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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Cause For THANKSGIVING

There is always something to be
thankful for, ever in midsummer. For
example, We may be thankful that the
Hughes investigation has been ad-
journed until November IT, when it all
may have been forgotten. Not, per-
haps, because Mr.. Hughes was always
discreet in his expenditures. Testimony
at the hearings of the Brewster COM
mittee has indicated that he spent
lavishly if not well, especially when
he paid the hotel bill of Elliott Roose-
welt upon the occasion of his latest
marriage.
But there has been nothing to show
that Mr.. Hughes laid it on the line to
get government contracts. On the con-
trary, it has come to light that he in
vested $4,000 900 of his W capital in
the flying boat which has stirred more
dust without ever taking off than anv
airplane tuning up on a dirt runway
The man who would risk so. much of
his private money in a project sponsor
ed by the government is not easily to be
charged with grating, ever though
his contracts representing $40, 900, 900.
This is not to whitewash the gentle
man or his extravagant entertaining.
1t is intended merely to point out that
the Brewster inquiry seems to have
had political ramifications which were
focused on next years presidential cleo
ton with the hope of swinging votes
for the republican candidate.
Because Of this, and because the
Brewster inquiry boomeranged, it is
possible that many voters who believed
the time had come for a change in the
national administration will decide tt
suffer the ills they have than fly tc
others they know not of, as Hamlet sug.
gested. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Turnover In Top Jobs

SIT, 500. Heads Of agencies would
get 1850, Sic, 600 or $12, 800, as
the President might designate.
Flanders and Baldwin estimated
that the total cost of the increases
would run a little under $500, DOC
a year. Total present payroll for
these top men now runs about ST.:
900, 600. It's around a So per cent
increase. If it sounds like a lot,
bear in mind that Congress gave
itself the equivalent of a so per
cent increase last year, ana the
pay of Federal judges was also
raised.
But money isn't the only thing
that makes it difficult for The gov
eminent to hire good brains. It's
the public whipping these people
have to take - particularly from
Congress itself-that makes these
jobs hard to fill.
Congress went home without
confirming the new five = member
National Labor Relations Board
and its new General Counsel,
among the most important jobs in
Washington today. Congress Great
ed them, but Republican senators
let the word out that they are on
trial. Who could do a good job
if there were a possibility that he
would be bounced out of it five
months from now, for purely po-
litical reasons?
For nine months, the United
States was without a Solicitor Cen
eral because the Senate held up
confirmation on President Tru-
mans nomination of Philip B.
Perlman for that job.
For about half that time mem
bers of the Atomic Energy Com.
mission spent most of their day
in Senate chambers. hearing them
selves personally a b d while
they were up for confirmation. In
lesser degree, Gordon Clapp, OF
IVA, went through the same grill
ing.
Edgar L. Warren of the Concili-
alton Service had the experience
of having Congress consider re-
fusal to appropriate money tor his
salary. w en- the appropriation
was confirmed. Warren promptly
resigned, and nobody could blame
him..
The only other type that can
stick out a government job is the
independently wealthy like De-
tense Secretary James Forrestal,
Secretary of Commerce AvereA
Hartman, Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy John Nicholas Brown or
Assistant Secretary of State Will
liam Benton.
If anybody in government has
taken a beating these past two
years it is Benton, who has had
to Eight to salvage something for
the U. S. foreign information pro-
gram. There comes a time" he
says, "when %trapsients like myself
have served their useful purpose
and should resign" Yet he is
sticking it out. Most men would
have given up and gone home.
long ago. The wonder is that more
don't.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13

