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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03
CHILDREN ARE
BIG BUSINESS
Modern Parents h u n
Hand-Me Down, Sur
vey Shows
y, CAREW

NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-P-Child-
ron are big business. Americans
arc spending we'll owe 81 billion
wear on their boys and girls
below teen age.
THAT doesn't count bubble gum
and comic books, ice cream cones
"rd movies or a thousand and
one other incidentals - including
Cosmetics for the grammer school
SET
The biggest slice of that expend-
;4,Iro goes for clothes. The total
bf1l for boys and girls wear has
moved up steadily since the begin
Vino Of the war. Sales in some
Eases are said to run as high as
four times the 1899 level.
Tho children's market is being
4,,en seriously by an ever-groW-
;,a number of industries besides
clothing makers.
furniture manufacturers are
swing more pieces specially for
+he juvenile market; more jewelry
j. designed with children in mind;
n5onograph record makers see big
Possibilities in that field; there
las been a complete change of
,nnroach in youngsters books,
and ever cosmetics makers have
dave1oped a grammar school husi-
ness.
More babies, more money and
mere study of children's needs
are given as the basic reasons for
Using sales in ali lines.
II. clothing, hand me-downs used
10 be the rule. Today they are
practically a thing of the past.
s,vle has entered the picture and
children wan: 20 be in the swim.
Childlen ems wear has followed the
,e3d of the adIl. clothing market.
srortsWear, spectator sports ap-
narel. beach and play clothes ana
related items accounted for $780,
GOO. 900 in sales last year. This was
On TOP of S12O, 900, 600 for coats and
another SIS, 600, 900 for infant to
teen-age dresses.
Here are trade estimates of
some of the yearly bills parents
are paying: All types of clothing
for boys from three through Il
years o ! d $3.50, 600, 900; shoes for
infants, boys and girls 1887, DOC, 900
SIS. 900. 600; baby foods and drug
store items including bottles, for
mulas ard toilet goods $500, coo, 900
chiIdren's books 5000. 600, 90; dia-
ren's cosmetics SIS, 90, 900.
With an estimated 5000, 600
babies under three years Of age
Today and inc birth rate still head
ing upward, industry sources. ex-
pect the children's business to ex-
pand even more.
Diaper services have doomed
since the wars end and nearly
100 now are servicing the nations
infants.
Toy makers are meeting the
needs of an expanding market by
coordinating their research in the
American toy institute with a view
to improving the play value and
quality of toys" They are working
on scientifically planned play
rooms for the average home.
Retailers see in the broadening
children's market another, long
range factor.
Stores today recognize the i'm
portance of getting children's
business not only for the present,
but as a feeder for the future"
said Jay D. Runkle, chairman of
the board of the national retail
dry goods association. If they
build good will with children, the
families will think in terms of the
store-and young customers seem
to stick when they grow up"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

licity for social service project in
Cincinnati.
She sailed for Europe in 1920,
with no particular destination in
mind, but with a strong desire tc
study foreign conditions. On the
liner were Zionists bound for a
conference in London. She per.
suaded International News to lei
her cover the Zionist conference,
with a s%pace-rate assignment, she
sent to Vienna.
She has written several books;
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

and this was the beginning of her
journalistic career.
After the conference Miss
Thompson went to Ireland, talked
with the Revolutionists, and got
several interviews including the
last given by hunger striker Ter
rance insolvency. the Mayor OF
Cork. She then went to Paris to
do Red Cross publicity, and later,
including Listen Hans" 81 Saw
Hitler" Refugees" s'The N e W
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

WAUPACA, Wis. W.H-Kenneth
Robinson, 16, is proud of his long
distance swimming record set at
his Boy Scout camp here. Robin
sons companion alo are proud!
becaue he cracked the mark with
only one arm. He lost the other in
an accident six years ago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-03

Russia" political Guide" "Once
On Christmas" and LET The
Record Speak,"
Evening star., 1947-03-07
By THE HASKIN sERyICE.

