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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
No Immediate Danger
OF Oil Running Out

Ever SO often gloomy prophets
burst forth with predictions that
our oil resources are petering out
and that it won't be many years
before it will be necessary to sec
ure a substitute for gasoline to
keep our automobiles running.
The cry has been heard so often
that nobody gets excited any more.
There never has been any reason
for alarm.
After the wells run dry, we have
shale in unlimited quantities, from
which oil can be extracted when it
is profitable to do SO. Some scien-
fist say that this supply alone, will
last for a thousand years. And
petroleum can be obtained from
coal, of which there is an almost
inexhaustible supply.
But, it will be some time before
it will be necessary to fall back
on these reserves, according to
statements made at a gathering of
chemists at Chicago.
A Standard Oil official declared
that new methods discovered dur
ing the war make it possible to
convert into gasoline three-fourths
Of all the oil that comes out of the
ground. Last year only Al per cent
Of the oil produced in America was
actually converted into gasoline,
and that figure was much higher
than in previous years.
1t was also revealed that the
United States alone has in excess
of 20, O00, 900 900 barrels of oil un-
der ground, and that there is every
likelihood that vast new resources
will be discovered before the dan
ger point is reached ( III
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
NEXT WAR WILL DESTROY
MOST OF MANKIND

Will We destroy civilization. There. are sensible men who predict
the early advent of World War III Some men speak of another a as
inevitable; others point out that the conflict, which would undoubtedly
result in the total collapse of civilization, is preventable.
1T is up to Is. We must learn the causes of war, the way to eradicate
ton moves toward greater security for every man and away from the
chaos and devastation of another war.
1t is not enough to brighten ourselves with the results of another
war. The physical and psychological horrors of war arc still fresh in
oUr minds.
1t has recently been said that World War III would leave not more
ma u per cent Oft the worlds population alive. We have the atom
bomb with still. uncXplored poentiahies for destruction.
Recently word has leaked out in Washington that research in
methods of disease warfare are far advanced. Germ warfare is said to
be more horrible and far reaching than atomic warfare. Who wants
war? 1t seems incredible that anyone can. Nevertheless, there is a small
group of men who, for their oWn selfish advantage, would lead us down
the path to race suicide.
indifferent to the welfare Of the masses of people and blind to their
own long-term interests, the group who reap incredible economic adj
vantage from war and the policies which lead to war, press mankind
toward the brink of annihnation-The indianapolis Union.
Through you, by the power of your brain and hand,
All the predictions of the prophets,
All the wisdom of the sages,
All the dreams of the poets,
All the hopes of the heroes,
All the visions of the martyrs.
All the prayers of the saints
Shall come to pass.
Through you the dark and bloody chronicles of the
brute shall cease and the story of man shall begin;
And 10 and behold, my brothers, this shall be called
revolution.
-ArthurO GiOVanitti.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
SLAV RADIO HOUR
ANNIVERSARY

George Marchan's popular Jugo-
slav Radio Hour which is heard
on VICES every Sunday morning
will observe its thirteenth anniver-
sary on Sunday, October 27, at So
kol Chicago Hall, 2345 S. Kcdzie
Ave, Chicago, Illinois, .s ..>.
The program will open at 800
P. M. and will feature we'll known
performers and singers. Ada Lyn-
tc will be mistress Of ceremonies.
The entire program is under the
direction Of George Marchan.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23

legalized robbery of profits and
dividends.
THERE ARE CAUSES, but
there's not d single good REASON
why the people Of America should
be short Of anything that can be
produced in America.
This is a wealthy nation - the
richest in the world. In money, in
developed natural resources, in
highly-effiCiCnt machinery Of pro
ductiOn and transportation and in
the possession of skilled human
beings, these United States stand
far out in front. Today especially,
with millions of young and able
men returned from the battle line
70 the production line, and with
the necessity of producing for wars
destruction ended, there is no ex-
PLANTATION for shortages that sane
and self respecting Americans
ought to accept.
We could have literally every
thing-including a fair chance of
leading the world toward a warless
future-if we'd use what VIC have
for the PURPOSE of producing
abundance for use. But the Amer
lean people never have planned
it" their way. They haven't plan
ned at all. They've permitted the
owners to do the planning and, To-
gically enough, the owners plan
ned it" THEIR way.
That's the crux of the shortages
about which the American people
are complaining. They haven't
made the American economy
THEIR business, so it isn't being
managed BY people or FOR the
people.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
A Short History
OF England 49,.

