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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
Philippines Coming Back

In two products at least the Philip
pines are coming back at a remark
.able clip.
: Some economists predict the islands
will produce 4O0,0 900 tons of sugar in
.1948. This years crop was only SO, 5000
tons.
: In the year ending last month the
philippines shipped 1,050, 900 tons of
.copra, from which cocoanut oil comes.
The islands 1859 average as $685.
1000 tons.
While the scars of war are far from
.healed, the Filipinos are doing a rehabi-
Ltation job that could well be emulat-
ed by other lands extensively desolated
by the recently suspended conflict.
The United States did something tc
be proud of during the interval between
.Dewey's victory in Manila bay and the
invasion of the Japanese following the
Pearl Harbor sneak attack. The de-
velopment Of island industry, the educa-
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ton of the natives, the preparation for
self government which this government
sponsored and financed paid dividends
in the loyalty of the people during the
terrible war years and in the postwar
spirit, especially since independence
was granted.
Possibly, if the Dutch had adopted
a similar program in Indonesia, instead
of exploiting the natives and using their
colonies solely as a source of revenue,
the present uprising would not have
been started. The time to make peace
with the Indonesians was years ago, not
now.
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A Hard Campaign

1t is being said with obvious per-
tlnence that as the initiative was taken
in the Capitol during the recently ad-
Journed session of Congress, and not
at the White House, the forthcoming
presidential battle will turn largely on
what Congress has done, what it has
not done or may do.
If this is a correct appraisal of the
prospect, candidates of both major
parties necessarily will shape their cam
paigns around this first session of the
Elghtieth Congress, rather than the
second session, because the republican
majority membership wrote it's slate at
the first.
As President Truman is the most
likely candidate of the democrats it
is apparent that he will base his cam
paign if he is the party's choice on
what Congress did. It's major bill was
the Taft-Hartley labor control bill
which became law when both branches
overrode the Presidents veto. Natural
ly he will make labor a major issue In
his campaign. But there is reason tc
doubt that he will strengthen his posi-
ton by so doing. Almost as many demo-
cratic senators, on the final showdown,
voted to override the veto as voted to
sustain it..
The tax question will also loom
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-31
All Campers Home

From all accounts the Al club men,
hers from New Hanover and Bruins
wick counties had a grand time during
their four-day stay at Camp Milestone
and have come home with a broader
vision of their opportunities to increase
their states and their own assets
through the organizations activities.
The trip to camp was not merely an
outing. 1t was a reward for projects
undertaken.
When it is remembered that there
are some 5000 All clubbers in North
Carolina, and that each member is
committed to some task, whether farm,
household, horticultural or livestock, it
is not hard to grasp the part these
youngsters are playing in the states
- economic welfare.
: They we'll deserve recognition, even
Z. if it be but a brief camping expedl'
ton. This particular interlude in the
lives of two county members is of
value, not only because of the fun but
because farm children ordinarily have
little companionship and few chances
to cultivate friendships.
By gathering them in large groups
and turning them loose, as we loosely
say, to find out for themselves what
type of conduct best conduces buddy
ship, the Ali leadership is laying the
foundation for the highest quality of
citizenship.
More power to the organization and
more success for the members.
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Former Secretary of State
Byrnes more than once proposed
a f%orty-year. four-power treaty to
guarantee the disarmament of
Germany. Secretary of. State Mar
shall has endorsed the proposal,
and is eager to have Russia as a
signa'ory.
The proposed treaty has a spe-
clal present significance as a
means of breaking the Anglo
French-American deadlock on al.
lowing increased production in
Germany; it should answer
French concern over her security
from a strengthened Germany.
Even without Russia. there
might seem no good reason way
a horsepower treaty would not
work out. America. England and
flance would pledge themselves
promptly and effec lively 10 crueh
any resurgence of German mill
arlsm within their zones of occu-
'at'cr- Since the heart OF Ge~-
any's industrial wal potential is
l the BRITISH zone. this word
seem a guarantee sufficiently
strong 10 permit the revjvification
o. German indus ry to the point
wnere it could benefit the como
my OF Europe.
mat Is how the picture should
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Star Program

