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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-24
Pacific Trusteeships

BY and large, laymen cannot keep up with
what goes on in the San Francisco Security
Conference. But there is one proposal, fortu-
nately nipped in the bud which everybody can
understand.
1t is the trusteeship amendment offered by
the Egyptians which proposed that mandates
from the former World War over strategic Pa
cific islands be placed under the supervision
Of the new world organization.
If it had prevailed, the Carolines, the Mari
anas, the Marshalls would have become a
charge upon the proposed league now being
formed at San Francisco The japanese were
expelled from them only at great cost as the
American Navy moved westward toward Japan
from Hawaii
The fmerican military authorities contend
that the trusteeship over them, and other is
lands which Japan fortified in secret and in
preparation for the war of conquest which
,tarted with the attack on Pearl Harbor should
rightly be vested in the United States, in h e
interes Of lasting peace in the Pacific.
When the Egyptian amendment was present
ed Commander Harold E. Stassen of the Unit
ed STATES delegation and Lord Cranborne Of
Great Britain argued it down. With the excep-
ton Of few nations the world will have reason
to be ,rateful for their effort.
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Older Men Deferred

Deferment of men of thirty and o.uer, as
announced yesterday by General Lewis B. Her
shey, draft director will have the effect Of
steadying business generally despite the fact
that the move will require calling up an equiv
alent number of occupationally deferred men
from eighteen through twenty-nine.
The older men who will be freed from the Tn
certainty they have felt so long concerning
induction into the armed services are on the
whole more settled and for the most part
better trained for their work, whatever it may
be- than the younger group now subject to
the cal to arms.
That the United States military authorities
should feel the situation in the Pacific justi-
fies any lessening of the draft regulations is
in striking contrast with the situation in Japan
where some twenty million students have been
or are being called for training.
There is the assurance of victory among
American leaders while fear OF defeat among
the japanese has reached the proportions of
desperation.
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!hover overhead until the wind dis
solves them.
Some of our mess attendants are
Filipinos enlisted since liberation.
You can't talk long to anybody
on this ship without his bringing
up the time it shot down a Jap
aircraft and half of the plane
landed off the portside, half oft
the starboard.
I got a haircut at the hands
of Ship Serviceman Second class)
Jack W. Hogren, 26 of Moline, ILL.,,
who wishes he'd be home in June
for his second wedding anniver-
sary. His wife is in Princeton, Ia.
Jack and four others keep busy
trimming the hair of 1200-plus
men. In battle he has a damage
control station.
The hardware that holds port
able causeway or "can dock" to-
getier is called 'jewelry."
Rear Admiral Russell Berkey's
pants are darned in several places.
During the quiet return trip from
Tarakan I've been reading "Tne
Bluejackets Manual" It's full of
interesting stuff, but I don't think
they meant this one the way it
came out: s"The Government and
your officers prefer not to fine
you. The Government doesn't need
the money"
Under "sea terms" the manual
has some definitions that sur
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-24
Lay Cards On Table

High pressure publicity is pouring through
the country to prove that price control really
works. The wonder is that anyone should
ever doubt that it would work-temporarily
Grant any government enough power backed
with public cooperation and it can rea:h GER
tain detectives. Ours is not the first nation
that has discovered this fact.
The practice of comparing the price induces
Of World War II under a regulated system
with those of World War under ar unregulat-
ed system in attempts to show what won-
derful thing price fixing is, ic getting more
thar little tiresome. 1t is about time that
someone laid the cards on the table
Holding prices down has been an expensive
procedure expensive from the standpoint Of
loss of personal freedom and the creation Of
ominous Federal controls that are even now
being seriously considered as desirable peace
time attributes of government People seem
to have forgotten that price fixing did not start
out as an instrument of convenience for the
home front. It was supposed to be an emergen.
nv measure to guarantee no interruption in
the war effort If perpetuated in peacetime
To guard against the unavoidable risks of
free markets and the competitive operation Of
business, it will mean the end Of representa-.
tive government in this country.
Business leaders throughout the nation know
that a credible Job has been done in holding
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The Literary Guidepost

