, have been considerably strength
ened, while in the Balkans the Red
Army Is reported to exceed 1000 900 men.
These are considerable forces In the
hands of the Kremlin diplomats to back
their demands for a prompt settlement
of the disputed areas.
The Russians have given notice that
the ilonaggression pact with Ankara was
not to be renewed In its old form after
November Z. Soviet diplomats at An
kara informed the Turkish foreign office
that the future relations between the
two countries depended largely on the
willingness of the Turks to comply with
all the Russian demands.
President Ismet Inonu, his cabinet and
the bulk Of the Turkish Parliament are
reported willing to discuss all the pend
ing problems with Russia, not In a BIZ
lateral conference, but in the presence
Of representatives of other members Of
the United Nations. Turkey, like the
u. S. s. R., is a member of that organ
ization, which has been set up to prevent
further wars.
In the event Moscow wishes to handle
the matter directly and use strong meth
DDS, the Turks are reliably reported to
be prepared to oppose force with force.
Their army is not as well equipped as
the Russian and also is numerically in
ferior. But the Turks rely on the roper
cussion Soviet attack might have on
the rest of the world.
President Truman and Secretary
Byrnes are aware of the dangerous sit
uation, which might cause an explosion
In the Near East and the Balkans. But
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Urges Continuance of Rationing

Urges Continuance of Rationine
To the Editor of The Star:
While millions Of European and
Asiatic peoples are cold and eating only
inadequate food, we sit snugly and we'll
fed in homes not touched by bombs
and talk of abohshing rationing.
If we continued meat rationing to
hold consumption at the present level
(Which is IL per cent above prewar
leveD, we probably could export about
20O0, 900 tons of meat during the
next II months. This amount would
help meet the minimum needs of
Europe, Great Britain and Asia. We
are not asked to do this alone; Argen-
meat.
As large Democratic Nation beliey-
ing in world peace, however, we should
takefthe lead. This means not only our
willingness to continue rationing on
scarce items, but also urging that Con-
gress appropriate Immediately the re-
naming $3.50, ,000, 900 that is authorized
for the United Nations Relief and Re-
habilitation Administration.
We hope and expect the world to be-
come more democratic; therefore, we
must prevent starvation and epidemics
as much as possible whether in allied
or former enemy countries. Given a
choice between freedom without food
and food without freedom, We all know
which choice eventually is made. Presi-
dent Truman has said: Hungry
people are rarely advocates Of democ-
racy." JOSEPHINE H. ROSS.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
End Of an Epic

Ine announcement Cnat tIle otii-
well road and the Calcutta Running
pipeline are to be abandoned No
vember / serves as striking illus
tration of how quickly peace can
convert the pressing and costly ne
cessities of war into useless extraya-
ganceS.
The road and the pipeline. run
ming from India through Burma into
China, cost scores of millions of dol
lars. Their construction was hailed
everywhere as an American engi-
neering epic, and many brave man
lost his life in making it possible.
Rivers, mountain ranges. the rains
of the monsoon. disease infested
jungle areas. and the ever-present
enemy had to be overcome to COM
plete the two projects. 1t was an
effort without parallel in history,
and as long as the Japanese re-
NAMED to be defeated, as long as the
Chinese were cut of from all other
links with the Allied world, 1t could
be justified.
Actually, the war ended at time
when the road and the pipeline were
just about beginning to carry the
full load they were designed for.
With sea and other routes at last
open to China, however, neither is
economically feasible now, and ex-
cepting the pipe that may be sold
for scrap, they do not lend them
selves to salvaging. They were good
and necessary for war, but they are
no good for peace. Yet, though the
monsoon and the implacable growth
of the jungle will eventually remove
all traces Of them, they will be long
remembered as part of a great story
of mans ingenuity and endurance
triumphing over immense obstacles.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

