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Evening star., 1946-11-16

from the firm attitude this Government
has taken with the regard to the Soviet.
Mr. Wallaces statement, added to the
attacks made on the administrator
policy toward Russia by Senator Pepper
Of Florida, came at bad time during
the peace conference in Partisan
stiffened the attitude Of the Russian
representatives when 1t appeared that
progress might be made.
Now, while the General Assembly Of
the United Nations, Is meeting In New
York, and the Foreign Ministers are
meeting again, small minority of the
British Labor Party members OF the
House OF Commons has levelled an at
tack on Foreign Minister Bevin and
the attitude Of the British government
Labor government-toward Soviet Rus
sia. This attack Is practically on all
fours with attack launched In this
country by Messrs. Wallace and Pepper,
with one major difference. Both the
British Laborites and the Wallace
Pepper combination want to appease
Russia-deal more gently, generally,
with the Communist government. But
the British Laborites deplore British
cooperation with the United States in
foreign affairs-and the Wallace Pep
per group deplores the close working
arrangements Of the United States with
Britain. The British Labor revolters
want closer association between Eng
land and Russia, and MeSsrs. Wallace
and Pepper want closer relations be-
tween the United States and Russia.
The uproar of the British Laborites II
the House of Commons, Just as in the
case of the Wallace and Pepper
speeches in this country, came at time
when it appeared that Molotov, the
Russian Foreign Commissar, was max
ing gestures toward better understand
ing and agreement with the western
democracies. The result of the attack
on the Bevin policy-so far as Russia s
representatives are concerned-has been
to make them stand more aloof again.
Almost 1t looks as though the attacks
on British and American foreign policy
had their origin in the same back yard.
The great hope of the United States
and Of Britain-and their peopleS-lies
in success of the United Nations, and
success Of peace negotiations. From
the very beginning both have sought
cooperation and friendship with Soviet
Russia. Russia, however, has chosen
to 60 her own way-always on the theory
that her security was involved, notwith-
standing the fact that Senator vanden-
berg FIRST, and more recently Secretary
Byrnes, proposed long -period anti
aggression treaties, into which Britain
and the United States and Russia should
all enter, pledged to prevent a re-
surgence Of the Axis powers. But
Russia would have none of them.
=, Certainly it does not appear that
with the Republicans and Mr.. Vanden-
berg in Senate control, there will be any
change in this Governments policy
toward Russia.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
The Strait of Corfu

international waterways are much
in the diplomatic spotlight these
days, the outstanding instance being
the Turkish Straits. A lesser, though
potentially explosive, issue in this
category is the Strait Of Corfu, which
the British Government has resolved
to sweep clear of mines despite the
vehement protest of the Albanian
regime headed by Enver Hoxha.
The Strait Of Corfu separates the
Greek island by the same name from
the Balkan mainland, which, though
at this point under Albanian con-
troll, is itself part of the disputed
territory known, respectively, as
Northern Epirus or Southern Al
bania.
Corfu, a mountainous island some
forty miles long, lies everywhere
close to the Balkan shore, the mar
rowest part Of the sundering strait
being only a trif1e over one mile
wide. However, the water is deep
throughout, and the channel has
served since time immemorial as q
waterway for shipping of all ma
tons. Furthermore, this strait has
been an international boundary for
centuries. The adjacent mainland,
like the rest of the Balkan Peninsula,
was conquered by the Turks in the
fifteenth century and formed part
of the Ottoman Empire down to the
Balkan War Of 1918, when 1t was dis
puted between Greece and the
newly created principality Of Al
bania, eventually falling to the lat
ter's possession over continuing
Greek protests.
BY contrast, Corfu had been
within the sphere Of influence Of
the Republic Of Venice even before
the Turkish Balkan conquest, and
was Venetian stronghold down to
the republics extinction during the
Napoleonic Wars. The Congress of
Vienna assigned Corfu, together
with other nearby former Venetian
islands, ITO Britain, which ceded the
group to Greece in 1864, since when
these "Ionian Islands" have been in
tegral parts of the Greek nation.
Thus, for at least i've centuries,
the Corfu Strait has been the from
tier between different sovereign1
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Wages in Coal
By Berfram Benedict

