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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
Truman Knows Better

the Pitt, Uffizi and Vatican mu-
seums. These facts are agreed to
by the American administrations
highest economic experts. And
they take fully into consideration
the recent settlement of Italy's
wartime accounts with the Unit
ed States, the so-called grant in
aid for relief shipments and all
other favorable factors.
1t is hard for Americans, with
our almost over-prosperous econ
omy, to grasp the meaning of
such a set of facts. They mean
three things. First, during the
crucial period Immediately ahead,
the Italian government will be re
peatedly rocked by financial pan
les, with resulting political insta-
bility. Second, the government
will ultimately be driven to heavy
cuts in the already inadequate
Italian rations- something which
the brilliant communist leader,
Palmiro Togliatti, must pray for
every night to his Marxists gods.
And third, not ever the quickest
imaginable congressional action
lon the Marshall plan at the regu-
Ear session can come nearly soon
enough to rescue the situation.
Premier de Gasperi in Rome,
like Premier Ramadier in Paris.
knows that his situation is deteri-
Grating rapidly. Both he and Ra-
nader (Whose problems are also
serious) lack the strength, how
ever, to survive the kind of pre-
ventive crisis Prime Minister Att
lee has been experiencing. They
cannot win support in their still
divided countries, for such Spar
tan measures as the British have
adopted. Consequently, they are
simply spending what they have
on hand, and hoping for the best.
When the blow-up comes Gas it
surely must they will apply to
Washington for aid.
Already Rome bombards the
Italian embassy here with warn
lnys, and Italian representatives
m%ournfully transmit the warnings
to the State Department. The Off
OF the State Department an
swer by urging the Italians to
on as best they can. They
also hint that somehow or other
the Italian government will be
thrown a life belt when it has
sunk for the second time. But
where the life belt is to come
from, no n knows. Surely this is
a poor way to deal with a world
crisis which involves the whole
American future.
1947, New York Herald
Tribune. Inc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
A Notable Conclave

The Forthcoming annual convention
of the American Legion will be ex'
c~eptionally notable. In addition t.
President Truman, who will speak dur.
ing the opening session in Madison
Square Garden, General of the Army
Eisenhower Is down for an address.
So are James V. Forrestall, former
Secretary of the Navy, who is to be
Secretary of National Defense under
the new setup Of the military establish
ment; Kenneth C.. Royal, Secretary OF
War, whose new title will be Secre-
tary of the Army; Fleet Admiral Ches-
ter W. Eimitz, and General Carl A.
Spaatz, commanding general of the
Army Air Forces.
Because of the troubled state of
world affairs, this group will have
messages of great significance.
Then, too, Sir Ian Fraser, president
of the British Legion, DR.. Paul R. Haw-
ley, chief medical officer of the Vet
Grams Administration, Stewart w. SYM
ington, assistant Secretary of Var for
Air, and Basil O'Connor, chairman of
the American Red Cross, will address
the conclave on the closing day
August 81.
A feature of especial interest to
hgionnaires will be presentation of
Legion's Distinguished Service medal
to Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, of the
Supreme Court. Altogether, this Legion
convention promises to be outstanding
In the organizations history. Of local
interest is the fact that Wilmington
Post No. 10. will send it's drum corps
to participate in the parade.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
UN: Report To World


Sober, rather than somber. is
the word for Trygve Lies annual
report on the United Nations. Mr.
Lie, Secretary General of the UN,
notes with satisfaction the swift
maturity of the world oreaniza.
.lon. This is a technical maturity,
however. 1t is reflected in t h e
completion of UN machinery. Il
Is not political maturity. At anv
rate, it is not the political maturi.
ty OF the members. They NAV be
Dig boys, as nations 60. But thew
are far from being adult in IN
international sense.
This is not stated in 50 MANY
words in MI. Lies report But II
is there, between the lines. as j.
IN ltallcs: The world political
situation has not improved in the
last year. On the other
hand, Mr.. Lie does not feel thai
me situation is las threatening as
II is often made out to be-"
moreover, the UN has provided
the framework for nearly 2 900 in
Iernatlonal meetings.! To these
add the Foreign Minister'S G q NJ
ierences. with hundreds of meet.
lngs' the Paris Peace Conference
lne recent and current Marshall
Plan discussions and the three
conferences now under wav or
scheduled in Washington dealing
With Ruhr coal, British loan
rerms, and revival of German in.
dustry.
Inc oN report high Lights a
panorama OF continuing in
'ernatlonal effort both within and
outside its own framework. This
nelps to explain why Mr.. Lie
though obviously taking account
OF the deep cleavage between East
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

