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Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Many people locally will re-
member Stanley Hummel, no.
ted pianist, who spent much of
his G.. |. years at Dover Air
Field. Mr. Hummel will give
a piano recital in Carnegie
Hall, New York, Monday eve
ming, October 81. Many will be
remembering the pleasure he
gave to Kent and Sussex
counties audiences when he APP
peared during his stay here.
They will be wishing him we'll
on his appearance at Carnegie
Hall.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
ENGAGEMENT

Mr.. and Mrs. James Carlisle of
FELTON, have announced the en-
gagement of their daughter Thel-
ma Marie to Byron Kemp of Har-
rington. Mr.. Kemp has recently
been discharged from the Navy.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
ENGAGEMENT AMOUNTED

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Carpenter
of near Milford, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter Agnes.
to Harry Spicer, son of Mrs. Olive
Spicer of Georgetown.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
Milford Swamps
Rehoboth Is To O
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Next Wednesday evening, Octo-
ber IL. the Buccaneers" will en-
gage the strong Wicomico High
School eleven from Salisbury Md
The game will be played at the ball
park here at night under the
lights
Lineup for the Milford Reho-
both game follows.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

4 EEMN y Monday the Mil
N MIA N ford New Century
n VIVA ~ Club will begin its
alSZ/ fOrtyninth year as
------------------J wOman's club and
Will be presided over by the
new president, Mrs. Joseph J.
Pearce. Mrs. +. w. Buchan-
an OF Dover. state president.
will make an official visit and
with DR.. NJ. Dalema Draper
will give the most important
items of the General Fedora
ton. meeting held in Chicago
i'll June. The State Federation
meeting held in Scaf0rd late
i'll May will be reported by
Mrs. John w. Fry. the club
director. and Mrs. Philip Ja-
cObS. Mrs. pearce will well
come the members back to club
work before going into the
many items of business which
have been accumulating over
the interval of summer. The
calendar. which will be ready
for distribution, looks very in
teresting and will encourage
the members to attend meet
ings regularly. Mrs. f. Davis
Watson and Mrs. ]. PoStleS
Hammond are hOsteSSes for
the afternoon.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mrs. Theodore Townsend
entertained Wednesday eve
ming at her home on Clarke
avenue, in compliment to Mrs.
James Sattcrthwaite OF Yard
ley. Pa, who is spending this
week with Mr.,and Mrs. George
T. Macklin. Cards were en-
joyed by Mrs. Robert Baech-
Ter, Miss Sarah Barcus, Miss
Anne Townsend, Miss Char
lOtte Ryder, Mrs. Larry Isaacs
and Mrs. l.. Hayes Dickerson.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

The Tuesday Bridge Club
met this week after the sum-
mer interlude with Mrs. Larry
Isaacs. at her home near town.
Present for the first meeting
were Mrs. John o. Snyder,
Miss Charlotte Ryder, Mrs.
Thelma Burke, Mrs. Carson
Ward. Mrs. Harvey Phillips.
Mrs. Edgar Isaacs, Mrs. Penni-
will Isaacs, Mrs. Horace Ed
wards and Mrs. Theodore
Townsend.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
ABBOTT DAVIDSON
G.G
JESTER WEBB

Miss Edith Jester, daughter OF
Mrs Mary Jester and the late Her
man Jester of Milford. and Arlcy
Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Webb, of Harrington, were married
by Rev Leslie f. Werner ut the
Calvary Methodist parsonage ON
September -. Their only attend
ants were the brides brotherA and
wife, Mr. and Mrs Edward Jester
of Milford. They will make their
home in Milford
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
W eddings

