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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-05-08
Ranladier
 Supported
 in Crisis
Premier s Decision 10 0usf Communists from French
 Cabinet Upheld

PARIS, May 8@Rs-France's So- ciallst Party today ratified Premier Paul Ramadier's decision busting Communists from his coalition cab- inet, thus ending a French govern ment crisis.
 A hastily summoned national council of the party voted 2.529 to 2125 to approve the break with the extreme left, an action which may have political repercussions throughout western Europe.
 Ramadier, pleading for the coun- cils endorsement in the hot l2- hour debate which preceded the vote, declared he would feel like "a grave-digger of the Republic" if he were forced to resign.
 Supporting Ramadier, Leon Blum, a former Premier and an elder statesman of the party, declared that resignation of the government would be tantamount to denial of the Parliamentary regime
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PRESSURE USED BY
 MAY FIN INTEREST
 OFF CARSON DEALS

WASHINGTON, May 8.-tR- Levin II. Campbell, Jr, wartime Chief of Army Ordnance, testified today at the May-Garsson war fraud trial that ex-Congressman A. J. May used pressure on him in seeking favors for Carson war firms.
 Campbell, now retired and liv- ing in Chicago, made the state ment during cross-examination when defense attorneys questioned him closely on his testimony that May, former chairman of the House Military Committee, often called him in behalf of the S7S,- 0C0,000 Carson munitions com bine.
 Did you consider that pressure was being put on you?" asked Warren Magee, counsel for May.
 That was my impression" :" Campbell replied.
 The defense has contended that May was only seeking to spur war production in interceding for the Garssons.
 Campbells affirmative reply to the pressure" question came after the government read into the rec ord evidence that May used Secre- tary of War Patterson's name in urging the Army give an "E' award to a Carson firm in l945.
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letter from an old schoolmate, his son missing in action. But now therell be new hope. Through the new United Nations. No more boys missing in action. The Russians, it's true, acted strangely at the armistice, holding up the final announcement. But they've suffered lot. Gone through hell. You have to understand them. :. Then there was that story of mine which everyone denied-the story oi how Stalin ordered American troops out of Potsdam, back to the River Elbe. We were practically in Berlin, trying to help win the war as quickly as possible. But the Rus sians wanted us out Well, if they wanted to waste their own men. taking Berlin themselves, that's their business. Peculiar people, the Russians. Meanwhile, let's get ahead with building up this new United Nations. Because peace is here to stay.
 Washington D. c. May g. 1947: Seems a long time since war. The anti-aircraft guns are gone from Potomac Park. The grass is reseed- ed and greener than ever. Nothing to remind you of war-except the Wave barracks And a sailor with an accordion serenading a Wave. Willow trees dipping low over the Potomac Lovers lounging on park benches. Skies reaching down to caress the horizon. United Nations, big four conferences argu- ing on reparations, atomic energy, boundaries, keep arguing about a boundary line around Trieste, se- parating Italians from Yugoslavs. Yet for decades those two peoples have lived so close, so mix ed up that no boundary can ever separate them =. Their only guar antee to peace can be human in- tercourse, culture and friendship. When I was in Plume after World War I. I was arrested by Italian officers because they thought I was a Yugoslav. |. Among the top brackets. hatred was that in tense Not far away, in the Serbian mountains, 100 Bulgar pri- soners were helping me rebuild de- vastated villages, and the Bulgars with their Serbian guards and con- script Albanians sat around their campfires every night together, talking about peace and home and the futility of war. Peasants, there was no hatred among them.
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Daily Lessons in English v L. GORDON

NISUSED: Do not After having written the superfuous Say, Hay written the letter"
 OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED Blatant Pronounce aant first BLAZE, first syllable
 OFTEN MISSPELLED Chick young chicken. Chic yish) pronounced SLEEK.
 SYNONYMS: Dream, vision, reverie phantasy.
 STUDY three times and is yours Let us vocabulary mastering word each Todas word EVENTUAL pertaining being ultimate We looking Forward
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LOOK and LEARN sa |, GORDON

l. How fast does the adult read? 9 What country is called the cockpit of Europe? he o gravity? Which is the all What by expression obge"?
 ANSWERS:
 a of in
 Belgium which has the European other country. B. Sir Newton G642-1727). The greyhound
 imposes certain obligations
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REAL ATOMIC WEAPON

