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Evening star., 1946-10-11

Being himself an old congressional
hand, Fiorello La Guardia must have
spoken with tongue In cheek when, in
syndicated newspaper column this week,
he called on President Truman to lift
the existing absolute ban against impor-
tation of beef from Argentina.
La Guardia said the President should
exercise the authority granted him in
the Tariff Act of 1880 to proclaim an
emergency and authorize importation
of meat free of duty" LasGuardia cited
the fact that President Roosevelt, in
the course OF the war period, used this
provision to enable the importation of
feed for livestock, wide variety Of Red
Cross supplies and Cuban sugar.
What La Guardia either Intentionally
omitted or forgot is that the same 1880
Tariff Act, which he invoked fatty for
bids importation of fresh chat is chilled
or frozen) meat or any live meat animals
from countries where the foot and
mouth disease exists. The nations 80
excluded presently include not only Arg
entina but all South and Central Amer
ican countries.
La Guardia should have known of this
provision because it came as the climax
Of several years battle in Congress,
while he was a member OF that body.
It has continued to be one Of the main
obstacles Of friendly relations between
the United States and Argentina ever
since
Previous to 1880 there had been a pro-
hibition against inportatiore Of meat
from areas infected with foot and mouth
disease, but, left to presidential discre-
ton, the ban had been applied only to
specified sections of countries where the
disease was present.
American livestock interests twigged
the possibility of so applying this ban
as to completely exclude foreign compe-
tition m the log-rolling process by which
the Smoot- -Hawley tariff law was passed.
Senators from the range States
proved sufhciently powerful to accom-
plish this exclusion. The method simply
was to bear In toto meat importations
from any country which had even ons
case Of hoof f-and-mouth disease.
This enactment created such . sar
Evening star., 1946-10-11
New Ideus in Fences

While politicians scurry about
mending the weak. spots in their
fences and international conferences
develop Illustrations over national
boundaries the farmers Of the
United States have quietly changed
a long cherished and traditional
concept. Since pioneer clearings
became settled farms, hallmark OF
a good husbandman until recent
years has been clean fence rows.
More than a century ago as the
Conestogas rolled westward they
carried the old saying with them:
"You can tell a good farmer by his
fences, woodpile and harness"
Today farmers have come to real
ize the validity of the lesson taught
by conservationists. Wild life Is one
of the best assets a farmer has. In
the best agricultural areas OF the
Nation, where fences have been kept
clean and the fence corners spick-
and-span, where the roadsides have
been methodically moved each sum-
mer, the balance of nature has been
destroyed. The songbirds, pheasants,
snakes and small animals have dis
appeared. All kinds of grubs, in
sects and plant pests have increased.
For half century the annual bill
for poison sprays and chemical in
secticides has been steadily mount
ing. This years bill Is conserva.
lively estimated at more than $780,
000, 900.
Brushy areas along farm boupd-
ary lines mean sanctuaries for
essential wild Life. We are at long
last learning a lesson from the hus-
bandmen Of the Old World countries,
Evening star., 1946-10-11

Whatever the merits or demerits Of
Henry Wallaces criticisms, 1t was high
time that American foreign policy
should come under debate. To partici-
pate In criticism 1t was necessary for
Mr.. Wallace to leave the cabinet His
position would .have been better had he
done 50 freely.
But 1t is now clear Mr.. Wallace has
become the spokesman for the left. To
be sure, his initial speech was not
enthusiastically received by the audi
ence. The hero of the occasion wns
the more unbridled Senator Pepper.
When the Moscow press praised the
Wallace speech, however, the cue was
eagerly followed
The quarrel which has developed does,
however, serve to point. up the present
issue. It Is: shall the United States,
with Great Britain, continue to center
everything on stopping Russian expan-
sion, or shall it make Its chief pillar
Cooperation" with Russo?
Thus framed, the United States risks
being divided into q pro-British and
pro-Russian camp Nothing could be
thing it time that all Of us should
reread Washington's Farewell Address.
recalling the circumstances under which
1t was made.
y 4
This address is usually cited as the
tocsin of American isolationism. It was
not. 1t was call for American inde-
pendence In foreign affairs, even from
recent allies.
Taking advantage of the fact that
Britain was involved in war with
France, the colonies had struck for in
dependence, assisted, for reasons Of SELF
interest, by France-incidentally, the
France of the Bourbons. Cooperation
against a common enemy created the
Franco-America alliance. Although
we won our war the French did not, and
an uneasy peace left the French masses
in the famine, bankruptcy, and despair
described for all time by Dickens in
"A Tale Of Two Cities France
plunged into bloody revolution. Her
madnesses and excuses disguised even
Jefferson, and she soon set herself on
the course which was to lead In few
years to straight war Of conquest
under Napoleon.
Revolutionary France was bent on
exploiting the American alliance and
using leftwing groups In this country
for that purpose. Her embassy and
consulates became organising centers
for "Jacobin" clubs, exacerbattng
domestic discontents and anti-British
feeling, eliminating in the notorious
Genet Affair. The country became di-
vided between pro-British and pro-
French pArtiee, Tories" and Radicals
and it was in this situation that WASH
ington uttered his farewell advice to
eschew factions and permanent en-
tangling alliances-our only alliance. at
Evening star., 1946-10-11
La Guardia'S Meat "SOlutiOn'
By yay G.. Hayden

