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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Hot Shots

Q Nearly 5000 German girls will
leave for the United States this year
as fancees or brides OF Americans, &C
cording to a U. S. consular official.
. In st. Patrick, Mo-, Postmaster
John Logston got blisters cancelling
more than 20, 1000 letters in green ink.
In Albuquerque, engineering students
at the University of New Mexico out
witted arts and science college stu
dents who annually try to pull down
the engineers flag before the St,
Patrick's Day dance. The engineers
dug a trench from the poWerhouse,
piped live steam at 100 degrees Fahr-
enheit inside the hollow fagpole. The
flag stayed put.
. In New Haven, Conn, a Yale stu
dent was taken to court for mailing
500 turtles to classmates in a send a
turtle to your congressman" campaign.
Painted on each shell was the legend:
"Hurry work for world government"
The humane society complained many
students simply tossed the turtles in.o
trash cans.
. In Cortland, N. Y, a crazy cat sat
on eggs like a setting hen. The cat, now
dead, bit it's owner when she attempted
to move the animal from a nest. Tests
by the county health officer proved
the cat was rabid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
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MOSCOW: Big Four on a Changing Stage

CECRETARY of State George
~ c. Marshall is a new front
man for American diplomacy in
Moscow, and the Russians are
studying MIN carefully.
Marshall differs from his pred
ecessors in that he is a military man.
AS creator and chief of staff of the
mightiest armed force in American
history, Marshall handled that i'm
mense power with skill and conf
dence. His approach to diplomatic
tasks is almost exactly similar.
Marshall is applying American pow
er quietly and subtly in world diplo-
matte field just as he once used
military power on the battlefield.
Marshall plays his cards close to his
vest with the calm attitude of a man
holding a royal flush.
A Clinical Approach
Vyacheslav M. Molotov, Soviet for
eign minister, who won a reputation
among his Big Four opposite num-
bers as the imperturbable and emo
~tionless diplomat, is across the council
table now from a colleague equally
cool and clinical.
1t is against his military background
that the Russians are trying to assay
Marshall as a diplomat.
Some Soviet observers, jolted by
the latest turn in American foreign
policy, profess to believe that mill
tary thinking inspired President Tru-
mans plea to Congress for aid to
Greece and Turkey,
Study American Reaction
The Kremlin is studying carefully
Congressional reaction to the Presi-
dents speech. The big question in
Washington is how far shall. this
country 60 in trying to stop the spread
of Communism. Are Greece and Tur-
key just the start of a campaign in
which America will pour out largess
to any country in danger of falling
within the Soviet sphere of influence?
Russian counter-policy to Truman's
new policy still is being formulated.
Premier Stain is holding nightly con-
~ferences in the Kremlin long after the
four-power sessions have closed.
Against this backdrop of impend-
ing major developments, quite apart
from the council, itself, Molotov
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Crime Hits
lOXearHigh

TN 1916, crime hit a 10-year peak.
L ]. Edgar Hoover, director of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, reports the FBI received 645,-
431 arrest records last year, more
than any since 1886.
Juvenile delinquents of the war
years are graduating from petty thiev-
cry to more serious crimes" said
Hoover in an analysis of reasons for
the crime increase. THE gradual
breakdown of the American home is
beginning to be reflected in the nation
al behavior pattern and is a real cause
for alarm"
The overall increase in crime
throughout the nation in 1916 over
1945 was rs percent. Crimes in rural
areas increased 14.1 percent compared
with a IA percent increase in cities.
Highlights Of the FBI study of 1946
crimes include:
Arrests of women decreased 1873
percent compared with 1945-arrests
of males jumped 25.4 percent.
For the first time since 1888 more
persons in the 21-year age group were
arrested than in any other age group,
followed by %, %, "a and 20-year-
olds in that order.
Although arrests of girls under 81
dropped 33.l percent, they still ex-
ceeded preWar figures by 40 percent.
More than 81 percent of all persons
arrested had previous arrest records.
Crime Wave in L. A.
Los Angeles police, admitting crime
has gotten out of hand in this city,"
set up a series of semi-military road
blocks, stopped every car and ex-
amined every occupant. 1t was a local
technique first used in 1923 by a noted
criminologist and revived in 1888 dur
ing another crime epidemic.
Los Angeles residents were aroused
by four unsolved rape-murders in re-
cent weeks and rising incidence of
other crimes.
In the "a hours before establishment
of the road blocks, there were 149
crimes, including sever assaults with
deadly weapons, 10 %robberies, 40
burglaries and 81 thefts. In the preced-
ing week there were 1870 major
crimes, including a murder, three
abductions, "a assaults, 1902 robberies
and 367 b%urglaries.
Student Reforms
In Spokane, Wash, high school
students urged punishment for par
ents of juvenile delinquents as a means
of combating crime. Answering a
school QUESTIONABLE, students made the
following suggestions: =,
Start by cleaning up adult delin-
quency.
Wipe out pinball machines in
places where kids hang out after
school,"
Curb "legalized gambling" On
horses and at adult clubs which set
a bad example for the young.
Publish names of offenders, in
Guiding juveniles, in newspapers.
ito make them think a little before
stealing"
Expand recreational facilities, in"
Guiding construction of a civic CEN
ter "where kids don't have to pay >
every time they turn around" go
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Science
Tools for Peace

