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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-30

be picketing the White House or
filching the formula for the atomic
bomb Tor the rulers of the workers
paradise in the U.S.S.R.
Sometimes I suspect that Mrs r
doesn't take, enough care in sath.
ering material Tor her deafness
prose.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-30
Star Dust
Consistent SpelIer

Nick Depopulas, who operates
a small suburban restaurant, is
noted among his patrons for his
excellent service and his uncon.
ventlonal manner Of spelling. Re.
Gently the placard in his window
advertising his daily special
carried the item: Lam Stew"
A patron pointed out to Nick
that lamb had to have a "b' on
the end. The little restaurant-keep-
er expressed his thanks for the
information and promised to re-
member it.
A few days later Neck demon.
strated that he had really taken
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ed out the share of the total UN
expenses which the United States
should bear. 1t came out to about
so percent of the total cost for 1947.
The U. S. delegation stands op-
posed to paying this much, in spite
of the fact that the share was re-
portedly worked out very carefully
on the basis of ability to. pay"
with the aid of four yardsticks.
The great majority of the Ameri-
can voting public side with the U
S. delegation. They oppose having
this country pay such a large pro
portion of the total cost.
In measuring sentiment through
out the nation on the issue, the
Institute had field reporters ques-
ton a representative sample Of the
voting population as follows:
"The United States has as
much national income as all Of
the other nations in the UN put
together. In view of this, do you
think the United States should
pay one half of all costs Of the
United Nations Organization?"
The replies:
Yes 1870
Undecided ----..--.---..--15
Snnf5v1A ant ~, AaA -L~S
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Sentiment remains as one-sided
on the question among Democratic
voters as among Republican vot-
ers, among veterans as among the
rest of the voting population.
People interviewed in this sur.
vey who have had college training
are slightly more inclined than
other voters to see this country pay
half of the total UN bill for next
year.
Even here. however, majority
sentiment adds up to opposition
toward the idea of United States
bearing a half Of the roughly
tWenty-three and a half millions
in the proposed UN 1947 budget.
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U. S. View

u. S. View
The way the United States looks
at the situation has been expressed
by Senator Arthur Vandenberg, U.
S. representative on the UN Budget
Committee.
He reported that this country
might agree to pay one third Of
the total cost for 1947, but that
such an arrangement must be re-
garded as only temporary.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-30
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute of
puhlic Oninion

uU11C OpH11IOu
PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 29-The
American people want to take part
in world affairs. They want to pay
their share. But there is strong dis
agreement on the question Of what
constitutes a fair share.
A subcommittee of the UN work.
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RABBI MISQUOTED
ro the Editor:

VAN
I was very surprised to read
what l had said in my address
yesterday at the Civitan club. The
article was most Inaccurate,
I never dealt with the theme
Of sects, and surely did not say,
do not believe, nor would desire
that a time should come when
all sects will forget their d~ifferen.
ces'. Such a statement belongs
with the Nazi theory Of gleichschsi
tung. The privilege Of living 10
gether with perfect freedom 70
differ in our various beliefs and
practices even as we work togetn'
er for common goals, is the
privilege Of America.
I also did not make the state
ment that we should "qult worry
ing about minorities. . 1.-The pos
sibility of error in reporting an
address I can understand, O'
when the speaker is directly
quoted, then accuracy is demand
ed. 1t is time that we should mol
only worry about this problem
but that we should do sometime
about it. Signs of "restrlcted
clientele" college quotas, poll tax
lynchings, all these and more are
minority problems which must os
solved ere the American dream
becomes a reality.
Please publish this letter in your
newspaper, as l should sincere!
regret to have opinions Of my pm
losophy based l,'on such a Tepur,
WILLIAM SAJOWllI
Wilmington, N, C..
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Great Majority of Voters In U.S..
Object To Paying Half UN AZ Costs

Here are tables showing the vote
among Democrats and Republi-
cans, among veterans, and among
different educational groups:
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counsel to heart. For on his da!y
special announcement he carfleu
the notice: "Clamb Broth"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-30

