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Evening star., 1947-04-14

admitted by the end Of 1947 ant
800 900 by 1850.
Belgium An agreement has beer
worked out with italy whereby 50,-
600 italian workers are to be en-
ployed in coal mines.
Canada-The government is COM
pleting survey on which it expects
to base a general immigration
policy. Meanwhile, extension OF
existing regulations permits admis-
sion Of farm settlers and workers
in specific industries such as mining
numbering and logging.
Mexico-15,00o families have ap-
piled for admission as farm settlers
and the government has announced
'tt will give all possible facilities to
such immigrants. Mexico is re-
examining her whole system of i'm
migration regulations.
Specialists Favored.
Argentina-50, 900 farmers, fisher
men, industrial technicians and spe-
cialized workers to be admitted
annually. The government also ex-
poets to admit 5000 italian workers
artisans and technicians monthly.
Brazil-Industrial technicians and
farm workers being given prefer
ence; recruitment of Italian, Ger
man and Portuguese workers as well
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Qualified Immigrants
Are Admitted by Most
Nations, lilo Reports
By the Asseeietsd Press

a ~
MONTREAL, April 14.-Thes In
ternational Labor ONCE released
this week a survey OF immigration
regulations in % countries disclosing
that the majority are facilitating
the admission Of foreigners whom
they deem qualified TO contribute
to their national economy.
France and Britain, as well as
most of the South American coun-
tries, were among the nations found
to be following the trend toward
selective encouragement of immi-
grafton.
In the United States, however,
the report found that ''tf1e diver
gence OF opinion concerning immi-
grafton in the new Congress is even
wider than before" Nearly 900 bills
have been introduced in Congress
to revise existing immigration laws
some OF which would make pos
sible the admission of more inmi-
grants, especially displaced per-
sons, while others would make re-
strictions even tighter.
Trends Are Listed.
Immigration trends in the prin-
cipal countries surveyed were re-
ported as follows by the ILo: .
United Kingdonl-The general
policy for immigration as stated by
the Home Secretary is to promote
the national economy and relieve
distress by admitting Immigrants
who satisfy (Britain) that they are
desirable, so far as may be done
without detriment to the interests
OF the existing population" Re-
cruitment of 300 skilled workers and
1000 Italians with foundry expert
ence began early in 1947, and re-
cruitment OF other groups is con-
tinuing.
France-New economic plans call
for 10000 foreign workers to be
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as selected displaced persons Is be-
ing considered.
Chile-Workers In metal trades,
food processing, textiles and wood
working, fishermen and farm set
tiers given preference.
Venezeula--15, 900 European inmi-
grants to be admitted In 1s47, Of
whom 10 per cent win be farmers
and remainder artisans or tech
nicians.
Australia-A minimum OF 35 900
immigrants has been set as the goal
for 1947.
New zealand-Coal miners. lum-
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bermen. nurses and domestic serv-
ants are welcomed.
Union OF South Africa-It has
been urged that the country adopt
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. policy Of recruiting suitable immi-
grants, especially skilled workers.
Sweden and Switzerland - Both
experimenting with admission of
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skilled foreign workers for seasonal
work or for restricted periods.

Birch Is the only tree that grows
In Greenland.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Of commerce and business administration at

of commerce and business administration at
the University of Illinois, recently told the
insurance conference of the American
Management Association at Chicago, that
the break may come in the next few months.
At the same time, he said, there is liable
to be a curtailment of business activity
Thus, his prophesy whatever hope 1t may
hold out, has its gloomy side.
"Greatest cuts may be expected in prices
which have risen the most" DR.. Bowen
said. "Today's price structure is maladjusted
in terms of normal peacetime cost relation
ships.
perhaps the most convincing evidence
regarding the outlook is the plain fact that
we have been in the midst of first-class
boom. Past experience gives us very little
reason to expect period of stable prosperi.
ty following boom. Booms have always
eliminated, sooner or later, in recessions.
Past experience should put us on guard"
This leaves one undecided whether to hope
his dream is fulfilled or dissolved, wheth-
er to believe recession could be more easi-
ly Weathered than initiation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
In Re Legion Stadium

Any discussion of paid admissions as
against passing the hat at sports contests in
Legion Stadium on Sundays is every bit as
stirring as debate on the relative merits OF
twiddle-dee and twiddle- dunn
What is needed at the Stadium is a roof
for the grandstand Audiences that have
been drenched during football games this
season would confirm this to the last spec
tator.
Another need is paved approaches from
the highway, and the creation of additional
entrance roads, via Greenfield park.
Still another is adequate supervision OF
parking.
Such improvements would convert Legion
Stadium into major community asset
Some minor improvements - cleaning up
the ground within the reservation and re-
moval OF the unsightly wire fence along
the 'front.' for example - have been COM
pleted. The time has come for undertaking
some major projects-the few here named
and others that are a subject of constant
public mention:
AS long as they are not made Legion
Stadium will remain below par, as in the
past.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
The Tax Football

