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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
GastOnia Recreation Project

Textiles Review" published at Gastonla,
devotes the back page of its September
issue to a drawing of a recreation center
which is sponsored and financially assisted
by CASTOR Post No. %, American Legion.
The caption fails to indicate the total acre
age, but it is obviously large.
There are two big parking reservations,
a baseball field with rooted grandstand, a
footba1l field within a race track, with
bleachers on either side and both ends, four
tennis COURTS, three swimming pools, two
livestock barns, a field house, a general
amusement field presumably for softball,
quoits and other recreational activities.
The drawing indicates considerable land
scaping is to be done, and there are several
crossroads connecting with three entrance
and exit roads.
The project is in keeping with the for
ward-looking citizenship of Gastonia and
demonstrates the spirit of the city's Legion
post.
AS Wilmington plans for ultimate ex-
pansion of its recreational facilities it might
result in much good, if blueprints of the
Gastonia undertaking were obtained by
the park and recreation department.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Accident Toll

According to figures published by the
National Safety. Council, the number of peo-
pie who died from accidents in this country
from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day exceeded bv
more than $4,000 the total number of our
men who were killed in World War H." The
quotation is from a ~leaflet issued by the
Seaboard Air Line Railroad.
The leaflet cites that in 1916 one hundred
thousand lives were lost and ten million
persons injured in accidents, and adds that
the greatest number of serious accidents in
volved motor vehicles. with 80, 900 killed and
1900 900 injured.
The tragic aspect of this is that in the
next decade the number of registered We
nicles will increase from the present 81, O0O,-
GOO to approximately As, ZOO, 900.
Unless we as a people learn to drive more
safely than in the past the number of acct
1nnts and fatalities. will increase tremend-
cusly.
Safety. above all. is a personal response
b;l;tv You cannot practice it for anybody
alec No one else can observe safety rule
for Won AS the SAL puts it, "like charity
s.fetv begins at home" That is to say, safet.
in traffic begins on the streets and highways
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Ambitious Reds

An ALL longshoremen's strike, in which
sailors of the CLIO National Maritime Unlor
Joined, prevented the liner America from
sailing from New York last week. 1t incon'
venienced 938 passengers. 1t dealt another
blow at American shipping which, at best
is having a hard time competing with the
British transatlantic luxury ships.
These were not the most serious results Of
the strike, however. The most noteworthy
thing about this strike was the revelation OF
how easily a few men could and might con-
trive to tie up a vital element of our national
defense.
The strike began as a wildcat revolt OF
about a tenth of New York's 10000 long
shoremen against a contract which Inter
national Longshoremen's Association OF
ficials had negotiated with the shipowners
Apparently there also were some union poll
tics mixed up with the walkout.
Then the Americas NMU walked out in
sympathy. The sympathy was a rather new
emotion, since the LA and the NMU have
been at each others Threats for years. The
crew was led off by Joseph Stack, an able
seaman aboard the America, a member OF the
MINUS powerful left-wing group and Until
recently, a vice president of the union.
Some of the NMU "sympathizers" clrcula-
ted among the longshoremen pickets, dis
tributing leaflets and Communist literature
They got a rude, rough reception from the
ALL dockhards. But still the sympathy strike
continued. although the longshoremen's
walkout was none of the MINUS affair. Why:
1t seems likely that the whole performance
was a test of strength, or perhaps a re-
hearsal. It is no secret that one important
Communist goal is to get at least one mem
Der on the crew of every ocean-going Amerl'
can ship. Since the party until recently flllec
a large majority of the unions offices, anc
since it controls the unions system OF as
signing sailors to American vessels, Il
would not be surprising if that goal were
already achieved.
There are two excellent reasons why the
Communists nave pursued that goal With
such ~tireless vigor. A party member VINO
sails to foreign ports is a handy messen'
ger.
Also, such a crew member would be
needed to handle strike or sabotage OF
mutiny in the event Of serious trouble be-
tween the United States and Russia. 1t Il
obvious that few Communists aboard each
of our ocean-going vessels could do a tremen'
dous amount of damage to the country II
an emergency.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Economic Outlook

