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Evening star., 1946-08-17
French Military Vacuum
By George Fieldine Eliot

PARIS.-The military recovery of
France since the end of the war has
not been rapid. France today cannot
be said to weigh very much in, the mill
tary balance of the world There are
good hopes for the future, but the
present condition is one of military
weakness, almost a military vacuum
BY way of emphasizing the present
condition, it may be useful to recall
that in the war of 19l4-1918 France
put in the field about 100 divisions
In 1889 and 1940 France was able to
mobilize some 80 divisions-the reduc-
tion being due to the ALLEGATION of a
greater number of men to the air
force, to fortress units and to special
services. Today. France could meet an
immediate European emergency with
no more than six divisions-two in the
army of occupation in Germany, the
equivalent of three divisions in metro
politan France, and one airborne divi-
sion in North Africa. There are addi-
tional units in France and North Africa
from which another two or three divi-
sions might eventually be gathered to-
gether.
II any further units were needed,
the equipment and armament for them
would have to come from the United
States or elsewhere outside France If
such equipment were available in suffi-
cient quantity and If an emergency
arose which demanded the united
national effort of the French people
and the loyal support of the inhabit-
ants OF North Africa, it is possible
that grand total of IS divisions might
be reached. with cadres of reasonably
well-trained officers and men.
The French air force is likewise only
beginning its recovery; today it has
perhaps 1000 planes of all types, of
which not more than half are of COM
bat classifications. But these, save for
very few, are not French planes. They
are American and British planes and
are therefore dependent on American
or British sources of supply for spare
parts and engine replacements A con-
siderable effort has been made to get
the French aviation industry going
again. However, the initial targets have
been the production of sport planes
In order to keep alive an interest in
aviation in French youth, and heavy
transport planes to enable Air France
to compete IN the international COM
mercial aviation field. There has been
very little postwar production of mill
tary types.
The French Navy, with some British
assistance-notably the loan of the IT,
000-ton carrier Colossus-could operate
about one good task force in the Medi-
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Soviet Sophistry

VI WIZ SSSOilA cIlliC III CSll udy D
the Russians have sought to use the
Paris Peace Conference as a forum
to impugn the motives and misrep-
resent the performances of the
western powers And, also for the
second time, Secretary of State
Byrnes has felt impelled to use plain
language in answering the Russians
to prevent the establishment of
what would otherwise be false and
distorted record.
1t may we'll be wondered what the
Soviet delegates hope to accomplish
by these tactics. What is the ulti-
mate aim of a campaign of SANDER
and propaganda which, as Mr.. Molo-
tov must realize by now, will not be
permitted to go unchallenged?
In his address on Tuesday the
Soviet Foreign Minister alluded
darkly to certain great powers which
have enriched themselves during the
war. To whom was that addressed?
To the United States, which spent
400 billion dollars to win the war, of
which eleven billion went to bolster
the Soviet Union when it was sag
ging under German attack? Ger
tainly it would be falsehood pure
and simple to say that this country,
which seeks neither reparations nor
territory. has been enriched by the
war. And if the remark was directed
to Britain it was equally false, for
the economic distress of the empire,
seriously aggravated by the war, is
only too obvious. The complaint
might be directed with greater &C
curacy to the Soviet Union itself,
which has not hesitated to grab ter
ritory and loot the occupied coun-
tries, but even there the charge
would be unwarranted for, as Mr..
Molotov we'll knows, the conditions
of modern conflict are such that no
country can be said to enrich itself
in war.
This was but one of series of
accusations-all in the same vein
and all apart from the truth. It
would be futile, probably, to attempt
to identify the real motives behind
these Soviet tactics, but Mr.. Byrnes
may have thrown some light on the
matter.
In the preliminary meetings of
the Council of Foreign Ministers and
elsewhere the Soviet government, he
said, has obtained agreement on the
points which it regards as funda-
mental. We are pledged to support
those agreements and we will sup
port them. But on other points,
which may be Fundamental to us but
not to the Russians, there has been
no agreement and no resulting obli-
cation on the part of the Russians
to support anything. We have sac
rifced our bargaining leeway by
agreeing in advance to support Rus
sia on the things she deems to be
essential, and, being protected to
this extent, the Russians have full
freedom to be difficult and disagree
able with respect to the other issues.
Perhaps it was necessary to concede
this much in order to hold a peace
conference at all, but it seems clear
enough that the Russians are now
taking every advantage of their su-
perior bargaining position. And
there is not much that Mr.. Byrnes
can do about it except to insist on
keeping the record straight.
Evening star., 1946-08-17
Soilor on Sunday

