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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
In To The Common Man

While there is little probability that Con-
gress, at least during the present extraordl-
nary session, will implement with legislation
President Truman's proposal for price con-
trolls, there is no reason to doubt that con-
gress will closely watch price trends ana
unless there is some evidence that they Will
rapidly be downward bound approve meas
ures for forcing them to lower levels.
To this extent we may believe the Presi-
dents message is destined to have definite
effect upon prices even though there is no
evidence of immediate and desired results.
The republican leadership In both
branches of Congress is divided on controls
Senator Taft, for example, declares attention
will be given only the less controversial
proposals in Mr.. Truman's program. That is
to saw. the Joint Economic Committee OF
which Mr.. Taft is chairman will devote us
time to these matters. But this does not
necessarily mean that all republican mem
bers in either branch will be bound by Mr..
Taft's decision, or even that the gentleman
from Ohio will not change his mind pe1ore
the special session closes or merges with the
regular session scheduled to start in jan
uarv. He has been known to do this In the
past.
The point that deserves emphasis is that
because pressure from back home IS grow
ing, the members in both branches are more
aware of current inflationary tendencies ana
the announcement of these tendencies IS
given by the ascending price spiral than
they have appeared to be in the past, are
more liable to take the reins out of the hands
of Senator Taft and his particular group on
Capitol Hill if there is no indication that
business in general and labor in particular
have no intention of remedylng the nation
economic illness without specific legislation
Initiation is no more welcome to repuoh-
cans than democrats. The great masses OF
voters. sometimes disrespectfully called COL
lectively the common man, feel its plncn
grievously and independently of party al
filiation. And in the last analysis it is this
common man who rules Congress whenever
in the aggregate, he uses his collective IN
fluence to force Congress to do something
for him.
It is he who will make the final decision
on initiation. Very definitely he wants II
brought to an end. One commentator puts
the matter we'll when he writes: congress
cannot casually turn aside the President
recommendations and at the same time calm
ly watch prices continue to rise during the
next few months"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Carolina's farm-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries
Proper utilization of Bluethentha
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina's health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
Guiding Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth OF
commercial fishing
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Pomp And Circumstance

Princess Elizabeth heir apparent to
the crown og Great Britain, yesterday became
the bride of Lieut.. Philip Mountbatten and
the shriveling Empire was agog over the
nuptials. In London flags were fluttering on
all buildings, scaffolding had been raised for
stands along the way between Buckingham
Palace and Westminster Abbey, where the
ceremony took place, and barricades
created to hold the populace and visitors
back. Nothing else that could happen, less
than outbreak of war; could hold equal
interest with this marriage in London CT,
for that matter, in the tight little isles.
Though the event was to be largely a
family affair, just about all the royalty left
in the world was in the Abbey when the
Archbishops of Canterbury and York per-
formed the rites. King Michael of Romania
King Haakon of Norway King Frederik and
Queen 1ngrid of Denmark Queen Frederika
OF Greece, Princess Juliana and Prince Bern
hard of Holland, Prince Charles - regent of
Belgium - King Peter and former Queen
Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Prince John and
Princess Elizabeth of Luxembourg Prin-
CcSS CuSeL1e O1 CTeeCe ana Don Juan OF
Spain, were listed among favored guests in
the pageantry. Among the missing were
the exiled King Leopold of Belgium and
King Paul of Greece who is recovering at
home from typhoid fever. Also the Duke
and Duchess of Windsor were absent
In addition, among the guests were
the foreign diplomatic corps and the mem
bers of parliament, the Cabinet and other
dignitaries. Nothing like it has happened
since Queen Victoria wed Prince Albert who
gave his name to q coat which enjoyed dis
tinction throughout the world for many
years.
Considering Britain's economic situa-
ton and political unrest, coupled with world
turmoil, the fact that the nation can pro-
ceed with the customary pomp and cir
cumstance accompanying royal wedding
can well be accepted as evidence that there
will always be an England as the war song
declared.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Quotat tions

