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The Wilmington morning star., 1946-06-09
Radio Station WTSB
Opens In Lumberton

LUMBERTON. June 8-R-
Radio station WTSB of Lumberton
opened tonight with a one-hour died.
ication program, then remained
on the air until its regular closing
hour.
Paul Moy1e, who has been iden.
titled with the radio industry in
this area for a number Of years,
is general manager O. the station.
Which was organized by a group
in casualties listed as four British
soldiers and sever Egyptians, bu'
the government suppressed a gen
eral strike called for today tc
protest the evacuation delay.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01
Norway Shares
Her Ration

NorWegians, looking southwark
to the hunger-ravaged lands of
central Europe, have chosen to
share their limited food supplies
with less fortunate neighbors. Dur
ing the past weeks, Norwegian
Red Cross headquarters in Oslo
have been besieged with letters
from all parts of the country in
quiring whether Norway's supply
status is not sufficiently secure to
warrant a change in role: from
that of recipient to donor.
The Norwegian Red Cross, in
response to these letters, has now
secured permission from the au-
thorities to export gifts of cod
liver oil, fish, and precious canned
fish products to such needy coun-
tries as Poland, Hungary, Jugo-
slavia and Austria. The Norwegian
Aid Society together with the
Danish Red Cross, which is al
ready sending relief goods to these
countries. will cooperate in the
project. Danish trucks, shipping ia
cilities and personnel will be made
available to the new Norwegian
relief movement, which will soon
be joined by additional Morse or
CARNATIONS.
Five years of want and struggle
have left Norwegians with the con-
viction that it is indeed more
blessed to give than to receive.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01

WASH, D. c. - UNO Secretary
General Trygve Lie concluding a
short visit to his homeland be-
fore departing for London on Feb
ruary 81, wound up his stay in Os-
10 with a radio address delivered
in the straightforward two-fisted
style for which he is noted:
"If we look out at the world,
we must acknowledge that it is
no bed of roses. We see that there
are still great conflicts of interest
and great dstrust. What else
could be expected after the most
bloody war in history? In this
field we have no miracle cure to
comfort ourselves with. In the
battle for peace we can also only
win through work, by steady en-
during toll and with firm faith in
the cause for which we are fight
ing"
Secretary Lie then continued to
trace the inadequacies of peace
time coalitions. Recalling the
coalitions of Governments which
had in the past succeeded in halt
ing would-be conquerors, he warm
ed, "All these conquerors were al
ways beaten by coalitions; but
coalitions could never be made to
endure for any length of time af-
ter peace was concluded, and up
to now it has not been possible to
find a permanent international
peace organization without an in
dividual State giving up its ma
tional sovereignty entirely and
letting itself be unified under the
mightiest of the mighty.
The United Nations is the sec
ond attempt in our generation to
solve this major problem, and we
have at any rate tried to learn
something from the experiment of
the League of Nations. We have
wished to acknowledge realities
and to act accordingly. 1t may be
understandable that small Nations
should regard the domination of
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01

~ SNdiiliiS iiuuSllidl dlllluue.
The big mistake of organized
business is that it is not sincere
in having the well being of the
working men and women advanced
Business has come to recognize
unions through economic pressure
and not through good will. Labor
and its leaders know that fact and
that tends to make the unions bel
ligerent through necessity. Bust
ness needs to realize as an economic
unit that the workers are the ulti-
mate customers of the nation.
Whenever business looks upon
workers as customers instead of
employees it will have done a large
part of its share in creating fu-
ture industrial harmony. Through
its mistakes in the past and its
unwillingness to recognize the So
cial status of the worker, business
has gained much i'll will for itself.
Since most manufacturers have
not cared very much about the
welfare of their employees, they
have brought upon themselves
more than necessary regulation
and supervision. Business has been
king for so long that it has diff
Guilty meeting labor as it's eco
nomic equal. AS long as the funda-
mental attitude of employers is
one of ultimate domination, so long
will industrial warfare be engen-
dered. More than the usual give
and take between labor and capital
will bring increased governmental
regulation and direction. Neither
labor nor capital wins when the
government is forced to go beyond
its sphere of reasonable regula-
ton; both sides lose just a little
more freedom and we, as nation,
take one more step towards regi-
mentation. 1t is possible to nego-
tiate with corporations and with
unions but government demands
unquestioned subordination. When
the time comes in which labor and
, capital begin to negotiate upon a
sensible and reasonable basis in
stead of seeking unwarranted IA
vors from government, then we
will be upon the road to a sound
national economy. But as long as
excessive industrial strife persists,
we can expect increased govern
mental Intervention. Government
is essentially authority. There is
nothing pleasant about authority
but we seem to crave more and
more government in our economic
life
Nor are the labor unions and the
workers without fault. There are
no perfect classes, organizations,
and people in society. Labor makes
! its mistake in that it does not as
group understand the nature of
the business process. Wage in
creases must come from produc-
ton; if the increased compensation
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01
Norwegians Form
Oil Cooperative

