davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29

An appeal to President Truman to
release the 1,5C0 conscientious objec-
tors still in prison and to restore full
civil rights to all the 5000 men SEN
fenced under the draft act, many of
whom have completed sentences or
have been paroled, has been made by
800 clergymen, most of them leaders
in their field.
The clergymen made comparison
between treatment of conscientious
objectors in the United States and
Great Britain-a comparison that is
not creditable to this country.
The ministers letter to the Presi-
dent was made public by Dorothy
Garfield Fisher, honorary chairman
of the Amnesty Committee. Recall
ing President Truman's emphasis on
freedom of conscience and religion in
his March speech at the Columbus,
Ohio, meeting of the Federal Council
of the Churches of Christ in Amer
ica, the clergymen pointed out that
the majority of imprisoned objectors
are Jehovah's Witnesses who assert
ed that evangelistic activities entitled
them to exemption from the draft.
However, we may personallf view
their beliefs with regard to war and
conscription, we feel that this treat
ment of minority group motivated
by the highest idealism, more than
year after the end of hostilities with
Japan, is not in keeping with the
heritage of freedom of conscience and
religion which you and all of us
CHERISH" the ministers said.
In asking for restoration of full
civil rights to conscientious objectors
they said that the loss of these rights
had "penalized" the objectors who
had been released.
"In most states, this handicaps
them economically and severely limits
their participation in community af-
fairs" they said. "In many instances,
for example, they cannot gain admis-
sion to civil service employment or
to professions such as medicine and
law"
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29

Sometimes" said Mr.. Dilworth, Il
think. :"
"Swell," said Little Luther. 81 like
to see an old dog learn new tricks.
Did you keep at it long enough to
produce whole thought 2"
Sometimes | think that unions
should encourage their members to
produce more and quit yammering for
higher pay" Mr.. Dilworth finished.
"Thats pretty thought" Little
Luther said. q. pretty revolving. Ii
that's your first thought, | hate to
think of the thoughts you'll be turn
ing out when you get into full pro-
duction."
"The workers would realize they
must produce more to earn more II
they had the intelligence of a mon
KEY" said Mr.. Dilworth.
"Maybe that's the difference be-
tween them and you," said Little
Luther. "Although why you should
boast about having a monkeys brains
is beyond me-"
Luther" Mr.. Dilworth warned,
'I've stood lot, but there's a limit. "
"Well, it's my turn then," the boy
said. Sometimes | think, too. And
what | think is that manufacturers
should produce more and quit yam
mering about higher prices"
That's revolutionary" Mr.. Dill
worth exclaimed.
"Well, it isn't counter-revolutionary
like your IDEAS" Little Luther ad-
mitted.
"Why," continued Mr.. Dilworth, ut
might lead to full employment, a
higher standard of living, shorter
hours, and God knows what else"
"And wouldn't that be awful" said
Little Luther.
"Wouldn't itw Mr.. Dilworth agreed.
"Why, it might get so worker could
have all the advantages | have. And
then how could anyone tell the diff
ference between us?"
"They might" suggested Little
Luther, edging for the door examine
your brain and see if yours had tail
on it,"
Hitler's only mistake, apparently,
was in committing suicide when he
did
He died just before his ideas be-
gan to catch on.
Employers the nation over congrat-
ulated labor when they misunderstood
a union statement and thought labor
was giving up wage demands.
Only one ant was crushed, how
ever, in the manufacturers stampede
to give up profit demands.
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton want to change the organiza-
tion's initials from OAR to GAR
Grannies of American Reaction.
-
Our favorite union member is FL
mer Twitchell.
Much more honest than most, he
arose in a meeting the other night to
demand Point of Interruption.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29
Council Blusts Use Of War
Prisoners By United Nations;
Charters Maritime Dept.