The time has come when we must count it
a privilege to be among those who would
be as bold in the pursuit of peace as we
were daring in our recent months OF battle
for survival.
John L. Sullivan, secretary of the Navy.
am convinced there would be infinitely
greater assurance of production volume suf-
ficient to check inflation@if taxes were re-
duced at the coming session of Congress.
Earl o. Shreve president, U. $. Chamber
of Commerce.
American imperialism wants to dominate
the universe.
jacques Duclos, French Communist sec
retary.
The German people must understand that
they cannot create an Independent and uni
fled Germany out of sharp contrast be-
tween the big powers, but only out of the
still possible unanirnity among those big
powers. 1,:.-:
|,
Naturalization has proved failure.
Winston Churchill
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
The Reuther Victory
BY STEWART ALSOP

with Curran's recent victory in
the maritime workers, and
Ruether's success this week, the
whole communist position in the
CIO is threatened.
1t is threatened, for example,
in national CIO headquarters.
The hand of CIO President
Philip Murray, who detests the
communists, but who has hest
tated to move against them for
fear of splitting his beloved CIO
from top to bottom, is strength
ened. So is the hand of James
Carey, CIO secretary treasurer,
and Reuther's chief ally at ma
tional headquarters. And the
position of CIO counsel Lee
Pressman, the communists
friend at court, has thus become
exceedingly precarious. Reuthe1
has never troubled to conceal his
sentiments towards Pressm an
One close observer of the CIC
has remarked that it would sur.
prise him if Pressman lasted
three months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

The nation simply will no longer stand
for the continued concentration OF financial
control in a few hands and in one place.
Cyrus Eaton, Cleveland industrialist.
Congress should appropriate funds to carry
the nations of western Europe through the
forthcoming winter Give them also enough
to provide for the planting of their 1948
CROPS and after that let them paddle their
own canoe.
Rep. Harold Knutson (R) of Minnesota.
Our national welfare demands national
policy of "Stop, look, and isten'
Ernest T. Weir, chairman, National Steel
Corp.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

The CIO-PAC., the CLOS poll
teal instrumentality, which has
always had a distinct commun-
ist flavor, will also feef the i'm
pact of ReutherS victory. r. j.
Thomas, ne bumbling former
president of the U.A.W., who has
consistently accepted commun-
ist support, has been treasurer
of the PAC. Reuther is now ex-
pected to replace him. There is
no doubt that he will firmly
quash the PAC's sprinkling of
communists.
Again, communist control of
the biggest communist trade un-
ion base, the United Electrical
Workers, is seriously under
minded. Carey, former U.E.W.
president and leader of move
ment to oust it's communist Off
GERS, will receive support from
Reuther. Moreover, Philip Muir
rays steelworkers are expected
soon to follow the U.A.W. lead
in signing under protest the non
communist affidavits required
by the Taft Hartley law. This
will leave the electrical workers
as the only major CIO union
without recourse to the National
Labor Relations Board, since a
number of it's officers could not
sign the affidavits without risk
ing perjury charges.
Thus the electrical workers
will be subject to raids both
from the A F of LIS manchinists
and from the steel and auto
workers. It seems unlikely that
the vast majority Of nom COM
munists in the electrical work
ers' rank and file will long agree
to pay such a price for the lux
urv of maintaining communist
officers. And if the communists
lose the electrical workers, they
lose their last great labor base.
Thus the whole internal bal
ance of power in the CIO has
been overturned, and will be
overturned still futher. The
impact of this overturn on the
national political scene is made
obvious if one recalls the speech
made by Henry Wallace before
the electrical workers conven-
ton in Boston last September.
Carey's attempt to displace the
communist leadership of his old
union had been swamped by the
powerful communist machine.
Wallace proceeded to devote
much of his speech to the hor-
rors of "red-baiting," and con-
graduated the union on not al
lowing itself to be disrupted by
such "false issues" as Carey had
raised. Wallace thus placed him
self squarely and unequivocally
in the CLOS minority pro-com-
murist camp.
The overwhelming rank and
file support for Walter Reuther
has now threatened the very
existence of that camp, and has
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Britain's Object Lesson

