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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1947
Star Program,

"a, State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, 10 IN
clude public terminals. tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair taclhtles,
nearby sites for heavy industry ana
35-foot Cape Fear river channel
City auditorium large enough 10
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
Cardinals -to-market and prl-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land
Continued effort to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization Of BluethenthaI
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolinas health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
cluding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and Count,
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
GOOD MORNING
Welcome evermore to gods and men
is the self-helping man. Emerson
Local Option Fails

North Carolina has demonstrated that
fireworks control is better than local op-
ton.
When the legislature enacted the law rro-
hibiting everything from the manufacture
or importation to the discharging of all
kinds of pyrotechnics anywhere within the
state it took step that well deserves adop-
ton by all other states. So far as the Star
exchange in the state reveal no person
was seriously injured.
The siuation was not so good, say, in
Alabama, where some municipalities pro-
hibit fireworks and others do not. Mobile.
for example, has and enforces a control
ordinance, but Pritchard which used to be
a small suburb but has become the sixth
city In the state, has no such rule, nor
does Chickasaw which borders Pritchard.
Mobilians were thus able to drive five or
six miles, waste all the money they wanted,
make all the noise they wished, incur all
the danger their whim involved, without
let or hindrance. The total of accidents in
these two communities is not now known,
but one case is sufficient to point the ad-
vantage of statewide fireworks control.
One boy living in Mobile, persuaded his
parents (both of them) to let him have his
fun Christmas Eve in Chickasaw, chiefly
with cannon crackers Forgetting that he
held one already alight, he lit another per-
haps second before the first exploded in
his hand
Dropping the second one, in fright and
pain, it too went off, burned his ankel set
his pants afire. He had to be rushed to a
hospital for tetanus shots and must Lie abed
indefinitely while his wounds 4aeal-if they
DO. Christmas was dreary day for that
famAV, as may well be imagined.
Cities, or states, which lack laws prohib-
lnng fireworks or fail to enforce them il
on the statute books, would do well to con.
sider whether the money they collect for
hcenses 20 make, import or sell pyrotech-
nics, is comparable with the preservation
OF human life and escape from personal
injuries which can result from strictly en-.
forced prohibitory statutes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
Veterans Lot Improves

W. Inc benefits given American veterans of
"oflo War II are the most extensive in tbe
n.s.o.y o. OF this or any other country. A few
COUNTRIES notably Canada, gave their vets
d larsei amount of cash on discharge. But
none went 50 far as the United States in
attempting to provide the eyer asts .,,;+s III II
good goo Me sendott ths when he returned to civilian
News, s'First phase in nostwan o'd.es
World War II veterans appears to e Sa ior
ing. The readjustment programs NC pass
ployment pay, Job training schoo,ina Aell. I'M
at or past their peaks.''
In July of 1916, some 100000 v.+.
were members of the much-discussss 49, ..1a ans
20' club, drawing the $40 week ,,, o.
the government offered them for o,a 4ef ,.u.
II they were unemployed. The f;auno 50 ::
around. the 100000 level now. That dae,;I
was to be expected-hundreds Of tbo,'san. .
of the recipients have exhausted s''iu +ho;" y,
lotnaents, and relatively few he,,theA al
Grams who want jobs have been unsh,. se'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
Labor And Politics
BY PETER EDsON

