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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
ourGIRights
Questions and Answers
On Servicemen's
Problems
BY LARSEN

WASHINGTON Veterans WIFI
were in any way disabled in thu
service should apply as soon a
possible to the Veterans Admin
istration for a pension ruling. Tai!
includes any man who might hav'
had an old injury aggravated BY
his service, and any veteran wnt
fears that a service-connected in
Jury which does not bother hin
now might get worse as time goe;
on.
Applying for a disability pen
sion isn't asking for charity. 1t Il
a part of the agreement between
the U. S. government and the me-
who had to fight to keep the
nation safe.
If there is any chance that a
veteran deserves a pension, he
should apply for it. 1t is up to
the veteran. to take the initiative.
Many veterans don't want to &C
cept a pension from the govern
ment now. But in order to qualify
for any of the special benefits,
such as retaining and rehablll-
tation, due disabled vets, and in
order to insure oneself against the
possibility that wat is now a
minor disability may later become
disabling, one must establish his
right to a pension at the present
time.
And it is important to establish
that right as soon as possible. The
longer a veteran waits, the harder
it is to prove that his disability
is service-connected. =
A medical discharge from the
service doesn't prove that a veter-
an has a service-connected dis
ability. The Veterans Admins
tration has its own medical re-
viewing boards to determine the
individual justification for a pen
sion.
If a veteran waits, he is likely
to lose some of the records and
papers connected with his case.
The laws might even be changed
in the meantime, disqualifying a
veteran who, had he acted in time,
would have gotten benefits on the
basis of a prior VA ruling.
Most veterans organizations
have technical stats to aid veter-
in preparing claims. And COM
plete information can be received
at any VA office.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
ARMAMENT TALKS
ON TABOO LISTS
Halsey Not Visiting. Argen-
tina State, Navy De-
partment Says

WASHINGTON, July Is -(P-
The State department doesn't
want United States military or
naval leaders to discuss armament
questions with Argentina, it wa
learned Thursday.
However, officials insisted that
the departments opposition to
such discussions had not come to
an issue in connection with the
South American tour of Admiral
William F. Halsey, Jr.
Reports On Halsey
Reports from South America
had stated that Halsey was bar
red by the department. from visit
ing Buenos Aires, where he would
presumably have conferred with
Argentine government leaders.
In response to inquiries about
this report, Lincoln White, depart
ment press officer, said that Hal
sey's itinerary "was worked out
by the State and Navy depart
ments and both sides fully agreed
on it."
Specifically, he told a question
er that Hsysey never even asked
whether he would or could 60 tt
Argentina.
Opposed To Visits
The State department in gen
eral is opposed to such visits tt
Argentina, authorities said, be
cause any ranking military o:
naval man going there would al
most inevitably have to discus
the prospects for Argentine &C
QUESTION of American arms.
The department is intent upo1
making clear to the Buenos Aire;
government that the only way t.
get such arms is for the Argen
tines to rid themselves completed,
of Nazi persons and influences ane
legally adhere to various inter
American agreements.
Before Congress
The American government !!
advocating Standardization o
ornaments throughout the hem
isphere in connection with pro
posals for a long-term defense
pact. However, legislation to per
NIT such Standardization has mo-
yet been passed by Congress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
COAL Mining SET
'NSANF0RD AREA
n. !. L. Stuckey Reports
Extensive Operations
Planned In State

nANTIC BEACH, July Is -
mining will be started on a
- scale soon in the Deep River
o. fields eight miles north of
''', .,rd bv one of Americas larg-
s'o-o .oaI producing companies, it
81 'p ranorted here to the State
Va IF Conservation and De-
Bos. an,ent by DR.. J. L. Stuckey,
c ,,+s geologist.
y. ...s no. authorized to make
te .n9ouncement on behalf Of the
Al: rompany but that during the
'oa. few days it had been clearly
'' s.a,ad that extensive operations
-a ..sabIv will begin shortly in North
r.roIina's only coal mining region.
~sssa.c+ically no coal has been obtain
here during the last twenty
'ssrs. the seo-ogist said
Extensive Drilling
milling costing $25, 900 during
~ mast two years in that area,
~ he part Of federal and private
a ,%..erests in cooperation with the
c..t. Board of Conservation ano
%7sveIopnent, Dr.. stuckey said,
y, brought results far in excess OF
expectations
Renorts Of Department ana divi.
.,,, officials occupied the atten'
.;on nj the board members during
t,e morning. In the early afternoon
,sreral additional public hearing;
wore held separately by the com
,,i-+ees on commercial fisherie:
and game and inland fisheries
T,pse and other committees me
I..ar In consider various petition:
and projects and 10 formulate theil
COMMUNICATIONS to be presented
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26
o the full board Wedne sday morn