r+.+e norts with Wilmington favored
IN nronortion with It's resources ~ Al
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. snip repair faclll1les' nedl.
hv sites for heavy industry and 'o-ioo'
Cape Fear river channel
Citv auditorium large enough TO meet
needs for years to come.
DEVELOPMENT Of Southeastern Norm
Carolina agricultural and lndustr!al re,
sources through better markets ana ioou
processing, pulp wood production anu
factories.
Emphasis On the regions recreation
advantages ana improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
carolina S farm-to-market and prlmar"
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the CITY S IN
dustrial Agency to attract more III
dustries.
proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
mort for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially IN
counties lacking hospitals. and lncluo-
ing ? Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT OF the growth OF com
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
errments.
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WASHINGTON - As everyone
knows. Senator Robert A. Taft's
presidential candidacy is about to
become official. On Thursday
morning, today} at Columbus,
Ohio, Senator John W. Bricker is
at last to play his grand renunci-
alton scene. He will put aside the
ambitions he could never, in any
case have satisfied, and in a spate
Of political prose of ''the man
Who s-yle. will offer his friend
Taft as Ohio's favorite son. Sena-
tor Taft is to confine his immedi-
ate comment to an expression as
near silent qualification IS his not
very expressive features can
achieve. But that evening he will
become articulate. telling a large
political gathering about the dubi-
GUS glories of the Eightieth Con-
gress.
Following this grand opening,
Taft is 70 retire to the refre shing
airs of the Thousand Islands.
Thence, in September, he will
emerge restored a n d invigorated
for a great, nationwide delegate
hunt, which will not be called a
delegate hunt. And in the intervals
Of stalking his big game. he will
make speeches on important sub
jects. although his trip will not
be called a preconvention speak
ing tour.
1t will all be strictly in accord
with the stern conventions of
American presidential politics,
which are as ludicrously formal,
as comically unreal. as the ritual
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large next wear. It is significant that
many observers who were opposed to
tax reduction on the grounds that re-
duction of the debt should come
first, did not like the Presidents .rea-
sons for Welding the bill. He laid partic-
ular stress in the theory that it favor
ed the rich at the expense of the poor.
This, say THE republicans, is not true,
and is an attempt to gain the votes of
people who are not %conversant with the
facts. Some also believe that the, Presl-
dent vetoed tive bill so that he can pro-
pose a tax-red uction measure of his own
next year and gain whatever political
profit may he involved. That remains
to be seen, bat it is true that the veto
message was so worded as to make tax
reduction seem a possibility for the near
future.
Altogether: Mr.. Truman faces one
of the hardest campaigns, if nominated
by the democratic convention, that any
candidate in recent years has waged.
At the same time, and considering the
internal strife in the republican party
as we'll as Governor Dewey's blunders
during his recent junket and Senator
Taft's irrespdnsibility, it is not appar-
ent that either would be a push-over.
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Will Taft Join Vandenber&?
By JOSEPH AND STEWART ALSOP