Chicago QLNS)-he American Federation of Labor Execu
tive Council blasted slave labor by members of the
United Nations
The council the of failing to take advan
aee of the opportunity nation with adequate hou
ing charged nteminabe delays and parazng confusion IN
the housing program that OF materials be
stimulated by giving pay owpad workers in the IN
dustry also suggested further price adjustments better dis
rbuon materials builders of moderate priced
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29

Demand the Union Label.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29
Tulsa Plans Big
(Continned From Page One)

(Continnsd From Page One)
emphasize the strength of the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor in the South
west and the important services it
renders to the public.
The presence of President Green at
the Labor Day celebration here is ex-
pected to lend impetus to strong
organizing drive in this part of the
country to supplement the AFL's
Southern organizing campaign, which
is meeting with such remarkable sue
cess.
Mr.. Green plans to review the labor
highlights of the year in his address
and to point the way for trade union
progress in the future He also will
deal with international developments
and their impact on the daily lives of
the working people Of America.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1946-08-29
Union Lubor's
(Continned From Page One)

(Coninued From Page One)
of such am exhibition, and of the
other work of your department, is
important. . -
Mayor Kaufman of st. Louis will
officially make the period of the AFL
exhibition a Union Label Week. Out
standing leaders of labor, industry
and transportation will attend labor's
"Big Show"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01

Chicago publishes more tele-
phone directories and trade cata-
than anv other section OF
the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01

often, the father expects the boy
to "take his word for it," and &C
cept the parental decision with
out question. If the boy refuses, the
parents become %estranged, hurt,
angry. The father has a real Joo 10
do, sharing his own past expert
ences with sais son, expressing nus
own Illustration at not being able
to pick up again the threads OF
schooling dropped so long before.
If parent and son each is deter
mined to follow his own preference.
there is in Wilmington, fortunately
a middle ground. Instead OF there
being a yes-or-no choice between
school and work, the youagster can
work and continue his education
at the same time. through DIVERSE
fled Occupations Glasses being CIV
en- at New Hanover High School.
Even should the boy choose .at-
ly to leave school to take a job,
the parent should not necessarily
see this action as a reputation OF
himself. It may be rather the be-
ginning of adult independent think
ing, mistaken though the boys
judgment may be. This is the
time to draw closer rather than
apart, to continue parental counsel
but to give it more adult flavor, te
use persuasion rather than author
ity so that a youngster who has
forsaken education for a job may
be helped to arrive at his W de-
cision to 60 back to his interrupted
schooling.
Sometimes, of course, the con-
flict between parents and son be-
comes so acute that permanent
estrangement or friction threatens.
In such a situation the services of
a professionally trained family
counselor is required. The services
of such a counselor may be obtain
ed when needed by consulting the
Family Service Society, a Com
munity Chest Agency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01
start OF SCHOOL
Time OF DECISION
BY MRS. EMMA D. HOWELL
Executive Secretary
FAMILY Service Society

Next Tuesday will be a time
for decision for hundreds of young
Wilmingtonians. Shall they 60 back
to high school next week, or con-
tinue in their present summer
time jobs? Or, if they have no job
now, should they go out and look
for one, instead of reporting at
school?
The wal has complicated this
choice, but the coming of peace
has not yet simplified it. 1t is not
a new problem; we heard about
it back in 1918. We heard the same
question asked then that we're
hearing now: aren't these young
sters being ~spoiled?" Isn't their
sense of values being upset?"
| when jobs are scarcer, will they
be able to adjust themselves?"
Fathers OF Today
The boys about whom these ques-
tons were asked are the fathers
Of today, and it is their 'teen-age
sons who are the object Of concern
today. 1t would be<easy to dismiss
the whole conflict of school VS.. jobs
oy pointing out that the fathers
who left school q or % years ago
are now respectable citizens. So
why are we so concerned about
their sons choice Of more school
ing or a job? We are concerned
because our experiences has shown
that it is those fathers, who left
school to take jobs back in 1917 and
1918, who are most anxious that
their sons do not leave in 1916.
One of these fathers summed up
the attitude of himself and many
of his contemporaries in these
words: Il left school to take a job.
l never got back to school, and I've
always regretted it. l think l could
have become a professional man
if I'd stuck to my education. /
don't want to see my son make
the same mistake I did" The boys,
for their part, are anxious to cash
in on their present ability to
work.
No Absolute Solution
There is no absolute and univer-
| sal solution to this conflict between
parents who want their sons to
keep on with their school work and
sons who want to forsake the
schoolroom for the factory. Too
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01
Henderson County CT
Democrats Organized

