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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15

supplies other than drugs from
our local pharmacist under the
new medicine plan o. the Veter'
ans Administration?
Ain addition to drugs, certain
specified medical requisites, such
S insulin syringes and needles,
itomizers; nebulizers, hot-water
,ottles. fountain syringes, ice bags.
ard feeding tubes, are available
under the plan. These items are
to be prescribed only in cases Of
emergency.
Q-What is the first step I have
to take in order to get drugs
need from the local pharmacies
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15
FARMER-BUSINESS
SESSION PLANNED
Over Two Hundred Expect
ed Here To Stress Need
For Plants

Better than 200 southeastern NORTH
Carolina farmers and business
men are expected to convene in the
county courthouse Tuesday for a
conference on development of pro.
cessing plants for farm products
grown in Southeastern North Car
DINA. John H. Harrell, city in
dustrial agent, announced yester'
day.
Farrell is one of five members ct
a Wilmington committee named
last week by Governor Cherry to
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15

under the new Veterans Admins
tration plan?
A. The doctor who is treating
YOU can tell you what pharmacist
to get the necessary drugs from.
The pharmacist then sends the bill
to the Veterans Administration.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15
WORN OuTFROM
UP
NIGHTS?

. 1fyou get up nights-have frequent de-
sire to pass your water-yes. and have
backache, due to excess aeidity in the
urine, be glad you're reading this:
Three generations ago DR.. Kilmer, a
famous doctor, found hundreds of his
patients with this trouble. So he made q
medicine of Is herbs, roots, vegetables.
balsams. He called it "Swamp-Root."
Millions of men and women have taken
it-often with amazing results.
Swamp-Root goes right to work TO
flush out kidneys . increases flow OF
urine, helping relieve excess acidity -. so
the irritated bladder gets a good flushing
out: too; IN Many n.y. report < 6 getting 5as . 1900 sood
Caution: take as directed.
For free trial supply, send to Dept. r.
Kilmer & Co., Inc, Box 1255, Stamford.
Conn. Or-get full sized bottle of Swamp
Root today at your drugstore.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15

r. P. Jobb. ACL industrial agent
and Farrell are local members Of
the governors committee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
Pinch-Hitter

This heinz government of and by the people, with free speech and free press (not to mention free adVce we devong space below to the proposal o visitor Wno dropped in yesterday with few suggestions on now Is country should conduct it's foreign citations what thls country needs said he, taking pull on his llcen clgar lis John L. Lewis to bat for Jimmy byrnes at that Tor eign ministers conference The visitor bnked soemy through his glasses until the laughter had subslded and added, Tt isn't silly as it sounds He then went on to give his reasons, which substantially as follows:
 The administrative setup of big labor unions resem- bles the Russian government more closely does ernnent in Washington Therefore, Ar Lewis labor leader should understand the Russian viewpoint better than does MT Byrnes who has only been lawyer senator Supreme Court justice and Secretary of State
 MT. Mootov is skiful bargainer. He comes to con- ference demanding the of righteousness and justice far than he expects to get Then he makes great show of magnanmty in granting concessions while receives just what he wanted in the first place. That IS precisely the technique that Mir. Lewis uses
 Mr. Mootov is of the worlds toughest men to face across conference table but Mr. Lewis Mr. Molotov is backed by tremendous country with tremendous re- sources and by government with tremendous deermna- ton to get what Mir Lewis has the same deter mination though vastly less backing Still, whether you like his technique not he usually manages to come out top dog his annual tusse with the operators and or the government.
 Furthermore Mr Lewis is impressive. He has mag nfcent eyebrows He has the capacity and the gourmet palate to do ample justice to Russian banquet He can quote Shakespeare by the yard and crate in the stately measures of an Old Testament prophecy.
 As an added attraction, MT Lewis would team up well with MT Bevn. Looking at their imposing grth, MT Moo would get tangible idea of what Western solidarity means He might forget for the moment that he rep resented the worlds biggest country and be moved to con cession by the presence of much bulk across the table from him. Thus did visitor hough not union man himse enlarge upon MT Lewis qualifications as the particular for the particular job
 We asked if lie suggesting that MT. Truman fire MT Byrnes seemed be doing pretty we'll in most difficult assignment No the visitor didn't go quite that far What he had in mind for MT Lewis just pnch-htng job Let him negotiate for his country well he does for his miners and lot of international problems would vanish That pointed would involve serious dlth entities of protocol and prestlge among other things But as visitor to leave found ourselves thinking that as he said the idea wasn't as silly it sounded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
California, Here Jimmy Comes