The British municipal elections, in which
the Conservative party made startling gains
and the Labor party suffered equally start
ling losses, may indicate sharp change IN
the attitude of the rank and file of English
people toward the principles of socialism,
The Labor government cannot blame this
reverse on the austerity program-Mr.
Churchill and the other opposition leaoerS
have said time and time again that austerlty
is necessary to the economic salvation OF
Britain, and SO it has not been major poltl-
cal issue. 1t is much more likely to suppose
that legons of British voters have come to
the conclusion that socialism has failed to
live up to the claims made for it, that social
ism is sapping the resources and energies ol
the nation at an alarming rate and that,
under government which puts the attain
ment of complete socialist state before any
other consideration, the sacrifices of austerlty
are in vain.
If that is becoming the British point OF
view, it is built solidly upon logic. Britain
has socialized her vital coal industry-ano
production is much less than under private
ownership, and there has been no noticeable
change in worker dissension. She has social
lied the Bank of England and other lnstru-
ments of domestic and international finance
and her economic position worsens daily
She is threatening to socialize electric power
and other basic enterprises-and this mas
caused widespread fear and uncertainty
which have contributed to her economic
doldrums. The Labor government has crea1-
ed an enormous, self-seeking bureaucracy
which has strangled English enterprise IN
red tape and mountains of regulations, ana
it has been guilty of monumental failure IN
the administr alton of British affairs at home
and abroad.
If, as the municipal elections indicate, a
substantial proportion of the British people
are weary of socialism and RECOMMENDATION,
it is an object lesson for this country. Free
enterprise, whatever its faults, is the only
system yet devised which permits maximum
economic development of a nation and still
assures the liberties of the people. That is
one fact we must never forget
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Bringing In The Sheaves
BY PETER EDSON

| to be higher. So the farmer who
holds has everything to gain anc
nothing to lose.
1t has been generally report
ed, and the belief is widespread,
that it is the governments CROP
loan policy which is responsible
for today's high wheat price and
for much of the wheat boarding
on farms. c o m m o dity Credit
Corporation reports indicate this
isn't so. It is the tax law-not
the farm loan policy - that is
principally to blame.
AS of Oct. 1-again the latest
report available-CCC had made
loans of $37.75 million dollars on
20 million bushels of 1947 wheat.
While this sounds like a lot OF
money and lot of wheat, it is
only is per cent of this years
IA billion bushel crop. In years
past, the government has made
loans on 500 million and 800 mil
lion bushels. The average Of the
13, 900 loans made so far this
year is for $2750 on 1881 bushels
of wheat, obviously no big farm
er operation.
AS a matter of fact, the big
farm operators are now so well
fixed financially that they don't
have to rely on government
loans. They do their own financ-
ing, and thus save interest
charges.
Off the record, Department of
Agriculture officials will d init
frankly that the big wheat farm
ers are afraid Of government
loans. What they fear is that the
government might Seize any
wheat against which it has ad-
vanced money, by calling the
loans before due date.
What the big farm operators
really want is a return to the
certificate plan of M ay and
June, 1916. Under this operation,
farmers who marketed their
grain were given certificate
receipt. This certificate could be
exchanged for cash on demand,
at the market price prevailing
when the certificate was turned.
in. If the market price was up,
the farmer stood to gain. If the
price went down, the farmer
was guaranteed as minimum
/ the price in effect when he sur
rendered his grain for the GER
tificate.
Furthermore, the Bureau of
Internal Revenue gave it's bless
ing to an Arrangement whereby,
if the farmer did not choose to
cash in his certificate until 1947,
the income from the sale would
not be taxed until 1947. In short,
the deal was so rigged that the
farmer had everything to gain
and he couldn't possibly lose.
And that is apparently all he
wants now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

WASHINGTON - It is diff
cult to overestimate the real
meaning of Walter Reuther's
overwhelming victory at the
United Automobile Workers
convention in Atlantic City. For
the Communists have lost their
last chance to dominate or deep
ly influence an important seq
ment of the American labor
movement. In so doing, they
have lost their last chance to
dominate or deeply to influence
the whole American political
left. For without a solid, unas-
sailable base in the labor move
ment, the communists ire re-
duced to comparative political
impotence. And this in turn will
have profound impact on the
national POLITICAL scene.
Only two or three months ago,
there existed serious possibili-
ty that the communists might
extend their influence to unions
to represent about half the mem
bership of the entire CIO. YET
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