During the last year or two economists
have been forecasting recessions, none of
which have materialized. On the contrary
the country has had extraordinary economic
prosperity. How long this condition can con-
tinue is beyond human ken.
Herbert Hoover recently said that he could
not foresee any important drop in business
in the near future. That point of view is
widely shared at the present time, even by
some of the commentators who anticipated
economic upheavels this summer. This OPP
timism as to the immediate outlook is
producing increased pessimism as to the
iong-term outlook, on the theory that the
longer the boom lasts the more severe will
be the break when it comes. 1t is a situation
where the old prize-ring dictum that "the
bigger they are the harder they fall" applies.
But this is in the realm of speculation. The
business induces are still going up, and the
been reached. In many important lines, out
put would be a great deal larger than at
present if more supplies were available.
Every consumer knows what all this has
done to prices. Here, again, those who fore
cast last fall that substantial price breaks
would come by mid-1947 were badly fooled
The Bureau of Labor Statistics price index
recently touched another new high, and it is
expected to go higher still. That is the re-
suit Of many factors - governmental fisca.
policy, foreign buying in a tight market
-ever-expanding business overhead, etc. Tc
a choose the most obvious reason, higher prices
are inevitable when 50, 1000, 900 people earn.
e ing the highest pay in history, are painting
t for goods and services of all kinds. There
e are still many people to who~- price is
of little consequence - as the so-calle6
S fused automobile" market abundantlv
e proves.
81 The loosening of the regulations on time
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09

If his experiences in Germany in last
SATURDAYS issue, Says Mr.. Harsch:
I couldn't get any Germans to express
any feeling of regret for Germany's re-
sponsibility in the war. l was struck
particularly by one woman who told me
that we Americans should attack the
Russians at once and drive them out OF
Germany. l replied:
1T seems to me you are expecting
rather a lot of us, particularly since you
brought them in"
That seemed to BATTLE her, so I adj
ded:
"After all, when you poke a hornets nest
don't you expect to be stung? You at
tackled the Russians and they stung you.
Now you want us to get you out OF your
troubles"
She simply could not seem to get my
point, arguing in return that if the Ger
mans had not attacked Russia the Rus
slams would have attacked them. The
idea that Germany might be in any way
responsible for it's present tribulations
seemed to be entirely beyond her grasp.
The limit of her thinking appeared to
be that we Americans were largely
responsible for bringing in the Russians
and that therefore it was up to us to
get them out, in a hurry-and why DIDN'T
we get on with the job?
Repeated expression of similar views by
Germans, which gain a place in country:
newspapers, prove that the German woman
whom Mr.. Harsch interviewed is no ex
The Germans generally, as far as car
be learned, have much the same attitude
Whether time can broaden their vista Il
something no man can foresee.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
~ nrcnortion with It's resources. 10 IN
clude public terminals. tobacco s'ofase
warehorses snip repair facilities near.
NV site, for heavy industry and 5o-1oo'
Gaze Fear, river cnapne1.
CITY auditorium large enough 10 mee'
deeds for years to come.
DEVELOPMENT OF Southeastern Norm
Carolina Agricultural and industrial. re.
sources through better markets ana 1000
processing. pulp wood production ana
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
~sdvautages ana improvement OF resort
accommodations
Improvement OF Southeastern North
Carolina S farm-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's In
dustrial Agency to attract more IN
dustries
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina $ heath facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and incluo'
ing a Negro Health center.
encouragement Of the growth OF COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernnents.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
BY STEWART ALSOP