The National Federation of Nor
wegian Cooperatives has recently
instituted action to unite all Nor
wegian petroleum consumers in a
single purchasing cooperative.
At a recent meeting headed by
Director Andreas Juell a commit
tee of five members, representing
fishermen, farmers, taxi owners,
trucking lines, and a representa-
tive from the Cooperative Fedora
ton, was set up to draft plans for
the new organization.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01

cannot be paid for in terms of
more efficient production, then
higher prices result and the con-
sumner (the worker) pays for the
seemingly higher wages. A too
large wage increase can mean a
diminution of force, much greater
output on the job, and a price in
crease which will annul the raise
as we have said. Employers need
to explain the nature of business
to the workers more effectively so
that labor will learn to approach
it's needs and problems in terms of
economics instead of emotion. So
much of our industrial woes arise
from the bitterness and hate which
grew with our industrial develop
ment; capital and labor need to
think about their problems objec-
lively.
Our ultimate conclusion is that
we must put new spirit into our
national life. We must learn to
substitute the spirit of coopera-
ton and compromise for our I'M
mitigated competitive philosophy.
In that respect we can well turn
wards Scandinavia. For the
truth is that labor and capital
prosper more if national welfare
is placed first. Nor can we escape
the fact that workers and employ
ers are both necessary. Even
though new social system be
created we would still find those
who direct and those who perform
the necessary work. We should
not discourage new forms of enter
prise; we should encourage low in
come groups to pool their resources
so that they can raise their living
standards through voluntary or
ganization and not exclusively
through the sponsorship and direc-
ton of government. We need all
kinds of economic endeavor; some
private, some governmental, and
some cooperative. Above all, our
task is to keep our economic order
sufficiently fluid and free so that
we can try new plans as times and
events change it should be pos
sible to abandon schemes which
are not satisfactory and to go back
to older methods or try different
method.
We cannot expect to have no
friction between employers and
workers, for there will always be
differences and cleavages in society
no matter in what form it is
organized. The best that We can
do is to equalize opportunity as
much as possible and to modify
our selfish instincts through CO.
operation and education to the de-
gree that we serve the national in
tereSt as well as our own.
If then we modify our philoso-
ply of competition to one of CO.
operation, and labor and capital
learn to negotiate upon a basis of
good sense and sound economics,
then we will have laid a part of
the foundation for a lasting ma
tional prosperity.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01
Common Sense About Strikes
For The Scandinavian American by Martin Grefsnes

