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alarming, but the temple stands
near a deep underground pit whose
walls are being weakened by water
Egyptologists fear that the shrine
with its sculptured list Of 7e
Pharaohs and other valuable pages
of history, Will tumble into the pit
unless the ground is strengthened.
This pit, which archeologists
uncovered in the 192os, is known as
the Osirium. In its center Is a
masonry island, around which the
waters of the Nile flow from a
canal hidden beneath the temple.
During the ancient feasts in honor
of Osiris, Add Essalam said, the
King entered this underground
chamber and placed small statue
of earth, filled with seed, on the
island. When the statute turned
green, 1t symbolized the gods res
direction and life after death.
Great Caissons Planned
To keep the temple from falling
into the Osirium, Add Essalam S
workmen are sinking reinforced
concrete caissons into the earth
between the two shrines. Each
caisson, when filled with concrete,
will weigh about 10 tons. Against
the side of each, Add Essalam cal
culates, the weight of the temple
will exert a pressure of about
30 tons. In all, 26 caissons are
planned to anchor it securely.
Another problem is to replace 20
ton arches, made of single blocks OF
sandstone, which have fallen from
the roofs of small chapels. Their
places are being taken by reinforced
concrete supported by hidden steel
beams.
After inspecting the work, Add
Essalam organized an expedition
across the desert to the limestone
cliffs that form q vast "U' behind
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Middle East Tension
workn,en and about 305, 900 tons Of

workn,en and about 305 900 tons OF
steel being involved.
The second project is the ap-
proximate tripling of the present
capacity of the Iraq lines from
present capacity of 10000 barrels to
250,0O0 barrels daily. This job also
is scheduled for 1949 completion.
The third is contemplated by
Middle East Pipe Lines, Ltd, so per
cent British and so per cent Ameri-
can, from Abadan to some terminal
not yet selected on the. Mediter-
ranean. Actual construction of this
line is not scheduled to begin until
completion of the Trans-Arabian
project.
Coming back to the Importance
of all this to American interest
and it's bearing upon our foreign
policy, there may be added the
following testimony by Charles B.
Rayner, petroleum adviser to the
State Department:
II cannot stress the Importance
of this middle East) part of the
world too strongly. With oil
reserves known to be in excess, and
potentially greatly in excess, of the
known reserves of the United States
and with a rapidly increasing pro-
duction, it may well be that the
Middle East will ultimately be-
come the center Of gravity Of
world oil production. 1t is not
difficult. therefore, to appreciate
how important may be our political
relationship with the various coun-
tries and the small sheikhdoms that
make up that part Of the world"
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Br0un
Continued Prom Page C.l)

