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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Another Barkis Willing

Claiming the encouragement of Mr..
George W. Armstrong, wealthy Texas indus
trialist, oil man and rancher, Senator w.
Lee O'Daniel gleefully announces his will
ingness to be the running mate of General
Macarthur on a third party presidential
ticket.
The Washington dispatch revealing this
astounding news says the Lone Star Sena-
tor conceded he himself might be induced to
run for vice president if that was necessary
"to put over such ticket"
We cannot picture General Macarthur,
who might accept the nomination for the
presidency if it were offered him on silver
platter by either of the leading political
parties consentjng to head campaign con-
Quoted by third party, or accepting the
stormy petrol" of Texas politics as his side
kick on any ticket.
The General will not have forgotten that
even the terrible Teddy Roosevelt, with all
his prestige and following, could not win an
election when he bolted his party some
years ago.
Third parties don't get very far on the
path to the White House, and General Mac
Arthur, as his record proves, is impelled
by an inner urge to move only when and
where success leads.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Shor And Mail PrOntO

We are urged to do our Christmas mall
ing soon. But in a way this is putting the
cart begore the horse. We should lave
urged first that we do our Christmas shop
ping soon-the sooner the better.
Recent inclement weather has slowed the
pace of Christmas purchasing. The mer-
chants have suffered in consequence, and
merchandising is as near the roots OF our
economic success as farming. 1t is due them
for us to quicken our buying now that the
weather has eased off its unwelcome as
sault.
BY doing this all of us will escape last
minute rush, which will be particularly
satisfactory to the merchants and their
sales staffs, as well as ourselves, and to post
office employees whose work at Christmas
time is hardest, and this year will be even
harder because of reductions in the ranks.
The sooner our shopping and mailing is
completed the better for everybody con-
cerned.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Coup de Grace

Some years ago Henry Morgenthau, then
Secretary of the Treasury, managed to put
over what later became known as the Nor
genthau Plan.
This plan among other things, many were
of the opinion, was based more on hate OF
race than sound business judgment
The Big Four have just concurred in that
opinion and given it the coupe de grace.
The Morgenthau Plan was to keep Ger
many an agricultural nation But it 'evelop-
ed that a Europe without an industrial
Germany was swiftly becoming very costly
for the rest of the world, especially the
United States.
A Germany without production made il
necessary for other nations, such as the
United States to supply such essentials.
Under the new plan, which bitches Nor
genthau's idea, Germany will be able to
operate plants and otherwise contribute to
the recovery of Europe but there will be a
check, OF course, on arms production.
The Big Four have agreed that a farming
Germany can offer little to help herself
or Europe and, being leaders of nations that
want recovery first, and penalties second
the United States Great Britain, Russia
and France have agreed to industrializatior
in the interest of recovery.
This is another one of those instances
where sound businessmen, not politicians
with axes to grind, could have saved all this
time and money. Had businessmen beer
given the task of rebuilding Germany after
the war she would have been in better
position today to carry her own weight
with some added to spare
Ihe eye for an eye and a tooth for 8
tooth program, it appears, has no place in z
world that must build on forgiveness ano
soundness of venture. The old ways have
proven failures tco many times for more
repetitions
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
salesmanship-an explanation OF why the
democratic system is superior.
Anti-Inflati0n Proposals

