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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

BERLIN - In London, where
the Foreign Ministers are gath
cred, total deadlock has already
been reached in the meetings of
their deputies. The relentless
pettifogging OF the Soviet dele
cation has, however, served to
confirm British an d American
suspicious on one major point.
Both delegations now expect
Molotov to make a grand the
atrical gesture of support for a
strong, unified German Reich
possibly in the form Ct a pro-
posal to end the occupation of
Germany.
In making his gesture, Molo-
tov will know in advance that
it's rejection is certain. He will
also know that he is doing in
calculable damage to the COM
munist party in such key neigh
boring countries as France and
Czechoslovakia Why then should
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
BY JOSEPH ALSOP

Molotov embarrass Comrades
Thorez and Gottwald for the
sake of display of empty his
tronics which will only impress
the Germans?
The reason is very simple. In
the contest for Germany which
the Soviet Union launched at the
close of the war, the Kremlin
is forced to employ tactics of
this sort. Conditions in the So
Wet zone do not permit any
other kind of appeal to the Ger
mans. There is proof enough of
this assertion in one extraordi-
mary fact. Marshal Sokolovsky,
Soviet commander in Germ any,
has now set the Germans to
watching the Russians.
The order was issued some
time ago by Soviet headquarters
at Karlshorst to the high COM
mand of the Soviets political
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

same time, eastern Germanv il
deficient in coal, and acuteIy
deficient in iron and steel-th,
bases of any industrial econ.
omy. 1t is short sighted and
distorting, therefore, merely t,
concentrate on the undoubted
fact that eastern Germany isi
good food producing area. Food
is vital, but it cannot balance
off the factors cited above.
There is other evidence 10
sustain this conclusion. Th,
flight to our zone of the famous
DR.. Rudolph Paul, one Of tn,
Soviets' highest hand-picksi
German officials, was not gen.
timely symptomatic, since h,
was frightened by drunken
Russian officers threat of ulti.
mate liquidation. But the de-
sertion of the Socialist Unity
Party by such figures as Dr.,
Lowenthal, Heinrich Schmidt,
and Frau Halle Schaar-the two
former originally communists
indicates the extent of rising
disaffection. On different
level, the same signs are to be
seen in the issuance of ''control
cards" to Socialist Unity Party
members, which they must pre-
sent and have marked to prove
their attendance at "spon'
taneous" party demonstra'
tions and rallies.
In the Soviet zone, everything
has been done to win the sup
port of the people for the Soviet'
and their stooges. All that has
been done has failed. The Ger
mans as a whole, including III.
Soviet-zone Germans, still look
to the west. Even Russians are
not immune to the appeal Az
tempts by Soviet officers and o.
ficials to desert to us are tns
common gossip Of Berlin, One
German who knows KarlshoFa
well remarked 'aughingly 70
this correspondent that Marsha
Sokolovsky would soon lack any
staff, if the western powers
would only offer Russians II
Berlin the equivalent of 40 acres
and a mule. This looking 70 'n'
west is Molotov's Achilles nesA
This is why such drastic prop'
ganda is resortec to.
Unless the Anglo-FrancS
American effort in western Ger M
many is paralyzed, hereaflsl,, ,
by indecision, weakness du.
stupidity, propaganda is no. :.
be feared. The superior masa.
tism, which some do ODDLY .Jh ~,
cede to the Soviets, is resI, nIs
ours. To exploit it, we need OILY
a decent job in Germany.
Copyright, 1947, New 1of'
Herald-Tribune Inc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
A Grave Danger

When President Truman asked Congress
for discretionary power to impose price con-
trolls and rationing, it was only political Sec
ond nature for some Republican members to
charge him with using "police state"
methods. For Mr. Truman, in an offhand
political conference remark month ago,
had saio that such controls, though some
times needed, partook of police state technl-
ques.
Whether or not the Presidents 10-point
program to combat initiation is wise, it car
ries no threat to the orderly processes OF
our government. Congress will grant him
only such powers as the majority sees fit
The President WY veto that grant if he
thinks it is Inadequate and try again for
something nearer to what he wants. But
Congress still has the last word.
The likelihood I at Congress will withhold
some of the discretionary powers that Mr.
Truman requested is proof enough that
state, the President would have a puppet
legislature.
The real danger, then is not totalitarian-
ism. The danger is rather that both parties
will sidetrack craftsmanship in favor OF
politics. It was signaled by the reactions
which reporters brought down from Capi.
tol Hill after the Presidents speech.
Some congressman said that Mr.. Truman
had pulled fast one by asking for more
than the Republican-controlied Congress
would possibly grant him, thus putting thu
blame for high prices and growing initiation
on the COP. Others said that the smartes
thing the Republicans could do would be X
give the President all he had asked for ane
then let him stew in his own juice. Still
others obviously figured that the charge
of totalitarianism would be the strongest po
litical weapon.
This situation arises from a condition thu
exact opposite of totalitarian. Its basic caus'
| is the freedom with which American citi
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
An Editorial From The Ne,

