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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23

Occasionally it pays to 60, down
at rubber bridge in order to save a
game, although many fine rubber
bridge players do not believe in
taking saves. In duplicate bridge,
however, sacrificing is very i'm
portant. In a recent game at the
Woodward Bridge club in New
York, East made beautiful sacri-
flee bid on today's hand against
four hearts.
. AT five clubs he would lose only
a heart and two diamonds. Will
nam B. Hill, Jr., who sat North,
was not too sure that the oppon-
ents could not make five clubs, but
Wnen the dummy went down, he
realized that five clubs could be
de1eated and he could not make
i've hearts unless the opponents
made mistake.
Hlll trumped the second club,
pulied two rounds Of hearts, cash
ed the ace and king Of diamonds.
then led the king of spades, East,
WIN the ace and jack of spades,
.nouent ne was going to be end
Prayed and ducked. As a result he
'ooA only one shade and one club.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY w. G. ROGERS
MEMOIRS OF ECATE
COUNTY, by Edmund Wilson
Doubleday; $3.50.


Hecate, goddess part earthly and
part not, presides over the spirit
of these half-dozen stories as sure.
ly as over the place. In one, time
runs mystifyingly backward; in
another, a mans hate changes to
love, out. OF which he makes mon
ey; in another, guests become host
and hostess and have phantom
try at what they hesitated to risk
in reality; in another, the wound
ed soul develops into the injured
body.
But it isn't only this aspect
which gives them unity. They are
all told in the first person by the
same person. Characters in one
reappear in another, and their re-
lationships remain the same. Fl
nally, they have in common a
most distinguished prose style.
Three were published before:
THE Man Who Shot Swapping
Turtles" ELLEN Terhune' and
"Glinpses of Wilbur Flick" OF
the others, 'The Princess With the
Golden HAIR" novelette,, is east
ly the most effective; THE Mil
hollands and Their Damned Soul"
indicts the book publishing bust
ness and book clubs; and "Mr.
and Mrs. Blackburn at Home" in
which you must prepare for sew
eral pages of French, winds Tn
with the claim that, though He
cate county is a New York subur-
ban area, it's universal and it's in
habitants are middle-class people
anywhere which is perfectly
true.
1.-THE Princess With the Golden
Hair is $50 pages of practically
nothing but sex given an edmira-
Bile Proustian twist. While on a
purely imaginative level in effect,
it is, strangely, on an impurely
physical level in detail. If you
want to become really intimate
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23

with a couple of girls, you . %.
most do better to meet Anna an an
Imogen than 60 philandef.nS +Ss
your own account ThouSh W, No.
censors may call foul, TINS !, 10.
alive writing Of the most pi'''
worthy caliber. ...,.s
Whether the ''I'' Of these s'o! ,..r
is none of Wilson, New lol'
magazine critic and author VI NJ
dozen books, or all of Wilson ,,,
part OF him, you are free 10 S Vim:
In one place Imogen says 70 IAN
you're really a brilllan' n'r No..
aren't your" Later, Blackburn ..a ~
marks: ''I've just read your w., oer.
brilliant article" That n1ucH' ii.
tainly, is true of Wilson; s W.,
liant" is the word I'D use ui''''
tatinglv.
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QUOTATIONS

The Japs have just been shown the first
American movies in four years. That could be
rubbing their defeat in.
Some farmers use bell and others ring
chickens neck FOR dinner.
It'll be easy for kids to switch from ice to
roller skates when they get their bearings.
American women pay millions each wear for
cosmetics, Their faoas are somebody e1se's
fortlI
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23
TOP o. THE MORNING

Feeling sure of ourselves is dangerous.
get him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall" Where we feel most sure
of ourselves may prove to be our weakest
point. Where we know our need OF Gods
cleansing and His support, He can work
In our lives.
From Forward
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23
Editorial Comment
University FEES FOR Grs