clearly repudiated Henry Wal
lace's strategy of a "unllea
front" with the communists,
Thus Reuther's victory is !p
greatest setback which the thlr1
nartv movement, sparkplugsed
by the communists, has yet IT. re.
ceived. Reuther's enemies in tn'
U.A.W., now sunk without traes, .:,s
having consistently flirted with Il,
the progressive citizens o.
America, the party line 'nl5m III.
party organization which nas mas
provided Wallace with his man
platform.
Reuther, like Carey, is a 1l'%
supporter of the anti Wallace. E.
anti-third party, anti-comrnun,a lari.
liberal organization, the Ailte- y. !,
can for democratic action LIZ IL y
too early to say that the :, mn. ~.
party is dead. But certalniy ssy,rai .ai
democratic leaders VINO ledios a;os
that Henry Wallace, by heaGt4s ass
third party, would elect a !; ilSn qst.
a third party, would elect t,o 2 fisa, e.,
wing Republican in l940' ''D
take heart.
Yet the impact Of Reutnels Il.
victory may extend beyond wsI. VI.
political fortunes Of Henry W. ~,
lace. For although ReutheT nsi =,
been described as the ieaosI s W. !,
the U.A.w.'s Fright wing, e, nh. n.
views would be exceedingly al. az
horrent to the Union Leatas ~
club. Reuther's victory anu .b. N.
increasing reputation OF ,ar, .n'
communists by the CO. are "a. y.
ing the groundwork for VIVA, a t5s t,s
country will badly need Wnen y. ',+' IN.
present swing to the righ' IS ,,,l. VI
evitably reversed in time .s,,ois, a ri,,
itant intelligent. non-cominuln~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
What Alcohol
Does To Bodr
BY WILLIAM A. o'BR1rn

Alcoholics become il, ~.
cessive 5: indulgence, or t6ra..' '.a q
ia failure to eat while drine5Is rreesS
The chief chronic complieaa'y' sa'
from alcohol affect the p,,oa' baI
spinal cord and liver. ''sa
Action of alcohol uoo, .
body can be likened to an ~ a'
anesthetic' Although aeobo, l'as'
sometimes considered O''gl IN y. is
stlmulant, its chief effoo. w Dc 4
depress the nervous svstsr, Is TO
first result is a feeiing (lt, u; 1Hs
hilaration, which follows ~; VI e&
of restraints. The face baesSs sesSs
flushed, pulse is full and deSoMsS
ing and the victim brooE DoaAd'
deeply. ''sstass
Speech becomes loud and
coherent. Foul language IT is ~. a.
and stories are told wbioS Is USED
der ordinary conditions u,i: IN,
be repressed. All effects ''ul'
heightened by the comn.,;a aSs
ship of other persons uba OA
experiencing the same '' q. sls
tions. 'eNv'
In acute intoxication, thers !,
loss of nervous and muSo"i.s
control. Reaction time is xIoaas
down and accidents occur fr'al su
inattention and poor judgmo,.. VII
Any drinker may get f'ia., I'M.
trouble in this phase, if he s =,
tempts to drive a car or w.N' ~
in traffic. A
An attack of delirium tremo,,
can easily develop in a chrnni.
alco.lollc' AS a result Of great
restlessness and depression, h.
is unable to sleep and cons.lms,
more alcohol. After a few dav,
the alcoholic sees and hp.r,
things which are not real. In,
mediate medical and hospit.l
care is necessary, if a fatal
termination is to be avoided.
In spite of beliefs to the con.
trary, tn e stomach of tds
chronic alcoholic is seldom Al
fected. Illustrations often depic+
the lining of the alcoholic,
stomach as bright red and COW
cred with sores, but this is rare
ly, if ever, seen. The appeti,
may be lost, but the stomach II
self shows very little out Of tn,
ordinary when examined with
special instrument.
Cirrhosis or hardening Of III
liver develops in chronic alec
holics and moderate and heav
drinkers. If an animal is denie
food and given alcohol at tn
same time, cirrhosis of the live
can be produced. Chronic alct
holics who do not eat Will
drinking are more apt to dt
velop this condition.
Excessive indulgence in alec
hol shortens the life expectancy
but statistics show that the ou
look for social drinkers and tie,
totalers is essentially the SAM
Moderate to heavy drinkers an
alcoholics pay the penalty fc
their failure to practice self-col
troll.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