EXLEY ARGO
On Saturday. September 2S. at
4 o'clock, Mrs. Lola NJ EXley and
Harry H. Argo were united in
marriage at Lincoln by Rev. Er-
nest Wright. Their attendants We're
their daughters. Miss Nora EXlcy
and Miss Hazel Ar@O.
s,.f5
ABBOTT DAVIDSON
Mrs. Maude S. Abbott of Lincoln,
and William H. Davidson of Phila-
delphia. were married on Wedncs-
day. October ,. at Brandywine
Methodist Church parsonage by
the Rev. Roy Thawley. The couple
will live at 1881 Springfield avenue,
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Davidson for Il number OF
years was correspondent from the
Lincoln section to the Milford
Chronicle
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Aber
are being congratulated upon
the arrival of their second son
in Memorial Hospital on sun
day. the sixth.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Tease. Drumm0nd. Point after
touchdown Emory tplace kickI.
Substirutions Milford: Drum
mond Johnson. Thomas. Fry.
Schuler. Apt Rrhohoth: Thomas.
Mitchell. Scott.
Oflicials: Referee. Eatoh; UNI
pire Grossnicklr; head lncsmam
Whalcv.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

The guests of Mrs. Laurence
Fitchett. who attended her two
parties last week. were enjoy
ably entertained at dessert on
Friday and Saturday after
moons at one and bridge fol-
lowed. Present on the first
day were Mrs. Charles Ban
ming. Mrs. Henry Sipplc. Mrs.
&. NJ. NanValkrnburg of
Georgetown. Mrs. Edgar Wood.
Mrs. clyde Nelson. Mrs. John
Baker. Mrs. Frank Grier. Mrs.
Raymond Masten. Mrs. Harry
MulhOlland. Mrs. David Wal
lace. Mrs. A. T.. IlumcS. Mrs.
Jack NAPLES. Mrs Garrett
Gricr, Mrs. Leslie March. Mrs.
Edwin Fisher, Mrs Dean Kim
mel. Mrs. Jack Maynard. Mrs.
Jack Burris. Mrs. Roscoe Cal
ioway. Mrs. Irwin Burton, Mrs.
John Burris. Mrs. Wilson
Vinyard. Mrs. Edwin Messick.
Mrs. Carlisle Collins, Mrs
Gene Pratt. Mrs. \ NJ Stokes.
Mrs. Remsen Barnard. Jr.. and
Mrs. Edward Moule On Sat
urday afternoon the guests
We're Mrs. Frank NAPLES. Mrs
Herman Johnson, Mrs. |. Dol
phus Short, Mrs. Lester Adj
kins. Mrs. Russell Emory. Mrs.
Robert Baynum. Mrs. Stephen
TOadVine, Mrs. Robert Rudolph.
Mrs. Bernard Shortall. Mrs.
David Greene. Mrs. George
Sheaffer, Mrs. Ray Warren.
Mrs. Carlton Fooks, Mrs.
George Draper. Mrs. August
FaiX. Mrs. James Humes, Mrs
John Fry. Mrs. NJ. Haswell
Pierce. Mrs. Oliver A. james.
Mrs. Byron Gibson. Mrs. Clar-
ence Welch. Mrs. David Sills
and Mrs. Charles Murphy.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mrs. Francis Leithiser en-
tertained her bridge club on
Tuesday afternoon at her home
at Slaughter Beach. Present
were Mrs. John Fry. Mrs. Gene
Pratt. Mrs Robert Rudolph,
Mrs. Bernard Shortall, Mrs.
David Sills. Mrs. Birda Bur
dick, Mrs. Joseph Pcarce and
Mrs. Philip Jacobs.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Frances Dewitt Babcock. So
prano. former Dover girl.
will be presented i'll recital at
Wesley Junior College on Oc-
tober "a. at eight o'clock. She
will be accOpanied by John
ThOms of Wilmington, Il mu
sician of note. The Soropti-
mist Club of Dover is bringing
these two artists there and it
is very fine opportunity for
music lovers to hear two eX-
ccptional artists. Miss Bah
cock has sung in Milford on
few occasions and was always
we'll received.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
ROBERTS