DR.. Herbert HoWells at the Edin-
burgh Musical Festival said in
reference to the historic material
in Scotch ballads and songs: How
lucky you r that you a sing
your Scotch history. In England
we have to learn it all out of
books. l should love to be able
to sing English history as you do"
SO Mathew Bird Obliged the
Doctor by compiling the following
short history of England in verse
and running it in the Glasgow
Forward. We doubt whether the
Doctor will like it.
We'd a market for wOad English
industry thrived,
But. we all got a bath when the
Romans arrived.
Our cOwmen were rude and uncivil
our tanners,
Till the NOrmans got busy imprOv-
ing II manOrs!
We pIIlCu poOl LulOpC, VIC SdfC
it a chance
BY landing at Calais and taking
all France,
On the way back to England how
bright we're the scenes,
In the fire we were burning the
Maid of Orleans!
The monks held the land but were
chased for their lives,
And Henry was free then-except
for his wives!
Then we conquered the Scots for
the good of their health,
But still we'd a grOuse-On the
mOOrs at "The Twelfth"
Ere the B~eaverbrOok Press was a
name or a hope
We fought the Chinese for the
right to sell dope!
o England! Dear England! We
sailed from your shores
To challenge a~ggressOrS and free
the poor Beers!
We fought the old Kaiser, we
cursed and saw red,
We died in the trenches-he died
in his bed!
But the years in between were a
test for the soul,
A few lived like Winston, the rest
on the dole!
SO we built up the Nazis, gave
Stain a frown,
Then thanked the Red Army for
knocking 'em down!
That's briefly the history of Eng
land, the Strong,
SO strike up the Tyre, and proceed
with the song!
MATTHEW BIRD.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
Q WORKERS INSURED
BY FACTORY

On-the-jOb accidents are on the
rise again, the Department of La
Dor reported. During the second
quarter of 1916. over 124, 600
workers were disabled from work
for a day or nor because of mis-
haps. That's a rise of $500 over
the previous quarter.
Over 400 workers died from the
injuries and $500 suffered perma-
nent impairment, the Department
declared. It blamed the rise main
ly on increased employment.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23

Hearst Los Angeles outlet, The
Herald and Express. The articles
we're based, he said, on his observ-
atoms in Yugoslavia and were we'll
calculated to make Mr.. Hearst hap
by. They comprised a savage attack
on the entire Yugoslav regime and
reserved some special invective
for Tito.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
News on the Four
Winds

Equal pay for equal work is the
policy which governs the employ
ment of walters and mattresses in
the British House of Commons res
taurant.
II y il
Moscow authorities have, COM
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
Why YUgos|uvs Closed
u. S. Information Bureau
Thomas F. Reynolds in The Chicago Sun

Observation-Disclosures Is something
wrong with the way the United
States embassy is operating in
Yugoslavia and it is time that some
ting is done about it.
In the high indignation express
sed by Acting Secretary of State
William L. Clayton on Yu~goslavia's
closing of an American information
bureau at Belgrade, one important
and embarrassing fact has been
thoroughly overshadoWed. That is
that the hands of the United States
were not entirely clean in the af-
fair.
1t is not popular these days to
defend the t~otalitarian regime of
Marshal Tito Of Yugoslavia. But
the first rule in equity is that he
who seeks equity must do equity.
So in putting their case before the
world, in seeking the right to main
tain an information bureau in Bel
3 l. dOI LAillSl lSdIlS SllOuIu hllOW
what has been going on.
Tito's decision to close the in
formation bureau followed a re-
markablc series of events reVolV-
ing around one Eric L. Pridanoff
of Alhambra, Calf, and the ex-
port to Yugoslavia of some of the
N,trnJu Inroncfi1 HYatoI nf IUI11in,@o
Randolph Hearst's variety of Amer
lean journalism.
PridanOff's Background
Pridanoff was an economic
analyst" on the staff of the Amer
lean embassy at Belgrade.
He went there from Rome soon
after the liberation, and served
until about the first of this year.
The new YugOslav ambassador,
Sava N. KOsanOvic, charged in this
case that "the kind of work MIR.
PridanOff did in Belgrade is con-
demned in every state in the world
regardless of regime" The State
Department says this is ridiculous,
that his work was legitimate and
was concerned only with econom-
les.
After being dropped from the
State Department payroll on his
recall home this summer, Pridanoff
did a series of articles for the
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
The Shortage-There is no Such
Thing-Only Greed For Profits
By RAYMOND HOFSES, Editor, Reading Labor Advocate

