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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02
PER1Lous DRIFT

With the President the men who
have the chief responsibility for
our foreign relations are Mr..
Byrnes, Mr.. Vinson, Mr.. Patterson
and Mr.. Forrestal. They too must
be asking themselves what is the
matter, and why the external in
fluence of the United States is now
so much less constructive and
beneficent than might reasonably
- even after grandiose hopes are
! discounted - have been expectd
of the strongest and richest power
on earth. They must be aware OF
the mounting encouragement and
dismay, and of the need to search
out the causes of what is now,
prospectively, a gigantic historic
failure.
1t is quite clear, SO it seems to
me, that our foreign relations are
not under CONTROL. that decisions
of the greatest moment are being
made in bits and pieces without
the exercise of any sufficient over.
all judgment and general concep.
ton by the President and his chief
advisers acting in consultation.
Thus lend-lease was terminated
abruptly and brutally, and. the i'm.
mediate postwar situation was ag.
gravated quite unnecessarily: this
was done not as considered de.
cision by the chief cabinet officers
who have to deal with other phases
of our foreign relations. It is i'm.
possible to determine who is max.
ing our China policy and our Jap.
anese policy. But the policy cannot
have been reviewed by the same
men who are making our eastern
European policy. The contradic.
tons are too glazing between our
opposition to spheres of influence
and unilateralism in Europe and
our insistence upon them in the
Far East It is no less impossible
to believe that the problem of the
atomic bomb has been handled by
men who have paused long enough
to listen to the scientists who I'M
derstand its nature or to thought
full laymen who are capable of ap-
praising its political consequences.
The fact of the matter-to put
it bluntly - is that the administra.
ton is not in control of its policy.
It is allowing policies to be made
he deparmens, n he bureau, eaa
| in the departments, in the bureaus,
here. and there in isolated frag-
ments, without proper recognition
of the fact that our relations with
Russia or Great Britain, are the
net result of all the decisions which
we make that affect them. 1t would
be very convenient, no doubt, if
we could take each question by
itself, deal with it ION its merits"
or perhaps in the light of domestic
politics. But it cannot be done.
We cannot shape a foreign pol
ICY dS we uoOA W IL oAAAC q Val Ill
bil-treating each item as a local
issue. But that is the way the Ad-
ministration is shaping its foreign
policy. 1t is dealing separately with
whole series of questions. Bri-
fish finance, Bulgarian elections,
Italian colonies, Jewish immigra-
ton in Palestine, the atomic bomb,
the postwar Navy, the postwar
Army, island bases, ETC., etc. But
separately these problems are
quite insoluble. For they arise
from a greater problem which I'M
derlies them all: whether the Big
Three are settling this war or are
in the opening phases of a race
of ornaments.
The people of this country had
better realize now - before it is
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02

rules. In addition to this they have
the regular preference granted to
all veterans for Federal Jobs.
y. Last week we received word
from the War Department that our
son was wounded in the Pacific.
The dispatch was obviously late.
When can we expect him to be
back in this country?
A. According te the War Depart.
nent all Pacific battle casualties
Will be returned within so days.
=. Approximately how many
veterans have gotten Federal Jobs
en- t n e ir veterans preference
rights? T..
A: Civil Service reports $4,000
vets have been placed since Jan
1, 1C7Os
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02
China Reports Further
Use OF Jap Prisoner

-CHUNGKING, Nov. l. - R
Further use of japanese prisoner
of war to repair damage lhe
caused in China was reported ~
day from Honan province, one :"
those that suffered the most
An official dispatch said prison
ers were repairing highways div
building new ones.
Good progress was reported ~
repairing the Tsinan-Tsingtao ~.
road and it was expected tralli'
would be resumed between the Two
points within week if no turtnsi
destruction was effected by pa~
dts
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02
" by train as at present.

