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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

practice whereby all the taxpayers pay
part of the cost of what you, as al
individual, buy. 1t was obvious during
the debate over extension OF the OfA
that Congress clearly intended that al
commodities be decontrolled as raploly
as possible. It's equally obvious now
that that intent is not being carried
out. High OPA officials are attempting
to exercise full war powers n a no
longer exist.
Prices must eventually find their
own level in a free market. The normal
processes of competition are, in the long
run, the protector of the consumer. NO
manufacturer has d monopoly OF any
thing-others are trying to cut the
price and increase their own sales. Ana
in the vital retail field, competition has
given us extraordinarily high levels OF
efficiency and economy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Free Markets Needed
outstanding

Writing in the New York Times,
Henry Hazlitt said: eve are today op-
Grating under a price control law that
is badly drawn and full of inconsistent
cies -. Supply and demand come into
balance only at a price. That price is
the one established in a free market.
To hold any commodity below it's free
market price is almost necessarily to
make the supply of it smaller than the
demand. -.
1.-THE way to decontrol is to decontrol.
We must begin sometime and some
where. If the Price Decontrol Board
allows meats, milk and grains to go
back under controls -. it will be taking
a backward STEP"
Since that was written, the PDB has
taken that backward STEP SO far as
meat is concerned. it has reinstated
subsidies-that economically vicious
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
More About Hartman

In the opinion of one correspondent
whose views are established on avail
able facts and exceptional common
sense, the Hartman appointment tc
the Commerce Department portfolio
means that President Truman has "but-
tressed his support of Mr.. Byrnes." The
correspondents reasons are we'll worth
nothing and bordering. He gives four:
l.. 1t ~elevates to a role of large in
fluence the American diplomat who was
in part both source and architect of the
Byrnes-Vandenberg policy of firmness
toward Russian expansionism.
2. It brings into the Presidents
Cabinet and into Mr.. Truman's immedi-
ate encourage a second expert in the
field of foreign policy, strengthening
the White House directorate in dealing
with the nations most urgent task, that
of working and living with Russia. 1t
adds to the Cabinet new insight and
experienced knowledge of Russian
policies and personalities.
3. 1t equips the Administration with
an official especially qualified to deal
with Russo-American and international
economic and commercial matters.
4. 1t is a politically balanced ap-
pointment. 1t gives the Administration
a Secretary of Commerce whom the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States warmly applauds, and promotes
one of the %unwavering supporters of
the man who made Mr.. Truman Presi-
dent.
With these reasons in mind, it may
readily be seen that the Hartman ap-
pointment is far from being any effort
by Mr.. Truman to appease the left-wing,
Observation-Disclosures Wallace supporters,
as has been claimed in some quarters.
Rather it marks the strengthening of
the Byrnes = Vandenberg bipartisan
foreign policy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
On The Political Front

A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, told
delegates at the brotherhood's Miami
convention that the trainmen will
"elect our friends and defeat our enc
mics" in the November elections, and
added that wiser men in the democrat
tic party will take the hand of govern
ment in the near future, and undertake
to restore the party to its liberal princi-
pies"
There is naturally considerable Won
derment concerning the man in the
democratic party Mr.. Whitney proposes
that the trainmen select as the nations
leader. While he explained that his
union is specifically interested in the
campaigns in sixteen congressional dis
tricts, it is to be taken for granted that
he also has his eye on some one within
the party's ranks for the top job two
years hence.
His choice could hardly be Henry
Wallace, who has never been a demo-
crat in the true meaning of the word,
but merely a new dealer at the start
and later an out-and-out radical.
Mr.. Whitney's reference to the liberal
principles of the party provokes the be-
lief that when the time comes true
democrats will be most likely to
espouse the finer conservative princi-
pies in which their party was sired and
swing away from the so-called liberal
but literally radical policies of new deal
ism. 1t will be only by this method that
the party can hold it's national leader
ship, MI. Whitney to the contrary not
withstanding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Making Good