President Truman and the republican ma
ioritv in Congress are liable to engage in q
bitter controversy over anti-inflation legis-
lation. Last week Mr.. Truman demanded
enactment of his ten-point program as out
lined at the opening Of this extraordinary
session, including standby price and ration
ing controls. Almost simultaneously joint
resolution was approved in committee on
Capitol Hill which virtually sets aside the
Presidents program and substitutes an
other. which places the chief controversial
items on voluntary basis.
The President is authorized ito consult
with representatives of industry, business
and agriculture" says the joint resolution,
with view to encouraging the making by
persons engaged in industry, business and
agriculture, of voluntary agreements" for
the ALLEGATION of transportation facilities
and equipment, the marketing of livestock
and poultry at rates and grades that repre-
the ALLEGATION and inventory control Of
scarce commodities which basically affect
the cost of living or industrial production,
and regulation of speculative trading on
commodity exchanges.
The House Banking Committee approved
the resolution by a vote of fourteen to
nine, and floor debate is expected to start
in the lower branch of Congress today. Con-
sidering the large republican majority in
the House a favorable vote probably will
eventuate. If it does and the Senate takes
similar action, there is an equal chance
that the President will veto it.
If it should be repassed over a veto there
is little probability that initiation will be SUBJ
stantially curbed. There is no reason to ex-
pect price control to be successful if at
tempted on voluntary basis; for where
one industry, one business, on. farm organi-
zation, acted in conformity with the propo-
sal a dozen would not and high prices would
continue.
The outlook indicates that effective anti
initiation legislation will not be passed, at
least before December 10, the day on which
Congress has decided to adjourn over the
holidays.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Tuft Luck

An unforeseen shortage, strlE'
ing from a peculiar direction
may become increasingly notice
able as Christmas approaches
We are referring to Santa Claus
boards. In this age of special
cation, it seems, the best oeaTqS
come from the goateeS oil mae
goats. For some reason not no"
known, since there is no Longer
an OPA to keep track OF SOcn
things, there were fewer goat
ees from male goats thrown On
the market this year. SO we Ie
just telling you in time tna'
you're likely to see either snol'
er-bearded Saint Nick, or WllsH'
ers more synthetic LOOKING
than usual. -- New York "oFi'
Telegram.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1s47
Star Program,

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to IN
clude public terminals. tobacco stor
age warehouses. ship repair taclllues
nearby sites for heavy industry aho
35foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough "
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets ana
food processing. pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea,
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern Nor'n
Carolina's farm -to-market and prl-
mary roads, with paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethentha'
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolinas health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
cludlng a Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth ~
commercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and Count,
governments
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
IPenicillin Used
Now As SPRAY
BY EDWIN p Topn

, Practically evervons '' MD,
1hat penieillin, wbjtoN Knows
useful in certain kinds ssAa'tPe.mey W
tlons. Penicilin is an a, VI lnfec,
a, a common as mon; mold. 1t has >de'et the Ct. Of
er OF interfering with tbo e1s e pow,
and multiplication Of '' Growth
germs both inside and ov+l, ov[,a,l
the human body. 1''' outside
One OF the most jntora..
uses to which pen.cjjIin ,.STr eS}ng
been put is against '.' ao,. Aas
infections involving tba 5sa 55s.'aa
ing apparatus-the respjrs.afn. eaIn,
system. In Some of tbeso ~ a.o7y
it has been given, not h. oase' $
usual injection through a nsosiS ny NE
but by putting it into solr.1 Irals
and spraying it or tv nn4.!. 4.!on
in power form and beIowinss a,,ns
it into the mouth and nose 'as
Inhaled penicillin is of a.,,.
full or no value for ubercnIor.o'..' Iro.'
pneumonia, and some OF the bs'' n,s
er infections OF the Iunps 0I. Il.
breathing apparatus. II bs.
been used successfully bo "s'
ever, in some patients WIN, wiM
bronchitis caused by germs @ snd
infections. si'
1t is of value for some vict,,..
of asthma. And Favorable % -.
suits have been reported fror.
penicillin inhalations for cer,s;a s'
patients with chronic sinus in4
fections and assesses Of III,
lungs. ~
There is a condition also I,
which the bronchi, which ~.
the breathing tubes leading i1to
the lungs, become diseased and
enlarged developing into con.
dtion called bronchiectasi, 7,
advanced cases Of broncbi'
ectasis, surgery has been sue.
cessful form of treatment
Penicillin, however, in III,
form of a spray or possibly fin,
powder will prevent the disease
from advancing in some cases
This may make surgery IN.
necessary, at least in some
cases.
Work is still going on TO per-.
feet the methods of using pen.
cillin solutions or powders BY
inhalation. There are now sev.
eral ways of producing a fir
spray which can be breathe1
down.
Also investigations are be-!
conducted as to what eonditicT'
are best suited to this type II
treatment. Many good resul.
have already been recorded
However, it is still too soon to
know definitely in advance
which patients will be benefited
by this type Of treatment and
which will not.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
'nanship Needed