Only unbroken boundary in the world today rests on friendship, the understanding of peoples, the free exchange of ideas, politics, religion. The Canadian American people will never fight each other because they like each other. Yet certain
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MODERN ETIQUETTE Sy $yoprprA 1rr

husband travelling all right arrangements while the band waits in the car?
 A. should the necessary 
 sympathy A.
 e. it obligatory for bride display her wedding gifts? A. She she not; is entirely optional
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20 YEARS AGO FHE FIT EMPIRE
MAY g, 1927

MAY g, 1927
 permits Washington dispatch stated Light and Power Company with headquarters in Juneau hao ports the Ranger No T. Carl Collen.
 Gje arrived here from Seattle sailing o'clock Seward MT and Mrs N BaVaru the arriving here
 observed with special services at the Eks Hall this Douglas the at the Congregational Church sponsored by Douglas Aee No IF Eagles
 good according to this would best third quoted would all the time
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ATTENTION SHRINERS

Regular meeting Friday evening in the Dugout at pm. after Scot tish Rite meeting. Luncheon and Picnic arrangements. adv. 573-t3
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TIDE TABLE
Leasing
 Laws Will Apply
 To Public Lands

WASHINGTON, May 6.-tR- Legislation to apply the mineral leasing laws to all acquired public lands was approved today by a public lands subcommittee headed by Senator Robertson R-Wyo).
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The Washington Merry-Go-Round

fContinued rum Page Onej
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FURNITURE Clearance continues on Juneau Young's Mezzanine.
 adv. 573-tf
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Weather: Highest, 48; lowest, fl; rain.
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Snakes are immune to many types of poisonous gases.
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Steamer Admiral Evans, Capt s. J. Glje arrived hei this morning, sailing at o'clock for Seward MT. and MT and son among the passengers arriving here
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KFYD Anchorage Washington dispatch Electric Light and Power Co
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

GEORGE. who is aiding the
strike by working at headquar-
tiers, has never been on strike
before, but strikes are an old
story to William. He's been in
four of them.
AS William sees it, the union
is in an ideal position for fight
ing this strike through to a
successful conclusion.
Look" he says, turning to
scan the crowded auditorium
of the strike headquarters in
Plasterers' Hall, 1872 S. Marsh
field av. Look closely at these
people.
DO they look like rash folk?
Do they look like people who'd
rush into something as serious
as this unless they felt that il
was a matter of life and death
for their union-for all unions?"
THE STRIKERS men and
women-are mostly older peo-
pie, married, with children and
sometimes grandchildren.
Remember" William says
that the average striking
printer has worked for the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
GOOD union man i

A GOt\tD uIllOll Ildh 10
~ never too old to strike.
The Nelis brothers are the
living proof of that.
Despite three score years of
living and working as printers,
they're on strike from the
Tribune to fight against the
aft-Hartley law and for de-
served wage increase and
they're determined to stick it
out until the strike is won.
ELDER of the brothers is
George Nelis, 70, of Az Home
av., Oak Park, who's been
working for the Trib for Sc
years. He's been a printer since
the days of the printer 'swifts,"
when papers were handset.
His ''kid brother" William
Nelis, pin k checked, bright
eyed and in his sixties, who
lives at 7755 East End av., has
worked for Col. Mccormick off
and on for score of years.
William has held a card in
Chicago Typographical Union
No. 16 for more than 40 years.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

papers for more than rs years.
That's a long time.

papers for more than Is years
That's a long time.
"We are on strike because
we have to be, and with the
support of our friends We'll
stay on strike till we win. And
we WILL win because were
stable, solid working men join
ed in what I personally think
is the best union of them all"
THAT'S Georges opinion, too.
George, like his brother, is a
proofreader at the Trib, a
skilled worker who says his
whole life has been devoted
to perfecting" himself in his line
of work.
"I think our union is the
greatest in the world George
declares.
He has good reason for think
ing so. When he started to
work at the Trib in 1892, jour
neymen printers were earning
only $18 a week.
"The union has meant a great
deal to u.s." George says. ''I'm
praying for our victory"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

