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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
The 80th Congress

The first republican Congress IN
twelve years is due to adjourn this
month. Because of the unsettled state
of world affairs it is not possible de-
flnitely to say the present program
will be carried out, or even to guess
= what emergency legislation will have
to be passed for the national security
between today and the anticipated end
of the session.
Assuming, however, that the sum-
mer recess will not be delayed>and only
major legislation already on the agenda
. is approved or defeated, it is possible
TO note that Notwithstanding the Pres
ident and the Congress are at opposite
ends Of the political pole, the session
has not been without some accomplish
ment.
Nor has it been without notable fail
ures.
Among the latter are the housing
and price problems. President Humans
emergency housing program is dead.
The Wagner Housing
q. bill might yet be passed by the Sen
ate, but House republicans have block
ed it in the past and probably would
reject it if brought out again.
No amount Of theorizing, no num-
Der of proposals have turned the price
= level downward. Instead the trend is
. still upward. Congress has utterly fail
: ed to find the solution, nor is it liable
= TO discover the solution before adjourn
: ment. The strong probability is that
. prices will not recede until, at some fu-
ture time, the law of supply and de-
mand brings adjustments.
On the other side of the congress
sionel picture, We have a balanced
budget. The nation at last is again Gin
the black" But the democrats take as
much credit for this as the republicans,
and probably have equal right with the
majority membership to do so. The
republicans claim to have cut some four
billion dollars from the Truman budget.
The democrats say the saving is less
than two billion dollars. The pertinent
fact is that effort has been made to
reduce the cost of government, with
partial success, and hopefully without
80 much whiting that efficiency will
be lowered.
The Congress has ratified four
treaties. Greece and Turkey have been
voted much needed financial aid and
$3.50, 600, 900 is earmarked for o.her
foreign relief.
= While the Presidents veto of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
GOOD MORNING

Nothing is more disgraceful than for a
man who is nothing, to hold himself honor
cd on account of his forefathers; and yet
hereditary honors are a noble and splendid
treasure to descendants. Plato.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07

yolved. It will not be a case Of witch
hunting, but of searching out the
grounds on which the House committee
has based it's charge.
On the other hand, if there is 20
evidence, the Justice Department is in
duty bound to clear the agencies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
LOOK AT THE FAMILY TREE

Perhaps some Americans of old
stock who fear the admission OF
refugees into the United States
ned to be reminded again that
they are the descendants of i'm
migrants and revclutionaries." -
Christian Science Monitor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07

QUESTION: | have d 14-mosA
old grandson who has a ruptl..
Do you think ne is too young d
have it treated?
ANSWER: I advise you 10 n4
your physician about the mate,
He can recommend the type q
treatment which it requires,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
The Doctor Says
DIABETES MUST
WATCH DlE7ly'
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRIFN ,

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urine. a search for dia5e.sz Z
be made Sample Of - g
may be taken TO deter~
amount of sugar which i q
on fasting and one hoa- .
test meal containing suss-
en-. -
Chief difficulties in t.sa.
inability on the par. OF
to handle the sugar in
Under normal condition
the sugar is burned 70
and part Of it Is stored, 3y.
Of it is passed in the u-.-s aug
diabetes, burning and sso-sga !
incomplete because Of Iac. ~
sulin, and some OF the SIZE.
passed in the urine.
Failure Of the body % 75...
sufficient amour: OF sugs So
ergy results in weakness n,
weight ana strength. Ps.s~,
comes hungry and .ai-sv -,
passes a large amount Of ,...
II The condition is not corrs.,.,
serious difficulties may tollox,
The diet is the most i-noo-..
feature in the treatnen. ~ :.
average case OF diabetes. n,
betics must watch Their d;s,i..
carefully. Most elderly oa.jsr,,
can be helped by merely ea4,,
proper foods. But many vo,,s
diabetes need insulin injac,f.,,
At the start, diabetes s.or,,
weigh and measure Their .o,!
Those who continue TO do 50 g..
the best results from Treatment,
the long run.
Diabetes should eat a STA
cient quantity Of food 10 prevs~.
hunger and to supply needed enc.
gy. Fat diabetes should redy,.
their weight while those 2ho ~.
thin should bring it up 10 norm.
Regularity in eating meals is in.
portant.
Insu1in is given to those pa.ie,,
who cannot be made comtor,3,,
on diet alone. There are no 10Y,
eral rules for taking insuln a
each patient must have indiyidg;
directions. Diabetes should 6n07
that whenever they become Mr
feel badly, that they should ge. =,
touch with their physician al ont.
as failure to do so may resul. a
serious complications.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07