Vandenberg blocked Francis
Biddle for the job. At any rate,
Lehman has threatened to issue
a loud blast at the President for
not having taken a stronger
stand on the Palestine issue.
Such a blast could have a dis
astrous effect on the already I'm
happy Democratic prospects in
New York; SO disastrous indeed
that Democratic state chairman
Paul Fitzpatrick and former ma
tional Chairman Ed Flynn have
been detailed to pacify and
somehow silence the aging Leh-
man.
In Pennsylvania the Democra-
tic organization is split into Law
renee Montagues and Guffey
Capulets. So bitter is this feud
that it has induced a mutual
paralysis; even additionally
Democratic York County is now
in Republican hands down to the
courthouse level. Another feud is
in progress in Ohio, where the
regular Democratic organization
is at daggers drawn with the
supporters of former Governor
Frank J. Lausche. To make mat
tiers worse, Lausche threatens to
run again at the first %opportuni-
ty, thus splitting the party al
most beyond hope of repair. And
so it goes. In Massachusetts the
Democrats are threatened by the
unnatural kindness of the Repub-
licans to jailed Democratic boss
James M. Curley, who is expect
ed to repay these courtesies. In
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California the great Pauley-
Roosevelt enney row is still ir
swing. Finally, over
the whole scene there is the
shuddering vision of a Wallace
led third party. Wallace has ben
repudiated by all the important
labor leaders,. But he still seems
tempted to lead a crusade con-
sisting largely of the wool
ly-minded, the lunatic fringe and
the Communists. There is little
doubt that even such a job lot
of Wallace votes could beat Tru-
man.
The bad case of nerves which
this condition of near-chaos in
the party has induced in the
Democratic leaders can be de-
duced from the fact that some
of them are talking seriously OF
drafting Chief of Staff Dwight
D. Eisenhower as Truman's rum
ming mate in 1948. The idea is
that Secretary of State George
c. Marshall should somehow be
%hypnotized into somehow hypno-
tizing Eisenhower into taking the
No. 2 spot.
This talk has something of the
wistful quality of a small child
boasting that he will get a mil
lion dollars for Christmas. More
immediate and practical steps
will be pressed on Truman by
the Democratic satraps on his
return. He will be urged to make
a series of important speeches,
in New York, Pennsylvania,
California and elsewhere. Such
a tour is hopefully expected to
cancel out the effects of the
Dewey and Taft junkets, ease
the feuding within the party in
these states, and raise the Tru-
man prestige with the voters. AS
one Of the Democratic chieftains
put it: "That speech in Petrop-
oils was okay, but how many
of these Brazilians are register
ed voters?"
Yet before making any other
political move, Truman must
settle the row initiated by the
impending resignation of Rob-
ert flanagan as national Demo
cratic chairman. The battle
RACES around the energetic and
outspoken figure of Gael Sul1i-
van, Hannegan's assistant and a
candidate for the succession.
The powerful faction of anti-Sul-
ivanites includes most of the
conservative Southern Demo-
Gratis, plus the White House pa
lace guard, Harry H. Vaugn,
James K. Vardamann and John
Steelman.
The anti : Sullivanites, who
have the Presidents ear. have
backed Agriculture Secretary
Clinton Anderson, but it now ap-
pears probable that Anderson,
VINO has his eyes firmly fixed
on the vice-presidential nomina-
ZION, Will sidestep the lob if it
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is offered him. Another pa.s
guard nominee has been )
jackson, a safe-and-sane lndl'
politico, but Truman is DeLe,
to have received this suggeS'
coolly.
In the Sullivan corner
flanagan, Attorney Gens
Tom Clark, most Of the MOI ..
ern Democratic bosses like r +,
Fitzpatrick, and all the ID.
leaders, whose champion III :
Administr alton Sullivan i.
been. Both A. F. Whitney Oh
railway brotherhoods, VIII W
Sullivan weaned away from VI NJ
lace, and the A. F. OF LIS 4 4
liam Green have telegrapnerc a.,
President strongly urging ~
vans appointment. ri II.
Truman's decision will , DE-
teresting. If he chooses ou nv.
it will be a reasonably lsl. y,
indication that he intenHs " ',
tinue the revived DemocIo'II i
lance with labor and tns y
If not, it will sho" 1h@ @.r
wants to mollify the pow,
and increasingly restless Gun, VII
vative wing Of the Dem NJ H.
party. For Truman, it VIII "
easy choice. usrsI
Copyright, 1947, n J.
Tribune, Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Roadside improvement
An Editorial From The New York Times

II and as manpower becomes
available, there is a civic need
that requires attention over wide
areas OF the nation. Since the
beginning of the war little at
tention has been paid to the
roadside improvement program
that was making progress in the
latter part of the Thirties. Sur
,veys indicate that the tourist
business will rise to a new high
this year. Americans want to get
acquainted with their own ma
ton.
Many cities, towns and viii
lagos take pride in their civic
%centers. Yet within a short dis
tance of these beauty spots on
the roads radiating from these
centers are unsightly and de-
pressing dumps by the side of
the road. Ugly messes of ashes.
papers, tin cans, skeletons of old
cars and miscellaneous debris
constitute sore spots on the land
scape. Gravel pits and unplant-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
'Truman's Troubles