1t is unfortunate, considering the peo-
pies and the nations economic situation,
that tax reduction should have become a
political football to be kicked hither and Won
with no chance of touchdown any time
soon.
There will be a new tax bill before the
mouse, soon after the regular congressional
session opens in January. This reasonably
may be depended on. And the House
also may be depended upon to pass it; with
the Senate following suit
But the republican majority will write
the bill in terms that are bound to be oh.
Jectlonable to President Truman, with the
purpose Of having it vetoed. Coming, as thi.
would, on the eve of a national presidential
campaign, the republicans would use it az
vote getter for their candidate, whoever
he may be-
1t may be good politics, but offers no re
lief for the taxpayers for at least anothe7
year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Contempt For Brass

| General George S. Patton had his faults
but the lack of a sense of humor was not one
of them This attribute is well illustrated
in his letters to Mr.. Frederick Aver which
the Atlantic magazine started to publish
in its November issue.
| The letters reveal the man Patton-his
deep concern for his wife, his frequent
thoughts of death, his relationship with
General Montgomery, his personal reaction
to promotion. but, because of censorship
little enough of his military prowess.
| In his closing letter of this first install
ment of the series, written on September 26,
| 1943, in Palermo, he shows humorous con-
tempt for brass. Every once in a while, -
he writes, Il become completely amused at
the amount of formality accorded me, par
ticularly when think that within reason
able time I will be riding solitary bicycle
from Green Meadows to Hamilton Now
when l 60 abroad, the sirens of motorcycles
scream, armored cars pursue me, and to
cap the climax, the other day 1 went on a
private train on a private railway with a
pilot train ahead of me to see that the
rails were not mined, and a second pilot
behind me to see that some malgn influence
did not jam into my sacred rear. When we
stopped for lunch, soldiers sprang from the
bushes to patrol the sides of the track
"As l say, it was very amusing and
know that it accounts for the stuffiness of
many generals"
Could it be that General Patton knew
about General j. c. H. Lees alteration of
his own brass, perhaps?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Quotat ations

believe that the economic future of ia
pan will be at stake during the next six
months. This period probably will be the
last opportunity for Japan to discover
whether she is able to stand on her own
feet or become an economic burden on the
world.
Premier Tetsu Katayama of Japan.
Science alone may make monsters of men.
DIR. Edmund w. Sinnott, director of Yale's
Sheffield Scientific School.
Investment capital cannot be accumulated
if the money that people would normally
save and invest in job-creat;ng enterprises
is siphoned away by excessive taxation It is
such a vital matter to the welfare of the
nation that it should not be made a political
football.
Earl Bunting, president of NAM
Industry, labor and agriculture mus,
march along together or wobble separately
III. P. Rusk, dean of the College of Apri-
culture University of Illinois.
we Know that any future war NAV mean
the END OF all We value. Wars are bred by
poverty and oppression. Continued peace
is possible only in relatively free ane
prosperous world '--~
Secretary of State Marshall
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1s47
Star PROGRAM

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources to IN
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Carolina's rm-to-market and pri-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization OF BluethenthaI
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals 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 County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Two Traffic Problems

Third street residents are still wondering
what the city administration proposes to
do to create truck lane-on some other
street They have been patient, they say,
while the City Hall has spent some years
trying to make ID it's mind, and now they
feel that, Notwithstanding what the copy
book says about patience being its own re-
ward, their plight deserves not ony kind
ly consideration but definite action by the
Council.
And there is good reason for them to har-
| Dor resentment at the delay. Their plaster
is still falling, their windows still cracking,
their whole houses trembling at night as
heavy trucks thunder past.
With the deepest sympathy for their situ-
alton, and while the Council is meditating
1--WE hope) on where to route the trucks
with least damage to property and protest
from residents anothe r traffic problem
confronts the Council which needs solution.
This is what shall be done to abate the
nuisance created by motorcycles and scoot-
ers here and there about the city we'll into
the wee small hours of night.
Can the riders be forced off the streets
at given hour after dark, or are they en-
titled to ride about at all times with equal
rights with motorists, who, themselves, are
not always quiet in transit?
Can they be made to install 1nufflers if
it is the lack of these gadgets that makes
these machines SO noisy?
| Or can they be required to stop their
yelling?
These are matters that require legal de-
cision. But certainly some rules ought to be
enforced that would enable stay homes
to enjoy full nights rest.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
ON OMNIBUS ANNIVERSARY
An Ominous Anniversary

