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Evening star., 1946-07-26

Russia's reaction to the Pauley threat
will surely reveal her ultimate intentions
in Germany. If she remains obdurate
and permits her share Of Western Ger
man reparations to go by default, it will
be pretty good indication that she has
been paying lip service-and nothing
more-to the Potsdam idea of treating
Germany as an economic unit, and to
her own expressed policy of de-indus-
trializing Germany in the west as we'll
as the east. II, however, she agrees to
join in unified German economic ad-
ministration, she will prove the ;incerity
Of her intention to fulfill the Potsdam
terms and Of her desire to receive her
proper share of Western German plant
and equipment.
Whether Russia surrenders to the
Pauley threat will in no way detract
from the political astuteness of the
American move. If Russia gives in we
will have won a point and contributed
to our own economic well-being by mod
Grating some of the financial burden
we now bear for the zone Of Western
Germany we occupy. II Russia stands
firm in her refusal to unity Germany
economically we can then consider re-
tanning - not confiscating - Russia S
share of German equipment as part of
the industrial structure which supports
Western German exports and thereby
helps to feed our occupied zone.
q
This is not to say that our threat to
deprive Russia permanently of Western
German reparations will carry much
weight with Moscow, although it Ray.
Russia has pending demand for 10
billion dollars in additional reparations
from Germany which could be paid for
only out of current production over and
above the Potsdam share she should
receive out of existing plant and equip
ment in Western Germany. There is no
present likelihood of the United States,
Britain and France agreeing to any such
additional reparations. Nor is there
great likelihood that they will agree to
the de-industrialization of Western Ger
many which Russia makes condition
of her participation in a four~towe
economic regime.
1t can scarcely be said. then, that the
Pauley threat increases the prospect OF
economic unification of Germany. But 1t
does provide the basis on which We can
retain in Western Germany the maxi
mum amount of German industry if,
contrary to the Potsdam Agreement and
our own wishes, we are forced to resign
ourselves to permanent division OF Ger
many into four occupied zones Further
more, we are now confronting Russia in
the east and west in the only way we
can confront her-with unified 6iplo-
matte and economic policy.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Abandoned Forms

There is something poignantly ap-
pealing about an abandoned farm.
ALI over the. land one finds them.
They sit beside the roads that wind
back among the hills from the main
thoroughfares in the villages. The
buildings are Drowned and grayed
from the storms of cycling seasons.
Roofs may be sagging, old barns and
corncribs may be crumbling, shingles
and clapboard may be missing and
doors hanging awry on rusty, creak-
ing hinges.
A generation and more ago these
farms were scenes of hustling activ-
ity. Fields and meadows were plowed
and narrowed and crops grew green
from the nurture of husbandmen
Strings of cows and oxen and horses
stood in the big barn and in sum-
mer grazed on the sidehill pasture.
Voices and laughter of happy young
people sounded on the lamb. The
house was the heart of home, and
big families gathered in the evening
in the mellow glow of kerosene
lamps.
Now all is hushed and quiet.
Bushes and weeds half conceal the
fiat granite doorstep, worn smooth
with the footsteps of the families of
long ago. A clump of old-fashioned
lilacs stands in dense strength by
the corner of the Woodshed, and per-
haps the shoots of a red peony come
poking up among the grasses. 1t
may have been nearly century ago
when a new bride came to this home
and set out shrubs and plants she
brought from a home in the valley.
The evergreen and hardwoods are
marching in from the woods, re-
claiming the fields that pioneer men
once wrested from the wilderness.
Naples, oaks and pines are spring.
ing up around the lonesome build
ings. 1t is desolate and hushed, but
one knows that these abandoned
farms once played their role in the
development of a Nation still grow
ing to it's destined stature.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
New OPA Law