Wilmington has waited long and worked
hard to secure air service. 1t is not to be
supposed that it will lack for patronage once
it gets under way.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02

DR.; G. H. Curran, associate
curator of the Department of Ento
mology at the American Museum
OF Natural History, has warned
'nat one part of DOT in 1000, 600
parts OF water will kill fish life.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02
THOUGHT FOR TODAY

THOUGHT FOR TODAY
II some bit of gossip come
File the thing away.
Scandalously spicy crumb
File the thing away
If suspicion comes to you
That your neighor isn't true
Let me tell you what to do
File the thing away.
Do this for little while,
Then 70 out and burn the file.
John Kendrick Bangs in s'Heart and Life''
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-11-02
Fair Enough
RY WEsTBROOK PEGLER

(Copyright, 1915, by King Features syndicate)
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WHEN THE FRENCH WE'RE
HERE.
By Stephen BonSal. Double
day Doran: s3.J
By Mary-Carfer Roberts.

This wholly charming book should
be made required reading for any
course on American Revolutionary
history. 1t is the story of the
French expeditionary force which,
under Rochambeau, was present at
the siege of Yorktown and so largely
responsible for the success of that
campaign.
AS Stephen Bonsal remarks in his
prologue, few Americans have a
clear idea of the military action
which the French took in our Revo-
luton. We know that they helped, +"
and we think of La Fayette, and
that is about all. The fact that
1000 French soldiers under Ro-
chambeau made a spectacular march
under gruelling conditions from
Rhode Island to the James River in
order to carry out the attack on
Yorktown Is a specific point which
elementary histories do not tell us.
All was taught, at any rate, was
that the French were there at the
surrender. How they got there was
not described.
Great March UncommemOrated.
Mr.. Bonsal relates that when
Clemenceau was in the United
States in 1922 he commented on the
fact that the great march was un-
commemorated, its course unmarked,
its camps forgotten. The old Tiger
then resolved that some day he
would return to America and, to-
gether with Mr.. Bonsal, retrace the
route. He was not able to do SO,
but Mr.. Bonsal, in preparation, be-
gan research into the largely un-
published records of the French ex-
pedition. From that grew this book.
1t is history of the expedition,
its regiments, its officers, its move
ments. from the embarkation May
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Brief Reviews
POSTWAR.

Legal Claims Against Germany, by
Siegfried Goldschmidt. dryden
Press An examination of the legal
of the claims of Nazi victims
for redress. A scholarly analysis.
Social Security, by Gerhard Hirsch-
field. american Taxpayers Asso-
ciation) A study of compulsory
social insurance, reaching the con-
clusion that, as yet, not enough is
known of the factors involved to
guarantee satisfactory system.
1 Speak For 10 Doakes, by Roy F.
Bergengren. (Harpers.) Managing
director of the Credit Union Ma
tional Association writes to interest
the plain people Gin more realistic
application of religion to economic
life"
AMERICANA.
The Salinas, by Anne B. Fisher.
(Farrar & Rhinehart.) A new VOL
ume to the Rivers of America"
series. The usual high standard.
Two Billion-Acre Farm, by Robert
West Howard. doubleday Doran. }
A well-known writer on rural affairs
offers an informal history of Amer
ican agriculture. Valuable.
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Public Library
Book Pointers
CO-OPERATTVES
By Katherine b. Bever,

Recent celebration Of the CO.
operative movements hundredth
anniversary has occasioned Z re-
newed interest in its history. philos-
ophy and organization. Starting In
England, where its membership now
includes over half the population,
the movement spread to the Scan
dinavian countries, and now forms
a basic part of their economies.
Introduction to the Cooperative
Movement" by Andrew ]. Kress, is
an excellent history. 1t discusses the
consumer. producer and financial
aspects, and includes = section on
the social philosophy OF the move
ment. "Co-operatives in America,
Their Past, Present and Future" by
Ellis Cowling, tells the story Of CO.
operatives In this country. For prac-
tical organization Of . cooperative,
Gerald Richardson's "A B G Of Co
operatives" explains credit unions,
buying clubs and other types of Coz
operatives,
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World Food Organization
Waits 3Nations' s'Approval
United Nations Group Will Seek to Stimulate
Production, Exchange knowledge and in
Other Ways Raise Living Standard
BY Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.

