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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Belgium And
Lend Lease

Belgium and the United States have just
settled their lend-lease account, and it turns
out that Belgium gave, as reverse lend
lease, $90,000,O00 more than she got from
us. THE goods and services which the Bel
gums provided went directly to United
States troops. The excess of reciprocal
aid is largely the result of the very CO.
operative attitude of Belgium in unstint-
ingly furnishing from its own limited re-
sources whatever was requested by our
armed forces after liberation, the official
joint statement of the two governments
says.
Well, the important point is not of course
that we made dollar profit out of Belgian
lend-lease. 1t is that the Belgian people
wrecked still further their already wrecked
economy to help our men. Belgian civilians
went without enough food to help our
troops. The point also is that the spirit of
lend-lease does not calculate things in dol
lars, florins, francs, rubles or pounds, but
in the measure of common sacrifice for
common cause.
In other countries the balance has been
the other way. We have given more than
we got-that is, in money terms. But how
do you set up these accounts? What about
the invisible items? At how many dollars
should we reckon the value of British
family killed in the Battle of Britain, or
a hundred Russians manned at Stalingrad?
How do you translate human suffering and
courage into units of currency? Do you try
to do it at all, or do you give it up and say
that the invisible items make all cal
culations of no Importance?
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
N
II SkAfSAoTS ~

ury and get its operating funds by
Congressional appropriations. For
example, he would require the Ten
nessee Valley Authority to turn in
al revenue over expenses.
His long service in Congress has
placed him in a position Of great
power. He has said that there is
room for economy in Government
and for cutting Federal spending
Even his critics concede he is a
tireless worker Of considerable abil-
ity.
A number of the nations law
Congress financial control has been
makers, Ike Mcclellan, contend that
short-circuited due to the multi
tude of Government corporations
set up to meet war emergencies.
They favor controls over such agen-
cies as iva and RFC, if the ma
ton is to balance its budget and
to lower taxes.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Food And Peace

1t is time for us to get straight on few
facts. Congress, bumbling along in debate
over its $550,O0O,OOO appropriation for the
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration, gives the impression that
this is big-hearted, gracious act of charity.
1t is nothing of the sort The United States
is already committed to that sum-for the
current year, not next. We have promised
it to the starving millions of the old world
The big debate will be over the additional
sum of $1,350,000,000 in 1946. UNRRA has
been far from perfect, but that is beside the
point. To organize new agency now would
be like fixing up new fire department
while a city is burning. General Eisen-
hover and all the other Americans who
know the true situation have testified on
the desperate need for food in the liberated
countries. Americas lead in world affairs
is vanishing rapidly. It will vanish utterly
unless we keep our word.
The winds of winter already blow across
Europe. The months ahead will be hard
enough even if food is supplied in full
measure. Make no mistake about it; the
people of Europe will not be the only ones
who will die If Congress fail Is to act. Ameri-
can boys will die too. They may be killed
very soon in food riots They will certainly
be killed in new war. For starving men
cannot build lasting peace.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
World Organization
World Government

The supporters of international cOOpera-
ton seem to be divided into two groups as
result of the development of the atomic
bomb Alarmed by the inadequacies of the
San Francisco Charter to meet the hard facts
of international life in the atomic age, one
group, holding that only World Govern
ment can deal with the situation, would dis
card the United Nations Organization and
build an entirely new structure. The other
group, stresSing the obvious value OF the
presently constituted United Nations Or
ganization and feeling no compelling urge
for immediate action, seek leisurely to
strengthen It,
However, there is a growing public
opinion calling for immediate steps leading
to the ultimate development of the United
Nations Organization into World Govern
ment in which the individual nations would
retain maximum autonomy in internal af-
fairs but would delegate to the World Gov
eminent as much sovereignty as necessary
for the maintenance of international secur-
ity. This proposal would mean building on
the foundation of the United Nations Or
ganization a super-Structure which would
strengthen it and eliminate its inadequacies
in the light of the new developments.
Much may be learned from the develop
ment of the Constitution of the United
States 1t originally consisted of preamble
and six articles in which form it was ad-
opted in 1887. 1t soon became manifest that
it was less than perfect organism and did
not adequately promote the self-evident
truths proclaimed in the Declaration of In
dependence. 1t was therefore decided to
adopt series of amendments to the Con-
stitution to safeguard explicit individual and
state rights and these came into force in
1871 in the form of the Bill of Rights
Similarly. there is no reason why the
Charter of the United Nations Organization
should be scrapped despite its manifest in
adequacies but there is every reason why it
should be strengthened by amendments so
that United States of the World may be
created, the surest means of maintaining
peace.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