did bulwark them with the E.nan-
cipation Proclamation.
The emissaries of the South had
two arguments. One was cotton,
needed by France and Britain. The
other was the landed gentry, who
enjoyed the sympathy denied by
royalty to the palmer, democratic
North. The North's ministers, aided
by special ENJOYS ranging in char
acter from Thurlow Weed to Henry
Ward Beecher and some high
churchmen, had hard time from
the first Bull Run to the battle of
Gettysburg.
Perhaps it's the fault Of our
school books or our bad memo
ries, but we are apt to view the
Civil War as something that went
on in our own back yard, with the
neighbors not even bothering
to look over the fence.
In truth. they came very close
to tearing the fence DOWN. We now
admit the airplane has ended our
isolation. But this book reminds us
fatefully that, at least in the 1860 S
there was no isolation to end Next
co was invaded and Spain threaten
ed Peru.
In theory it was the worldly
wise Stewards job to keep the Eu-
ropeans off our necks. In fact
Lincoln, the diplomatic novice, did
it. Monaghan adds to the many
reasons for regarding the Civil War
President as the greatest man in
our history, perhaps in the entire
18th century.
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nv LEE G. MILLER

ABOARD A CRUISER IN THE
s1uA sEA.-By Wireless)-Bits
and pieces
When we are firing, a mechani-
cal gadget figures out when the
she'll should burst and sounds a
buyer a few seconds beforehand
So the lookouts will be sure TO
watch for the flash. If several ships
are firing at the same time this
makes it easier to tell which
bursts are ours.
Lieut.. Comdr John R. Hickel, OF
St. Mary's, W. Va, was adjusting
false front tooth while walklng
a,ono bier, when out it plopped
and into the water. In after it
went Hickel; he got it back.
Hickel longs for a dish OF West
Virginia ramps" which is sort
Of an onion with supercharged
fragrance. -, ..
A ships dentist usually gets
bns;er after an action. The tension
seems to accelerate the mischief
of abcesses.
A ships supply of beer, for use
on]v ashore, is well guarded at
sea. A paddock isn't considered
adequate The metal locker where
the stuff is kept is actually sealed
by welding.
Orr big guns occasionally blow
huge brown smoke rings which
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Daily Praye,
FOR LONELY HEARTS

Our prayer today, 0 ever.ms,.,
full Heavenly Father, is in h.l' 'l'
OF all who dwell in gres, a'
ness OF spirit, because dear ~
are far away on their Cu,,, DDs'
service. Teach us all that
waters cannot divide love; and q,
neither time nor distance "''
separate heart from heart Bs, .sA
upon us every one-uoon ns ~s'V 9
wait at home and upon thoss W, WHO
serve afar-a great loyalty srS VINO
great courage. In common f til a
ship with Thee, may our hn r'.'
ties be sanctified and glorifias ''sA
that we may be be WORTHY ~ 80
another, and of 2nee, our F F, VIZ
and our God Be Thou our ro a,'e'
and our comfort. Open to all I[ III
new experiences of spiritual 49,. .'
ity. Keep us close to Thyselt ia. "a,
to all our dear ones. In the r. 'la
Of Jesus Christ. Amen-WT"sS'N e
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Churchill move to expedite the
election, nevertheless, must tend to
defer until after the vote the big
Three meetings to round out work
of the San Francisco conference for
which both Churchill and President
Truman have expressed urgent de-
sire.
Churchill can hardly be expected
to absent himself from England
with the election so close. He is
his own best campaigner and in
the course of that national debate,
questions of major international
policy are certain to arise.
So it seems logical that nothing
short of an extreme military emer-
gency of some sort could call Chur-
hill out of England before the cleo
tons in July. 1t is no less logical
to assume that neither President
Truman nor Marshal Stain would
desire to visit England at this time
to meet with Churchill. Neither
could well overlook the probabili-
ties that such visits would be
heralded in Churchill opposition
circles as direct interference in
British politics.
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The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
A seociated Press News Analyst