IildS vi CoCllt- llOOoOItl.
The 44-year -old steelworker,
who had been jailed for more
than a half-year while waiting
trial on a murder charge, was
released on two years probation
by Judge Rudolph F. Desert after
vigorous peoples campaign to
win his freedom.
Judge Desert acted after States
Attorney Sam Friedman reduced
the charge against Hickman from
murder to manslaughter. Hick-
man then pleaded guilty to the
lesser offense.
THIS WEEKS development
came as a complete surprise to
Hickman, he later told The Chi
cago Star. His second trial had
been slated to begin Jan. 6.
81 didn't know why they called
me out of the County JAIL" the
slender ex-sharecropper ex-
planned.
He was too choked with emo
ton to discuss his release. All
he could say was:
It's wonderful back with
my family for Christmas"
THE STAR, which featured the
dramatic story of the Hickman
tragedy, had opened the fight by
progressives to set him free.
Hickman declared gratefully:
They sure were a help.
When his release was an
nounced, Hickman's pretty wife,
Anna Mae, Al, who had never lost
faith that her husband would re-
gain his freedom, ran to his side.
SILENTLY they embraced, as
friends smiled alphabetically.
Nearby stood Hickman's daugh-
ter, Mrs .Arlena Sims, Of 9213
Indiana av., who later accompa-
MED her parents to their home in
the Ashburn Homes project at
1905 S. Kolin av.
There three of the Hickman
Charles, James, and Willis
were waiting to pound their
father on the back and shake his
hand.
But there was leaven of sor-
row in their happiness, for the
Hickmans could not forget that
four young children were not
there.
IT WAS because of their death
that Hickman had shot David
Colman, his former landlord, July
16.
Six months earlier, to the day,
flames had roared through the
one-room attic apartment at 1913
Washburne av. which Hickman
had rented from Coleman.
By the time firemen were able
| to enter the flat, four of the Hick-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

man children, ranging in age
from to IA, had persisted in the
blaze.
And Hickman, who had been
forced by restrictive covenants to
live in the fire trap, which had
no gas, no water, no electricity,
recalled Coleman's threats to get
the tenants out if he had ito
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

Pearl Hart his parents or
those persons who are closest
to him. Each child's behavior
is a family affair first, but it
is a community affair and re-
sponsibility as well.
THERE may be a multitude
of reasons why boys and girls
misbehave. They may commit
similar offenses, but the rea-
sons may be considerably at
variance.
For example, take one Of
fense-truancy. Mary may be
truant because she doesn't like
her teacher. Jennie may be
truant because she has grown
too rapidly, is fat and ungainly
and is embarrassed to be in the
same grade with seemingly
younger and smaller children.
Alice may be a truant because
her clothes are shabby and out
of fashion in contrast to the
clothes worn by girls of wealth.
Ter parents. Elsie is truant
because she can't keep up with
the class work and is ashamed
to admit that the other chill
dren are better equipped men,
tally.
You see, il is all -truancy,
but because the factors con-
tributing to the offense are
so radically different, different
treatment is required in each
instance. The same holds true
of any other offense, and it is
none the less true when the
offense committed is really
serious.
WE can agree on some things.
The boys and girls who get
in trouble do not create the
conditions under which they
live. Most of them were driven
by insecurities, hurts, deser-
tons, deprivations and frustra-
tons to do the things that got
them into rouble.
In most cases the youths dis
turbance was a reflection of
deep disturbance in his imme-
diate family. Even we'll mean
ing parents cannot readily over
come the handicaps of poor
housing, bad working hours and
consequent lack of supervision
of their children.
In some cases the youthful
offender learns his delinquent
behavior either from example
or indirect teaching of family
members. or from those living
in or near the home. But poor
food, inadequate clothing, no
spending money, lead to temp
tation and delinquency.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

burn them out"
BY JULY. Hickman could stand
it no more. He sought Coleman
.out--and shot him.
hind the drive to win clemency
But progressives soon rallied be-
for Hickman in recognition of
the tragic circumstances which
had driven him to shoot Coleman.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
By PEARL HART
@ INCE we have described

like courts to
a n S w er for
their offenses.
Back of each
boy and girl is
his or her life
history; stand
ing b e S i d e
each one, ac-
tually or figu-
ratively, ar e
his parents or
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20