WASHINGTON. - When Presi-
dent Truman tells his press con-
ference that there is mo need"
for a special session, he is talking
drivel. The President is in the po-
sition of a man armed only with
a rifle which may explode when
fired, and hotly pursued by q very
large, very hungry lion. Such a
man might conceivably take his
chances on out-running the lion
rather than firing the rifle. But
he would certainly not blandly de-
clare, as he fled pell nell across
the wastes Of the veldt, that he
had no need for a weapon.
The lion is at the Presidents
heels, whether he notices it or
not. In Britain, an economic cri-
sis has already shaken the power
fully entrenched Labor govern
ment to its very foundations. Yet
the British crisis only came so
soon, precisely because the Brit
ish government was strong.
The British still have nearly 81
billions of credits, dollar assets
and gold. The cause of the crisis
in London was not the final ex-
haustion of their cash reserves. A
run on the British treasury mere
ly brought home to the govern
ment how fast their situation was
deteriorating. The crisis resulted
from the governments coura-
geous decision to halt this deteri-
grafton by the harshest and most
u%npalatable measures. The crisis
was a sign, in truth, that Britain
is in a state of glowing health
compared to other key nations in
Western Europe.
Take, for example, the situation
of Italy. Italy, still more than
Greece, commands the Mediter-
ranean. If the battle for Italy be-
tween the western and Soviet sys-
TENS should end in Soviet victory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
By JOSEPH AND STEWART ALsOp

the resulting pressure upon
France would be almost irresis-
tible. At the moment, the Italian
communists are reported by most
competent observers to be losing
ground. But the financial founda-
ton of the government of Pre-
mier de Gasperi is fundamentally
and terrifyingly insecure. Presi-
dent Truman, if he understands
his historic role, should tremble
at a mention of the name Of
Rome.
Like all the western European
nations, Italy exists by imports.
For the year 1947, there has been
a gap between Italian exports and
Italian imports variously estimat-
ed from $500 millions to $3.50 mil
lions. By every kind of device.
from using up the remnants Of
UNRRA to borrowing in Washing
ton, the Italian government has
covered most of the gap this year.
The fact is, however, that the
Italian reserves of hard, money
with which to buy abroad are now
running appallingly low. Again
there is some argument among
the experts. But it is pretty def
initely established that by Deem
Der, the unhappy de Gasperi will
have to tap his last emergency
reserves in order to put food in
his peoples mouths and fire in
his factory furnaces. The whole
Italian emergency eserv con-
sists Of about $40 millions of gold
and $50 millions of government
controlled dollar assets. When this
small sum is spent - a moment
which must inevitably come about
the new year or a little later
there will not be a nickel left.
Italy will then have no remain
ing liquid assets to get supplement
tary food for her people, unless
the hunted de Gasperi chooses to
hold an auction Of the contents of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
What Price Sugar?
BY PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON, There has been
a lot of noise lately about the new
Sugar Act of 1948, passed in the
last gasps of the exhausted Con-
gress. One charge is that it sets
up an American cartel; at a time
when Under Secretary OF S a t e
Will Clayton is in Geneva trying
to get world trade liberated from
artificial controls. But far more
serious, from the American con-
sumers' point of view, is the be-
lief that it will raise the price OF
sugar. The baking industry in par
ticular claims the bill will raise
the price Of sugar three cents a
pound, and cost cake, pie a n d
pastry eaters $50 million a year
for the. next five years.
Check-up On nearly all interest
ed sources-refiners, beet and
cane growers and the government
indicates that in drafting and
pushing through this new Sugar
Act of 1913, U. S. sugar interests
took a great big gamble.
In the first place, nobody really
knows what U. S. sugar consum.
ption is going to be in the next
five years. Sugar has seen under
price a d rationing controls to1
six years. In this period, use OF
corn sugar and other sweeteners
has increased over 100 per cent.
And people who used to take three
Jumps of sugar in coffee and tea
learned to get along on one or
none.
The question that raises for the
sugar industry is whether war
time eating habits are going to
hang on. Or whether Americas
great untitled sweet tooth is going
to demand more and more sugar
to make up for candy and soft
drinks not available in war years.
Continuing the provisions OF the
New Deals Sugar Act of 1887,
which first fixed quotas for U S.
domestic and off-shore sugar pro-
ducers, the 1913 act requires the
secretary of agriculture to calcu-
late by Dec. 81 how much sugar
he thinks the United States will
consume in the following year.
In making this guess, the law
says that tne secretary shall take
into consideration seven factors:
The amount of sugar consumed in
the past %sugar-crop year, which
ends Oct. 81; the trend of con-
sumption = up or down; the
amount Of sugar in stock; the in
crease in population Of the United
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

