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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
Truman's Chance

If it is true, and it probably is, that
coming events cast their shadow before
the recent congressional elections may
be accepted as an indication that the
democratic party will not be success
full in the balloting for the next presi-
dent.
In the two years remaining of his
administration, then, President Tru-
man has such an opportunity to correct
the laundering Of the party he heads
during the new deal era as has never
before come to a Chief Executive of the
United States.
Mr.. Truman was relieved of all ohli-
CATION to carry on in the Roosevelt pat
tern at the polls on November 5. The
voters of the country ended the new
deal on that day. The President is now
and henceforth his own man.
In the freedom he thus gains to de-
vote his entire time and effort to legis-
latlon needed to get the nation back
on an even keel he can be of invaluable
service.
II ne stops waste and extravapance
IN government spending, if he breaks
the monopoly a group of labor leaders
nave set up and establishes a labor
program in which industry will have
equal consideration with the union
worker, If he utterly destroys the bu-
reaucratic oligarchy that has worked
such hardship upon the people, balances
1he budget, provides adequately for the
national security, and ENCOURAGES FREQ
enterprise and initiative, he can retire
TO private life in 1913 i national hero
n restore the democratic party tn the
dominant standing it lost through tho
mlsmanagement of the new deal leader
ship.
Ohe thing is certain. He NAV count
vi republican support in Congress in his
every effort to carry out such 2 nro.
gram.
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rental, shall have his property removed
from federal control.

rental, shall have his property removed
from federal control.
8. No further subsidy payments
should be made to any segment OF the
home building industry. Such subsidies
are only politics and cannot be justly
administered.
4. No further funds should be ap-
propriated for public housing. A vast
new public housing program, as pro-
posed in the WET bill, will scare out
millions of small investors.
s. The Monroney bill, which makes
restrictive practices by labor unions
and by cities a violation Of the anti
trust laws, should be passed by Con-
gress. Because of these restrictive
practices, the productivity Of labor in
building has dropped as much as so
per cent in the last five or six years, in
creasing the cost of construction a great
deal.
6. FILA should be restored to it's indie
pendent position, free of any control by
MIA, and should be confined to mort
gage insurance. FILA has now been
taken over by the economic planners
and is being prostituted to Uses that
Congress never contemplated.
Z. The Home Loan Bank System
should be restored to complete indie
pendence and should not be subject to
MIA, which undermines the confidence
of industry and business.
8. Much good housing can be made
available quickly by stimulating private
conversion operations of existing sound
old dwellings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
Thanksgiving Day Game

Wilmington football fans will have
a homegame on Thanksgiving after all.
Coach Brogden's announcement that
the New Hanover High School Wild
cats will play the Eastern North Caro-
lima Teachers college freshmen at Leg
ion field Thanksgiving night brings
a sense of satisfaction particularly to
all persons to whom the day is incom-
plete without a gridiron contest and
who for any Of a dozen reasons would
not be able to go elsewhere to witness
one.
It is to be expected there will be a
rush for tickets as soon as they go on
sale and the stadium be filled to capa-
city. AS the Wildcats are at top form,
spectators are assured q tilt of alb
sorbing interest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
How'll We Pay

Few days pass without announce
ment that the price of some commodity
mas been advanced by the Office of
frlce Administration with the result
'nat the nations bill has gone up many
millions of dollars.
This time it is sugar. The OPA has
mixed the price about a half cent a
pound, with the increased cost to con-
sumers amounting to $50, 900, 900.
Maybe it is all right. But what we
would like to know is where the money
is to come from to meet the new prices.
II it keeps on indefinitely the treasury
Will have to open the vaults at Fort
Knox and distribute the gold stored
there to the average salaried people
of the country.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
A Housing Program