Prime Minis er Churchill S
resignation, only to succeed him.
self Immediately as head OF an in
term London ministry, has preclpl-
tated a political redeployment
across the Atlantic but it offers
Japan no glimmer of hope OF evad'
ing total defeat.
No voice has been raised IN
Britain questioning Churchilrs re-
peated pledge that every resou1 ce
of the commonwealth would go in
to prosecution Of the war beyond
the Pacific.
That is the phase of the situation
in Britain of first consequence to
American officialdom.
Into Churchill's action in reject.
ing proposals Of the labor wing OF
his coalition war cabinet for a
continued truce until October can
be read his belief that the July
parliamentary elections will in ef'
feet give him a national vote Of con-
fidence in his leadership.
He doubtless reasons his return
to power under such circumstances
could only enhance his prestige
internationally and make his voice
all the more weighty in future
meetings with United Nations lead.
ers to thresh out war and post
war problems.
At this distance it seems some
such thought must have prompted
Churchill to force the issue with his
labor party opponents once the
question of political divorce pro-
ceedings within the cabinet was
raised. 1t is a reasonable deduc.
ton that between now and next
October weighty policy decisions
will have to be reached on the
highest United Nations authority
levels as to reconstruction meas
TRES in Europe and prosecution 81
the war against Japan. The main
Churchill argument against pre-.
longing the coalition until then was
that continual electioneering activi.
ties up to that time outside the
government, and even within it,
Right weaken the country before
the world
The immediate effect Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-24
BY w. G. ROGERS

Diplomat In Carpet Slip
pers: Abraham Lincoln Deals
With Foreign Affairs" BY Jap
Mona CHAN (Bobbs-Merrill; 81.
The CIVIL WAR from the out
side looking ill.,. that is Monaghan s
very worthwhile contribution in this
5oo-page history that reads as well
as fiction.
With Seward as secretary Of
state, Lincoln picked c h r e S
Francis Adams for England, Will
liam L. Dayton for France, Cas-
sius Marcellus Clay for Russia,
Thomas Corwin for Mexico and
Carl Schurz for Spain.
On the whole they were the party
radicals. While Lincoln worked for
Union, and Seward acted as if he
wanted nothing so much as wal
with England, they shouted bloody.
murder for abolition. If Lincoln sent
them out of the country partly to
keep them out of his hair, it was
partly also because they had talk
ing point; even conservatives
abroad opposed slavery. If in the
first few years Lincoln couldn' t
support them with many decisive
victories in the field, he could and
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down wartime prices. They have helped hold
them down. But the far-sighted merchant is
not indulging in unqualified Dragging He is
mindful of the cost OF price control and is
gravely concerned lest this cost in the md
any temporary material benefits
which consumers may derive from the die
tatorial DEGREES OF government bureaus. He
knows that Americas grip on freedom has
been weakened.
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Rep. Darden To Speak
At War Bond Ceremony

CHERRY POINT, May 25.-Rep.
Graham A. Barden will be the main
speaker Friday at noon when the
recently-won Secretary's flag for
war bond purchases will be raised
at the Marine air station here.
Following official acceptance of
the flag, gained by attainment of
a ''ninety-ten" level of war bond
buying by all civilian employees,
the pennant will be raised at the
stations main entrance. Second
1t. Fred G. Hussey of New Bern
is station war bond officer.
Ancient traders advertised thier
wares by mural inscriptions before
printing was invented.
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QUOTATIONS

There is not one single instance far I
know where a Jap military unit-squad, air
crew, garrison or ships crew-has ever sur
rendered. -Lt-Col. Selby Calkins. American
Air Force, Detroit.
We were amazed to find out that no govern
ment agency knows what to expect on the score
Of unemployment.-R. j. Thomas, United
Automobile Workers Union.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler. and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-05-24
Editorial Comment
BETTER WAIT