SOVEREIGN RIGHT

British restaurateurs, ave.ru
their eyes momentarily from IL
problems of a haraSsed enplE,
have made it known that tg
remain unbending in thei. deter
mination not to serve ice Tis
to visiting Americans. 1t is nd
a shortage of ice, nor even !
shortage Of water, that bE1a
them to tbs decision. They tax
their stand on more eleva&
ground; ice water, they say, .
unpalatable, makes all food tal
like leather, and in general
barbaric and typical Of AMsa
can culinary judgment. This, q
it noted, from a nation that Till
it possible to eat cold boiled mi.
ton.
There would be little point d
bringing this matter before I'll
United Nations, since it would N
evitably be complicated by the b.
PRODUCTION Of the cold borscht pFS
lem and might languish for rl0nH
America will solve it unla'ef]
American science must quc-
develop a portable, hand poas
ed ice machine, which tours
can take with them to Great BIN
ain, smuggling it in if n%eces'a7
While awaiting production, Tow
lists will be required to deT1''
tinkling cubes as often and u
disagreeably as possible, e'
with the British winter setting
their bones. English bias nv
not interfere with the right
Americans to end each meal VI.
a cup o coffee that sears 10
palate as it scorches its way ny
stomach, followed by a refresh
draught of water cold enough
terrify a penguin. Our StomsC.
are bred ON adventure New i'
HaraIJ Tribune I
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

States; the level and trend of con.
sumner purchasing power; the re.
lation between the price of sugar
and the cost Of living induces; and
the supply necessary to have
sugar produced at a Price which
will be fair 10 the consuming
public and yet enable the pro-
ducers to operate at a profit.
The sugar lobbyists VINO wrote
this bill put all that stuff in there
to guarantee them prosperity. The
sugar industry had tried sugar
tariffs, and they hadn't worked.
They had tried quotas and special
taxes and 40 other devices. They
didn't like the idea of a fixed
parity formula, such as guarante-
es price supports for other basic
farm crops. So they thought up
this.
There may be several big
catches in it. OF course when the
secretary starts working out this
formula, he will have every sugar
lobbyist in the business looking
over his shoulder. The sugar in.
dustry, in fact, will probably die
tate the answer before he starts
to work on his arithmetic r O.
blem. But the law merely says he
shall take into considerations all
these factors.
Also, the cost OF living index
may now be near the top. That
has been said before, and wrong
ly. But if the cost of living index
should come down the price sup
ports which the law gives to CO.
mestic sugar producers will be
dropped.
The whole business is a gamble
on the part of the sugar INDUSTRY.
They have gotten together for the
first time-beet growers, cane
growers, Hawaiians, Puert O
Ricans and Virgin islanders to
work out what they consider a
good deal for them.
They are betting that future U.
S. consumption will be around =
100000 tons a year. But they have
rugged this law SO that whether
it's more or less, U. S. production
will be constant at 4,268, 900 tons.
If consumption is $500. 600 tons.
Cuba's quota will be 1858, 900 tons
But if consumption should Jump
to say 5000, 900 tons, the Ameri-
can quota would still be onlv A.
2eo, 00O tons and the Cuban quota
would soar to 3,456, 600 tons. In
short, American sugar men could
outsmart themselves by the law.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

and West and its unsething Ell
On all countries, car still say
am convinced that no Tesp0h',,
statesman in any country cal,
Goes, contemplate the pr0Sp'''
war;"
With a. General Assembly ~ !"
sion scheduled to begin IN q :" =.
weeks, it was only natl1ai - ,
Mr.. Lie should call at'ea''V" =,
the possibilities thai meeting 4
present to those WorHlHs :,
peace. His urgent appeal 10 ~. =
Most earnest thought by a+ .
Der states before the opening
the September session VIII a'' A
the growing demand mat ne ~, ,.
sembly FACE squarely Inc s': q
issue Of these times. That . a
conflict between America" :
Russian policies in EUROPE ID.
Asia. Only a few days ago ., st sr
Foster Dulles, Of the AnlS ,,ss:
delegation to this AssemOiS ~ 3
ing, stressed this opp0I''p rfslo
a notable address al
N. Y. M
IN organ;zational way a -a . i
|4i~s two years suggests s. 'T more d
ready to tackle more anu !s.i td i;
..ao.e problems which a't tSsss
members into blocs. Can ~ rsis.
efforts be taken out from q, vi
the shadow Of the fear lie ii ;ay:
L they can, then, as MI hov void
of ali UN activities, t., they succss.
not only be increasing: Ill %psopls,.
with the feeling that ,,e lonssr'
cause, their indispu,ao 'Iv chsfP'
COR peace. is being trm5
Toned by this organize
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
Swallowing
Difficult,
8Y WILLIAM A. O'Rprp,