The federal government has con-
Quoted a propaganda campaign for it's
housing program. Still the national
housing shortage continues. Builders
complain that they can get little or no
federal aid or support for their home
construction projects and as a conse-
quence Of the controls on building ma
terials are hamstrung in their efforts
to help meet the housing need.
Contractors claim that all they want
is freedom to produce" the homes re-
CURED. They contend that with the lift
ing of controls they can do a great deal
to end the shortage. Real estate agents
are in sympathy with the contractors
and equally critical Of the governments
policy.
Herbert U. Nelson, executive vice
president of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards recently presented
an eight-point program before the
housing committee of the American
Legion.
Whether they could go all the wavs
in relieving the situation if thew were
put into effect is not for us to saw, but
they would bring some relief.
Mr.. Nelson's points are:
l. Lift all controls on materials. con.
struction, sales prices, and rents on new
housing. More than a million units car
be produced in 1947 if the stranqlino
red tape and controls are removed and
the other seven recommendations fol.
lowed.
2. Existing properties must be grad
ually decontrolled as to rents. If eiqht
million owners of existing rental prop
erty are kicked around for years tc
come by rent controls, it cannot then
be expected that newcomers will put ur
new properties facing similar treat
nent. We advocate that any owner
~ho will give a lease for a year from
lext March, with an increase of mo-
more than IL per cent of the presen'
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new settee, for example. He sells
it on the black market for cigar
cites instead Of money because he
wants to rebuild his bombed fac
tory.
He sells for cigarettes because
that is the only way he can gel
building materials and because the
contractor wants part of his pay
ment in tobacco to keep his crews
happy. From there on, it is prac-
tically impossible to trace what
the cigarette will do in getting
more raw materials and food.
Siphoning off Of newly manufac-
tured articles from the legal mar
ket has changed the character OF
the black market considerably.
Until recently the black markets
were supplied from hidden stocks
which eve had been reported to
the authorities, from the stolen
German or Allied army supplies,
or from goods stolen from stores
and warehouses. Another channel
was through hardup Germans who
were ready to sacrifice cherished
belongings in order to get more
essential food or clothes.
These sources now have prac-
tically dried up, Rumpf said.
Instead, there is an increasing
flow Of new goods into the black
market from the factories.
"Unless these black marketed
goods are brought into legal chan
nels of sale all other measures
to normalize the price level will
go for nought," Rumpf declared.
The press is campaigning against
black marketing, especially by
playing up convictions.
At the same time the German
central administration for trade
and supply announced that sharp
measures were being taken
throughout the Soviet occupation
zone against black marketers in
food because they were endanger-
ing the big city supplies.
Farmers have been forbidden
to sell food. except in the free
market, and then only after they
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
YourGIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON
Assistant Legislative Representa-
tive, Veterans Of Foreign Wars.

Washington r e p r e%sentatives OF
veterans organizations will no
longer be forced to present their
legislative programs to three diff
ferent committees Of the House Of
Representatives - the Committee
on Pensions, the Committee on In
valid Pensions, and the Commit
tee on World War Veterans Legis-
lation. Public Law COL (the La
Toilette = Monroney Resolution)
provides. that there shall be one
standing committee of the House,
known as the Committee on Vet
Grams Affairs, which shall handle
all matters relating to veterans.
With the advent of the 80th Con-
gress in January, the Veterans Of
Foreign Wars will launch a con-
certed effort to provide for a SINH
lar Committee on Veterans AZ
fairs in the Senate.
According to the reorganization
plan, a subcommittee of the Com
mittee on Finance in the Senate
will handle GI insurance and pen
sions and disability compensation
matters, while the Senate Commit
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21

In these days Of doubt and diff
Guilty, o Lord, do Thou open our
eyes to the book that reveals Thy
will. Amen
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21

tee on Labor and Public Welfare
will deal, in addition 10 labor leg.
lslation, with the veterans 70.
cational rehabilitation, education,
disqualification, medical rare and
readjustment programs.
In other words, the situation has
improved considerably as far as
the House Of Representatives Is
concerned, but the v. r. W. be-
lieves that in the Senate there will
still the duplicative effort and over
tapping jurisdiction In c o injection
with veterans legislation.
The v. F. w. is uneasy over the
fact that the Senate Committee on
Labor and Public Welfare VIII al,
tempt to consider the problems Oh
rehabilitation legislation for ve'el'
ans and disqualification and ne"'
cal care for disabled veterans az
an undivided and indivislble par
of the broai field Of social Ieg''
latiOn,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
BY EDWIN SHANKE
Associated Press Correspondent