When William Marlborough, after
graduating at New Hanover High
school, left Wilmington to continue his
musical studies at Peabody Conserva-
tory. Baltimore. there was the cOnvlc-
ton among his friends that he would
achieve enviable repute as a vlollnlst.
Then the wal came and along with mil
lions of American boys he donned a
uniform, willing to perform any service
his government demanded of him.
Recognizing his talent, the Army
assigned him to command a musical unit
in Europe, and throughout a large part
of the campaign in France he conducted
first a small orchestra which Travelled
along the battle fronts entertaining
CTS, and later the American Symphony
in Paris. Up to seven thousand troops
have crowded into close quarters to hear
his concerts, while the big guns played
a tragic obbligato.
Returning to this country, when the
firing ceased, he concentrated upon
conducting symphony orchestras and
further developing his v%irtuosity as a
%soloist. Now the announcement
that he will be heard in recital at Cadoa
Hall, Philadelphia, on October 9, play
ing the Handel Sonata No. 3 and Mo-
zart's No. 5 Sonata, with a group of
briefer compositions by Ravel, Kreisler,
Massenet and De Falla.
Surely the prophecy of his Whining
ton friends is in a fair way to being
fulfilled. We wish Cadoa Hall were in
Wilmington, instead Of Philadelphia.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Your GIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
By DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-NEA)
War Department has re-
versed itself twice on the matter
of exactly what papers have to be
attached to applications for ter
minal-leave pay.
At first it was decided that if a
man had lost his original dis
charge papers he would have to
apply for a special paper called
a Certificate in Lieu of Discharge.
Thi. would have had to be accom-
panied with certified photostatic
copies of the veterans discharge,
to supply additional information.
Then it was discovered that ap-
p~lications for "CILs" would
swamp the War department., so it
was decided to accept applications
accompanied by certified photo
stats from veterans who had lost
originals. For some reason the
War departments accounting Of
flee reversed that decision, and
for a short time the regulations
stood as previously announced.
Finally, the last decision was
made and the requirement for
ellis was dropped. And the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Despite Dearth of Paper; Uncle Sam
Nav Yet Send Out Income Tax Bills

that woodpulp is so scarce he does
MT know from one day to the next
where the next governmental hand
out is coming from.
He said he has estimated his
needs for next year, and has asked
for bids. So far, he said, he mas
received bids on only 80 per cent of
his requirements.
The outlook" he said, def
nitely is gloomy. as every publish
er knows"
But the income tax man was I'M
Impressed. He said the income tax
means around $34, 900, 900, 900 a year
to Uncle Sam, so Uncle is sure to
find a way.
Well get those blanks" he said.
Wait and see."
So don't let your hopes soar, tax
payer. Anyway, not yet. At this
sorrowful writing, it looks like the
same old March 18th.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

War department went further BY
permitting photostats OF az
charges to be used even II TIKI
originals weren't lost.
The first change was made Jus
before the application blanks vert
printed. So when the last declSloi
was made no change in the of!gl
nal blank was necessitated,
Thus, as it stands now, the fssa
lations say:
THE completed form, who,
must be notarized by an ottlcl'l
authorized by law to adnnlfl ST.!
oaths, should be mailed, togs'nsl
with the discharge certificate o !?
a photostatic copy, certlllcas u
lieu of lost or destroyed cefI u
cate, or a certified copy Of u
discharge certificate, to the appsY
pirate Army, Navy or MARI, y
Corps or Coast Guard paying Oll.
CO. at the address listed on the I,
verse side of the claim 1ofH'' T. !.
is advisable to send other than ~
.,;a;.,1 d;ecb.roa certificate,
possible"
Many of the larger ve's. .sr
e immunity information or sa ..i
sorry centers maintain ph0'O'' 70.
plants where such services is ss'
dered gratis.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

ment of extension thus far and
the future aspirations of the new
Soviet empire, approves the de-
velopments here recorded.
On the same basis the conclusion
is reasonable that he would justi-
fly the creation, on Soviet soil, of
a new peoples provisional govern
ment of the United States, COM
posed of immigrant communist
Hollywood actors, Earl Browder,
William Foster, and other critics
of present conditions in the United
States. The invasion Or lombard
ment of the United States of a Rus
sian army of liberation" would
follow according to the precedents.
Vldkun Quisling, the Norwegian
traitor, was not an originator. He
merely adopted the seasoning and
methods of the Finnish traitors
who betrayed their country to
Soviet Russia. The methods of the
razls under Hitler and the COM
munlsts under Stain have been
identical.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Ickes Is Right

