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Evening star., 1947-07-08
@. What is copra used for?-I. M. D.
The Voice at Evening

Ouer the naarshland no,D curlew's crying;
Along the beach the dusky doves are flying;
Seaward the ebbtide dredges Nth Its toaD,;
Evening Is calling all her wanderers home.
From the far sea the fishermen return; !.
Gladly the laborer sees his home-hght
burn, I'd
From strtdent marts OF trade, halt lt-nsad
Nth might,
Mvrtads escape before the taH OF night
e
"cone homel" a Voice Is calling to them
dH,- ~
A tender Voice that thrills the euentun
TO manu- lonely heart, t0hereer it roam,
The Voice of Loue Is calling, Home, con1s
honei"
O lite, tohat richer gift Is In your potoers
Than to set home doors 1tde at t,othghts
hour? az
God pity them for whom no honae-potcs
calls, <
Whose hearts are homeless as the evening
falls. ARCHIBALD RUTLEDGE.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
World Cruises by Air

Now that the first commercial global
cruise by air has been completed success
fully, the curtain is rising on new era
of civil aviation progress that is certain
to make the world smaller and smaller.
When the Pan American World Airways'
clipper America landed at La Guardia
Field this week, it brought to the United
States the distinction of pioneering in the
field of regular round-the-w world airline
operation.
From now on the huge Consultations will
wing their way around the earth weekly.
If traffic warrants, the schedule may be
stepped up. It is interesting to learn that,
despite the recent depressing series of air
crashes here and abroad, a heavy demand
for reservations has been maintained. The
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Record-Breukinq Employment

Prosperity Is no longer Just around the
corner. It is here, If precedent-shattering
employment figures are criterion. The
United States Employment Service says
that employment is higher and unemploy-
ment lower than ever before in the coun-
try's history. In fact, if the present trend
continues, the 1947 employment total will
reach 59,300,000, which is more than a
million workers higher than the best pre-
vious peak in 1946. And the number Of
unemployed stands at only 100000 per-
sons, an all-time low in peacetime.
Factors contributing to the optimistic
employment picture include the rising out
put Of manufactures since the war, an
abnormally high consumer demand and an
export business that is expected to increase
as our aid to other nations is stepped up.
It is predicted that our exports of goods
and services this year will top twenty bill
lions Of dollars. This demand for goods
at home and abroad is keeping the fac
tories and other industrial plants working
at full speed, and is sustaining the demand
for labor to keep the wheels turning.
How long this pleasant situation will
continue is matter for speculation by the
economists. The estimates vary according
to the varying views as to the soundness of
present governmental policies and pro-
grams. President Truman, in vetoing the
tax bill, said he could foresee no signs of
recession, provided inflationary influ-
ences could be kept in check. An infla-
tionary boom, together with European
collapse for want of dollars could bring
quick disaster, OF course, with its trail of
unemployment and other woes.
The unfortunate aspect of too much
prosperity is that it tends sometimes to
make people Indifferent to the dangers
of imitation. Bullying pocketbooks and an
ever-increasing demand for goods can lead
to price and wage spirals Of threatening
import. The Government, industry and
the private citizen cannot afford to lose
sight of the fact that in time of high
employment, high wages and high prices,
imitation, rather than prosperity, may be
lurking just around the corner, ready to
advance if invited.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

ton of Morocco, especially in It's domestic
concerns, while leaving foreign relations
to the French authorities. If this agree
ment sticks, it will alleviate the tension
that has existed in Morocco during recent
months and will likewise have a quieting
influence in Algeria and Tunis. That
would give France breathing spell to try
to handle the larger question of North
Africa on which the destiny of the French
colonial empire so largely depends.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
More Light on WCTU Bill