both abroad and among would be home
importers that in 1885 Secretary Of
State Cordell Hull signed treaty with
Argentina whereby the regional basis
Of applying the hoof-and-mouth ban
would have been restored. The under
standing at the time was that ratifica-
ton of this treaty would open the way
for a general reciprocal trade agree
ment that would open Argentina to .
wide variety of American exports.
Despite the fact that four-f1fths of
the Senate was Democratic after the
1886 election, and hence supposedly un-
der the control Of President Roosevelt,
that body refused even so much as to
bring the Argentine treaty up Tor oe-
bate. It remains in Foreign Relations
Committee pigeonhole to this day.
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Argentina, meanwhile. sold about Is
per cent of its entire meat output to
Great Britain, with no report Of injury
to health either of humans or animals
in that country.
President Roosevelt, early in the war,
elected a wild outcry OF dissent from
livestock producing regions, West and
South, by authorizing the purchase OF
Argentine canned beef tnot covered by
the hoof land mouth prohibitiono for the
Navy. Roosevelt enraged the home cat
tie raisers, especially, by asserting that
he had sampled Argentine corned beef
and it was better than ours.
One thing that members Of the Sen
ate. who are now bowling for meat
relief, might do is ask President Iru-
man to call a special session for ratifi-
cation of the Argentine hoof-and-
mouth treaty. But 1t Is the safest sort
OF a bet that no titulAr leader OF the
Republican or Democratic Party will
either institute such q petition or move
to exhume the treaty when the Senate
regularly convenes next January.
north American Newspaper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1946-10-11
The Chinese Plate

Bright and impossible, 0loaDsng bird
Sits opal breasted, on a tsDisted bou1h
OF sea-green blossoms, their fringed
petals stirred
BY faint breath that seems to futter
n0tD.
It's feathers fow topaz to blue, snd
Urtnkle
IN Alper. soft against q dYeum-grey
tDdn,
Thin as. the crystal chime the trindbels
tfnkle
From the dark pine that rises ouer oil.
1t is a fairy tale OF dear lost things
That tcould not bedr the clansor of the
day,
But slipped a,cdy to moonlight On
strange tDin1s; Is
A porcelain legend ,uhose remembering
clay !
Pyeserpss TIE tdle the potter Asdrd NTH
5oy
When 4 p6s spring. Snd hs little bos.
YETzA duLESpH
Evening star., 1946-10-11
A Good Appointment

President Truman'S appointment
of Richmond B. Keecf to succeed
retiring Judge Jesse c. Adkins OF
District Court will meet with wide
spread approval. The President
could not have made better choice
as far as the people Of Washington
are concerned than he did in desig-
mating his administrative assistant
to take over the important judicial
duties soon to be relinquished by
Judge Adkins, who has been in Ill
health for some time.
This is an interim appointment,
pending confirmation by the Senate
when it meets next January. Mr..
Keech's qualifications for the judge
ship are so apparent to all who
know him that his confirmation Is
a foregone conclusion. Before being
named as one Of the Presidents six
administrative assistants a little
over year ago, Mr.. Keech had
served most ably for five years as
corporation counsel for the District
of Columbia. Before that he had
been a popular and familiar figure
at the District Building in the din
cult roles Of peoples counsel and
member of the Public Utilities Com
mission. He is Washington prod
uct by birth and education. fact
which is important in keeping the
District adequately represented on
the District Court bench.
Even during his White House
tenure Mr.. Keech has been engaged
largely with legal matters. His
knowledge of law and his familiarity
with Washington and its many pc
culiar problems combined to make
him a valuable adviser to the Presi-
dent. In depriving himself Of the
services of Mr.. Keech, President
Truman has made an outstanding
contribution to the District court
and to the cause of local justice.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Plenty Rough, Too!