I0OlS III O0SO
Atomic energy, the most destructive
force eve unleashed by man., has
tremendous potentials for peaceful
applications and provides almost limit
less tools for research in physics, chem
istry, biology, medicine and engineer
ing.
Nuclear research in peacetlme fields
will be the goal of scientists at the
Brookhaven, L. l., national laboratory
now being built by the government on
the site of Camp Upton at an ultimate
cost of so million dollars. It will be OPP
Grated by Associated Industries, a nom
profit corporation formed by a group
of eastern universities.
DR.. L. B. Borst, in charge of construc-
ton of the first atomic pile at Brook
haven, said it would be better than
any other existing experimental unit.
A second pile to be built at Brookhaven
would be many times more power
full" he said.
Scientists face a new challenge of
discovering a method for disposing of
highly dangerous radioactive waste
materials, DR., Borst said. He promised
the Brookhaven pile would not be put
into operation until waste disposal
methods had been worked out to make
it safe for laboratory workers and resi-
dents of nearby cities.
DR.. Philip M. Morse, Brookhaven
director, disclosed that a budget of 10
million dollars a year is contemplated.
Although military security regulations
must be observed, he said, it was
planned to concentrate restricted proc
esses in one part of the plant SO as to
create as much of a university atmos-
phere" as possible.
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Ns.n,blican leaders plan to keep the
N n.ls running until the foreign policy
ss a.ssr is disposed of. Since both
nacbes must approve any formal
nssss this alone could prevent a
,sripg holiday.
R m,asnwhile lawmakers concentrated
housing, a peak domestic problem
.. which unsatisfactory progress is
,s reported. Committees of both
s ssnses squared away for a fresh start
y win nationwide headaches-hoW
encourage big-scale construction
" low-cost homes and what to do
J.aoot rent control.
Sen, Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio), testi-
4;ne before the Senate banking COM
..ittee. asserted that the emergency
.roeram set up by Congress last year
~ encourage production of scarce
sS,;lding materials was a complete
%t,Ture," He said that of 400 million
solars provided for subsidies to pro-
Jyrers. only about IS million will have
s,sn spent by the end of the fiscal
year, June 30.
Long Range Bill
The Senate committee was conduct
ns streamlined hearings on a revised
T.rsjon of the Wagner-Ellender-Taft
,ne-range housing bill passed by the
Senate last year but pigeon holed in
n, House. 1t sets UP a goal of Is, 000,-
mo new dwellings by 1858, including
lov.rent housing projects aided with
federal funds.
"The Justification for public hous-
t,an said Sen. Taft, lis that We have
"a eliminate the disgraceful type of
hnlsing in which the lowest income
families live"
Taft estimated the housing program
Intimately would cost $50 million dol
lars a year.
Major features of the WET bill call
FOR federal aid to states and localities
for public housing and slum clearance,
Encouragement of private builders to
construct rental housing for moderate
income families and preference to vet
usns as tenants in public housing.
For Continued Rent Ceilings
Another Senate banking subcommit-
lie worked over a Taft-McCarthy bill
which would continue rent ceilings
generally until March l, 1948, allow no
,ross- he-board increases and wipe
out rent controls for new houses, ho-
tells, motor courts and dwellings not
rented during the last two years.
Meanwhile, Housing Expediter
Frank R. Creedon testified in the
House that the lifting of federal hous-
ing controls would disrupt a great
many housing projects and divert
rare materials to non-essential
rrh as racetracks and night clubs.
Creedon's Office barred a gloomy re-
port on 1947 BODYBUILDING prospects
citing that material shortages would
prevent the start of more than 825, 900
permanent homes this year, despite
earlier White House and industry esti-
mates that the number would pass
1000, 900.
Despite important increases in pro-
tuctlon generally, a dozen strategic
materials are more scarce in relation
to demand than they yer a year ago,
The report claimed. These include mill
work lumber, builders hardware,
Nathtubs, water closet bowls, clay
,sWer pipe, door plywood, wire screen
Ing, toggle switches and nails.
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u. ~.
V for Veto