On BRIDGE

BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
Winners All

Having established a remarkable
record at basketball, New Hanover
High school repeats in baseball by win
ming the Eastern Conference champion
ship, with only one game between it
and the state championship still to be
played with the winning club of the
Western Conference.
Win or lose in this last contest, Coach
Leon Brogden has brought the local
high school out of the doldrums in
which it had floundered athletically
since the early days of the war.
Is there not, in these two fields of
competition, good indication that when
another football season rolls around
New Hanover will be right in there at
or close to the top?
There had not been time for Mr..
Brogden to develop a winning eleven
when the season opened last year. In
the meantime he has been training
younger teams and working on the var
sity squad in the n~iceties that bring
victory, building up not only the tech
nique so necessary to any group in
any activity but the morale of players
in all branches of athletic endeavor.
When the Wild Cats come on the
grldiron for their first game next fall
1t will need no expert to see the play
ers have what it takes to win.
New Hanover county is proud of its
high school enthusiastically. It may be
equally proud. of it in athletics.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
Who Rules Russia?

There's another disagreement be-
tween Secretary of State Byrnes and
Foreign Commissar Molotov. Mr..
Byrnes says that Premier Stain of
the Soviet Union had agreed during a
conference in Moscow last December
to the American plan for a TWENTY-FIVE
year four-power treaty to keep Ger
many dlsarmed. Mr.. Molotov, who o.
posed the proposal at. the recent For
eign Ministers Conference in Paris.
insists that this can't be true as upon
the occasion of Mr.. Byrnes' marley
with the Russian Premier last Deem
Der ne did not have the draft of the
proposed treaty and therefore Stain
could not have given his consent 10 #
IT a Washington dispatch accurately
quotes Mr.. Byrnes, our Secretary of
State has claimed only that Stain
agreed in principle" to the American
proposal. The question of a draft of the
treaty has been injected by Mr.. Molo-
toV' there would appear to be no rea-
son for questioning Mr.. Byrnes' declara-
tlon' but reason enough to think that
Mr.. Molotov, whose entire postwar
career has been characterized by OBJ
structlve tactics, brings the treaty
draft into discussion in an attempt to
dlscredit the United States Secretary
OF State. In this case he is more clumsy
than adroit.
But the discussion itself is not as
interesting, in the final analysis, as
the question of Joseph Stalin's real
position in postwar Russia, and who is
directing Mr.. Molotov's activities. Is
he actually Premier Stains man, as
his position indicates, or the Russian
Army's agent; and is Joseph Stain
actually premier of Russia or only the
Army's underling, permitted to hold
the title without the authority the
title implies?
The outside world, and especially the
Western "bloc," will never be told, of
course, but evidence continues to pile
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Mckinney On
BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

While Mrs. Mckinney and
do not play as partners in many
tournaments, that does not mean
that l do not consider her a fine
player. While l do not actually
agree with the theory that hus-
bands and wives do not make
good bridge partners, somehow or
other we do get along better when
we do not play. Here is a pretty
hand that she played recently.
Her opening bid was a little
optimistic, and her second bid
even more so.
She Won the opening lead in her
hand with the ace of clubs. Rea-
soning that if there we're four
spades in one hand it would be
impossible to make the contract,
her next play was thee deuce of
diamonds to the ace and a small
diamond back, which she ruffed
with the four of spades
She led a small trump to dunn
my's Jack and played another dia-
mond, but this time she was
careful to trump with the queen
of spades.
A small spade was played to
dummy and 0 Their diamond
trumped. Thus the diamond suit
established and she had p cluh
entry.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
The Next Economic Stage

Let your memories turn back, YOU
elders among us, to the time when Cant
tai was the monopolistic force in the
national economy and through it's greed
and exploitation forced workers In
band together in unions for their nro.
lection. With the unionization of labor
the United States passed from one
economic stage to another.
Then the time came when labor was
the monopolistic force, a transforma-
ton aided and abetted by a president
who taught labor to substitute for the
rights it had achieved the "gains" he
sponsored for political purposes. and
capital was crusified. The country is
IN this economic stage at present. In
every recent contest between labor and
capital, capital has been crowded aside
and labor victorious.
There is but one more staoa n ho
considered. Whether we are canahlo of
advancing to it remains to be soon u
is the organization of the generally
low-rated common man" who, whether
capital was in the saddle or labor, has
been Unfortunately forced to hear
the cost successfully of capitals and
labor's monopoly.
1t is the unorganized, ununionized
millions upon whom the economic CO
curity of the nation rests. Let them
band together, under the influence of
pressing necessity and for their lands
survival in freedom, to the end that
both capital and unicn labor shall be
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
By JOHN SKIES