into first t-class military base. New
cities and settlements have sprung
up since VI day. These are impor-
tant industrial centers, where the
Russians have placed some Of their
heavy war industries. An excellent
system of communications connect
ing Siberia with the western por-
tions Of the vast empire has been
completed.
Some SO important military air
stations have been established be-
tween the Urals and Behring Strait.
1t Is dificult to break through the
iron curtain surrounding that area,
which in the days Of the csars served
principally as penal colony. But
from the little information available
it apears that there are at least
half q dozen airborne divisions IN
Siberia, in addition to a large air
force.
The Japanese Kwantung Army,
consisting Of some 600, 1000 men, was
captured by the Russians In August,
1945. This force Is now being In
doctrinated to serve as q potential
army against the United States.
'Avenge Hiroshima
According to Soviet broadcasts
monitored in the United States, the
Japanese prisoners" are being thor
oughly trained for their job. They
live in special barracks, are being
trained in the use of weapons they
did not know about during the war.
and are told that the day may come
during their lifetime when they will
have the opportunity to avenge the
Hiroshima crime"
These are pertinent facts which
worry those responsible for the
Nations military security. These
men do not worry particularly about
the fact that 50 many Chinese off,
cials are venal and corrupt. They
were no better when we decided to
oppose the Japanese grab Of Man
churia In 1882. At that time We
were concerned with the possibility
Of the japanese waging war against
us and wanted China on our side.
The situation was no different then
from what 1t is today, except that
Britain and France. weakened and
incapable of a serious military effort
today, at that time could be counted
on as potential supporters.
China is weak, too. But our mill
tary men believe that some support
from us, costing only about 10 per
cent Of what Europe will require for
economic rehabilitation, would par
nit the organization In Manchuris
Of . counterforce against Moscows
plans.
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sion wants the Philippine govern
ment to put greater emphasis on
individual and corporate income
taxes, which now produce only
small fraction OF the national reve-
nue.. Consumption taxes, which now
supply ths greatest percentage OF
the governments income, raise the
basic cost of living for the great
majority of the people" and would
be cut drastically. The report also
suggests putting income taxes on .
pay-as-you-go basis.
Tax Reform Sought
Touching on the human element
of tax collections, the commission
recommends a general Tightening Of
the tax machinery, particularly .
reversal of the present tendency to
hand out light penalties for fraud
or evasion. In addition, 1t proposes
salary increases to tax officials
Sufficient to remove the present
temptation to corruption, to develop
a high level of morale and to attract
and retain qualified, efiicient and
trustworthy personnel"
In the domestic borrowing field
American experience with War
Bonds and series E Bonds is pointed
out as an example Of how bonds
can be sold. A widespread, con-
tinuing sales campaign is declared
capable Of absorbing excess money
in circulation and at the same time
financing government operations.
The recommendation that the
republic adopt system Of managed
currency involved major change
Of policy. For half a century the
peso has had 100 per cent backing,
either in United States dollars or
in silver. The commission feels that
this practice imposes an unneces-
sary burden on the nation.
Adoption Of a managed currency
system is therefore urged on the
Philippine government. Respon-
sibility for its operation would rest
with a new central bank.
Imitation Feared
This recommendation was fought
vigorously by members Of the pa
ternalistic" bloc, as well as by
many Filipinos who feared 1t would
encourage imitation. The Americans
predicted that the Filipinos would
not be able to manage their cur
repcy successfully and that the
national economy would suffer. 1t
was frequently pointed out that the
Philippines is a party to several in
ternational agreements that bind 1t
to maintaining the value of the peso
at so United States cents.
So thoroughly were members OF
the. commission convinced the Phil
ippines would profit from managed
currency and q central bank, how
ever. that they finally overcame op-
position in Manila. President Roxas
himself was one of the last to ac-
cept the idea, and he did 1t only
after repeated discussions with the
and his own experts.
If these changes are carried out,
the joint commission agrees, the
will not need. any
further loans from the United
States to balance Its budget or TO
finance internal reconstruction. The
republic can operate on its own.
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the temple. We rode on camels
passing mounds where millions OF
pottery fragments told of the offer
ings of ancient pilgrims.
As darkness fell a dozen walters,
cooks and workmen carried a huge
basket of dinner, Jug of water
mattresses, pillows and blankets up
the mountain.
The next day, after work, we
sat on the porch at Abydos to
receive visitors.
Love Conquers All
One of the first to arrive was the
village blacksmith, who had for
hidden his son to marry the daugh-
ter Of his first assistant.
ALI evening he sat beside Add
Essalam's chair, arguing happily.
Before we left he decided to let
the couple marry.
Our next visitor was mounted
police officer, accompanied by a
rifle bearer on foot, to whom the
officer handed his revolver cere-
moniously before stepping on the
porch. He was much interested in
Add Essalam's stories of American
police cars equipped with radios.
A tall Arab, who works in the
quarry, dropped by to ask If we
would like some real Arab coffee.
He went home, brought silver and
brass urns of coffee and stayed to
philosophize.
The Mayor arrived on a donkey
trotting at top speed. Spotless in
white robes and turban. he discussed
the workers troubles with Add Es-
salam. A man of means, his ONCE
is honorary.
The Mayor stayed for dinner.
When we finished eating, the entire
male population came to entertain
us with songs and dancing.
Distributed by the Associated Press)
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By Mox Boyd