III VCl0
The Security Council, key o~rganiza-
ton of the United Nations, will OBJ
serve it's first anniversary in the
United States next Tuesday.
The 11-nation council is made up
of five permanent members britain,
France, Russia, China and the U. S.
and six rotating memberships as
signed to smaller nations. In it any of
the Big Five nations has the right to
kill by veto any proposition which it
disapproves.
From the start the council has
thrived on controversy. Its first crisis
was over Iran when Andrei A.
Gromyko, Soviet delegate, took his
historic walk and remained out for
two weeks.
Its last crisis was over the atom
which the council chose not to push
to the veto stage. Faced with adamant
stands on international control of
atomic energy by the U. S. and the
Soviet Union, it turned the problem
back to a special committee in hopes
that body might be able to work out
a compromise.
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China
The Die Is Cast

Generalissimo Chang Kai-shek has
issued what amounts to a declaration
of war on the Chinese Communists.
Addressing the executive committee
of his Kuomintang CNationalist) Party,
Chang declared that armed rebellion
by the Communists must be quelled
by force.
This public pronouncement signifies
a major shift in policy. Previously
Chang maintained, at least in public,
that the Nationalist Communist dis
pute could be settled by political
means. Now he sides with his more
warlike generals who long have
argued the only way to get along with
Chinese Communists is to exterminate
them.
Marking reported Nationalist troops,
driving on Yenan, had entered the
Chinese Communist capital.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
In Short

Announced: BY the U. S. Navy, a
TASK force led by the 27,000-ton air
craft carrier Leyte will visit Turkey
next month.
Loaned: BY the International Ladies
uaFment Workers Union (AFL), $780,
WV to the Netherlands Trolley and
hsl"orkers Union to buy %overalls,
NOES and other work clothes.
reported: BY a British medical jour-
asls experiments indicating tobacco
'noklng lnterferes with fertility OF
men.
sisned: BY the Philippines and the
=; D., a 9a-year agreement granting
sland military and naval bases to
his country.
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Seasonal Crisis

Hard-pressed Britain, beset by in
ternal and external postwar problems,
is staggering out from under its worst
winter in more than so years.
A hurricane with winds SO miles an
hour uprooted trees, wrecked houses
and churned into perilous cauldrons
the worst floods since 1894. Across
flooded southern England, chimneys
toppled, prefabricated homes col
lapsed and thousands of homes were
inundated.
The army modified amphibious We
hicles to aid flood victims and sent
tank trucks and mobile filtration
plants to East London where the
Thames, highest in So years, had con-
taminated the water supply. Old mo-
torboats and rivercraft that rescued
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Quotes
lice Adm. Alfred E. MontgOm-

cry, umpire of Pacific Fleet man
euvers: warfare Of the future
will not vary in type, but rather
in degree"
Rep. Chester Gross (R-Pa.),
father OF eight children, discus
sing juvenile delinquency in the
House: cts the parents who are
to blame. If your kid gets into
trouble, lick him. If his teacher
gives him a licking, lick him
again when he gets home"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23
Congress Seeks Spur
For HousingP Problem