TO the Editor of The star:
You recently took occasion to editoriali0e
In opposition to HR Ito, which would author
lie appropriation OF $4,000 to help defray the
expense Of entertaining foreign guests attend
ing the World Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, which met at Asbury Park, N. j., in
June.
1t occurs to me that you might like to view
some additional information on this subject.
T am therefore inclosing reports of the House
and Senate Committees together with a state
ment made at the time the bill was reached
on the calendar for action. The favorable
report from the Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations carries the following paragraph:
During the consideration of the bill by the
Foreign Relations Committee, it was pointed
out that in 1886 an appropriation of $4,000
was authorized by the Seventy fourth Con-
gress to aid in defraying the expenses of the
sixteenth triennial convention of the Worlds
Womans Christian Temperance Union.
similar act authorized an appropriation OF
$4,000 for expenses for the meeting of the
Associated Country Women Of the World in
tho United States in 1886. Ample precedent,
therefore, exists for the proposed legislation"
H. r. 1179 would authorize sum which is but
so per cent of the money appropriated for a
similar purpose in 1886. This, think is in
keeping with the present effort for economy
1t seems to me that the custom of defraying
expenses of entertaining foreign guests who
come to this country for world and interna-
tional conventions is we'll established In addi-
tion to the two precedents referred to in the
favorable report from the Senate Committee
on Foreign Relations, I would like to invite
your attention also to HI. Res. 200 in the
Sixth-ninth Congress, which became Public
Resolution "a, and authorized $4,000 for the
Seventh International Dental Congress, and to
s. J. Res. 81 in the Seventieth Congress which
became Public Resolution 18 and authorized
$25,000 for the Permanent international Asso-
citation of Road Congresses
The World WCTU Is an organization which
includes membership in IS nations, and
the seventeenth triennial convention Is the
first world meeting since World War II. Many
delegates were in attendance from abroad and
the extension of all possible courtesies would
seem to give real means of promoting good
will and friendship among the nations Of the
world.
Possibly there are those who feel 1t neces-
sary that I should mention that the WCTU
Is not solely interested in fighting the traffic
of alcoholic liquors Other Of their goals are
the limitation of opium to medical and scien-
tific purposes and the protection and welfare
of women and children everywhere.
I am still hoping the Senate will adopt this
BILL which already passed the House although
opposition from certain quarters apparently
still exists. ARTHUR CAPPER.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Qualities and Rewards

TO the Editor Of The Star:
have read carefully the Presidents address
to the 38th annual conference of the National
Association for the Advancement Of Colored
People as reported in The Star as Of June 80
ana I find that among the rhetorical chan
of most public speeches there often is q golden
grain Of the blessed truth and that this is q
case in point
President Truman said: Each man must
be guaranteed equality Of opportunity. The
cnly limit to an Americans achievement should
be his ability, his industry and his character
The rewards for his effort should be determined
by these truly relevant qualities"
No able-bodied adult has the right to ex-
pect morel LAURA e. POLLOCh.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

thoSe yo,1 nave
h a We already
collected.
Some weeks
ago we had
S o m e fre a X
weather out
of-season snow
storms and q
great drop in
temperature in
various parts
of the country.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

To T z b u LII
Charles Trace
wells column
the statement,
while m a ny
claims h av e
been made Of
the harmless
ness to birds
of DDT and
9th er high
~Aw,aNAS Nae
Evening star., 1947-07-08
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE


O. What is the highest wind speed in a hur
ricane?-P NJ M.
A. Meteoroogists believe that the gusts Of
the hurricane represent air movements for brief
intervals that may be as high as $50 miles per
hour In the most violent storms.
@ When did it first become an offense TO
make a copy of naturalization certifcate?-
NJ F. K ".
A. The first legislation making it an offense
to make copy of a certificate Of naturalization
was the Act of March 4. 1909 (35 Stat. 1102).
@. What Is copra used for?-I. M. D.
A. Copra the dried meat or kernel Of the
coconut Is valued especially for the oil it yields
which is used in the manufacture Of candles
and soap. The coconut-stearin or cake, which
remains after the oil has been removed from
the dried kernel is used for fodder and manure
in much the same manner as cottonseed oil
cake
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Letters to The Star
Those Flying Discs and DDT Bring Questions as Well
as Warnings From Readers

TO the Editor Of The Star:
am not a scientist, just an average person,
but intensely interested in all phenomena.
have read and heard so much about flying
discs and wonder if you may add my ideas to
Evening star., 1947-07-08

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
,oriter, although it IS permissible for
,ortter knotDn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1947-07-08
DDT a Threat to Pets
70 the Editor of The Star