hungary.
Dinnyes listened to this rather
torceful sort Of reason. The Hun
garian refusal to 60 to Paris was
promptly announced. Hungarian
leaders are now frankly congratu-
lating h e m selves. in CONVEX
sations with foreigners. On their
good fortune in avoiding the public
humiliation Of the Czechs.
In Finland no less than N Hun
gary, members of the cabinet
frankly wished to send a depu-
tation to Paris. Foreign Minister
Enkell is even known to have
branded rumors that Firms would
refuse the Paris invitation as mere
communist tactics Of confusion.
But Enkell, together with the rest
OF the Finnish people, learned that
Finland had indeed refused as
rumored-from the Moscow radio.
In Poland. members of the gov
eminent were obviously distressed
but made no plant. Some Polish
socialists. however. dared to de-
mand the sending of a Polish dep
utation to Paris. No deputation
went, and recently reports have
come from Warsaw that addition
al arrests of socialists are now
occurring, on the ground that they
lack 1.-The will to cooperate" with
the communists.
The process Of crushing out all
possible opposition is also proceed
ing apace in Romania. The ar
rests of DR.. Juliu Manu- and other
leaders Of the peasant party &C.
CURED some time ago. Now the
party's remaining deputies have
been expelled from the parlia-
ment, and just to round the thing
off, a new party leadership has
been officially appointed. The
leaders + a certain Popovici, a
cooperative but complete deaf
nonentity. and Professor Zanne,
who has the valuable qualification
OF being a protege of Andrei
Vishinsky.
The important fact about these
phenomena is that they are bound
to repeat themselves. It is not only
that the Soviet Union wishes its
satellites to have no contact with
the West. There is a vital ad-'
dltional factor. The Russians also
want their satellites to provide
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Associated Charities Dropped

The Associated Charities has been
stricken from the list of organizations
served by the Community Chest in the
belief that it should be merged with
the County Department of Public Wei
fare "as was done years ago through
out the rest of the state" The quota
ton is from a letter addressed to the
Rev. William Grove, Jr., president of
the Associated Charities, by H. A.
Marks, president of the Chest.
In announcing this decision Mr..
Marks recites the principal findings of
a survey of Associated Charities by
the State Department Of Public Wei
fare in 1915, to wit, "all cases carried
are legally the responsibility of the De-
partment of Public Welfare;" that
general relief is not administered in
this manner Through a private agency
in any other county," that "the Com
munity Chest should not assume the
responsibility of supplementing tax
funds used for a governmental func-
ton 80; and that "the relief function
Of the Associated Charities should be
transferred to the Department Of Pub.
lie Welfare"
In general this is the position taken
by the City Council, which recently
refused to appropriate further funds
for the support of the Associated
Charities. There is a school of thought
here which holds that the Associated
Charities, being a county organization,
is exclusively the responsibility of the
Board Of County Commissioners and
that this Board should provide it's sole
support.
1t is widely believed that the AS
ISOLATED Charities duplicates the func.
tons of the Welfare Department and
that the two should be merged. with
administration vested in the Welfare
Department, as has been done in othe,
counties and which was recommended
in the 1916 report.
This is by no near the universe,
belief in New Hanover county. The
Community Chest will be criticized in
some circles for it's action. But it woulc
be unwise for the public to Judge the
Chest harshly without considering ;
point emphasized in Mr.. Marks lette,
to DIR. Grove: that the merging of the
Associated Charities with the Welfare
Department lis very definitely in thu
public interest because it would provid,
better case work and some economic.
might be effected"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Salt Without SAVIOR


Although devout Christians in
their hearts abhor the thought of
war as ian instrument of national
policy" they have condoned war
whenever it seemed to them an
instrument OF righteousness. a
crusade intended to exterminate
the forces of evil. Yet that attitude
has been, at best, a compromise
with the principle expressed in the
Sermon On the Mount: Blessed
are the peacemakers; for thew
shall be called the children OF
God"
AT the third world convention OF
tie Churches of Christ held in
Buffalo last week, John Foster
Dulles, recently designated United
States delegate to the United
Nations, voiced the conviction that
moral power" can be substituted
o war in effecting international
change"
For a long time war has been
an a C c p e d institution" Mr..
'oAu' II performed, even
though crudely and in an un-
CHRISTIAN way, things which h a d
10 De done 1t SENS, however.
that war and civilization can no
longer go on together.
moral power is quite capable
OF assuming control of the stu
alton. 1t can be the most powerful
force in the world.
The urge to exercise this moral
power" which is but another
name for religious conviction. is
given added impetus by the flight
ening prospect of atomic wars
suicidal nature. Yet without moral
power to stiffen humanity's will
toward peace, the world is almost
certain to drift into a third global
war.
1t is only Citing that the
churches should take "a leading
part in a worldwide attempt to
invoke that moral force, conscious
OF the admonition to the disciples
and the multitude who had gath
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13