News from Raleigh that the tnres p To1;as
Of the Greater University Of Moa'n xchaa1 I'M.
viii charge all veterans of Rs ae the Same tuition
ael Inc hose for outofstate students does not
s s+rks a. ne 0s favorably News (sller
City,,
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23
Religion
Day By Day
BY WILLIAM T. ELLIS
THE HUNGRY SHEEP

heard a visiting clergyman
give, unconsciously, demonstra-
ton of what a sermon should not
be. From an inspiring text, he de-
parted straigh!way to a rambling
discussion Of VIII ly unrelated
matters of churchliness. He used
the big words of theology-and if
he himself knew definitely what
he was talking about he had an
advantage over all his hearers.
The hungry sheep looked up, and
were not fed.
( 1t would be a benefit to real
religion if all the shop talk of the
pulpit, the threadbare great words
that have lost all present mean
ing, could be completely abol-
lshed; SO that the truths of our
faith could be presented in the
language understood by the COM
mon people.
again we thank Thee, o Christ,
our Teacher and Example that
Thou didst speak the great mes
sages Of the Fathers character
and love in the homely speech Of
every day. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-23
c.rsAR OUTRAGED

Mr.. petrllo is outraged at the pl bossias
tyranny of not letting him keA" Oh O'''-'S
us-Dallas News
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Does the Atom Bomb
Explain Bible Miracles

According to Edwin j. Dingle,
world-renowned geographer, hon.
ored by leading geographical So
cieties, the power Of the atom as
disclosed in the atom bomb, is
small compared with little known
and seldom used powers OF the hui
man brain. He maintains that man,
instead of being limited by an
average man power mind, has
within him the mind power OF a
thousand men or more, as well as
the energy power Of the universe
which can be used in his daily
affairs. r.
According to him, this sleeping
giant of mind-power, when awak.
ened, can make man capable o.
surprising accomplishments. It is
as amazing as the atom bomb is
compared with former sources o.
energy. Many thousands OF people
throughout the world have ALREADY
tried his methods. Many report nm
provement in power OF mind
achievement of brilliant buslnes;
and professional success. Otner'
report Improvement in health IN
creased strength, courage, polse OF
energy, or more 1nagnetlc PEE
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BASS SENTENCE
IS SUSPENDED

Thomas E. Bass indicted by a
Superior Court jury on a charge
of embezzlement plead nolo con-
tendre yesterday and 12-month
sentence was suspended when
judgement was rendered.
Two previous charges had been
nol-prossed with leave. He was
ordered to make restitution in the
sum of SIP to Royal Bakery and
to pay court costs. A II month
sentence on the State roads which
Bass drew on a second count was
to run concurrent with the former
He was placed on probation for
five years, the sentences to be exc.
cuted at any time during that
period if the court pleases.
The jury returned true bills Of
indictment against Harold Good
win, Negro, charged with murder
and Willie George Williams, Negro
charged with criminal assault or
young white girl.
The grand jury made its report
to. Judge John J. Burney who i.
presiding over one week crimi
nal term of New Hanover superior
court.
Palmer Watson convicted Of
bigamy,, was sentenced to Il
months on the state roads, the
sentence suspended on condition
that he not live with or be seer
with his second wife until divorce
from his first wife has been OBJ
tanned. ..-
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sonality.
He tells how he found these
strange methods in far off and
mysterious Tibet, often called the
land of miracles by the few trav-
elers permitted to visit it. Here,
he discloses, he learned rare wis
dom and long hidden practices,
closely guarded for three thousand
years by the sages, which enabled
many to perform amazing feats.
These immense powers, he main
tains, are latent in all of us, and
methods for using them are now
simplified so that they can be used
by almost any person with orol-
nary intelligence.
AS part of a great movement TO
make his methods available to
more people, a 9O00-word treatise
is offered absolutely free for the
time being. 1t reveals many start
ling results. Readers of this an
nouncement can get their free copy
by sending a post card or letter
to the Institute of metaphysics,
213 S. Hobart Blvd. Dept. W-357'
Los Angeles 4, Calf. Readers are
urged to write promptly, because
this offer may be withdrawn at any
time,
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anese people believed he made that
boast.
But since the end of the war,
we have learned from Japanese
sources that Yamamoto never said
anythlng of the kind; in fact he
mad such a healthy respect for the
united States that he said quite
the opposite
Nlmltz said that the militaristic
japanese government lifted a
single sentence from a Yamamoto
statement which actually had warn
ed of what could be expected from
a war with the United States It
mas been reported that he warned
that the Japanese Navy couldn't
hold Its own for more than a wear
or So.
So, as it turned out, what Yama.
moto really said was right. and
what. the propagandists put into
his mouth was very wrong.
The Japanese did not lose their
war solely because they fibbed
about one of the few clear-headed
leaders they had, but it NAV be
argued that the frame of mind
which produced their little story
was the main thing that led them
into hopeless war.
The simple arrogance of his al
legged boast probably did as much
as anything except the Pearl Har-
Dor attack (and he was blamed
for that to spark the acceleration
OF the American war effort,
1t didn't do Yamamoto any good
either. If not already a marked
man as commander in chief, it
made him something of a priority
target. Learning through intelli-
gence operations that his plane
would make a certain trip at a
certain time, American filters in
tercepted his plane. In April, 1913.
one of Japan's ablest naval COM
manders was lost and his useful
ness ended.
The government and war ma
chine which he had tried to warn
fought on for more than two years,
with results which didn't do them
any good either.
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RADIO
{ '"' 10y %'' <:
WEDNESDAY, JAN, 16