The endorsement of James Roosevelt eldest of the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt state chairman o the Democratic Central Committee to wonder Ii politically has not been made to perpetuate the name of Roosevelt Under Cafornas rotation system the South ern California branch of the party entitled to select the state chairman this year Therefore his endorsement by this branch is tantamount to election.
 However it is early yet to ponder the possibilities o a- other Roosevelt occupying the White House in Washington at least few years to State chairman ot the Democratic Central Committee in California is long way from President the United States Yet stranger things have happened. Some other has apty put It., whats in a name? However the of Roosevelt has had than the ordinary share of prominence In the run of names in this countrys politics statewide and nationally
 And furthermore Mir. Roosevelt is making his bid for fame state, While California claim to be Ohio Virginia for supplying presidents, yet this daily advertised land of sunshine yields powerful club poltl cay generally be depended to be heard from when the ballots drop So perhaps in the words of that tuneful nnalrhng song California Here l Come y Jimmy here he comes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
Merry-G0-R0und

WASHINGTON July 23-Whle the entire nation waited for Congress to make up its mind on the vital question of price control the inside fact was that House conferees angriy walked out of one meet ing in protest against the absenteeism of two Sen- ators
 One was Majority Leader Alben Barkley of Ken lucky who failed to show up at all for one after session and left in the middle ot the next days session for trip out of toWn
 Barkleys excuse for the first absence "im- portant business on the floor" However, when House conferees learned that the business was silver bill and an equal rights measure they blew up and dis gustedly stalked out of the meeting
 The other absentee was lame-duck George Rad cliffe of Maryland. House Chairman Brent Spence of Kentucky sharply criticized the Hack of CO., operation of the two Senators, aiming his ire chiefly at Barkley who had been counted on to spearhead the fight for Senate the controversial Taft guaranteed profits" amendment and the de-contro of food products.
 Here we are discussing the economy of the entire nation" caustically remarked another House spokesman. Tt seems to that this is more lm- portant than silver or an equal rights bill. We don't produce more than s250OO00O worth of silver an- nually."
 House Members walked out after OPA champions talked themselves blue trying to make Bob Taft of Ohio and other Senate conferees back down the guaranteed profits provision and food de-controls. Liberal COP. Senator Charles Tobey of New Hamp- shire, expected to stand by the OPA, but he remarked:
 T intend to support the Senate bill, I have no other alternative since the Senate has voted for it"
 Showing up at the next days meeting, Barkley promised better attendance after Spence called him to task for being AWOL
 we can't get along without you Alben" said his fellow Kentuckian T know you are aware of what is at stake here We must agree OPA bill that the President will sign. shudder to think of the indescribable train of evils that will result if don't
 Issue which helped defeat Ed Pauley for Under secretary of Navy-Tidewater Oil Lands-s coming up in the Senate again, with Senator Pat McCarran of Nevada doing his best to jam the bill through before Congress adjourns.
 The bill would give the AS states title to sub merged oil lands under the ocean-bed rather than letting the Supreme Court decide whether they be- long to the States or the Federal Government
 Meanwhile Attorney General Bob Kenny of Cal ing in years. He and the Justice Department have been in to whether he could get the Tide lands Oil Bill passed by Congress before the Justice Department could get the question before the Su- preme Court. It now looks if Kenny has won. Here is how he did it.
 Last winter when both California and the Justice Department were to file briefs before the Supreme Court, Kenny petitioned the Court for two months delay. This was granted
 When the two months expired, Kenny filed one of the longest briefs in history It three volumes thick and 822 pages long. It is customary to make Supreme Court briefs what the name imples-brief and to the point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
John LeWiS'S Vacation

