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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
BY LYNN NISBET

RALEIGH, July 5-Although ac-
cident reports for several months
past have shown a gratifying
downward trend, as compared
with last year and pre-war years,
the number Of violations of traffic
laws and the number Of driver
license r~evocations are way up.
The June report on ~revocations
shows 757 revocations and suspen-
sions Of driver licenses during the
rlonth, compared with 524 last
June. an increase Of AS percent.
In the category Of moving viola
tons for which license revocation
or suspension is not required, the
percentage is much worse.
VIOLATIONS The report on
moving violations lists twenty Of
lenses and in seventeen of them
the number is larger this year
than for last June. Totals FOR NC.
licenses were an even 5000 this
year compared with 2,716 last
year, an increase of about "a per-
cent. AS usual speeding leads the
list with 2,01 offenses charged;
failing to have drivers license
comes second with 1882: faulty
equipment, improper lights and
such things as driving through red
lights, failing to give signals or
stop at intersections, driving on
wrong side of road, etc., make
up the rest. OF the total Of 757
cases leading to revocation or sus-
pension of driving license, liquor
figured in 666, including drunken
driving, transporting and posses
sion.
ENFORCEMENT It is the
opinion a. personnel in the motor
vehicles department. that the in
creased number of convictions for
traffic violations does not neces-
sarily mean conditions on the
highways are that much worse.
Actually, they may be better. A
much larger number of patrolmen
with more adequate equipment re-
sulting in better enforcement of
the law is credited with substan-
tial part of the increase. This con-
clusion would seem to be support
ed by the decrease in number of
fatalities due to traffic accidents.
Doubling the patrol force, closer
attention to driver license inspec-
ton, and application of the finan-
cial responsibility and other new
traffic safety laws are expected 10
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

time, or else coloring such stories
according to their own liking, we,
here in the South should carry a
steady campaign Of unvarnished
truth, including that which hurts
our souls and pride as decent
southerners.
Some of the most bitter things
I have eve heard fall from hui
man lips have been directed to-
wards the Negro race by white
fasteners and northerners. 1 sim
cerely believe that the day is not
too far distant when many good
citizens, both white and colored
are going to have to pay a heavy
price as a result of abused print
ers ink and the radio anyways.
RAYMOND D. CHRISTMAN.
Wilmington, NC.
July 5. l947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Around Capitol Square
Number Of Traffic Law
Violations Is CLIMBING

further reduce the ratio OF serious
accidents.
DIVERSIFICATION Tws
rather unimportant Handouts
from the news division Of thu
State Department Of Agriculture
call attention to the increasing di
versification in North Caroline
agriculture. One of the items was
about the state beekeepers con
vention at North Wilkesboro or
August /. The other was about the
fourth annual auction sale Of pure.
bred Hampshire rams at Boone OF
July rs. A few days ago similar
items we're given about organiza'
ton of beef cattle associations ano
development Of cooperative dairy
plants In the east. A few days
before that Floye Grouse Of
Sparta had been talking about the
increased interest in dairy cattle
in his section of the state. replac.
ing heretofore monopoly of beet
type cattle in that area. 1t has
long been known that while North
Carolina is too much dominated
by tobacco and cotton, both hand.
grown cash crops, the state has
sufficient variety Of soil and eli.
mate to produce almost any cron
that can be grown in the northern
hemisphere.
VACATIONING Attorney
General Harry Mcmillan is vaca-
tionlng for the next two weeks at
his summer cottage at Avon. He
said he had not been there since
last July, but inasmuch as h e
news release noting his appoint
ment to the commission to study
administration Of justice credited
him to that address, he thought
he had better 60 see if he still
had a house there. He further con
fessed he feared Mrs. Mcmillan
had some ideas about working
him pretty hard in cleaning I'D
the premises and he wasn't too
enthusiastic about it.
SURVEY - Beginning Monday
the state highway department will
make an characterization traffic
survey at Asheville. Similar sur
veys have been made at Green's
boro, Durham, Raleigh, High
Point, Goldsboro, Winshn-Salem
and Charlotte. Results <re valu-
able in locating rights Of way tor
highways by showing percentage
of local and through or bypass
traffic.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Letters To The Editor
Believes Too Many Waving Flag Of Racial Hatred