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16
7:3o-Falnily Altar
7:45-Musical Clock
8:00-News with Martin Agronsky
8:15-Happy Sam.
8:30-Musical Clock.
8:55-UP News
s:oo-The Breakfast Club with Don Nc.
1o:00-My True Story
10:25-Betty Croker
10:30-Hymns of all Churches
10:45-The Listening Post.
II :o0-Breakfast in Hollywood-Ton
11:3o-Kellogg's Home Edition
11:45-Ted Malone
12:00-Glamour Manor
$50 PM-Club Matinee.
PM.
1:oo-Bauhgage Talking
1:15-Musical Interlude
:25-News-Wilmingto star-News
1:30-But Not Forgotten
1:45-Let's Dance
2:00-John B. Kennedy-News
2:15-Ethel and Albert
2:30-Bride and Groom
3:00-Al Pearce
3:30-Ladies be Seated
4:00-Jack Berch and Boys
4:15-The Fitzgeralds
4:30-Time for Women
4:45-Hop Harrigdn
5:00-Terry and the Pirates
5:15-Organ Serenade
5:30-Lone Ranger
6:00-Kiernan's News Corner
6:1|Security Natl Bank
6:20-Sports Parade
Observation-Disclosures Star-News
6:30-Songs by Morton Downey
6:45-Korn Kobblers
7:00-Headline Edition
7:15-Raymond Swing
7:30-Junior Chamber of Commerce
7:35-Request Program
8:00-Choral Club
8:15-Elmer Davis
8:30-Treasury Salute
8:45-Wilmlngton Legion on the Air
9:00-Al American Jazz Concert
10 :00-Presenting Ralph Norman and hi!
Music
10 :30-Hank D'Amico and his Jazz Sex
tet
10:45-South of the Border
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WOMAN'S CLUB
BACKS TRUMAN

Senators Bailey and Hoey and
Representative j. Bayard Clark
recently received a wire from the
members Of the Wilmington Bust
ness and Professional Women's
club requesting them to support
all legislation endorsed by Presi-
dent Truman in his recent radio
address,"
This action was taken following
Il recent meeting of the group at
which it went on record endorsing
the fright of group or Individual
to his or their opinions in mat
tiers pertinent to the welfare of
the individual; of the group or OF
the nation"
At the meeting, Miss Dorothea
Mcdowell, secretary of the Young
Women Christian Association, had
charge of a program WI ich brought
out the question ''Are you citizens
by chance or choice?"
The program stressed the fact
that members of the group, ano
other citizens, should not take g
negative attitude but should work
for what they think is needed.
Mrs. Davis S. Polvogt, presiden
of the club, said today that it wa:
not attempting to enter into any
political discussion nor did it have
any thought of political backing
Of any particular individual or or
ganization by the move. The mem
bers are only attempting to asser
their rights as citizens in the pro
motion of legislation which they
as group, thought would be O.
benefit to them as citizens, she ex
planned.
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W J N c
JACKSONVILLE. N. c.
VEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16