WASHINGTON, - When Pres
lident Truman returns from his
cruise on the battleship Mis-
souri,, he will find himself some
what in the position of a man
stalking an enraged wild bull
elephant, while at the same time
being numerically bitten by a
swarm of mosquitoes, AS Presi-
dent of the United States, he
will be confronted with the vast
issues of the world crisis. Al
the same time, as leader of the
Democratic party, he will be
faced with the irksome but I'M
avoidable necessity Of trying to
glue together some sort of solid
political base for 1913.
He will not have an easy job.
His nostrils will be assailed by
the smell of decay in the local
Democratic organizations almost
everywhere.
In New York, the regular Or
ganization has been unable to
recover from the terrible
wounds inflicted upon it last
year by Governor Thomas E.
Dewey. The left and labor groups
which supported Roosevelt are
splintered in every direction. In
addition, the most powerful
Democratic public figure in the
state, former Governor Herbert
Lehman, is known to be angry
at Truman. This may be in part
because Truman disappointed
Lehman by failing to appoint
him American representative on
UNESCO, after Senator Arthur
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Plane VS.. GuidedM Missile
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON, - A lot of the
talk about what has happened
to U. S. air power seems to boil
down to one thing - the guided
missile.
The presence of this new
weapon has confused the issue
of a strong air force in several
peculiar ways. First, and most
important, it has raised the illog.
ical question of which is the
best weapon, the airplane or the
guided missile. All the ballyhoc
and exaggerated claims made
for the guided missile have con
fused the public and most con-
gressmen. And the services have
been feuding over which outfit
would get control of this new
glamor gadget of death.
This false issue - the plane
versus the missile has caused
a reluctance to support subsidi-
cation of a large aviation indus
try. Why, asks the public AND
Congress, spend a billion dol.
lars for giant bombers when
these wonderful new guided mis-
siles will kill more of the enemy
faster and shoot the bombers out
of the sky. Let's spend half of il
to develope a missile with an
atomic war head. Isn't that the
perfect weapon?
This confusion in the public
mind over just where the guided
missile fits into Americas de-
tense plans, however, merely re-
fleets the same confusion in the
minds of the military experts.
The additionally progressive
Army Air Force has now ma
neuvered itself into a peculiar
position on the whole question.
The AAF line has been to play
down the Importance Of the guild
ed missile. Some of this "play-
ing down. has been logical ar
gument. But a lot of it has been
vindictive talking, which has
done more toward weaken
ing their side.
Most of the services, especial
ly Array Ordnance, have been
careful not to make exaggera-
tons. for the guided missile in
official statements and press re-
leases. But too many of the top
officers connected with various
aspects of the missile program
haven't been so careful in inter-
views and unofficial statements.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09

As a result, such things as rocket
trips to the moon are now con-
sidered to be just around the
corner.
This has put the burden of de-
bunking push-buttcn warfare on
the Air Forces, and, in trying to
sell the country on having an
adequate air force, they've real
ly had two jobs. One is trying
to point out that guided missiles
couldn't protect the nation to-
morrow. And the other has been
to try to explain to an economy
minded Congress that an ade-
quate, modern air defense is an
expensive proposition. 1t hasn't
done too well with either job.
Somewhere along the line the
AAF has failed to get across to
the public the simple fact that
the only operational weapon the
U. S. has today which even re-
sembles a guided missile is a
crude sort of affair, known by
various Names, but general
ly called a glide bomb. This de-
vice has to be dropped from an
airplane in the first place, de-
ponds upon gravity for rropul-
sion, has very limited range and
accuracy, and can be used only
under certain special conditions.
AS far as the German w
goes, it is doubtful if the expert
ments with it at White Sands,
N. NJ, have accomplished more
than to familiarzie U. S. experts
with firing it, and perhaps, in
creasing its range slightly.
The real key to the present
day limitation of the guided mis-
sile is given by DR.. Lawrence
r. Hafstad, executive secretary
of the Joint Research and De-
velopment Board. Before he took
that job he said:
I'm neither my civilian nor
my military experience have I
seen a problem which includes
so many branches of physical
science. Aero -dynamics, radar,
electronics, telemetering, servo
mechanism, gyros, cornputers,
thermodynamics, combustion.
metallurgy, propulsion, and
chemistry must. all contribute to
a successful guided missile. And
it will require brand new con-
tributions in each of these
fields"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09