Harold L. Ickes, who was Secretary
of the Interior during the Roosevelt
administrations and is now a newspaper
columnist, recently wrote a trenchant
article on the coal situation. In it, he
said: "The Congress has passed
a bill looking to the naturalization of
the coal industry and the people have
never even considered such a policy. But
it makes no difference to John L. Lewis,
thanks to whose influence we have in
effect n%ationalized the coal industry. . .
1T does not seem to bother him
that, as a result of the settlement of the
last coal strike, the price of bituminous
has gone up from So cents to $1.4O a
ton, while anthracite, which is burned
almost exclusively in the homes, will
cost the consumer nearly $1.25 a ton
more"
MI. IcKes then wrote a brief history
of the coal dispute, and concluded: "His
(Mr. Lewis') demands upon the coal
operators will be more exorbitant than
ever.
"All of which means that the OPERA
tors, and hence the consumers, will have
to pay through the nose. -"
This of course has been done in the
hallowed name of gains for labor. The
beating the takes is never
mentioned by Mr.. Lewis or other mem
bers of the top labor hierarchy. Nor
is the fact that once coal prices are
forced to a certain level, coal will be
unable to compete with other forms OF
ener' Hlch as oil and gas. Then the
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Religion
A LETTER TO A COLLEGE GIRL
BY L T. ELLIS

A LETTER TO A OlnL
Dear Martha: Our talk about
your college courses remains in my
mind, and prompts this letter. You
are entering upon what l hope
will be four happy years of study
and growth, and your present
choices of subjects to be studied
may influence your whole future
life.
That is why I am a bit disturbed
by your inclination toward the
nowadays popular courses in Phil
osophy and Psychology. AS you
will discover, these are both tenta-
tive and uncertain themes. There
are as many PHILOSOPHERS as there
are philosophers: good common
sense is a substitute for them all.
AS for ~new-fangled psychology, it
is largely a matter of fantastic
ph%raseology. and has upset more
minds than it has steadied.
May l make a suggestion as to
a more practical and helpful
course than either or both of these
one that will shape character,
stabilize conduct and sweeten all
your human relationships?
This course, chosen and directed
by yourself. is a daily study of the
New Testament. Master the names
and arrangement Of the books, and
the principal message of each.
Commit to memory its great
truths. Become perfectly familiar
with the content of the New Tes-
lament, applying its clear teach
ings to your own life. Commit to
memory at least one passage a
day: You will be fortifying your
self for your experiences as a
grandmother.
Best of all, you will be making
friends with Jesus Christ, life's
wisest teacher and Enabler.
Your Man of the World.
Lord, make us wise, with the
wisdom of the heart and of the
Book. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
BY WILLIAM E.
Americas Card Authority

Out on the Pacific coast l met
Sam Gordon Of Hollywood,
known through his bridge column
as the Kibitzer. Sam put out a
little booklet called Horse Sense
Bridge" He says that most op-
ponents give a lot Of information
with their bidding and doubles,
and if the declarer takes those
points into consideration, he usu-
ally makes his contract.
When he gave me today's hand,
l had to admit ne was right. How
ever, if East had passed instead of
opened a small club OR the queen
of spades, 1 do not think that
North and South would have liked
it. But, playing horse sense"
bridge, as Sam says, East made
the contract.
The opening club lead was won
in dummy with the king, and a
small spade was won by East's
jack. As South had bid diamonds,
East led that suit. South played
low and dummy's jack won. The
ace of clubs was cashed and an
other spade led from dummy.
North again played low, declarer
won with the queen and cashed
the queen and jack of clubs, dis
carding two hearts from dummy.
Next he led a diamond, South
went in with the ace, and returned
the queen Of diamonds. Dummy's
king was played and North
trumped with the king of spades,
East discarding one Of his small
hearts.
Now he conceded a heart and
a spade to North, making his con-
tract with an overtrick
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27
Doctor Says
BABIES MAY NEED
MAJOR OPERATION
BY WILLIAM A. 0'BRIFN =,