The oil shortage is with us
again. Mayor O'Dwyer has an
emergenc,, committee; Commits
sloner Walander warns that fuel
oils SUPPLIES will be down 10 to Is
per cent, and everywhere we
hear the war-familiar injunction
to insulate and keep the therm-
'stat down. The matter is seri-
Gus enough.
Some may be perplexed, but
the explanation is quite simple.
Supply is still out of step with
demand and distribution facili-
ties, and adjustment is probably
still two or three years distant.
The oil industry is engaged over
the world in its greatest expan-
sion program, pro iuction is at
new peaks, while simultaneously
consumption is at record levels
Never before has the world pro.
auced more oil and used more.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Keep Thermostat Down

'; York Herald Tribune o,t.
The reasons for unpreceSnrsc ups, S,rsc.
ed use spread out in all nL uL IN
tions. Automobiles are 0s,N In oas
multiplying numbers. l." init.
year 100000 Nil heatns ,o,r.
have been added over the mem an 70
try The railroads have .n t@ssD soss up
Diesels. New housing goG3 !. Re.
slowly enough, but all 5e o. n Il h.
quires heating. The neeqs E1s Ex
military are considerable N nj /.
ports are up. And so it sos1
thousand fronts - eVeI'
the belt is out. ;s that
The immediate pom, n " n be
the consumer is advised ~ Of
cautious. After the year, r,tior
household allotments ana ana1ta1v fot
coupons, surely not complast.l' s in
gotten, we should o. o. "
good practice. 1t Is n,r With al
matter of making out VIII" a5
most, but not quite, enough
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Taft On Truman
BY PETER EDSON

WASHINGTON - Text for to-
day will be from the words of
Sen. Robert A. Taft OF Ohio, can
didate for President in 1913.
Quote:
"The President recommends
that we extend and strengthen
export control. Why, he has bad
power to control exports right
along, only he hasn't exercised
it in any effective way" End of
quote.
This seem 4 'h-n a challenging
statement, worth looking into.
Has the Truman administration
failed to control exports? Does
it have all the authority it
needs If not, what more power
does it want
The situation stacks up about
like this:
Authority to control all ex-
ports is given the Z n
in the Second Decontrol Act of
1947. 1t was passed last July Is
and became effective next Gay.
It expires Feb. 29, 1948.
Main thing Truman wants is
to have the act renewed. It's as
simple as that. Since it usually
takes Congress e veral months
to act on a measure of this kind,
it seems entirely proper for the
President to ask for extension
of this authority 1C0 days in ad-
vance of its expiration.
The second part of Taft's
charge, that the President hasn't
exercised expor, authori-
ty in an effective way is a more
complicated story, but worth a
look.
During the war there were an
proximately 5000 commodities
under export control. Before m
exporter could ship any of these
items out of the country, he had
to get a license from the gov
ernment.
In extending export control all
thority last July, Congress laid
down the policy that the govern
ment should "eliminate enoer-
gency wartime controls of ma
terlals except to the minimum
exfoo necessary"
AS a result Of this mandate
from Congress the number of
commodities under ~ort con-
trolls has been steadily reduced.
AS OF Oct. l, only 352 items were
under export control. Is Taft now
criticizing because the admins
tration doesn't have enough
items under export license?
Congress took one other stem
to make sure exports were de-
controlled as f. -,
cut the appropriation of the Ex-
port Supply Branch in Depart
ment of Commerce, which ad-
m'"'"+ars +his program.
During the war, Office Of Ex-
| port Controls had some 900 en-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