HENDERSONVILLE. Aug. 81
Reorganization of a Henderson
county unit of the North Caro-
lima CT Democrats vas complet-
ed at a meeting of approximately
1875 World War II veterans at the
courthouse here last night.
The group is believed to be the
first county unit to organize since
the state organization was form
ed at a meeting at Pinehurst three
weeks ago.
A. T. McCarson, Hendersonville
insurance man vas named chair
man, and William W. Carpenter
was elected secretary. A nine
member steering committee also
was chosen.
Principal speakers were Frank
M. Parker of Asheville, chairman
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01
WINS AIR RACE

CLEVELAND, Aug. 81 (R -
Dale Fulton of Washington, D. c.,
flying a converted Army Air Force
fighter, won the Soho trophy and
So, 900 first place money today at
the National air races. William Ong
of Kansas City placed second and
Jack Hardwick of Durango, Colo,
was third.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-09-01

Of the N. C. 81 Democrats and
Democratic nominee to the state
senate from Buncombe county;
and Ben Prince, chairman of the
Henderson county Democratic Elk
ecutive committee.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Uncle Sam as Santa Claus
By Raym ond oley

age. One of the achievements since the
war has been the restoration of the
Philippine coconut industry, with Ameri-
can help. Consequently, the total copra
shipments are up to the prewar aver
age.
But since we can never be sure OF
future demands the Government has
urged American agriculture to produce
at capacity next year. We do not dare
risk any other course, although we must
expect that countries able to pay for
food will turn from us to other food
producers. like Canada and Argentina.
We can only be sure that nonpaying
countries like Germany, Austria and
Japan will still turn to us for help.
It may develop that we shall pay
severely in over production. Our po-
tatoes are already drag on the mar
ket. Surpluses may develop in other
lines.
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson, as
chief reindeer in Uncle Sans sled, has
used much common sense in guiding
the difficult course of balancing foreign
and domestic needs This has been a
bright spot in an administration which
had a good many failures this year.
But, as was mentioned earlier IN this
piece, it is the American people who
have paid in higher prices and bearable
shortages for all that has been done.
We have taken risks and paid gener-
ously, but the world has gained.
(Reeased by Associated Newspapers 1nc.)
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Military Justice

The report on Army justice which
has been submitted to the War
Department by committee of dis
tinguished members of the American
Bar Association can do much to
improve the courts martial system
If it's recommendation are acted
upon by the military authorities.
This report, while not excessively
critical of the Armys wartime per-
formance in the administration of
Justice, comes to a conclusion which
few will dispute-namely, that the
system will be greatly improved
if the Army will provide trained
lawyers to administer it, If it will
separate the appointment and con-
troll of general courts-martial from
the function of command, and if it
will substantially enlarge the Judge
Advocate Generals Department.
The bar associations committee
found that the Army's system of
justice, in general and as set out
in the books, is good one. The
difficulty is that it frequently breaks
down in operation. And these "all
too frequent" breakdowns, the report
stated, had a markedly adverse
effect on the morale of the troops
during the war.
A proper approach to corrective
action lies along middle ground, the
investigators found. BY this it is
meant that neither the views of a
commanding general, who is apt to
have little sympathy with legal pro-
cedureS and delays, nor those OF
the lawyer, who would be likely to
20 too far in carrying the safeguards
of the civil courts over into the
Army, should prevail. A civilian, in
the interests of his own security and
that of the Army, must be prepared,
upon entering the military service,
to surrender some of the safeguards
which protect his civilian liberties.
At the same time, however, the
Army commander must be ready to
maintain as many of these safe
guards as are consistent with the
operation of the Army and the
winning of war.
Two of the committees recon-
mendations seem particularly well
taken. One is that there be a
requirement for the designation of
trained lawyers to represent the
defendants in courtS-martial. And
the other is that control of the
sourts be taken out of the hands of
commanding officers, so that their
functioning will not be subject to
coercion.
The War Department would be
we'll advised to take these and the
other proposals of the report to
heart. For in peacetime Army,
possibly to a. greater extent even
than in time of war, a fair and
adequate system of justice is a
prime essential.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
Two-Punts Suits