Ainaless in ,ohites, beneath bright san
That burns across the summer park,
SloiDly you ,ualk through solitude Q
OF liberty from noon till dark. E,,a
Strange faces pass NTH secret speech.
Profoundly talking. oil intent.
Epening iuill find your words ansaid.
Film in your camera still unspent.
$3.50
Alone In t,oilioht seethe OF cro,pds
Beneath coiled neons red and blue,
These eyes triH not recall your eyes,
These streets tuiH not remember you.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1946-08-17

pressure has subsidized somewhat, he
has finally agreed to turn over his
job to some one else and take a we'll
earned rest. His retirement will be
a distinct loss to the Government
and to the people who have bene-
flied from his crusade in the interest
of fearless law enforcement.
Evening star., 1946-08-17

George Wharton Pepper antici-
pated the war contract scandal
when he wrote that a Congressman
lis expected to do simultaneously
the work of college professor and
of a bellhop."
Evening star., 1946-08-17

Next to splitting the atom, the
efficient demolition of vacation
baggage seems to be the most
notably newsworthy development of
the century
Evening star., 1946-08-17
The Spread

From the London tontario) Free Press.
Co-eds spend only IS year on cos
metics, according to a survey. But what
five bucks worth of cosmetics, properly
applied, costs college men, only their
fathers can estimate
Evening star., 1946-08-17

next Congress should give priority
to measures which will restore the
personnel safeguards necessary to
protect the integrity of the Govern
mont
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

Department No. II, Industrial
League King, for the a~ll-series
high with his total of 4374 pins
against Miller's 1912. The High
five for the respective leagues
are.
Commercial League
Bob Hale. Industrial Engineers,
4374; II. A. Price. Peele- Williams,
1908; w. D. Rice, Peele- Williams,
1868; c. BrinkmaH, Kiwanis Club,
1886: w. l.. Moe. Peele- Williams.
and Pete Schneider, Schoolmas-
tiers (tie) 1895.
Industrial League
A Miller, Department No. II,
1872; f. Mcfarland, Erectors,
1892; r. F. Penton. Refrigeration,
4088; r. Covington, Drafting
Room, 400I; c. Barney, Depart
ment ~. 1916.
The total pins knocked over by
each team during the league play
will act as a guide to show the
standing of each team at the close
of the season. However, total
pins alone did not determine the
final position that each occupied
due to the handicap system that
was in effect. The total pin
standings are without handicap.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