Final judgment as to the effec-
tiveness of the new price-control
law, which the President said he
had approved reluctantly" in the
belief that it was the best which
could be obtained and better than
the measure he vetoed last month,
must await the result of the effort
to achieve high volume production
under reimposed OPA controls.
Mr.. Truman takes pessimistic
view, and his comment on the meas
ure is designed to fix responsibility
on Congress should the new effort
to restrain prices end in failure. On
the other hand, if price control
under the new law is reasonably
successful, both Congress and the
administration can and probably
will claim credit for the success
achieved.
The attitude of Price Administra-
tor Porter-more hopeful than that
of the Presidents encouraging.
He says that "OPA will do its best
to make this bill work and we think
it will work" In other words, Mr.
Porter is not undertaking his ex-
ceedingly difficult task in a defeatist
spirit. He does not confess failure
before the fight has started, and,
whatever the merits or demeritS of
the new law, this will to make it
work is essential if it is to have any
chance of success.
In items such as meat and butter
there already is some evidence that
the laws of supply and demand are
beginning to work. Locally, at least,
these commodities have been COM
ing on the market in quantity, and
some of the price advance which
followed the demise of OPA is being
wiped out. If this is more than a
temporary change for the better,
and if the reimposition of controls
does not reverse the trend, success
in the fight against imitation is in
sight. Every one, as the President
suggests, should exercise intelligent
self restraint to this end, for this
probably is the last opportunity that
the country will have. Mr.. Truman,
to be sure, proposes to call special
session of Congress to enact new
legislation if disastrous imitation
should set in. But that would be
like locking the stable door after the
horse is gone. If this fight is to be
won, it must be won now.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

gaining to share the losses of the en-
ployer?
This is why I have come to believe
that unless the Wagner Act is rewritten
to protect the minorities among the
workers and unless some sense of re-
sponsibility is imposed on unions, the
free enterprise systems days are num-
bered and state socialism or some other
ism is just around the corner.
There was time, not so many years
ago, when the printers union here and
= throughout the country was the most
cooperative in America and displayed
the finest spirit of any union Or
ganizstion in this country. Not so
, today. Today the workers must pay
the penalties and undergo hardships
and a business that furnishes employ
ment and purchasing power to the city
of Washington of many hundreds of
thousands of dollars year is forced to
leave the city or liquidate.
What encouragement is there in all
this for the progressive employer, who in
his best years shared his profits with
his employees by paying them in bonuses
at least three times the amount of the
net profit remaining for the stockhold-
ers? Some businessmen of the so-called
"reactionary" school of thought are say
ing that the management in question
should have been hard boiled and should
have dealt with the employees in hard
boiled way and never given them any
thing in addition to what was called for
in the contract. Maybe they are right
or are they? I read today that Chicago
printers are asking for the same in
crease as Washington printers. Even
tually printing may become too ex-
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Woodland Path

A path, he thought, not built by artitfce
But made by time and need through
deep Wood,
Was intimate somehow 1Dith all man ia
In the quiet OF his mind. And so he
At forests edge, content to be alone,
Glad OF the day NTH its long ,DaN
Spicy and cool, tDhile bubblino ouer stons
The brook leaped like heart ,Ohoss
care is she'd.
And plunging on, stronger NTH eper,
stride,
In the toay OF one ,Uho finds himself
at peace
With God and sell, he felt naturd
pride
In all he saD, possessing earth ana
trees
With heart, not mind, being Wise II
todys to be
Upon a narro,p path and rich and tres
KATHLEEN SUTTON.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
This Changing World
By Constantine Brown

The United States Government has
come. belatedly, to face Russia on a
worldwide political plane rather than
the regional basis on which we have
dealt with Moscow for so long, and Ed
win A. Pauley's statement accompanying
the report Of his globe -girdling tour Is
evidence of that situation.
If, as Mr.. Pauley says, the American
Government Is considering that we off,
set Russian removals of machinery from
Manchuria against reparations due
them from German plant and equip
ment in the western occupied zones
thus, in effect, refusing to hand over
any more German industrial equipment
we will be meeting Moscow's challenge
in the terms in which it is made.
Hitherto no direct tie-up-except in
the Potsdam Agreement-has been made
between Europe and the Far East in
our dealings with Russia. The handling
Of Germany which is a four-power
matter, has been separate and distinct
from the handling of Japan, which we
have kept as our own show with Gen.
Macarthur in top command.
Now, however, we have become real
istic and finally comprehend that Rus
sian policies in Europe and the Far East
are segments of single policy and
must be counterpoised by single all
embracing policy.
On the face of Mr.. Pauleys state
ment 1t would appear that this Govern
ment is endeavoring to deprive Russia
of some of her ill-gotten gains by pro-
jecting a plan to deny her plant and
equipment from the Western German
zones. There is however, more to
the strategy than meets the casual
glance.
This Government Is gambling in the
hope of 1ockeying Russia into a posi-
ton where she must reveal her ulti-
mate intentions in Germany. There is
no likelihood that this Government will
conf1scate Russia's share of Western
German reparations.
We are saying to Russia, in effect: We
want economic unification of Germany,
sistence on 10-billion dollar repara-
tions from current German output. You
are not now getting any of the repara-
tions from Western Germany due you
under the Potsdam Agreement because
you have thwarted economic unification.
We can make that permanent and de-
priVe you Of any reparations from the
west without violating the Potsdam
Agreement. If, however, you see fit to
Join in a four-power economic admins
tration of all four German zones we
can cancel the embargo-noW only
emporary-against removal of West
ern German plant and equipment
Evening star., 1946-07-26