With the passing of the deadline
fixed by John Llewellyn Lewis for the
present coal negotiations, the mine
union leader Is asserting the right to
abrogate the contract between the United
Mine Workers and the Government on
November 20.
Probably no other large group Of
workers has made SO great advances in
wage rates since 1888 as the bituminous
coal miners. But probably no other
group was so poorly paid for skilled and
arduous work back in 1888. So it Is not
unnatural, no matter how unjustiflable,
for the miners to argue: "If this wealthy
Nation let us be flagrantly underpaid
when we were the underdog, 1t shouldn't
complain If we get as much as we can
now that we're the topdog."
In 1888, although the union remained
powerful in the anthracite industry, it
had all but distintegrated in bituminous
mining as a result of losing the strike
of 1927-1929 Then section ta) of the
National Industrial Recovery Act, later
to become the basis of the Wagner Labor
Relations Act, guaranteed the rights Of
organization and of collective bargain
ing, and the UNIV organizers performed
prodigiously In organizing the bitumin-
GUS mines again. Since 1888 strikes and
wage increases have been as follows:
k& \
1933-Strike In the captive mines,
owned largely by steel companies. Aver
age hourly wages in bltrlminous coal
were SO cents an hour, the average
work week was 20 hours, for average
earnings Of $14.47 week.
1854 general walkout lasting 10
days. Yearly averages, 74h cents an
hour, 261a hours week, earnings of
$19.58 week.
1899 Strike of 40 days achieved
unionization Of most mines in Appalach-
ian agreement and of some in South.
Averages for year, S81s cents an hour,
~ hours q week, earnings Of $23.8S q
week.
1941-Strike Of % days achieved wage
increase In Northern mines. Defense
Mediation Board abolished wage diff
Evening star., 1946-11-16
This and That
By Charles e. Trace,oell.

MDear Cir. BRENTWOOD, Md.
I'VE have just moved to new home
with q very large yard filled with fruit
trees, bushes and flowers.
"It is filled with birds most of the
time.
This morning I looked out of the
window, and in few moments saw two
cardinals, two blue jays, a brown
thrasher, woodpecker, and from 10
to Is small birds, darting here and there
and twittering all the time.
They were dark with white breasts.
and white feathers In their tails, which
they spread like mocker. They were
about the size Of sparrow.
What could they have been?
Sincerely, LIE r. H."
They could have been juncos.
Snowbirds, In other words.
These sparrows show up about this
time In small fiocks
The small noise they make Is pleas
ant music In the fall.
Some Of them stay around all fall
and winter, with accent on the snowy
days, or Just before.
They patronize feeding stations only
when ice and snow keep them away
from their favorite food-weed seeds and
eggs Of insects.
They show marvellous ability to get at
the latter. and thus do real service to
the gardens, and especially the trees.
Without this fine small bird, fat and
saucy In the coldest weather, men would
have to spend far more than they do
on tree surgery-and any one who has
had tree work done knows what that
means.
For some unknown but interesting
reason snowbirds usually come to a
yard which has new owners.
This has been observed time and time
again.
Does it mean that this little fellow has
an instinct OF goodness about him, and
wants to make the new owners feel at
home?
Let us think that, anyway.
There are few thrills in life better
than moving into new home, especi-
ally II one comes from the city.
City living has its good points, no one
would say otherwise. It is convenient,
and it is-er, convenient, and it is
Well, out In the suburbs, or deep
country, one begins a new life, from
which one may have been cut of for
many years, or even lifetime.
Basically, Americans are country and
small town people.
The typical American small town, or
even city, is tuned TO our pioneering
spirit.
It is, somewhow, typically and wholly
American.
When that old German wrote his
monster book about the decline Of the
West, and the failure OF city cfviIiza-
tions, he knew more than he realized,
perhaps.
II there is any West, we are 1t; and,
somehow. typical Americans function
best either as solo or In not too big
parties, except now and then when q
war forces us to extend ourselves.
Mostly we do better alone or in little
groups. The family" idea In firms and
institutions dies out when the group
grows so that it is not easy to know all
Of your associates, to understand their
good points and forgive their failures
When city gets too big, crime comes
like flood.
It is pleasant, then, to withdraw to
the birds and the bees and the bugs,
and with them lead life better tuned
to the nature OF all things.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
tangle them and keep them under

tangle them and keep them under
control.
The statisticians and their fellow
specialists are yet to be heard from
on the subject raised by Mr.. For
restal. They will be prompt to point
out, no doubt, that the Navy Secre-
tary did not cite single statistic in
support Of his thesis. He probably is
in for the most devastating ava
lanche Of statistics ever compiled in
Washington by the technically
minded public servants whose digits
he dared to tread upon.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
The Veto Power