The most important domestic
problem which concerns all of us,
whether we be workers, business
men or farmers, is that of indus
trial relations. There are a num-
Der of ways by which we can ap-
proach that veXatious problem. 1t
is almost too easy to become emo
tional over the tension which now
prevails in the industrial picture.
We may chose to damn the labor
leaders, the unions, and the strik-
ers all we please and we may petit
ton Congress to draft restrictive
labor legislation. Or, if our inter-
ests are the opposite, we may hurl
invectives upon the business men,
the bankers, and the government.
1t is difficult in questions of
public nature to arrive at reason
able and objective conclusions but
we shall do the best we can.
To begin with, it is less than
year since the war ended Through
out the conflict we We're a closely
lntegrated nation. We forgot our
differences and united in a COM
mon effort against the enemy.
Now. that controls have been re-
Taxed, it is inevitable that differ
ences which were held in allegiance
during the war should come out
in the open. In many respects,
portion of our current industrial
turmoil is psychological in nature.
Therefore some of our industrial
difficulties must be charged to the
emotional aftermath of the war.
Organized society has a pattern of
behavior just as do individuals.
What is really fundamental is
that while we are now a highly in
dustrialized nation we are still
frontiersmen in our individual and
group thinking. Much as the
unions condemn what is popularity
called private enterprise, the truth
is that the platitudes of a COMPETE
tive and individualistic society still
color our thinking very much, even
though most of us are wage earn
ers. The established and enduring
norms in our country are still quite
laissez faire. Business men cannot
deny the fact that profits are first
and national welfare quite second
airy. Nor are the industrialists
alone in this. Union leaders and
many workers practice the philos-
ophy of the hard-headed business
man in a different form. Unions
were initially founded to correct
grave social injustices; now their
object seems to be to acquire as
large wage increases as possible,
regardless of the consequences.
Organized labor and most workers
still have too much of this atti-
tude: beat the company at any
price or by any means. Labor ex-
presses itself in a philosophy of
economic competition which is Just
as inimical to our welfare as the
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
Lie Takes Realistic View

Great Powers as something very
much to be condemned, but we
must beware Of always represent
ing small Nations as angels and
big ones as devils. The Great
Powers have greater responsibility
and therefore greater obligations"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1946-03-01
KING CHRISTIAN RECEIVERS

COPENHAGEN, March fixing
Christian x. has recovered from
his attack of pneumonia to such
an extent that no more bulletins
on his condition will be issued, his
physicians said yesterday. He is
rs years old.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Dewey-Mead Contest
Regarded as Keynote
lin Eastern States
By the kssoeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Nation-
wide political interest was focused
today on the New York guberna-
torial contest where Republican,
Democratic issues were drawn clear
ly between Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
and Senator Mead, an ardent New
Dealer.
The voters decision here, impair
tial observers believe, might well set
the pitch of political overtones in
the other Middle Atlantic States.
In these predominately industrial
States, containing about one-fourth
Of the national population, voters
now are represented in the House
by 48 Democrats and 55 Repub-
licans. Today they choose for los
House and six Senate seats.
Might Garry Ticket.
If Gov. Dewey wins heavily in
New York. observers feel he might
carry the entire Republican State
ticket, thereby marking himself as a
front runner for the 1948 COP
presidential nomination.
Senator Mead, whom his hackers
pick to win by a narrow margin, has
declared Gov. Dewey thinks "he has
a rendezvous with destiny at Wash
ington" and that Gov Dewey has
poured the taxpayers money into a
campaign for the presidency"
To reports Of presidential ambi-
tions, Gov. Dewey has replied, when
asked If he hoped to complete four
years as Governor. Il hope So"
Lashed at Administration.
Gov. Dewey used the Truman ad-
ministration as whipping boy
throughout his campaign. Senator
Mead, supported by the American
Labor and Liberal parties, has
stood on the Democratic Party
record.
Some Democrats believe their
candidate for the Senate, Herbert
H. Lehman, 6o-year -old four-term
Governor of New York and former
director of UNRRA, may run far
enough ahead of Senator Mead to
nose out his Republican opponent,
Irving M. Ives, so, Republican leader
of the State Assembly.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
0PA Increases Ceilings
On Floor, Wall COVERING
BY the Associofed Press

Housing costs rose again today as
OPA raised its price ceilings for felt
base linoleum and floor and wall
coverings by IL per cent.
The agency said most of the in
crease resulted from higher costs of
linsed oil which, it added, nearly
doubled since it was decontrolled
last week.
Higher costs of this oil also ac-
counted for "a per cent increase
In prices of most paints announced
yesterday.
Previously OPA raised ceilings on
enameled bathtubs, sinks and other
plumbing as well as hardwood floor
ing, plaster lath and number of
other lumber items required in most
homes.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Races to Watch
Is Senute Contests
Most Significant
BY the Associated Press