The atomic age actually came into exis-
tence five years ago tomorrow. 1t was on
December g. 1912, that small group Of
scientists, in q converted squash court on
the University of Chicago campus, were able
to split the nuclei of atoms and control the
release of the tremendous energy imprison-
ed in them.
But the possibility of controlling atomic
energy was advanced by Democratus, a
contemporary of Socrates, possibly the great
est of Greece's physical philosophers, who
was believed insane and whom Hippocrates
was called in to cure. Perhaps it was a
few years before or few after 400 B. C..
that Democrates proposed an atomic theory.
And in 70 B. c. Lucretius, the Roman
philosopher and poet, expounded the same
theory in "De Rerum Natura,'
It's far piece from those days to Decena-
Der 2, 1912
Since this latter date, which paved the way
to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the future utili'
zation of atomic energy has bred fear among
the peoples of the world, who know that
while it could bring about period Of un
matched progress still dread the possibility
that it will point the way to annihilation.
| Whatever recognition of this anniversar!
is accorded tomorrow, and the Universlt!
Of Chicago is planning impressive cere
monies, we ought not to overlook the ours
that lies hidden in atomic energy Will
. celebrating its potential blessings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
They Burned Books

In its issue of May 8, 1943, The
Saturday Review of Literatur.
printed classic radio play by
Stephen Vincent Benet, They
Burned the Books" 1t was upon
the occasion of the ninth ami.
versary of the burning of the
books that condemned the total.
tartan lapse into barbraism in
Germany. He truly called them
"the iron years of terror and
evil" Those vandals who Lighted
a fire in a public square in Ber,
lin were made to say:
A books a book. It's paper, ink
and print,
If you stab it, it won't bleed.
If you beat it, it won't briuse.
If you burn it, it won't scream.
Mr.. Benet confounded that Hit.
lerism by summoning the great
writers of a Germany Hitler was
disgracing - Schiller, Heinrich,
Heine, Sigmund Freud, and
Thomas Mann and 40 other dis
tinguished scholars. Hitler not
only cast into the flames the i'm
mortal works of Germans, but he
also included the masterpieces
of liberal writers Of every nation
until the blaze extended almost
to the clouds, emitting such
smoke as obscured the heavens
He did this in the vain attempt
to destroy the great tones that
condemned Nazism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Headaches And Hurly-Burly

sign the affidavits could have no
place on the ballot in
an N.L.R.B. election. Thus if the
N.L.R.B. orders an election in
the Remington Rand plants, and
if the U.E.W. is denied a place
on the ballot, the resulting cleo
ton will obviously be strictly on
the Balkan pattern. The thou
sands of workers who belong to
the United Electrical Workers
could not vote for the union of
which they are members.
In this curious Balkan-type
election, two things could
happen. A rival union could take
advantage of the situation by
successfully horning in. This is
possible in the Remington Rand
case. The Independent Interna-
tional Association of Machinists
has long been hungrily eyeing
the electrical workers bailiwick.
Since the electrical workers
would not be on the ballot, the
machinists would have an enor-
nous tactical advantage. The
machinists might be the legal
vietors, even with a minority of
the workers actually supporting
them.
On the other hand, the men,
bers of the U.E.W., denied the
opportunity of voting for their
own union, might adopt the ex-
pedient of marking their ballots
for ''no union" Obviously
neither course would make for
industrial peace.
If the machinists won with
what might actually be no more
than a small minority of the
workers backing them, very bad
trouble between the two fac
tions of workers could certainly
be expected. But if the majority
of the workers voted for mo un-
ion" with the real purpose of
protecting the U.E.W. from its
rival organization, labor-mana-
cement relations would automa-
tically revert to the law of the
jungle.
Both sides could depend on
their economic strength alone to
protect their interests. That
might lead to the worst kind of
trouble. The Remington Rand
company, which created the
hated mohawk Valley formu-
la" to fight the CLIO. in the
early days, is not known for its
tender regard for labor unions.
On the other hand, the commu-
nists who run the JEW. are as
ruthless as communists general
ly are. Thus the end result
might well be a fierce and
bloody trial of strength outside
the law.
Certainly this is not what the
trainers of the Taft-Hartley
Law intended. That is why there
is considerable sentiment on the
labor board that the law should
be so interpreted as to allow a
union a place on the ballot even
if it's officers fail to sign the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
Violet Radiation
Less In Winter
BY WILLIAM A. O'BRJrN =,