to the full board Wedne sday morn
Ing.
At four o'clock board members
and their wives went on a boat
trip on the state yacht Hatteras.
AT six o'clock they were guests at
a party given by Mr.. and Mrs. E.
K. Buchan at their beach home.
Tuesday night they attended a
clam bake at Williston.
Fishing Interests
Representatives of fishing inter
ests at Southport, headed by Will
liam Wells. were given a special
hearing by the commercial fisher
les committee in the interest of
shrimp-conservation. They asked
that there be a closed season for
shrimp in inland waters from
March l to July Is, that the law be
more rigidly enforced as to the
slze OF mesh used and that recipro-
cal agreements be worked out with
South Carolina and other states.
Although unable to make definite
decisions without the approval Of
the other board members. Chair.
man Roy Hampton and other com.
m1ttee mmebers. with the sanction
OF DR.. H. F. Prytherch, biologist ir
charge of the United States Fishery
laboratory at Beaufort, expressed
the opinion that it might be ad
vlsable to ask legislative actor
for a cooperative plan whereof,
shrimpers in North and Soutl
Carolina could use each other
waters for certain distances a
certain seasons. The Southport mel
urged that a temporary mutua
agreement be sought also for thi
season prior to the meetings OF tn,
general assembly.
Trapping Proposal
State Treasurer Charles M. JON
son, representing Fender count
sportsmen, opposed the propose
to open January for trapping
speaking to the game and irlant
fisheries committee, he submitted
a petition signed by 1872 Pendel
sportsmen.
Director Bruce Etheridge of til.
department. reported that effort
are underway to try to procure
Fort Caswell as a State park ane
that a decision is expected soor
on federal disposal of the former
Camp Glenn site near here, with
the state apparently holding frs.
priority.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-07-26

In the fiscal year of 1944-45,
world coffee production totaled
"a, 464, 600 bags.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

LONDON, Jan. 22-The United Ma
tions at the primary instance of those
nations which developed the atomic
bomb, the United States, Britain and
Canada, is tackling the tremendous Job
OF seeing Cd that atomic energy shall
not be used to make war, % that atomic
energy shall under proper controls be
used for peaceful ends.
Russia, France and China Joined with
these discoveries of atomic energy to
urge on the United Nations the appoint
ment Of commission to investigate and
make proposals If anything were needed
to impress on the world the Importance
of the UNO. Its determination to 90
ahead with this task should make the
most skeptical realize that new force
for international peace has been born.
Acting with smoothness and determina-
ton, the worlds three greatest powers
the United States Britain and Russia,
brought about unanimous approval of
the resolution providing for the appoint
ment OF this atomic energy commission
- 4
At the first meeting of the Political
and Security Committee of the United
Nations Assembly, a committee In which
all the member nations are represented,
the sole dissenting voice raised was
that Of the Philippine Islands delegate
and he did not vote against the resolu-
ton but merely abstained from voting.
The final step will be approval of the
resolution by the Assembly itself and
the appointment of the commission.
The resolution directs the commission to
proceed with the utmost dispatch to
inquire into all phases of the atomic
energy problem, to make specific pro-
posals for extending between all nations
the exchange Of basic scientific infor-
nation for peaceful ends for control Of
atomic energy to the extent necessary
to ensure its use only for peaceful pur-
poses, for the elimination from national
ornaments of atomic weapons and of
all other major weapons adaptable to
mass destruction, and for effective safe
guards by way of inspection and other
means to protect complying states
against the hazards Of violations and
evasions
Now the important thing is that none
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
Bad for Good Will

According to a New York Times
dispatch from Budapest, the Rus
slams have seized an American
owned oil field in Hungary. The
field belongs wholly to the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey. but If
the dispatch is accurate. it's general
manager - Standards agent has
been told to keep off the property,
with notice served by the Red Army
that Soviet technicians will run it
henceforth because our petroleum
techniques are twenty-five years be-
hind the times.
The russians apparently are pay
ing Standard in full for the oil which
they are taking from this field.
But the seizure is a high-handed
proceeding nevertheless and the
reason repeatedly advanced by the
Red Army in justifying it is obvi-
ously absurd. Throughout the world
American petroleum techniques are
generally recognized as being about
the best and most efficient in exist
ence. The Soviet technicians, on the
other hand, because their objective
probably is to get maximum of oil
out of the field as fast as possible,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
This Changing World
By Constantine Broom