JACKSONVILLE. N. c.
WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY 16
6:58-SIGN ON
7:00-Morning Headlines
7:05-Musical Clock
7:30-Sunrise Salute
7:45-NeWs Roundup
8:o0-Fairy Tales. Fred Fletcher-TN
8:10-Organ Melodies
8:15tFront Page News 81
8:30-Musical Clock
8:45-Sally Ann Time
8:55-UP Commentary
90O-UP News ,
9:05-Spotlight on Rhythm
9:15-Hymns of Faith
9:3O-Shady Valley Folks-MBS
9:45-In The Woman's World
10:00-UP News
10:05-Music for Listening
10:15-Triple Tone Serenade-TN
10:30-Your Hit Parade .
10 :45-Vocal Varieties
11:00-Cecil Brown
11:15-1240 Club ,-
11:55-Billy Arthur
12:00-William Lang-MBS
12:15-Morton Downey-MBS
12:30-Best Sellers
II :45-Band of the Day
1:00-UP News
1:05-Melodic Moods
1:15-Luncheon with Lopez-MBS
1:30-Melody Lane
1:45-John J. Anthony-MBS
2:00-Cedric Foster - MBS
2:15-Jane Cowl-MBS
2:30-Queen for a Day-MBS
3:00-UP News
3:05-Concert Miniatures
3:15-The Music Box ...
4:00-Erskine Johnson-MBS
4:15-Johnson Family-MBS
4:30-Atlanta Beach Melody Hour
4:45-Glee Club Serenade
4:55-UP News
5:00-Here's HoWe-MBS
:15-Superman-MBS
5:30-Captain Midnight-MBS
5:45-Tom Mix-MBS
6:00-News Roundup
6:15-Twilight Serenada
6:30-Sports Parade
6:45-Musical Cocktails
7:00-Fulton Lewis, Jr.-MBS
7:15-Blue Ribbon Revue
| 7:30-Frank Singiser-MBS
7:45-Inside of Sports-MBS
8:00-Human Adventures-MBS
8:30-Fresh UP Show-MBS
| 9:00-Gabriel Heatter-MBS
| 9:15-Bandwagon
| 9:30-Spotlight Bands-MBS
10:00-Rensie's Radio Auction-MBS
10 :30-Richard Himber's Orch.-MBS
II :00-All the News-MBS
II :15-SIGN OFF
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to corrections by networks made