them with raw materials and
manufactured goods. And TIE
satellites in turn must depend Oh
the Soviet Union for other goods
and raw materials which hey ere
now prevented from securing from
western Europe OF the United
States. New conflicts must thus
arise. And the bullying tactics
used to secure obedience to he
Kremlin's edict against the MAJ.
shall plan, will nave to be u72i
again whenever there is aao,,s.
conflict.
In the cases Of Finland and
Czechoslovakia. this presents a
special problem. These nations
are not yet completely puppetizei
If their governments are Constant
,ly forced to subordinate the Ia
t;onal interest to Soviet in,ere'-
the peoples will turn agains: the
governments. Then the SoNle'
will have to choose between relax
ing their present control, or re
sorting to puppetization by force
But even within the confines Of
the countries already ~puppe,lzcd,
the same process will also No.6.
Men like Dinnyes and Zero IN
Hungary, for example, by press
ing Moscow for a better deal Tor
their people, will eventually .1:I
the Kremlin's suspicious. More
and more abject puppets Will De
demanded and installed. The pres
ent system Of delegating control
Of the satellites to governments
like that in Hungary may thus
gradually begin to break down.
Yet the system can only be r.
placed by extension Of direct %
Wet responsibility. The quest!o-
being asked in Washington Is
whether the Soviet system can
support these added strains upon
its administrative and other re-
sources.
Copyright, 1947, New York Heralo
Tribune. Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
Scarlet Fever
lnoculatiop,
BY WILLIAM A.. O'RR,r,

lmmunization Injections
been used by nursing sc.oo nave
some time in an attempt =. Toy
tect their nursing s~tudea.s p'''
scarlet fever. Doubt is No.. D'7
on the usefulness Of this m.S e']
because of undesirable rass.
and relative inettectiveae..
Ramona L, Todd, NJ. D.
a group of University Of Hj9,. Cd
nurses who received i7te,41s.'
immunize them aga.ns,
fever She found severe .'.
lied reactions o%ccurras n Or
Of 142 students, resuI49, WI
OF school time, and. j., %
there was no proof .T..
method had been ettec+r ~. NE
judged by special skin tes.s y
In recent years scarlet fo,,.
become a milder disease. II 'as
no one can say whether 4'2
temporary or permanent c9,a
When scarlet fever immm,..
vas first used, the infection .oa
severe and present day na-,o. ~'s
treatment had not been dsro,os.9'
Because student nurses rc,o 'lu'
tlmately exposed to the iaf,., W
school authorities though,
they should have the added r ,-a'
lection OF immunizatin giect.@ sV'
Scarlet fever is a z.reotocoS.,,
throat infection complicated d. d.
skin rash. Immunization is eta.
I've only against the rash.
Five injections are necessary :.
complete the course OF jnoci.
tons. The 80 Minnesota sndss',
who reported reactions 10 one ,s
more of their NEGOTIATIONS 1os.
total Of ITO school days. tsnors
from one-half to six DAYS ea.9
The reaction, consisting mainly n,
nausea, fever, general ac5fr,
pains and headaches. did not Ieays
any permanent effects.
We're the immunizations effect.
i've as judged by the reaction IA
the Dick skin test for ~suscepu5T.
ty to scarlet fever? Theoreticsry
if a person is immune, tlis tet
should be negative, but about on
out Of every five individuals vim
received the scarlet fever inocv.
lations still had positive. De;
tests, indicating no immunity, six
months to a year later.
Absolute protection against scar.
let fever is difficult to obtain eve,
under ideal conditions. 1t is he,p.
full to isolate patients with streo.o.
coccal throat infections. Tie
spread of the disease through raw
milk can be stopped by prope.
pasteurization, and the course o.
the illness can be shortened BY
the use of sulfa drugs and penlc..
lin.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13