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch:
The discharged Secretary OF Com
merce lost out On fundamental point.
ne was unable to persuade the admin
istration to reverse policy at getting
tough with wallace.
Evening star., 1946-10-11

halt. Whether the Supreme Court
will see things in the same light
presumably will hinge on its own
determination Of what is "just COM
pensation" phrase concededly
open to varying interpretations.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Wallace and Baruch

70 the Editor OF The Star.
As simply defined by the American
Law Institute contract is a promise
or a set of promises for the breach
of which the law gives remedy or the
performance Of which the law in some
way recognizes as duty.
The dispute between Henry Wallace
and Bernard Baruch boils down to
an assumption on the part of Russia
which Is aggressively championed by
politico Wallace that such procedural
matters as dependable guarantees Of
performance and enforcible penalties
for breach of contract are inconsequen-
tial and irrelevant. As a respected ex-
emplar of competitive capitalistic enter
prise Mr.. Baruch sensibly holds that
we will assume any legitimate risk but
that of suspected poor faith. 1t Is a
basic precept Of capitalism that the
rules Of contract are not only above
any unpredictable caprice Of the state
but that its bilateral reciprocal duties
and obligations are enforcible by the
state as a matter Of inalienable right.
A regimented economy such as the
totalitarian dictatorship of Communist
Russia holds to the contrary and re-
CARDS itself as privileged to change the
negotiable values of contract without
the mutual consent Of the parties con-
cerrled.
THOMAS Z. MATTINGLY, M. D.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Top Priority

From the Hamilton Spectator:
A man In California who can stand
on his head for three hours at q stretch
asks for aIimony Of $500 q month.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Beck to the '20s

From the Cincinnati ENQUIRER:
Latest report tells of flagpole sitters
beginning again. Apparently were
slowly but surely returning to abnof-
mAlcy
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Peace for a Troubled World

Peace tor a Troubled world
To the Editor Of The Star:
Your editorials in support Of what
am trying to do-to bring peace to q
very troubled and confused world-have
been very encouraging.
If people will think this problem
through (and it is difficult in the time
allotted to us to do so), am sure life
will be made easier for every one. Opin-
ions based upon all the facts and.
especially, devoid Of emotion are help
full. Those based upon errors can only
hurt the cause In which We are all en-
hsted--psate.
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Opposes immigration Liberality

Opposes immigration Liberality
TO the Editor Of The Star:
Ever since 1921 when our restrictive
immigration laws were enacted, there
has been q persistent effort by pro-
alien sympathizers, principally New
Workers, to break down these laws. Now
that hordes Of people are wanting to
come to the United States to live. it is
inevitable that the plight Of the Euro
pean refugees should be dinned into
our ears Is reason for opening our
immigration doors.
The world already Is looking to the
United States not only to feed and
ciothe the teeming millions and to re-
habilitate whole countries, but also to
open our gates and let all come in who
wish to do 70.
But what We need most at the present
time Is an American policy that will
look after the welfare ok Americans first
and allow the peopae of the world to
stay where they are and try to help
themselves Ia their native lands.
r. WILSON.
Evening star., 1946-10-11

The wheel has often been termed
mans greatest invention. And the
faster he learns to move 1t the
nearer he brings his own destruc-
Evening star., 1946-10-11
Letters to The Star
Pleads for Tax Freedom for
Federal Annuitants.

To the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star recently writer called
attention (as has been done before to
the need for relief for retired Federal
employees in view especially Of the greatly
increased cost Of living. Such relief has
been granted to active Federal employees,
as well as in INDUSTRY generally.
The need in the case of retired Federal
employees indeed is obvious, and In this
connection it Is incomprehensible why
they should be Disseminated against in
the matter Of taxation OF their retire.
ment pay. Opportunity was before the
Congress during the recent session to
grant relief and remove this discrimina-
ton if there had been passed by both
Houses H-R 2948 exempting up to $l,44o
Of Federal employees annuity. That
amount Is more than majority received,
but it is stated that 1t was inserted in
the bill to agree with the usual maximum
at that time under the Railroad Retire
ment Law. The bill passed the House on
September ~. 1945. After hearings be-
fore the Senate Finance Committee, 1t
was held in Committee until adjourn
ment, and SO never reached the Senate
for q vote where 1t also might have
received favorable action.
The injustice to retired Federal en-
ployes is so plain, since the Congress,
from the start OF Railroad Retirement
legislation exempted from tax action
railroad mems retired pay and at this
last session liberahzed their benefits
as well. Also the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau has ruled that old-age insurance
payments under the Social Security Act
are tax free.
These exempt civilian groups with
out mentioning certain military per-
sonneD represent . much larger num-
ber OF Americans than the group Of
retired Federal employees. The latter
group has had to pay the high taxes
of recent years. Relief for them Is
urgently needed and could have been
available this year, II the Senate had
passed H. r. 2olS ~ was done by the
House. The other groups referred to
30 far as their old-age security income
is concerned, have been tax free during
these high tax years.
RETIRED EMPLOYE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14
Mrs. Tienken Hostess
Feting Miss Mary Carr,
Miss Barbara Allen