and development, the best possible
intelligence system, and the estab-
lishment of new armed service
equal to the Army and Navy-to
specialize in keeping the Nation
ready for the fantastic things that
would happen in third world war.
In principle, if not in detail, the
Surveys counsel is altogether sound.
Until we have genuine trust and CO.
operation among nations our secu-
rity will be no better than our pre-
paredness. Moreover, to the extent
that 1t will inhibit possible aggres-
sors, a strong America. an America
supremely equipped for the new air
age. will be serving not only itself
but all lands anxious for lasting
peace.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
The Air and the Future

The newest report of the United
States Strategic Bombing Survey
paints a gripping picture of what
American air power accomplished in
the Pacific. Beyond that it offers
counsel of sort not to be ignored
by any American interested in the
future security of the Nation.
In the course of its eXcellently
written narrative, the Survey makes
several statements lending a fresh
historical perspective to the Pacific
war. 1t declares, for instance, that
the japanese never contemplated
invading the United States, and it
notes that had they been able to
step up the tempo of their suicide
plane attacks they might have
forced us to withdraw from Okinawa
and revise our strategy. But these
and similar points are merely in
cidental to the reports main thesis,
which is simply that all of us must
come to realize the vital Importance
of the fact that enemy air power,
enjoying control of the skies over
ones head, can be as disastrous to
ones country as its occupation by
physical invasion"
The Survey does not slight the role
played by surface vessels and ground
forces in the Pacific. 1t emphasizes
that team play among all elements
was essential to victory and that
such team play will always be needed.
Nevertheless, observing that new
weapons like the atomic bomb will
require radical changes in navies
and land armies, it holds that air
power-notably our carrier planes
was the most decisive factor of
all against the japanese, and it
insists that our aerial offensive with
conventional explosives and incen-
diaries would have been enough to
force them to surrender uncondi-
tionally by the end of 1945 even
without Hiroshima, RuSsia's entry
into the war, or our projected inva-
sion, and even though they still had
thousands of planes and 100000
troops on the home islands.
When it speaks of air powers
revolutionary decisiveness, of course
air powers ability to crush a
country into complete submission
without invasion - the Strategic
Bombing Survey has in mind more
than conventional planes. It has
in mind pilotless craft, guided mis-
siles, transoceanic rockets of super
sonic speed, automatically airborne
atomic weapons, and similar agents
of swift and all-encompassing ca
tastrophe. These are the things
which have convinced it that the
United States must act promptly in
developing protection for its civilian
population and economy through
such measures as partial decentral-
ization, elaborate scientific research
Evening star., 1946-07-26