CONGRESS-, facing a rising mountain of international and domes-
/ tic problems, may nave to pass up an Easter recess this wear.
rwer comes April 3. The House may get through legislation on the
onscdents request to bulWark Greece and Turkey against commu-
Hm well ahead of that date. Observers predict that Senate disc1,s-
pms however, will run past Easter. The official goal for a vote is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

barred Russia's demand for four-power
control Of the Ruhr, 10 billion dollars
in PREPARATIONS and breakup of the eco
nomic merger of the British and
American zones.
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"NExT MOVE?"

agreed at Yalta to 10 billion for Rus
sia's reparatlons, declaring that in
any case the Potsdom agreement SUI
perceded Yalta. The United States,
he said, will not follow Mr.. Molotov
in a retreat from Potsdam to Yalta."
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Until the preliminary skirmishing
is over Marshall, like a veteran cam
paigner, sits back quietly, waiting for
the day when talk inevitably must
cease and the diplomatic blue chips
are pushed to the center of the table.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-23

LAST YEAR many businessmen
proclaimed that If OPA were
wiped out, free competition
would bring prices down.. Most
OPA food controls went off last
fell. Living costs hit an oll-time
high in December, have de-
creased only froetionaiIy since.
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Eau Rights Reserued. APP Newsfeatures)
Evening star., 1947-06-23
AMG Tells Of Plan 10 Make
Frankfurt Trade Capital
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, June 23.-The American
Military Government has disclosed
plan to rebuild Frankfurt as the
economic capital of the British-
American zones under a project EN-.
ploying 5000 men and calling for
repair of 1000 dwelling units to
house 5000 German employees Of
the bizonal agencies.
The Military Government In a re-
port on conditions throughout Ger
many that food shortages in the
British zone have caused labor un-
rest, curtailed coal production and
increased black market activity.
Production lags were noted in the
Schweinfuft ball-bearing plant and
other factories.
The French zone, however. reached
its highest hard coal output since
the war on May % when "a, 4,290
metric tons were mined.
officials were reported studying
the accuracy of inventory and pro-
duction reports made by German
manufacturing plants to the Ger
man economic agencies because of
suspicion that the figures are be-
ing understated.
Communicable diseases were re-
ported lower this May than a year
ago with the exception of tubercu-
loSiS and syphilis.
Evening star., 1947-06-23
Dennis
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run their course" Mr.. McCabe told
the court.
Justice Pine, however, reminded
the lawyer that cases are usually
tried here in four weeks and that
this case has come to him in the
regular, orderly way.
In opposing delay, John w.
Fihelly, assistant United States at
torney, told Justice Pine that Joseph
R. Brodsky, a New York attorney,
has been in the case from the begin
ming. He also pointed out the i'm
portance of the case.
All U. S. Employees Challenged.
Dennis is represented by Mr.. Nc
Cabe, and Mr.. Brodsky, and David
M. Freedman of New York. Ap-
pearing for the Government are
United States Attorney George Nor
ris Fay and Mr.. Fihelly.
Because of the new loyalty oath,
which asks Government employees
about any connection with Com
munism, Mr.. McCabe challenged all
Government employees in the jury
box. Justice Pine, however, ruled
that under the law this is not a
ground for objection and denied the
motion.
Andrew M. David, 43, of 113 C
street Sc, mechanic in the Federal
Works Agency, was challenged for
cause by the defense Mr.. David,
declaring he is a member of the
Evening star., 1947-06-23
Soviet Reply Is Silent
On Acceptance of Aid