sons Or by those who have some
sort of racket whereby they are
taking a heavy financial toll from
unsuspecting people in our neigh
borhoods should be publicly scorn-
ed and advertised through news
papers. magazines and the air
ways; the channels through which
they emit their bigoted ideas and
IDEALS. Such people are doing it
TOR a price-either for what they
are paid in cash or receive as
political BENEFITS. That is a well
known fact.
Hardly a newspaper or maya
zine is printed today that fails to
carry such smelly stories and ra-
dio commentators ir New York
and Washington are no less guilty.
While they are INDUCING in false
hoods the greater portion 81 the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
Carolina Soldier
Plans Studies
At Radar School

WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY IN
YOKOHAMA, Japan, July 5. -
Second 1t. Clifton Bannerman.
Carolina Beach, is n of the CTS
selected to attend the Eighth Army
Signal Corps Radar Maintenance
course. Major Leonard j. Pasciak,
the School svaim sndant, announc-
ed today.
He was selected from his unit,
goth Bombardment Squadron srd
Bombardment group, to attend the
Radar Maintenance course al
Eighth Army Signal Corps school.
He is the son of Mrs. j. H,
bannerman, Carolina Beach.
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COMPULSORY TRAINING

COMPULSORY TRAINING
To The Editor:
I was very much interested in
the discussion over the radio of
the question: "Should we have
compulsory military training?"
I am not qualified to say very
much about this IN a military
way, but I would like to ask this:
Why did Germany, Italy and
France, with their strong fortifica-
tons and military forces fall? For
the past few months we have been
studying in Jul Sunday schools
about the rise and fall of a nation,
Israel and Judah, OF the northern
and southern kingdoms. What
brought about the fall of these
Kingdoms? They forgot GOD.
CONTINUED on Page Thirteen)
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To The Editor:

To The Editor:
In answer to an inquiry made
by a friend several years ago
about what he was going to say
In answer to some of Huey Longs
ranting on the Senate floor over
some trivial matter, the late Sena-
tor Josiah W. Bailey replied:
when I see nothing - when, ]
hear nothing-1 say nothing. If
the distinguished North. Carolina
senator were living today and was
subjected TO some of the foul odor
of a lot Of these who are waving
the bloody flag of racial hatred
l expect that such an odor would
smoke him out and he would say
something about it.
This continuous libel which is
beng hurled towards the South,
usually by some irresponsible per-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
NatiOnalism's Old Threat

Additional confirmation Of the fact
that the United States and Russia are
further apart than ever before in right
ing Europe and establishing permanent
peace was given in President Truman's
attack on the Soviet Union for it's "fal-
lacious" objections to the Marshall plan.
AS the President said at Charlottes-
vile Friday, "extreme nationalism" is
the greatest block to the understanding
necessary to rehabilitate the continent
and destroy the seeds of another war.
This nationalism is so strong, as he
asserted, as to prevent cooperative plan
ming for reconstruction. This obstruc-
ton is exactly what Russia wants. It is
a very definite part of its foreign policy.
A state born in revolution and strife,
it feels safer when it's neighbors are in
chaotic condition. Secretary Marshall,
on the other hand, realizes that order,
based on economic recovery, is the best
Of all assurances that peace will prevail
on the continent.
Moscow bases it's negative stand on
the ridiculous argument that recon-
struction aid would mean interference
by some nations in the internal affairs
of others. It's argument is natural be-
cause that is the way Russia operates.
It cannot see how others can assist with
out interfering because, with a mini
mum of aid or none whatsoever, it had
barged into others affairs with a maxi
mum of interference.
It is doubtful if all the pressure
applied by the remainder Of the worlds
powers will bend Russia's extreme
nationalism." Left to them is the only
course Of going ahead without the So
Wet Union and rebuilding a poor and
battered Europe the best they can.
Even if the program is successful,
the threat Of a powerful nationalistic
country at Europe's back will continue
and grow, until, like Nazism, it bursts
into reality and another war. Thus, we
and others can put Europe in condition
to defend itself but that does not eradi-
cate the menace of potential attack.
Only an understanding with Russia
would do that.
Unfortunately, efforts to attain a
cooperative condition have met with
dismal failure. Neither is there any
hope of anything bright for the future.
Some may consider Mr.. Truman's
Fourth of July address as contributing
nothing toward an understanding.
Perhaps that is true but he certainly
has the right, in fact, the responsibility
to express the disgust the remainder
of the world feels toward Russia. His
true picture of Moscow's obstruction
ism is to be appreciated. His %evaluation
of the problem, no matter how hope
less it may seem, was certainly sound.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
GOOD MORNING

