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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
A Rich Country Doctor

Rural medicine is suffering today from
age young graduate prefers to begin his
practice in the metropolitan communities
rather than in the smaller ones.
1t is certainly his exclusive right to select
the locale for the beginning of his career.
No one should think he has the privilege
to order hin to this or that place. A bureau
crat would love to grasp that authority it
this country ever adopted socialized medi.
cine. But today we enjoy the system of free
enterprise and, needless to say, we hope
it will continue that way.
Ever so often an instance hobs up show
ing the richness of the rural field in offer
ing opportunities for human service is quito
comparable to that of a city practice. The
one in mind now is the case of DR.. Hender-
son Irwin, who has been practicing medicine
in the little Wayne county community of
Eureka for SO years.
Speaking before the Goldsboro Rotary
club recently, DR.. Irwin said he selected
Eureka because he wanted to do something
in this life other than just practice medi-
cine" When he came to the community, he
related, the school was a three-teacher one
with the sixth grade the highest one and
with but one pupil in it. He was scoffed at
when he first mentioned consolidating the
school with others nearby. Today its old
building is the agriculture building for the
farm department of the modern High school.
Undoubtedly, DR.. Irwin had a big hand
in this fine example Of the advancement Of
education. And we are glad to remember
that such service as his to the schools has
been matched by some members of his pro
fession in Wilmington.
We do not know DR.. Irwin but it's a SAT-
wager that this is just one of his extra
c%urricu1ar contributions to the progress o
his little town. We have no idea Of tn
amount of his worldly goods but we pre-
sumo that he's a man of considerable in
fluence among his people. And ne is rlcl
In service to his fellowman. With thi
wealth comes the wonderful. inner feel;n
II being someone who has made his Gttl
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Marshall Plan Is Tough
BY PETER EDISON

The Paris Report says Europe
will need 103, 900 freight cars in
the next two years. European
freight cars are only half the
size of U. S. cars, so the need
is translated into 81, 500. 1t is
no great order, considering that
the U. S. car-building industry
turned out 10000 cars in 1941
and has an annual capacity of
204, 900 cars today.
But in the first half of 1947,
only 81, 900 cars were turned out
and it has been impossible to
get production up to 10000 cars
a month.
Industrial equipment Europe
needs includes electrical, pc
troleum and steel plants, agri-
cultural and mining machinery.
The Paris Report puts the needs
at $4.5 billion over the next four
years.
The Krug Report says U. S.
production a ched a peak
value of $18 billion in 1914, but
is now running at a rate of only
$11 billion. The volume is a
fourth less than indicated, be-
cause prices are now 2o per
cent higher than in 1910.
Exports are now 10 per cent
of total U. S. production Of in
dustrial equipment, or about 81
billion worth a year. Theoretl-
cally, it would take little in
crease in volume to meet Euro
pean requirements. But again
the things that Europe needs
are the same things that Arnerl-
can industry wants - increased
electric generator and line ca
pacity, more or bigger steel
plants, greater petroleum refin-
ing capacity and more petrole-
UNI to run through it.
Agricultural and mining ma
chinery requirements for Eu-
rope can probably be taken
care of without depriving Amer
lean farms and mines already
mechanical of needed equip
ment.
Looking at the whole picture,
as Secretary of Commerce
Averell Harriman's Committee
of 10 will do when it meets
again. it will be apparent that
aid to Europe under the Mar
shall Plan will be no cinch.
Smart management and the ex-
ercise of considerable govern
ment control over exports and
ALLEGATIONS will be necessary to
put it over.
A Congress not too sympa-
thetic to the Marshall Plan con-
cept can easily find plenty of
reasons for sabotaging it. And
U. S. labor disturbances or crop
failures of any magnitude dur
ing the next four years could
easily wreck the whole bust
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Car-
rying cut the Marshall Plan to
aid Europe is going to be no
breeze. The outlook for getting
the Europeans enough to eat is
bad, but the outlook for getting
them enough steel and manu-
featured goods is worse.
This is shown by comparing
import requirements Of the l6
western European nations With
American sur luses available
for export. The things Europe
needs worst are things the U.
S. is also short of. The Paris
Report of the donation Commit
tee of European Economic Co.
operation admits there will be
a four-year shortage of IL mil
lion short tons of ingots and
semi-finished steel.
This assumes that Europe will
be able to import all the coke
it needs, plus IS million tons
of rich iron ore, eight million
tons of scrap and three million
tons of manganese. There is no
assurance this can be done. The
U. S. is now exporting steel to
Europe at the rate of is mil
lion tons a year. This is about
half of the three million tons
required.
The U. S. may be able to
supply all the coking coal that's
needed. There is, however, a U.
IS. shortage of cokes and scrap.
Before the war. this country
had great surpluses of scrap
which were shipped all over the
world - Japan as well as Eu-
rope. It's no longer here. Scrap
collection drives may have to
be Reconstructed, as in wartime.
AS shown by Secretary Of the
Interior j. A. Krug's new re-
port on national resources and
aid to Europe, u. S domestic
steel consumption is now at
peacetime peak. Steel produc-
ton is running at 81 per cent
of rated capacity, but still can't
produce enough for home needs.
There is a first-class fight on
whether the U. S. steel industry
is big enough to take care of
today's demands. The big steel
makers insist it is, and they
oppose expansion. One of their
arrangements is that there are
not enough raw materials to
feed increased steel-making ca
pacity. Another is that any con-
templated expansion would, it.
self, consume needed steel.
Europe apparently n e eds all
three-raw materials, steel and
steel-making capacity.
| The Krug Report indicates
there is plenty of American
plant capacity to manufacture
all the freight cars, tractors and
new machinery needed by Eu-
'rope-n the steel is available.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