U,
Enlargement of III.
muscles which congyoI y, '1'c1!a
dntestinaD opening Of f IL. Py,o's
ach causes obstruction IN |'r s'on'
born infants. The condjHod recently
rected by a surgical opers, ~ CO..
which the fibers are divided wv %
opening is enlarged. dAd ts
Dr.: William E. Lsdd and l..
ASSOCIATES repor, ia the il, Jo'.s III
Of the American Medical sUa'n'I
ton their experience with %''ocI''
1000 cases of pyloric oostrnc.;.o'' over
which this surgical opersti r,,'a III
done with excellent res1It, Vas
spite of the feeble condition. ~ In
infants, special preparation to W a a'
operation, careful anestbesi Ut "a.
good nursing care resulted !, 'aa
toration to health of all ., seS'
l 20 per cent OF the little patien..
Thickening OF the pylorjr e.n'
cles is more apt TO be prss.a n''''
birth in boys, especially tbs .;.' a.
born of the family. There i N.Y.,
particular race in which tba ,o wv
dition is most common, but ce, t.,,
families seem to have more c,'.,
of it than do others, 'SsS
The first symptom Of obstru,4,.
is vomiting, which apuesr s''t \.
tween the second and tbe A..
week of life. The infant i, him. 1 srn
and takes his feeding eagerly. y
first the food is gently rstur,s a.
while later it is explosivelv ~.
jected (projectile vomiting,
Vomiting rapidly reduce, n.
child to a serious condition, q, bs
becomes thin and wizened lo,s,
water and salt, and has scartr
stools and urine. A lump i, teIt
through the abdominal wall Al M
stomach opening, and the rnu;cy.
lar contractions of the Stomach
are seen trying to force the food
through the narrowed opening.
The first consideration in treat.
ment is to restore the infants lost
water, salt, and sugar by iniec.
tions in the vein and tissues. Blond
or plasma transfusions help 10 re.
store protein loss. An immediate
attempt to relieve the obstruction
might be too much for the weak,
ened infant, who must be pu. in
the best possible shape 70.
surgery.
The infant is kept warm during
the operation, and special anes.
thesia is carefully administered.
Following the division Of the tight
muscles, the abdominal incision is
closed and special feeding 10 re.
build the infants body, is started.
When infants who have had a
pyloric obstruction are back On
schedule. they gain and do as well
as other infants. Babies are born
with the condition, which is made
worse by feeding.)
Infants born prematurely havt
been operated on successfully and
have recovered before they reach.
ed the age at which they Should
have been born.
Pyloric spasm, infections, i'm
proper feeding, and other condl
tons are causes Of vomiting II
recently born infants, but ;pasn
cases are milder and are relievst
by medicine and feeding.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

WASHINGTON, Sept. 90 (P) -
While millions of income taxpayers
waited GREATNESS official Wash
ing Thursday debated this s34,357,-
0l0, 097.73 question:
Will there be enough paper to
print next years tax blank:
Possibly not, said public printer
Augustus E. Giegengack.
Definitely so, said an income tax
man.
Giegengack started the whole
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-27

major users of coal will employ a cheap
err substitute-and the %breadlines will
begin to form in the mining states.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Monetary
Continued From First Page.)

rate "are just being robbed Of half
their salaries" Senator Thomas de-
clared.
He said he intends to recommend
to the War Department that SOL
diers get their pay in scrip which
they could exchange for francs at
whatever rate they find. =. ,s
Senator Thomas, chairman Of the
Senate Agriculture Committee, Wis
tied six European countries after
attending the International Food
Conference at Copenhagen.
He had q gloomy report, too, on
the food situation in both American
and British occupied zones of Ger
many, calling it "just 'as bad as
can be. ~ -
|, Predicting there will be deaths
from staryttion and possible revo-
Iiutionsthis4 winter Unless food sup
plies are Increased, he said he will
recommend~that the Army resurvey
minimum food needs and have estl-
mates ready when Congress meets
in January of what additional
money will be needed to keep the
German population alive
Congress appropriated S425 ,000,-
900 for Army use during the fiscal
year ending next June 80 in provid-
ing minimum supplies for occupied
countries.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Massachusetts Society
Holds Dance Tonioht

The first dance Of the season of
the Massachusetts, State Society will
be held at $50 o'clock tonight in
the Wardman Park Hotel.
Frank E. Hickey recently was
elected president Of the society. 9th
er new officers are 1t. Col. Joseph S.
Hoover, Maj. Helen Burns and r.
P. Scott, vice presidents; Mrs. Alice
Nolan Polzer, secretary, and C. Rus
sell Reilly, treasurer.
Evening star., 1946-10-17