Of the grand stag-hunts at the
court of Louis XIV. But it will
have n genuinely important and
significant feature.
On the west coast, Taft is due
to express himself on foreign pol
icy. What Taft says in California
will be binding upon him at the
ensuing session of Congress. 1t
will determine whether Or not Taft
stands with Senator Arthur H.
Vandenberg on the Marshall plan.
And this in turn will determine
whether the Marshall plan is
promptly passed. OF becomes an
issue of domestic politics. Thus it
is a simple, practical fact that
the position Taft takes will have
the deepest bearing on the nation
al future.
As Taft left Washington, he was
still keeping his own council. Yet
there we're surprisingly encourag-
ing signs Of the trend of his
thought. Of these signs the mos
important was the establishment
of a much closer relationship be-
tween Taft and Vandenberg in the
closing weeks of the session. In
the hurly burly before the adj
joUrnment. V%andenberg. the Sen
ate's presiding officer, and Taft,
the unofficial floor leaoer could
not avoid working continuously to-
gether. This brought the new de-
velopment. Intimacy replaced the
relationship of the past, which was
that between two coordinate, ac-
knowledged. but distant and indie
pendent powers. The problems Of
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foreign policy also began to
be genuinely discussed between
them. And as a result, those close
to Taft believe there is reason TO
hope he will fight side by side
with Vandenberg Wnen Congress
meets again.
As of now. in fact. the prediction
is that in California Taft will at
least no commit himself against
the Marshall plan; will come out
for European federation, which is
a favorite scheme of his; and
while making his usual obeisances
to economy. will strike a general
ly non-isolationist note.
This, at any rate, is the hope
of the encourage of rather shrewd.
previously inconspicuous advisers
and technicians which Taft has
built up for himself. At the mo-
ment, these men + decidedly
cock-a-hoop. Governor Harold E.
Stassen's remarkable ill-tempered
statement. that nothing on earth
would tempt him to run on the
same ticket with Dewey. has dis
PEELED the Taftian nightmare of a
Dewey-Stassen alliance. While he
achieved measurable successes,
Dewey also stirred up some hor-
nets nests On his tour; and moth
ing gives a politician more pleas
r than a rival poking a hornets
nest. Furthermore, there is in
creasing substance in the theory
that General Douglas Macarthur
may return before convention
time for an imperial progress in
this country, thus starting a Mac
Arthur boom which will really be
a Taft boom in disguise. This
would give real life to the Taft
sponsored stop-DeWey movement.
In this last connection, however,
there arises the chief factor oper-
atlng against Taft's taking a wise
stand on foreign policy. The great
Macarthur : first : Taft-second tub
thumper is Co. Robert R. McCor-
mick. Obviously the slightest sign
that Taft is even vaguely aware of
the international facts of life. will
drive the peculiar pride of Illinois
into n of those political RACES
beside which the rampings of the
Gagged tiger seem trivial. The Colo
mel likes his candidates to think
that babies are born under cab
bage leaves. and he has already
deprived Dewey of American citi-
zenship, and called Vandenberg a
new Benedict Arnold, because
they gave horrid signs of having
heard about the political equiva-
lent OF the birds and flowers.
Many of Taf,'s other supporters
hold the views of Mccormick.
Thus strong influence is already
being brought to bear en- Taft to
stand as an avowed isolationist.
These worthless, however. really
do not have anywhere else to 70
but Taft. And if Taft tries to
please them. he may cause a ma
tional disaster in the next Con-
gress. but he can never survive
resulting embittered opposition of
the more enlightened Republicans.
Since he is human, this is another
reason why he may make the wise
choice.
COpyrl3ht. N v Tribune Joc
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y. S. Military Policy

service with a work : or : fight
clause; taking unfair profits out
of war; prevention Of initiation
through price and wage regula-
ton; intelligence and information
services enlarged far beyond pres
ent proportions: retention Of war
plants and building of new ones
in underground locations; stock
piling of critical materials.
On only the last item has a
start been made. A hundred mil
lion dollars was appropriated by
Congress in 1916. Nothing in 1s47.
To finish the job will take SIS
billion, and six years.
What has not registered is that
the United States is now a have
nut nation. It's oil and iron are
running out. 1t never did have
enough chrome, manganese, tung-
stem. tin. pepper for curing meat.
quinine and other drugs. Its sur
pluses of foods and fibers are
gone. Its agricultural production
has amazed the world, but 1t is
exhausting the soil. The luck of
10 years. of good weather may not
hold. One crop failure might set
back the whole worlds food sup
ply.
Says the new Secretary of War,
Kenneth c. Royal: Seventy
three per cent of U. S. imports
are necessities. If 10 per cent fail
to get through, it would tie up the
economy
In the light of talk SUCH as this.
he grtat hope for peace which
everyone welcomed so enthusiast
tically when the United Nations
charter was adopted at San Fran
cisco two years ago, now seems
dim.
Only in the next to the last
week of the session of Congress
just ended did the Senate get
around to a resolu ion introduced
by Sen. Homer Ferguson Of Mich
lean, to the effect that the United
Nations should be strengthened as
an instrument TO prevent war and
maintain peace. 1t came too late
for much to be done abou' it.
The United Nations made a
hopeful start in solving the prob
lem Of Iran. But it has begged
down or been by-passed in solving
the problems of the Balkans ana
he rest of Europe.
Creation of a world police force
mas been debated for a year with
no conclusion. World control of
the atomic bomb has been debat-
ed for a year with no conclusion.
War prepare ions nusl be gov
erred by a deeire Tor peace and
security said Baruch. we know
our country has no will TO-
ne said. 1T Ia, - 81
Thus preparedness takes On the
symbol O. peace.
Meanwhile. atomic scientist
war; repeatedly hat there is no
defense against the atomic bomb.
and that if war breaks out and
atomic bombs are used. they will
! surely destroy civilization.
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Shadows OF The Bear