ployes. 1t was cut to 120 last
July, but now has 100. 1t can't
employ more because it hasn't
the money. Congress appropriat-
ed $675,000 to wind up the work
by next Feb. 20. Of this, $685.
600 must be used to pay terni-
nal leave of employees. That
leaves $545,0Oo to operate on.
On aone day last month n
5000 APPLICATIONS for export Ii.
censes were filed. On three other
days the number was over 5000.
What Truman apparently
wants is appropriation for enough
of an organization to do
the job it is supposed to do.
A big change has come over
this export control business. Up
to a year ago everybody - ex-
porters, foreign buyers and the
government all wanted TO get
rid of export Govt eoet as
possible. Now all the pressure
brought on Department of Com
merce is to tighten up controls
and stop the outflow of scarce
materials. At its recent conven-
tion in St. Louis tn e National
Foreign Trade Council which
formerly fought export controls,
passed a resolution RECOGNIZING
the essentially Of EXPORT 1icens-
ing and approving it's continu-
ance.
Up to now, export controls
have been applied only quanti-
tatively and without regard to
price or destination. IT,, ''-ors
were given licenses to EXPORT
certain quantities Of goods to
any country thew chose. in line
with prewar trade natterr~ nc
feet of these exports on u. S.
supply and domestic price levels
was not a factor. Under the
Presidents proposed anti in
flationary pro gram. these
factors will be given more
weight.
More consideration will also
have to be given to charges of
nrofiteerino ia exports. A ); =
now gives +lo evnnr' av i
monopoly. He can cho~ae thA
buyers anv nrice he can get. IF
importing countries are to Re fl
nanced with U. S. tax nonev
under the Marshall Plan. it will
become e11 the more oncessarv
to control prices on American
export items, both at home and
abroad.
From now on it Is expected
there will be more emphasis in
rep1,1.+;r +he flow of evro~.- ~
snecifjc cn11r+~ine where ,eed IS
greatest and U, S. foreign poll
nv interests will hn hoe+ -eryed.
There is particular pressure
from Congress to limit exports
to Russia and her satellites.
Even Taft will probably approve
Of that.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ~ n..
More Light
| On Diabete,
By WILLIAM A. O,Rp,p>

M a. NbRlEN NJ,
Inc Nobel prize has bes, W, D,
en- tor the second time FG !, slM v.
years to II research workers IN IN y !.
abetes. The original awaSd = IN d.
made tor the discovery Of Of W.; wa'
lin and the present one " to1 lAsp' IS
demonstration 81 that other g1.1ss M
and cells, in addition to tbs bs'ana'
creas' are involved in disbsp,aaa paa'
The chief difficulty in Ie,s' diabas''
IS too much sugar IN the hIe.s' s'
which results from the fsiIUu0d UIO0d
the body to handle the ~ Of
and sugar which is eaten b'' b'a.Ca II
patient. In a normal bodv y y ~
tain amount of starch and = W. VII
is used as an energy M fnsl sugar
the balance is stored: in a. sa'
betics, the body fails to do a;.H VIA
and i'll health results. ''e'
,, After &c centuries of douS,
blame for the condition so' S.,
finally placed on the nano,S Sa
when it was discovered that ~
moval of this organ resultss H. T.
diabetes in experimental ~ "
mails. Later on, it was found .al' S,i'
the whole gland was not -ts ,ss
cause, but special tissues, ca,1a, ",
islands of Langerhans. ''
These islands of Langerb.,.
which manufacture insulln as
small bits of tissue scatts1.. "a.
throughout the pancreas. w.. :.
they fail to supply enough inS' s4
lin for the patients needs . d,
betes results. Recent discover.
indicate that there may be COW
era1 kinds of diabetes.
Young diabetes, often mali,
Idevelop diabetes as a result n
insulin production failure in +,
normal appearing pancreas. Nj,
abetes in children is the form
in which insulin is Of creates,
help. Many men and women !,
middle age, who have had di,.
betes since childhood, are aliv.
and well today as a result q,
using this remarkable remedy
| Diabetes in middle and lai,
life is more apt to occur in WON.
en-, especially those who ar,
overweight. The cause is thought
to be fatigue of the pancress
from ch ronic overeating d
sugar and starchy foods. Dietin,
Ii, the mist effective preventy,
of this form.
| Recent discoveries reveal ths,
the action of the pancreas is al
fected by the pituitary. Thyroid
and adrenal glands, and that til,
individual cells of the body ar,
changed in diabetes. 1t is likely
that in the near future practica
applications of these discovarie,
will be made so that the LOT d
the diabetic will be made NOR,
secure and his life less difficult
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
GOOD MORNING

Militarism and warfare are childish
things, if they are not more horrible
than anything childish can be. They
must become things of the past.-H. G.
Wells.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28
Quota ations

No one is old enough to know better than
to wish he was young again.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

The Indiana man who chewed l12 sticks
If o,,m at one time should get prize for
something or other-maybe stick-to-it- i've
ness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