That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom Of men, but in the power of Cod
l Corinthians rs.
The person who has a firm trust in the
Supreme Being is powerful in his power,
wise by his wisdom, happy by his happiness.
Joseph Addison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06
The Gallup Poll
u. S. Action Against Lyching Favored
In Principle By Majo rity In Country
Poll Tests Opinion In Wake
OF Acquittal In Green
vile Case
By GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute
of Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. j., July
Sin the wake of the Green
vile, S. c., lynching trial,
public sentiment throughout
the country endorses the idea
of a federal anti-lynching
law, judging by the results
of an Institute poll.
A majority of voters polled in
the 10 Southern states say they
would approve having the Fed
eral government step In and take
action if local authorities fail to
deal justly with a l%ynching.
A Federal anti-lynch Dill pro-
viding criminal penalties against
local officials failing TO prosecute
lynchings has been proposed in
Congress.
To measure the general public
attitude toward the principle OF
Federal action, the Institute gus
toned a true cross-section of
voters in all the 48 states on the
following:
Sat present, state governments
deal with most crimes committed
in their own state. In the case
Of a lynching, do you think the
United States Government should
have the right to step in and deal
with the crime if the state gov
eminent doesn't deal with it just
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

the tremendous need for greater voca-
tional training to meet the states
needs, plus the highly important fact
that the majority Of the youths want
it. 1t is regrettable that North Carolina
has not been preparing its young peo-
pie for its greatest opportunities of en-
ployment.
But the people of New Hanover
should find considerable pride in the
fact that they were among the first to
recognize this condition and have done
something about it. Through establish
ment of Wilmington college, with heavy
emphasis on a technical curriculum,
real effort is under way toward reliev-
ing this serious shortcoming in this
community and surrounding country
side.
If present intentions are realized,
the college will better prepare many
more for the great number of fine ca
reers between the professions and un-
skilled and semi-skilled fields.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

The majority of voters feel that
a Federal anti-lynch statute would
serve to discourage lynchings and
thus reduce their number. This
belief is shown in response to a
second question in the poll, as fol-
lows:
do you think this would reduce
the number of lynchings in the
United States o. would it make
little difference?
Would reduce -----------6O%
Little difference ---.-----24
No opinion ---..---------16
In the South, however, opinion
is more closely divided about the
effectiveness of a Federal law in
reducing lynching.
Southern Voters
Would reduce ------48%
Little difference --.-----37
No opinion --..---------.--15
In a companion poll, the Insti-
tute sounded the reactions of all
sections, including the South, to
the recent Greenville lynch case,
in which a group of 81 defendants
accused Of lynching a Negro were
acquitted.
It was found that three out of
every four voters had heard or
read Of the Greenville affair.
When asked their opinion of the
outcome of the case, voters in
the South and in the rest of the
country expressed disapproval OF
the acquittal verdict.
All South
Voters Only
Disapproval Of verdict 1919 62%
Indifferent - 3 2
Approval of verdict - IL 81
No opinion --- Is IS
Once before, in 1910, Congress
debated an anti-lynch bill to pro-
vide Federal penalties Of local
police officers who failed to pro-
tect a prisoner from a lynch mob.
and to make a county where a
lynching occurred pay a fine of
s1o,o 600 to the victims family.
When the Institute polled the
country On the Gavagan bill. as
the measure was called. it was
-ound that SO per cent favored
passage. a per cent were opposed
to the BIN.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-06