BERLIN, Nov. 20-(P)-A grea
many German factories now ART
sidetracking from 10 to 20 per cent
of their current production into the
lucrative German black market,
says Willy Rumpf, deputy chief of
the finance department of Be-
Inns municipal government.
These firms, Rumpf told the
press, are using their black mar
ket proceeds to rebuild their
establishments because it is easier,
although more dangerous, to raise
capital that way than to attempt
to get credit.
1t is an endless chain process
in which the cigarette plays the
major role as the medium OF ex'
change. A furniture maker has a
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
RY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Written for NEA Service

7 have often said that squeeze
plays. end plays and trick plays
are made easily if the player just
learns to count his tricks. Oh
course, counting tricks alone will
not make a fine player. He mus
also learn to visualize the course
that the play will take.
In today's hand, for example,
you might say that all the declare1
has to lose is two spades, but when
he proceeds to ruff the tricks out,
an ~overruff will come in. The hand
is tricky but it is a neat series OF
plays.
West wins the first two spade
tricks, and when he leads the
third spade, declarer must not
trump, but must discard a dia-
mond. If he makes the mistake OF
running the four trumps, hoping
to discard the losing diamonds on
the clubs, the contract will be de-
feated because the clubs do not
break.
At trick four West exists with
the jack Of clubs and dummy's
king wins.
Now the correct play is to cash
the king of diamonds and lead over
to the ace, then lead the eight of
diamonds and trump with dummy
ace of hearts.
Now the opponents trumps are
picked up and on the third and
fourth heart declarer discards the
seven and five Of clubs. The ace
and queen of clubs take care of
d%eclarer's club and jack of dia-
monds.
When playing rubber bridge your
first obligation is to make your
contract. Overtricks are Of such
little value that the contract must
be the only consideration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
Black Market Riches Lure Rising
Eow OF Goods From Nazi Plants

have fulfilled their quotas for the
city markets.
The railways have been au-
thorized to refuse food packages
unless it a be proven that the
shipments have been approved by
the authorities.
Railway police have been in
structed to act against travellers
suspected of having black market
or boarded goods with them.
Even pedestrians on the streets
cannot feel secure, for police also
have frightened their controls. If
they are found to be Transporting
goods Illegally the goods are con-
fiscated.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
Religion
I WRITE FOR THE PREACHERS
By L. T. L L

9.
A singular responsibility was laid
upon me this year, when The
American Bible Society c~onscripted
me as the first layman ever to
write its annual brochure for Uni
versal Bible Sunday, December ..
The seven-thousand word essay is
distributed to 125, 900 Protestant
pastors in the United States.
I have no doubt that thousands
of preachers will say, truthfully, to
themselves, II can do better than
that myself. and proceed to do
so! At least, I have been a spark
plug. The theme is "The World of
Power for a Power Age"
AS a lover of unity, l am thrilled
by the prospect of simultaneous
sermons from thousands of pulpits
of diverse faiths, all calling the
people back to the old Book that
changes life.
For if world peace, and a new
world order, are to come to this
distracted earth it will surely be
by fresh acceptance of
the eternal principles contained in
the Bible.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21
Doctor Says
CATHARTlCS RISKY
FOR NERVOUS FOLK
By WILLIAM A. O'BRIFv