Tie recent vitriolic blasts delivered by the
Soviet press contain all the old line Kremr
liz arguments against the United States and
the system of free enterprise which it repre-
sents. Stripped of their acid adjectves and
distorted superlatives, they are only re-
iteration of ancient Marxist doctrines
Not many Americans, whose country was
made great by the efforts of just such n
dividauls as Moscow most frequently con-
demns, swallow these doctrines Yet there
are those among us who are thoughtlessly
advancing one of communism's basic prem
lses - government control of industry. They
point to one or two industries and say "they
would be more efficient if run by the gov
ernment," without realizing where such
move can end.
Why? Speaking for the major portion of
one of Americas greatest industries, the
September issue of the Aluminium Bulletin.
official publication of the Aluminium Asso
citation, offers the editorial explanation that
perhaps American business and industry
have been too busy selling their own pro-
ducts to promote the basic system which
they represent. 1t points to two recent ma.
tionwide polls to support its suggestion. One
poll taken among college students and others
in the same age bracket disclosed that 65
per cent of those questioned believed that
government ownership of business and in
dustry would offer them a better future
and more security than private ownership
The other poll showed that large segments
Of adult citizens preferred government
ownership because it had "fewer layoffs. y
offered "greater security" and was "more
permanent"
Concluding that obviously, that which
las not been sold is industry ITSELF" the
EDITORIAL states, "all that's needed IL honest
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Two Communist Defeats

IN their strenuous campaign to dominate
Europe the Russians settled upon France
ana Italy as prime cold-war battlegrounds
not only because communism already had
1oothold in each but because # they could
be brought under Moscow's domination the
Continent could the more easilv be con-
quered
For long time as time flies these davs.
1t seemed that they would be successful Tn
ooth France and Italy the communists ex-
erclsed tremendous if baneful, sway. They
were successful in blocking rehabilitation
througn bloody demonstrations and strikes
lhen the lron-willed French premier, w
Robert Schuman, routed them in the stern.
est showdown they had faced anywhere in
tne world, and now the ommunist-controll
ed labor unions in Italy, which had decided
to 60 on with their strikes, particularly in
rome city and province, have capitulated
10 the government, with thousands and
thousands of their members returning to
their jobs.
Inc RUSSIAN communists have not suffer.
ed such complete non-military defeats since
lneV decided to rule the Continent,
IL is not to be assumed that either the
french or the Italian communists have oui,
'helf efforS. Moscow will see that they do
not. Already the French Reds have started
new campaign, this time among the peas.
anus VINO are being told that the govern.
lnen.s plan to import american foodstuff.
~ouio unduly lower the prices of product.
u rrench agriculture. Doubtless there will
oe an equally insidious campaign in Italy
But the communist failures in these TIVE
countries can mean only that the strangle
hold they sought to gain over these twt
countries is out of the question.
| Is it not possible that, with these tw'
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An Editorial From The
Christian Science Monitor

Murder is murder, even when
dlgnified by tht name of geno-
eide. In fact, genocide is murder
multiplied by group hatreds to
infamous proportions. 1t is the
deliberate determination of
race or group of human beings.
1t goes beyond the casual
slaughter of American Indians
in an age when conscience had
not caught up to rough frontier
energies: 1t is perfectly illustra-
ted b ythe purposeful slaughter
of Jews in Germany, and in
ciudes the techniques of mass
killings, prevention of reproduc-
ton, and destruction of the cul-
tural life of the group. The con-
science of the world has been
startled by this black crime, but
international law still has not
caught up to conscience.
Almost exactly one year ago
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
Merchant Marine
BY PETER EDSON