WASHINGTON, July NEAl-Among the O. cia chit tchat of the day. it should be noted that MT is taking auto trip through the Midwest, lesurey surveying his empire When last heard from he in Iowa.
 If he sends back postcards, they probably read, Having fine time, glad I'm not there." For in his absence the coal operators and Admiral Ben Moreel, the governments coal mines administrator, sweat ing it out in the air-condtoned mines of Washing ton. Their work, which is not nice though they have it, is to agree a contract under which the owners can take their mines back from the government. If Admiral Moreell wants to consult John L. Lewis about any phase of this he has to fly in navy plane to wherever Lewis is
 Though the coal strike was presumably settled over six weeks ago. the mines have not been turned back to their owners because of inability to agree on several points in the governments contract with the miners union.
 First, on declaration of the new safety code It was to have been issued within 30 days after settle ment Of the strike. draft prepared, but both union and operators objected to some of its prov- slons, so that's hung up The mines are now being operated under temporary Bureau of Mines safety regulations
 Second, supervisory employees. Some of the operators, who want to get their properties back in hurry, willing to settle this on any terms. Other operators holding for clear definition of who is management and who is not long battle is ahead, and it will take Supreme Court decision to settle it finally.
 Third is operation of the welfare fund Oper-. ators anticipate that Lewis will demand the same control those funds in the sot-coal mines that he won in contract with the hard-coa operators For the time being, the general public doesn't give boot about any of these things There is coal to be bought. if anyone wants it in July Trains and factories are running. So why worry?
 John L. Lewis doesn't care. He has good tract with the government. It's better contract than he could have obtained from the operators. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
Down South in Georgia by Thos Stokes

ATLANTA-This is the sad story of a native who back home hoping and expecting to see the agogue who has blackened the name of the state all over the nation some time back and dared to try again.
 he retired after Ellis Arnall had defeated him for governor three and half years ago. He had nearly wrecked the state university, oldest chartered state university, which held some pleasant associa- tons for many of us. This, and a number of other things, gave many Georgians a grievance against MT. Talmadge-those who had stayed here and those who had gone away like myself. But Gov Arnal had changed things and We thought rid of Gene Talmadge. Again people could call us "GeorgianS' and not have to smile when they said 1t.
 The Georgian who came lack could be proud of what he found The states financial affairs were in excellent shape All the sorry Tamadge mess had been cleaned up. The poll had been repealed. The voting age had been lowered 10 18 Bright young Strs taking interest in public affairs, and preparing hopefully, to cast their first votes Negroes going to vote in statewide primary for the first time in a half century.
 Our people just couldn't lose this fight for prog and decent government. It didn't seem possible
 The Negro voting interested So early cleo
 on day I started out to it. Alone I went first to polling place back of the state capitol, a munity center. There, Negroes and Whites were going in together to vote minded and in single line. l felt proud to it.
 Later after I got bus to go back to the center Of town, felt slight forebodlng. A young who stood the front of the bus was talking loudly about Old Gene" and making remarks about "NggerS." Some Negroes got at various stops to slip meeky by to their seats in the Another young man said he wasn't going to vote because he might have to stand next to "Nigger." But I tried to brush this aside, seeing what sort they were Surely there are not enough like that, said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23