cred on. the slope of Kura Hs.-''
"Ye are the salt Of me earn
but if the salt have lost is SAW.
wherewith shall it be sailed. Il. -
then good for nothing, but TO os
cast out, and trodden u2oet IL
foot OF men,"
That "savor" is the uIse.ns.
spirit of sacrifice without "1.A
neither Christianity nor a~e-aoo.S
cy can summon the moral I0iss
upon which Mr. Dulles nope W.
world peace is based.
Nc war was ever won "i'2ol'
moral force, without grea. Ss|.+
fees readily yielded mae!
whiplash of fear. Nor car peS.I
be won without the sacrifice ~
selfish interests, the sacra e "
living standards incurred BY $40. 81.
ing with less fortunate nations 'nI
sacrifice of natio9a1 van-hcs %,'
a measure of sovereignty. C'-.
tunately, the fear of eventual w.
has never succeeded in preVenun9
war. But now that winged nluIu ".
may strike like a thief IN Wv
night, now that the peril OF a'ol"s
radiation and bacterial var d ~
threatens the old as vel as -.
young, the women and childEeA .;
well as the men, the ciFllla4s . ~
well as the soldier, the salfli4.I
OF war have become mt4l, ,siy
greater than the compaLa.''.s5ce
minor sacrifices required -U'
maintenance Of peace. So.
1t would be tragic indeed lor
democratic nations TO uhoel Of
mate the prophetic signLtcan-T oc:
the warning that salt WIDER
SAVIOR" shall be "trodden Of
the foot of men'-under -9U lave
the cynically ruthless WAo re.
embraced materialism as q, Ne
lig.on, who place their faith II r:o
law of tooth and fang. ana ,i,k
are even now conspiring 70 10
the destruction Of civlllzaL.ti, n
their quest for world doln"'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13

Washington because he was gen
timely and personally interested
in this thing" This is in the Sen
ate record.
In a big theatrical scene, Elliott
seems to have been taking lessons
from his current wife, an actress,
in the art of chewing the scenery,
because of the affection l bore
him, I will fight to the death to
protect his name and his record"
he said.
That is not even good green corn
let alone heavy drammer. For
money ne dirtied up his fathers
name and record irreparably long,
long ago. But he needn't take Il
too hard because if anyone cor-
rupsea anyone else. the old man
tainted the kid.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
"A Tale OF Two Airports

What is it that attracts airplanes
to certain airports while others go beg
cling? Primarily it is the business
acumen of the airport management.
The same thing, in a nutshell, that &C
counts for certain merchants drawing
customers to their stores when other
merchants lack patronage.
The Lumberton airport is a good
Illustration. In an Illuminating article
in Mondays Charlotte Observer Ran
dolph Norton tells why Lumberton's
air travel tops that at all other North
Carolina airports in foreign transports.
From eight to twenty cargo and trans
mort planes land at Lumberton daily
he says.
.:They are like tramp steamers" he
quotes the airport manager, Horace
Barnes, as saying. And to prove it,
Mr.. Norton notes that a plane carrying
coal to Cuba was a recent visitor. An
other was transporting a troupe OF
British actors; another carried gold
bars destined for Brazil; still another
had a cargo of milk cows for Venezuela.
On its inbound flight, this plane had
brought three racers to take the track
in the Hambletonian. From January
through July, the Lumberton airport
register shows that 1,478 transport
planes had landed, 80 per cent of which
were in international traffic.
"We've gone after the business"
says Mr.. Barnes. Here is the secret
of Lumberton airport's success. Sales
manship has turned the trick. And
turned it so we'll that five thousand
gallons of gasoline are sold daily for
fueling ships there.
And while Lumberton is forging
ahead in air traffic, Wilmington's
Bluethenthal airport shows erosion
along the edges of its landing strips
runways, built by the Army, capable
of accommodating the largest and
heaviest planes built. The contrast be-
tween Lumberton and Wilmington is
indeed to be viewed with alarm.
Here is an eleven million dollar air
port, strategically located for domes-
tic and foreign transportation, which
at best is served by but one airline,
which gets none of the business enjoy
ed by Lumberton, and which is visited
by few private planes.
It was by way of Lumberton that
Georgia tobacco plants were brought
in when eastern North Carolina planters
had to reseed because of early foul
weather. 1t was by way of Lumberton
that large portions of vegetable and
strawberry crops were shipped to
eastern and inland markets.
To be sure flowers and bulbs, and
some fish, have been sent to market
from Bluethenthal, but the total has
been out of proportion to the volume
that could have been built up if the
same kind of craftsmanship that has
sent Lumberton ahead had been applied.
The tragic aspect of the situation is
that the longer the delay in develop
ing Bluethenthal the less will be the
possibility of ever getting it into a posi-
ton to compete with truly progressive
air travel centers Of the eastern sea-
board, including Lumberton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-13
coon MORNING