A good example of the public's
Indifference to the budgets of it's
governments was disclosed sometime
ago by Senator Mcclellan, of Tenn
essee.
His interesting little story shows
quite well how dollars seep out of
treasures. Maybe he did not intend
that a moral should be drawn from
it but, nevertheless, there is certain
ly one.
The Senator said that, when the
manufacture of the atomic bomb was
being planned, eight leaders in Con-
gress were entrusted with getting
the necessary money. Absolute secre-
cy was imperative. One little leak
would ruin the scheme. But no n
was able to invent a plausible ex-
PLANTATION for the first installment
of $500, 000, 900 to launch the gigan-
tic project. So, in desperation, Sem
ator Mcclellan just put it into the
appropriation bill. There it was,
sticking out like a mashed thumb.
"But," Senator Mcclellan added,
"no one asked a single question:"
Perhaps everyone overlooked it
because the country was at war.
Money meant little as long as it was
going at the rate Of billions and bill
lions to defend the country and
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doubtedly should have been avoid
ed" He told of the deep regret of
the principal and said he was con-
WINGED "the error was one in
judgment
Principal Regrets Incident.
The report said the regret Of the
principal Is very deep and is in
keeping with "the fine record which
he has established through 10 years
of effective service in the schools of
the District"
DR.. Corning assured the board
and the public that the fine record
of patriotic service, loyalty and
fundamental teaching of the Amer
lean traditions will continue and
that this unfortunate circumstance
will tend to intensity our already
well-established program of patri-
otto endeavor in the schools"
Meanwhile, the Federal Bureau
of Investigation refused to confirm
or deny reports that Mrs. Lewis has
been under its scrutiny since her
arrival from Russia in 1913.
In a statement Mrs. Lewis. who
in private life is Mrs. Alexander
Pavlovna Lewis, wife of James w
Lewis, said she wants America to
understand Russia and Russia to
understand Americans and stop all
this fighting"
She declared she was attempting
ito tell people about customs of the
people; how they live" and did not
mean to talk about politics. but it
is very hard to understand about
Russia when you speak in public
unless you mention the economic
and political structure"
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Ashburfon House Sale
Ratified by Court

Justice Jennings Bailey of Dis
trict Court today ratified sale of the
historic Ashburton House at 1926
H street NV. to the American Fed
Grafton, of Labor for 100000.
A contract of sale was entered
into between the AFL and executors
of the estate of Mrs. Margaret Cole
man Freeman Buckingham several
weeks ago, subject to confirmation
by the court.
On April % Chief Justice Bolitha
y. Laws of District Court ordered
ratification of the sale by today
unless cause to the contrary be
shown" The property, once site of
the British Legation and scene OF
the Webster -Ashburton treaty nego-
tiatiors establishing the United
States Canadian boundary, is L.
shaped, with 10o-foot frontage on
H street and 112-foot frontage
on Sixteenth street.
The four STORY brownstone house
faces the White House across
Lafayette Park 1t adjoins st. Johns
Episcopal Church.
While the AL has no plans at
present, 1t intends eventually to
construct a new national headquar-
tiers on the site, spokesman said
Sale Of the property as handled
for the Buckingham estate by
Thomas J. Fisher Il Co.
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Student Art 10 Remain
On View a Week More

The exhibition of art work en-
tered in The Evening Star Stu
dent Calendar Art Contest will be
open for one more week in the
lobby of the Commerce Department
Building, where the pictures may
be seen daily, including Sunday,
from 7 am. to 6 pm
A conservative estimate places the
number who have already viewed
the exhibit in excess of $1,000. In
Guided have been many art classes,
which have been brought to the ex-
hibit by their instructors for tech
nical discussion of the pictures, par
ticularly' those selected by the
judges for the six first prizes of
500 United States Savings Bonds
and for the so honorable mention
certificates.
Many persons from other cities
who have had business with the
Commerce Department have paused
to view the exhibit. Their comment
indicated surprise at the excellent
work done by the young students,
who rage in age from IL to 10.
At the conclusion of the exhibit.
the pictures will be returned to the
entrants. The winning six pictures,
however, will be retained for the
use of the publishers. who will re-
produce them in The Stars 1913
calendar.
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Dondero Prepares Bill
For Government Sale
OF Capitol Park Hotel