The Gallups and Trotters are already taking
polls to see who are the favorites of both polit-
ical parties for the Presidential nomination in
1e48. The leaders now are Truman and Dewey.
But j. is a long time before 1948, and Stas
sens friends feel sure the Republicans will
not renominate losing horse.-Halelgh News
and Observer.
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FOR r11RTHER REFERENCE

FOR FURTHER hEr GnI1>OG
Visitor: what glorious painting wish
could take those lovely colors home with me-"
Artist: s'You will; you're sitting on my paint
boz: ''-Atlanta Two Bells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
New York Election


Save that William O'Dwyer owes his victory
in the New York city election partly to the
support of the American Labor party, which
is wilder than the old Populist party of Kan
sas, and more cunning, the first reaction to
news that he is to be LaGuardia's successor
is to congratulate the people Of the metropolis
upon their selection. The final decision must
rest upon his ability to undo much of the
harm accomplished by his predecessor and
his capability to rise above the American La
Dor party's influence.
One factor in the New York ballotins which
will find favor generally is that his election
eliminates Governor Thomas E. Dewey from
the New York state political picture and the
national political scene. Governor Dewey had
thrown the full pressure of his influence to
Judge Jonah Goldstein, whose defeat is tanta-
mount to defeat for the states Chief Execu.
tive and one-time candidate for president of
the United States.
There is no reason to expect Mr.. Dewey
will again figure prominently in national re-
publican politics, and in these troubled days
that is something to be grateful for, what
ever ones party affiliations may be.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
For A Truck Lane


The need for 4 truck lane around Whining
ton has long been manifest. With heavy trailer
trucks moving through densely populated
streets at all hours of the day and night,
disturbing the rest of sleepers and invalids, it
is time something was done to abate the null
sance.
1t is particularly gratifying to know that
the State Highway Commission is to conduct
traffic survey with the view Of determining
what will be best to do.
The men who undertake the inquiry will
have to be on the job twenty-four continuous
hours. Watchfulness during the day alone will
not reveal the true picture Many gasoline
tank trucks do not move until the early hours
Of the morning, disobey the speed limit, create
noise equal to a freight train, cause such vi
bration that windows break and plaster
cracks, and awaken sleepers.
II this situation is thoroughly investigated by
the high departments agents, Wilmington is
bound to get its truck lane, and in ore more
detail be abreast of other cities the country
over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
Strength In Unity

One of the most valuable lessons in the
successful annexation election Of Tuesday is
that united effort can achieve wonders. Be-
cause former attempts to expand had failed
there were many persons in this city and par
ticularly in the affected suburbs ready to Of
fer odds that the proposal could not win, now
any more than it had in the past
But because a group of energetic, clear
thinking citizens banded together to create the
necessary sentiment for extension and worked
indefatigably at that task, the ballot showed
almost two to one votes for the proposal.
Now, for the first time since 1915 Viii
mington has moved out into the more thickly
populated suburbs and emerges with popu-
lation probably between fifty and sixty thou
sand persons.
The lesson Of unified effort in this case sets
the pace Of the future. There is no longer
room in the greater Wilmington for cliques
motivated by selfish purposes. On the con-
trary there must be but one purpose shared
by the entire citizenry to forge ahead ecopo-
micaly, culturally, educationally, inelustria]ly.
1t is trite but true, that In unity there is
strength. With complete unity, Wilmington S
strength will be phenomenal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
SENATE COMMITTEE
GIVEN TRADE PLAN
FOR FARM PRODUCTS

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7-lR-- A
program to increase foreign trade
and reduce American farm sur
pluses was submitted today to the
Senate Agriculture Committee.
Ralph Baerman, economic con-
sultant for the national cotton cou1
eli, told the senators his plan called
for a seven-man Surplus export
board" -.-5 fe
This board, he said, would set up
a quota system under which ma
tons purcha sing surplus American
farm goods would be granted re.
duced tariffs on manufactured
goods coming into the United
States.
American manufacturers would
be protected at the same time
Baernan told the committee, be-
cause the amount Of imports would
be limited to app9 oximately 3 per
cent Of the total American output
of each commodity.
He said the tariff would not be
reduced for shippers in those
countries which did not absorb
some Of the American farm sur.
pluses-principally cotton j. and
wheat.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
Religion
Day By Day
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THE LATE-BLOOMING
VIOLET
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