Williams VS. McIlwain C1othiers.
The ladies' association has n
nounced that all league games
will get under way promptly at
7.30 p. m. This column offers
best wishes for a successful sea-
son to the lady l.eglers.
Mems Bowling
The tournament to decide the
City Championship among the
mems teams is being played this
week. The manner of picking the
top five teams to play in the all
city championship decision was
done by weighing points from the
previous standings by games won.
total pins. ana points earned in the
league play. Representing the
cSommercial League in the tour
nameut Peele--Williams. Sian
dard OIL. Elks Club. Industrial
Engineers and the Javcees. Up
holding the prestige of the IA
dustriel League are teams from
the Efectors. Welders No. 2. Re
f%rigeration Department and De
partment No. L. These teams are
battling for first place in hare
fought matches and we will BE-
able to give you the results next
week after the smoke Of battle
has cleared. Foul line rules o. fhe
American Bowling Congress are
being closely observed during this
play-off and the league keglers
are watching their step as they
light for the winning bracket.
As the first bowling league1s
10 ever stage a series in Pasea-
g0ula are now complete we are
giving below I few Of the hieh
lights that stand out in the ree-
gfds OF e matches.
". D. Rice. ~PeeleWiiliams
holds the highest individual sin
gle-game score Of the season Of
232 which he rolled on March Y
y a match against the Kixanis
CLUB. IN the same match Kiwan-
ian Charlie Smith tried hard 10
top Rice by rolling q PA. Con
g~ratuiations, Rice, on the record
you have set.
r. Mcfarland. Erectors. scored
the highest individual game in the
Industrial league when he topped
zI9 pins in q match with the
Drafting Room on April 4 Con
CALCULATIONS % sou. also. AIeFar-
land.
Peeie-Williams carried off the
Top honors N the Commercial
league D. ending IS high team for
the series n their league and
the boys from Department No. y
wear the laarels o. the chm
piOH for the Industrial league.
IN tke high Pr 6epartmeHf for
eacn league we are listing the
top five men. Bob Hale. Industrial
Engineers Star from the CONNER
cisl League. nosed OF 4. Miller.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

The Powder Puff Bowling
League gets off to its start next
Monday night on the local alleys.
At the meeting of the Ladies
League Tuesday night the final
plans for the league session we're
decided and the teams formed.
In the course of business at the
meeting the temporary officers
who guided the formation of the
association we're elected to serve
rs permanent leaders for the
group. Miss Penny FraIey will
occupy the presidents chair and
Leona Byrd and Ethyl Baker are
10 serve as vice-pIesident and sec
rotary respectively. The Powder
Puffs" also agreed that a scratch
Of AS will decide the handicaps
for the various team members
during the coming league play.
The teams that make up the
Ladies' Association arc:
Ezell's Service Center-Bcssie
Thompson. captain: Mary Alma
Miller. Phyllis Sullivan. Celia Per-
mad. Doris Hamilton. and Mrs.
Clemens. alternate.
KihyetS-Penny Frslcy. cap
tain. Juiictte Harper. Nudge Bill
b.. Mary Kelly. Leona Byrd and
Bonnie Byrd. alternate.
McIIwains cinthiers - Margie
Moore. captain. RUBY Hunter.
Joyce Pierce. Ann Hill. Laura
Killercs and Bonadel Ladner. al
ienate.
Bnumficlds-Joyee Krebs. cap
tain. Lofcne Govien. Jane Stfick-
land. Elaine Roberts, Audrey
Brown and Nora Milan. alter
rate.
Peele-W iiliams-Audrey Fred
eric. captain. Ethyl Baker. Gar
new Smith. Jean Anderson. La
More Johnson and Mrs. Smithcr-
man. alternate.
Doesehcrs Radio Shop1Bettv
Doesehef, captain: Neva Cumbesi.
Anda Thomas. ChaFIien Winans
and Ilene Richard.
The president has informed US
that they are on the lookout
for ixo more teams Of ladies u
enter me league. II any ladies that
desire 70 euter a team VIII leave
their names at the Recreation
Building oshce before Monday
their teams will be entered. For
the past few months We have
seen N ever increasing number of
women using the alleys and We
cannot see xhy two more teams
should Be hard . find The
Powder Puff league promises
some real sport for al who enter.
The schedule for the first weeks
competition IS IS follows.
Monday. Aay l5-Kihyets IS
Ezellz Service Center
Tuesday. Nay 14-Doeschers IS
BuImfields.
"wednesday. Ma I5-Peele-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

was indeed a series of pleasant
association and a heck OF a lot OF
fun even if We did hppen to be
On a struggling but fighting team
that did not quite make a money
spot. In all the weeks of the
league plav we did not hear of a
single case of cheating or dirty
play. 1t was a good clean ses-
sion Of fun and we know that all
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