w STAN J. COLLINS ~ sLAWS0hI
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-07
United We Stand

Observance of independence Day
was marked by two important address,
es. President Truman spoke from the
steps Of Monticello. Great Britain's
Evening star., 1947-09-05

as 1t gets through an ordinary fog
on earth. The lead sulphite cell first
was developed as means of detect
ing the infra-red radiation from
battleships or submarines hidden
in fog.
Aso soon as it was taken off the
secret list. astronomers began expert
ments to determine whether it also
could detect radiations from hidden
celestial objects. The indications to
date are that it can, according to
reports to the American Astronom-
ical Society here today. 1t functions
only for fairly short infra-red rays,
near those of visible light, while the
stronger radiations from the hidden
stars are deeper in the infra-red
spectrum. DR.. eastman announced,
however, he is developing a new
kind of infra-red sensitive cell, which
will detect some of the longer wave
lengths.
The instrument is of particular
promise in revealing the structure
Evening star., 1947-09-05
Two Groups Protest FTC
Layoff Of 3 CoIored Persons

officials of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People and the United Public
Workers (CIO) today announced
they are protesting to the Federal
Trade Commission the recent laying
off of eight colored employees.
The workers involved, all account
ants and clerks. originally were
transferred by executive order co
FTC from the OPA in December
1946.
A trade commission spokesman
said the lay-offs were part of re-
duction in force, affecting six white
and seven colored workers, made
necessary by lack of funds. The
colored worker involved in the
eighth case protested was dis
charged. he said, because of "low ef-
Evening star., 1947-09-05

of the black dust itself. This ap-
pears to be concentrated in some
parts of the heavens, and may be
the primary stuff of which the
stars are made. BY finding the way
it scatters infra-red light, compared
to the scattering of that from the
sun in the earth's atmosphere, it
probably will be possible to deter
mine the size of the particles and
what elements they contain.
Fence" of Giant Stars.
A fence Of gigantic red stars
each more than 200,0OO,000 miles in
diameter so that the entire solar
system easily could be contained
in one of them-constitutes the
border of the Milky Way galaxy.
This was reported to the astrono-
mers today by DR.. J. J. Nassau of
the Warner and SWazey Observa-
tory, Cleveland. DR.. Nassau found
30 of these red giants in six degrees
of arc about 100000 light years
from the sun-the distance covered
Evening star., 1947-09-05
NewInstrument Probes Heavens
Beyond Curtain of Cosnic Dust

device. 1t is thousand times more
sensitive than the thermocouple.
This instrument, which has been the
chief tool of astronomers in deter
mining star radiations in the past,
is so sensitive it will measure the
heat of a candle 10 miles away.
Infra-Red Pierces Fog.
Throughout the great Milky Way
galaxy, Of which the sun and its
planets are part, there are great
masses of this cosmic fog which
shut off vision in many directions,
especially toward the center of the
galaxy. This fog cuts off completely
all visible light, or light which would
affect a Photographic plate, from
the stars behind it. Infra-red light
however. is able to get through, Just
Evening star., 1947-09-05
Soviet Embo|dened by U. 5.
Air Weakness, Brown Says

"You can't send an atomic bono
by parcel post of CARE package,
Constantine Brown, foreign affairs
columnist of The Star, told lunch
con group yesterday, in suggesting
that the Russians are not worried
about the bomb so long as our air
force is depleted.
Mr.. Brown. who addressed the
Junior Board of Commerce, said
the Administration should make a
full report to the American people
about all the disappointments and
Evening star., 1947-09-05
BY Thomas R. Henry
Stor Stoff Corresponde1t