= A good eight weeks or more hav-
ing passed since last l preached
the subject of food to you I'm
hoping you'll pardon me for ven
turing onto a culinary topic at this
time.
Assuming you'll grant the pardon
l feel compelled to tell you that
having spent the past winter look
ing forward to the spring and sum-
mer, I'm now spending the late
spring - and I will soon spend
the summer - looking forward to
the coming of fall.
Next fall, I am promised by Mr..
Hamilton Hicks, an invitation to a
mullet fry. And well may l look
forward to this. Mr.. Hicks is the
gentleman who supervised the
planked shad supper I told you
about some weeks ago and it was
a success, indeed.
All of this naturally turns nv
thoughts toward food, and particu-
larly seafood. Certainly you must
know about such matters, but there
is a section in North Carolina, on
the Roanoke river around Weldon.
where the boys and this mean
OF course, everybody including
bank presidents, ministers, filling
station operators, truck drivers.
lawyers, judges, and SO on - get
together very frequently and 60
through a ritual of brewing a sea
food connection and eating it.
This connection is called a
"Rocktish muddle". It is a most
pungent dish. AS a matter of fact
you don't dare wear the same suit
to work tomorrow you wear on a
Rockfish muddle tonight.
To give you an idea: The word
is passed around late in the after
nooa that M of~the boys has cotne
upon a mess of Rockfish. Striped
bass is the same thing. This word
is passed until you have any where
from a half dozen to two dozen.
even more, of the boys who're in
terested. For the remainder of the
afternoon the boys lose interest in
everything else but getting ready
for the nuddle. One will pick up a
piece of smoked pork - usuallv a
streak OF lean and a streak of fat,
Another will scrounge around for
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
The Rockf1sh Middle Could Well Be
Introduced Into The Wilmington Area

onions, the stronger the better.
Another will pick up some Irish
potatoes. Another some yellow corn
meal. Another some red pod pep
per. And the others will gather salt
and pepper - the latter freshly
ground, if possible = bay leaves,
Worcestershire sauce, and any
thing else in the way of season.
ings.
So finally the time for gathering
comes. The boys get their sacks of
this and that out and begin putting
all the ingredients - potatoes, on.
ions, seasoaings, smoked pork,
meal, etc, into a large pot. The
pot should be large enough in
which to do a family's weeks
wash. Be sur to figure on a very
large family.
These ingredients, which have
been dumped into two or three gal
Ions of water, are allowed to boil
and simmer and stew for any,
where from two to five hours, de-
pending upon what sort of muse
meat you might have arranged, or
that may have just extemporane-
ously popped up, in the meantime.
Meanwhile, the Rockfish have
Deen cut into chunks about the size
OF your fist. But you forget all
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about the fish until you've let the
potatoes and onions boil and sim.
mel so long you cannot smell any
thing else in the neighborhood ex-
cept the pungent odor of highly
seasoned potatoes and onions boil
ing with fat smoked pork.
About the time you are beginning
to think you're going to faint from
the fumes, or from sheer hunger.
you dump the chunks of Rochish
into the pot and then you let the
cauldron bubble for perhaps anoth-
er hour.
1t has been said that by this time
you are SO hungry you will believe
hat any food was sent you direct
from the kitchen of Brillat Savarin.
But this isn't true. It is the mouth
watering goodness OF the muddle
that puts you in mind of Savarin,
not to mention Fanny Farmer.
You just grab a ladle and the
biggest soup bowl you can find and
dish out the muddle. Every man
Tor himself. And then you set TO
1t. Middle is most delicious when
you consume it with slurrups.
Inere is something about the slur-
ripping process that brings out the
full-bodied flavor - and it is full
bodied 1 not only can but will as
sure you - of the muddle.
Just in case you're shying away
from making yourself up a mess
OF muddle because you can't find
Rock1lsh. don't. You can make
muodle out of about any type OF
edible fish that swims - and I'm
not so certain you couldn'tdo lust
as well with inedible fish.
You may use puppy drum,
croakers' black drum, Sleeps
head, or anything Of that sort.
After a fish has bee. doused into
the ingredients I have outlined to
you l cannot see that i. makes a
great deal Of difference what spe.
Gle the fish happened TO be when he
was flrst Immersed.
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Labor Legislation