sn:. MI
Difficulty in swallowing
OF the commonest sympto - ''
myasthenia gravis Severe s y
weakness). he drug e.e lnuSS.
stimulates the weakened g's ,.1G
ing muscles. thereby is%.a.'e
make the diagnosis, as ny y
form of swallowing dif. no c&s
helped by that particular ra1'y
|. Henry R. Vets. NJ, \ 'eas
IN the Journal Of the sep~a
Medical Association on A%' hSaFt
servations of IT'S patjso+ MS .,
myasthenla gravis at the NJ Nd
chusetts General Hospital tai pn a.a
N one out of every five ps ne'@
swallowing difficulty W. psreaa
first sign of excessive r % i, h
tigue. In addition, soms 4'.s 4
1haiS o.saA 10 speak thro,,
palate muscles. !" Hs,
First symptoms Of mv,.,
gravis can develop at n ssasaj,
though the majority stay sss' L
tween 20 and 80. ConsiG..'e
number of cases occur bet~s.'''.
and 70, which is the time q ~
when other swallowing dift; VI W. III
are common. "INi
In addition 10 swalIowir,
bles, myasthenia gravis NV, a'a
also complain of drooping ' sr.5,
and double vision. and tas''l
muscular weakness of thu st ,r,.s
legs and, occasionally. tba Amy naa
The muscle difficulty is CAUSE tt a
excessive fatigue and normsl v
ton returns after a rest ns,i' ~
Cause of masthenia gravi, 't !, ,'
Known although the excessive w. -
.igue is known to develos f,or q :,
chemical disturbance at Inc na'
where the nerve connects with p, ~
muscle. As prostigmine overrnn ~
this excessive fatigue by stirnrI,.
-ng the muscle, the drug is mi ,r..
used for diagnostic tests bt ~.
for treatment. ~"
Progress of untreated mva,,,.
MIA gravis is variable. In ,,r,
patients the symptoms do ra
change for a long time, wbis \, \,
others, complete relief is obtains
1t is essentially g disease Of IN,
and downs which may chan,
either way.
Once considered fatal, the d,
turbance is now largely contrf
ed by prostigmine. In Dr.. VjeJ
patients, an anticipated fatsly
rate of rs per cent was reduc,
to 20 per cent. AS there are m3r
causes Of swallowing ditficIt
a painstaking examination shot,
oe made to determine the warm
before special treatment is Sta.
ed. Myasthenia gravis cases nj
said to be more common than t,I
been realized.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19

QUESTION: Do you have az
cial diet leaflet for gall bla!.
disease?
u ANSWER: There is no spe.
diet for gall bladder disease. P.
sicians suggest those foods VII
do not cause distress.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
GOOD MORNING

History is neither more or less than bi
oprauhy on a large scale.-Lamartine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-19
a

Everett Dirksen (R) of Illinois.
No as to these billboard posters showing
a naked baby, I want to say that a baby
5ithout a diaper is completely untypical of
m~erica.-George Garland, National Institute
If Diaper Services.
But what is Europe now? It is a rubble-
70. a charnel-house, a breeding ground of
4cstilence and hate. Ancient nationalistic
'7uds and modern theological factions distract
and infuriate the unhappy, hungry popula-
tions-Winston Churchill.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

Errors: none. Runs batted in: W.
johnson, Berra, Rizzuto, Shea, Stirn-
weiss, Rosar. Two base hits: DiMaggio,
Rosar. Sacrifice: McCosky. Double plays:
Stirnweiss, Rizzuto and McQuinn; Suder,
and Joost. Left on bases: Philadelphia g.;
New York 5. Bases on balls: off Cole
man 2, Shea 2. Strikeouts: Shea 5,
Coleman 2. Hits: off Coleman 8 in 7
innings; Fowler 2 in 1. Passed ball:
Berra. Losing pitcher: Coleman: Um-
pires: Jones, Rommel and Grieve. Time:
1923. Attendance: 30.173 paid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
New Faces Appear In Net Lineup
Fort Clash Within ockyM ount Today
Sweep
HOn0rs