CAIRO.-We took the night train
southwark along the Nile to see the
work being done to save one OF
Egypt's greatest treasures, the an
cient temple of Osiris at Abydos.
At Ell Balyana, some $50 miles
from Cairo, the platform of the tiny
station was crowded with a COM
mittee of turbaned workmen to well
come Add Essalam, the architect for
the antiquities department.
We climbed into two ancient We
hicles with Add Essalam's resident
assistants and sped westward past
irrigated green fields and the reed
huts of farmers, to an adobe village
on the edge of the desert named
ARABIA ell Madfouna, which Add
Essalam translated as "the buried
place of the Arabs"
Shrine of Nile God
This is the site of ancient Abydos,
where the Pharoah Seti built a
temple of columned halls and dimly-
lighted chapels, richly decorated
with colored reliefs and religious
writing, about 5000 years ago. In
it's time it was the most sacred
shrine of Osiris, whom the Egyptians
worshiped as god of the lite-giving
Nile, of judgment and the hereafter
On the far side of the village, our
caravan groaned up the first rise OF
the desert. From the top we could
see the broken columns of the temple
courtyard, the desert plateau where
Osirian passion plays are believed
to have been performed and the
distant mountains framing the
shrine.
Add E.ssalam's assistants have q
house near the temple, breakfast was
served there, generous one Of eggs
and olives, cheese, fruit and tea.
With us at breakfast were Abdel
Moneim Akif, assistant architect;
Mohamed Suileman, head mechanic,
and, Youssef Ahmed Youssef, SUI
pervisor. Youssef is poet, who was
very sad because the father of his
sweetheart had refused to allow
them to marry.
Afterward ADD Essalam led the
way to the temple, through the ruins
of the eastern courtyard into hall
of giant columns and deeply cut re-
liefs, which was finished by King
Sets son, Rameses II. From there
we passed into the great hall built
by Seti I, on the walls of which are
brilliantly colored reliefs of the King
presenting offerings to Osiris.
Osiris Death AVENGED
Osiris, in the e>1egend that the an
cient Egyptians handed down from
generation to generation, was an
early god-kihg Of Egypt, son of the
earth-god Geb and the sky-goddess
Nui, who was killed by his brother
Set. Legend says his wife, the god
dess Isis, hid their son Horus in
the marshes Of the delta until, on
reaching manhood, he avenged his
fathers death in a furious battle
with Set. Horus then vent in search
of the body of his father, to offer
him an eye he had sacrificed In the
battle, and Osiris rose from the
grave to become king Of the after
world and friend of the dead.
The ponderous columns and stone
walls of the Osirian temple exert
an enormous pressure. In the
center, where the foundations rest
on debris covering an underground
canal, the structure has sagged a
foot Or more. This IN itself Is not
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D.
SUNDAY, ocYoSER 3. ~.
Infant Philippine Regime
Decides to Walk Unaided
Relations With b. s., Deliberately Conceived,
Will Throw Off Old Paternalism and
Adopt Policy of Self.Sufhciency
by Stuort Liliico

Entirely without unnocd by many persons
United States and the infant
The change more remark
because deliberately OF experts
representing and been accepted by ooh
administrations
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Latin America Whirlinq
In a Spiral of Initiation
Mexico and Other Republics Have Difficulty
Controlling Prices as Cost of Living
Far Exceeds Prewar Levels
By John Evons

MEXICO CITY-Mexico, hrst the 20 Latin American
pbdcs dehation Of
probably
Of Latin American imitation.
Mexico prohed greatly materials tried
accepted methods Of control.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
THURGOOD MARSHALL, COUNSEL NAACP
SPEAKS AT MT. ZION BAP. CHI SUN. PM

Thurgood Marshall speaks here
on Sunday. March 16. at pm.
Mt. Zion Baptist Oh. the citizens
of Seattle will be privileged to
hear one of the most brilliant
and most successful lawyers in
the country, when Mr.. Thurgood
Marshall. legal counsel for the
NAACP will appear here. Leteher
Yarbrough, president of the local
Branch of the NAACP says the
place is large enough to ac-
comodate all the people who wish
to hear Mr.. Marshall.
Mr.. Marshall has a long line of
successful cases behind him in
his fight for equal rights. He has
either argued or prepared briefs
with the cooperation of other
NAACP lawyers in all NAACP
cases in U. S. Supreme Court
from 1888 to the present time.
Among the cases argued by him
are the Texas Primary case, the
Irene Morgan case declaring the
Jim-Crow Statute of Virginia I'M
constitutional as applied to inter
state passengers.
In 1914 he was placed on the
Honor Roll of Race Relations for
the Schomburg collection. He was
also awarded the Alumni award by
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Milo Savage, the Little
Gentleman, Beats Walker
BY S. L.