VAuuic l. Roberts az. G3 years.
Il faimor died ~ n.. aDm" on the
Millord- KehDbofh Highway carly
Monday morning Dc'I--r He
had been il pno- aae.'a IT, zone
time. He Is sar,.r.r ~ ~. s.s.s.
Elmer and pa. @.. ts -
home. rwo E-'~.- ~ Gs,'2s
Doughery 0! K.dl"y = J. - >ac
Mrs. Joseph Vast. =: A-!D.c
three brothers Oaa - l-....o-:-.
Fred Of Smyrna aAG A.'aa: d.
Ridley Park, Pa.
Funeral services were held or
Wednesday afternoon. October 8
at TWO O'Clock from the Lohand
Funeral Home in Milford Inter
ment was made in the Odd Fellow.
cemetery. Milford with Rev. l.. +
Wrrner pastor OF the Calvary
Methodist Church officiating.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
SPlCElt

Mrs. Sallie f. Spicer, age 81
years. died at her home in Collins
Vile. a suburb of Georgetown on
Sunday night, October &, after a
short illness. Mrs. Spicer, widow
OF the late Barker Spicer. was born
near Georgetown. the daughter OF
the late Thomas and Agnes West L.
and lived her entire life in this
community.
Mrs. Spicer is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Maggie Jackson.
Georgetown, and Mrs. LOttie Pret-
lyman. Lewes; Il son, Walter Spi-
Ger. Of Wilmington, and another son
by former marriage, John Le-
Gates. also of Wilmington.
Funeral services were held in
Wesley Methodist Church, George
town. Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock. Services were in charge OF
the Rev. DR.. Omar T.. Jones. Inter
mcnt in Union cemetery, George
town
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

While playing with the small son
of Phillip Owens. Albert Foulk. son
of Jay Foulk of North Street. North
Milford. fell and broke his left arm.
The boy was taken To the EmerCen-
cy Hospital where an examination
disclosed Il fracture above The ell
bow. The accident occurred late
Monday afternoon
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mrs. Robert Rudolph. who
delighted her riends on
Thursday afternoon of last
week when she entertained for
dessert and bridge at her home
near town. was hostess again
on Friday evening, having Il
group of friends again for des-
sert and bridge Attending
were Mrs. William Schmidt,
Mrs. Harry Braund. Mrs AL
bert Baxter. Mrs. David Greene.
Mrs. Joseph Pearce. Mrs. NJ.
Haswell Pierce, Mrs. G.. Mar
shall Townsend. Mrs. Ray War
rem. Mrs. John Fry, Mrs. Phil
ip Jacobs. Mrs. Carl Allen,
Mrs. Birda Burdick, Mrs. David
Sills, Mrs. Carlton Fooks. Mrs.
Bernard Shortall and Mrs. Her
bert Nichols.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

DR.. and Mrs. James b. Ho-
man welcomed a daughter in
Memorial Hospital on Tues
day. the eighth. This is their
second child. the first one is Il
son. Michael.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11
THIRTY YEARS AGO
TAKEN IRON THE 1916 FILES OF
TIE MILFORD CHRONICLE

Miss Rachel Frame has returned
TO he. home in Collingswood. \. j.,
after IA visit with her aunt. Mrs. A.
L. Williams.
Mark L. Davis went to Philadel-
phia yesterday where he will re-
main for several days buying stock
Tor his clothing store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Grier and
the Misses Causey motored 10
Washington las, week and were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Foster
CauSey for Il few days
Congressman Thomas W. Miller
and Speaker of the House Charles
Grantland were in Milford last
Saturday looking after political al
fairs.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene l.. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Daniels and
children. Robert .Ir.. Elizabeth and
Myrtle. mOtored to Iiolmeshurg.
Pa, last Saturday as the week end
guests Of Miss Minus Rogers.
George B. Hyns0n. who for the
ilst twelve years has been the adj
ferusin9 manager for the l.. d.
aulk CO.. will sever his connection
with them on January |. 1917, and
engage in independent advertising
work. Mr.. Hynson will make his
headquarters in Milford and Phila.
and his long and wide experience i'll
Journalism, and as an adVertisinG
expert. inSmes his success in his
lev fields of endeavor. Mr.. HynSon
organized and made the advertising
department for the company he is
now leaving. and under his man
a@ement il reached high state oil
efficiency; his training as news.
: paper man furnishing the qualities
needed to combine business eff
cheney, and the drawing statements
which attract those whom the ad-
vertiSin2 is TO influence. Mr.. Hyn-
son will continue his position as
. president OF the Board Of Education
) in Milford and his residence here
also.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Joseph Gray Davis has purchased
the property No. 404 Lake View
Avenue from Mrs. Caulk. About the
first OF the year Mn Davis will
move from his farm to the property
and make his home there.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. William Randall
Phillips celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary ut their home
i'll Trenton. New Jersey, on October
4th. They will be remembered by
rumber of Milford friends for fol-
lowing their marriage they came to
Delaware 10 live. where Mr.. Phil
lips engaged in the fruit and nur-
Sery business near Milford
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Miss Rachel Frame has returned
TO te. home in Collingswood, \. j..
after visit with her aunt. Mrs A.
l.. Williams.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mark l.. Davis went TO Philadel-
phia yesterday where he will re-
main for several days buying stock
tor his clothing store.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l.. Grirr and
the Misses CauScy mOtOred To
Washington last week and were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs Foster
CauSey for few days.
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