TO th6 Gd1tor OF the Btaf:
The danger to birds, squirrels and pet ami
mails Of spraying Montgomery County with
solution of DDT and other chemicals has not
been sufficiently stressed feel, and was glad
Evening star., 1947-07-08
Questions and Answers

A reader can obtain the answer to any question
Of fact by writing The Evening Star Information
Bureau. 316 I street NE, washington .. , c.
Please inclose three go cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1947-07-08

To the Editor Of The Star:
Permit me to register protest to your edi-
torial entitled "On the Veterans Bandwagon."
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28
ORGANIZATION OF UNIONS
SPREADING over GLOBE

By GLADYS CARTER, Allied Labor News
From Chicago to Shanghai, from Capetown to Buenos Aires.
workers, seeking a full stomach, 4 Comfortable home, time to
have fun with the family, have found the same answer: union
organization. As result, the acid test of a governments con-
Germ for the common people is is attitude toward the labor
movement.
Since Labor Day 1916, millions Of people have been allowed
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28

labor's right to organize strike and
junction politically.
In more industrialized countries IKE
Canada and Australia. where unions
were strong even before the war mem
bersh@p is rising daily and labor has
SO far successful, fought off big bust
ness attempts to restrict its rights.
Italy's General Confederation OF
Labor, reborn after 20 years OF las
cism, has become the strongest organ
ization in the country. welding tire.
mendous economic and political power
particularly in the industrialized north.
where workers decide with employers
even how profits will be used.
China, Greece Ban Legitimate
Unions
Though far apart on the map. China
and Greece are neck-and-neck in their
race to initiate the Franco regime i'll
Spain. In both countries legitimate
unions have been outlawed and gov
ernment-sponsored groups set up in
stead. Most unionists. having no use
for the phony outfits, are involved in
civil war against the anti-labor gov
ernments. The Chinese Assn. Of La
Dor, which organizes workers in both
Communicated and Kuomintang China,
still functions freely in Communist
areas but its unions in KuOmintang
areas have had to shift headquarters
to British-run Hong Kong.
In Indonesia and Indo-China. where
Independent movements are fighting
for freedom from the Dutch and
French respectively, union members
form the backbone of the indepen-
dence forces. In the Philippines and
India. where technical political inde-
pendence has been gained but where
the U. S. and Britain remain econom-
ically dominant, labor is still fighting
a tough uphill battle for recognition.
A tremendous revival Of unions is
taking place in Germany and Japan.
' tlICC IHlllIOu VI tut Sin InllllOu
workers in Germany's Soviet zone are
organized. In the more industrialized
u. S. and British zones. however, anti
labor moves by military government
officials have kept membership to less
than half that number. In Japan, de-
spite many restrictions, five million
workers are organized. In contrast
unions in Americanoccupied Korea
are still practically outlawed.
In the colonies and semi-colonies
OF Africa and Latin America, labor
Is making important gains even though
its members, many of them new to
unionism, are fighting some Of the
biggest American and British monop-
olles. Some Latin American govern
ments, openly admitting they want to
endear themselves to u. S. leaders
and thus get American loans, have
outlawed their labor movements. But
labor militancy, the unions in these
are proving, cant be killed
by decree.
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28
FOR INFORMATION GO
TOTS SOURCE

Portland, Ore.-(FP)-Teamsters in
Oregon believe In going to the source
when they want authentic information.
So when there was a bit OF confusion
over the Taft-Hartley law, this tele-
gram. published on the front page of
the Oregon Teamster, was sent to Raw
Smethurst Of the Natl Assn. of Manu-
facturers legal division:
Rep. Fred Hartley say new O n
tract signed by Lewis and mine opera.
tors violates Taft-Hartley law. Rep.
Hartley should know. His name ia on
the bill.
Sen. Robert Taft says new contract
signed by Lewis does not violate
Taft-Hartley law. Senator Taft should
know. His name is on the bill.
We appeal to your office for
Interpretation. We understand the
bill was drafted by NAM lawyers.
Maybe you know"
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28

