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The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-07-01

If you look like President
Harry Truman, the MGM casting
department would probably like
to see you. The studio is looking
for an actor to portray the Presi-
dent in "The Beginning Or The
End" the atomic bomb story.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-07-01
TAMPA FLORIDA

Studio extras are considering
several prospects while in New
York they are testing others!
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-07-01

Stevie WeisSman is only SIX
years old, but this young child
pointed the way for all Tampa
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1946-07-01

The nationwide $10O00000 campaign of the United Jewish
Appeal has been marked by unusual sacrifices There the
case of young southern city who took cash loan
bank the survivors, There the of the
New England who pledged his musteringout
to the UJA. No sacrifice however, match the made
recently by Sevie Wessman of Tampa, Florida.
Evening star., 1946-01-09

world cooperation, and In general
to do everything calculated to make
the laboratory serve mankind rather
than terrorize it.
OF course, as Judge Jerome Frank
has just pointed out in New York, it
would be foolish to suppose that be-
cause they know a great deal about
the atom or electronics, scientists
must therefore be better equipped
than all other men to say how So
ciety should be run, politically and
otherwise. Actually, in this sense,
their Judgment may be nothing but
average, but to the extent that their
specialized knowledge is obscure to
most of us, their active participation
in public affairs can do much to
clarity grave issues. The new fed
Grafton, If maturely directed, thus
can render a very great service to
the Nation, and for that reason it's
formation is quite as welcome as it
is significant.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Life Not Our Own
To the Editor Of The Star:

Az 1ie Eu4VOl Oh Inc StaI.
AS watched the long lines during
the past two weeks waiting to see the
Bells of Saint Mary's,' couldn't help
wondering how many people realize the
profound influence for good the sisters
exert on their pupils.
I was fortunate, indeed, to have had
Sister Benedict" one year in school.
only she was lovelier and far more
spiritual than anything Hollywood has
yet portrayed. And many times as I
have been saddened in reading how some
fine young officer, after distinguished
conduct during the war, committed
suicide after returning home, 1 knew
that it would never have happened If
he had had my Sister Benedict"
He would know that death is not lust
an escape from what at the moment
seems unbea:able, but that it is final
journey to our Fathers house--one so
important that every care must be taken
to have all things ready, that God who
Is the author of our life alone has the
right to say when 1t shall end in time
to begin with Him its eternal life. He
would have recalled Sisters explanation
of the mystery of suffering-and in its
light no situation would be unbearable
And so at every turn he would have
found Gas I have done) an answer to
his problems in her wise instructions
and never-failing inspiration which the
years, far from dimming, seem to in
crease. A GRATEFUL PUPIL.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Expediency Is the Rule
BY RAYMOND MoIep

week. His method of pointing out where
his various bills were begged down-in
what committees and for how long-was
informative and rather unique. But the
bills themselves are not worth the effort
he made. They would not, if passed,
settle the strikes, provide security for
workers or promote reconversion.
Let us consider what would happen if
millions of citizens should as suggested
by Mr.. Truman, take pens and pencils
in hand and write their Congressman.
And suppose the Congressman, fright
ened, should pass the whole batch?
What then?
Nothing much would happen Full
employment would be promised, but un-
employment would still take place More
money would flow from the Treasury
to unemployed workers, but that would
be temporary bonus to workers who
could get jobs anyhow by little look
ing around. Such a dole would pro-
duce no goods. The Presidents fact
finding boards would merely add confu-
sion to the picture. For no one knows
what facts are needed to settle strike
Strikes, as is indicated above, are. being
settled on all sorts of basic facts and for
all sorts of reasons.
If Mr.. Truman's trumpet call should
prove successful no one would be more
embarrassed than Mr. Truman
But the public will not respond to
the call, and Congress will still linger
over the bills. For there are enough
Congressman who know the inadequate
nature of Mr.. Truman's program to pre-
vent its passage.
We shall probably see the most colos-
sal exhibition of muddling through that
has yet appeared in industrial relations.
And at its end, every one will lose.
tReleased By the Associated Newspapers Inc.)
Evening star., 1946-01-09
The Worst of Crimes