look, all things being equs'' T.
fact, they are far from equ'. I'd
shadow of Russia hangs owe -,
those agreements in "nlca III. M d
not involved. A France VIZ ~ d
largest communist party o. mi ::
approach the prospect 'I b.
along direct and cieaF-cs .ro...f
but must pertorce do so o''1 nj!
The French Commu'IlS,, ,o;cof
echoes the decisions OF -a,'' b
and unless Russia reVe. c,nn,
position on the treaty IL ,,.r !
be accep ed with e~QJa"'-l'"'
France. sinc'
and workable arra'2ems,'' os.g'
horsepower trea y Tor "a. o,olsay>
tual disarmament Of us ,-o-clc1i
becomes obscured and ovs. n II
ed. It will be a 'tlou. ~
courage of Paul R&nao'', ttsa,
ernInent if il signs svcn i Frsrc'
in spite of Russian a'u ~, rnt2
Communist opposition ' ~, trsof
tunately it will leave "s ins1'
a precarious and du0l0''
ment. uatsh
If this is what WI ,pd %
meant when he empl's
Importance of Russia a.
tory. he couldn't be ~
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Just In Fun
SAUCE 0 BOTH

A country doctor in Span can,
upon a peasant whose 0ur.O hi
just baked. The peasant asg
for h :, and the doctor REACH
down into his medicine case. fOE
some powders and gave them d
the animal. The burroW switclg
his tail. tossed his head and s,a.ta
on a mad gallop down the ro3.
The peasant looked quickly a. a
doctor. How much did tae NED
cine cost, Senior Doctor" he asa.
About two pesetas,' a0s1oS
the doctor.
Give me five pesetas aoti
then" said the peasant. i've Z.
to catch that burro,'
e. E. Edgar in international D
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False Economy

The Associated Press has compiled
the box score of congressional appro-
priations. The figures show that instead
of six billions some republicans claim,
or even the four billions mentioned by
more conservative partisans, the net
reductions of President Truman's
budget requests total $2,777,110,195.
Probably many of the appropriation
cuts we're justified, in the interest of
the pubic welfare. 1t is questionable
if others have the same justification.
For example, President Truman had
asked $5,716,7 91 500 for the Army and
So, 1913, OO0, 800 for the Navy. Congress
cut $234,261, 1867 from the Army and
S244, 1884, 200 from the Navy appropria-
lions.
If we were living in a peaceful
world, these reductions, or even larger
ones, would be in order. But the world
is not at peace nor is the security of
the United States assured. On the m
trary, we are sitting on a powder key.
While there is no immediate threat
of war involvement it is not certain
that the present state Of affairs can
continue indefinitely Or improve. All
our military authorities, including Gen.
eral of the Army Eisenhower, agree
that a third world wal is by no means
nebulous. They do not say that Russia
is ready to strike but the thought per-
sists, in all they do say, that the fight
ing might have to be resumed-per-
haps within the next five years if not
sooner.
With expert opinion so unanimous
on the possibility of another conflict
it is indeed questionable if the Con-
gress did the right thing by reducing
the appropriations Mr.. Truman sought
for the defense forces. Nor is it ap-
parent that the reduction in the ap-
preparation for the Agricultural De-
partment, originally fixed at 1905, Ill.,
e08 and finally cut by 1892, 094, 1872, was
wise. If there should be another wal
the agricultural resources of the ma
ton would have to be modified as
thoroughly as the military %sourc
It might turn out that this slice off
the agriculture appropriation would
place an i~nsurmountable barrier to
United States success if war were thrust
upon the nation suddenly.
We all pray that the path to peace
may be discovered somewhere in the
wilderness of cross purposes we are now
treading, but with Russia invoking the
veto against every effort to compose
the differences among Balkan states
and throughout Europe generally, it
IS false economy to pinch pennies when
the expenditure of more money might
mean the difference between survival
and extinction.
1t is not to be forgotten that Hit
Ter was emboldened to start his war
of conquest because of United States
lack OF preparedness. We ought not to
be caught that way again, not only
for our w security but the security
OF all other peace-loving nations and
peoples.
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BY 7 EDISON