to Join unions for the first time.
Other millions are still fighting
bloody battles for, among other
rights, the right to organize.
Thousands of others have been
slaughtered for believing that work
ing people deserve a square deal.
In the countries which were Amer
ica's chief European allies during the
war. labor has made important ad-
vances in the past year.
British unions - rid of the hated
trades disputes act which for 20 years,
until its recent repeal, restricted
strikes and political action-have been
given a voice in government economic
planning.
In France, though labor and govern
ment leaders disagree yer wage-price
policy, the government has ackrOwl-
edged union strength by creating an
economic council, headed by labor
leader Leon JouhauX. which, must
screen all contemplated labor, eco.
monte or social legislation before it's
passage is considered.
Soviet workers. who during the war
had to give up some of their prewar
conditions. are now back on an S-hour
day with guaranteed annual vacations.
Wages have gone up and many con-
sumner goods. cut out during the war,
are reappearing on the market at gov
eminent controlled prices. Unions
themselves frame all labor laws.
In most eastern European countries,
workers have been allowed to form
unions for the first time in their his
tory under new laws which guarantee
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28

Some 4S per cent of U. S. farms had
no central electric service III Decem.
Der 1916.
Montana labor news., 1947-08-28

Rail workers real weekly wages de-
cllned by 1875 per cent between June
and December 1916, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

one paragraph from four or five
pages; when Willie Hearst does
something, he does it in style,
and a page of exotic pictures
known vulgarly as "cheesecake"
finishes the job for any back
ward readers unfamiliar with
such words as sex, lush, raw
ishing, etc, etc.
Now, this is the same Willie
Hearst who launched the great
crusade for clean literature.
This is the same Willie Hearst
who ranted about the classics
being Communist weapons in
tended to deprave young minds.
This is the same Willie Hearst
who screamed that Citizen Tom
Paine. of the purple passages"
was not fit for the delicate
moral sense of minors.
is THIS a straw man? Is
it enough to say that everyone
knows that Willie Hearst is aa
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

dirty old man, that his press
is cesspol of filth and horror,
and that the obscenities he pur-
veys have invaded American
homes for decades?
think not, The lie must be
fought and fought again-until
millions and millions compre-
bend the full purpose of Willie
and his chums.
He puryeYs filth because
fascism is filth. He sells in
decency because fascism is
indecent. He encourages i'm
morality because fascism is
immoral. He feeds on horror
because fascism is horrible.
He ennobles murder because
fascists are murderers.
And he invades and infects
and corrupts American homes
because any sort of home, as
we know it, is Incompatible
with fascism.
And he talks in the name of
C hrist! What blasphemy!
There is only one text for the
N. Y. Journal American.
take it from the Gospel ac-
cording to Matthew:
eye serpents, We generation
of vipers, how can ye escape
the damnation of help"
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

A good deal might be said
abeut this current manifesto
ton of sickness, following as
it does hard upon the heels of
the great manhunt for Langley
Collyer; but while I am not
insensitive to esoteric mayhem,
I find myself completely fas-
cinated by the reaction of
great institution to this miser-
able and sordid piece of bust.
ness.
I refer, of course to the
Hearst Press, which publishes
such family organs as the Jour-
nal American and the Daily
Mirror. and which has consist
emily presented itself as a shin
ing defender of American in
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Smoking EN- out
People learn unLearn> learn how TO beat trusts

and the people rose in righteous
wrath and said: We want COM
petition. We don't like big
trusts The Sherman Anti
Trust Act was passed in $780,"
If that's all the big boys
have to say for themselves.
it's no wonder they want to
shut everybody up. including
Henry Wallace.
Sure, the Sherman Act was
passed to curb the trusts. But
the $64 question that has to be
answered is-"Why have the
trusts got bigger and bigger in
spite of the law"
=
FDR asked that question and
Congress set up a committee to
come up with some answers.
They did. But you'd have to
set up another committee to
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

to unite the big boys but also
to divide the many.
AS the poet Sandburg put it,
"The people lie arm, unlearn,
learn" One of the big jobs of
Big Business is to set up puzzle
after puzzle for the people to
learn, unlearn, learn.
But you can tell by the
cries of the Wall Street bar
ons today that they're really
worried. They're worried
that finally the people are
getting organized in big
unions" that can't be fricked
out of position by any slick
maneuver5.
They're worried that the day
is close when the big unions of
the people are here to stay.
And for Wall Street, that's like
the end of the world.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