By WILLIAM A. o'BRlEE, Mn
Irritation Of the bowel Wis.
drugs, diets, enemas. and i.u
cations often results from III.
tempt of a patient to correct =.
effect of his sensitive, higbstrr~'
nervous system on his colon
an irritable colon case, the No.,
sonality of the patient Cause, 9.
bowel difficulty, the bowel d6p, ny
produce the personality problsn
When a physician friend nj n;s.
starts to suffer with boweI t JE'
tress. he does not take bo r',
remedies or try a special diet y.
goes away for a complete chsna'
and rest, for he realizes tbs. :.
has been o%ver-active.
Other nervous victims with g..
ritable bowels have found t5a,.
bowel symptoms relieved bv IN.
lowing this doctors example,
The average patient with An y.
ritable nervous condition Of n.
bowel requires a bland nutrjtio,.
diet and relaxation. But mos, -
these individuals take tneno.."
and their problems too s~erio,slr
Many of them are women rrs,
work for causes" and thus ovs,,
tax themselves.
One-third of all patients u,,
visit physicians o b.r.
straight organic diseases ur.,.
companied by any special er,o.
tional disturbance, and one thin,
are there solely because Of emo,
tional difficulties. The other t6ira
are patients who have both or,
ganlc and emotional disturbance,
which may not be related.
The emotionally u pset prom,
with bowel complaints seems n
outnumber all other types i, tbs
functional groups.
Examination of 8 patient vb,
has irritable bowel trouble ma,
uncover a tenderness and spasm
of the bowel. But this is not u.
Illumination, and COLTS is not ths
term which should be used 10 IA.
scribe it.
Physicians get their clue As h
the causes of this bowel difficult
from the attitude and mannerism,
of the patient and from his story
of a long illness which gets neither
better nor worse, but for which
many bowel remedies have been
tried with varying success.
Mealtlme is the best time ,-
the victim Of an irritable bowel
to start controlling his difficulty.
If he is excessively tired before
eating, it is a good idea for him
to take a short rest before soi,s
to the table.
Food should be eaten leisurely
In an attractive place, and there
should be good table conversation
Food should be consumed SLOWLY
and not washed down with liquids
At the end of the meal there
should be no distress from the
food eaten, and the patient should
not rush from the table.
QUESTION: / swallow clssret
smoke. Is this harmful? l have
been advised that this practice
VIII make me lose weight.
ANSWER: Many tobacco users
gain weight after they stop smok
ing, a fact which suggests tina
smoking depresses the appetite l
you wish to lose weight. 1t woult
be better for you to 80 on a diet
skipping the foods which eontaIr
the most calories.
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TOP O. THE

o speed the day when blood of men
No more i~ncarnadines the sod,
When men in brotherhood shall stand
With every child a son of God.
When Peace with velvet-sandaled feet
Shall tread the land from shore to shore
And peoples in the bond of love
Shall never learn war any more.
David Starr Jordan
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-21

You can only stop a third world war if
you settle the second world war on the basis
OF justice and democracy.--Herbert V. Evatt,
Australian UN delegate.
Statesmen have failed miserably to date in
developing workable plans to prevent another
war.-Rep. ]. Parnell Thomas (R) of New
Jersey.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-04
MORE ABOUT
BRIGADE
FROM PAGE ONE

Ludie Groom as fire chief of the
city At No. l fire station. And &C.
cording to firemen on duty at the
time, it was toss UP as to who
had the best time, Chief Groom or
Acting Chief Leroy Benton.
Recorders Judge
Although no court was in session,
Recorder W.. Winfield Smith step
ped down from the bench to make
way for a possible Judge of the
future, 11-year-old Billy Porter.
who gave a very judicial glance
over the court room, although he
may have had hard time seeing
over the top of the desk of justice.
Downstairs in the courthouse.
Tomnie Gore was the envy of all
his fellow Brigade Boys clubbers
as he took over the office of sheriff
from c. David Jones. Deputized
and bedecked with an official
badge, Tonmie ruled with youthful
zest and in company with his
deputies, made through tour of
inspection of the identification
Bureau, jail and highway patrol
headquarters.
City Councilmen
Just what future improvements
for Wilmington were discussed
about the same hour at the city
hall is problemetical. but the city
councilmen for the period, Jimmie
Johnson, IL; Joseph Gainey,
Victor Generette, Jackie Brazeale,
Robert Gurganous, Austin burden
and James Ward, went into a Sc
rious huddle over problems of city
government.
Employees of The Star-News also
got bossed around in real boy
fashion between the day to night
side staff turnover, Bobby Benton
assuming the role of publisher in
the absence of R. B. Page as pub
Usher, while editor John E. Hope
was temporarily succeeded by
Tommie King.
Postmaster
Bobby Merritt had a big job on
his hands when he took over the
job as postmaster of Wilmington
and he promptly saw to it that all
outgoing and incoming mail was
processed on time. His assistant
was James Ward, and they were
later shown over the postoffice by
Wilbur R. Dosher.
The boys, who we're chosen for
the various assignments on their
record in club work, spe1 five to
Is minutes in their various official
The personnel was
chosen by Director w. A. Stewart
and physical director Morris Mil
Ter of the Brigade Boys Club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-04
APRIL FOOL JOKES
FINALLY CATCH UP
WITH AAA DIRECTOR