Light rays of greatest bar.to,' 49,
from a health standpoint ,.l
the ultra violet rays, wbis' NV
make up about 7 per cent Of tA ~
suns waves. The number v,b;N "e
reach the earth varies with syn tS
season and the condition of Wv .'e
atmosphere. Most come tbron-Ss We
when the sky is clear and $a :.
sun is directly overhead. 0e
In the wintertime, smn.
dust and fog block ultra yio1,.
light, as it lacks penetratjnt. s.
power. Glass, too, filters s tbas
out. When we sit indoors near y
window on a bright day and so..
up sun, it is only the infra.ras
rays which come through. Trj,,.
toilet radiation is reduced s
cold weather to one-tentb h' !"
amount which reaches the sa~s VIZ
spot in the summer. ''
Ultra violet light helps IL.
body utilize the calcium ass
phosphorus in the food, but inv IN.
same effects can be obtained s nv,
taking vitamin D. The rays ,Is.
stimulate some of the hoJs I
functions.
Rickets is the only dises,.
which is prevented or cured ~
sunlight. 1t is most apt To ~
velop during periods Of raUs
growth, especially in young cb;I' S
dren. Fall and winter babies !,
northern climates, need eytrs
vitamin D to make up for u,n'
light deficiency.
Sunlight and vitamin D are M,
of value in preventing cold,
winter or summer, and the en-
ployment of sun lamps or vita,
minis for this purpose is useless
Acne - common pimples - and
psoriasis usually become worss
II the wintertime, probably from
lack of sunshine, and reuujr.
special treatments.
Body exposure to sun lamp,
helps to promote relax.
alton. Tense individuals, unabl.
to relax otherwise, can take =
sunbath and doze for a time.
| Health-conscious adults can
maintain vigor and vitality
through the winter months by
moderation in eating and by daj.
ly exercise. Children reouir.
special wintertime care to main.
tain health, such as irradiated
| foods and vitamin D.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
By STEWART ALSOP

Electrical Workers. This case
may have an important impact
on the whole pattern of labor
management relations.
The Remington Rand COM
pany has asked the N.L.R.B. to
hold an election in its plants to
determine what union repre-
sents the majority of its 10000
workers. These workers are now
organized in the electrical work
ers' union. But the United Elec-
trical Workers is not only the
third biggest union in the CLIO.
It is also the largest communist
dominated union in the country.
Largely because if they did so
most of them would be clapped
into Jail on perjury charges, the
officers of the U.E.W. have re-
fused to sign the Taft-Hartley
Laws non-communist affidavits.
There seems little doubt that
the Congress intended that any
union whose officers refused to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01
What The Rails Want
BY PETER EDSON

WASHINGTON - ThI Associa-
ton of American Railroads has
come forward with a bold, bad
plan to give the Interstate Com
merce Commission veto power
over Congress and the U. S.
Public Roads Administration. The
latter has overall planning re-
sponsibility and the handling of
federal aid funds given to the
states for construction of Am
erica's highway system. The AAR
plan would work like this:
Whenever Congress had before
it a federal highway construction
appropriation bill, the Public
Roads Administration would be
required to certify "to what ex-
tent, if any, the amount under
consideration exceeds the sum
which woulG be adequate but for
the commercial use of the high
way"
What this seems to mean in
simple language is that the Pub
lie Roads Administration would
have to estimate how much the
proposed highways would be used
for pleasure driving, how much
for motor buses and trucks. But
now get the next step in the
railroads proposal
If the certification of the Pub
lie Roads Administration indica-
tied that part of the appropriation
would 60 for building CONNER
cial highway, the Interstate Com
merce Commission would be re-
quired to investigate and report
whether this "excess appropr;a-
tion'' was justified in the public
Interest.
If the ICC found that a part of
the appropriation was "unjusti-
fled" as a commercial use, that
part of the money would be dis
allowed. In effect, this would
give the ICC the power to tell
congress how much it could ap-
propricate for public roads con-
struction.
This unprecedented proposal is
contained in 22-chapter final re-
port from a committee of 60 top
U. S. railroad executives, set uK
in 1912 to study postwar trans
portation problems. Chairman o1
the committee was r. " Fletcher
former AAR president, now vice
president and special counsel
His principal consultant was Dr.
H. B. Never, formerly member
of the 1CC.
Besides putting a stranglehold
on the railroads motor bus and
truck competition, by limiting
hiehwav construction through
|TCC the Fletcher committee dlsc
nronrses to repeal the longs+and-
ing government transportation
policy which prohibits one form
of transportation from controlling
lanother. Rail, water, motor and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-01

WASHINGTON-The non Com
munist provision Of the Taft
Hartley Law has already
caused an immense hurly-burly
throughout the labor movement
and migraine headaches for the
members of the National Labor
Relations Board. The board
leaped one hurdle when it ruled
that the officers of the national
labor organizations need not sign
the laws non-Communist affida-
Wits. But it is now evident that
despite this ruling, more hurly-
burly in the labor movement
and more headaches for the la
Dor board are in prospect.
The strange legal maze,
which the legislators unwilling
ly created in their attempt to
cut the communists in the labor
movement down to size, is typi-
fled by the pending case be-
tween the Remington Rand
(, CORPORATION and the United