headed by K. T. Keller of Chrys-
Ter. It recommends a four-year,
$500 million program to build 46
new passenger ships and 200 car
60 vessels to replace 20-year-old
freighters retired to scrap.
All the foregoing are positive
factors, indicating a continuing
boom in shipping. There is one
bearish influence:
6. This is an effort to amend
the wage-hour law to provide a
four-shift, 42-hour work-week for
seamen. It would replace the
present three-sl1ift, 56-hour week
at sea and the 40-hour week in
port. If this change in the law
is approved, it would mean a
one-third increase in crews and
costs on U. S. flagships. This, in
turn, would make it harder for
the U. S. merchant marine to
compete with foreign flag-ships,
which already have lower pay
scales and operating costs. Or it
would mean increased U. S. op-
Grating subsidies.
The question of how big a fleet
the U. S. should maintain for
national security has been
argued back and forth in Con-
gress for many years. Main
impact of the Keller report is to
revive interest in the subject,
and make old recommendations
seem new. Congress set polciy
in the Merchant Marine Act of
1885. A Maritime COMMISSION
report in 1888 laid out a long
range shipbuilding program
which paid off handsomely by
expansion in wartime.
In June, 1946, the Maritime
Commission reviewed its pro-
gram in the light of expected
peacetime traffic. It recon-
mended construction of SO new
passenger ships and Sc fast new
freighters. The Keller report
merely revises this to 46 pas
senger ships and 200 freighters
so a wear for four years.
In July, 1916. John r. Steel
man, then director of reconver-
sion, held up Maritime Commits
sion plans to start its postwar
program. In January, 1947,
President Truman checked it
further by cutting Maritime
Commission appropriations $325
million.
If the President and Congress
now accept the Keller Commit
tee recomn endations in whole
or in part. il will merely mean
that the old long-range Maritime
Commission program will again
be set in motion 1t aims at a
modern, active fleet of 1000
ships. This may be too small for
an expanding world trade.
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GenOcide And Justice

the General Assembly , u ,sro.
United Nations declared ,tIiosl
eide to be an interna,,s,1ora 5l.,oa
crime. Later a draft conyr' ,o snd
on genocdie was drawn ..,apr5.. up
is now in the hands OF oir n1E,' ,1
- eovernments. lteI ne So far o. Only J, h, h
governments goverr have replied ID u ori.. ID
Teouest Se,s.'' for comments. In eacl.l o,q.ll
that the Economic and a...+;ss S9S's3 t.
Council may be in a pGs,''g.at ajor Wien
draw up final CONVENTION gal
it it M next meets, it is s.: 's,sa]
in int their Gr.'e comments and nd,,s1tlor saPgotr
the enactment Of the COW j tfornsll
matter. 1t is one more m.t,I'srS tie
STEP to be taken to%a,D sIa lar.
eventual reign of w0rla n ~ I'll
Criminal governments; ~ H. hut ii
them know that they 81, s.'t.S tSe o.
demned tIe in advance BY .S . W. " old
ganized conscience OF the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15

WASHINGTON, - The old
question of how big a fleet of
m C h a mt passenger ships,
freighters and tankers the United
States should operate-and how
much shipbuilders an operators
should be subsidize by the gov
ernment is again hot. Half a
dozen sparksk have fired up the
boilers and raised a head of
steam.
/. The Geneva agreement, un-
der which tariffs on three
fourths of Americas imports
will be reduced Jan. /, 1913.
While many U. S. manufactur-
ers fight all thought of protect
i've tariff cuts, shipping interests
see only good in it. They believe
lower trade barriers can lead
only to increased world busi-
ness. And most government Of
ficials believe greater U. S. i'm
ports are necessary to relieve
the rest of the worlds dollar
shortages and balance trade.
2. Early adoption of the Mar
shall Plan. This is expected to
assure continuance of heavy re-
lief shipments over the next four
years. President Truman has
already asked Congress tc ex-
tend Maritime Commission au-
thority to operate, charater and
sell government owned vessels
until June 80, 1949. This authori-
ty is due to expire Feb. 29, 1948.
Roughly 40 per cent of the Brit
ish loan shipments moved in
American bottoms. Marshall
Plan shipping would be about
the same.
8. The unexpectedly heavy
consumption of fuel oil and gaso-
line, which has made necessary
the recommissioning of nearly
100 tankers laid up in the in
active fleet. At the end of the
war surplus tankers were offer
ed for sale to U. S. buyers.
Those not sold were disposed of
to foreign buyers. Now there is
pressure to stop these sales
abroad. so the tankers can be
put in U. S. service.
4. A pending Interstate Com
merce Commission decision
on the petition of coastwise ship
pers for adjustment of rail and
ship rates. Shipping interests
want a higher rate for them
selves. Also, an end to the
railroads practice of Juggling
rates o as to charge less freight
on lines competing with water
routes. If ICC ends this discrrim-
ination, an increase n coastwse
sh'pp;ng is likely.
5. The new report from Presi-
dent Truman's Advisory c o m
|mittee on Merchant Marine,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
THE FRENCH EXPERIENCE