Later through the kindness of the Atlanta Con- stitution. joined reporters and photographer for tour of the polling places. We went first to the Negro University center. For a half mile the line of Negroes stretched away from the Negro public school waiting to cast their ballots What impressed me was the dignity and orderness of there citizens This was time when little hilarity rowdiness might have been forgivable But not bit of it. They taking their responsibility seriously and solemnly It was inspiring. Later we visited polling places where both Whites and Negroes were voting. It most orderly.
 l wrote column about what had After dinner with friend We went to the Constitution of- Vator to face that familiar city-room mob of an election night, We knew that something wrong. It in the air.
 In the room surrounded by group, there stood, Of all people, Gene Talmadge, come to pay his spects. There was an atmosphere Of strain and uneasiness. Taking it Sportngly like the gentleman he is Ralph McGl, the editor who had fought so courageously to beat Talmadge. His face and haggard from the long battle. And this But he could smile.
 What about the election?" asked one of the staff, knowing the answer already
 '"Talmadge has won
 had sick feeling all over. Then suddenly I thought of the column had written. It began De mocracy Finally Has Come to Georgia" No not that.
 I made long distance call to Washington and asked that it be killed. This time for sweet ness and light"
 This bit of personal experience is told because it reflects the feelings of so many people in Georgia who sick at heart what happened. Their he had lost through the antique county unit system explained here previously.
 But don't give us back to the Confederacy yet. Therell be another day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
by Peter Eds0n

would be content to have it run on forever.
 The coal operators aren't concerned too much. They working, after having experienced costly 6o-day strike. At the moment there is less labor unrest in the mines than there has been in long time
 Government operation of the mines has been more or less nominal If company wants to declare a dividend it merely wires Admiral Morees office, and thereafter approval through
 But some of the bigger operators who have re- financing to do and who want to make capital n vestments for improvements or mechanization, are in bad way For instance, Pittsburgh Coal, Con- solidated Coal and the Hanna properties, which re- gently agreed to a merger, can't complete the deal till their properties are back in private hands.
 So some fine day this stupid stalemate will have to be broken.
 The government, for it's own protection, will have to get out from under it's present contract with the union.
 Harry Moses president of the H. c. Prick Coal Company and spokesman for the captve-mine oper ators, explains the situation this way:
 As the supply of coal catches up with the demand for it, the price is apt to down, because coal has always been highly competitive business. It is already below the OPA ceiling in some areas. When the price of coal comes down, the marginal oper- ators-the little fellows with the highest production cosswill be the first to be hit So what happens the day some of these little fellows wake up to find they can't meet their payroll? Does the government, which has possession of the mines. fork over?
 In peak production, these marginal operators pro- duced about one-fifth of the total tonnage but they employed about 130,000, third of the miners What happens if 500O0 miners wake up some morn- ing out of job? Must the government operate the mines?
 One out for the small operators would be for them to operate on open-shop basis That way they could wages below the contract scale cut production costs, and sell at lower market price That might cut down the membership of Lewiss union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
International Heartburn

They talking about radio in the British House of Commons the other day and Herbert Morrison Lord Pres dent of Council. admitted that he prefers the noncom mecia BEG programs to American broadcasts puncuated by an oily voice urging buy somebody's pills
 MT. Morrison also said the government intended to ds- courage foreign commercial broadcasts in England That set wondering what of pills Mr. Morrison's oily voice" had been advertising. If the ped ding remery that distressed feeling after meals then perhaps the British governments decision is wise.
 Britain is currently living iess-than- wartime ra- tion Fats and oils that desperate housewives have bought up all the available parafn causing shortage of that unpaatable substitute.
 If such diet British listeners should be treated to American commercials recommending something for relief after overeating it conceivable that international rea tions might be rather badly strained Perhaps discour a1eent of American commercial broadcasts would embarrassment and the British acute attack of bad temper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
Views of the Press
THE MAYOR AT TEN MILE
 RIVER
oNew York Herald Tribune