teams that wish to be entered
should also give their names to
Tucker SO that they can fill va
cancies as they occur. A good
summer league is planned and
full leagues should be scheduled
for better competition.
We watched the league play
pretty close this season and no.
tleed many things take place on
the alleys. AS we look back
over the closing season we like
to thing of the many new friends
that we gained while bowling. II
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10
FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1946

who had the good fortune to par
ticipais feel that they gained
something that cannot be ex-
pressed in words. 1t can be truly
said that Pascagoula has taken to
bowling as the proverbial fovJ
takes to water.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

The Pascagoula Bowling Asso-
citation has informed US that the
Summer League Series viii get
underway at an early date. 1t Is
hoped that ali teams that were
entered in the last series will re-
main in for the hot weather spe-
cial, however, an ear 10 the ground
has gathered that a few teams in
each league will take vacation
for one reason or another. II this
proves to be the case then there
sill 5g openings Tor neH teams
in the leagues already formed. All
teams that wish 10 be re-entered
are requested to leave their names
and their PLAYERS names with
Tucker at the Recreation Hall 50
that the league can be organ
ized. Along this line, al new
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-05-10

Samuel johnson published the
first English dictionary in 1855.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
Rail NOn-Strikers
Rap Truman

Chicago.-President Truman's pro-
posals for legislation to draft into the
armed forces American workmen who
enter upon strikes were branded "fasc-
ist methods of slave labor" by the Is
AFL incorporating railway brother
hoods which did not participate in the
recent rail strike. They termed the
recommendation Shocking" and
warned that enactment of such bill
would nationalize basic industries, en-
courage Communism and defeat the
Democratic Party.
The statement was issued by George
M. Harrison, president of the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks; Bert M.
Jewell, president of the Railway En-
ployes' Department, and E. E. Milli-
man, president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Maintenance of Way En-
ployes, all AFL affiliates.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07

of labor. 1t provides for the drafting
Of workers into the armed forces. 1t
restores Government by injunction. It
provides for criminal prosecution of
workers under certain conditions and
deprives workers of seniority rights
earned over long period of time.
The drafting of workers, the GRIM
inal procedure provided for under GER
tain conditions in this legislation, is
nothing less than the imposition of
Involuntary servitude. It seems incon-
ceivable that the Senate of the United
States would hastily pass such legis-
lation without giving representatives
of the workers an opportunity to pre-
sent facts and information in opposi-
ton to such legislation.
This appeal is based upon the cry
ing need for the extension of simple
justice to millions of workers and the
need for maintaining inviolate the
sacred fundamental rights of these
workers who cherish them as COM
mon heritage.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
WORLD LABOR
HICHLICHTS

(Reported by ILNS Foreign Bureau)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
SAY, LISTEN!

Forthcoming radio programs in the
"Cross Section-AFL" series broad
cast each Saturday at 2:45 p. M, East
ern Standard Time, over the nation
wide Columbia Broadcasting System,
are listed below for the information
of trade unionists everywhere so that
they can make advance plans to tune
in:
June 8-Printing trades. Edward j
Volz, President of the international
PhotoEngravers Union and workers
engaged in the various printing trades
will be interviewed from the compos-
ing room of a newspaper in New York
City.
June Entertainment Trades. Of
ficials Of the various unions repre-
senting radio, stage and screen per-
formers and workers, will describe
the AFL's far-flung activities in these
fields.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
ON PREJUDICE
By Ruth Taylor