The resignation of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle as interim president OF France
is expected to have far-reaching roper
cussions not only in his own country
but throughout Western Europe, which
may adopt the political setup forced on
Eastern Europe by Russia.
Gen. de Gaulle has considered HIM
self the indispensable man of France"
ever since he formed the Free French
organization in London after his coun-
trys debacle in 1910.
He continued to remain symbol
until France was liberated and politics
came into play. But even after he be-
came the temporary head of the new
government he continued to believe that
he could not be displaced for some time.
There have been frictions between him
and the leaders of the French political
parties on many occasions. He wealth
cred the storms by threatening to re-
sign. Because the various political par
ties had not yet found themselves" he
was always asked to remain in his tenn
porary high office.
But since the last elections in October
the situation has changed. The Radi-
cal Socialists, who before the war had
been the mainstays of Frances politi-
cal life, were utterly defeated; a new
party, the Popular Republicans, made
its appearance and gained substantial
number of votes. Although the Com
munists were the strongest single par
liamentary group, the balance OF power
was held by the Leftist Socialist party
headed by Leon Blum.
Gen. de Gaulle felt that this alliance
would last at least until the draft of
the new French constitution in July
He believed that during the next few
months he would be able to do certain
things which would assure him of cleo
ton as President of France In the
meantime, he was determined to re-
build Frances military power by Or
ganizing an army of at least go divisions
fully equipped with the most modern
weapons of war
Gen. de Gaulle, however, missed his
guess about the temper of the country
and was misinformed about the ire
mendous strides the Communists had
made in France among the usually con-
servative peasantry and the small BUSH
nesSmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22

Of this information about atomic energy
Is to be passed around until effective
measures Of security and control have
been adopted. This was made abso-
lutely clear in statements made by
Senator Connally, member of the Poll
tical and Security Committee, which
were in no way challenged by Russia
or any other member. The United
States and the other nations which
have the atom bomb are not revealing
the secret Of its manufacture. However,
they are agreeing to plan to outlaw
forever the use of the atomic bomb as
war weapon and to a plan which
eventually may make atomic energy OF
enormous value to the civilized world.
. t.
1t is great gesture and one that
should reassure the world, particularly
when the other members of the United
Nations are joined as they are in this
project. The handling of this atomic
energy matter was regarded as the most
important task of this first meeting of
the UNO. That it is being accomplished
quickly and with satisfaction gives
the lie to those who have looked on the
United Nations as just another inter-
national organization.
Criticism Of the proposed commission
because it is to be composed Of rep
resentatives of the ll-member Sc
curity Council dominated by the big
powers is idle. In the first place, the
charter for the United Nations makes
the Security Couicil primarily respon-
sible for the maintenance of peace. It
Is proper that the Atomic Energy Com
mission should therefore make its re-
ports to the Security Council and that
when, in the opinion OF the Security
Council, no danger is attached, reports
should be handed along to the As
sembly and to members OF the United
Nations.
An effort was made by the Filipino
delegate to show that this was dis
elimination against small nations. This
was fatty denied by Brazil and Argen-
tina who pointed out that, had the Sc
curity Council desired, it could have
dealt with the matter without ever
having it taken to the General As
sembly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22

The mistakes Of the government TO-
gether with the physical difficulties of
providing the French people with the
barest necessities of life, have created a
discomfort throughout the country which
has resulted in increased support of the
Communist Party
The activities of the Communists, who
have ample financial support, have
gained the backing of large number
OF French people. Under these circum-
stances, the Leftist Socialists Of M. Blum
have been compelled to support the
measures proposed by the Communist
members Of the Chamber and drift away
from the Popular Republicans.
The half-hearted naturalization meas
ures adopted by the French government
did not please either the Communists
or the Socialists.
But what irked the Communists more
than anything else was the foreign pol
icy Of the French government which
Moscow accused of playing into the
hands OF the British and supporting sub
rosa the idea of Western European bloc.
Gen. de Gaulle wanted France to become
again real factor in the concert of
world powers with a determining voice
in all major problems affecting inter-
national problems. The French people,
by and large, were chiefly interested in
food, clothing and fuel for the winter.
The sequel Of the widespread discon-
tent in France, which Is translated in
the increased popularity of the Com
munists among the French masses, was
that the left-wing Socialists, who recog-
nize M. Blum as their president emer-
titus" are by way of breaking away from
the Popular Republicans-the staunch-
est supporters of Gen. de Gaulle.
The group of M. Thorez has bided its
time carefully. 1t worked with the De
Gaulle supporters for while, when it
was considered good politics to support
the general. Then when De Gaulle
made the mistake of overrating his pop
ularity they came to the fore, knitted him
at the opportune time and are expected
to become the dominating factor in
France.
The establishment of a Communist
dominated government in Paris may
have telling effect throughout West
ern Europe, where France, in spite Of
her weakness, is still looked on as the
leader of political thinking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
1t Wasn't Human