The United Nations are moving
nearer to the formation of their
first permanent postwar group, the
Food and Agricultural Organization
GAO, which is dedicated to one of
the four freedoms-freedom from
want.
II the required 20 nations indicate
their approval OF the organization,
it is probable that 1t will be formally
set up during the coming summer.
India and Australia have already
adopted the constitution, which was
submitted last summer to A nations
by the Interim Commission on Food
and Agriculture. The commission
was the outgrowth OF the Hot
Springs, Va, conference on food
and agriculture held in May and
June, 1943.
Fifteen other nations have for
mally notified the commission of
their intention to adhere to the
FAC constitution. Only three more
need signify their acceptance before
the commission calls a meeting. At
the meeting, when called, the COM
mission will be dissolved and the
FAC will be established.
President Roosevelt in his recent
monetary message to Congress indi-
Gated he would soon send another
message urging adoption Of the FAC
constitution. Congressional action is
expected to follow in the form of a
joint resolution similar to that which
brought about recognition Of the
United Nations Relief and Rehabil-
itation Administration.
Names Are Withheld.
Officials Of the commission are
reluctant to reveal the names of the
Is nations which have signified their
intention to accept the FAC consti-
tuition, but 1t has been learned that
among them Is Great Britain. Rus
sia, it is reported, has not yet taken
any action.
In commenting on FAC, Secretary
OF Agriculture Wickard has declared
it will work with all countries to
provide, not charity, but information
and scientific knowledge" In other
words it will set up world clearing
house of information regarding nu-
triton, food, agriculture, forestry
and fisheries, subjects which have
become of first Importance in the
minds Of all persons living under
wartime food restrictions.
Interim commission oficials de-
scribe FAC as an agricultural inter-
national labor Office.
Just what Is FAC and what does
it hope to accomplish?
The preamble of FAO's constitu-
ton lists the following objectives:
ID To raise the levels Of nutrition
and the standards Of living OF men,
Der nations; (2) to bring about
greater efficiency in the production
and distribution of food and all
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Casting oNewLight
On the Question of
National Culture
TEACHER IN AMERICA.