@. What is the heaviest wood
grown in the United States?-S. D.
A. It is black ironwood, Rhamni-
dium ferreum, which grows in Flor
ida. The weight when green is IS
pounds per cubic foot; when dry, 80
pounds.
@. May United States Govern
ment savings bonds be attached for
debt?-B. E. w.
A. United States savings bonds
can be so attached.
@. When was the new stanza
added to Englands national an
them, God Save the King"?-
D. E. z.
A. King George last year ordered
the second stanza deleted and a
new one substituted for it. The
new one, composed 80 years ago by
w. E. Hockson, is as follows: "Nor
on this land alone But be Gods
mercies known From shore to shore.
Lord, make the nations see That
men should brothers be, And form
one family The wide world Ger"
@. What is the difference between
pot cheese and cottage cheese2-
r. G.
A. Cottage cheese is pot cheese
with cream added and therefore
contains a small percentage of but
terfat. Pot cheese is made from
skinned milk and has practically
no butterfat.
Q. How many different kinds of
knots are there?-V. M.
A. AS many as 5000 different
knots have been catalogued by ex-
perts.
@. What State or city budget
ranks next to that of the Federal
Government?-E. L. P.
A. The budget of the City of New
York. For the current year it
amounts to $856, ,960, ,2ss and is higher
than that of any State.
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OF course teachers ought to be
paid enough to support them in
decency and comfort. They should
have fair and equitable contracts.
They should have an adequate pen
sion system and should be given
every consideration that a socially
conscious private employer gives, as
a matter OF course, to his employees.
A growing public sentiment has
been behind the teachers. Perhaps
the people have been slow in recog-
nizing the grievances of the teachers,
but given time and understanding,
there can be no doubt of general
public support.
Teachers Are Neglected.
1t Is estimated that less than
81 100000 are being spent this
year for teachers salaries despite
the cost Of living which has been
rising to prohibitive height. For
beauty and barber shop services, in
cluding toilet articles and prepara-
tions, in 1914, the people spent
$2,160. 0.000, 900. In 1945, the figures
for tobacco ran to $4,000, 900 900 and
for alcoholic beverages $7,77O, 600, 600.
Thus it would seem that milady be-
siieves that artificial aids to her
looks justify a higher expenditure
than the instruction of our children.
Nor, in these days, can the large
sums Of money expended for tobacco
and alcoholic beverages be charge
able to the fathers of the American
children alone, although doubtless
they spend their full share for these
nonessentials.
It is in no puritanical sense that
I make these comments. II I ever
had any objection to the use Of rouge
and lipstick, recognized long ago
that no mere man could start cru
SADIE to restore the compilations Of
our mothers and grandmothers.
Neither am disposed to argue
whether women should smoke Gig
arettes, and if so to what extent,
nor whether they should indulge
their newly acquired taste for cock
tails and highballs. But I do insist
that if the country has to choose be-
tween these expenditures for to-
bacco, liquor and lipstick and a de-
cent outlay for the education Of. our
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children, there can be no doubt
that the children should come first.
The maintenance Of our institu-
items absolutely demands the broad
est general educational foundation.
We have always boasted that Amer
lea is a land of opportunity. But
opportunity and education go hand
in hand. To deprive our children Of
an education would be to deny them
opportunity.
Bill for Federal Aid.
Senator Taft, Of Ohio, has intro
duced In the Senate bill to autho-
rize the appropriation of Federal
funds to assist the States and ter
ritories in financing a minimum edu-
cation in elementary and secondary
schools. The bill Is substantially the
same as the one introduced at the
last session by Senator Taft, Sena-
tor Hill Of Alabama and Senator
Thomas of Utah. It is encouraging
that this bill, also, bears the en-
,dorsement OF Senators Ellender,
Smith, Cooper, Chavez and Tobey.
The Taft bill proposes the ap-
preparation by the Federal Govern
ment, Of $150,000,O00 for education
in 1s48, with a projected increase
of that figure to $3.50, 900, 900, in 1850
and each year thereafter. The
money would go only to those States
which made real effort to pay
for the eduction of their own chill
dren. In effect, the bill would guar
antee q minimum Of at least $40