1uCIc Is uOtQluR SURPRISING IN
Senator Connally's statement OF
Americas position regarding the
veto power Of the Big Five. We
probably would not have subscribed
to the United Nations Charter had
that power not been provided for,
and we do not want to eliminate or
modify 1t by Charter amendment
now. Our Government has made
that point clear on more than one
occasion. Senator Connally has
merely reaf11rmed it.
At the same time, however-and it
is here that our position differs from
Russia's-he has re-emphasized that
the United States insists that the
veto be used as sparingly as the Big
Five promised at San Francisco al
most two years ago. He has re-
emphasized, too, that we look for
ward to the day when it will be
moderated by specific agreement
within the Security Council. To this
end, speaking for our Government,
he has urged that the Councils
voting formula be clarified at the
earliest practicable moment and
that the Council "agree upon as
complete a list as possible of deci-
sions where the veto does not apply" /"
Present realities being what they
are, the United States could hardly
take sounder position than this.
We favor retention of the veto, but
we do not consider it immutable. It
should be modified as experience
demands and it should be employed
only in every rare and exceptional
cases." BY their past actions, France,
Britain and China have demon
strated that they agree with us on
this score, but Russia has not. On
the contrary, time and time again,
1t has resorted to the unanimity rule
to block the will of the overwhelming
majority. It has done this not merely
in relation to substantive matters
but also to matters of procedural
nature. In short, far from wanting
to moderate it, the Russians have
sought to broaden the power, and
they have bitterly opposed our pro-
posal to remove it from the field of
atomic control.
1t remains to be seen whether this
uncompromising attitude will be
changed any by the General AS
sembly's debate of the issue or by
Senator Connally's warning against
further abuse Of the unanimity rule.
A Charter amendment is out of the
question at this time, but still, with
good faith all around, the problem
can be handled within the Security
Council. There, by exercising re-
straint, by clearly defining what is
substantive and what is not, and BY
otherwise delimiting the scope Of the
veto, the Big Five can put an end to
much Of the trouble and bitterness
already afflicting the United Nations.
In this matter. as in so many
others, pretty nearly everything de-
pends on the Russians. If they join
in Security Council modification of
the unanimity rule, the prospect will
be bright. Otherwise, their single
vote will continue to be enough to
paralyze action and cover the United
Nations with Illustration and futility.
In that case, further talk about the
veto will grow increasingly pointless,
and the effort to achieve one world
is likely to become little more than
an effort to achieve new lineup of
opposing powers under which no
peace can thrive.
Evening star., 1946-11-16

ferential in Southern mines. Strike Of
some months in captive mines; award
of closed shop in those mines by presi-
Dental commission; 1915 cents an hour,
81 hours week, $30.86 week.
1943-Strike during four separate Pc
riods between May and November. Gov
ernmert seizure Of the mines for a
time; ultimately, substantial wage in
creases; $l.14 an hour, 36h hours a
week, $41.S8 q week.
1945-Walkout of supervisory en-
ployes in the fall had practical effect
Of shutting down many mines. (Some
had been shut down for the same rea-
son in certain localities in the latter
half of 19440 Averages, December,
1915: $1.28 an hour, ASK hours week,
$500 a week.
1946-Strike called on April 1. "Dim-
out" in % States, freight embargo,
trucks ordered to carry only essentials,
reduction In rail passenger service. Re-
sumption of work ordered for two weeks
beginning May Is, largely Ineffective.
Government seizes mines May 81.
Trnce ENDS May a.
May 20 Contract signed with Secre-
tary of Interior Krug and work re-
sumed. Mines to operate 8 hours day
as heretofore, with overtime after Z
hours, and five-day week. Wage In
crease estimated to be about II per cent;
500 vacation pay. Welfare fund Of
perhaps $25 100000 year, to be
financed by levy Of cents on each ton
Of coal mined and administered by three
trustees, one from union, one appointed
by Secretary Krug, one selected by
other two. Existing medical fund.
financed by pay deductions, to be adj
ministered by union. Federal safety
code to be issued and enforced. NLRB
to rule on ,lnionization OF supervisory
employees.
-August-OPA grants price In
creases on bituminous totaling 58z
cents ton. Wages In August: $1.46A
an hour, An hours = week. $62.T .
week.
Evening star., 1946-11-16