If Congress approves aid to
Europe, it should also make
sure that Europeans are fully in
formed bout American pur-
poses. Otherwise, as Sumner
Welles warns, the superior force
OF Russian propaganda may win
its objective. 1t may wreck. or
at least gravely impair, the
Marshall plan.
So far, the United States is
miserably losing this war of
ideas, because the Russian
forces outnumber American
forces m any times over. In
France, for example, more than
1900 "Franco-Soviet Friendship
centers pour out tn e familiar
Moscow charges that the United
States is trying to dominate the
world and bring on another war.
Against that rnany-armed mon
ster of falsehood, the United
States has only a small, budget
pinched information office in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21

WASHINGTON - Hous o n
Harte, Texas newspaper pub
Usher, sends in a report from
his San Angelo Standard and
Times that gives the best pic
ture yet of what's happening
down on the big wheat farms.
The big operators come rejoic-
ing, bringing in the sheaves, all
right. But they aren't sending
those sheaves to market. First,
in the hope of a price rise and,
second, because they want to
beat the income tax collector.
From a third to a half of the
wheat raised in the Texas Pan
handle is still being held on the
farms, say Mr.. Harte's report
ers. The little town of Vega,
Tex, population 500, is said to
be rolling in dough. Eight fani-
lies alone raised from $4,000 to
200,0 bushels of wheat apiece.
Putting tn e average at 10000
bushels, it represents a potential
gross income of $300,00O at to-
days So a bushel price.
But, since the income tax laws
are so rigged that the most a
man can keep and show a profit
on is around $4,000, these big
farm operators are selling only
about 10000 to 10000 bushels.
This nets them maximum return
after taxes. Any wheat sold over
this maximum would net them
only about Is cents income on
the bushel.
The rest of the crop is being
stored on farms or warehoused
until 1948, which is another tax
year. Every empty building is
said to be stored with wheat.
Wheat filled quonset huts line
the railroad tracks. Two big
new elevators are being built in
Vega to hold $4,000 bushels.
This Texas situation is appar-
emily true of the entire wheat
belt, right up to the Canadian
border. When Tom Campbell of
Montana, biggest U. S. wheat
farmer, was in Washington re-
Gently, he told President Tru-
man that he was holding 600, 900
bushels of wheat.
The U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture Crop Reporting Board
says that, as of Oct. 1, over 628
million bushels of wheat-nea arly
half the 1947 harvest of IA bill
lion bushels were still being
held on farms. This is the latest
report available.
These big farm operators, who
are not selling their wheat now,
are, of course, playing a smart
game. Planting weather
throughout the winter wheat
belt has been too dry, which is
bad. Next years crop may be
much smaller than this years
all-time record high. 1fthe next
crop is off, the price n bound
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
Dollars, Also Truth


Paris. In consequence w..
Welles finds that anti-AmeIiboit+ hit.
feeling in France is mo- : +ba1
ter, and more widespread, ,rs rsa.
ever before" For the sa3lls l'.;+v i
son. American populsr,tty. t.ra =,
waning elsewhere in "s''
Europe. WILLIS
writes, twill prevail unless vi s
truth is made availaole 1+he
under present conditions; ;. the the
Voice of America" An An,ttlsyed
my-minded Congress menr men II
this information progl@1i4l', ~ roay
was bad economy then. IL Ia,npis I,IIs
prove disastrous unless anti ntly.
| funds are restored pronsgaIarry poasgary
American truth is nedoas; Cellars.
companion of American oo or'me
The special session has affjc; a gl G ent
responsibility to put suS ufielS.
information forces IN 'li'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
GOOD MORNING

For my part, l am not so sure at
bottom that man is, as he says, .ila X 40
of nature; he is far more its devastating
tyrant. believe he has many II
learn from animal societies, older than
his own and of infinite variety.
Roman ROLAND
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-21
SQUAR DANCE SLATED

EVERGREEN, Nov. 2O-An et.
fort to raise funds to purchaS.
gynasium seats will be furthered
by the Evergreen Cixitan club
with a square dance in the gym
nasium Friday evening, Nov 2l
Wade Horne and his string bana
will furnish the music and pro-
ceeds will go toward the clubs
seat purchasing project.