(NeW York Herald Tribune A boy, it has been accurately said, is a growing animal of much prom iSe, who can swim like fish, run like a deer, climb like a squirrel and often seems to be nothing but skin stretched over an appetite. For a two-legged creature of such ac- tivities, there is, of course, no more suitable place than big summer camp of wood and water, such as the Greater New York Council, Boy Scouts of America, has on it's 12,000- acre reservation on Ten Mile River in Sullivan County.
 Mayor O'Dwyer, who was once a boy in County Mayo, Ireland, took day off Wednesday and, with a party of POO other ex-boyS, motored hundred miles from the City Hall to have five-hour look at few thousand Scouts camped where the sidewalks are forty miles of green trails.
 Mayor ODwyer knows his New York City boys, even if his own boyhood was passed nearer to the River Shannon than to Ten Mile River. Doubtless he felt in his few Scout hours that he was looking at boys who would some day be healthier and better citizens be- cause of weeks from which they could return, shepherding pet snakes and turtles, displaying un- diminished war whoops, and having appetites even better stretched than when they went away. For there is probably no better spot than a well managed boys camp to prove that the civilized world need not yet be discouraged with man-so long as he is young enough and not ] too much civilized!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
WRITER THINKS, LIKE A LOT OF GOODS TODAY, THE BLUE CROSS HOSPITAL PLAN HAS GONE UP IN PRICE AND
 DOWN IN QUALITY
35 Fairview Street,
 Waterbury 76 Conn

35 Fairview Street,
 Waterbury 76, Conn. Editor, of the Democrat;
 Like a lot of goods on market nowadays, the Blue Cross Hospital ization insurance plan has gone up in price and down in quality
 This circumstance, it seems to me, points up the need of changing the laws under which the Blue Cross operates. A change is need ed to protect the people from the loss of the valuable services obtain able under the Plan-or at least to give them a say in the matter.
 Despite the fact, that the mem bership rates have been advanced, it will be no longer possible to go to the hospital. under the plan. for 3 health check-up, even though your doctor wishes to send you.
 This means: if you need a series of X-ray or other costly instrument eXamina tionS and attending hoSpi- tai care to discover the true cause of ill-health which you may suf- fer, the Blue Cross will not pay your bill. If you don't have the cash, or the means of raising it, you will go without the benefit of this modern disease-detection serv- ice. Serious trouble. unchecked, may lead to permanent invalidism and to early death.
 By all means, this provision should not be taken away from the Blue Cross subscribers The pres ent board of management of the Plan, took a poor method of cheap ening our services.
 From the time the non-profit hos pital insurance laws were estab- lished, the plans set-up under those laws bore one fatal defect: they make no provisions for direct par ticipation of the subscriber mem bers in the management of service. Thus the board of managers are not representative of the members, and are instead ansWerable only to the insurance bureau in Hartford. Non-profit hospital insurance serv- ice has, therefore, been take-it- or-leave-it proposition
 Most of us were glad to take it, for it is great improvement over the on-insurance method. We were happy to see the original White Cross Plan give way to the much improved Blue Cross, and were more than willing to pay the higher membership cost for a bet ter service.
 No one questions the necessity of increasing the membership dues un- der present conditions. But the re- duction of the services-even in the one instance-is very serious! It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
In Today's Mail

is a step in the direction of self destruction of the Plan itself!
 A democratic- controlled manage ment of the Blue Cross plan would have given the subscriber-members a chance to decide what they want ed
 As step in the direction of mak- ing the management of the Plan a truly representative body, I urge a change in the State laws covering non-profit hospital insurance serv- ices.
 I sincerely submit that the cit izens of the State call upon their representative to enact legislation to set up hospital insurance plans on truly democratic basis.
 ROBERT B. BICKEG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23
The Firing Line By D. N. T.
FOOD NOTES

FOOD NOTES If you can afford To be dressed in silk, You can have on your board Both bread and milk. If meats too high, Then let the dish You go to buy Be well, not fish. When butchermen were on the
 make They used to trim and trim the
 steak, But in these frenzied days of gloom, They trim and trim-and you know
 whom. When hens laid eggs they used to Remember when they lad
 muckle?- But now they seem to greet their
 luck By giving out a greedy chuekle. must admit, to my regret, That I am in fix: The only kind of pie I get Is 3l416. I sit and stare at the bill of fare; The fare aint there. But the bill l. still
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-23

It is obvious that the Irish poet Denis Mccarthy dead these 60 years and heard of the Mead Commit tee and it's profits investigations Yet time when the committee members impatient for visit from their colleague of the Lower House the gentleman from Kentucky hess lines of McCarthys seem particularly timely:
 An, my heart is weary waiting
 Waiting for the May.