EVANSTON, H., Sept. 5.-Cosmic
fog, made up of titanic clouds OF
dust between the stars, is being
penetrated for the first time by a
marvellous new instrument developed
in the greatest secrecy during the
war, with the result that astronomers
are reaching into hitherto completely
curtained regions of space.
This instrument is the lead sulphide
cell. 1t becomes a conductor OF
electricity when invisible infra-red
light falls upon it. For this par
ticular kind of radiation, it was ex-
rlained here today by DR.. r. j
eastman of the Northwestern Uni
versity faculty, who developed the
Evening star., 1947-09-05
THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. c. BIS


the insults and double-crossings we
have suffered, of which I know only
one-half of one per cent"
Then Congress should be asked
to rebuild our Air Force immnedi-
ately," he added. within six weeks,
T predict, we would then see .
change of Russian policy"
Mr.. Brown said Russia IS pre-
pairing for war on greater scale
than Germany was before her at
tack on Poland.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

by light moving at 10000 miles a
second in 100000 years. There
were no stars beyond.
The red giants are invisible. They
we're found through the use of infra-
red Photographic plates, which were
much less sensitive than the Lead
sulpride cell.
A strange star in the constella-
ton of Lyrae, now directly over
head in the early evening, was de-
scribed by DR.. Otto Struve of the
University of Chicago. It appar-
emily undergoes some kind of ex-
plosion every Al days, shooting out
ward great fountains of hot gas al
a speed of about 1000 kilo-meters
a second. Even this speed, however
is not sufficient to enable the gas
to escape from the stars gravita-
tional field.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

ficiency." This case has since been
appealed to the Civil Service Com
mission, he added.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

Scientists estimate that about
100 lightning flashes per second oc-
cur over the whole earth.
Evening star., 1947-09-05

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black cofskin 2-inch heel, denure sling pump
sweetIy plain, black suede, brown eofskin
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Evening star., 1947-10-02
Police
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of 'whitewashing,' the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation was requested
to cover the same field, and the find
ings of their investigators were sub
stantially the sames as those OF
members of the department.
Evidence of Negligence.
There was evidence of negligence
on the part of members Of the de-
partment in reporting certain types
of cases, but there was no evidence
of deliberate plan to suppress
crime reports. Nor was there evi-
dence that the crimes not reported
received less attention than those
reported.
Certain types Of crime such as
rape and carnal knowledge were
purposely withheld from the de-
partment's teletype to protect COM
plainants, and failing to incorporate
them in statistical reports was found
to be due to faulty reporting
system.
"To avoid any possibility OF error
in the statistics of crime reported
for the fiscal year 1946-47, an actual
account was made of felonies re-
ported on the several precinct
books"
This count showed 1920 felonies
reported during that fiscal year as
compared with 8,426 during the prev
ious fiscal period.
The department cleared only SOL
per cent of the 1920 felonies, as
compared with 71.8 per cent Of the
8, ,426 during the pervious year, the
report disclosed. Police cleared
6,257 in the 1947 fiscal year and
$3.50 during the previous period.
Reports on Other Cases.
Maj. Barrett reported the depart
ment cleared 94.3 per cent Of murder
cases reported during the last fiscal
year and 98.4 per cent of rape cases.
1t cleared 474 per cent Of robbery
cases, 662 per cent of assault cases.
1873 per cent of burglary cases, 37.s
per cent of grand larceny cases, 82.1
per cent of auto theft cases, and 1911
per cent of "other felonies." The
report did not provide a. similar
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Veterans
-(Continued From First Page. ) !.