WASHINGTON, Big political
riddle of 1948 is how much weight
labor unions will be able to throw
around in the election. Beyond
question, labor took an awful
pasting in 1916. Instead of being
a potent political force, labor
leaders were shown up as
a bunch of rank political anna
teurs. But now the Taft-Hartley
Act has stirred up the animals.
There are half-dozen political
movements within organized
labor today. Whether they are
just noise, or whether they have
some political substance. is what
the wiseacres are trying to dope
out.
Oldest of the lot is Labor's
Non-Partisan League, whose
front man is John T. Jones. In
reality the head man is John L.
Lewis of the United Mine Work.
ers. Lewis started the League
when he was head man of CIO.
It had some influence in 1886.
But, when Lewis pulled away
from Roosevelt, and the CIO
pulled away from Lewis, the
League began to decline. When
Lewis switched to Wilkie in 1910,
he failed to deliver the votes of
his miners. Today the League is
pretty much of a political dead
duck.
Next in line is the CLOS Polit-
ical Action Committe, now
headed by Jack Kroll. There is
ample evidence that CIO-PAC
learned a lesson from the beat
ing it got in 1916. Since that time,
licking its wounds, CIO PAC
has been working quietly but
hard, out in the country, to build
a real political organization from
the bottom up. 1t has the making
of a much more potent political
force in. 1948.
A third political-labor move
ment is backed by the big,
powerful, conservative, indepen-
dent International Association of
Machinists. It's new Machinists
Nom Partisan Political League
will, during January, hold a
membership campaign and a
drive to collect a million dollars.
The money is to be used in edu-
eating it's members on the prin-
ciples of good government.
Primarily, the Machinists
say they are interested in replac-
ling the present Taft-Hartley Con-
ess which, by its every action
last year-on taxes, price and
rent controls, as we'll as labor
- showed favoritism
and obedience to employers.
Eighteen Of the railroad
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find them Again, the number OF veterans
drawing unemployment pay-whlch pro-
vides n maximum of $100 a month-hai
declined 40 per cent in year. inere are
probably two main reasons tor that many
men who decided to 60 into business 1or
themselves found the going too rough and
took Jobs, while others have put their en-
terprises on paying basis and no longer
need the government help. In addition, self
emplovnaent is limited to total OF $l,O40
for anv veteran It is an interesting FACT
cited by the United States News, that 30
per cent of those still on the selt-employ-
ment rolls are farmers.
One of the major question marks In the
veterans programs is home loans Al the
beeinning, it was believed that these wouio
total an astronomical figure, as millions OF
ex-service men and women rushed nome
and began looking around for place to
live. However it didn't quite pan out that
wav A great many home-seekers were
STAGGERED by the cost of building or buying
homes in the postwar market, and reluct-
antly decided to put off their purchasing
until prices went down or their earning
mower increased. Even so, the veterans
Administration has guaranteed more than
50. 500 600, 900 worth of home loans outstand-
ing. plus over $15O,ooo,ooo Of business and
farm loans. That is a nice chunk OF money
in anybody's language, and no one knows
just what is gaing to happen So far de-
faults on home loans have come to only
s2,5OO,0 900. But they have increased SUBJ
stantially on a percentage basis. A good
many people think that if construction
costs ever do 60 down, thousands OF vet
Grams will walk out of houses in which they
have very small investment OF their own,
but for which they must pay back-breaklng
monthly installments. -,
One phase of the CT program which will
cost billions a year after the temporary
aids have ended is care of the disabled
and the sick and their dependents. The
tragic victims of the war are being given
very good care now, and almost everyone
has praised the work of General Bradley
in reorganizing the moribund Veterans Ad-
ministration, which had been the scene OF
some disgraceful scandals in prewar years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

Army? Yet that is what Moscow
accuses us of wishing to do. The
Russians must think that men
like Marshall, Forrestal, Eisen-
hover and Bradley are military
simpletons: capable of the indie
scribable folly of building a
great arsenal which could be
captured in the first days of a
war.
For western Germany is just
about the last place on the face
of the globe that an American
strategist would select to build
up an arsenal. We would be
spending billions of dollars on
an arsenal that is undefended
and undefendable, which would
be lost to the Russian infantry
before it could be used against
the Russians, and would then
have to be destroyed by Ameri-
can air power after the Ameri-
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ourgeryRelievs.
|Harelip Victim.
BY EDWIN P. JoRn..

"iN K. JORDAN =.
soft 4 tisI';j, split in the bone and ~ Md a
r9G1 na1ats OF the mouth is called Of ,, u.
with With this defect tFtsDni but + are :, Dor,
acquired after birth 1t s neve,
Cleft palate result, t,o,
sre sren, Of the bone ard soft t'Gm tissa.fs fsI
fars grow t;'!ss together as they sboSIss bbsSpIsss
accompanied acc, by a split tS' ,,rsI away.
called harelip. '' upper lip,
The exact cause of b.
cleft palate is not Eno,'.a maFellp O.
aofy,.ier aofy, however, it is = vi, rssa,r proh
defective inheritance Jesuit Jesuit d
In IN some cases, it may be VssIoly; cs".,
oyo,,,se oy some injury durinSa Vaussd S
ssi,S ssGwth 4, period of the '''s srhA II.
chllo. The recent studio, uAoora
man measles in tho On Ger
ourlng the first three n,on.1' ,ap'ne'
pregnancy and the anna ,v,..ns a
OF congenital defects ot tes,snc' .hs
fant may have some bs,r;. VI IN. Ia
this. "eaflns On
The presence of a cl.f.
or harelip at birth NJ. palate
affects :s the appearance a'r ~ only N
child, but also interferss VI M 'hs
the production of voice so,E win
and, therefore results in sssia sYata'
speech difficulties. 'e'i0~
~, Treatment "a involves su,..,.
The first step is to deciaa sery s:l
operation should be used ,,s "na,
what age it should BE- star..s sl.t a.
All of the operations arc a,.so so.s
what alike, since thew inwo,'' yUI''
bringing the separated bons, y.
gether. eS To-
A successful operation "a,
cleft palate and harelin as. -"
greatly improve the sneacb 'aa
well as the appearance a
boy who has had a succs,,s,,
operation can often comnls,s,,
ignore the past difficulty siro,
ne has the additional advsnt,s.
OF ultimately being able to arow
"a mustache to cover wbatev,.
slight scar might remain.
AS it is unlikely that anv nr..
ventive method will be found !,
the nesr future, it is great conn.
fort to know that MANY victim,
OF this defect can be successful.
ly treated by surgery.
B EDWIN P. JORDAN Mn
QUESTION: Is there any dan.
ger in having superfluous hair
removed by the Roentgen Raw,
IF,
ANSWER: Yes, there is dan.
ger in attempting to remove OK.
cessive hair by X-ray. Skin sp..
cialists say dosages of X-ray,
which are enough to remove hair,
can also damage the skin,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
WHEN IS A "MUsT" A MUsi'