able beginning, and the realities of
our situation demand that we make
the most of it.. When friends OF
strong international authority ad-
vocate the dissolution Of the UNO
in the vain hope of substituting
that which now is unattainable, they
hurt the very thing they espouse.
Nothing could be more imperative
in this day and age than that we
build upon the structure fashioned
at San Francisco, for that is the only
way we can hope ever to achieve the
kind of world government that will
insure a lasting peace.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Father Favors Cadet Training
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
without going into the merits of the
action Of the Board of Education in
adopting rule that makes it possible
for q member Of the High School Cadet
Corps to be excused from the physical
training course, think 1t most unfor-
tunate that it is possible for the press
to quote a prominent member Of the
Senate as stating that he sees no value
in high school or college drilling.
Cadet training teaches discipline at
an early age-a most necessary phase
Of military training, one that Becomes
more difficult to instill at later age
1t teaches coordinate effort. neatness,
good posture and certainly gives as
much physical development as physical
training courses. In high school the
student gets two hours physical train
ing weekly. While in the cadets he is
required to put in at least three hours
weekly and usually 1t averages four or
five hours. AS q physical developer,
calisthenics is hardly superior to the
exercise received in drilling.
As to value from a military stand
point! We don't have any law requiring
"a full year of full-time intensive mill
tary training" and may never have.
desirable as such a law would be. As
the father of three sons, two with over
three years in the Army (both OF whom
regret not having taken cadets because
OF the value they felt such training
would have been to thens, and the
other now serving his third year in the
cadets, regret having excused the
older boys from cadet training. Par
ticularly, ! regretted 1t when I saw one
of the older boys, after having served
more than year in the Army, being
taught the manual Of arms by the
youngster in the cadets.
Many Of the present officers in the
Regular Army and Navy were members
of Washington Cadet Corps and devel-
oped their interest In the Army and
Navy because of such cadet service.
Had the Senator ever served in the
military forces, he would have appre-
ciated the initial advantage Of some
previous military drill.
The cadet gets his training outside
Of regular school hours. 1t does not
interfere with his studies and he gets
as much benefit as from physical train
ing classes which take classroom time.
I hope Washington never let's the
cadets down. The organization Is .
time -honored institution.
JAMES +. sCHWAB.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Letters to The Star
DR.. Brown Sees Atomic Bomb
as Force for Good
To the Editor Of The star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
The atomic bomb admittedly is q
monster that might destroy civilization.
1t possesses no secret that scientists Of
other lands cannot master or utilize for
good or for Ill. Nor is there any known
effective means of universal control
against its possible misuse.
But this is no time for hysterical
fear or naive faith In safety controls.
We must face the situation with calm
reason and courage.
The problem is not new one. It has
only been dramatized alarmingly and
tragically at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Scientific discoveries during the past
half century and more have far out
stripped mans capacity to use them
wisely and safely for the welfare of
society. This new Frankenstein mon
ster threatens to destroy its creator To
employ current expression, man is fast
becoming obsolete"
II man really were becoming obsolete
the situation truly would be hopeless.
We might as well "eat, drink, be merry"
and go down recklessly in one stupen-
dous cataclysm. But we cannot with
self-respect take defeatist attitude.
Nor can we reasonably look for safety to
such desirable expedients as world gov
ernment. A superstate can no more
guarantee safety than any government
can insure against crime, vice, disorder,
strikes mr. ravol,itions
The challenge of atomic energy is
profound and far-reaching. 1t requires
that man through reason, self discipline
and high ideals should find that power
within himself that can master all other
forms of power. Our answer to the
atomic bomb must be moral and spiry
itual. The revelation of cosmic energy
should lead us back to the ultimate
source of all energy. We may not be
able to define it scientifically, but we
surely can sense and know that divine
source of energy which we may draw
faith that can move mountains" Ac-
knowledging our human inadequacies
we humbly can return to the Creator,
the Father of all mankind.
If the discovery Of cosmic energy
leads us inexorably into new realms of
spiritual power. the atomic bomb may
well prove blessing and not curse.
This crisis in civilization demands q
manful facing of grave responsibilities
and our high destiny. What we most
need is great moral and spiritual
revolution to fit us for the supreme
role of partners with God in the awe
some process of the majestic evolution
of the human race.
PHILIP MARSHALL BROWN,
President Of the American Peace Society
Evening star., 1945-10-22

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were de-
stroyed are starkly memorable. Pro-
fessional camera artists are puzzled
about certain features Of these
graphic records of the end of an
age. 1t is conceivable that what
man has done is to make to order
a nova-an exploding star-of sort.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Smith-ConnuIIy Act