xx1L nLlNSX1 GAx LICAL1NOG
It is reasonably certain that if
tn e French Communist leaders
had been free to follow their own
judgment, they would not have
precipitated such showdown at
this time. There was never a
chance that they could capture
the government, nor, having de-
fled its authority, be readmitted
into til e government. But they
might have strengthened their
position had they been allowed
to limit themselves to being the
militant champions of the very
genuine grievances of the work.
ing class.
They were, however. compell-
ed to act as an instrument of
Soviet foreign policy. They were
ordered out to prevent, if pos
sible, the French government
from playing its part in the Eu-
ropean recovery program, and,
failing that, to inflict enough
economic injury to make the pro-
gram much more difficult and
expensive to carry out.
The event has shown that in
. country like Frame the Com.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
COMMENTS
Valuation

According to the Institute o.
Life Insurance, South Carolina
families who carry life inSuf
ance have policies averaging
$4,000 compared with the nation
al average of $4,44O. More dis
turbing is that in another sense
life in this state is held too
cheap.-Charleston (S.C) Even
ing Post.
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ton of parties cannot be siI04s 81 ~
enough and stable enough !. ~. NJ
take the measures-all Of = 'ns!1 1',;ii
politically unpopular-"hlcH W.. y.
have to be taken if the FrsnSa l'j..
economy is to be put Ia oiGsr tsr
We shall see in the next :. u, i,
months whether or not hs ,nt 4
right-whether a goVeIi.,a,n,tt snt
like the present goVeTli.''+%s.. N.
which has so bravely 1hs' ,i:o X,
Communist challenge Cd" '
meet the challenge OF the - ''ar,. ~,
less vested interests Wh-on n,
involved in the initiation anu "'
economic disorder.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
By WALTER LIPPMANN

munist party is a minority and
in so far as it is the instrument
of a foreign power, it is small
minority. AS long as the R d
Army is unable to intervene, the
forces of national resistance are
much too strong for the local
Communists. They have been
defeated by a coalition of the
regular political parties-with-
out resort even to the reserves
of national power which are rep
resented by General de Gaulle.
Their defeat in this test Of
power is an event of great i'm
portance in Europe and in the
world. For the French nation is
now permitted and committed to
carry out the internal reforms
and the international actions
which Moscow and the French
Communists have tried to pre-
vent.
So we have seen that the
French democracy is strong
enough to resist successfully a
threat to its independence. We
must, however, recognize that
the French people and the
French political system have
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
The Hardy Pioneers

It's a wonder the West ever
became populated. Imagine Ias Ias
hardness of the pioneers pioa
ding toward setting sun WIN
ut benefit of dark glasses -
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15

miserable failures before their eyes, the Rus
slams will find advantage in dealing fairly
with the western democracies in the tre-
mendous task of restoring world peace, in
stead of continuing to oppose every attempt
by them to restore order?
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Now They Know

Americans, who fornneFp
were repeatedly urged to lea.n IL,
to understand the Russians n''
do.-Davenport (La.) Tines.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-15
GOOD MORNING

Cast tn. bread upon the waters; for
thou sha;a md it after many days.
-Ecclesiastes XII.