rected and he must be taught
better and socially positive So
lutions.
IF JOHN or Mary were to
get into trouble with the school
or with the gang or with the
police, people should be wor-
ried and try to help.
Of course, the whole family
would be upset and getting
things Strengthened out might
take lot of time and expense.
1t might be necessary to con-
suit a social worker, psychol-
ogist or psychiatrist. No mat
ter what had happened or how
long it took to figure things
out, John or Mary should not
just be blamed or punished.
There is an annual March
of Dimes for children af-
flicted with infantile paralY-
sis. There is no March of
Dimes or anything like ii for
children afflicted with de-
linquencY. which is just as
devastating in human values.
CERTAIN kinds of personal
ity are more susceptible to de-
linquency, or catch delinquency
more easily than others.
Children are born into diff
ferent kinds of homes. They
all need good homes to get
good start in life just as they
need proper food and adequate
physical care The delinquent
is a product of his home, his
heredity, his environment, his
school and his personal be-
havior pattern which latter fac
tor again is the result of all
the others.
A good home cannot result
from wishful thinking, and
even with the best of inten-
tons, social factors, our econ
omy, our way of life, the sys-
tenn of free enterprise in which
some of us glory, and our ethics
inevitably affect the home.
WE SHALL begin to control
delinquency when we have a
program that ensures essential
harmony within every indi-
vidual.
Delinquency is one Of the
failures of our democracy.
Democracy has thus far shown
itself incapable Of providing
certain social essentials. An ex-
ample of this failure is the
tragic housing situation.
A really creative democ-
racy must be able to do what
so far we have no seriously
attempted. that is TO provide
the people with basic feel
ing of security as TO their
reasonable needs.
Next week: Can a good
child. living in a bad" neigh
borhood escape Juvenile delin'
quencY? Don't miss this fourth
article in a series by a leading
sociologist next week in The
Chirara Sfar
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20

This is the third IN series Of
articles on juvenile delinquency by
Miss Pearl NJ. Hart, noted attor-
mey with broad experience in the
field of sociology. Miss Hart, re-
Gently a candidate for Superior
Court Judge, is a former assistant
states attorney IN the JuUenite
Court. and pubIic defender IN
WOmen's Court.
By PEARL HART
@ INCE We have described,
y in previous articles in
this series. the broader struc-
ture of the times in which we
live and the factors which Gre
ate delinquency, we can now
discuss individual cases.
How does a ''good" child be-
come a juvenile delinquent?
Throughout the nation daily,
boys and girls are brought into
our juvenile courts or in other
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Peoples campaign helped
win Hickmon's freedom

The people Of Chicago this week James w He
resent-his freedom.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-12-20
Wur set the scene:
does our democracy
produce delinquents?

STANDARDS set in family
relationships, the way adults
treat each other, the ways they
behave themselves, are the
standards children tend to
adopt. Confused and troubled
homes result in confused and
troubled children.
A boys or girls delinquent
behavior is frequently solu-
ton of something for him or
her as far as he or she under
stands it. Stealing, running
away, physical aggression or
whatever form the behavior
takes, the child is trying to find
a solution to his problem.
True, his solution may be an
anti-social one but back of his
solution lie basic causes which
must be uncovered and cor
rected and he must be taught
better and socially positive So
lutionS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
Umstead Says Gag Rule
Useless For Anything

CHAPEL HILL, April II - tPl
ALTHOUGH the gag rule was de-
signedprinarilyto prevent a state
wide referendum, I do not think
that it was necessary even for that
purpose" Rep. John W. Umstead,
Jr., of Orange County said in a
statement issued here today.
II do not think the legislature
Wouldhave voted for a liquor ref
erendum, ever if we had not had
the gag rule" he said.
Umstead issued the statement
to clear u pa part Of a news story
in which he said he vas incor-
rectly quoted as saying that he
disagreed with those who said
the gag rule was designed pri
marily to prevent a statewide Ii.
quor referendum"
The word should have been
agreed" instead Of "disagreed."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13