Driving Purpose
BY ROGER BABSoy

EUREKA, Kan, Oct "a ~
education business is boon.ns
Schools and colleges across \
country are packing them We
like so many sardines in a n
and turning them out Ike 'an
many cars from a products
line. "VA
Prewar checks on sduca,i,.
al efficiency indicated .5a.
every 100 students who 5.s d
entered college, IS never a ~a!e
uated! Why this nuge m6r. oI'
ity rate? The question Of ,a s1'
cessful college achievan
should challenge every ,sxo,n
err, parent, teacher and nIn;,
A United States Office n ~
ucation bulletin ANALYSES ~.
figure of Sc failures as w
lows: 1874 per cent OF ,5n ~. %'
dents funk; 1924 per cent Ie wv.
because of financial ditfcN
ties; 81 per cea. because
lack of interest, 40 Der c.,,
because of sickness or dasS'
al per cent because of va;
Gus miscellaneous causes Az.
As per cent for unknown 70.
sons.
Mortality rates are high IA.
cause too many young peonI,
go to college lack ne a drjvns
purpose. For example, / asked
a sweet young thing on one coI.
lege campus the other dav v.by
she was going to college. Her
reply: because mother want,
me to-. When l asked her fot
her mothers reason, she re.
piled: - $50 I won't have t,
work.. Certainly, something is
wrong here!
But parents cannot b,
blamed for wanting their chi.
dren to have some of those
things they failed to get. What
greater asset has a parent than
a good son or daughter! The
trouble is that too many par.
ents often fail to see the defects
of their offspring. They too oft.
en- overrate their abilities or
they too often know too little
about job requirements.
Is it any wonder that employ.
ment managers and labor lead.
ers are everywhere talking
about the problem of vocation.
al training? Two million young
men and women enter the Ia.
Dor market each year. When
these youths find themselves
facing a hard-boiled job inter.
viewer who asks them what
they can do, most of them re-
ply, "Anything'. The employer
knows this means, Nothing,
Yet, I am not for one moment
blaming our youth,
Let me ask what you have
done to further job training in
your community? What do your
sons and daughters know about
their abilities and Interests?
How much business information
have you given them? Do they
know the traits and skills re-
quired on various kinds Of
Jobs? What are your local en-
ployment opportunities? What
are the broad vocational trends
nationally speaking? Our youth
simply doesn't know. This il
evidenced by all sorts OF surveys
Three out of every four younl
persons never receive any or
ganized guidance from school
college, or any other source.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

corner of the world a better place. Per-
haps it would be good for DR.. Irwin to
speak to some of the young graduates on the
eve of their decision as to location OF prac-
tice. He probably could explain numerous
advantages many have overlooked when
consider the urban field over the
rural one. While the material rewards are
often not az great in the latter, there IS
certainly equal compensation in the salts
faction of service to mankind.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Why Use It?