Do you know the story of the South
ern judge who said he could always
tell the way a jury would vote, pro-
vided he knew where lay the prepon-
derance of prejudice.
He knew his people. Too often we
make up our minds not according to
the facts, even as we know them, but
according to our prejudices, our in
stinctive likes and dislikes.
once knew a man who always used
to say-generally in the midst of my
most hectic argument-that wo-
mans intuitions were usually her sus-
picions. | resented that. Naturally.
But / have to admit that, if the word
ing is changed to "intuitions are usu-
ally suspicious, the fact is correct.
We just don't use our heads after
we get to arguing. We talk in general
tiles, rather than on specific cases.
We say it is because to be specific is
to be rude 1t isn't If you see some
thing of which you disapprove done
by an individual, say SO, but keep it
to the individual and don't damn the
group from which he comes as well.
Don't lump people into one category.
You wouldn't like it yourself.
Doesn't it annoy you when anyone
picks out one labor man, and says all
labor men are crooks because this or
that one isn't plaster saint? You
instinctively come to his defense, in
order to defend your group. (And you
usually make matters worse by so do
ing, because you make up in heat what
you lack in facts.)
And yet-don't you often do the
same thing?
Don't let us be swayed by our pre-
JUDGES. Let us keep our own thoughts
clear and above such reprehensible
practices. And let's not coin phrases.
1t isn't any better than coming money
and usually the product is just as
false.
Organized Labor has suffered too
much from prejudice throughout the
years for it's members to ever be guilty
of this error. Now when, in the heat
of conflict, there is tensity of feeling,
let us be especially careful in this re-
gard. We must keep cool, stick to facts,
and not allow prejudice-which in
reality is lack of knowledge rear
it's ugly head among us.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07

man inherited a dangerously un-
sound economic condition. Wages
had been frozen, prices had in
creased, and the purchasing power
of securities and government
bonds had been reduced. That con-
ditiOn, if continued, spells eco
nomic disaster"
John P. Frey is eminently right in
his observation that the President
was heir to a dangerously unsOunG
Unfortunately, Mr.. Tru'
man made it worse by embarking
upon a policy of hitching prices t.
wages and thus letting loose a cy.
clone of immeasurable dimensions
The main motive of the new wage,
price policy has been and is political
1t was meant to keep the CIO, PAC
and other assorted elements in line
even at the risk of alternating con
labor and inviting economic
disaster. The nation must find way
out of the morass before it is too late
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
Stassen Assails Truman
Request For Extreme
Powers Over Labor

st. Paul, Misunderstanding Pres
ldent Truman's emergency" labor
legislation program as 'totalitarian
in it's nature" Harold E. Stassen.
former Governor of Minnesota, wired
Senator Wheeler CD of Montana
taking sharp issue with the proposal.
Stassen charged the Presidents
proposals go far beyond the needs of
the situation and would grant powers
more extreme than ever before grant
ed to the Government in either time
OF war or peace"
"It includes the compulsory power
to fix wages without the consent of
management or labor, to confiscate
profits and to force involuntary servi-
tude of labor" he said. "It would per-
NIT Government to break and destroy
any management and business. 1t
would permit Government to break and
destroy any union.
"It is fundamentally contrary to
our free way of life as to both man.
agement and labor. 1t is not aues-
tion Of whether or not we believe that
any particular administration will
abuse it's powers. 1t is fundamen-
] tai vital concept that Government
should never be given such unrea-
sonable or excessive powers over an
Individual citizen, or over his bust
ness or property, without due process.
'It is not necessary legislation and
will not in the long view correct the
labor-management situation in the
country. The present emergencies can
be resolved by an intelligent use of
present powers which are still on a
wartime basis; and an essential new
long-term labor policy, balanced, mod
crate, just and consistent with our
basic principles should be enacted at
an early date"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-06-07
Green Demands Hearing g

Washington, D. C.-Text of tele-
gram sent to every member of the
Senate by AFL President William
Green calling for public hearings on
the draft labor" bill approved by the
House follows:
| respectfully appeal to the mem
bers of the United States Senate to
refer House Bill 6578, passed by the
House of Representative Saturday
afternoon, May 25th, to the appropri-
ate Senate committee for public hear
ings. Simple justice calls for such
action.
The proposed legislation transgress-
es upon the sacred fundamental rights