Chicago police appear to be max
ing commendable progress toward
solution of the sadistic kidnapping
and murder of little Suzanne Deg
nan. The discovery of numerous
clues and the arrest of suspect
against whom police claim they
have unearthed mass of damaging
circumstantial evidence give promise
of an early break" in the grisly
case. Only complete solution of the
murder will put at rest the minds of
thousands of Chicago parents who
fear that the maniac will strike
again. Not since the thrill Staying"
of Bobby Franks in 1924 has Chicago
been confronted with so revolving
a crime.
In some respects the case resem-
bles the kidnapping and dismember-
ment of twelve-year Marian
Parker in Los Angeles in 1927, for
which Edward Hickman was hanged.
But it is the very unusualness of the
Chicago crime that sets it apart
from the professional kidnapings
Of the lurid gangster era of the
early thirties. Most of those big
time kidnapings followed a general
pattern. There was the actual
Snatch" the negotiations ending in
payment of the ransom and finally
the release of the victim, usually
unharmed The Lindbergh case, of
course, deviated from this routine
in that the child was found dead
after payment of the ransom, but
the Ursche1, Boettcher, Weyerhaeu-
ser, Touhy and other notorious kid
napings for ransom followed the
usual pattern. Noting the kidnap-
ers' habits, the FBI and police were
able to devise means and tech
niques to frustrate the racket, and
kidnapping as gangster "profes-
sion" disappeared from the Amer
ican scene.
When police are dealing with a
marN of unbalanced mind, however,
it is not always practicable to fol-
low logical methods in searching for
him. In the Degnan case there was
no ransom money to trace, no sus-
pected hideouts of kidnapping gangs
to search, no reason to believe that
the killer has any criminal asso-
ciates or criminal record. Since the
victim cannot be presumed to have
been transported across State lines,
the crime does not come within the
jurisdiction of the FBI, although
officials of that agency are lending
such aid as they can to police.
The whole Nation is watching de-
velopments in the Chicago case and
is hoping that quick retribution will
come to the murderer.
Evening star., 1946-01-09

busy organizing new army and is spend
Ing good deal OF the remaining cash
reserves of France in this country and
Britain to purchase the necessary arma-
ments to make the French Army into
an efficient modern organization.
Compulsory military service ex-
lists in every other country of Europe.
The Yugoslavs, the Czechs and the Poles
all have comprehensive military pro-
gram calling for bigger and better
armies.
Only Germany's former satellites
Italy, Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary
still have a peacetime military police
force. But there are indications that
they too will proceed with a substantial
re-armament program as soon as formal
peace treaties have been signed with the
Allies and they have gained the full
confidence Of Russia.
All these facts are well known to the
War Department In Washington, but
passed on to the forces In the field.
The GIs were led to believe that as
soon as the shooting was over the world
might not become Garden of Eden
Immediately, but through the efforts of
the newly created United Nations Or
ganiZation a lasting peace would be as
sured.
This was followed by formal promises
to the men abroad and at home that
they would be released from the army
in accordance with the point system
which gave precedence to men who have
seen action or have families.
No one took the trouble to inform the
soldiers of the precarious postwar inter-
national situation. The highest author
tiles in Washington made optimistic
statements about the strong ties which
bound the countries which had fought
the common enemy. The frictions which
our authorities knew existed among the
newly created family of nations were
either concealed or minimized while po-
ltical men with an eye to elections were
streSsing the fact that the American
fighting men must be released as soon as
possible.
No one told the men in uniform that
the international situation is such that
the country which becomes militarily
weak may come out only second best at
the diplomatic table
Under these circumstances, it is OBJ
vious that the men who have been away
from home for some time and are fed
up with the peacetime routine of the
army should feel that they are being
deceived.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Austriu Recoqnized

American recognition of the Aus
trian government formalizes a de-
cision reached last October when
France, Britain, Russia and the
United States joined in recognizing
the provisional regime of Dr. Karl
Renner on conditional basis. The
condition was that free elections be
held throughout the country before
the end of 1945. These took place
late in November. and they were
unquestionably honest and unham-
pered, with the Communists far be-
hind both the Conservatives and
the Socialists in the voting, although
DR.. Renner himself not Commu-
nist-had been set up in office with
the support of the Soviets after
Austria's liberation last spring.
Our new act of recognition-made
jointly with France, Britain and
Russia-thus differs from the one
last October only in that it is full
and unconditional, fact in keeping
with the character of the November
elections. It means that there will
be complete exchange of diplo-
matte ENJOYS and that Austria is
well on the way toward returning to
the independence it enjoyed before
being gobbled up by Hitler. The
development does not end the au-
thority of the Allied Council, but
President Truman's message of con-
gratulationS to President Renner
strongly suggests that the country
the first victim of the Nazis-will be
wholly it's own master in the not
distant future
This prospect, apart from empha-
sizing Austria's triumph over the
political death 1t experienced under
Hitler, brings to happy end a sit
uation which once troubled our re-
lations with Russia, our original
view being that Moscow had acted
unilaterally in sponsoring the Rem
ner regime last spring. Now every
Evening star., 1946-01-09