WASHNGTON,-A foreign pol
icy for a major world power is no
GOOD unless ii has military force
to back it up. While the President
and the War and Navy Depart
ments presented very definite
blueprints of what they considered
necessary for this program, only
a start has been made toward
carrying it out in Congress. Unfit
cation of the armed services was
approved. That is about as far as
it goes.
The request for universal mill
tary training was turned down.
Budget requests for 1872 billion ap-
preparations were trimmed a bill
lion by the House. though raised
about half that amount by the
Senate.
General Eisenhower testified
that the American Army of one
million men would be nc match
for Russia's five million. He does
not rule out the possibility of war
in 1948, though he does not consid-
err it probable.
Chief reliance is still placed in
''the bomb" the Atomic Energy
Commission having been given a
full $500 million appropriation.
On mobilization of resources to
support military operations, the
Congress has also made only a
faltering start. .
Said Bernard Baruch at the
graduation exercises for the first
class at the Armed Forces Indus
trial College,: 1T is not enough to
mobilize the nations military
strength. There must be mobiliza-
ton of her full economic re-
sources agricultural, industrial,
financial. We must not again
make the mistake of not being
properly organized in case an
other war is thrust upon u.s."
Then he outlined a 16-point pro-
gram that should be placed on the
statute books, ready to junction.
1t included universal military
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should be adequate, however, 10
supply tie most pressing needs
of E stern Europe. and leave a
surplus to be used as opportunity
arises.
Since many of the nations in
Western Europe. including Great
Britain and France, are expected
to have relatively poor harvests
this We I, the men in the Kreml;n
will be On the watch to see if they
can take advantage of these coun-
tries needs. In a country Ike
Italy. a Soviet offer o. several
hundred thousand or perhaps IS
much as a million tons of grain.
might be the blow which topple
a pro-American regime and r."
Cemmun SIS Or their puppets
power. Moscow would consider the
price cheap. even if made at the
cost of still further delaying the
time when millions Of Russiens
can get even a minimum subsis-
tence diet.-Wall Street Journal.
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AFTERMATH

The scene: The dock al '1,
bourg, in France. Time; s.o"
after the end OF World Wa Il.
Most of the soldiers mao g.,
home, but a small Negro ds' d..
ment remained behind 10 W.
equipment. Presently d W."
darby Enthusiastically puSAIs
truck paused before MS ss's"
and demanded: 'Ssrjlnt, An va
to ask you a question, Dld
did l not enlist for de ouFa''0D '
dis heah wah?" +
"Yo' sho' did" the sefss'D' =
piled. ,,.
Well" demanded the Urea (; f
vate. de wah am .oVah' am.
"Sho, sho," agreed the seq n
but get back to dat "oLA, d
wah am ovah-but de dufaI,o '.,;,
list begun.."-Wall Street J0-~I
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~
Symptoms To,1
OF Paratypho1I
BY WILLIAM A. O,Rp,r,

Although para'yphoid ~ W. D.
sembles typhoid fever ' lever Il,
respects, injections of may
vaccine will no. pro cct g ;'
tlble persons against pac.> slScep
fever. servicemen were e'- yPaot
Jectfons of the killed gern 3''ea In
phoid fever as we'll as nars.. u ",
fever to protect them aos'a spaot
these infections. "'S' oo3
AS with typhoid fever
other dairy products wo il.-@ an;
not been subjected 10 Nav,
treatment (pasteuriza,ion Y'er ae''
paratyphoid fever. Saenfs,' p.sat
contaminated water nav Hon
sponsible for the disease sn rs . Il
can carry the germs t, p,u 'Nt'
sick to the we'll. Ii
The incubation period 70.
typhold fever is one . 10 S so,'.
Although second iatecga 5o o'!A
rare In those VIC havo A. %
disease, immunizatloa onl '"u Dc
tecls tor two years. @S
Paratyphoid fever occ,a. n
gle cases or small epidemic, VI. !.
all parts OF the country asn. j
ly in the summertims T +p' ,a'
ease may pass un~recognizna I'
cause OF its relatively short dn W
ton. Wild
Onset of paratyphoid far..
more abrupt than the Slow
ing development OF typbo,s laS'
The infection is frequently NJ,
taken for food poisoning npo. .'
OF nausea, vomiting, diarrhea ,s'
abdominal pain which is pre, 'm,
in the beginning Of The jllraa.
Some paratyphoid patients \.
come i'll with chiIIs, severe b.,.
aches, and joint pans which ~.
semble rheumatic fever.
Outlook in paratypho!d teys. A.
more favorable than typhojd f...'
although fatalities may occrr "
special drug Or serum will s,o.'
en- the course of the djspas. >.
lessen the complications. Co,.
nursing care is more lmpor,'
than any attempt at special rs,.
ment.
Following recovery from ,,,,
typhoid fever, some patient, m,
tinue TO harbor the germs in h.,
intestines and thereby becor,
carriers. The presence Of t,s,
germs does not affect the 81,
rier's health, but he can .o.s.
the infection to others tmgq
food and drink.