The world will waste little SYM
pathy on the band of renegade
Russians who attempted mass
suicide rather than be sent back to
their native land and the certain
punishment which awaited them
there. These men, when the tide
of German invasion was running
high, deserted their homeland and
went over to the enemy. For that
there can be no excuse and no con-
donement. Nevertheless, reading the
accounts of their frantic efforts to
destroy themselves, it is easy to
agree with the American soldier who,
witnessing the scene, said: ut wasn't
human"
When the GIs came for the pris-
oners to turn them over to Soviet
authorities, thirty-one of the men
barricaded themselves in their quar-
tiers and set them afire. Ten killed
themselves by hanging or slashing
their threats. Two tried to dis
ENDOWED themselves with broken
glass. One man thrust his head
through window pane and cut his
throat on the jagged edges. Another
stabbed himself in the heart and
then, with blood squirting from the
wound, fought off the Americans
until dubbed into insensibility. The
others screamed at their guards,
begging to be shot, until taken away.
To the Americans, whose duty it
was to send these men back to
Russia, the experience must have
been demoralizing one. For of all
spectacles, there can be none more
narrowing than that of men reduced
by consuming fear to the point
where they would rather kill them
selves than face the future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22
Burning Wearing Apparel, Etc.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
read with great interest the article
in the January edition of The Star
relative to charges by a CT staff SER
geant in Okinawa of the burning OF
tents, lumber and clothing on that is
land. It is all too true and it seems
to me sin to destroy property that our
taxes paid for. On another page we
are asked to give our surplus clothing,
shoes, etc., to the needy in Europe. Why
not give these countries the surplus
clothing, the turned-in wearing apparel
of the soldiers and sailors who are dis
charged from the service instead of
burning it up?
1t burns me up, too. remember
when was boy and lived with my par
rents near Fort Myer, Va.-my parents
still live there-I heard they were
condemning used tents at the fort. I
tried to buy one but was told they had
to be destroyed, that they could not sell
or give away Government property no
matter how bad the condition of 1t.
EDWARD HUMM.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22

Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians
WHO express dissatisfaction with Soviet
rule are Fascists. Indians, Annamese
and Indonesians who express dissatis-
faction with British, French or Dutch
rule are democratic patriots.
The Kuomintang Is always wrong.
The Chinese Communists are always
right.
In all labor disputes, management is
always wrong. The unions are always
right.
The Republican party is sinister
influence. But, curiously enough, the
Democratic party is not accepted by the
liberal line" save for the assumption
that everything the late President Roose-
welt ever did, said or thought is now as
sacrosanct as Holy Writ.
The foregoing are typical examples OF
"the liberal line" They and their like
are to be encountered everywhere. They
creep into print, and into radio broad
casts-Sometimes one is sure, quite I'M
consciously. They color the thinking
Of tired and lazy minds-and every
mind is sometimes tired, and sometimes
lazy. They are repeated so often, and
accepted by so many so-called "intel-
lectuals" that 1t is necessary to be con-
stantly on guard against their influ-
ence. Every community in the country
has its little group of "intellectuals,"
it's little gatherings who listen to Pro-
fessor Whosit or Mrs Bumbletwist, who
subscribes to all the good, liberal maya
zines"
do not say that "the liberal line"
n iy1f MI 10 hi
Nation from its true interests. Its great
danger to our thinking is that 1t Is not
plot at all, for plotting takes real
thought. 1t Is just collection of ideas
that are coming to be something OF a
social instinct-the things that good
people" are supposed to accept without
question.
Well, the time has come to question
them-and anything else that anyone
hands you as an understood fact"
Most people who accept "the liberal
line" are really on the right side Of the
fence; they want international peace, Sc
curity, honest dealing among nations,
better chance for the little fellow.
whether nation or individual.
But those detectives are only to be
gained by realistic policies, based on
realistic appreciation of the facts as
they actually are. Uncritical acceptance
Of any Zine" is far more dangerous than
sIbversive argument, when one consid-
ers that the security Of the world may
well depend on clear, tough, honest hard
thinking by the citizens of the United
States as to the policies and responsible
tiles of their country.
tcopyrisht 1sAs)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-01-22

are likely to resort to wasteful meth
DDS injurious to the fields future
capacity.
On It's face, the incident thus
seems so clearly unwarranted that
one might almost suspect that the
Red Army command in Hungary has
blundered into it independently of
Moscow. But however this may be,
since the Potsdam agreement gives
Russia no right to Hungarian prop
erty wholly owned by Americans,
the seizure ought certainly to be
ended without delay. AS matters
stand, the action has all the ear
marks of being another of those
relatively small but irritating ges-
lures whose cumulative effect can
scarcely promote a mutual feeling
Of good will.