Mrs. George Frederick Tienken
entertained on Saturday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at a party honor
ing Misses Barbara Allen and
Mary Daniel Carr who returned to
their homes here recently after
an extended stay in California.
During the afternoon games
were enjoyed at three tables.
Prizes of busting powder and
bridge cards were awarded to
high score and second high score
winners and note paper was CIV
en- as a draw prize.
Summer cut flowers and green
cry carried out the green and
white scheme.
At the conclusion Of play an ice
course was served to the honor
guests, their mothers, Mrs. l.. E.
Allen, Mrs. D. S. Carr and Misses
Beth Slocum, Billie Burton, Mes
danes Garland Palmer, Roland
Perry, Preston Nisbet and Charles
F. Bell.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14
BY Cynthia johnson

Another week of grand old southern style weather has brought the
crowds down to the beaches and away from the swelering heat Of
the city. If you are one Of the strong types, you can sit in the sun
ocean or the nearby bowling alleys. And speaking of the bowling
alleys, they seem to afford an attraction in the day as well as night.
l saw Hugh Evans, Robert FUR, Tommy Hall, Tommy Marable, and
John Codington down there the other night. And I saw the smallest
movable target. Everyone thought he was marvellous till someone
found out that the machine WI broken and would score even if you
didn't aim it at the target Oh, well! He was real proud of himself.
And so were some other people who came in later and tried their
luck. Who are we to deflate their ego O. ruin their fun?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14

hurrying back towards the At
lantic Coast Line the other day
at 200. From that l gather she
is now one CT their employers.
And someone else who works
there and does okay is Dorothy
"Debbie" Bradley. Debbie is very
talented in II field of dramatics.
and will certainly miss her calling
if she doesn't develop this talent.
Don't forget tc write now to the
Teen-Age Merry = Go-Round and
get your name on the subscription
list for the teenagers very own
newspaper. 1t prints all the new
about all the people you know, and
carries a list Of the coming events
which all of you would like to
attend. And don't forget to listen
to your very own program every
Saturday morning at II o'clock.
If you have someone you would
especially like to hear, just drop
them a caro-, and the people at
the radio station will be more than
glad to comply with your wishes.
In case those OF you who live
in town and don't have a chance
to see the paper published by the
people on Wrightsville Beach don't
know the name Of the paper and
who named it, let me tell you.
Miss Betty Divine. social EDITOR of
the Wilmington Star News SUBJ
mitted the name the Sea Tattler
and walked eff with first place,
and six pairs of sheer nylons.
What I wouldn't give to be origi-
nal-and to have those stockings!
Don't you motor boat eDthusi-
asts forget that New Bern vill be
the scene of more races on Satur-
day, July II. AL you have to do
is pack a lunch. call some of your
friends, hop in your car, and, if
luck is with you. you'll make View
Bern in time for the races. Thrills
are in the making so be on hand
for the excitement.
By now Marvin Howell and
Robert Bell have become seasoned
civilians again. but in case you
didn't know, they are home tor
good-and this time I'm sure
they've both been discharged from
the service.
Well, that about does it for now.
Just a word to remind you that
tickets are On sale for the gala
beauty pageant to be held at
Lumina this coming Tuesday
night. Plan now to be on hand
and see the browning Of Miss Will
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14
YWCA Weekly
Events Slated

The YWCA at Third and Grace
streets, has announced the sched-
,,1e of activities for this week as
follows:
july IS 3 pm. L~eathercra1t
class for all Girl Reserves. 9 pm
Jr. sr. Girl Reserves meet with
Miss Lola Mae johnson, advisor
Gas pm. Residence girls vespers.
July 16 8 p. m. Girl reserves
ara to make candles for Europe.
4 D. m. Freshman Girl Reserves.
6 p.m. Jr. Business Girls welner
roast.
July II 1880 pm. All Girl Re-
serve clubs meet at Y to make
trip to sound for picnic. 1880 pm
Art class.
July 1S 3 pm. Leathercraft tol
all Girl Reserves.
July 10 8 pm. to II pm. Chip
and Chatter club, dancing, PING
pong and bingo.
July 20 Two-day trip to Manteo
for adults to see The Lost Colony
1880 to 1880 Open house for serv
icemen,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14
PERSONALS