payment purchases has been a factor in keep
ing sales of expensive articles at the peak
level. When families run out of cash, they
can keep on buying on liberal installment
terms. Staple, advertised goods of all kinds
are selling well.
Economists for industry shake their heads
when they start talking about the longtime
future. So do the economists for the labor
unions. All of them are concerned with what
might harper if we had a depression &C.
companied by high prices. 1t is definitely an
unpleasant prospect.
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ed banks are stark g95t o
the countryside. There alt nj
stretches of roadsides t Mans b.
paintings of trees ana ' &c Vi
There is a practical. ~, as Nj, n
as an esthetic angle 10 w.. .be u
lem. Many sections Of ~. liz n.
ton have scenery for s"'o oa b
tourist business means 81:
come to many BUSINESS Emit:
farmers. Some coi 5abip pt'
have made commenoa;y ,aprors
gress in projects for ,l.Y vii
ments, but on a nation 2aS n,ent Z
basis the accompllsl:in+e CIV.
date is only a beginn n;n!t 10 t'
authorities should be alas' SER
need Civic organizations d u
ice clubs, the Granfs a 5n b. = !.
CLUBS can Pau ~ beau,
cleanup and comr1Un!, cs~t sd q
fication projects. A 0in,Cnthoritis'
fort by community I'M, cal Y
and organized lay Io" bSeauN !
much to improve the
the landscape.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Poles Apart

rhare Is reason to doubt if the average
.mor;o.n reared in the homeland of modern
democracy and fair play, will ever be aole
~ understand the mental processes OF tne
average German in Germany nurture lrs'
:, +la snirit of Prussianism and later by the
;nfo1erant teachings of the Nazls. :.
An illustration Of the two viewpoints Is
seforsd nv Mr.. Joseph c. Harsch, OF the
mN.S:.. co;.nce Monitor staff, who writes
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
HER HUMBLE SUBJEC'

Conversation at the club tu
ed to the Oldest member, H;
kins, who for many years
vainly squirmed under the thu
of a domineering wife-a pro
imperious woman whose light
whisper was law.
"How long has Hawkins b
married." asked the young
member.
"Oh," said the wittieSt me
Der, IT suppose about tWsI
awed years"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
Ticks Spread
Spotted Fever
BY WILLIAM A. o'BRIEN ~

AIN, Mn
Tick Tick : borne Rocky Mounts,
spotted spot fever has been reu n
from over 40 states, Aibeported|
cases of the disease de 19Gat SOD
nually in the United stateS an
Authorities advise comn1s+.
moval of clothing and 1e'e re-
lor tlcks twice a day for 'y Voe3
ers or vacationists in "ofaj
areas. That way ticks r me
removed with ease, sinc rSit !, u
parely ~ attach themselves 0: y,
once The cause of Rocky Ton''
tain spotted fever is a r.Oua
rlckettsia, which enter tb tc'll :
through contact with tict 10y
rial on the unbroken Skin '''a''
The incubation period =.
Rocky Mountain spotted fe,,. ~
two days to two weeks nls.
starts with fever, beadaI7
muscle and joint pains. cEir]
nausea, vomiting, and fever rl TS
rash, by which the diseaeo
recognized, appears on the sr,.
and legs from the second IN ~
fifth day, and spreads rsnis Y
over the body surface. 1t vsr;.
from red blotches to small Sas]
orrhages in the skin. In sara,j
infections, extensive skin bemrk
rhages give the patient a
culiar notified appearance. II
The illness varies from . r,y
infection to a severe, fatal NY n.
ease. High fever may last ~ y
several weeks.
Rocky Mountain spotted far,l
can be prevented by annual II.
j%ections of two doses of v]acci,,l
NEGOTIATIONS should be given ml
month before the time of n,l
sible exposure. As most ami
ticks are found early in the srrI
mer season, infection most ot,t
occurs then, although it is mI
sible to contract the disease
any time. IL
Patients infected with Ru5F
Mountain spotted fever al
treated with para-amnobgI
zoic acid. This chemical. WILL
apparently is of little value
human nutrition, is a succesAE
competitor for the unkrrk
substance required for grown
and development of rickettyE
Sulfa drugs seems 10 mail
Rocky Mountain spotted few=
worse, and penicillin is witbnE
value.
Because OF damage to smtE
blood vessels in the illresE
there may be loss of protein All
fluid. These can be replaced
a high protein diet and transit
sions of plasma or whole bMF
Injections of fluid and minersE
once considered harmful
now used to good ADVANTAGE
treatment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-09
GOOD MORNING

Where we find echoes we generally
find emptiness and ~hOllOWness; 1t is
the contrary with the echoes OF the
~heart.-BOyes.