THE MILLIONS Of spoken and
printed words that are now being
handed out to explain the meat
shortage-and other shortages as
welfare just pure bunk. They are
intended not to enlighten, but to
confuse, and the American people
need to discount those phony sea
sons and do some original think
ing.
There is only one explanation
why the American people can not
have abundance in this year of
1916. 1t is because Americans toll
crate an economy that is not gear
ed to abundance for the people but
to profits for an owning class.
| am passing the buck to the
American people themselves be-
cause there is where it belongs.
They are the ones who have con-
sented to continue a private-profit
economy in which those things that
are vitality necessary to all of the
people are owned by and operated
according TO the decision and for
the profit of a few people.
WE PLANNED 1T that way"
said the late F. D. r. in a speech
explaining his devices for making
n private-profit economy work
by the dope of labor controls and
government deficits.
Well, those same words are a
better explanation of why we have
shortages now than all the political
palaver and journalistic tripe that
has been used to befuddle the
minds of Americans.
We planned shortages when we
voted in election after election to
tolerate economic autocracy and
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1946-10-23
A BAD ODOR

A BAD ODOR
Those articles soon turned up in
Belgrade and were mimeographed
in the United States information
office in the U. S. embassy. Rich
ard G. Patterson, our ambassador
there, explained later that they
we're mimeographed by an employc
without authorization for the edifi-
cation of Pridanoff's American
friends in the embassy. Nc copies
got out of the embassy, he said.
On the other hand, the Yugoslav
government Immediately learned
of the activity, and complained
formally. Patterson said he fired
the man who mimeographed them.
And now Kosanovic in Washington,
charges that several thousand CO.
pies printed in Serbo-Croat" were
distributed by the information Of
flee. This the State Department in
dignantly denies.
But even on the record of the
State Department defense, there is
a bad OdOr about operations of the
information bureau i'm Belgrade. If,
as Peterson confirms, the Pridan-
off pieces were Autographed for
the benefit of his American friends
in the embassy, there is something
revolving about the picture of
American diplomats abroad mouth
ing the juicy creations of the Hearst
press, even for their private de-
light.
Those facts should be remem
bered by Americans when they
read Clayton's official statement
on the incident proclaiming that
the issue is whether the people of
that country were to be denied the
basic freedom for which the Amer
lean people with their allies under
took the war against Fascism."
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

caution uttered by many of the best
brains in Congress when the issue was
a matter for debate.
Instead of offering the expert testl-
nlony, which they no doubt could have
given, they followed the role Of sheep
and bleated eve want the OPA con-
tinued," Just as their leaders did on
each and every occasion then.
In fact they even selected for defeat
any congressman who dares TO yote
his convictions on the repeal OF the
OPA.
But now the shoe is on a different
foot and the master has spoken so the
tune has changed. Now it's "Out with
the OPA," while not many weeks ago
they howled continue the OPA Or
else"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
Her Lease Has Expired

A 7~2-year-old Iowa woman, having
completed a 35-year murder sentence,
doesn't want to leave prison. The state,
it is reported, may take steps to evlct
her.
Let her stay, We say. Enough's
enough. She has paid her debt to So
ciety, according to law. So why punish
her again by throwing her out of a
nice comfortable jail right into the
midst of the housing shortage?
Or maybe the prison has a waiting
list, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
Doctor Says
DENTAL CARE WILL
HOLD TOOTH DECAY
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIEN, M. n