TEACHER IN AMERICA.
By Jacques Barzun. (Littlt
BroWn:: $3.)
Pedagogues may find this bool
enraging. AS the Yorkshire school
masters did with Charles Dicken:
after the publication of "Nichola:
Nickleby," they may march en- masst
to deal vengeance on the authors
person. But 1t seems likely that the
rest of the public will approve with
strong cheers. All those who suf.
fered at the hands Of educators
will, anyway. And those who sur.
vived to appreciate good writing
should not be far behind.
Jacques Barzun Is a French-borr
American who came to this country
after the last war. He has been
teaching for a number Of years al
Columbia University. He has been
teaching-yes. He insists upon that
He has not been educating. He is q
teacher. He believes in teaching
And he thinks educating, by con-
trast, is the prize bunk.
Teaching. he says, consists Of hav-
ing something to teach to somebody
Educating, as we have it with us
today, is all mazed up with generali-
ties. The educator dislikes the plain
name of teacher and will call him.
self professor, for example. But,
says Mr.. Barzun, II cannot think of
Dante in hell coming upon Brunette
Latini, and exclaiming, Why, Pro-
fessor!'"
Teachers Job.
Polishing off educating in IL short
pages, he then charges with un-
tagging vivacity into the various
subjects which the civilized young
are supposed to master and explains
how they might be taught and, by
contrast, how they are being taught
in general today. The three RS,
math, physics, history, art courses,
languages, classics and so on. What
he insists on directly is that the
teachers job is to acquaint the
pupil with the matter Of subject
and not to undertake to teach de-
mocracy, or citizenship or happy
married life"
What he tells us indirectly is that,
obviously not knowing how to be dull
himself, he has no patience with
those who are.
The rules that he lays down for
instruction are clearly sensible. But
one doubts that their mere observ-
ance would make us all into inter-
esting instructors. We would need
Mr.. Barzun's capacity for seeing q
system Of knowledge as fascinating
thing.
Be that as 1t may, he has pro-
duced an extremely entertaining
book on subject about which almost
no one has ever contrived to be any,
thing but completely soporific.
NC. r.
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diets as nutritious as possible, the
world could make rapid advances
toward assuring enough to eat for
everybody, everywhere.
They further recognized that such
q program must be accompanied by
industrialization in many
countries SO that jobs can be pro-
vided to give urban populations the
buying power to pay for more and
better foods. A third goal will be
the stimulating of foreign trade so
that nations exchange goods moro
freely.
undertake to report periodically on
the steps it has taken and the
progress toward the four objectives
of the organizat ton. Each will con-
tribute its share of the expenses.
It's annual budget for the first five
years will be $5,000,000. The budget
for the first year, however, will be
only $4,000, 900, Of which this coun-
try would contribute Is per cent or
$3.50, 600. The United Kingdoms
share the first year is Is per cent
and Russia's is 8 per cent.
FAC also would work closely with
other international organizations.
In this connection, it has been
pointed out that the permanent
seat of FAC will be at whatever
place the United Nations agree on
as the home for any postwar Sc
curity organization arising out Of
the Dumbarton Oaks proposal.
The constitution provides that
Washington be the temporary seat
of FAC unless the opening confer
ence should otherwise determine.
1t is believed that the inaugural
meeting of FAC will be held in or
near Washington. Lester B. Pear
son, Canadian Ambassador here, is
chairman of the interim commits
sion. Howard r. Tolley, chief OF
the Agriculture Departments Bu-
reau of Agricultural Economics, is
United States representative on the
commission.
Each nation, regardless Of size,
will have but one vote in the work.
ings of FAC, and most decisions
must be made by a two-thirds ma
jority OF the votes cast.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
By Casbar Names