Labor legislation became more tangl-
ed yesterday. The House passed the
Case bill with the Senate's amend
ments, The Senate prepared to reject
President Truman's bill, already adopt
ed by the House, authorizing induction
of strikers in government-seized plants
into the armed service. And President
Truman, piqued perhaps at opposition
in the Senate to his bill, is generally
thought to intend to veto the amended
Case bill.
All of this may or may not have
been done when this newspaper reach
es your breakfast table. In any case, it
is obvious that legislation intended to
put brakes on labor is in a sorry mess.
AS it is, Mr.. Truman's avowed de-
sire to see the nation again freed from
labor bossism, it would seem that he can
have no reason to veto the bill as pass
ed by both Senate and House, even
though he does not agree in full with
all its provisions which, as reported
by the Associated Press, are:
l. Create a federal mediation board
with power to ban strikes or lockouts
for, 60 days while it seeks to solve them.
2. Permit civil suits against either
or management if contracts are
broken.
3. Take away bargaining rights of
any individuals engaged in violence
while picketing or striking in violation
of the law.
4. Ban secondary boycotts to force
disputants to come to terms. (this is
designed to prevent jurisdictional dis
putes from tying up production). Vio-
lates would be subject to loss of bar
gaining and unemployment rights.
5. Ban employer contributions to
worker-welfare funds administered ex-
olusively by unions. (this was aimed
John L. Lewis original demand for
a welfare fund financed by employers
through a 7 per cent payroll levy but
administered by the United Mine Work
ers.)
6. Create fact-finding commissions to
determine points at issue in labor dis
'utes involving public utilities.
7. Provide severe penalties for work.
FRS interfering with movement Of goods
n interstate commerce. (this is design-
I'd to prevent unions from prohibiting
:arnners from moving goods to market
;hemselves).
8. Denies usual employee rights to
lnlons of supervisory workers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
STAR Dust
National Scum

National Soup
one doesn't blame the nation
al association of food folks who re
Gently gave weighty and nrofoun6
consideration to this fundamental
problem. After due deliberation
and serious cogitation if wa
solemly proclaimed that pea soup
vas duly elected the national
champion. Undoubtedly in the not
distant future We shall have =
National Pea Soup Week.
A good many men of p~erspicaci-
'ty and above average acumen will
acclaim the choice. Good th;ct
flavorful pea soup made with .
nam bone and allowed to set for
o or 10 hours after the making
and before relocating is a gift for
the gods. But one hesitates abont
labelling one soup the nationsl
cholce. There r those who thinL
black bean soup made with pieces
dried out salt pork the hest.
some Will vote faithfully for onion
A few discriminating souls know.
me completely satisfying goodness
o parsnip stew or potato som
well chinked with onion and sslt
PORK. And if you include chow
GERS and steWs, who can eainsav
the vote appeal of clam chowdey
lmade without tomatoes) oyster
stew or beef stew. Wall 81
Journal. o.
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Doctor Says
Diet NEEDED
BY THESE PEOPLE
BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN AZ

Although no known diet will crr.
sallbladder infection or stones =.
patient will be more conotor+.5.
If he avoids those foods w5ics
cause distress. The general WIZ
ing to eat less lat does MOI 49,
every case.
If the gallbladder patient !,
overweight, IT is advisable Tor bir.
to reduce. This improves ais s.n'
eral health, ard, if an ope,sfjor
is advised, ne is in much be,,.r
condition fer it.
Another advantage in toIlov,.
a reduction diet is that ea.s
smaller meals helps to control d..
tress. Large meals are apt II
bring on trouble.)
Most patients with gallbleddsr
infection and stones are c5rSti.
pated, and the excess of fruits and
vegetables in the reducing Diet
aids in overcoming bowel sIup.
gishness.
The CHIEF objection To q r.duc.
ing diet is that distress NAV BE-
produced by eating certain vege.
tables. If cabbage and c~aulifloTer
are avoided, and if others which
may cause distress are pureed
this difficulty can be overcome.
Gallbladder disease is not con.
fined to the overweight, and
smooth bland diet is recommend.
ed for troubled thin persons.
If there is a tendency TO gaseous
distress at night, the patient
should eat a light evening meal
and have the large meal at noon,
Immediately after a collie a..
tack, the diet is limited to LIQUIDS
such as milk soups and orange
juice. Later, strained cereals are
added, ard then vegetables, lean
meat, and fish in moderation.
Among the vegetables, baked or
mashed potatoes, spinach, aspars.
gus, lettuce, and squash usually
cause me least distress.
Ga,ls:ones cannot be dissolved
by any known medicine. Rene.
dies" are sold which are said to
dissolve gallstones, but they con.
sist Of olive oil and salts. When
the two are mixed in the stomach
and intestines, small soapy Jumps
= formed, and when these are
passed, the patient considers them
TO be galls:ones.
Occasionally. a gladstone will
pass down the duct from III. sal.
Bladder to the intestine during an
attack, Or a large stone may ulcer.
ate through the gallbladder wall
into the intestine.
Gallbladder symptoms follow an
irregular course. They may no.
bother the patient for months Or
years, while at other times taey
cause continual distress which il
relieved only by operation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
Religion
MILADY GOES SWIMMING
By WILLIAM T. ELLIS