It's a safe bet that with Congress
reconvened, more will be heard Of
Kenneth Douglas Mcclellan, dean
Of the Senate and Southerner
of the old school.
Congress carries responsibility
for the nations finances and passes
or budgets for the departments
and that's where Sen. Mcclellan, as
chairman Of the powerful Appro-
priations Committee, comes in.
During more than 30 years in
Congress-he's going on 76-the be-
specialized, stockily-built Tonnes
sean has kept a sharp eye on the
pork barrel. For nearly IL of those
years he has served in the Senate
where he holds a tight rein on the
Appropriations Committee.
Long Service
If Mcclellan had his way, every
Government-owned agency would
turn its receipts over to the Treas
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

Wyandotte Citizen
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Michigan Mirror
by gene alleman

costs come down and materials are
available. Contractors are includ-
ing every possible price increase in
their bids. Not knowing how much
more labor may get IN 1916 or 1947
in a period of rising initiation, con-
tractors close their eyes and write
down the highest possible wage in
crease.
New costs of public works would
easily wipe out the $27, COCOON sur
plus. Costs are already running
from 40 to 10 per cent above 1910.
and they are still soaring.
A considerable portion OF the
postwar planning done by local
governments in Michigan has not
been realistic. 1t was based on the
assumption that federal aid from
Washington would be forthcoming
to help foot the bill.
This fact has been noted candidly
il. this column.
Earl D. Mallory, executive direc-
tor of the American Municipal As
ISOLATION, now makes this interest
ing observation: "All the municipal
postwar planning done so far is un-
realistic, because needs aren't
squared with funds to do the job.
Already IL has been made very clear
that Congress cannot and will not
maye any large appropriations for
general public works unless there is
widespread unemployment"
Getting Uncle Sam to provide q
public service, rather than state or
local government, isn't the answer
either.
1t is fact that from 1929 to 1899
the number of federal employees
increased Sc per cent. Yet the num-
Der of state employees went up 81
per cent. Despite the growth of
federal and state employees, the
number Of municipal employees did
not decrease, but in fact actually
went up IA per cent, thus indicat-
ing that despite a trend toward
centralized federal control, no saw
ingS were made locally.
The plight of cities is due largely
to exodus of wealth into the outly-
ing lower-taxed suburban areas and
small towns and to a decline in
assessed valuations. Valuations in
ten of the largest cities of the
country declined more than IL per
cent between 1928 and 1910.
1t is easy to see that the state
legislature has a complex tax prob
lem on its hands in trying to find
sensible answer to the problem of
distributing equitably the present
state surplus. The same plight will
prevail, in years to come, when a
deficit will prevail In the state
treasury.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Book
Lovers