I'm sure a friend remarked a few days
ago, that if Russia had the atomic bomb
she would have used it by now"
"Why should she?" we asked. "The Com
munists lave taken over domination of
eastern Europe without firing a gun"
And as long as the Soviet Union gets what
it wants through adroit political
ing, the baseness of which the world has
never seen before, she will continue to
shun physical combat. Why fight a man
when you can trick him cut of what you
want?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Boost For Waterway

A shortage Of adequate freight carrier
services has been the principal reason the
Atlantic intracoastal waterway has not
been open for several years, the forecasts
that it would eventually become a highly
active passageway have not come true.
But there are indications that it's value is
postwar period.
One of the latest indicators of that trend
is an announcement that Coasta' Waterways,
Inc, has been authorized to ship between
waterway and St. Johns river. A temporary,
six-month franchise was granted Oct. Is
by the Bureau of Water Carriers of the In
~terstate Commerce commission and two con-
verified Navy LCTs are tentatively scheduled
to begin operations Nov. l.
Establishment of this service is expected
to lave considerable effect on freight rates
especially among lower South Atlantic ports
AS Jerry w. Carter, chairman of the Florl-
da Railroad and Utilities commission, ex-
planned a few days ago in Jacksonville, the
service will help maintain depressed rates
for rail and water shipments Of the South
eastern seaboard.
"It will give every port between Balti1nor'
and Sanford the benefit of water rates the'
have been largely deprived OF since I'LL
war;" Mr.. Carter said, land will help Keel
seaboard rail and water rates about ~ pei
cent lower than inland freight rates.
Thus, the proposed new line presents
good illustration of the waterways Valo
in maintaining a more favorable rate struc
lture. Now popular as a protected passage
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Matter Of Fact

The reactions were so STAN
dardized that they can be cata-
logued rather easily. The real
lively small number of mem
bers who had already grasped
the real nature of the American
role in the world despite the
distance of the world problem
from our shores found in COLI
tact with the facts new strength
and new reinsurance. They will
be pretty hard to intim cate or
argue with when the special
session convenes.
Far more significant, the
large, decisive group of mid
dle-of-the road members were
visloly and deeply affected.
These were the men who had
gone along part way, or had
gone along reluctantly, with a
constructive American foreign
policy. They had feared the po-
litical consequences. They had
often managed to delude them
selves as to the meaning of the
facts abroad With the facts
plainly set out before their
eyes, they found self -delusion
impossible. With evident reluc-
lance, yet surely and rather
completely, they moved over to
transform the minority of &C
tive interventionists into an eff
fective majority.
Equally meaningful, however,
was the reaction of the con-
firmed isolationists. Only one
or two of them were open to
reason or conviction. They con-
tinued to repeat their familiar
slogans. Yet they could not
wholly brush the facts aside.
And thus these men, who have
done everything in their power
to obstruct measures to pre-
vent war, were suddenly heard
saying, all over Europe, that
"We might as well have an
other war and get it over
with"
Nothing could better illumin-
ate the degree of willful blind
ness, of sheer inability to think,
which characterizes their posi-.
ton. You would suppose that
any sensible man would prefer
to spend a few billions on a
stable peace, rather than talk
complacently about another
war which will certainly cost
hundreds of billions and may,
quite probably, result in the
collapse of Western civilization.
Yet the beginning of the con-
version of these men into a pre-
ventive war party was quite ev-
ident.
On the unfavorable side. one
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
The Asheville Idea


| Court ruled in the Gaines cass
from Missouri that the S'aS
must furnish equal higher e"n
cation to a qualified Negr0 az ~
plicant - either by estao'sn.'.
separate facilities Of like quor
ty or by letting down .hs '. .Ee
barrier. In wealthy Texas n ~.
creation of a separate sta'e on.+
versity for Negroes at d lit
of several millions failed 10 ,,.r
the Sweat case, now on lis wy
to Supreme Court. =.
Admittedly the prooleI. 81.
acute and so recognized o5 c.
most all. But in this cam .ir
ognition, and in the genera! oo.
of reasonableness, is high hops.
Everybody is agreed thar 'c q.
siderable must be cone; 4sr
though immediate 6 o ais o
vastly. The Southern Covers .r
propose, for instance, that sit n.
states should work togethea[, .d y.
ward acquiring MeharTy M's IN
cal College at Nashville as a.
all-Southern school for Neg[o.f
This may be only hall a Op n
a far way from the ldeal NJ 70
abolishing segregation, pu,b1
think the idea is commence
at least to the extent thaL ont.
South declares itself intelllgsn,.,
ly alert to it's most lmpfeaN'
challenge.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