n Monday the Mil
ford New Century
Club will begin its
forty-ninth year as
Milford chronicle., 1946-10-11

Congressman Thomas W. Miller
and Speaker of the House Charles
Grantland were in Milford last
Saturday looking after political al
fairs
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
NEW RED HUNT" UNDER TOM CLARK

THE immigration Bureau during the put the
Justice the postwar wtchunt against
citizen labor and radical leaders is directed by U.s. Atty General
Tom Clark of Texas After the last Atty Mitchell Palmer
Quaker from Boston, lawess
aliens in the LWW unions Socialist and Communist parties
of hysera against aliens radicals which
today nearly matched by the hser against Soviet
and Yugosavia (Tandaric was born in Yugosavia)
Steve arrested Sept 1914 for his reply question
Born: Chicago I made in 1912 The US Government would
not have known about the violation of law
voluntarily disclosed they making
routine questioning Steve application citizenship
10 prejudice the against him lin South Bend
dragged in the fact that Steve had fought Spain
and had used assumed and made false
out and get back into the USA, information
trlcked Steve into giving them in signed statement
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
OPA sues LEADING
III. auto deoier

In line with their current drive
to crack down on auto dealers
violating price regulations, OPA
enforcement officials this week
brought suit against Bernard
Bros. OF Evanston. reputedly .he
largest Plymouth-D eSoto dealer
in the state.
Charging the auto firm with
eight different violations, OPA
alleged that the firm compelled
side payments above ceiling
prices, allowed less than fair
market value on trade-ins. and
failed to keep proper records or
give written warrantees. The
firm paid a $933.33 judgment on
similar charges In March, 1915.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31

A strike was averted at the
eleventh hour when the company
met union demands on Thurs
day, August %. These demands
included an 1S-cent general raise
retroactive to February 5, and a
straight ten per cent raise retro
active from that date back to Oc-
tober, 1915.
A $50 minimum white-cellar
salary was also won, as vel! as
automatic progressions on the
job and greatly improved Job
classifications.
Elimination of inequities gives
hundreds of workers raises far
over the 18-cent hourly figure,
the FEE reports.
: Four months of negotiations
resulted in no change Until the
strike threat convinced the firm
to settle with the eight FEE CLIO
locals. Five locals are in the In
ternational Harvester Chicago
plants, with others in East Mo.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
JAIL - PRISON - DEPORTATION

BECAUSE the US bond
ne sat in the St Joseph County Jail in
tso I'LL November IL 1915 without getting days
ms year sentence In federal prison. The
Ieony conviction for making false concerning
snip 10 bolster Its weak deportation
ms leaving the country to fight Franco Any
OF felony be deported
Last month the Government Deportation hearing
at the Terre Haute prison by ATTY Iss
oore OF New York City, from the American Committee
for the Protection Of the Foreign legal to fight de
portation will be long t. =
citizens
pardon latter the sentence finally pardon
TO restore civil rights for Steve to the r and
Liberal organizations of the Chicago mobilize This
= beginning Labor Day, 1946t PN1F
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31

line, Ill, Canton, III. and Auburn,
N. Y.
The Unions negotiating com.
mlttee, which also established the
principle of national negotiations
for clerical workers, was led by
fE-CIO's Secretary-Treas. Gerald
Fielde, head of the unions Har-
vester Dept, which also repre-
sents over 10000 Harvester pro-
duction workers who conducted
and won an 80-day nationwide
strike against the firm last
spring.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31