Evelyn Waugh is a master of Sar-
donic humor and satire. Some years
ago, Bernard Shaw hailed him as
''the nearest thing to q genius
among the young writer's" If you
relished his "A Handful of Dust"
''Vile Bodies" and Decline and
Fall" you're sure to welcome his
latest, "Brideshead Revisited" the
January Book of the-Month Club
selection.
BrideShead Is a feudal mansion
where live the present generation
Of the titled MarchmainS. The book
Is their story from the end of the
first World War up till the begin
ming of the second, as seen through
the eyes of the narrator, Captain
Charles Ryder, who revisitS Brides
head after it has been turned over
to the Army as a barracks. Captain
Ryder, an artist and authority on
architecture, has been deeply in
volved with the Marchmains In
times past.
It began with his friendship at
Oxford with Lord Sebastian Flyte,
whose beauty and charm did not
prove guarantees of happiness. Sc
bastian, quite typically, always re-
ferred to Brideshead as where my
family live" Never as home. Nor
was it really home to any of the
others-to Julia, who startlingly re-
sembled her brother Sebastian, to
the older brother, the Marquis of
Marchmain, or to Lady Marchmain,
who always read aloud evenings
when Q family crisis was pending,
books such as 1.-THE Wisdom of
Father Brown" or 1.-THE Diary of
q Nobody" AS for the father, Lord
Marchmain, he was the first to
break up family life, when he went
to Rome to live his own life.
"Brideshead Revisited" is more
serious in theme than other Waugh
novels, but the author has lost
none of his wonderful sense of the
incongruous. You won't forget, for
example, the live tortoise Julia re-
ceives from her pompous Colonial
sutton, with her initials set in dia-
monds in the shell.
Evelyn Waugh comes from a lit
erary family. His father, Arthur
Waugh, is a distinguished English
publisher, editor and critic. His
older brother, Alec Waugh, is also
a well-known novelist. Evelyn
Waugh is q man about whom it is
impossible to be neutral" says Ran
dolph Churchill. "You are bound
to love him or to hate him." Waugh
once listed his chief averSions az
love, conversation, the state, writ
ing and Wales. A connoisseur Of
food, wine and cigars, he finds life
in England today extremely unat-
tractive. He disapproves of all me-
chanical oontrivances, particularly
the telephone. A letter, or at worst
a telegram, he contends is the
proper method of communication
between civilized people.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Letter Box
To The Editor
News-Herald
Dear Sir:

Dear Sir:
would like to make q sugges-
ton. Perhaps one that you already
are considering. It's not original,
it's done in many parts of the
country but the plan would be orig
inal in Michigan.
It would mean q lot to them.
Yes, to everyone of them. 1t would
put a feeling to those signs: Wei
come Back Yanks-ThankS." Other
sections of the country put an echo
to that Welcome" I can be done
here, too.
Actually you would be making q
gesture to a few, but they all would
feel it and appreciate it. Do you
think it would be too much TO
offer to veteran OF War II. :.
Say a plug in your paper Z.
when they return home and open
for themselves q little business
place, a repair shop or some other
enterprise.
P. F.. r.
Wyandotte Citizen
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

There is only one thing worse
than a state deficit; it is a state
surplus"
With pencil in hand, the state Of
ficial at Lansing had just tailed
up the total of numerous requests
for state appropriations, as submit
ted to legislative committees at
Lansing. The state legislature is to
be called into special session Feb. 4.
Auditor General John Morrison
estimates that there1l be surplus
in the state treasury of around
$27,00O,OOO by July, 1s47." the off,
cial added. ITO date, the govern
mental requests for this $27 900
exceed SIS, 100000 nearly three
times what may be available to
spend.
"Wotta hfe!"
What would be normally consid-
cred an asset, balancing the budget
with surplus for a rainy day, now
threatens to become a political la
bility.
Pressure groups are organizing
again, and their leaders possess per-
suasive argumen The public
schools. for example, are close to
the hearts of the people. The Mich
igan Educational association has
asked for an additional 100000.
The Michigan Veterans Facility
at Grand Rapids needs s775,000;
the state aeronautical commission
could use $250,OO0. The state colleges
are in dire need of buildings. The
mental health program seeks s20,-
100000. The cities. especially those
with the 15-mill limitation, want a
slice, too. And so it goes.
Up for reelection at the polls,
legislators are going to be wary.
Increased demands for added
services are the rule in nearly every
state, according to Frank Bane,
executive director or the Council of
State Governments. Invariably this
trend follows every war.
For example, heavy trucking of
supplies to war plants has pounded
the concrete pavementS of state
highways. Many roads must be
replaced. Price initiation has de-
creased the buying power of govern
mental employees. wages inevitably
must rise. Influx Of veterans TO
state colleges has precipitated an
emergency condition in housing and
claSs-roomS. Hospitals are badly
overcroWded, and the wars strain
on human nerves and the decline
of morals have already spawned
a violent crime wave in Detroit and
other cities.
Retirement pensions for state and
local government employees. auth
orized at the 1915 general session of
the state legislature, constitute an
other bid for funds.
III Iong-term unemployment pre-
walls in Michigan, welfare officials
again would beat a path to the
governors door imploring increased
legislative appropriations for pub
lie relief.
Back in 1897 when the labor Sit
down strikes plagued Governor
Frank Murphy, the state went in
to debt to provide adequate relief
to distressed. This could easily hap
pen again.
States have expanded their un-
employment compensation coverage.
Despite a 81 billion reserve, these
funds could be wiped out by a pro-
longed economic depression.
Back in the war years when gov
eminent officials were busy with
postwar planning, favorite sub
ject was work projects. These were
designed to. help absorb the shock
of veterans returning to civilian
life during reconversion from war
tn peace.
Now 1t appears that most of this
work project planning must wait
several years until construction
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