The unilateral disarmament of GER
tain nations, while others, perhaps at
their very frontiers, are armed to the
teeth always with possibilities Of ag-
gression, never has brought peace.
Weakness and insecurity are invitations
to attacks from without and to the
growth of revolutionary nationalism
within.
Injustice always fosters revenge. The
essence of justice is equality-that those
who make a law are willing to live
under it themselves. A peace that makes
one law for the victor and another
for the vanquished violates every con-
cept of law
These things are. or ought to be,
self-evident. God knows we have had
first-hand opportunity to observe their
validity within the present generation.
The treaties concluded in 1919 were
the breeding ground for the nationalist
revolutionary movements which brought
on the following war. Within a few
years after Versailles the very nations
that were responsible for the treaties
were unwilling to continue to enforce
them. Their peoples recognized them
as stupid and unjust, so they were
whitfield away without protest, and with
them went the only peace order which
existed. Few. for instance, felt that
post-Versailles Poland or Austria were
viable structures. or that the repara-
tions debt was collectible, or that to
collect it would be advantageous to the
creditors. Thus the native hue Of
resolution was sicklied DER by the pale
cast of thought"
II John O'Reilly's report from Paris
in Mondays New York Herald-T Tribune
is correct it appears to be leak. The
treaty drafts prepared by the Foreign
Ministers Council, after war which
has propagandized hypocrites!
peoples peace" show not the slightest
indication that the trainers have
learned anything from the experience
of two CHASTITY wars They represent
no intellectual or spiritual progress.
They show no understanding for the
light or problems of Europe where what
is needed is closer cooperation. In
stead they sow seeds of permanent
dissension between the European states
create new irredenta open the way for
every sort of adventuriSm of the right
or the left; will create a psychopathic
feeling of insecurity in the countries
affected. and, eventually, will kill all
orderly, free democracy.
And these monsters are not the chill
dren of the Soviet Union. The Soviet
Union alone will profit from them, but
she did not devise them. During the
war, Kingsbury Smith, in the American
Mercury, revealed "our Governments
plan for a defeated Italy" And this
is it.
These proposed treaties are launched
with sickening hypocrisy. Italy, in the
interest of peace-whose peace?-is to
be disarmed to the point of destroying
her frontier Notifications At the very
Evening star., 1946-07-26

Four wearers of 10-gallon hats met
at a crossroads in Wyoming and
exchanged names and former ad-
dresses. Two of the fellows were
from New York, one was from Rhode
Island and one was from North
Carolina. They had to ride rs miles
to find real-honest- t-to-gosh native
and when they did locate him they
learned that he hadn't worn a hat
for 80 years.
Evening star., 1946-07-26
Easily Satisfied
I'm the London Daily Mail,

From the London Daily Mail.
Mr.. Morrison says he has assurances
from the United States and Canada that,
like Britain, they would deal with FAM
inc irrespective of the "hardships and
1nconvenienceS" caused to them. We
cast no reproaches at the people Of
America and Canada. We have much
for which to thank them-and especially
the people of Canada. But if Mr.. Nor
rison really believes that he is justified
in gambling with our rations, he is easily
satisfied
Evening star., 1946-07-26

pensive for the customers and much
unemployment among printers may re-
suit The alternative, of course, is to
force chronological development and
this. too, will produce unemployment.
The printers are killing the goose that
lays the golden eggs.
DAVID LAWRENCE.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

Americans are various. They
admire variety. That is why they
invented the dime store and still
flock to its crimson portals even
though dime buys little there or
anywhere
Evening star., 1946-07-26

and bulwarking a genuine rule of
law in world that can no longer
afford to let disputes among the
different nations run their course
without reference to any interna-
tional tribunal.
Evening star., 1946-07-26

The top in futility is to slave so
hard to make money that you can't
get up energy enough to enjoy it
after you've made it.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20
BY ALBIN KREBS