per child in each State. The money
would be used for the maintenance
of public schools without distinction, |
however, as to race or color.
This is a low enough standard. |
It represents, OF course, only the
very minimum in the very poorest
districts, and 1t is to be hoped that. |
at some later date, this level may
be raised. But it Is impossible |
completely to equalize educational
opportunities throughout the Nation,
and the Taft bill, If 1t becomes a |
law. will at least serve the purpose
of affording to every American child
an opportunity to obtain a minimum
education, would open up to him
the opportunities that lie before him,
and would make 1t possible for him,
within his capacity, to engage in |
whatever activity he might choose.
(Copyright. 1947)
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business of their
cause, have done
q distinct dis
service to other
teachers and to
municipal. State
and Federal en-
ployes in gen.
eral. Moreover,
since they were
under contract,
they have not
o n l y violated
what has come
to be accepted as
q sound public
policy, they have
preached their
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transferred" since the end of the
war, Is there any mention that six
new agencies have been created.
Also, it is not explained that when
an agency is terminated" or trans
ferred" it does not necessarily mean
reduction in the payroll.
Even when, as In the case of Owl,
the agency is terminated, it did not
preclude the transfer Of several
thousand owl employees to the State
Department, where they are now
helping William Benton's so-called
information service"
These omissions to give the
hiring as well as the firing statistics
are the chief reason for the threat
Of an investigation" that has been
rumbling about Congress - and, at
the moment, cherished by Chairman
Rees of the House Civil Service
Committee. The commission itself
should be able to restore confidence
in it and end such threats. ALI it
has to do is correct its alleged slant,
which creates an impression that
the reduction in employees is being
made far faster than 1t is, thus
tending to make the demand for
further reductions seem unwar-
ranted.
For example, If as claimed by
some authorities on the subject,
there Is now one Federal employe
for every IS citizens, that Is the
sort of thing the csc should make
public. Certainly, it should not be
concealed. Also, the almost fabu-
lous increase in the personnel of
the Veterans Administration where
there are now, it Is said, one en-
ploye for every so veterans, is a fact
to which the public is entitled.
A useful purpose could be served
by presenting it. 1t seems a national
disservice to make it hard to dig out.
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leading. Whether they mean to do
so or not their reports are on the
rosy side and invariably show
trend" toward far greater reduc-
ton chan has taken place.
Certainly the commissions re-
ports frequently clash with those
Of the Byrd Committee on Reduc-
ton of Nonessential Federal Ex-
penditures. 1t may be claimed that
the Byrd committees tendency is
to slant its figures in the other di-
rection, but that does not seem
borne out by examination.
The main difference is that the
commission paints a rosy picture of
the trend toward reduction" in the
opening paragraphs of its reports
and contrives to obscure the things
that nullify the rosy trend by put
ting them deep in statistical tables
where almost no one sees them, or,
often. leaving them out altogether.
Added Personnel Not Shown.
For example, in the summary of
its February release, the CSC
conspicuously asserts that nearly one
and half million persons had been
cut of the payroll between June,
1945, and December 81, 1916. But
1t conspicuously does not inform us
that in the same period 339, ,760 per-
sons in the white-collar class have
been put on. In addition to hiding
that trenchant fact, the commission
&fails to Show-or at least diligent
&eearch fails to find-that of all
workers dropped from the payroll in
this 18-month period, IL out of IA!
were munitions or navy yard
workers Of the Army or Navy.
Congress is interested in the hun
dreds Of thousands of Government
clerical workers who have been piled
into Government agencies since the
beginning Of the war-and it should
have reliable sources Of information
on the rate at which they are leav-
ing now that the war has ended.
While the commission blandly
states that nearly one and a half
million persons have been dropped
from the payrolls, it does not state
that 1t is giving merely the differ
ence between the 1945 employment