Local 1119, the newest city
wide local, has organized a dozen
plants already in its six months
of existence. Chicago's UE also
includes General Electric and
Westinghouse locals, both OF
which participated actively in the
great national strike against
these companies last winter.
One of the first unions to re-
cogniZe and act on the urgency
of organized political action by
the labor movement, Chicago To-
Gals of the UE have maintained
constant political awareness and
activity. Coordinating the work
of local PAC committees is pop
ular and colorful John T. BeF-
nard, the former fighting con-
gresham from Minnesota.
UE'S NATIONAL convention
will be held in this district this
year, largely in recognition of
the growth and increasing influ.
ence of Illinois, Wisconsin, and
Minnesota locals. Originally
scheduled for Chicago, hotel
shortages here made it necessary
to move the gathering to Mil
waukee.
Local .UE leaders anticipate a
lively and constructive meeting
as delegates convene during the
week of September 9th. Since
wartime travel restrictions pre-.
vented the. 1915 convention from
taking place, delegates will be
tackling the difficult and threat.
ening problems facing UE mem
bers in a much different atmos.
phere than that of the 1914 con
vention.
At that time, the war was still
going full blast, and UE policy
and program was centered on the
main task of winning the war.
Now, as reaction has taken the
offensive throughout the world.
the fight for peace and security
will be uppermost in the thinking
Of the convention.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
TANpARlc WANTED TO, WORK

Tandarc just number in the federal prison at
Haue Indiana? Steve active leader OF the IN
employed during Depression and then led in organizing
antunion employers blacklsts
greater target of influential reactonaes
fight in the International Brigade against
the Franco supported Hitler and Nusso
lini. Steve of the premature and-fasclsts
had be echncak violation of law for Steve to be
1910 Congress amended the Nationality Act to provide
any who stated that he citizen of the
felony and fined and imprisoned and
eported If nonctzen into barber shop and
CITIZEN she be jailed and deported This
unconstitutional law makes possible
apment 100000 Americans who nonc
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31

where Mrs. Mary Aiken, who has
recently returned from Washing.
fon, where as Executive Score
tary OF the union, she was inter-
ested in the passage of the re-
cent act increasing matching
funds to the states for various
FERNS of assistance, will be pre-
sent.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
STEVE TANDARic WANTED TO WORK

Harbor Steve working in South
Appliance Corp producing peaceme
goods Later the Company began work production and
Steve working because of
anunon bacss) told Bendix personnel
a question, Where you born?" = Chicago, Ill.,
FELONY! - the law.
then, violate infamous law
get
ton Naturalization Chicago Andrew Jordan and the Blu
Chicago Attorney Hutchinson had discretionary
Tandac and other aliens Since Steves
Others against
trade unions socaistic minority parties.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31