100 ldtc 10 luCOTpOTdtcs
S 45-Front Page Farrell Serial - NBC
Sparrow and The Hawk. Serial - CHS
Tennessee Jed, Drama Skit-ABC-east
Hop Harrigan in Repeat - other ABC
Tom Mix, a Serial Series-MBS-basi
6:O0-News Report for is Minis. - NBC
Quincy Howe and News Period = CHS
Walter Herman and News - ABC-east
Repeat of the Terry Serial - ABC-west
Howe's Answers, Repeat - MBS-west
Jimmy Carroll Sings, Orchestra = CHS
Repeat from Dick Tracy - ABC-west
Repeat Superman Serial - MBS-West
6:30-Eileen Farrell Song Concert : CHS
Jack Armstrong in Repeat - ABC-west
Repeat of Capt. Midnight = MBS-west
6:45-Lowell Thomas & Newscast-NBC
World News and Commentary - CHS
Tennessee Jed, in Repeat - ABC-west
Tom Mix, Serial Repeat - MBS-west
;7:00-Radios Supper Club - NBC-basic
Fifteen Min. Sponsored Series - CHS
News Commentary & Overseas - ABC
Fulton Lewis, Jr. and Comment - MBS
7:15-News & Comment of World - NBC
Tenor Jack Smith Sings CBS-basie
Raymond Swing and Comment - Abe
Dancing Music for IS Minutes - MBS
7:30-Songs from Carolyn Gilbert-NBC
Ellery Queen, Detective-CBS-bas
Dancing Music Orchestra other chs
Lone Rangers Drama of West = ABC
Frank Singiser NeWscast MBS-basio
7:45-Kaltenborn Comment - NBC-West
Inside of Sports, Bill Brandt MBS
8:00-Mr. and Mrs. North Drama NBC
Jack Carson's Comedy Variety CHS
Lum and Abner Comedy Skit - ABC
Human Adventure in Science MBS
8:15-Elmer Davis in Comment ABC
-Hildegarde with Her Show - NBC
Jean Hersholt and DR.. Christian CHS
The Fishing and Hunting Club ABC
Bert Wheeler's Comedy Show MBS
8:55-Five Minutes News Period - CHS
s:00-Eddie Cantor and Variety - NBC
Frank Sinatra & Variety Show CHS
All American Jazz Concert ABC
Gabriel Heater and Comment - MBS
9:15-Real Life Stories. Drama MBs
S:30-District Attorneys Drama - NBC
Ann Sothern and Masie Sketch - CHS
Spotlight Band, Guest Orches. - MBs
9:55-Five Minutes News Show - ABC
10 :0O-Kay Kyser Music & Quiz NBC
Great Moments in Music Conc. - CHS
David Harding, Counter Spy - ABC
Dave Elman and Auction Sale - MBs
10 :30-Andrews Sisters in Variety - CHS
Musical Show; CALI Sisters - ABC
Dancing Music for Half Hour - MBs
10:45-A Report from Overseas ABC
11:00-News for Is Minutes-NBC-bas
The Supper Club Repeat other NBC
News, Variety, Dance 2 h.-CBS & ABC
News and Dance Shows h. - MBs
11:15-Variety and News to l am. NBC
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Over The Airways
. By BEN MCDONALD.

The second airing of planned series of programs
sponsored by Post No TO- "The Wilmington American Le
gion On The Air. Wednesday nights WNlFD at 845
pm will feature the veterans administration On The Job
Training Plan as operated by the Tide Water Power
cooperation of the management of the local station
dramatizaton Of the problems facing the veterans Will
mington and vicinity.
public features presentation, of number plan
ned by the local Legonnare this original casting is being
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Interpreting
The News
~ JAMES D. WHITE
,...5 Press Staff Writer

A', ~ FRANCISCO, Jan. IS. -(P)
SAN aanda warns often bounce,
~Pro eas SOULFUL if any has kick.
but ~, ~ as hard as the japanese
I'd O oso,t Admiral Isoroku Yama-
''U''' ,,,.s commander in chief OF
he ma combined fleet at the
the the 's y pearl Harbor. and the To-
time ,Uu " mill let it be nois-
N0 ho1t that he had boosted ne
cd aG0 dictate peace terms in the
White House
-. line ines at the time, and can re-
nese TIT thst fhen-the way the war
por' g a-i all over the world-this
was s boast didn't sound nearly
90 .tar-fetched as it does To-Day.
!" y did not sound so, at any rate,
!. ~ m an ears in East Asia. You
10 ii'r remember that these ears
n.1' eome time had heard little
10, s',4 japanese yawping about what
Ou nu vb democracies are when
4 comes to fight.
g. ,,hen the Yamamoto yarn
~ along it added one more
s;1lin 10 the exuberance Of the Japa-
n nese ! who could see nothing very
+ +ansible between them and the
White House.
The other day Adm. Chester W;
Ni nit speaking to Associated
press managing editors at Miami
.oo * the wrappings off the Yama-
n1oto myth.
I'VE believe he made that boast, ;
,s said. More important, the JAP
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OVER THE NETWORKS

One Hour for est, 2 Hours for MIST.
Changes in programs as listed are due
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PLANTS DESTROYED