MOSCOW, June % (Py.-The
Icommunique announcing the Soviet
governments decision to join Brit
ain and France in foreign minis
ters' conference on the Marshall
aid to-Europe plan was carried
prominently in MoscoW's only Mon
day morning newspaper, the Com
munist organ Pravda.
Authoritative foreign sources ex-
pressed qualification at Russia S
agreement to participate Friday in
exploratory talks, but were quick to
point out that this step did not
necessarily mean that the Soviet
Union would agree in the long run
to the aid conditions.
The Soviet reply contained moth
ing to indicate whether Russia
eventually would accept United
States aid.
The note did indicate interest In
the so-far-undisclosed character
and conditions" of the assistance
preferred by United States Secre-
tary of State Marshall in his Har-
ward University speech June 5.
Some persons in authoritative
foreign circles here frankly ex-
pressed apprehension that the con-
ditions the United States might
write into a European aid program
might not be acceptable to Moscow.
Soviet commentators on public
affairs time and time again have
asserted that in offering help to
certain countries, the United States
seeks voice in those countries in
ternal affairs.
Some diplomats pointed out that
if the United States should stick to
conditions somewhat similar to
those of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
there was a good chance of Russias
participation in the program all the
way.
Russia accepted UNRRA's condi-
ton of aid to the republics of the
Ukraine and White Russia. The
UNRRA program, which ends this
apparently was carried out
to the satisfaction both of the
agency and of the Government.
Evening star., 1947-06-23
Arms
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submit bill to the United Nation.
before it acts upon it"
Il rather think there is feeling
that the United States has been by.
passing the United Nations" Smith
commented. He then inquired:
! VIII this have tendency to get
us in an armaments race?"
81 do not think So" Gen. Marshall
told him.
Gen. Marshall was the first of 6
group of witnesses that includes
Secretary of War Patterson, Secre.
tary of Navy Forrestal, Gen. Eisen-
hover, Army Chief of Staff, ano
Admiral Nimitz, Chief of Naval
Operations
President Truman requested the
legislation in a special message tc
Congress last month.
The House committee approved a
similar bill last year, but the meas
ure never reached the floor OF
either chamber. 1t is given little
chance of passage this year either
The legislation would permit the
President to turn over United States
guns, planes, ships and other mill
tary equipment to the Latin Ameri-
can nations and Canada and to
train their soldiers and sailors.
War Cooperation Was Difficult.
In return the President could ac-
cept any benefit, direct or indirect
which he found satisfactory.
I'VE may be sure" General Mar
shall declared in his prepared testi-
mony, that if we are not willing to
assist our Latin American friends
as well as Canada in the pro-
curement of arms and in obtaining
instruction and training for. theil
military personnel. they will of ne
cessity seek this help elsewhere"
During the recent war, he said
cooperation with Latin American
nations was made more difficult
because many of them had re-
,eived military equipment and train
ing from Germany and other Eur
opean countries"
Would Include Other Assistance.
The Secretary emphasized that
the program of cooperation would
not be limited to military assistance
but would include also educational
activities designed to Lead to "a
better understanding OF the char
acter and customs" of all the ma
tions.
Continued contacts among the
young leaders of the Western Hemi-
sphere nations, ne said, should pro-
duce the results we hope for in the
way of closer ties among the ma
tions."
In his message requesting the leg
islation, President Truman said the
American republics have assumed
new responsibilities for their mu-
tual defense and for the mainte-
nance of peace" and it is highly de-
sirable to standardize military Or
ganization, training methods and
eouipment :"
Evening star., 1947-06-23
Ethridge Sees Racket
In Parcels From Greece
By the Associated Press

Mark Ethridge, American repre-
sentative on the United Nations
Balkan Commission, said today the
shipment of food parcels from
Greece to the United States sounds
like flrst-class racket"
Mr.. Ethridge told reporters after
call on President Truman that he
could shed no light on the ship
ments, saying the matter had not
come to the attention of his COM
mission.
He said he assumed any meat in
the shipments coming from Greece
would be lamb since his commission
saw only one pig in that country
and ''it was chained to a shack"
The food shipments from the
Mediterranean area were disclosed
by New York customs authorities.
Evening star., 1947-06-23
Soviet Agreement to Join
PorIey Encourages u. S.
By the Associoted Press

The State Department today de-
scribed as encouraging Russia s
agreement to join Britain and
France in a discussion of Secretary
Of State Marshall's proposal for
European economic recovery.
A department press official said
this Governments position is that
anything Europe does to show it
is taking the initiative in a con-
structive way" to carry out Gen.
Marshall's plan is "of course en-
couraging."
Diplomatic authorities generally,
however, adopted a wary wait-and-
see attitude toward developments in
view of continuing differences be-
tween Moscow and Washington on
virtually all major issues of Euro
pean reconstruction.