The Pascagoula High School
Panthers will open their 1916 grid
season tonight ct 8 p. m, on the
Panther athletic field here with
the Collins Hign school eleven
of Collins, Miss. The locals were
originally scheduled to open their
season against Waynesboro but
a last-minute cancellation of the
contract oetweeG the two schools
caused the switch OF the first
game Of the season.
Il was also apnounced by Coach
Dobie Holden that the game for
next week against Murphy High
school, originally set for Friday
night at Mobile, has been shift
ed to Thursday instead.
The Collins squad Of "a payers
left their home field this morn
ing for Pascagoula in tow of Kent
Massengale, former service man.
Coach Dobie Holden of the
Painters intensified training OF
his squad during the past week.
The coech's best bet for quarter
back, Rocky Byrd, has shown up
well at practice scripmages.
while Frank Branch who viii
substitute, is showing promise of
giving Paul Upton, Collins zig
nal caller, a run for his money
Coach Massengale, never over
enthusiastic about any of his
players could not hide the pride
he has in his 225-pound tackle,
Dennis Yawn, who will be match
ed in the Pascagoula lineup by
left tackle Weber Blair and sub
stitute Rufus Whitfield.
Outstanding Backs
The coach thinks one of his best
men is left guard A. G. Mauldin,
who tips the scales at 10 pounds.
Playing that position for Pas
cagoula will be Svlton Cole who
shows promise of giving a pretty
fair account of himself. BUDDY
Massengale. left half for Collins,
and ore of the juniors. his coach
thinks will be exceptional, plays
the same spot that Kirby King.
number one player, Leonard Ire
,hern and Warren McCleskey
play for Pascagoula. Right hall
for Pascagoula is Everette Stone.
who will share that position with
Buddy Enrich and Paul Ryan
a little fellow that has the max
ings of a good PLAYER.
Center for Collins, Jimmy
Thompson, is a l70-pounder who
will play against Graham Hide.
brand, crack man for Pascagoula
On the center's right, for Pasca
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20
Tigers Face Tough Opponents
In Vicksburg Opener Tonight

The Moss Point High School
Tigers will face a graduation-de-
pleted but still potent member
of the Big Eight when they tam
gle with the Vieksburg Greenies
tonight, newspaper reports from
the Hilly City revealed this week.
Coach Sammy Bartling's charg-
es from the Carr Central Hi are
minus the services of their no.
shot center, Kinneth Floyd, who
spanked the Greenies to the run
ner-up spot in Big Eight compe-
tition last year and won him the
associations most valuable play
er award.
But they still have Nick e.
chos and Erwin Baylot in their
backfield, a couple of characters
that made opposing coaches hair
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20
Pacagoula Panthers To Open 1916 Grid
Season Here Tonight Against Collins

goula, will be Rubber Bograhn,
guard, who will be substituted
by NJ. R. Richards. Right guard
for Collins is Mack Jones.
The marocn-and-gold clad play
ers will have as further main
stays: Robert Sullivan, left end;
Arnold Mooney, right tackle;
Mike Lightsey. right end; Cooter
CARLYLE, right half; and Sheriff
Rutland, fullbaek. Pascagoula's
other gridsters who VIII probably
see action IN tonight's game are:
Dellyc Shivers, fullback: Bobby
Pittman and James knight, left
ends; Don Byrd, Clark Page and
Carl Taylor, alternate centers;
George Walker and James Allen,
alternate fullbaeks; right ends Al
ton Baxter and jerry Purdy; and
smash right tackle. Theo Vlahos
According to Superintendent Of
Schools T. R. Wells, a record
crowd of about 2,000 spectators
is expected to turn out for the
season opener. On hand will be
the Pescagoula High School Band
to supply march and pep music,
and the schools pep leaders and
cheering squad.
Because of the confusion
caused in the past, adult season
tickets are now on sale at several
points in the city, thus eliminat-
ing, to a great degree, the num-
Der of persons standing in line
at the boxoffice before the games.
The tickets will entitle holders
to see all five of the home
games. AL home games start
at 8 p. m,
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20

turn gray last season. Gradua-
ton, which took Floyd and tackle
Johnny Jabour, wreaked more
havoc on the line which VIII av-
erage only 100 and may give way
before Moss Points heavier foc-
ward vail.
The Greenies lost only one
game last year, bowling to Gseen-
wood 100, and We're runner-ups
to Tupelo, who won the Big Eigh.
championship. Moss Point and
Pascagoula were added to the
Big Sixteen" after the seasons
plav had ended.
The V~icksburg crew is gener-
allv Lighter this year than last
and will give Up weight to the
Tigers in all departments with q
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-09-20

155 pound average for the first
string, according to statements
feleased to the press By the coach
ing staff. Coach .Bartiing, how
eve, shows symptoms of the
coach's professional blues disease
and his team can be far from
discountcd.
Coach Ten Swdyze and his Tt
gers, who left here yesterday AMI
spent last night IN Jackson, hope
to take tire Grecnles but have
their fingers crossed. These ear
~ season games are tricky, Coach
Swayze knows, and the Tigers
have no desire to spoil a good rec
ord in Their first game in the Big
Eight.