Miss Minnie A. Payne who has al
least become a statewide figure
may never attain the rank OF
full general.
Miss Payne, local director of the
Carolina Motor Club, hostess extro-
ordinary at the Second and Orange
USO club, and efficient guide to
better highways for tourists. who
came up from the rank of private
in AAA Club work, and who is
now termed major" Payne by her
state officers, was solemn yester-
day.
She lad received the weekly bull
letin from Charlotte, and on its
pages was the clubs way of say
ing April Fool.
There were long official, and le-
gal looking paragraphs about con-
gress declaring automobiles "out
OF Use" and he hint that motorists
may be thing of the past, revert
ing to the "one-hoss open shay"
for all transportation except that
furnished by existing airplanes and
railroads.
To the end of which was neatly
penned the suggestion of a name
,or the club to replace Carolina
Club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-04

months. This compares with official
fears of 10000 out of work by
summer.
The Federal budget will show a
deficit several billion dollars less"
than the $26, 900, 900, 900 gap foreseen
by Mr.. Truman in his January
budget message.
Mr.. Truman termed the Snyder
report grounds for optimism and
a redoubling of our energy" II
should be required reading for
every thinking American, he de-
clared.
1--WE still have large, critical
problems ahead of us, but we are
over the hump of reconversion."
Some shortages - like shirts -
linger because distribution is faul-
ty, Mr.. Truman said, and because
stocks were badly depleted by war.
It takes $4,000 cars, he reminded a
questioner, just to give all dealers
heir show models.
hliu IL lllG Ill SS-Qdy -O1u SIl Inc VI
soft coal miners is prolonged, it
would knock the whole thing out,
he said in answering another query.
The recent steel strike cost us
100000 tons of steel products, or
about one-ninth of a full year 8
production, Mr.. Truman said.
Country Can't Relax
The country, he also asserted,
cannot afford to relax for one
minute our battle against initiation
x. Our progress will be COM
pletely nullified if we do not have
an early extension of our price con-
troll and sterilization laws, for with
out them progress will be turned
into economic chaos"
Orally, he amplified this with the
warning: The reconversion apple
cart would be upset if labor costs
are included in a new farm parity
formula, as proposed in Senate
move hitching parity amendment
to the minimum wage bill. Mr..
Truman has stated he will veto the
bill if the amendment hiking parity
prices stays in.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-04
MORE ABOUT
NAVAL
FROM PAGE ONE

give two-week training course
every year. In addition to this
there will be an instruction course
one evening every week Throughout
the year.
The purpose of the Navy's over
all reserve program, which calls
for the organization of 1853 units
"a total OF about $4,000 officers
and 175,OOO enlisted mem, is. to
maintain "a reserve in high state
of training and available for i'm
mediate mobilization in case of
war.
Regular Navy Pay
While in ira ming, the men will
receive regular Navy pay accord
ing to their rank, and they will
have the regular Navy privilege
Of working for promotions.
In addition to the Organized
Reserves, there vii, be a large
group of men iii the Volunteer
Standing Reserves. These men will
remain largely inactive but will
serve as surplus pooI' from
which organized reserves will be
drawn when vacancies Occur in
the organized reserve ranks.
The entire reserve program IS
still under legislative study, but
Captain Daniel said it is virtually
assured of approval.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-04-04
MORE ABOUT
WAVE
FROM PAGE ONE

Mondays huge seas swept the
Pacific basin from the Aleutians
to Hawaii and the United States
and touched the shores of Japan
and South America.
"a Others Lost
Latest reports showed 81 were
known dead in the territory Of
Hawaii, 10 were killed in the
Aleutians and one in California.
There were at least 81 still missing
and presumed lost in the Hawaiian
islands.
Surface craft, Catalina flying
boats and an Army helicopter
sought survivors along the Hawai-
ian islands where property damage
was unofficially estimated at be-
tween $10,00O,0OO and $40, 900. 900.
Seeks Aid
Hawaiian G vernon Ingram
Stainback said Wednesday he prob
ably would call on the mainland
for aid in rehabilitating the islands
and would ask the territorial legis-
lature, If necessary, for emergency
funds for relief of 10000 homeless
A great wall of water, which
arose in eight separate swells Mon
day smashed at the territorial
group, the Aleutians and Alaskan
peninsula, the United States and as
far south as Chile and west to the
shores of Japan.