ties; and, according to international
law, the boundary has conceded with
the deepest portion OF the channel.
Also, the strait has. by immemorial
usage, served as an international
waterway.
However, since the establishment
Of the Hoxha regime, installed with
the support Of the Tito regime in
nearby Yugoslavia and backed by
Moscow, navigation in the Corfu
Strait has been obstructed, the
Hoxha regime setting up a claim to
control the strait and declaring 1t
Albanian waters. Heavy coastal bat
teries have been set up which fired
on a British warship last May.
More recently, two British destroy
ers were badly damaged by mines,
which the Hoxha regime declines to
remove.
During the late war the Corfu
Strait was twice swept by British
mine sweepers, acting under Mine
Clearance Committee composed of
the major Allied Powers, and the
British Government claims to be act
ing under the same directive in the
present operation. Nevertheless,
Hoxha calls this a "premeditated
violation of Albanian sovereignty" !"
and appeals to the United Nations,
as he did over earlier passage Of
British craft. It will be interesting
to see how far he gets with claim
that seems to be excessively far
Evening star., 1946-11-16
On Politicians

From the st. John News.
A politician is fellow who listens to
the grass roots while he kisses the babies
on both sides of the fence, who runs on
his party's platform, stands on his own
record. and sits on his past performance.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Stuck Either Wuy

From the Minneapolis Star and Journal.
It's almost as difncult to 1--we within
an income today as 1t was to live with
out one In the early '30s.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Jibes at MIR. Ickes

- LNxk00 n
TO the Editor Of The Star:
When It comes to hat size, I'm sure
that Mr.. Ickes' chapeau is far larger
than that Of Mr.. Lilienthal. On the
other hand, Mr.. Ickes would have q
swimmingly good time trying to fill Mr..
hilienthals shoes. Isn't it truly shame
that we can't all have the modesty and
capacity of an Ickes; for then we could
all be the most capable person in the
world, and never know it.
MICHAEL HAAS.
Evening star., 1946-11-16
Let's Get the Fucts First

SATURDAY, November 16, 1914
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Veterans Program,
on Wyandotte
Stage Tonight

Welcoming back the men Of the
community who served the coun-
try in time Of need and who have
now returned to their homes and
families, the Wyandotte theater
will present gifts to IL ex-service-
men in special ceremonies tonight.
The welcome Home" program will
continue indefinitely with gifts to
be presented each week to a group
Of servicemen who recently re-
turned home.
For The past several weeks pic
lures of veterans who have been
discharged have been flashed on the
screen.
In tonight's program, photos of
the IL chosen veterans will be
shown after which the servicemen
will be called on to appear before
the audience for introductions. A
welcoming speech will be given by
q Wyandotte civic leader after
which gifts will be given to the
veterans.
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STRAIGHT 1--WE

Singing very loudly and also
dancing on the street to the tune
Of "Mable" done very nicely,
seq We were blond gals Elaine
Dickman and Dot Boyd could
be the reason that they are so
happy they are getting out of school
in a week.
Jackie Perry had a swell surprise
waiting for him in the cafeteria.
Pat Begeman baked him a
birthday cake His only COM
pliment was, Such a little girl to
carry such a heavy thing up those
stairs"
One of our latest grueSome two
somes Nickie Softer and Craig
Rebold has now become a
cheerful threesome as Cal
Eberts came home on leave. He
looks mighty fine in that navy uni
form.
While breezin' thru the Detroit
News the other day we came across
a clever little poem typical
CT RIBS. gals so we clipped
it out and here It's.
DESPERATE MEASURES
From now on I shall follow a new
rule,
I must be nice to all the Drips in
school.
No more can 1 afford to be so cli-
quey-
I must make up to every Good and
Icky.
To all the boys who never caught
my eye,
IT give my most enthusiastic "Hi"!
Why am I doing things I never did?
It's Prom time and I haven't had
a bid!
How true, how true prom
time is mighty close SO grab
yourself a date and come on over
big DAY is January &c. :.
Melodies by Jimmy Strauss and
band.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
By Pat Shepard and Marie Minak