-~(SOllLlIlUSU fTOIu F1TSt FdRe.)A
so per cent since the veteran pro-
gram started.
At Georgetown University. they
said. costs consistently are over
$500.
However, only one large univer-
sity In the area-Maryland-is re-
ceiving more from the Veterans Ad-
ministration than nonveteran stu
dents pay, according to the Office.
This is the picture at Maryland
a typical example, officials said, of
the situation In State universities:
During the 1856 school year, the
university charged the Government
the nonresident rate of 1913 a year
for all veterans, regardless Of where
they lived.
Non-veterans who resided In
Maryland and attended the school
at the same time paid only $18S. A
special rate Of $238 was set for nom
veterans from the District.
Under q contract signed three
months ago for the 1946-47 terms,
the university abandoned the non-
resident system and charged the
Government a fiat rate Of $188 for
all veterans, but levelled an addi-
tional charge Of $3.50 for every
credit-hour studied by the veteran.
Negotiations got under way this
week for a new contract to set "in-
structional cost" charges for the
present term, the school said.
Special District Rate Dropped.
In addition the university last
week announced a $40 increase in
fees for all students. It also elimi-
mated the special District rate for
the fall term. Now, all students
except Maryland residents will pay
1898.
H. G. Byrd, president of the uni
versity, stressed that even with the
additional charges, the amount State
universities receive from the Vet
erans' Administration "come no
where near covering the actual cost
Of instructing veterans"
The additional charges were au-
thorized specifically by the CT bill
with view to the tremendous STU
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Federal Tax Collections
Are 214 Million Hiqher
by the Associated Press

Federal tax collections ran $214,-
120,194 higher in the first two
months Of this fiscal year than in
the corresponding period last year
despite a $43o,s43,114 drop in re-
ceipts from the now-repealed excess
profits tax.
This was shown today in an In
ternal Revenue Bureau report
placing July and August excess
profit collections at $91 ,733, ,373 COM
pared with $522 ,576, ,487 in the same
months last year. Present collec-
tions represent "straggler" sums un-
paid before repeal.
Individual and corporation in
come tax collections increased by
$340234,581 and $311 ,845 $50, re-
spectively, for July and August, COM
pared with those months last year
Among other changes were q de-
crease of $133, TOT ,912 in liquor tax
receipts, and increases of $14,637, 118
in tobacco tax collections and $4S,-
410, ,20o in manufacturers excise
taxes. Retailers excise taxes de-
clined $9,726,585.
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Reds Overlook Preamble
To Treaty, Italy Charges

ROME, Oct. 2 R.-A Foreign
Office spokesman quoted Foreign
Minister Carlo Sforza today as say
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Wheat Planting Goal Raised
|To75,O95,OO0 Acres in '4S

The Agriculture Department to-
day announced a revised goal of
5,o95 900 acres to be planted for the
194s wheat crop, a slight increase
GOV rthe goal set August / for next
year. t"
Oficials said the final figure rec
commended by State committees and
approved by the department today
was about 1000, 900 acres more than
the original goal.
At the same time, the department
set the 1948 goal for rye at 2,458,0
acres-about 505,000 acres more
than that harvested this year.
Because of the low level of world
foodstocks," the department an
nouncement said, "the proposed
wheat acreage is somewhat larger
than would normally be desirable
Evening star., 1947-10-02

ing Russia "may have overlooked
the preamble to the peace treaty
in vetoing Italy's entry into the
United Nations.
The spokesman told q news con-
ference that Mr.. Sforza said "the
preamble to the treaty, freely signed
by Russia, states that formal execu-
ton of the treaty would be a strong
factor favoring Italian entry"
The treaty went into effect Sep
tember Is.
The spokesman said Mr.. Sforza
received a message from British
Foreign Secretary Bevin q few days
ago saying that IAN international
council without Italian participation
was inconceivable.
Evening star., 1947-10-02