more item of evidence must
also be mentioned, As the
homecoming statement OF Rep
res~entative Christian A. Hertef
plainly discloses, even the best
intentioned members Of Con,
gress have adopted a sort OIL
political double standard. In
der the Victorian double stan,
dard, all women were required
to be as pure as the driven
snow, while the male seq was
permitted to frequent saloons
and even burlesque shows IN
der the new double STANDARD,
all European politicians must
be willing, at the drop OF a nat'
to subject their people to tie
most Draconian measure. Wnls
American politicians continue
to behave like American pohli'
clans. This is Silly anu odHs'-
GUS.
None the less, the experiment
seems to have proved Itself NJ
doubt it will be repeated again
next year. 1t is to be hopsa
that it will. But next year "
might be well for ambasssoo.s
to be relieved of the task u
meeting members of Congress s
at the plane, which must 'n y
summer have taken a third d
the time of every America
chief of mission IN EuIVy,
This is going too far even
the education of C~ongreSSiug..rr .
Copyright, 1947, New YORK IT,
aid Tribune Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
Ripe For A Cut

brewers will cut use Of corn by Is per
cent says a newspaper headline.
And now, if it isn't too obvious, may we
suggest that Mr.. Luckman approach the
gag writer's and comedians of the radio in
dustry with a similar proposal?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25
GOOD MORNING

There wouldn't be half as much fun
in the world if it weren't for children
and men, and there amt a mite of diff
ference between them under their skins.
Ellen GLASGOW.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

We lave to give up something now or
we Will pay much more dearly in the Ions
nn:-Marrlne Eccles, chairman, Federal
we recognize Russia's place in Europe
wen as that of Britain. - Pau,
Hamadler, French premier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

I have been criticized from all sides 7
have been called both a Communist and
a traitor to labor. As long as this situation
con1lnues l. suspect am doing an impartial
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-25

In the matter of emergency aidfor Fill
rope the immediate question is one of ele-
mental human survival in a free SOCIETY
Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R) of Mi
chigan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
DWINDLINC RESOURCES

Another reason why the United States
should take inventory of it's own resources
before committing itself to grand scale ex-
ports is supplied by the search for addi-
tiOnal high grade iron ore deposits in this
country.
One of the greatest natural assets in
America is the Mesabi iron range of Min
nesOta. This is an ore deposit extending
for ITO miles, so easy of access that the
ore can extracted with steam shovel.
Biologists say these easily available de-
posits will be exhausted in Is to 40 years.
After that it will be necessary to mine ore
by more expensive methods. A $77,OOO,-
900 experimental project is under way in
Minnesota now.
Without steel a nation would revert
speedily to primitive status. America be-
came great through output of steel prod
ucts that nearly equalled that of the re-
mainder of the world. Now those lush
times are coming to an end. They will pass
rapidly if remaining supplies are exported
in prodigal manner.
AS Congress considers implementing
gigantic relief plans by large exports of
American steel and iron goods, sober
thought should be given to depletion of
the nations iron resources during two
world wars. The suggestion that Europe
obtain dollars by sending raw materials
which this country can use is especially
applicable to shipments of iron ore.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
THE EFFORT MUST BE MADE

Before the Marshall Plan was formu-
lated for European nations, the Russians,
according to Mr.. Dean Acheson, former
Under-Secretary of State. were confident
that within four years the, sick countries
~of Western Europe would fall into their
Flaps like rotten apples.
~ The Russian hysteria" about the Plan
...he considers the finest compliment that
could be paid to the program. Moreover,
he argues, while there is mo guarantee of
success" it can be said that there is a
complete guarantee of failure if we do not
make the effort
- Mr.. Acheson was discussing the $22,-
rOOO,0OO,000 in aid requested by the six
~teen participating countries for the next
-four years. He does not think that the
amount is more than is essential for re-
.,cOvery" or more than we can furnish
without injury to our own resources and
economy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
A "BRACER"