just to let you know that basket
ball isn't the only thing these fell
lows think about We decided
to ask them their opinions of that
amusin' and confusin' subject Z.
women so brace yourselves.
kids, and here goes.
Hubba, hubba, and a blush is all
the information we get from Sam
Palmer we wonder II he could
be thinking about any particular
female Joe CATERING knows
so much about women that he
doesn't even " ant to give us a glim-
mering of his opinion. Oh,
come on, Joe tell us all &.
We'll keep it a secret. Whis-
pering In my ear Moe Katz
says, II love EN- ALL" mo flu
ture in EN- doggonit says
Ernie Mayoras Chint, hint, to
one certain little blond cheerleader)
That's all they have to say
F.. it's enough, too.
jim Gamble and an unknown
Ill Fordson gal exchanged rings
which usually means steady time.
1t must have been love at first
sight cause it happened in a
matter of a few hours 1 guess
Louie Helms and Jack Raspberry
didn't care for the charms of the
Fordson femmes. or vice-versa
cause their rings are still
welded on their fingers.
BITS OF NEWS
What's this we hear about Willy
Malay taking Iva Colwell to the
Prom?
Something new happened at Jane
Stark's house last Saturday night
instead of Jane being the life
of the party it was Mrs. Stark q.
dancing fancy Utter bug step with
Jack Travenette.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Army May Be Cut
to 10000 by
July - Eisenhower

WASHINGTON. WD General
Dwight D. Eisenhower estimates
that the Army will be down to
/ 100000 men by next July l. 1t
would be made up as follows:
Men drafted before We day but
not eligible for release. 100000
Regular army enlistments up to
January /, 100000.
Selective Service, last half 1945,
277,O00.
Selective Service and enlistments
first half of 1916 (estimated), l.
$1,000.
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RedeplOyment
BY United Press

Twenty-seven ships we're sched-
uled to arrive at East and West
coast ports Wednesday with some
2o.178 returning servicemen.
Due at San Francisco:
Sloterdyjk from Manila - 1901
troops. including 3O7th and 361st
Heavy Bomb Squads.
Due at Newport News, Va:
H.M.S. Ruler-512 troops, includ-
ing 485th @. NJ Refrig. Co. and
3533rd Ord. Medium Auto. Maint.
Co.
Due at New York:
U. s. Victory from Bremen-l,-
513 troops, including the 2sth O. M.
Co.; 36.689th and 3,SSsth @. M.
Trk. Co., and the 346th Ord. Co.
John E. Schneider from Bremen
-637 troops, including the LIST Bn.
Hq Co. Of the 175th Inf. Regt.;
Btty. A Of the 111th F. A. Bn., and
Co. L Of the 175th Inf. Regt.
John Ericsson from Bremen-5.-
124 troops. including elements of
the Goth Inf. Div.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Shades of the Wild West!
Fox Installs Hitching
Post for Movie-Goers

Frontier Gal" whose debut at
the Fox theatre was postponed sud-
denly last week by a last-minute
hold-over of Leave Her To Hea-
ven" will arrive at the Detroit thea
tire this Friday.
The theatre will install a hitch
ing post In front of the building on
opening day and anyone who rides
up on horse will be admitted free
of charge. Boston Blackie's Close
Call" starring Chester Morris and
George e. Stone will be the COM
panion feature.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

Academy of Music's railing. Slim,
sly humored, so, Armbruster has
been a leading concert conductor
for CHS and Columbia records the
last ten years. He lives with his
wife, dog and pipe in an unique
Early American home in Beverly
Hills. Next-door neighbor: Dottie
Lamour.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

a Long Island saloon, he's become
adept at the classics. A former gad-
about pool halls, he's turned into
a relaxed family man, spends be-
specialized hours reading better
books cluttering his $4,000 man
sion. A fair oil painter, he's done
commendable works of friends Mel
vyn Leroy, OZzie Nelson and Edgar
Bergen.
DOTTIE'S NEIGHBOR
Robert Armbruster: Top-drawer
orchestra conductor (Nelson Eddy's
Electric Hour" Sunday afternoons,
CBS. Armbruster is the fellow re-
sponsible for most of the early
player piano roles sounding alike.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Walter Sudak Promoted

Pfc. Walter Sudak, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Sudak, 1920 Twenty
second street, has been promoted to
staff sergeant. He is stationed with
the 18th Airborne division at SEN
dai, Japan, and has been overseas
two years.
The paratrooper was among the
first Michigan men to land in ia
pan.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Maple Sap In January

NEWPORT, VT. WP - June in
January in Newport found E. F.
Humphrey tapping his maple trees
t. see if thre was any sap. Sure
enough Humphrey got enough sap
to boil an early kettle of syrup.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

His first land
I hope not my
last" Muir
d er in Duffy's
Tavern" with
the years lower
New York rear
ed E d W a r d
Francis @ ar d.
ner, Al, is be.
coming contrary
to his air char
acter. ono e a
OiapO p1avor in