those who provide capital, and
this would be likewise the guar
antee against the return OF nm
perialism which the Orient Is at
last shaking off.
India, almost untouched by the
u7a itself but a great rear base
and communications center, is
cited as a potential industrial
nower. There is no mention in the
report of communal strife which
nay vitality affect the picture OF
independent India after the British
pull out, but the report says:
"Despite all this great suffering
Gncluding the wartime Bengal
famine in which 1,5Oo, 900 per-
ished). India made gains during
the war which will probably IN
the long run, be more slgnElcant
than her losses. For example
many entirely new industries were
started in India as a consequence
of the war, and a few existing
industries were expanded. lheSe
NAV well be vital 1actors IL
general industrial programme ma
will have f~ar-reaching effects MOI
only for India but for the whole
of Asia. . :" a;.
The report points out that India
emerged from the wal as a creoit-
or nation as a result Of large Brit.
isb wartime purchases but maj
"the balance of payments may
possibly be adverse in the years
4 come because of increased I'M
norts to support consumption OF
food and necessities, as well as
to provide plant a d machinery
for industries. -"
1T would be over-optimlstlc 10
expect India to make a major on
trib,,tion to the immediate recon,
s~truction needs Of war devastateu
in Asia and the Far East,
the report says. India can' now,
ever, supply some much neeoeo
items. notably textiles ana cioth-
ing. although it can SATISFY oiiS
traction Of the enormous ar
rears OF demand.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
War-Battered laps Near
Warning Anniversary

trials. Doolittle's bombs spread
fire in the Sugamo sector.
Another bomb dropped a
the war ministry, on a flat-topped
hill, where Jojo called his k e y
men to confer on the daring air
assault. As always, the Japanese
people were told that there was
no damage, but there was.
In all those areas where the
Doolittle men hit, tn e superfort-
resses later polished off the en-
tire landscape. The houses of to-
day are fimsy bits of wood and
rusted tin, gathered from the
ruins of the old, and sometimes
plastered with ordinary II d to
try to keep out the bitter wind
roofs, Of tin or makeshift
shingles, are held down with
stofes-there are no nails.
Just down the hill from Waseda
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-13
BY A HENNESSY

TOKAYO, April 10. - G Rust
rubble and the crumbled ambi-
tons of Japanese warmakers are
Tokyo's unforgettable reminders
Of a daring American adventure
of five years ago next Friday
1t. Gen. Jimmie Doolittle's BIS
raid On Japan.
It came without warning as the
Japanese. SNUG in their early
triumphs in their var drive the
westerners out of the Orient,
went their unsuspecting way. I
was about nooa April Is q a p
anese datet, 1912. No one expert
ed it. No one was ready for it.
Compared with the gigantic B.
20 raids that were to follow two
years alter, the Doolittle raid was
a puny thing, and the destruction
it did was no great; but the ter
ror it spread in Japan was price
less. Never again did this
country's millions sleep blissfully,
and their navy steamed out to a
crushing defeat when it tried des-
perately to build a farther defense
perimeter by grabbing Midway
Island.
The japanese did not even
know where the Doolittle raiders
came from, and as they strove to
find out their ears rang with the
Roosevelt taunt, "Shangri-La."
Five years later, the ashes and
twisted metal left by Doolittle'
e still mark their swoop on
Tokyo, but the damage is swal-
lowed by in the broad swaths OF
desolation left by the subsequent
American raids up to surrender
day.
Today ragged little children
with dirty faces clack about on
their wooden sandals in the de-
bris where their makeshift shack
homes have sprung up. Most OF
them were not even born when
Doolittle paid his call; they were
born to the desolation, the fire
and the fear poured from the sky
by American. superfortresses.
No ceremony by American oc'
cupation troops will mark this
anniversary. In the big Jeij
building, looking across the moa
from h e imperial palace, head
quarters of the Far East All
command will 60 calmly about its
business.
Down the street four blocks is
Hibiya Park, where thousands
met infrenzied rallies to cheer
Japan's early triumphs. Today il
is a softball field for American
players. 1t was built W i t h Jap
anese labor. A big wire fence
keeps japanese out of the com,
Portable ,grand-stand as American
teams compete under glarlng
floodlights. At the entrance there
is a huge electric sign: "Doolit
tie Field"
From the heart Of downtown
Tokyo it is only a ten-minute
drive to any one OF a half-dozer
of t h e Doolittle raiders targets
Closest are tn blocks they hi
down the hill from Waseda Uni
versity.
Five years ago Waseda students
ran down the slope to help pu'
out the. fires.
A name that may be more
familiar to Americans is Sugamo.
the district of the Sugamo prison,
where former Premier Hideki To.
10 and 900 other Japanese war
makers are held for war crimes