In GOOD books is one of the best safe
vuards from evil. Lies first danger has
been said to be an empty mind which,
like an unoccupied room IS open TOT
inc provides a pleasant and elevating
Dreoccupation.-H. w. Grout.
The Republican., 1947-11-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Fike and
sons, Floyd and Robert, Loeb Lynn
Heights, were in Uniontown, Pa, on
Sunday
The Republican., 1947-11-20

This driver is smart. He brings
his car to us regularly for a
thorough motor check-up. Re-
suit: his car still runs economi-
cally and his service bills are
small. Y0nr engines efficiency
may decline so gradually you
hardly know it. Better drive in
for check-up and let US correct
little troubles before they grow
The Republican., 1947-11-20

, Rev. and Mrs Olonzo P. Fike viii
be in the Pine Grove Church of the
Brethren on Sunday evening at 1870
to give their report of the Worlds
Sunday School Convention held in
Des Moines, Iowa. last summer. Dur
ing the service, color motion pictures
of the trip will be shown. You are
welcome to attend this service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Markwood GIotfelty.
Pittsburgh, visited their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. MeIvin
Bernard, also their parents, Mrs.
Arch Glotfelty and Mr.. and Mrs. A.
d. Hoff, at McIIenry, over the week
end. Mr.. and Mrs Bernard are now
accupying their new home near Web
er's. Laura Kay Bernard accompanied
Mr.. and Mrs. Glotfelty to Oakland
after having spent two weeks with
her grandparents.
The Republican., 1947-11-20
Firm Says Drilling
For Gas Near Red
House Not Productive

The Columbian Carbon Company,
Charleston, W. Va, reported last
Friday that although drilling oper-
ations are under way in the Red
House area, the project had not yet
developed enough gas to SMELL"
The company office advised that it
had taken leases on some $4,000
acres Of land extending from Preston
County, w. Va, into this county, and
that drilling operations are under
way.
Some Cumberland residents who
own land in the Deep Creek area
were reported to have declined to
sign leases for the gas rights of the
land, and a Cumberland newspaper
reported at least one group was re-
ported contemplating forming a COM
pany Of their own to drill wells on
lend which lies in the geological fault
which is believed to have possibilities
for commercial quantities of natural
gas.
The Republican., 1947-11-20

Mrs. Grover c. StempIe and son,
Robert W. Stemple, motored to Weir
ton, W. Va. on Tuesday to attend the
silver wedding anniversary reception
of her brother-in-law and sister, Nj.
and Mrs. Frank E. Campbell.
The Republican., 1947-11-20

Icie Friend, Mrs. Bishoff then asked
all present secretaries to continue
their work, they are Secretary of
/ Supplies, Mrs. Grace Friend; Secre-
tary Of Spiritual Life, Miss Leighton;
Secretary of Local Church Activities,
Mrs. Dorla Bowman, Children's
Work, Mrs. Mae Wilburn; Missionary
Education, Mrs. Velna Dewitt, Cor
responding Secretary, Mrs. Alice
Bishoff. During the social hour a
birthday cake was presented to the
oldest member Mrs. Asa b. Friend
and her daughter, Mrs. w. A. Custer,
who were celebrating their anniver-
sary
Mrs James Vitez, of Mill Run,
: spent several days last week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William W.
Dewitt.
Mr. and Mrs. Montell Friend and
children and Mrs. Robert Friend and
daughter, We're Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs R. B. Friend
MI. and Mrs. Harley Glover, Of
Cumberland, were at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William En-
low, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs.
Glover is getting along nicely from
her recent operation. Mary Enlow re-
turned home with them and will stay
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dewitt and
son attended birthday surprise
party honoling Mrs. Marshall Dewitt
of Mt. Lake Park, on Monday even
ing.