Return of the two-pants suit. by
Government permission, will be
hailed by wives who are prone to
nag their husbands about the baggy
knees in their trousers. Lack OF
alternate trousers that could be
worn while the creaseless pair was
at the presser's too often has been
convenient excuse for men who
are inclined to be lax in such things
as getting their hair cut often
enough, buying new hat or keeping
their suits properly groomed. All OF
this can be very annoying to wife.
Now the one-pants explanation
will go out the window with clothing
controls and other wartime phe-
nomena. Anybody can order suit
with two pairs of trousers from now
on. Order. that is. How soon de-
livery is accomplished is another
matter. Once one has acquired the
extra pair, there is no reason why
there should not be a perpetual
crease in ones trousers. What to do
about the baggy elbows that are
bound to develop in the coat from
round-the-week extra duty wear is
a question yet to be solved. The ideal
arrangement would seem to be a
two-coat, two-pants suit. Or two
one-pants suits. Wives, clothiers and
the cleaning and pressing industry
would welcome either method.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
On the Record
BY Dorothy Thompson

right in the longer view; and though
he become temporarily outcast, some
thing still whispers that his time may
yet come.
Just why, however in time OF peace
and praise of peace, those who be-
lieve in peace at any price should still
be treated as prisoners of wal, is con-
founding I should think it would be
a good idea to pull them out OF their
prisons, everywhere, and send them to
make the peace. For they actually be-
lieve that all the swords should be
beaten into plowshares. They would
not talk of Limitations" of armament,
but of universal total disarmament
This is, of course, fantastic, and it
will not be done because states, which
must make and maintain peace, are, by
their origin and nature, instruments
Of force. Peace. too, rests on force and
peace and war are but two faces of
the same humanity and dilemma.
But humanity, being what it is, can
not afford to exclude from itself those
who represent - whether humanity
acknowledges it or not-that spirit
which it secretly worships and openly
affronts.
To understand the paradoxical at
titude toward peace would perhaps lead
us into a research on the question OF
why Western man, the greatest beast
of prey ever let loose on this globe,
worships Jesus of Nazareth. The great
split in the Western mind is that while
it has produced the warrior as type
and ideal in social and economic life
as we'll as in international relations;
while it can only imagine supplanting
war between states by war between
classes, it still celebrates in its loftiest
moments Him who prophesied that the
meek would inherit the earth.
X II X
Perhaps what grace We possess Is
in that never triumphant inner voice
of conscience, that never-realized and
barely striven-for ideal that in the
most warning moments whispers re-
straint. Conscientious objectorS be-
come such restraining voices in the
most hate-infested times. They carry
on for the vast majority their tenn
porarily abandoned tender-mindedness
In a profound sense they represent us
alias the warriors fighting for right
eousness represent them, too, though
they would deny it.
But it is preposterous and hypo-
critical that they should continue in
prison during peace. They never wanted
to help win-or lose-a war. They
endured the obloquy of their. fellows
to win peace. Isn't that wha5 we are
all, now, supposed to be up to-?
And isn't 1t Christmas?
~tReleased BY the Bell Syndicate, 1nc)
Evening star., 1946-12-23