Milo Savage, the little gentle
man, whose business is in the
fistic arena, when opportunity
presents itself, and a choral sing
er at the Mt. Zion Baptist church.
on Sunday. had his first opport-
unity after a long wait, to MAIZE
the main event, which he won
handily.
Irish" Billy Walker, came all
the way from New York City,
well labeled. and many of Milos
friends feared the big bad wolf
But not Milo He had an arm
full of long range punches which
he freely delivered to Mr.. Walker,
round after round up to and in
Guiding the 10th and final round
winning the decisi0l.
Milo savage is a favorite among
local sports, and all glad Match
maker Ron Warnock gave him
the nod.
But believe us friends Irish"
Billy Walker is glutton for
punishment.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
Science Comes to the
Relief Of Your Hair

Introducing to the public, new
treatment for growing hair, The
Jackson Drug at Maynard ond
Jackson, say they are now in a
position to assure their patrons,
they no longer need worry be-
cause of losing what most men
and women prize, their hair.
ScALP-EZ GUARANTEE
This Scalp-Ez is guaranteed. If
after using the contents of this
jar according to instructions. you
do not have New hair growing,
mail the empty jar with this
guarantee certificate to Scalp-Ez
Incorporated, Martinez. Calf. The
full purchase price will be re-
fund. Money back Guarantee"
If your hair is restored it is
wonderful. If not your money is
refunded. This is an invitation
to try it.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12

The Y. w. C. A. is sponsoring
an unclaimed surplus clothing sale
March II, at o'clock and March
IS, hourse IL to 10 P. NJ. Dresses
for girls and women shirts
and pants for working men and
boys. Grapes and curtains etc.
Mrs. AL. Giles is chairman of
the Committee and the ladies who
are assisting her are Mrs. Roy
Green, Mrs. Russell Gideon, Mrs.
May Maxwell, Mrs. C. Ward, Mrs.
l.. Shields, Mrs. Geo. Nichols and
Mrs. Fl. Compbell.
: 49, -s-s.......ss ,s..
The Young adult department of
the Y. w. c. A. is sponsoring a
Spring Carnival March 20. The
clubs working ON the projects
are: Modernettees, Elite Girls. Ell
egant Young Matrons and the
Friendship Club. Betty Coleman
is chairman of the project. The
Committee consists of Wilma Oar
nell. Annie Mary Knighton. WON
ne Beatty. Narvis Manning and
Betty Coleman.
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born in Mount Holly, N. J. She is
descendant of Richard Allen
who organized the first American
Negro religious movement in the
late 18th Century.
The Pitters' eldest daughter,
Constance Allen Pitter, is named
in the tradition that each eldest
child of descendant family shall
bear the name of Allen.
Pitter is member of his dis
trict's U. S. o. board, a member
of the Y. NJ. c. A. treasurer of
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church and in other years was
active in many organizations.
Mrs. Pitter, like so many new
grandmothers. finds her time
tight strung" between cultural
activities, civic work, housekeep-
ing and attentions" to her daugh-
ter Marjorie's two chubby baby
sons.
Both the Pitters write. Pitter
co-authored a who's Who of
Pacific Northwest Negro Pion
GERS" with the late Samuel p.
DeBow. Mrs. Pitter, who wrote
THE Awakening" a pageant pres
fc0nfinued on Page %
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
WHAT ARE The
new FRONTIERS?
BY RUTH TAYLOR

Is this the end? Has ciyiliza
ton as we know it come to
close and are the great cycleS
of time, turning as relentlessly
as the tides of the ocean, about
to swing into new orbits? Has
the frontiers closed to us? IL
there no future?
Wrong the only frontiers
that have been closed are those
of geography. The frontiers Of
the mind, of research and know
ledge, are virgin wilderness, mark.
ed only by the footpaths of those
intrepid adventurers who dared to
think ahead. Never before has
there been sued an opportunity
to learn. There were never so
many things to study, so much
TO be found out. Every day dis
coveries are made beside which
Continued to page ~
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The Community Chest and Coun-
Gil of Seattle and King County
will move soon to its new per.
manent location at 1886 Summit
Avenue, Seattle %, according to
an announcement by Nat. S.
Rogers. president of the Chest
and Council The new phone num-
Der of the Red Feather head
quarters will be Minor 2200.
A ten-year lease has been sign
ed for offices on the second floor
of the building at Summit and
Pine. Mr.. Rogers said, adding that
the new quarters will afford bet
ter Accommodations for volunteer
workers and staff, lower rental
and convenient parking facilities.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
BOOK REVIEW
A STAR POINTED NoRTH:--by
Edmund Fuller, $2.75.