figure and that of December, 1916.
Actually. 1,793,676 persons left the
payroll in that period BY subtract
ing the nearly one and a half mil
lion" OF CSC's report from the
number who were actually sepa-
rated from the service, one discov-
ers that the trend" in Federal en-
ployment is toward increase rather
than decrease. The only possible
way that this trend can be cleaned
from the commissions report is by
making an agency-by-agency count
and comparing that count with sta
tistics released year ago. Congress
should not be forced to set up COM
mittees to dig out these facts.
ALI Agencies Not Covered.
BY not pointing out that prae-
ticaly all of its nearly one and
half million" reduction came. from
the Army and Navy, the commission
creates a further erroneous impress
sion that this reduction covers all
agencies of the Government. The
fact is, If you read the February 4
CSC report carefully, you will find
that other Government agencies re-
leased only 166,175 employees. But
nowhere will you find in the report
the number of new employees put on
by these agencies. Nor. when 1t is
proclaimed that II emergency
agencies were either terminated or
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with England, Scotland, Wales and
Ireland forming the 49th, 50th, 5lst
and SD States. He said that 1t
would be cheaper in the long run
to have them as States than to 60
on supporting them.
Frankly, I don't believe Senator
Russell thought the thing through
to the end. I feel that he spoke q
bit hastily. After all, money isn't
everything. There is such a thing
as peace of mind to be considered
Admittedly, the tariff is tough, but
it's worth it to keep England for
ever England.
Problems Outlined.
Let's study few of the problems
which would arise If Senator Rus
sells scheme were accepted. What
would happen to the King? Under
Russell's plan each Of the new
States would have two Senators and
a proportionate number of Repre-
|sentatives at Washington. Can you
imagine George, the Rex, beating
the bushes, attending barbecues,
kissing cigars and handing out
babies in an effort to beat out the
local green grocer who was running
against him in his congressional
district? Imagine the man who "By
the Grace Of God, of Great Britain
and Ireland and the British Domin-
ions Beyond the Seas, King, De-
fender Of the Faith, Emperor OF
india" sitting in Congress on hot
Washington summer day, wearing
a seersucker suit, a robe of ermine,
and a size tx crown. It just
wouldn't work.
The members of the House Of
Lords would be almost as miserable
under the American setup as the
King would be. They were born
into their jobs, and by the time they
mastered the intricacies of oul
sundry political machines, they
would be dodder1ng old dodoes. Try
to picture the Duke Of Upper Sole.
rosis-on- the Thames lost in the
maze of the Hague machine or the
Cr,lmp outfit.
Congress is already enough of q
madhouse without sprinkling it with
Killed Scotsmen doing the High
land fling and practicing putting
Shillelagh-bearing Irishmen crown
ing people and telling endless
stories about Pat and Mike, and
Welshmen filibustering in Ian
Igusge that no one can understand
including Welshmen.
Would Change History.
History books would have to be
rewritten. American kids are taught
that one Minute Man was worth q
regiment of Redcoats, but that
wouldn't set very well with the
British youngsters. 1t would be
hard to convince them that An
drew johnson was a better man
than Henry the Eighth, and that
good Queen Bess was less attrac-
tive than Martha Washington OF
Dolly Madison.
Moreover, If England accepted
oo1VSAASSSAs U11Ao SOu1ltly WOUlO IldHG
to be responsible for English
weather, and who in his right mine
wants to take on that responsi.
sibility? Also, we would have t.
feed the bluebirds over Dover, and
as a nation, start riding to hounds
Most of us are too old to begir
wearing red coats and tearint
through the fields in pursuit o
Reynard the fox.
No, sir, Senator Russell, it won'
work. Think of your own job
What chance do you think 70,
would have if certain English
man who smokes a big black ciga,
decided to settle in your State an.
run against you for the Senate;
You'd be lucky to carry the Russell
family after Mr.. Churchill mad,
about four speeches.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Ine)
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in q municipal power plant or water
works. The public justly regards
such strike as intolerable. These
Buffalo teachers, regardless of the
Evening star., 1947-03-07
McLemore
Opposes Russell on
Statehood for Britain
By Henry McLem0re