Uncle Sam was a good Santa Claus
to the world in 1916. The best evidence
of this is the fact that mass starvation,
SO anxiously feared by Herbert Hoover
when ne began his journey early In the
year, did not materialize.
There has been no repetition any
where of the deplorable Bengal starva-
ton of 1943 The world has been saved
from death by hunger and it has been
saved by the United States and Canada.
We contributed so per cent OF the
grains and other foodstuffs from our
1856 production and reserves. We
sent all we could and in so doing we
deliberately disrupted our food price
structure. Hence, the contribution came
not from some impersonal entity called
government, but from every man and
woman who bought food in this country
in the whole year.
On the shortest notice we provided
ships, port facilities and organization
We were able, through that organiza-
tion, to get additional help from those
nations which had surpluses to spare
We contributed Y per cent Of the
UNRRA funds of $500, 100000.
And now, as we face new year. we
can be sure that there will be no world
food emergency in 1947, although some
countries like Germany and Austria
will still be on short rations. Many
other countries, having been helped
over the emergency, can now support
themselves. We have provided seeds,
fertilizers, machinery and equipment.
which are the essentials of self-support
AS result, the world food production
will be equal to or larger than the pre-
war average.
X X
The greatest increases took place IN
Europe and North Africa, particularly
in the Mediterranean region Improved
prospects for autumn crops in India
have resulted in greater deliveries TO
the markets than were anticipated.
which will carry the country until the
rice harvest is available in December.
Crop prospects in China are better than
they were last year. In Japan, the sup
ply Of food, in terms Of calories, is
nearly equivalent to the prewar aver
Evening star., 1946-12-23

ganize, direct and participate in
rescue, relief and rehabilitation. In
1928 it was largely through Ameri-
can generosity and skill that suffer-
ing was alleviated and Tokyo and
Yokohama reconstructed. The bitter
fact that some of our relief sup
plies repeatedly were used by Japa-
nese armed forces in World War II
will not deter us from aiding our
late adversaries in this emergency.
To what extent this relief task will
complicate General MacArthur's oc-
cupation task can only be deter
mined when the full scope Of the
disaster becomes known. Discourag-
ing as it may seem, the probability
is that our schedule for completing
the job of getting Japan back on
its feet has suffered a major setback.
Evening star., 1946-12-23
And Now Burmu

The Asiatic SegmentS OF BrltalnS
far-fung empire in Asia are reml-
niscent of the Ten Little InJuns in
their progressive reduction to then
there were none" The imperial
disappearing act began with India,
where British rule tarpieS only
because the Indian factions can
not yet agree among themselves
as to the nature of the independence
already unequivocally promised them
from London. A second instance of
imperial devolution was announced
by the Labor government when
Prime Minister Attlee stated in Com
mons that Burma has been offered
independence on the same terms as
India and that a delegation of Bur-
mese political leaders, including the
inevitable Communist, has been in
vited to London to arrange the de-.
tails. Thus impends the liquidation
of a conquest which began with the
blishment of coastal factories by
the East India Company early in the
seventeenth century and reached it's
climax with the subjugation of the
whole country in the war of the mid
1905, celebrated by Kipling's poems
and stories
Mr.. Attlee's announcement pro-
voked bitter outburst by Winston
Churchill, leader of the Tory opposi-
ton and die-hard defender of 'The
Empire" Nostalgically, Churchill
contrasted the great days of Chat
ham,. when each morn saw new ad-
dition to British possessions, with
the tragic present, when "the British
Empire seems to be running off al
most as fast as the American loan"
But he proposed no feasible alterna-
tive to retreat that is not confined
to Britain but which extends to all
Western holdings in Asia. The hard
fact is that the Western world, hav-
ing torn itself to pieces in two cata-
clysmic wars, no longer has the
power to maintain its authority over
colonial peoples avid for independ-
ence and armed with Western tech
nical knowledge. This revolutionary
process was inevitable under any cir
cumstances. 1t was greatly quickened
by the japanese irruption which
toppled western colonial regimes
that, like Humpty Dumpty, can never
be put together again.
So far as Burma is concerned, the