With the fighting over and the
War Labor Board anxious to close up
shop at the earliest possible moment,
the agitation for repeal or modif1ca-
tion of the Smith +Connally Act-the
so-called antistrike LAWS asSum-
ing proportions which probably will
result in early action by Congress.
1t is by no means clear. however,
that the entire law should be re-
pealed unless Congress proposes to
substitute for it some other legisla-
ton covering industrial disputes.
The Smith-C Connally Act was war
product and was designed to enable
the Government to deal with strikes
which threatened seriously to inter-
fere with the prosecution of the war.
AS passed by the House 1t was
strong measure. In the Senate, how
ever. it was stripped of most of the
provisions opposed by labor, and, in
its final form, it left much to be
desired. Nevertheless, the law was
not as bad as some of it's critics have
claimed.
In his veto of the measure-sub-
sequently overridden by Congress
the late President Roosevelt said he
feared the provision for strike votes
and thirty-day strike notice would
not discourage strikes, but rather
would tend to stimulate labor un-
rest and give Government sanction
to strike agitations." That criticism
has been repeated by others, but the
record during the war does not sup
port it. The National Labor Relations
Board reported last February. after
its first year of operation under the
law, that 1,089 strike notices had
been filed with the board. OF this
total, 68S were withdrawn, 232 led to
strike votes. lis were otherwise
closed, and only "a strikes actually
resulted. That is not a bad record.
And when it is compared with the
record of 1000 strikes throughout
the country during the same period
mostly in defiance of the ,law-it
can hardly be said that it was the
provisions of the statute which en-
couraged strikes.
AS OF this time, however, an en-
tirely different situation prevails.
The war, in all but the formal sense.
is over Labor has revoked it's no.
strike pledge and the Labor Board is
being swamped with requests for
strike votes. Obviously, this section
of the law no longer serves any
useful purpose and it should be
repealed. The case is less clear,
however, with respect to other pro-
visions, such as that authorizing
Government seizure of struck plants.
This provision has been invoked in
frequently, but at times it has been
of real Importance. A few days ago.
for instance, President Truman for
reasons. of national necessity seized
strike closed petroleum facilities
under authority conferred on him by
the Smith, Connally Act. Had the law
not been in existence the Govern
ment's move would have been of ex-
ceedingly dubious legality, and there
certainly is no assurance that the
power granted by the act will not be
needed again during the reconver-
sion period. Therefore, while it
might be desirable to repeal the
strike vote section as advocated by
Senator Connally, Congress would do
we'll to reflect carefully on the pos
sible consequences of throwing out
the Smith -Connally Act without
enacting any substitute for it.
Evening star., 1945-10-22
Up to the House Now

Senator McCarran deserves con-
gratulations for having successfully
piloted through the Senate a local
slum- clearance and low-cost hous-
ing measure which has brought into
substantial agreement the hitherto
irreconcilable elements concerned
with the subject.
The task was difficult enough as
1t concerned the Senate District
Committee. And the introduction of
the compromise measure brought
such heated protests from some of
the labor spokesmen that Senate ap-
proval, at one time, seemed remote
indeed. Senator Wagner of New
York and Senator Ellender of Loui-
siana, who are intensely interested
in a national housing measure, sug-
geSted some compromises in phrase
ology of the bill which do not change
its essential purposes and which
tend to clarity some of its points, and
the acceptability of these changes to
Senator McCarran brought about
Senate approval without dissent.
Considering the long, and at times
seemingly fruitless effort to reach
agreement on this measure, such
unanimity in Senate approval is
really noteworthy.
In these circumstances, it is to be
hoped that the House District Com
mittee will now move to send this
bill along for early consideration
and enactment. 1t is inconceivable
that after the long hearings on the
Senate side, the House District Com
mittee should wish to repeat testi-
mony which already has become SO
voluminous. Representative McGe-
hee of Mississippi, chairman of the
House District subcommittee in
charge of the measure, has naturally
awaited disposition of the Senate
bill. But now that is completed, a
report from the House committee
should be expedited.
The bill is largely experimental,
but it applies the principle of public
! support necessary in urban redevel-
opment while Offering every induce
ment to private enterprise to engage
in such work The extent of public
housing will be determined wholly
, by the ability of private enterprise
! to provide what is needed. If private
enterprise can be attracted to this
field, and can provide adequate
housing at rentals within reasonable
reach of the lowincome groups, the
possibilities of large-scale urban re-
development are almost limitlesS
and Government competition in
residential building will be elimi-
mated automatically.
The McCarran-C -Capper- Burton bill,
which passed the Senate, may pro-
duce no miracle. but it's enactment
would mean another and a more
promising approach to solution of
complex problem. AS for the need
of it in Washington, Senator McCar-
ran reminded the Senate of a con-
dition which is, "to say the least,
revolving. There are existent in the
City of Washington today places
where human beings live =" . which
should not be tolerated in a civilized
community, places from which pes
thence and disease are spread and
where conditions prevail which
would be regretted all over the
United States if the people knew
they existed"
Evening star., 1945-10-22