how Business gels around
the law. how il starves the
law to death. how the big
boys drag everything thru
the courts. and how they stall
and stall until they get their
way.
Then they put their finger
on exactly what's happening
today. Under our government"
they say, "the pressure of the
many is difficult. 1t is the
few who understand how to
concentrate their pressure at
the focal points that count
THAT'S hitting the nail right
on the head. A handful of big
boys can have lunch at the
Waldorf-Astoria and lay out
blueprint, a blueprint not only
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

and to the United Press, whose
Red-baiting story on The Star
appeared last week throughout
America, have only this to
say:
Until as a Negro can live
and go where ! wish in Chi
cago and Miami; until as
a worker can be assured of
security; until I as a human
know that my brothers in
Italy. South Africa and China
have peace and plenty. / shall
fight beside all others who
want the same kind of demo-
cratic world and calling me
Communist won't stop me.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
SPEAKING
Radicals seek democrucv

AND THUS we have Rankin,
Hartley, Bilbo, Ball, the Ku
Klux Khan and National AS
ISOLATION of Manufacturers. All
have the same basic idea: pres
ervation of the status quo and
return to the past if possible.
The existing order with its
race and religious prejudices.
its millionaires and share
troopers. its cartels and con-
fusion has been profitable to
them and they want to keep
ii.
Yet they are the makers of
radicals. Should the Hartley
anti-labor bill become law,
many unionists will be forced
into radical ranks through the
conviction that in a society
controlled by Big Business, the
ordinary working man has no
chance.
I THINK the great masses
of Jews, Negroes, and other
jim-crowed minorities have
got to become radicals if we
sincerely want democracy.
Not only are we identified
with labor and its struggles,
but we have additional battles
because of color or religion.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
Frank }5,|:Il IY:He

Since racism and religious pref
udice are used to preserve the
status quo, we have added rea-
sons for demanding change.
What we radicals want is
democracy for all. We don't
have it now, and we won't get
it SO long as jim crow, union
busting and Red-baiting mean
bigger profits for Wall Street
and LaSalle Street.
TO-DAY everybody who
wants peace, freedom, equality,
and security for all-the pro-
gram of radicals called
Communist" by our un-Ameri-
can Committee and chambers
of commerce.
The daily press and radio
have made Communist a nasty
word, and unfortunately many
radicals shy away from it as
from smallpox.
But now that our J. Parnell
Thomases and industrialists
slap the Red label on Henry
Wallace. Sen. Pepper and
Paul Robson. maybe ii will
begin to lose its sting. Radi-
Gals share the thought pat
terms of such Communist"
as these.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03
STATE OF THE NATION
Hearst and mortality
Itl:W:I}: 7:e|1
defender of Christian civiliza-

defender of Christian Civiliza-
ton:
"The writings found in the
effects of John Lester Nee,
shot to death on his yacht off
Havana by exotic dancer Pat
ricia Schmidt, have revealed
the many loves in the life of
the former PIT boat commander.
Among them was the lush night
club singer Lorraine De Wood,
who, today in the N. Y. Journal
American exclusively reveals
details of her passionate ro-
nance with Nee"
NOW FAR BE 1T from me
to decry romance. A man is
not stick of wood, as the old
folk saying has it, and l have
been in one or two back rooms
myself, and l have even read
Frank Harris. But there is a
time and place for everything.
And believe me, quoted only
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

situations in general and Chris
tianity in particular.
IN ORDER to establish its
stewardship of the gentle
teachings of Christ firmly in
the public mind, the Journal
American takes each day text
for its presentation of the news.
And on Tuesday, April 22nd,
the text was from the splendid
9th Psalm:
"The Lord is my light and my
salvation; whom shall / fear?"
Whereupon. the sanctuary
blessed. the presses rolled.
and another days Journal
American went forth to do
its good. work. featuring on
Page One the intimate. con-
fidential. not to say tittilat-
ing details of Lorraine De
Woods passionate romance
with the murdered man.
Permit me to quote from the
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1947-05-03

of ours; and
even the Tru-
man Doctrine
took a mo-
mentary back
seat, for how
often does an
exotic dancer
shoot a rich
young m a n
on his very
own yacht?