Despite tall talk by management and
labor about a fight for eternal prin-
ciples, the labor disputes already set
tied show that expediency and COM
promise still govern the final meeting
of minds And perhaps this is the only
principle, or lack of principle, which
will emerge from all this turmoil. The
public will not care much, if it gets
the goods and services it needs. Man
agement will heave sigh of relief, and
government will be glad that its lack
of plan or principle has not been brought
to the final test.
The bus strikers went back to work
under the promise of an award yet to
be made by the panel and from which
either side may withdraw later. Stude-
baker patched up truce by promising
II per cent increase and bysmaking a
provision that whatever scale was de-
termined for the automobile industry
would later be adopted there Sinclair
Oil made settlement with an 18 per
cent increase
The spread of strikes may, mean
while, be self-defeating Steel, cleo
trical and automobile strikes together
will have little more effect than a steel
strike alone. The flat-glass strike would
have held up General Motors, in any
event. Strikes cancel each other. If
they 60 on to the proportions of gen.
eral strike, they Immediately become a
political issue. And that Is one thing
which labor, divided as 1t is, cannot
afford to precipitate. A general strike
would put an issue up to President Tru-
man which r,iUot r11ir, hic Adpoipicfro-
ton, and labor might thus lose what
ever 1t may have gained from its tie-in
with the Democrats.
President Truman made ringing
case for a feeble set Of labor laws last
Evening star., 1946-01-09
This Changing World
By Constantine Br0scn

The program of the War Depart
ment's morale division is responsible,
along with many other factors, for the
grave disturbances now occurring in the
Philippines, at LIE Havre and at other
places within and outside the United
States.
The morale division has endeavored
to indoctrinate the American soldiers
with ideologies rather than give them
the facts of the ever-changing picture
of the war.
Because of the lack of adequate in
formation as to what is going on in
the world, the name of 1t. Gen. w. d.
Styer was booed by the forces under his
command when he told them IN mes
sage that the difficult international sit
uation required a slowing down of the
Army's demobilization program.
That a lasting peace is far from as
sured is evident from the fact that Rus
sia still has under arms force of
between 100000 and 100000. 1t is
true that the older soldiers have been
sent back But in country where there
is compulsory military service, new
classes are called to the colors as soon
as the Older men are being released.
Because of RuSsia's responsibilities in
the various sections of the globe ex-
tending from Manchuria to Yugoslavia
and Finland, the Soviet government has
decided to maintain its military machin-
cry intact.
The British, who started. rapid re-
deployment soon after We day, decided
to slow it down within couple of weeks
after VI day. Demobilization of the
men in all branches of Britain's armed
forces is now at standstill. But be-
cause the Labor government has taken
care quietly to inform its men under
arms that cessation of hostilities against
the Axis does not yet mean peace, there
has been little If any disturbance in
the ranks of the army, navy and air
force.
The British Army has only a rela-
lively small pool from which to draw
its manpower. This explains why Pol
ish troops who have fought alongside
the British in all the theaters of war
are being maintained as a part of his
majesty's forces. The British War Office
also Is maintaining unarmed, but in
regular formation, about 400, 900 German
prisoners whom they intend to trans
fer eventually into police force to re-
place British units which may be called
to other tasks
In France, Gen. Charles de Gaulle is
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Science No Longer AIoof

The newly formed FederatlOn OF
American Scientists is unique in our
history because it is the first Or
ganization of it's kind dedicated to
political action. Established on
Nation wide scale, with headquar-
tiers here in Washington, it obviously
Is no fy-by-night undertaking. On
the contrary, it is a coalition of
several groups of experts-notably
nuclear physicists-who banded to-
gether with the advent of the atomic
age and who feel that the social
implications of their work demand
that they assume fresh responsible
ties in fields considerably removed
from the laboratory.
In the past, not without accuracy,
scientists in general have been re-
garded as men inclined to keep
themselves pretty much aloof from
the everyday business of running
the world With their test tubes
and cyclotrons. they might come
forward with revolutionary discov-
cries, but still-by and large-they
have taken no active or leading part
In helping society to adjust itself to
those discoveries. Their work today,
however, particularly in bacteriol-
ogy, electronics and atomic energy,
has come to have such reaching
potentialities-for evil as we'll as for
good-that it compelS them, almost
as matter of conscience, to think
and act beyond the relatively mar
row confines of science and bestir
themselves in the great, broad field
that embraces the social, economic,
political and military affairs so
deeply Influenced by their detached
labors.
The new federation, at any rate,
has been organized with this in
mind It's $500 charter members,
aware that mans knowledge has far
outdistanced his wisdom and that
the knowledge can be catastrophe
unless the wisdom is somehow made
to catch up. have as their main
objective educational and political
activity to Offset such dangerous
possibilities as an ignorant national
or international approach to the
problem of the atomic bomb. To
this end, under it's constitution, the
federation proposes to conduct a
continuing study of the implications
OF any and all scientific develop
ments involving peace hazards; to
fight against misinformation; to
promote the spirit of free inquiry;
to advocate legislative policies de-
signed to link the benefits of science
70 the public welfare: to strengthen
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Why the DeIuy?