Every policy, every law, and
every government rule and regu-
lation must be designed to en-
courage production in 1946." Rob-
ert r. Watson, pres, Natl. Assn. of
Manufacturers.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

"FortiSSimo, loud music; pianis-
simo, soft music: Petrillo, no mu-
sic. "-Washington wag.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17
Quotes Of
The Week

81 pledge perpetual hate-To all
which can intoxicate. Toast sug-
geSted by Chicago's W.C.TU.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

'To accept the 'fact-finding'
concept is to fall into . BOBBY
trap laid by radical theorists" -
NJ 8. Rukeyser, economist.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1946-01-17

you'll never get rich being COM
pletely honest" Secy Harold
Ickes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-08
Fertilizers Are
Talked By Local
Farmers, Dealers

4 discussion on fertilizers and
plant food requirements was prattic-
ipated in by LEGAL farmers and fer
tilizer dealers, under the direction
Of Dr.. f. r. Collins, II charge Of
extension agronomy at N. c. State
college, at the county agents office
last night, with about Is present.
DE-. Collins explained various meth
DDS of applying fertilizers and re-
Guirerents tor different plants. He
also named sources or food and fer
materials, some synthetic sources
being ammuiium nitrate and nitrate
soda. Organic sources are legumc
crops such as lespedeza, soybeans,
clovers and cCWpeas, he stated.
DR.. Collins emphasized that the
use Of fertilizers is only one step
in the production Of crops, but is
an important step.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-08

Make the Ne" Year 4 safe one on
the taTm-don't provide places for
accidents 10 happen.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-08
IT SURE IS A
GRAND FEELING

To know YOU can get quality. fast action
and economy3n It. Joseph Aspirin. Find
a4t for yourself today; Demand =.
r.sruh Aspirin, worlds largest seller al
IHe.Nou can save even more on luo tab
Iet SIC fOr Soc, almost ) tablets Tor lc.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-02-08
Egg In m Egg
LAID g. Hen In
Henderson Lot

c. VI. Turner, Henderson
electrician who raises poultry
on the side at his home 81 Gary
street. displayed today a very
UNIQUE egg formation. The egg.
which ie said measured six aua
on"-haH inches one WAY and
eight and onc-hat inches the
other. had a fui;y-deve|oped
yolk. and in addition contain
ed another smaller egg COM
pieteiS formed inside the lare-
er one, and in that one also was
= full yo!t. The hen that laid
the egg i, about six months old,
tir. Turner sail.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-05
ESQ To Give Style Show To Raise
Money For Memorial Park Fund

As a medium for raising money
TO add to the fund that has been
set aside for the establishment
Of a memorial park in honor of
the men who served in World War
ii, the Girls Service Organiza-
ton is to sponsor a Spring Style
Show, Thursday evening, April
IL.
1t will take place at the as
cagoula High school and viii be
presented by a cast OF IS girls.
The styles to be exhibited will
include dinner dresses, suits,
housecoats, bathing suits, pajam-
as. and gowns.
Some Of the costumes will be
loaned by different merchants,
others will be provided by the
girls.
The program viii include five
acts and musical numbers will
be provided by the ESQ chorus.
Some months ago the ESQ
laid aside d sum OF money as the
nucleus for a fund for the es-
adjustment of a Memorial Park
TO those who took part in the
Second World War.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-05