Ensign Kirk H. Low is spending
his terminal Leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. A. c. Low at their
home in Brookwood. He has been
on duty in the Pacific for the past
seven months aboard the USS
Doran.
Major Robert Toms Pigford and
Mrs. Pigford have returned to their
home in Washington, D. c., after
visiting DR.. and Mrs. E. R. Toms
at Wrightsville Beach. Major Pig
ford is stationed at Walter Reed
general hospital.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Toms has
returned to her summer home on
Wrightsvile Beach after an extend
ed trip to Massachusetts, and
Maine. While away she attended
the national convention of Pi Beta
Phi sorority as a delegate from her
chapter at Duke university which
vas held at SWampscott, Mass.
Mrs. A. Y. Marshburn and
daughter, Shirley Ann, have return
ed to the city after a visit to Mr..
and Mrs. B. G. Lane in Washing
ton, D. c., and Mrs. J. Worth Lane
Of Rockville, Md.
Percy L. Rhodes has left to at
tend summer school at Plus x
school of Music Of Manhattanville
college Of the Sacred Heart in New
York city.
Miss Mary Montague Ellie &C.
companied by her mother, Mrs. G..
F. Ellie, left Thursday for Balti-
more, Md. where Miss Ellie under
went an operation at Johns Hop
kins hospital. They expect to be
away from the city for four weeks.
Mrs. V. c. Coors and son, Vim
cent, of Chicago, have arrived for
a visit to her mother, Mrs. H. M.
Bremen, 8 Church street.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Newkirk. Jr.,
and son, Tin of Oak Park, ILL.,,
are guests Of their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. T. H. Newkirk anc aunt,
Mrs. Eugene Johnson at her home
on Country Club boulevard.
Misses Carlyle and Louise Sey-
mour and Miss Mary Ann Cheat
hem are expected home tomorrow
after visiting with friends in Los
Angeles, Calf. Carlyle LEFT Will
mington the first part of the sum-
mer to visit with Jenelle Graige
daughter CT Mr.. and Mrs. Dean
Graige of Los Angeles and New
York, Carlyle and Jennele are jun
Tor classmates at Rollins college
in Winter Pa1k, Fla. Louise and
Mary Ann left for California about
10 days ago by plane to join Car
lyle and Jennelle. Enroute home
the girls will visit in Atlanta, Ga.
Cadet-Mid sh:pman James Burns.
Jr., leaves today by plane for Los
Angeles, California for a brief visit
with his aunt, Mrs. Robert J. Mar.
tin. III. He will then ily to San
Francisco on Tuesday night, where
he will report Cor a years sea duty
and training of the Merchant Ma
rine Academy. Kings Point.
Capt. G. R. D'Orange, II North
18th street, is a patient at James
Walker Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Herman Davis and da,1gh-
ter. Julia Lee, have returned tn
their home in Brownsville. Texas
after a weeks visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. E. K. Scott on Masonboro
Sound. Mrs. Davis son, Randall
Of Gastonia. also accompanied
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14
Methodist Student
Day To Be Observed
AT Trinity Church

Trinity church has designated
Sunday as the day for the annual
observance of Methodist Student
day.
At the II o'clock church worship
service the pastor, the Rev. MI.
e. 3, Fisher, will use the sermon
subject 1.-THE Way" The special
music includes the anthem, "a
Sea Prayer by David Hyvall, Jr.,
and the ~offcrtory quartette, Il
Love 70 Tell The Story" by
Fischer sung by W. ]. Hayes. B.
L. Taylor, E. r. Abeel. and H.
E. Billiard.
The college students will have
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-14

charge of a special service ~
8 o'clock hour. The theme for 4S Ste
service is Serving the prs my
Age. Miss Betty Sue Wesrbrea''
will lead this service Ct worsb;n
Among the students particios44p..
in this service are Anne Andramqs
Wiley Baker, Margaret GEN.
Rosa Sneeden. and Bettr ~
Westbrook. Sarah Anne Eatno u ous
sing 1.-THE Good Shepherd VIZ
Van de Water. "
Members of the Girl ss,.n.
clubs will sit in a body as spec;.,
guests for this service. Miss Fl;.a'
beth Davis is the program ~
rector.
Housewives who are b,te.
their own bread because a. $
shortage in stores and bakerio.
may use rye flour, oatmeal ross
meal, potatoes and sweetnofato.!
as offenders.