| Sixteen of the most sig.
nificant races to be decided in to-
days voting are in California, Della
ware, Idaho, Kentucky, Massachu-
sets, Missouri, Montana, Nevada
New Mexico, New York, Ohio. Penn
sylvania. Washington, West Virginia
Wisconsin and Wyoming. California
and Kentucky now have Republican
Senators, Wisconsin q Progressive
All the remaining seats now are
Democratic.
Governors-Here are II contests
worth watching: Connecticut, Idaho
Kansas, Maryland. Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota. Nevada, New
Jersey, New York, Ohio and Okla
homa.
House-A few of the more inter
esting contests:
Connecticut 4th (Clare Luce's
present seat being sought by John
Davis Lodge, Republican, and Henry
A. Mucci, Democrat.
Kentucky 7th, Representative May
Democrat, and w. Howes Meade
Republican.
Missouri 5th (Roger Slaughter's
present seat. Contestants: Enos A
Axtel, Democrat, and Albert L
Reeves, jr., Republican.
New York 18th, Representative
Vito Marcantonio, incumbent Amer
lean Labor who also has the Demo.
cratic nomination, and Frederick V
P. Bryan, Republican.
Washington 1st, Hugh De Lacy
Democrat incumbent, and Homer
Jones, Republican.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
runon
Continued From First Page)

board his special train. which
started the return to Washington
at $50 am. The train is expected
to reach Washington at 1880 am
tomorrow.
At the station were his 93-year-
old mother, Mrs. Martha E. Truman
and his sister. Miss Mary Jane Tru-
man, who had driven from Grand
view after voting earlier in the day
Mr.. Truman obviously was surprised
to see them.
Although Democratic control OF
Congress was at stake in the ma
tional election, Mr.. Truman has
remained determinedly on the side
lines during the campaign, and he
retired to his home last night with
out statement.
Mr.. Truman cast one import
ant vote-that for his old friend
Frank P. Briggs, who succeeded him
In the Senate, and now Is involved
In a bitter fight with James P. KEN
Kansas City lawyer, for the six
year term, starting in January
Political forecasters pick the Re-
publican KEN to win.
! Representative Bell, Democrat
who represents the jackson County
district, which includes Independ-
ence, is expected to win without
trouble.
F. On the other side Of the county
however, the Presidents candidate
Enos A. Axtell, is in a horse race
with Albert M. Reeves, jr., his Re-
pllblican opponent.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Maryland Election
Continued From First Page.

ter Patricia and son, Herbert R
O'Conor, jr., the Governor cast hi.
ballot about $50 am.
The Governor said he would TAKE
short tour in upper Anne Arunde
County this afternoon. Then he viii
go to Baltimore, where he will stay
at Democratic headquarters await
ing the election returns.
| Mayor McKeldin took cue from
the voters and was out early.
| He arrived at his north Baltimore
polling place a few minutes before
8 o'clock accompanied by Mrs. Nc,
Keldin.
Gen. Markey cast his ballot al
Walkersville in Frederick County
Mrs. Markey was with him.
AS he received his ballot the Re-
publican aspirant repeated the
slogan he used throughout the
campaign: Make your mark fol
Markey."
Mr.. Lane planned to vote at his
home precinct in Hagerstown.
Polls Close at PM.
In Montgomery County election
officials said the vote was run
ming tar ahead of that cast ir
the primary and attributed it prin-
cipally to the interest caused by the
charter board question. Montgom-
cry and Prince Georges polls close
at 7 pm.
In the 5th precinct of the Wheaton
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Noble Pierce Dies; Chief
Of Winchester Democrats
By the Assoeiofsd Press

WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. 5-Noble
C. Pierce, 81, chairman of the city
Democratic Executive Committee,
died yesterday at his home after
heart attack.
Mr.. Pierce had been active in
Democratic Party politics here for a
number of years and assisted in
preparation for today's election. He
had been associated with the Vir-
ginia Carolina Chemical Corp. fol-
more than 20 years as manager OF
the Winchester warehouse and sales
man in this area.
He also owned a grain elevator al
Swimley, Va.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Hennie Pirkey of Grottoes
two sons, Noble, jr., and Frank
Pierce of Winchester and Aberdeen
Md, respectively, and daughter
Mrs. George Sanders, Portsmouth
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Election Will Decide
Presidency in 7948
HHistory Repeots