The city has sanctioned con-
verting the property adjacent to
the new Recreation Center into
such a park. Plans now include
the erection Of some kind Of me-
mortal tablet at IN end of the
lot, and the identification of the
remaining space as a park.
The park is to honor, not only.
the men Of Pascagoula but those
throughout Jackson County.
They are asking the assistance
of all the citizens in making the
dream come true BY patronizins
stheir benefit performances, par
ticularly the coming style show,
and to aid in other monetary
ways
When the fund was started
1t was with the understanding
that Is percent Of all monies
raised should go to this fund.
The remainder will be used in
entertaining servieemen, a service
for which the ESQ was primarily
organized.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-05
New Recreation
Unit For Colored
Opened Monday

A program Of choral music and
discussion of the benefits OF re-
creation and group activities fea-
tured the opening of the Negro
recreation building on Convent
street Monday night, which will
be operated by "a committee OF.
local colored leaders under the
auspices of the Paseagoula pub
lie schools system.
The speaker of the evening,
Reverend T. b. Brown OF Gulf
port. spoke Of the necessity for
wholesome exercise and group
projects in developing the we'll
rounded personality, and he add
ed that recreation of this sort
is never In conflict with religion.
"This is a beautiful building,
he said, land u people have
reason to be happy for the end
less opportunities 1t offers TO
their community. II has been built.
as q result OF the war effort,
which was a time of hard work
and also Of opportunity, and II
IS now up TO the colored peo-
pie of Pascagoula to use these
facilities wisely and fruitfuliy.
The future of this recreation hall
and of its program rests In the
hands of you people rather than
in us who are the leaders, the
preachers, the teachers. Leaders
come and 60, but you, the peo-
Pile remain forever. This is your
opportunity and its future is IN
your hands,"
Professor b. b. Jennings, prin-
cipal of the local Negro High
school, introduced Rev. Brown,
and made a brief talk outlining
the type of activities that were
open 10 the colored people OF
the city. Prof. III. L. Whlsenton,
viee-principal, spoke on various
plans of the recreation group ana
called ON individuals in the aur
dience, among them a number
of ex-service men, for express
sions of their sentiment.
The girls chorus sang a pro
gram of hvms and other meln-
dies. for some of which the au-
dience joined in.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-05
Simple Ceremony
Marks PuKnerCloY
Wedding Rites

In q simple but impressive
Fceremony performed Thursday,
high noon. March 28th, Miss La
verne Payne, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude G. Payne of New
ton and Paseagoula, became the
bride of Jack Clay, son of MI.
and Mrs. Raymond c. Clay. Sr.,
Of Meridian.
The single ring ceremony was
performed bv the Reverend r.
"A. Morris in the home Of the
brides brother, Melvin c. Payne
of Newton. Missssin the pfesenue
Of a group of close friends and
relatives. M
For the occasion. the living
room of the Papne,s shofne was
beautifully decorated with spring
flowers and the improvised altar.
an arch, was enfwihed with brid-
oil wreath and baskets Of white
gIadioli The mantle was deco
rated with crystal candelrabra
holding lighted candles.
The brides sister, MRS. Jack
M. Grace Of ST. Joseph, La. at
tended her as matron of honor.
The groom was attended by Mr..
James H. Parr of Meridian as
best man
The bride was attired in B WOOL
jersey street dress of heavenly
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-04-05

day school. Posters which are be-
ing distributed through the Pas
cagoula-Moss Point Chamber OF
Commerce will draw the atten-
ton of the public to this OBJ
servance sponsored by the Lay
mems National Committee with
headquarters in New York.
Frank G. Spann and W. F. FL
lis are co-chairmen of Sunday
School Week in this section 0.
the county.
"Today, the world is face to
face with mankind's worst en-
emy-hate," national officials
said. 1T is running rampant
throughout the country. 1t is be-
ing reflected by our young chill
dren m their utter disregard for
established principles, law and
or d er. Rightlthinking people
must look to the future with
misgiving until such time as the
youth of our nation reflects the
possession of a knowledge OF
God"
The observance of national
Sunday School Week is not d cure
all for juvenile delinquency,
these officials pointed out, but
is only a step in that direction.