It is chill October; still, in the
crevices by our kitchen door yard
blooms beautiful violet, speaking
it's message to me as I pass to
and fro.
Violets are Spring flowers, and
symbols of love. This one, brave
ly surviving into Autumn, persona
fies t h e lives which come to a
realization of themselves, and OF
love, in later years. It defies the
calendar, and proves that beauty
and fragrance are not for youth
alone.
Like Moses, in the undiminished
power of his full years, it is call
and a challenge to live beautifully
in adverse surroundings; to have
it's day even after its day seems
done. -.
Wisdom's admonitions are most
ly for needless youth. But maturi-
ty, too, needs counsel and comfort
and inspiration. So give over to-
days pulpit to t h late-bloonl1ng
violet.
Grant us grace, o Lord, to be
bravely beautiful in our later
years, that our lives may bloom
for the Joy OF all who know us.
Amen. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08
Trans Con" Air Project Speeds Vets
On WAY From Port 7oward Their Homes

long record Of safe flying. That
was the only crash MAT has had
since the '"Trans-Con" project
started and both the pilot and
co-pilot of the plane had well over
1000 hours of flying time.
An MAT report cites this safety
record: ...~.'t - %
approximately 100000 pas
senger miles have been flown for
each passenger fatality in MAT
operations. That represents in mile
age approximately 500 trips around
the world for each passenger fatal
ity.''
'"Trans-C Cons" main trunk line is
between Newark, N. j., and Sacra.
mento,. Calf. During the summer
months the route is through Indi-
annapolis, Ind, Kansas City, Mo-,
Denver, Colo, and Ogden, Utah.
At present the "Trans-Con' planes
are flying an alternate southern
route through Nashville, Tenn,
Dallas, Tex, and Phoenix, Ariz., to
avoid icing conditions in the north.
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ject now is carrying 10000 men
monthly.
The Army has termed the job
the "Trans-Con'' project. It is
handled by the Military Air Trans
port (MAT division of ARC as well
as four commercial airlines-TWA,
Northwest, United and American.
The planes used are the twin-en-
CINE Douglas transports called c.
ATS by the Army and DC-3's by
civilian airlines. This type of plane
has hauled thousands of civilian
passengers. ---~~ ----- -.
All the pilots flying for MAT are
overseas men, and more than halt
Of them have flown the thump"
over the Himalayas on the India
China run. A pilot with less than
thousand hours still is a "rookie"
compared with the seasoned pilots
assigned to bringing the veterans
home.
Despite one tragic crash in Kan
sas City in which 20 Of % men
in the plane were killed, MAT has a
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-11-08

A. nations we must be careful "that this aid Is
mt used to uationalize their industries against
lis to destroy our own competitive system,
which, think, should be preserved"
ENGLAND, France, Czechoslovakia and other
countries, he stated were or were about to
nationalize their industries, while Russia had
..totalized herself and was totalizing all coun-
tries coming under her influence.
Declaring that the race between prices and
living costs was going on here and all over
the world, he said that we had procrastlnated
and present conditions here were brought
about by failure to face the issue when the
first Price Control Bill was made law.
CAL elements of COST wages, rents-every-
thing-should have been included in the orlgl-
nal bill'' he asserted. Failure to do so start
ed the race That failure is the basic cause
of the present continuous spiraling OF prices"
Mr.. Baruch's proposal for a balance sheet
is an essential step in finding our way to
security. His further proposal for balance
between production and demand as an anti
infationary measure certainly needs no dis
cussion. It is the only way, as we see it,
that runaway imitation can be prevented.
And what he recommends for the nation is
of equal value to the individual. Closer exami-
nation of ones private resources and pros
poets would be brake on indiscriminate
spending.
Once more Mr. Baruch has made valuable
contribution to the nations thinking.