Start footing your own horn if you want
everybody to duck when you approach.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

Get into the habit Of pleasing where you
90 and YOU can 20 just about where you
please.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-28

WASHINGTON = Text Ipoyes It was las
day will be from the words July, but has 190 1t cam
A. Taft Ohio employ
dae President 1948 the Congress approprat
Quote: ed $675 900 to wind rp the worl
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
DEAD JAPS GIVE
THEMSELVES UP
.4P NfzvSfpatnrrS

TOKYO-Day after day former
Japanese soldiers trudge into a
dingy Tokyo office and hand over
little white urns.
Il am not dead" they invariably
say. These ashes are those of
someone else"
The urns had been delivered to
their families with official notifica-
ton of death during the war. but
thus far more than 5000 of these
living war dead" have returned
home.
They find family shrines dedica-
ted to their memory, and MANY
have found that their widows" re
married long ago.
Numerous mistakes are attrihu-
ted to the fact that under the Ian.
anese ShintO religion. the deceased
are cremated and the family keens
the ashes. In battle areas. MANY
men were cremated together anc
the ashes indiscrmately placec
! in urns for shipment home. Undo,
this system. the names of man,
missing men were included amons
the dead.
Common names complicated tbe
problem. In the Toxic office thor,
are more than 500 urns bearin,
only the name Minoru Tanaka. an[
475 with the name kiyoshi Dato
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
KILL THE UMP'
ATTITUDE HITS
A NEW HIGH
AP NeWSfeatureS

FORT WORTH. Tex. Wars
hangover is making it tough on
officiating and the result is that
getting competent basketball re-
ferees is going to be a problem.
observes Herman Clark, athletic
director of Forth Worth schools.
Il have been informed by most
of the fellows who worked our
basketball games last season. =
says Clark. that they will not be
available next year can't blame
them
The amazing thing is that the
kill-the-umpS attitude is becoming
widespread among the younger stu
dents and parents.
Il believe it's the hangover from
the wal Clark says. Its winning
hySteria It's reached the point
where we believe our side can dc
no wrong and if il loses somebody
else is to blame think we should
conduct a campaign i'll the schools
on good craftsmanship. | don't
know what else
During the war American sol
diers were taught that they mus
forget all that fair-play business
on which they were raised an(
concentrate ON killing-On win
ming any way possible. Clark says
adding:
"Maybe too many of the young
sters took the lesson to hedrt AM
brought it home with them
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
IGIRL TRAIN
ICALLER CHARMS
PASSENGERS
BY ADELAIDE KERR
Up Nfqvyfcaturf Il HrIirr

ANYONE wondering what Il
woman's most important charm as
sets are can learn something by
passing through Pennsylvania sta
ton in New York.
Once should be enough. if you
hear Anne Gavin. an Irish colleen
from Clones. County Monaghan,
announcing trains. From her glass
walled booth in the station. through
which 100 .000. 600 travellers passed
in 1916, Anne tells people where TO
go and where to get off and they
love it.
Stop to listen to the rich golden
voice, speaking sometimes with a
near-sinGing quality. serenely
paced, perfectly timed. NO rush
tension or nasal notes.
Now watch the faces of the com
muters as they pour through the
gates Many with minute tO
spare pause to listen.
Il have hard time not taking
that Jersey train she announces.
said one Long Island commuter
She makes il sound SO good"
Lots OF other people think il
sounds good too. Both Anne anC
the station master have received
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
This Farmer Against Daylight
Saving