When children visit their den.
fist often, their teeth continn.
to decay, but they lose few teeth
as the result of advanced decav
Parents who are discouraged =,
the fact that the family dentist n.
ten finds decay in their children,
teeth twice a year should remember
that the purpose of these visits /,
not to stop decay but to repair til.
teeth early enough to save them
Schools issue good reports to
children who keep their teeth in
good repair, and not just to the
| or 2 per cent who do not hay.
any decay.
Studies made at the University
of Michigan indicate that the
average child requires about three
dental appointments, of about one
hour each in duration, every year.
If parents secured this service
for their children, they would
learn that not dental care, but den.
tai neglect, is expensive. The ma.
jority of adults pay the penalty
for neglecting tooth decay in
childhood.
The most serious problem in
dentistry for children is the lack
Of sufficient dentists.
One-third of the dentists studied
in one area did not work on chill
dren's teeth at all because of the
large number Ct adults they
served. The remaining dentists
had to shorten the time spent with
each child, in order to serve a
greater number.
Many dentists favor a school
program of education, research.
and care designed to prevent the
loss of children's teeth. Projects
might we'll be started in each com
munity, with the cooperation of the
local dental profession, to develop
ways and mean Ct providing more
adequate dental care in child
hood.
A missing too.n creates a prob
lem in the mouth Of a child or an
adult. Immediate replacement
should be made, so that other
teeth are not damaged.
The most important tooth in the
second set is the sixth-year mclar,
which comes through when the
child starts to school. Parents
who neglect decay in their chill
dren's first teeth may not realize
that the large tooth in the back
of the mouth which Is decaying
belongs to the adult set. When it
is lost, serious effects in The other
teeth of the permanent set follew.
QUESTION: What causes an
enlarged thyroid gland What is
the proper treatment for it?
ANSWER: There are several
causes OF enlargement of the thy
roid gland, including lack of iodine
in the diet and extra nedules of
thyroid tissue or an increase in
the number Of cells (overactivity).
The proper treatment depends up
on the cause.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Mrs. Doris Fuller has been
conducting duplicate games in
New York longer than any other
person and ha; probably started
more people playing duplicate
bridge titan any other woman in
the country.
Just recently she moved her
duplicate games into Carnegie
Hall. Mrs Fuller has always been
recognized as an outstanding play
err and i, best noted for her daring.
South put in a good shut-out bid
on today's hand, but when the
bidding got around to Mrs. Fuller
East), she decided to show the
whole strength of her hand with
a bid of four spades. Her part
ner's cue-bid of five clubs showed
good trump support, first round
control in clubs and a hand that
could be beneficial. That was all
Mrs. Fuller needed-she jumped
right into six spades.
Looking at all four hands, there
would not seem to be much OF
a problem. Nevertheless, Mrs.
Fuller had to decide Immediately
whether to play for all of the
spades to be in North hand, or
to try to drop a singleton king or
jack in the South hand.
There was also the problem Of
the diamond finesse. A; South was
the shut-out bidder and had al
ready shown Up with the kine
and queen of clubs, Mr.. Fuller
decided to find out if North held
the diamond king.
She led a diamond from dummy
took the finesse. and when it held.
she went over to the king of hearts
and led a small spade. She could
now make a trump safety play.
When North put on the nine, Mrs.
Fuller played the ten, and thus
was assured of losing only one
trump trick.
The study of bidding differences
is a dl't.nct and most interest
ing part of the game of contract.
When Mrs. Fuller bid four spades
on today's hand. West knew that
ne probably held sufficient cards
fer a slam. which he made posi-
Die by showing that control.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
Your GIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
By DOUGLA LARSEN
Nea Staff CORRESPONDENT