Temperatures ranged between 70 and
80 during the time President Truman was
in Key West.
Skies were clear and the temperature
was at 70 when he left here to return to
Washington.
President Truman, at no time during
his visits to Key West, has been nipped by
chilly weather, but if he is when he re-
turns, he may feel sure it is the warmest
temperature in the United States.
A norther now and then is relished by
practically all Key Westers. This season
many of them have been yearning for cool
err weather. It puts zip in you, makes your
step springy, following month after month
of shirt-sleeve temperatures.
Had President Truman come to Key
West 10 years ago, he would have felt that
zip, because the mercury fell to 48, which
was comparatively warm, for up on the
mainland of Florida Jack Frost cavorted
Typical Truman weather." we have
heard it remarked during the Truman
visits in Key West. Better weather could
not have been ordered from Sears, Roe
buck was another remark. But Key
Westers need not entertain the least mis-
giving about our climate when the White
House announces the President is coming
to Key West He always will find it pleas
ant so far as temperature is concerned,
any time he comes here.
That nip in the air was commented on
in letter the late William Jennings Bryan
wrote The Citizen in 1923. He said that
continued daily warmth enervated him.
and that he welcomed chilly weather once
in awhile. He referred to it as "bracer"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
LECAL.S
NOTiCE OE CALLING FOM bids

NOTICE OLE CALLING FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given to whom
it may concern that on the 6th day
of January, AID. 194S, at 1889 PM.
in the Monroe County Court House,
Key West. Florida, the Board of
County, Florida. will open sealed
bids for the following road work:
In Sands Subdivision, Big
Pine Key, Monroe County, Flor
ida, as recorded in Plat Book
No. /. Page 60. Construct 9Th
Street. a distance of approx
mateiy 900 feet, and Avenue {,
distance of approximately $50
feet, said roads to be IL feet
i'm width. The construction con-
sists of rocking, finishing, and
water-bonding.
Bids are to be submitted on the
basis OF cost per square yard and
bond Or'CashieFs ior tertified check
equivalent to ten UOH) per cent
Of the estimated total cost.
The work cannot he sub-con-
tracted without the countyS writ
ten consent and it must be COM
ter the letting of the contract anG
Is to be completed within a reason
able time thefeafter.
All bids must be in the hands of
the County Clerk on or before 1870
PM. on Tuesday. January 9Th. l94S.
The Commission reserves the
right to accept or reject any and
all bids made pursuant to this ad-
lvertisement .4's1r-.. ~, 800 '"'s7., s4sSs.
Key West. Florida, December
9th, l947. -,
ROSS e. SAWYER
Clerk, Board of County. Com
miSsionRrs, Monroe County.
Florida.
'. ~. dec 1917, 1917
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
DRUNKENNESS NO EXCUSE

In a criminal court in the State of
Massachusetts, defendant recently re-
r-ceived capital sentence after being con-
~victed of Staying a seven-year-old child.
The defense included testimany that
the defendant had been drinking heavily
and had no recollection of the crime. This
: it was pointed out by the Judge, consti-
ttuted no defense to a crime because
drunkenness cannot be converted into a
shield to protect one from punishment for
serious crime. Voluntary ntoxication,"
continued Judge Abraham E. Pinanski.
:" is never an excuse or paliaton for
-crime."
- 1t is we'll to call attention to this as
..pect of legal responsibility. If criminals,
upon being apprehended, could go into
court and excuse their conduct because of
drunkenness, the way would be opened
for many of them to escape the conse-
-lquences of their folly. t& >..tf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-12-10
COMMUNISTS LOSE GROUND

The Communists have lost ground in
the last year, says William H. Newton,
newspaper correspondent, who recently
spent two months travelling along the
perimenter of the Communist world
He says the Reds have lost their
ground in every one of the nine nations he
visited. AS result 'the Russians are
growing panicky," their propaganda
grows more hysterical, Communists resort
more and more to violence and the party
becomes increasingly symbol of ter
rOriSm and chaos"
Mr.. Newton believes that the period
just after the end of the war offered the
greatest opportunity to the Communists
who, by working their way into under
ground resistance movements, obtained
political influence far beyond their nu-
merical strength.
The trained observer does not believe
that the Communists have an unbeatable
formula, even in the nations of eastern
Europe where they have failed to gain
the friendship and trust of the people.