To whom it may concern
The farmers of lower Delaware
solemnly protest against the re-
vival of that misnamedl war time
humbug, the daylight Saving
Time" We have no quarrel with the
manufacturing plants and their40-
hour week employees. if they want
to run their plants on the so-called
daylight plan. but we do expect
those establishments that cater to
the needs of the farmers to have
some consideration for those far
merS needs The two lower Della
ware counties are mostly dedicated
, to agriculture and the farmer cam
not pull the sun above the horizon
one hour sooner. 1t is bad enough
that if farmers machinery breaks
/ down Wednesday afternoon, he cam
/ not, for love or money, buy bolt to
/ fix it as our businessmen spend that
afternoon for pleasure and this mis-
named daylight saving time only
adds to the hardships of the farmer
and his family. In most parts OF the
world we Americans are known as
those crazy Americans" and We
sure do some crazy things We
rouse our tots" out of bed at the
unholy hour to the kids, 6 a. IN.
Dress and fuss with them to eat
their breakfast they will not eat
that early, and then rush them TO
the a. m. school bus without their
breakfast in order that some OF us
may be one hour sooner burning up
the road with our car and killing a
few of our fellow Americans. We
try to feed the whole world and
millions of our children are under
fed. We tax every American citi-
zen whose income is as low at SIC
per week be he child of or an
old man of 95, and we give billions
of dollars to foreign governments
, We hate war and want peace anC
the headlines of every rag" scream
war" at us. We believe that the
best way to keep out of a fight i:
to slap the other fellow. Yes, W.
do a lot of crazy things and thu
craziest of them all is this dayligh
saving that doesn't save daylight a
ALL
e We farmers feel that if there i
f any change to be made in on
\ working and living habits w
. should have something to sa,
4 about it, This group of farmers i
: fed up being kicked around an
: pledge themselves to patrOniZe Onl
f those that look upon the farmer a
citizen of our community wit
equal right to say how this com
/, munity should be run and not tax
V him for robot" that brings nor
:, ey into our towns. Think it owe
gentlemen.
" (SignedD:
d INDECENT FARMER
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
washington
IIz|4|H||||||G|AZ'WEEk[|k = = =

WASHINGTON. d. C.-Not long
ago in this space we adverted 10
the desperate efforts of the bureau
Gratis to save their war-sW0llen
temples of power. Maintaining
their juicy jobs on the Opulent
scale they were used to, we pointed
out. was more important to them
than the public welfare.
Confronted by substantial cuts in
their funds by the House. they be-
came panicky. They resorted to all
sorts of tricks to impress the pub
lie and discredit Congress. Their
hope, of course, was to arouse the
people to a great public demand
for giving them all the money they
wanted
But the boys were not very
bright. as the Senate's Committee
on Expenditures in the Executive
Department continues to reveal.
When the Republicans of the House
cut six million from Mr.. Truman's
] budget for the Customs service, you
will recall, the division fired 1900
inspectors, very materially curtail-
ing the northern border and port
patrol service.
The complete story of that epi-
sOde has just emerged from the
Senate committee inquiry. 1t
shows the lengths to which bureau
less than an open invitation to
smuggling. Indeed, the division
blatantly advertised it as such
The purpose, of course, was to put
the blame for widespread violation
of the law on Congress.
BY doing this. the division, for
example. left the Canadian border
from the eastern boundary of Mon
tana to point far into Minnesota
completely unguarded. Not one
patrol officer was retained on duty,
but 5S clerical employees in that
division were kept on their jobs.
Enforcement activities were weak
ened all along the whole length of
the northern border giving excel
lent opportunity to smugglerS.
6. Port patrols were drastically cut.
by SO percent, to be exact, and that
greatly weakened law-enforcement
in the most important points of
, entry.
The committee informed the Sem
, ate that these wholesale dis
: charges OF patrol officers were
completely unwarranted." No re-
ductiOnS in personnel were made in
;, any other branch of the service; no
! clerical Jobs were eliminated what
: soever; nothing else was done to
q. evenly distribute payroll reductions
10 meet the lower budget.
!. The division took the most dra-
:, matte way it could devise to arouse
a the public. Much prO-bureau ac-
. tivity was stirred up. too. for pro-
= tests poured into Congress from
communities where the dismissed
!, employees live
The committee found that divi-
sion heads dismissed 400 employees
q more than necessary to cover re-
= duced funds. This. on top of de-
10 pleting just one group of employees
: was enough to prove the bold pO-
10 litical maneuver the bureaucrats
,e attempted
Milford chronicle., 1947-05-09
The Heat Is On
In Practice Crashes

ELGIN FIELD, Fla.-(P)-The
only thing missing when person
mel of the air proving ground COM
mand here practice rescuing crew.
men from burning plane is the
sound of the crash.
TO set the stage for a fire-fight-
ing and rescue drill, a surplus un-
usable BIZ is placed in crash posi-
ton. The big plane is dOused with
gasoline and oil and an incendiary
flare is fired at it while another B.
II fans the flames with whirring
propellers.
When the blaze is we'll underway,
members of the "crash-fire depart
ment," wearing protective suits and
face masks and guarded by IA
stream of water fog, approach the
plane.
Within two minutes from the
sounding of crash alarm, fire
fighters have hauled the asbestos
dummy which takes the place of a
crewman from the Bit.
Instruments in the ship record
temperatures reached during the
experiment. Heat in the radio room
often scars to 1000 degrees, melt
ing that portion of the plane.