II history runs true to form,
the Nations voters will de-
eide today-two years In ad-
yance-which political party is
to take over the presidency in
the 1948 elections.
Only once since the Civil
War, and 1t was a quirk then,
has the party which won con-
troll Of the House in an of year
election failed to put its candi-
date into the White House two
years later.
The exception that proved the
rule was In 1876, when Demo-
Gratis won the House. Two
years later, Samuel Tilden,
. Democrat, won 4 popular-vote
majority In the presidential
race, but the election was
thrown into the House when
some Southern electoral votes
were challenged. Republican
Rutherford B. Hayes was seat
ed aS President.
Evening star., 1946-11-05
300 Women Seeking
|U. 5. and State Offices
lin Today's S BaI|oting
By the Associated Press

About 300 feminine candidates fol
Congress and State offices counted
on their sisters today to prove that
women stick together.
theoretically, II they did stick to-
gether, q majority of the woman
political hopefuls would sweep into
Office, for the qualified feminine
vote in today's congressional elec-
ton is 1.171 900 greater than the
male.
Fifteen women--11 Democrats and
4 Republicans-are seeking election
to the House. Another Republican
Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith, already
has been given her ticket to Con-
gress by Maine voters.
In addition, II women are run
ming as minor party candidates.
Woman Opposes Martin.
One of the hyeliest tussles between
the sexes was the race between the
Republican incumbent, Representa-
tive Joseph Martin, and his Demo.
cratic rival, Mrs. Martha Sharpe
in Massachusetts,.
Described in Democratic campaign
literature as small, dark and beau
tiful," Mrs. Sharpe would make po-
litical history if successful in heI
joust to unseat the bachelor Repub-
lican floor leader.
Mrs. Charles Tillett, head of the
Democratic women's division, f1atly
predicted Mrs. Sharpe's election ir
her first bid for the House. Repub-
lican headquarters, however, saw
little chance of such an upset.
Among other Democratic womer
nominees for Congress is Mrs. Mar.
garet Aff1is of Delphi, Ind, who has
campaigned against Representative
Charles A. Halleck, possible choice
for Republican majority leader
should the COP win control.
Eight Seeking Reelection.
Five of the six women Democrat.
in the last Congress and three Of
the Republicans five ran for re-
election, including Mrs. Smith. Rep.
Iresentatives Clare Boothe Luce oi
Connecticut and Jessie Sumner ol
Illinois, Republicans, and JANE
Pratt of North Carolina, Democrat
decided against running.
The Democratic incumbents WHIT
campaigned include Mrs. Mary T
Norton of New Jersey, Mrs. Emil.
Taft Douglas of Illinois, Mrs. Heller
Gahagan Douglas of California
Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse o
Connecticut and Mrs. Helen Dougla
Mankin of Georgia. The Republi
cans seeking return are Mrs. Edit
Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts, ant
Mrs. Frances P. Bolton of Ohio.
Another Republican newcomer i
Mrs. Katherine B. st. George o
Tuxedo, N. Y, first cousin of tn
Evening star., 1946-11-05
Elections
Continued From First Page,

of 10 seats to win control of the
Senate and Is to take over the
House. The Democrats could lose
Z in the Senate and II in the House
and still hold the legislative whip
hand.
Rumor of Special Session.
The possibility of a divided Con-
gress, with the COP winning the
House and the Democrats keeping
the Senate, already had started
Washington's rumor factory talking
of the possibility of a. special ses-
sion call Immediately after the
election.
But one responsible Democratic
Official, who asked not to be quoted
by name, said President Truman
has given no intimation of any such
plan.
This oficeholder said Republicans
undoubtedly would be able to block
any acknowledgements legis-
lation in such a lame duck session.
Truman Prestige Factor.
Because of his residence in Inde-
pendence, Mo, President Truman
voted in the 4th congressional dis
trict. Hence he could not partici-
pate in the 5th (Kansas City dis
trict race which he lifted to top
billing among the congressional
fights by personally indorsing Enos
A. Axtell in the primary over Repre-
sentative Slaughter, the Democratic
incumbent
Mr.. Axtell, who received the NOM
ination. is opposed by Republican
Albert L. Reeves, jr, son of Fed
eral judge, in what is regarded as a
neck-and-neck race.
Otherwise, Mr.. Truman has kept
personally aloof from the general
congressional battle, even though
the outcome may have much to do
with whether he is a candidate for
reelection in 1948 and whether he
can win If he is. Almost tradi-