"UE-CIO" is the Go United
Electrical, Radio, and Machine
Workers of America, one of the
Big Three" industrial unions of
the nation.
Although organization of cleo
trical, radio, and machine plants
in Chicago did not get under way
on large scale until 1941, the
rapid growth of this powerful
and militant union has had no
parallel in recent years.
''THE GOING was tough. re-
called UE international vice-pres
ident Ernest DeMaio. AT one
time we were forced to conduct
seventeen strikes at the same
time against employers who were
determined to keep us out of
Chicago at any cost"
DeMaio, short, dynamic man
in his thirties, was one of the
early founders of the UE ten
years ago. President of the Hi
noisy Wisconsin, Minnesota district
he is dramatic and incisive
speaker, and is widely considered
one of the CLOS top-flight ora!
tors and organizers.
One of the young" unions of
the CLIO. the UE has now size
and influence which has provid-
ed a substantial part of labor
economic and political leadership
for several years.
TRACING the history of the
union, DeMaio pointed out that
the UE started as a group of un-
affiliated independent unions and
AFL locals with federal" char
tiers, chiefly in General Electric.
Westinghouse Electric, RCA, and
General Motors plants.
What both grOuDs needed
and were not getting-was a
national organization organic
ed on an industrial basis, with
completely democratic con-
stitutiOn", said DeMaiO. when
the CIO came into being. we
naturally affiliated to it."
CURRENTLY the UE has
1875 plants under contract, an
all-time high. National member
ship is 100000, which, though
rising fast, is still 100000 under
the total before the tremendous
VI day layoffs, which dealt hav.
oc in hundred percent war-con-
verted industry.
so of these plants are in Chi.
cago, and include such firms as
Stewart-Warner, a long time open
shop stronghold; Belmont Radio;
the Miehle Printing Press plant;
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
To report on old
age aid Legislation

On September 1st. Sunday, at
2 PM. a meeting of the Old Age
Assistance Union of Illinois will
be held at the Odd Fellows Tenn.
pie basement, 6316 Yale Avenue,
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31

Foote Bros. Gear and Machine;
the Sunbeam appliance plant;
and the Hurley washing machine
plant.
Lou Tore, another UE veter-
an, is business manager of UE
Local lila, the city-wide machine
and tool local. Currently fighting
a siX-month strike at the ALL
berg Bearing Company, Local
lila participated in the bitter
gear strikes early last winter.
Tore is bitter at the role of the
Chicago police and courts as
strikebreakers in practicing the
new Chicago formula, of which
Local lila has been a frequent
target.
LARGEST of the Chicago To-
Gals is 1150, which includes cleo
trical equipment, radio parts, and
appliance plants. 1t too mas been
on the receiving end of the form
ula', notably in the recent Cory
"no-strike" injunction issued by
Judge Joseph A. GRADER.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
FE White-eoIIur workers
win Harvester victory

Two thousand office and technical workers scored the
greatest white collar victory the ndstrys history last
week in the international Harvester chain according to
spokesmen OF the United Farm Equipment Workers CIO
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
CAMPAIGN TO WIN
PARDON FOR TANDARIC

ndaric Calumet district steelworker is Labor's No.
oner in the Chicago area on this Labor Day.
The Chicago and Illinois Civil Liberties Commit
tees, supported by the newIy-formed Indiana Civil
Rights Congress- are initiating a campaign of postal
cards to President Harry S. Truman on Labor Day
requesting executive clemency and a pardon
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1946-08-31
Growth Of Chicago UE
a record Of struggle

O
JJF-CIO has nfronSO 0toover
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-03
U. S. Diplomacy Al Fault

The American military establishment
long dreamed of air bases in the At
lantic and Pacific oceans which would
give the United States and the world
fair protection if any power saw fit
to start another war. Key bases were
to be in Australia, Iceland and Portu-
gal.
The governments of these three ma
lions, however, in polite terms have
Informed Washington there will be
nothing doing. They are ready and will
ling and have bases, but under the
United Nations, not the United States
alone. Of course there are the ninety
nine-year leases to British bases in the
Caribbean, and the Pacific islands cap
tured from Japan, but the chain around
the world envisioned while the war
was still in progress in out of the ques-
ton
And the fault, if fault it be, appears
to be in United States diplomacy. At the
start it might have been possible to
get what was wanted, but on the in
sistence of the Navy American diplo-
macy had inserted in the Charter at
San Francisco a provision for exclusive
strategic trusteeships." Ever since the
Charter was adopted the signatory ma
tons have been stalking out their sys-
tenn of bases and, as Joseph C. Harsch
says in the Christian Science Monitor,
"doors have been closed to American
knocks"
In view of this situation, Russia
has been foolish to roar so loudly over
United States "ambitions," which never
existed in the first place, save as the
peace of the world is concerned. and
now have no chance of being fulfilled.