Chairman Dondero OF the House
Public Works Committee announced
today he has drafted bill for the
sale Of Government-owned Capitol
Park Hotel facing Union Station
plaza to private enterprise.
The building Is the center of a
controversy over its use. Bills are
pending in Congress to turn it over
to District Court as an annex to re-
lieve congested facilities and, on
the other hand, to make it available
as dwelling quarters for members of
Congress and their employees.
Considerable sentiment is known
to exist in both House and Senate
Public Works Committee in favor of
the Government selling the build
ing. 1t was used during the war as
the United Nations Service Center.
AS such it accommodated thousands
OF veterans and their families. But it
was vacated by the center months
ago. 1t now is in the hands of the
Federal Works Agency which has
been doing minor renovation, wait
ing its disposition by Congress.
Mr.. Dondero turned the draft of
his proposed measure over to the
Public Buildings Administration to-
day, asking for report on its form.
He said he plans to introduce the
measure In the House as soon as pos
sible.
II want to get the Government out
of the hotel business whenever It can
be done" declared Mr.. Dondero.
1.-THE hotel Is deteriorating every
day." he continued. "It should be
returned to operation by private en-
terprize.'
Principal champion of the pro-
posal to use the hotel for congress
sional housing Is Representative
SABBATH, Democrat, of Illinois. His
bill Is before the House Public Works
Committee.
Use of the hotel for District Court
purposes has been strongly urged by
jurists and the District Bar Associ-
alton to relieve congestion.
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North Dakota Group Drops
Opposition 10 Judge Collect

Republican members of the North
Dakota congressional delegation,
who have been fighting the nomina-
ton of President Truman's old
friend. Federal District Judge John
Caskie Collett, to be member OF the
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, an
nounced after White House visit
today that the opposition would be
Withdrawn.
In the party were Senators Lam
ger and Young and Representative
Robertson.
Senator LANCER had opposed the
promotion because North Dakota,
which is in the eighth circuit, had
never been represented on the app
pellate bench. #
The three lawmakers discussed
the situation with the President
today and then made ther decision
to drop the fight. They said there
had never. been any question about
Judge Collects fitness for the job.
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investigation and prove to the
people we are going into these mat
ters." I have been flooded with
complaints" he added.
Has Confidence in Teachers.
Mrs. Doyle answered: "I have
complete confidence in our teachers.
If you had any information, you
should have brought it to our atten-
ton"
Mr.. Lee said he felt DR.. Corning's
report to the board was incomplete.
WAS a fee paid to this speaker?
What funds were used?" he asked.
DR.. Corning then explained the
fee OF $40 was paid to Mrs. Lewis by
the Home and School Association
Of the school.
DR.. Corning's statement to the
board said the report of Mr.. Danow-
sky, Western High principal. two
assistant principals and eight teach
ers could be summarized as follows:
THE speech may be constructed
as propaganda in favor Of the Rus
sian system, pitched in terms such
as would be expected of a person
brought up under that system"
DR.. Corning said when Mrs. Lewis
spoke at Wilson Teachers College
she confined her discussion to her
own life in Russia, experiences with
Russian people and descriptions of
the kinds of people in the country.
She refused to answer any questions
having political significance at that
time.
Sees Deliberate Change.
1.-THE fact she refused to discuss
political matters then, but that with
a younger audience yesterday en-
gagged in definite propaganda, unde-
niably admits the conjecture that
she may deliberately have taken ad-
vantage Of an audience Of more i'm
questionable age" DR.. Corning s
statement said.
THE philosophy of education
worked out by the teachers and
officers of the Washington public
schools presents as the ultimate aim
an individual who as a responsible
citizen is ready for the enjoyments
and duties of home, family and
community life, with an understand
ing and an appreciation of Amer
lean ideals, principles and purposes
that will promote the progress of
our own democracy and carry over
into world citizenship We believe
this aim is a direct responsibility of
school personnel and that it is being
strictly observed by them"
He said the affair at Western High
! School was unfortunate and un-