LONDON, Jan. Is. - Up - The
Munich radio said tonight that %
aircraft factories in Batavia, in
Guiding % Dornier plants and six
Messerschmitt, have been destroy
ed by order of the American mill
tary government.
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AOO NY Vic AOSesA AS6 AoAAAA0A4 Vi
sponsored for the purpose of
focusing the greatest amount
of publicity on the returning
service peoples problem in an
attempt to enlist all possible
cooperation in the solution of
these problems. The general
public is invited to offer sug-
gestions for future broadcasts
and the Legion radio commit
tee will publicly credit the
person or persons responsible
for any suggestions accepted
by them and used on future
programs. '-..
BY THE WAY
Bob Kooser, fire prevention en-
gineer, ACL, is the lad you fre.
quently heard On the former Camp
Davis shows. AS of Tuesday Of
this week-WMFD-by popular de-
mand is rescheduling the Request
Program" Any mail requests re-
ceived will be played sometime
during the week - Tuesdays
through Saturday's-7:3O to 8 pm.
=. The New Hanover Chapter No.
II, American War Dads, W. L.
Sheffield, president, is about to
take an active interest, via radio,
in veterans affairs. Listeners to
the weekly Met broadcasts will
have the opportunity of selecting
six operas for next season which
is one-third of the entire series.
Ballots for voting are available at
WMFD.
ASIDE
To M.D.R.-Tuning units, what
ever their form or shape, have es-
sentially the same duties to per-
form. 1t is on the efficiency of this
performance that their usefulness
is evaluated. At the low frequen-
cies, an ordinary coil and condens-
er combination will suffice. As the
frequency increases, it becomes
necessary to transfer from Jumped
electrical constants to distributed
constants, such a are found in or
binary tranmissions. Ho-1 CUES
that should put the clincher on the
| ciscussion)
BRIC-A-BRAC
Fred Smith, recently discharged
from the armed forces, who will
be remembered as the promising
actor while attending New Hanover
High, has again become active
over the air waves. Jack Wal
lace, former WAR performer, is
headed for an announcers job in
Baltimore. 1t. John Bandi, U. S.
Army recruiting officer locally,
and his man Friday, Sgt. Carr take
to the air next Friday morning
Incidently 1t. Bandi is really 60.
ing to town on those local shows
every week. 1t. Joe Matjasko,
who will be remembered by many
for his performances for the Army
Air Forces in this area was visi-
tor here this week end. 1T looks
like FIN is the answer to the re.
ception problem at Wrightsville
II Beach.
RADI-O-GRAM -
The airwaves original quizmas
ter, DR.. Craig Earl in private life
returns in a new Professor Quiz
series on Thursday, Jan. "a, a
7::3O pm, EST, over ABC ane
WMFD. This show will originate
in New York.
AND
Remember for spot news lister
to the Wilmington Star-New
Round the Town Reporter at 1:2
and 6:25 every day.
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GRANTED LEAVE

RALEIGH, Jan. >15-(P)- w. Ned
Wood Of Graham, assistant state
All leader, mas been granted one
year leave of absence from the
N. c. State College Extension Di-
vision to accept a fellowship at
Columbia University. He is seek
ing a masters degree in rural
society organization and adult edu-
cation.
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WEST POINT SAILS

MANILA, Jan. Is - U.D - The
army transport U. S. S. West
Point with 7,735 troops aboard is
scheduled to sail for the United
States tonight.
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The average road locomotive in
the United States has approx
mately one mile of tubing in its
boiler.
Evening star., 1946-09-30

do not have the skilled workers to
operate the transferred factories.
At the same time Russia, trying
to repair the ravages Of war and re-
construct its heavy industry under
Stains five-year plan, is desper-
ately in need Of consumer goods.
Factory Transfers Halted.
The Russians now have largely
halted factory transfers to Russia
and are working them in their Ger
man zone with German laborers,
taking the finished products, mostly
consumer goods, as reparations.
This action has destroyed the
"level of industry" agreement since
it is impossible to keep all factories
working in Germany and at the
same time reduce Germany's pro-
duction and war potential.
The United States, in the words
of Secretary of State Byrnes, is op-
posed to taking reparations from
current production"
The Russians maintain that Pots
dam put no bar on this form Of
reparations. The American stand