America has come of age in lit
erature with writer's who can meet
Europeans on equal terms in phras-
ing, learning and technique, accord
ing to John Grove Ransom, critic
and poet, who expressed this opin-
ion while in Washington on a re-
cent visit.
I'VE have come Of age" the gray
haired Carnegie professor of poetry
chair holder at Kenyon (Ohio) Col
lege said, "in a time uncertain for
art as we'll as for other things.
Everything is in process Of change
and much of the formlessnesS of
our present creative work may be
attributed to this factor"
Leading American poets illustrat-
ing this point are Wallace Stevens
and T. S. Elliott, Mr.. Ransom ex-
planned. Stevens, vice president of
an insurance company at Hartford,
Conn.,, is a poets poet with a bril-
liant technique. Elliott possesses
first-class technical equipment and
his intensely interesting subject
matter appeals more to the general
reader"
Surest Of Our Poets.
The editor of the Kenyon Review
regards Robert Frost as the surest of
our poets, partly because he care
fully limits his material to New
England life. Edgar Arlington
Robinson lived too early he stated.
There is too much Victorianism in
his work and he lacks Frost,s
punch" Another poet Mr.. Ransom
highly regards is Robert Penn War
rem, at present consultant In Amer
lean poetry at the Library Of Con-
gress.
Mr.. Ransom considers his own
poetry more formal than most mod
ern writing. Il have q more visible
prose core" he said. He views the
aesthetic problem as defining what
flows around the argument or core
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insurance and so is able to give up
his f1oorwalker's job and go into
business for himself. His venture
never more than yields a bare living
and Marvin grows up in an atmos-
phere of penny counting. He has
no ideals of his own. He leaves
school at the eighth grade, as a
matter of course, and goes to work
in shops similar to his fathers. In
time he, too, inherits. This Is his
story, first and last.
The time of the book is from 1900
to 1919, with an epilogue dated 1914
designed to show that Marvin's son
has repeated the pattern for the
third time. Since Marvin's career
takes in World War first, there is a
section on his conduct in that pc
riod. He is concerned only at keep
ing out of the Army and getting
highly paid war jobs. When he is
finally drafted he finds himself as
cook with unit which guards the
Ramapo Reservoir and that is the
extent of his service to his country
His love affairs are governed by the
famously hypocritical moral stand
ards of his famously hypocritical
class. In spite of sound presenta-
ton, he Is too much of a case
history. NC. r.
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other agricultural products, includ-
ing those OF the fisheries and forest;
90 to better the condition Of rural
people, and a. to contribute thereby
to an expanding world economy.
Those now devoting their time to
the organization recognize the mag
nitude of the task ahead. However,
they feel that FAC has q chance
to succeed.
Public Health High.
They cite, for instance, Great
Britain, where despite five years Of
war, the population is in the best
situation in regard to nutrition in
Its history. Limited through war
born shortages in the use OF many
of the normal articles of food, the
population has been placed under
programmed diets which, together
with education in balanced meals,
have kept the public health high.
The FAC supporters feel that SIM
liar beneficial results will develop
throughout the world once the Or
ganization starts to function.
Agricultural and nutritional lead
ers from all the United Nations at
tending the Hot Springs conference
AGREED that If scientific knowledge
were put to use in all countries to
produce as much food of the right
kind as possible, and in making
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mula to Americans as coming from
refugee groups and Mr.. Goris' VOL
ume is also a familiar type Of book.
Where it undertakes to interpret
Belgium to America, It is informa-
tive though strongly colored by a
natural patriotism. That Mr.. Goris
should write of Father Damien and
Cardinal Mercier as representative
Belgians, that he should remind us
that Ortelius, the mapmaker, and
Adolph Sax, inventor of the saXo-
phone, were his compatriots is a
natural expression of a natives
pride. When he tells us, however,
that his country's administration of
the Congo has been pure piece of
altruism, we may wonder if his de-
votion has not led him into a slight
exaggeration. And when he writes
to interpret our own country, he
simply falls into the common for
mula for the foreign observer who,
while patting us on the head for our
|rudimentary idealism, reminds us
that the continent of spiritual values
remains the continent of Europe.
At that, his book has a claim to
superiority among its numerous kind
because Mr.. Goris is a polished and
careful writer. He has an ad-
mirable style.
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America Has Come of Age in Literature,
Says Noted Poet-Editor, on Visit Here

of the poem. Analysis of a poem
shows the disconnections and over
flow quality in it." He rates "The
Equilibrists" and the Painted Head"
as his best poems because they are
the most ambitious and have more
substance than the smaller ones.
Modern criticism must concern
itself with finding the place of art
in the human economy and in
probing the distinction between art
and practical activities in life, Mr..
Ransom declared. These points will
be studied in newly completed
book, to be called Essays in
Poetics." 1t IS sequel to 1.-THE New
Criticism" his last work In this
field. The Kenyon professor said
his first critical volume, God With
out Thunder" was a proreligious
book bearing the germs of his later
esthetic views.
Mr.. Ransom Is probably proudest
Of the growth of the Kenyon Review,
a literary journal that eschews the
heaviness Of scholarly publications,
and seeks out new writer's. The
magazine conducts a short-story
contest open to those who have not
had a book published. Mr.. Ransom
said two young writer's discovered
by the review are Marguerite Young
and Jean Garriegue, the latter win
ming last years contest with Snow
fall"
Mr.. Ransom, man of medium
height and gray hair, enjoys smok-
ing pipe, playing poker, bridge
and golf. Though he goes around
in the low 9Os he is consistently
beaten by Mrs. Ransom, who was
one-time women's champion at
Nashville, Tenn. The couple have
three children, Helen, Ensign David
Ransom, U. s. N, and Jack. The
professor has book of selected
poems, including five never before
published, coming out this spring.
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