MILADY CUES SWIMMING
1t used to interest me great,v
to watch our boys grow in abilitv
to outstrip their father in phvsic.,
accomplishments. Now observe
that even Milady can outdo him
In the water. True: I can swir
faster than she; but she can swim
farther. Long after 1 am winded
she is tirelessly swimming alone
Milady's gift is the real one re-
world is full of short-distancs
swimmers and workers-off with .
dash, and quickly tired. Every
pastor and every employer can tell
tales Of these brilliant starters
who cannot carry on to the end
The Bible is a book for stickers.
to-1t, endurers to the end, Chris
uans Who can keep ON, without
WEAKNESS or quitting.
We thank Thee, Father for
saviour who went the limit; Whom
nothing could delay or dismay or
discourage. We would be sharers
IN HIS presevering faithfulness.
Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30
TheLiterarv
Guidepost
BY W. G. ROGERS
THEN AND NOW, by W. Somer.
set Vaughan Doubleday;
$3.50.

M%achiavelli, profligate author oi
THE Prince" and his machiayel.
Ian model, the ruthless and
scheming Caesar Borgia, ought 10
whip up effectively into 3 spicy
dish, and Vaughan here tries his
practised hand on them.
According to his story. Machis'
velli with young Fiero Giacomini
in his train sets out from Flor
ence as special envoy to Caesar,
then quarteced at Imola, The for
tunes of the republic and Of the
Borgia hang precariously on wars
waged by mercenaries and on the
favor of Louis XII Of France,
Caesar Gas Vaughan spells it
Cesar as on the jacket and Cessrs
in 1talian) wants Florence COM
mitted to mis- side, but the willy
F~lorentines prefer to temporize.
The main thread Of the story is
the negotiations between the two
men. Their imaginary interviews
are buttressed by school0ook pas
sages about the history Of the
period imaginary history tor.
in spots, you suspect from one Of
two inaccuracies.
Lest you get bored with 18th
century statecraft,a as indeed yNa
might, Vaughan a~lternates colN
Gil hall with bedroom. Meeting the
attractive wife of an Imola di2n'
tary, Machiavelli falls in love with
her complaisant mother, an obAg'
her. This intrigue is advanced BY
ing priest and tn e circumstann
that the husband, though impotenI
desires a son.
In the closing pages some years
later, Machiavelli turns his adVel'
ture into a comedy, Of which ne
says: Its only purpose Is
amuse." This purpose ascribed W
the italian to drama is also, as
the author Claimed in a recen'
speech in Washington, the man
aim of novels. Machiavelli frleno
with this waIaing
you'll have the critics down Oh
you like a thousand of bricks
And that too could be Chen ana
Even if critics agree tns'
the function of the novel is 70
while away time, like t"iddi"s
they will not find this =
satisfactory whiler away. II nn
dull pages, hackneyed s.t1atl0n'
and stock characters, all tn1fa,
in this author, and lac"
his customary skill with WORDS
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brought into equitable relationship
and they no longer remain the victims
of both.
If this means Utopia, lets have it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30

am trying to get out of the s.n .d
Can you tell me how to DO i"
Madam" replied the lame ouT ~
Senator, bowling low, Il "01.
suggest that you run in an
diana primary."-Wall St. I0W'
Al
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30

up that the Army is the real ruler of
Russia and that Mr.. Molotov does it's
bidding, using the name of Stain de-
ceitfully.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-05-30

Winnie commuted back and forth betu,aon
Washington and London SO often it is = =
der the chancellor Ct the excheouer didn,t m Gn
sist he buy a communication ticket. 'n'