WASHINGTON, Oct. 7-(NEA)-
Here are some general questions
from veterans and their relatives:
Only son is about to br drafted.
1t is my understanding that any
man who goes into the Army after
Oct. 5 doesn't get any Of the bene-
fits of the C l Bill of Rights. Is
this true?
A-No. The Oct. 5 deadline af-
fects only the amount of education
and training the government will
finance. And according to the pres
ent outlook the duration" will
be continued for some time, SO
it is probable that your son will
become eligible for all the educa-
ton he earns by virture OF the
length of his, service.
O. have just been drafted. Ii
the war is declared owe very soon,
before l have a chance to serve
80 days, will l lose all right to the
CT benefits?
A-You can serve your 90-day
qualifying period during the SIX
months after the duration is Off
cially declared over, so you Will
qualify for the CT benefits if you
get an other-than -dishonorable
discharge.
Q-If a mar who is about to be
drafted joins the National Guard
in his home state, will he be de-
ferred?
A-No.
Q-Is the mailing period for
sending Christmas packages to
CTS overseas the same now as 1t
was during the war?
A-Christmas packages for Army
personnel stationed overseas may
be mailed without request-slips
between Oct Is and Nov. Is. This
years gift mailing period has
been set back a month because
there are fewer men overseas and
the postal job is therefore lighter.
Emphasizing that American fam
lilies this year know exactly where
on the worlds map their soldier
relatives are stationed, postal Of
ficers urge the Use Of judgement in
determining when each package
should be mailed.
Questions will be. answered
only in this space-not by mail
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

tive Pratt will not be secretary to
Deane or to another Congresswom-
an but is more likely to take a
government post outside of Con-
gress. She says she doesn't know
hasn't had much time to think
about the future.
miss Jane as folks back
home like to call her-will start
her two weeks in the state by
attending the Democratic rally
in Lexington-a rally she has never
missed since 1926. She came to
Washington in 1924.
Women talked her into making
these speeches back home, she
said. She never did make a speech
in the house.
THE Raleigh women told me
they were proud of me, whether
l can talk or not-because I am
the first North Carolina woman
in Congress-" she said, 80 1
simply couldn't let them down."
She'll speak in Raleigh October
Is to the Bu:iness and Profess
ional Women's club.
October II she'll speak to the
Business and Professional Wom-
ems club of Lexington. October
10 she'll speak in Thomasville,
where she lived eight years. Her
speech there will be for "every-
body's day"-an old custom be-
ing revived this year by the Ameri-
can Legion and the Veterans of
Foreign wars. She's happier about
getting a band and some soldiers
for the parade than she is about
making the speech.
Her next definite date will be
in Charlotte November 8 when
she'll be the Founders Day Speak
err at her alma mater, Queens
college. Rep. Pratt said she'd also
be in other sections of the state, in
Guiding Greensboro, but not to
make speeches."
however, she may find herself
talked into more speeches once
she gets started because when she
appeared before the Senate Com
merce committee this summer to
ask for flood control of the Yad-
kin river basin, a flood control
expert said she made the best
brief bid for flood control heard
in this congress-"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
Religion
DayByDay
E E ON E ON
By L T. ELLIS

More than forty years ago, as a
youngster, I first became asSoclat-
ed in Christian work with the
writer of the friendly note that the
mornings mail brings. I have
known more brilliant and eminent
men than he; but none more con-
slant to Kingdom service. He has
kept on keeping on Throughout
these long years; and his voice is
just as clear in testimony to Christ
as it was half a century ago.
Consistent constancy - is there
any finer virtues. To stand STEADY
and strong to the end for sure
things, the tested Verities, is a form
of success that is greater than
many more spectacular achieve
ments. Just to be true, regardless
of all weathers, is to display soul
qualities which rate high on eartn
and in heaven.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08
States Only Congresswoman Coming
Home To Make Series Of "Pep" Talks

weeks talking a lot. But I'm not
much at speeches." she insisted
to a reporter.
The tall Tar-Heel-She's about
six feet-came to Congress late
last spring, succeeding the late
Rep. W. o. Burgin whom she serv-
er as secretary.
I'm no champion orator." she
declared at the time, But l know
how to ask for the votes"
She is not up for reelection. She
is expected to be succeeded by C.
B. Deane, who was victorious in
the primary and has been here
looking for a place to live.
Friends here believe Representa-
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-08

Save us, o God, from being toss
ed to and fro by every wind of doc
trine an circumstance; and invest
us with the constancy of Christ
Amen.