Hartman and John r. Steelman, the
assistant to the President, sat with
Mr.. Luckman during the press con-
ference. sMr. Anderson said after
wards he is willing to accept the
higher figure, If the additional 100,-
100000 bushels can be saved" by
cutting consumption here at home.
Mr.. Luckman, pressed for details
of his plan to cut wheat consump-
tion by farmers, said he would ap-
peal to them, but that his plans
are not yet worked out in detail.
President Truman's statement to
the Luckman committee earlier in
the day said "the greater part OF
the saving must come out of wheat
we feed our livestock" and that
"only part" can come from serving
fewer slices of bread.
But the first phase of Mr.. Luck
mans campaign, at least, appeared
aimed at saving the bread slices.
At the end Of the conference,
Mr.. Luckman wiped his face with
a handkerchief and to a question
from a reporter as to- whether he
liked press conferences, he replied
simply: mo"
Henderson Assails Truman Plan.
In another overnight develop
ment, Leon Henderson, former OPA
head, assailed the Presidents vol
untary conservation plan as falling
"tragically short of the demands
of a world crisis" He demanded
that Congress be called back.
Mr.. Henderson issued his state
ment as chairman of Americans for
Democratic Action, a self-styled
liberal, political group whose top
officers include Franklin D. Roose-
velt, jr, and Wilson Wyatt, former
housing expediter.
Mr.. Henderson said, voluntary
measures are not enough. They will
not check imitation at home; they
will not enable us to meet Europe's
urgent demands; they may even
intensity inequality of sacrifice"
UQQeTSeCTeIdTy Ol otdte boScIe
last night described the $500, 0,000, 900
which President Truman seeks to
build up Western Europe's dollar
supply as basic, absolute mini
mum. He said the department es-
Inmates the actual cost for France
and Italy alone as high as $780,
100000.
The President has put this pro-
posal before key committees OF
Congress as a stop-gap measure
preliminary to possible adoption Of
the Marshall plan.
Evening star., 1947-10-02
Halt in Production
Of Top-Grade Beef
Urged 10 Save Corn
BY the Assoeiossd Press

II consumers stopped buying and
farmers stopped producing choice,
juicy beef steaks and roasts during
the next eight months, the food con-
servation battle for aiding the hun
cry abroad would be half won.
Agriculture Department livestock
specialists estimate that normally
60,000,000 bushels of corn or other
grain equivalent are used in the
corn belt annually to fatten beef
cattle beyond the average of good
slaughter grade.
The goal of the food conservation
program IS to. reduce domestic con-
sumption Of grain at least 100000 =
900 bushels so that exports may
come as near as possible meeting
essential needs of shortage areas in
Europe.
Could Stop Fattening.
Secretary OF Agriculture Anderson
told newsmen yesterday farmers
could help save grain by selling hogs
at much lighter weights and by
abandoning, for the time being, the
practice of fattening beef cattle to
the top grade.
Cattle fall into four major grades
choice. good, commercial and
utility.
The bulk of the grain used to pro-
duce choice, or top grade. cattle goes
toward putting quality on the meat
rather than In adding additional
pounds.
Choice beef has more fat about
1t, particularly a mixture of fat
with the lean, than the other lower
grades. This additional fat con-
tribues to the flavor of the meat.
1t naturally sells for higher prices
than the other grades.
However, much of the extra fat
on the choice cuts Is in excess of
the quantity which average con-
sumers will eat along with the lean,
officials said. AS consequence,
much Of this extra fat Is left on
plates and goes to waste.
Officials said farmers already are
beginning to market hogs at lighter
weights. Hogs sold at principal mar
kets last week averaged 267 pounds
compared with 287 year ago.
Mr.. Anderson suggested further
reductions, with most hogs going to
market at weights between 100 and
225 pounds.
AS in the case of choice cattle,
heavy hogs contain a larger portion
of fat than do lighter-weight ones.
Consequently, lighter hogs would
cut down more on the production
of lard than on pounds of pork,
although there would be consid-
erable reduction in pork.
Would Replace Wheat.
Corn saved by feeding hogs to
lighter weights and by abandoning
the production of choice cattle
would be available for dairy and
poultry farmers in def1cit-feed
producing areas who otherwise
would be forced to use wheat.
The Cabinet Food Committee has
estimated that at least $4,000, 900
bushels of wheat will be used as
livestock feed this crop year If con-
sumers do not cut down on buying
of livestock products and If farmers
continue to produce choice cattle
and heavy hogs. This is about
double the quantity fed last year.