LONDON, July 5-P-Half a
dozen tennis stars from the Unit
ed States, headed by Jack Kram-
er of Los Angeles, divided the
honors among Themselves today by
sweeping four titles and sharing
in the fifth as the curtain fell on
the 1947 Wimbledon championships.
Kramer added a ha%lf-interest in
the mems doubles title to the sin.
giles championship he won yester-
day and Margaret Osborne of San
Francisco captured the women's
singles crown.
But it was Doris Hart of Miami,
Fla, and Mrs. Pat Todd of Hidden
Valley, Calf, a brand new wom-
ems doubles combination, who stole
the hearts of British fans with a
Cinderella act that produced the
only upset of the final round.
Almost hopelessly behind, they
came back to win the women's
championship by surprising Miss
Osborne and Louise Brough of Bev-
erly Hills, Calf, defending t%itlists
and longtime U. S. doubles queens,
l3-6, ga, rs.
On the tattered center court,
turn by the feet of the worlds
best tennis players from 26 nations
in II days of play, Kramer and
Bob Falkenburg of Los Angeles an
nexed the mems doubles crown
They defeated Tony Mottram of
Britain and Billy Sidwell of Aus
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
WYNN AN kIL-STAR

CHICAGO, July 5 - W.D -
Early Wynn, right-handed Wash
ington Senators pitcher, today was
named to replace the ailing Bob
Teller in the AIl-Star game here
.Julv
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
SMELL, CANADY
REINFORCE LOCALS;
GALS WIN FORFEIT

The most powerful Wilmington
tennis team ever to take the
courts since entry into the East
ern Tennis association will play
host to an invading Rocky Mount
squad today at 2 o'clock on Rob-
ert Strange courts and the locals
have already won today's Wom-
ems division clash by forfeit.
Late last night Thad Watts,
prexy of the local club, received
word from Rocky Mount that the
gals from the upstate city
wouldn't be able to make the trip.
and the unbeaten Wilmington
ladies theref re picked up their
easiest triumph so far this season,
and will not be seer in action to-
day.
Already Boosting a victory over
Rocky Mount, the Wilmington
men should be top heavy favo-
rites to repeat as a revamped
lineup with Tom Smell in the num-
Der one spot takes the burden OF
the. players who suffered early
season defeats.
Smell, ranking ace at The Clta-
del this year, who won his flrst
start in the local club competition
last Sunday against Kinston, will
meet Tom Harris, Rocky Mounts
top star. Bob Andrews, who play
ed number one until Smell joined
the Port city team. will be in the
number two slot today. Behind
Andrews comes Charlie Boney,
and then a new face appears IN
the lineup.
Morris Canady, one of Whining
toms most potent racquet Welt
ers and a new club member, will
be in the number four slot, with
Les Boney and Gene Fonviene
playing five and SIX respectively.
With Horace Emerson out OF
town the number one doubles
team Of Emerson and Les Boney
will be broken up, and in its place
Charlie Boney will team with
Smell. Canady and Les Boney pair
off in the number two doubles
combo, and Andrews and Fon-
vielle make up the third pair.
In addition to Harris Rocky
Mount will send Bill Lundey, H.
D. Anamosa, Johnny Carr, Don
Carter and N. B. Dozier to VIII
mington for the clash today.
Wilmington defeated Rocky
Mount 6-3 last June 8.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Negro Makes A. L.
Debut By Whiting

CHICAGO, July 5 -(R- Larry
Dolby, first Negro player in the
47-year history Of the American
League, made his debut in a
Cleveland uniform today by strik-
ing out as a pinch hitter against
the Chicago White Sox.
Dolby, less than three hours aft
er he signed a Cleveland contract,
went down swinging on five pitch
es against relieeer Earl Harrist in
the seventh inning with n out
and Cleveland runners on third
and first.
Obviously nervous, the 22-year-
old Dolby of Paterson, N. j., who
was purchased by Cleveland last
Thursday from the Newark Eagles
of the Negro national league, got
a rousing hand from a Comiskey
Park crowd Of more than $4,000
as he stepped up to bat for pitcher
Bryan Stephens.