The United States has ws1h'"
the Greek Government VAa' '"'
tinued failure to mend its pre-
ent disastrous parlianisn'ay
strife will "affect Adversely u"
consideration of further AID
Greece" In other words VIZ
Greek Government "musf ~
form itself, or slse-@
what?
Under the terms Of Me 1f'
man Doctrine, tie United ''''', :,
"must" oppose the extell'i0' ~,
Soviet influence to Greece Inv a'
Greek reactionaries kno" ",;tsjv aiy
perfectly well. They are I,tutassrd td
to feel that they can alsi.s laa as
American demands so lons lossoe,
this larger must eo'n ,,sine
American aid anyhow. by u,,1 .nrI
the Communist threat as , .hey
of international blackilialt' that
can resist the very reform. .,.sll7
would make American alo
effective. T.. IN.
Here, on a small scale, ID Mo.
dilemma that confrontsI q any y, n,
gram of aid to China. lnels son,l.
problems are vaster, the unpstt urppster,
larity of the Govern ent si.tfc .tfsc.
reactionary resistance 10. 10 dssp.
tive American control more rsi.sr adss
seated. The Greek curtain from
should prevent Americans ,bout
having any sunny illusions IN nth tn.
the role they "must" play. aGy.ri.tian III
great Chinese tragedy.--1''''
Science Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