AS long ago as 1919 the District
was behind the eight-ball insofar as
management of its traffic problems
were concerned. It's position twenty
four years later is just as unfor-
tunate.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

Some people have the bad habit Of
biting their nails. Others seem en-
tirely unable to keep their fingers off
the horn-buttons of their somewhat
decrepit cars.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

1t has been decided by an Amer
lean court that a man is the head
of family, but an appeal is sure
to be filed with rolling pin If he
attempts to profit from the decision.
Evening star., 1945-10-22

When looking at approaching cars
in the rear-view mirror 1t is always
a good plan to allow for at least one
more than you can see.
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-07

Mrs. Helen Harmon and son.
Ralph were guests at duck supper
Ia-t Thursday of Mr.. ana Mrs.
Thurman and family.
Fritz Zott has had relapse and
!. confined to his home after being
i'll about TWO weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gootee Brown. MIR.
and Mrs. Leonard Zott. George
Iott all called to see Fritz Zott and
family sunday.
Nr' and Mrs. John Lloyd visited
their children. Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
I!oyd of Seaford sunday
MIR. and Mrs. +. G. Adams and
family were guests Sunday at a
turkey dinner AT the home OF Mr
and Mrs. Emery Williamson. MIR,
and Mrs. Claude Adams ana family,
Nrs. Lee Adams a',1 daughter OF
canlhridee. Maryland were also IN
Nitcd guests.
MIR. and Mrs. Carl Tucker were Ill
Seaf0rd on Monday
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-07
REDDEN

There will hc SUNDAY school
services at Met OIloy7 Church on
Sunday morning AT 10 a. m. Pres
ton Donovan, Supt.
Tho Ladies' OF NcColloys church
viii serve lunch OF hot dogs. chick
en- salad sandW icho~ pics. cake ana
ice cream and coffee AT the hate
Howard j. Buton's sal" on We'd
nesday. December - All members
and friends are requested 10 hrin-
or send donations
Mi and Mrs charles Burton
were Friday afternoon guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Donovan and
family
Mr.. aud Mrs. Norman Rust and
Mr.. Edward West We're Sunday dim
her @uest+ OF Nr. and Mrs. charlie,
Rust
Mr. and Ms PARIS Burton Wtl.
Wedne sday cveuine gue,ts ot Nh
and Mrs. Charles Donovan and
family
Milford chronicle., 1945-12-07
ROXANA

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Milford chronicle., 1945-12-07
WARWICK

Lieutenant Anthony Ii2Sin~. I.
: \. Il. has returned from The Pa
cine Theatre OF War after more
t'an 1, year OF overseas dut! and i ,
spending a terminal leave with hi,
family al Rehohoth. Lieutenant and
Mis-. lieeins lived At the White
House Farm in Ions Neck before
entering the Navy.
Mrs Eftie Lawson entertained AZ
sunday dinner recently Nh ana
Mrs. !. Il. Moore. Mn and Nr~ "
=. Cordrey and daughter. Elsie
Mrs. Dollie Lawson. Mrs. Ntlli,
Thorou4hgood and son. James. Nh
and Mrs Edward Cordrey and son
Lawrence. and Nr. and Mrs. ! \
tordrcy and sons of MillShoro.
Mrs. Ruth Dickerson of Wiluu-
TON VAS a recent week end guest o
Ter parents Nr. and Mrs. William
H&lson