1t is not surprising that the .Cis-
trict Commissioners should be con-
cerned over the unexplained pro-
crastination of the Board of Public
Welfare in bringing specific charges
against Howard B. Gill, who has
been under suspension as general
superintendent of District penal
institutions since December 6. The
board suspended Mr.. Gill in some
what summary manner and recon-
mended his dismissal after the
escape of five prisoners from the
District Jail, the general accusation
being that he had interfered with
efficient administration of the insti-
tuition. Mr. Gill, refusing to accept
this challenge without a fight,
countered with charges that his re-
peated pleas to the board for gates,
towers and other safeguards at the
jail had been ignored, and that
therefore he could not justly be
held responsible for the escapes.
Mr.. Gill also implied that person
alities" were involved in his troubles
with the board. He requested full
airing of the whole matter at
public hearing.
The Commissioners very properly
granted Mr. Gill's request for a
hearing and extended from 10 to 90
days his period of suspension in
order to give the Board OF Public
Welfare time in which to prepare
a bill of particulars against the
superintendent. But neither the
Commissioners nor the general pub,
1c-Which also Is interested In this
controversy-thought that the board
would take more than a week or so
to formulate it's charges. Yet more
than a month has passed since Mr..
Gill was removed from office and
apparently the charges are yet to
be drawn. 1t was not until the
Commissioners prodded the board
that promise of action "in the
next few days" was forthcoming.
The suspension of Mr.. Gill and the
circumstances leading up to it are
matters Of considerable public in
terest, deserving of more than
casual attention by public officials.
Mr.. Gill is entitled to a prompt and
fair hearing, based on definite
charges that he may answer in
open session. There should be no
further dilly-d -dallying in this mat
tor
Evening star., 1946-01-09
Harvest of the Seq

Brdced against Surging tudUeS, the fish.
ermen
DraW in their stubborn nets ulono
the shore,
Enacting, all unthinkingly, again
The drama kno,Dn to centuries before.
And noau the cleaning harvest on the
strand,
Lovely as rainbo,us, leap in agony,
D,mmsng their iridescent sheen With
sand,
Desperate for the tair green paths
OF sea.
Tonight, the moon Dith cold, dispas-
sionate eye
viii light the tide that comes too late
to reach
The spot lDhere her discarded children
lie,
A te1o lost stluer coins along the
beach.
And should one weep, his tears must
haze no end
For an unending sorroap. Each ne,o
day
WIN strew the shore Dtth death, each
season send
Netu fishermen for those uho 90
aDay. NEz BARCLAY KIRBY.
Evening star., 1946-01-09
On the Record
BY Dorothy Thompson

As the UNO assembly opens in Lon
don. delegates of the great powers and
OF the small nations who at the begin
ming of the war looked to the United
States as the world banner bearer, must
view, the first with contempt, the sec
ond with dismay, the disgusting spec
tacle of the United States.
Seven months ago we were the worlds
strongest and most respected people.
Today We are neither strong nor re-
spected
In relation to all the rest of the
world, rich beyond the dreams of ava
rice, We are the only country whose
entire economy Is threatened by what
will, If it occurs, amount to a general
strike.
Our armies, which, only few months
ago, had demonstrated proud disci-
pline are, in both Germany and Manila,
on the verge Of mutiny.
Gradually, the unpleasant news leaks
through that our occupying armies are
anything but ambassadors" in Europe.
Uneducated for their task, unclear of
their country's goal, undisciplined by the
consciousness that they are the visible
symbols of a great democracy, from
first inspiring awe and respect, they
are rapidly winning only contempt, and
from being the guiders, are becoming
the guided.
The Russians, whose breakthrough
first awakened dismay, are proving the
better organizers and the better disci-
plined. The British, retired and quiet,
inspire respect The French, after an
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down to the tough, historic watch. But
our men-become again the boys
wanna 60 home. Extravagant and self
indulgent, they awaken envy and resent
ment, not that they are tough. but that
they are soft, as no one ever saw them
soft In war
Our Administration shows nothing
but weakness, and It's enemies In Con-
gress, both the Southern Democrats and
the Republicans, rejoice. For most Of
Congress, including Administration sup
porters, the fate of the Nation is less
than the next elections
Labor, more prosperous than it has
ever been anywhere, at any time, will
strike even If the effect is equal to a
blitz. Ownership, rolling in money. in
vites a showdown, and talks of regain
ing the whip hand Consumers, as
greedy after goods as though they had
been for years on the verge of starva
ton, indulge in buying sprees, regard
less of warnings of imitation.
The Government, passing the buck
to fact finders" washes it's hands.
Crime waves sweep the country. Pub
lie and private decorum is at an all-time
low.
Night clubs are jammed.
Drunkenness is a disgraceful public
spectacle, unsurpassed since the days of
bathtub gin.