brotherhoods have formed h e
Railway 'Labors Political
League, fourth {" the move
ments now active. Its chairman
IS A. r. Lyon. Its objectives are
to inform their million and a
quarter members on the voting
records and qualifications of
candidates, from the labor point
of view.
Finally, there is the new AFL
Labor's Educational and Politi-
cal League, which is asking it's
eight million members for vol
untary'' contributions of a dollar
to finance operations. Half of the
money will be spent nationally.
half locally.
Traditionally, ever since the
days of Sam Gompers, AFL has
stayed out of politics. This wear
the Federation's 105 internation-
al unions are in. Their main aim
is to defeat every congressm an
who voted for the Taft-Hartlev
Act in 1947.
Thus far, there is no central
direction and very little Cooper
alton of these five political
movements. Definitely, they are
not seeking to form a labor
party. There is no truck with
the American Labor Party of
New York, which is the sixth of
these movements.
Outside of Washington, how.
ever, there is apparently a lot
more cooperation. In city
central labor councils, AFL, CIO
and independent unions are get
ting together for direct action.
Potentially, there are some 20
million members of labor
unions. That is enough balance
of power to throw any national
election-if it can be organized.
The Republican attitude
seems to be that it cannot be
organized, and that 1abor's DO
litical power has always been
overemphasized. There is con-
siderable COP sentiment tn at
labor leaders can't sell their.
membership on the idea that the
Taft-Hartley Act is anti-labor.
So the whole political crusade
will flop.
From the Democratic polite
ians' point of view, if labor is
to be politically effective the
union leaders must get over the
idea that what they want has
priority over every other in
terest. What they must learn to
look out for is the national in
terest.
If the union labor leaders can
get over their idea Of just run
ming big publicity campaign,
and get down to working with
county chairmen and precinct
committeeman, then the Demo
cratic political leaders say they
can 10 some good.
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And what an arsenal! Why on
earth should the United States,
which has a war potential at
least five times as great as Ger
many as a whole before it was
devastated and dismembered.
which now has a war potential
ten times greater than anything
the Germans could achieve, be
interested in developing the Ger
man war potential?
In case Of war with Russia
western Germany would not be
a military asset but danger
Gus liability. Not only would it
be open to capture by the Red
Army but it could easily be de-
livered to the Russians by the
Germans who have 50 much
more to gain by an alliance with
Russia than by an alliance with
the United States.
An examination of the Mar
shall plan will show conclusive
ly why it is not scheme for
making Of Germany an arsenal
against the Soviet Union and it's
allies in eastern Europe. A car
dinal feature of the plan is its
recognition that western Ger
many cannot be restored unless
the imports of food and food
stuffs from the Russian orbit are
restored to the pre-war level.
For in the calculations of the
nations which are participating
in the European recovery pro-
gram, it is western Germany
which is most dependent upon
the restoration of trade with the
Russian orbit. The other six
teen participating countries are
primarily dependent upon the
restoration of overseas, extra-Eu-
ropean, trade. But western Ger
many cannot be restored at all,
and must remain forever a dead
weight upon the American tax
payer, it 1t cannot export at least
30 per cent Of it's products and
take at least 80 per cent of it's
imports from the Russian orbit.
How then can western Ger
many, dependent for it's daily
food upon the Russian orbit, be
conceived as an arsenal against
the Russian orbit? If western
Germany is to be anyone's ar
senal, 1t will be the arsenal of
the Russian orbit.
These are the reasons why the
Marshall plan is not a war plan,
and not even a plan for waging
a cold war. It is a peace plan.
1t depends for its success upon
a settlement which reunites
Germany and Europe. And it is
designed by those who organ
lzed the project, and understand
1t, to accomplish that great con-
structive end.
II it were something else. if|
IT We're a plan to harden the
division of Germany and of Eu-
rope, it could not have ss one
OF its cardinal assumptions that
trade between eastern and
western Europe must be restor-
ed in the course of four or
tive years. A wholly different
plan would have had to be in
in which the west
ern German food supply was to
come permanently across the
ocean, one in which German
manufactures would not 90 to
eastern Europe in payment for
food.
And If this plan were a plan
Of American Imperialism to
make Britain and France, and
all OF western Europe, satellites
Of the United States, then
It would not propose, insist, and
demand that our European
friends make every conceivable
sacrifice in order to become in
dependent of our aid.
The truth is that the object of
ne Marshall plan in western
Europe is the very opposite of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

want to be any cousin to Henry
Luce. Except, of course, that
would make me a cousin to
Clare. I will have to think that
over.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30
NOT FOR WAR BUT FOR
PEACE

Radio Moscow, commenting
on the Marshall plan, says that
it is a four-year program to re-
vive Germany's war potential,
that its ''essence" is war" that
"American billions are to be
used to transform western Ger
many into an arsenal of Amer
lean expansion There are
people in Europe, and
some Americans too, who think
this is or might be the purpose
Of the Marshall plan.
They will not be convinced by
our denials. But it is possible to
demonstrate to any rational per-
son that if it were war plan,
it would be a very bad plan.
For what could be more fool
lsh in preparing for war than to
build up a great war potential
within days march of the Red
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

imperialism, Its object is the ia.
dependence of the nations Of Eu,
rope and their unity-which, il
We were imperialists, would be
the very last thing we would
be the very last think
want. For empires ar,
founded by dividing and con.
quering, not by uniting the ma.
tions and helping them 10 b.
self-sustaining.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

This was to be expected TOT
a generation the world has 'eso
great power used for evil pur,
poses. 1t has seen that moSs
who had good purposes vel' YER
weak. 1t will therefore sn y
time to convince the rest Of wv
world, and indeed ourselves
that great power can be WV"
intelligently for good srfes'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-30

The greatest obstacle 10 the
plan, which has to be overcom,
abroad and at home, is the al.
most universal modern inability
to believe that a great power
can in fact have an enlightened
policy. The degrading expert
ence through which mankind
has passed has left about almost
all men with the feeling that il
the policy of a nation is mag
unanimous and constructive, ii is
probably foolish and soft
headed; that if the policy is ss'
gacious, astute, and toughmlnd'
ed, then it must be selfish and
brutal and sinister.
That is why it is not easy 10
sell the Marshall plan to our
generation for what it is: as
very enlightened, magnanlnnou'
and constructive project, astute,
ly and sagaciously conceived
to promote the highest and the
enduring interests Of the Amer
can people. For so many VINO
think it magnimous, too mag
unanimous, will be sure 1t ls not
astute, and those who can ss'
how it serves the American M
terests will not easily believe
that it serves also the genera
interest of mankind.
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Today And Tomorrow

can taxpayer had paid througl
the nose to reconstruct it.
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