The story of Frederick Doug
lass-his life. his work his strug-
gle. his achievements one of
the truly great epics of America.
To say that and to say that he
is still denied his proper place
In our country's history. that
his name is only to be found
as a footnote In our textbooks
(when II Is mentioned at ALL.
that his story is not the pride
Of every American. is not simply.
a paradox. 1t is monument to
the Big Lie: white supremacy.
Negro inferiority. This very sill
, ence itself is a thunderous indict-
ment of the racist shame imposed
upon our country by its ruling
class. Douglass was the tribune
of his people" the Negro people;
but he also ranks with Lincoln
In the democratic tradition which
is the common heritage of all
Americans.
Edmund Fuller has retold this
great story as an historical novel
in A Star Pointed North. Closely
following the chronicled life of
Douglass, the author recounts the
drama filled years which began
on Maryland plantation with a
slave boy known as Fred Bailey
The slave boy learned to read
and write which was the greatest
Continued on page -
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Presidents Mother
Doesn't Like COP.

WACO, Texas A citation
confering an honorary degree on
President Truman was revised to-
day to eliminate an assertion that
the Presidents mother refused to
sleep in the Lincoln bed at the
White House.
The citation read in part:
Harry S. Truman, product of
Missouri sun and sail and schools
born amid humble environments
rocked in the cradle of adver-
sity--no silver spoon was yours :
you grew to manhood's high noon
in the quite democratic way of
life-the Southern Way"
Pat NJ. Neff. Bayor University
president. a former Texas govVfh-
or, read the citation in awarding
the Chief Executive a doctor-of-
laws degree.
Neff spoke briefly. The sentence
in the prepared text, saying that
Mr.. Truman was so much a
Southerner that his mother said
she would not sleep in Lincoln's
bed at the White House, was
deleted at the request, apparent
ly. of the Presidents aides.
Neff told the President he had
sent flowers to his mother in In
dependence, Mo. The President, as
he began his address, said he
was touched by the reference to
his mother.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
NEGROES WORRIED
(From Seattle Times)
BY DAVE JAMES

Seattle's Negro population is
growing but guesses are the only
clues to it's present sizes. Negro
leaders estimate a population of
from 5000 to 10000 in the city
and a King County total of $4,000.
in contrast with the $500 Negroes
counted here in the 1910 census.
The increase, according to such
authorities as Letcher Yarbrough,
president of the Seattle branch
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, has not been accompanied
by a widening of economic opport-
unity for the Negro.
ION the contrary, Yarbrough
said this week, LOB openings for
Negroes appear to be lessening.
Tile road ahead is one of contin-
uing struggle to gain economic
security for a section of Seattle
which seeks to do its share in
building the city" .e...z
Negroes have made substan-
tial contribution to Seattle's
growth. Among them are many
persons who have, with the ad-
vantage of steady employment, be-
come solid builders of the COM
munity.
Such a man is Edward A. Pitter,
who at SO years of age serves
competently as deputy in the
King County clerks office.
Back through the years, Pitter
has been a deputy sheriff, an
insurance man, ship steward,
hotel employee. Pitter has resided
in Seattle since 1909 and his con-
tributions as citizen are credit
to his home city.
The Pitters do things. Their
well-kept two story residence at
1882 Oath Ave. has been a center
of neighborhood activity for the
past two decades.
Pitter was born in Jamaica.
His mother died in an earthquake
there in 1907. Mrs. Pitter was
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
Many Hear Roland
Hayes Recital


Sponsored by the Ladies Music
al Club, Roland Hayes recital
drew a large crowd at the Metro
politan Theatre, March 4. The
great tenor's voice lost none of
its clarity, nor praise from the
hundreds who heard him. While
he has a natural musical talent,
it is embellished by study and
practice.
AS usual Hayes ended his
musical program with group
of spirituals and religious folk
songs. All who heard him lauded
MIN as a truly. great artist.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-03-12
Judge Roy DeGrief
Names R. |. Marshall
First Negro BaiIiff

Robert L. Marshill, 6O9 9th
Ave No. has been appointed a
bailiff in the Municipal Traffic
Court by Judge Roy De Grief.
The appointment of Marshall
as bailiff by Judge De Grief.
makes him the first of his race
to be appointed in any court in
the state of Washington. Marshall
became eligible for appointment
through a civil service examina-
ton. rating second highest.
The Northwest Enterprise is
particularly pleased with the
judges appointment, as well as
the rating of the applicant which
made it possible.