due in many instances only to the
force of circumstances.
The cancellation of the Czech
surplus property credit and the sus-
pension of the loan negotiations
were explained for a variety Of rea-
sons, but officials agreed that ex-
cept for the CZech-Russian situa-
ton these might readily have been
smoothed out.
Aside from the Czechs' support
of the Russian position at Paris,
the United States objected to two
other factors: Cd A Czech deal to
resell $10,000,000 worth of surplus
property to Romania at profit
and CD to the failure of the Czechs
to agree formally to the rights OF
American citizens with respect to
property and commercial operations
in that country.
The Czechs actually are getting
SIC, 900 900 worth of war surplus
The credit originally was $50 1000 600
The United States told the Czech
diplomatic mission here in note
of September % that this Govern
ment would make good on its COM
mitments definitely undertaken up
to that time. However, none of the
goods which the Czechs received
under this arrangement will be sold
to the Romanians.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Ship Strike Is Slymied,
with No Talks Slated;
|CI0 Unit Leaves Town
By Jones Y. Newton

Efforts to end the 17-day, all-coast
strike Of merchant ships officers
were at complete standstill today.
|No negotiating conferences were
scheduled and the Labor Depart
ment apparently was at loss as to
what the next step would be.
Members of the CIO Marine Engi-
neers' Negotiating Committee, one OF
the two unions involved in the strike,
left Washington yesterday, despair
ling Of resumption of settlement
talks.
The other union, the AFL Masters,
Mates and Pilots, had rejected in
New. York a settlement proposal
made by East and Gulf Coast ship
Owners.
Members of the CIO committee
conferred with Harry Bridges, West
Coast longshoremen's leader, ane
Joseph Curran, head of the Ma.
tional Maritime Union. The two
are co-chairmen Of the CIO-domi.
mated Committee for Martin.
Union, of which the engineers union
| Is a member.
Then the negotiators telegraphee
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbacf
that they were returning to hom,
ports to direct strike activity.
spokesman said it was unlikely tina
negotiations would be resumed be-
fore Monday, If then.
Meanwhile, the strike, which haI
immobilized most of the Nations
MERCHANT fleet since october /
threatened to spread to foreign
ships. In Norfolk, officials of th'
AFL Masters said foreign flag yes
sells would be picketed Friday mid
night if the strike had not beer
settled.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Accord With Government
Ends South Iran Revolt
By he Assoeiated Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Oct. 17.-Rebel-
hous Qashqai tribesmen in South
ern Iran have agreed to end their
month-o revolt against the Iran
ian central government in return
for an increased voice in the gov
ernment of Ears Province, COM
munique said today.
Iranian Gen. Zahedi, in a COM
munique issued yesterday in Shiraz
and today in Teheran. termed the
revolt of a national movement to
obtain peoples rights" and said
the points agreed on in return for
the tribesmen's promises to dis
perse and 60 home, included:
Introduction of bill to increase
the number of deputies to the
Mails (parliament) from Ears
Province: extension OF the Iraniar
railway to Ears Province as soon
as possible; ALLEGATION of funds to
increase health and cultural condi-
tions in Ears; selection of Ears
provincial officials from among resi-
dents of the province itself; am
nesty for those who participated In
the revolt, and continuation OF the
national movement" but in sup
port of Premier Ahmed Qavam Of
the Central Government.
Evening star., 1946-10-17
Byrnes
Continued From First Page.)


II weeks of constant negotiation,
He had hoped that before this, peace
treaties with Bulgaria, Romanfa'
Hungary, Italy and Finland would
be completed.
Clarifies Old Issues.
Instead, the 21-nation Paris Con-
ference-which only could make
recommendations to the Big Four
so intensified the division among the
powers on some major problems
that the Foreign Ministers Council
did not even approach the task OF
completing work on the treaty
drafts. That job was deferred until
November 4 in New York.
But there was no indication so far
that any real basis had been found
for solving the differences between
the Western powers and Russia.
1t was in this connection that the
action on Czechoslovakia seemed to
have most meaning.
The American Government months
ago decided that its loans and other
economic measures should be in
accord with its diplomatic and polit-
ical policies. Thus the Polish credits
were suspended because of certain
political complaints against the
Warsaw government and later were
restored when those complaints were
met.
Czech Attitude Explained.
In the history of American-Czech
relations there has been no such
bitterness as between the United
States and Poland. Furthermore
many authorities consistently have
regarded Czechoslovakia and Fin
land as the two countries on Russia S
border where Communism had
gained little foothold and where CO.
operation with the Soviet Union was