Naturally, a humble citizen can't
come right out and accuse a United
States Senator of shooting of his
mouth. 30 I won't accuse Senator
Evening star., 1947-03-07

supply them-at
least not in re-
liable form, or
In any form
which can be
readily under
stood. There is
no charge that
the commission
falsifes its en-
ploym e n t re-
ports. r a t h e r
the charge is
that Its method
Of pres enting
them is unfor-
L,--k sz
Evening star., 1947-03-07
Frank r. Kent
The Great Ganeof Politics
Civil Service Commission Reports Show
Roster Economy Picture Than Is Case
Frank r. Kent

Now that the question Of governmental retrenchment
passed the abstract to the and the
Congress really poised swing Federal
bureaucracy abnormay swollen that
ton at ALL the need is for Congress have the ndsutab facts
Of Federal employment.
Obviously, the Congress
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to
Questions

A reader can get the answer to any
question Of fact BY writing The Evening
star Information Bureau, 316 street
NE, Washington 2, d. c. Please in
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Harold L. Ickes
to Man
Contends Teachers, Like Policemen,
Have No Riohf fo Strike

Many people who are in full sympathy with the need
public teachers for living salaries have disturbed the
strike OF the teachers in the Buffalo schools are
public employees and should not go strike teachers
may strike policemen and fremen soldiers This
right would similar right the part Of the employees
Evening star., 1947-03-07

proceed wisely and logically, it
should be able to look to the Civil
Service Commission to supply these
facts. But, it is contended, the
CSC does mot
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8 H0ccSAs 0ClIfO~
crat, Of Georgia
Of shooting of
his mouth to the
press the other
day, but I will
say that he came
mighty close to
it. z
Senator Rus
sell, in case YOU
missed the story,
tOlQ b TcWIet
that he favored
inviting Great
Britain to be-
come part Of the
Evening star., 1947-05-22
Rainstorm Postpones
Phiny Golf Journey
Until Tomorrow
By the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, May %. - A
rainstorm today forced postpone
ment for "a hours of the 5000
Inquirer Invitational golf tourna-
ment.
Starting time first was moved back
an hour in the hope heavy down.
pour would let up, but tourney Off
cials later decided the Cedarbrook
Country Club course was unplay-
able.
Jimmy Demaret, Masters cham
pion and the golfng circuits leading
1947 money winner, will tee off first
the spot where he hopes to finish.
The consensus OF the 81 top
flight pros and 81 amateur stars in
the field was that a 4-under-par
28O was the best bet to carry of
the major share of $4,000 prize
money. All expected trouble with
the tough Cedarbrook Club course.
especially in the rough.
The last-minute withdrawal OF
Toney Penna, Cincinnati pro, left
the field with nine Of the first 10
professional money winners. Penna,
eighth on the list Of front-running
greenback winning pros, was forced
to leave because of the serious Ill
ness of his wife.
Demaret tees off cold. not hav-
ing practiced on the par-n course.
But that didn't stop the experts
from making the Oiai, Calf, golf
er a very slight favorite over Ben
Hogan, PGA champion playing out
of Hershey, Pa. Hogan, second to
Demaret in prize winnings, is fresh
from his triumph last week in the
Colonial Open at Fort Worth. Tex
And no one was overlooking Bobby
Locke of South Africa, Eddie Oliver
Wilmington, Del, third high among
1947 cash winners; Johnny Palmer
former air force gunner from Badin
N. c.; George Schoux, new sensa-
ton from California; Lew Wor-
sham, Washington, runnerup tc
Herman Baron, White Plains, N. Y.
for last years Inquirer title; jim
Ferrier, San Francisco; Ed Furgol
Pontiac, Mich, and Lawson Little
of Cleveland.
Evening star., 1947-05-22
By Lewis F. Atehison

1t comes as a real jolt to hear
that James Y. (Shorty) Hughes,
the squire of Brookland. was not
always the gentlemanly, well-
hammered citizen we know him
as today. 1t seems that brother
Hughes was a sandlot model OF
pugnacious John McGraw back
in the days Morris Bealle writes
about in his book, "The Wash
ington Senators" And Bealle is
not one to hold his tongue about
such things.
Jimmy was the sparkplug OF
the old st. Stephens Institute
nine" Morris recalled, land
when his team got together with
the Aloysius Club there was the
devil to pay. In 1907 they
started four games and all four
broke up in fights. Hughes and
Willie Handiboe were thrown
out of the league for tossing
more knuckles than baseballs. and
the umpire was called on the
carpet for not putting them out
of the game. The ump? He was
the late Rob Roy Mackey."
Handiboe, Bealle told us, was
one of six brothers who made
and left their mark in sandlot
baseball. wild Bill' Handiboe
Evening star., 1947-05-22
By the Associated Press

PITT S B U r G H, May 22.-
There's a young man in Pitts
burgh Pirate uniform this year
to whom the mothers of the
Nations small fry some day may
owe a debt of gratitude.
He's Eddie Basinski, a virtuoso
In fielding and f1ddling.
From mama's standpoint, he's
the best available argument that
junior should give as much time
to his bass notes on his base hits.
The bespectacled Basinski can
reel off a double-stop chats
musical term, SOM or double
play with equal facility. The
Buffalo, N. Y, product thus prob
ably is one of the first men in
baseball who is a first str1nger
In music and the major leagues.
In a recent game against the
Brooklyn Dodgers-who owned
him originally-Eddie came close
to a modern National League
record for fiawless fielding by
handling IA chances without a
bobble. During the ff-season
he's first violinist for the Buf-
falo Symphony Orchestra.
His career is doubly fascina-
ting since the hands are vital
in both slick fielding and SYM
phony, and in baseball Eddie
runs the risk of acquiring gnarled
kuckles which might ruin his
musical career.