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Evening star., 1947-04-06
10 Found
New World Council oi
Christians and Jews

Formation Of the World Council OF
Christians and Jews to advance
"justice, amity, understanding and
civic cooperation among the re-
ligious cultures Of the world was
announced simultaneously here and
in New York last night.
The announcement said the new
group was Initiated by Charles
Evans Hughes. former chief Justice
Of the United States and by the
National Conference OF Christians
and Jews.
The conference is expected to be-
come an afiiliate of the council, &C
cording to Mrs. verna D. Linzel who
heads the headquarters Of the con-
ference here.
Paris ONCE Is Planned.
A permanent Office of the council
will be opened In Paris this summer.
Henry Noble McCracken, former
president of Vassar College, has been
named temporary chairman OF the
council.
In a statement released here, Mr..
Hughes declared:
This organization will advance by
educational means justice, amity,
understanding and civic co-opera-
ton among the religious cultures
of the world. 1t will encourage re-
search in social sciences, in the fields
| of human relations and, to that end,
will seek cooperation with the uni
yersities of every nation.
Initial steps leading to formation
of the council were taken last August
at a conference held at Oxford, Eng
land, and attended by representa-
tives of IA nations.
Arthur Compton In Group.
Among those associated with Mr..
Hughes in founding the group are
Arthur H. Comptoii, atomic physicist
of st. Louis; Roger M. Straus, New
York industrialist; Thomas e.
Braniff, air transport leader of Dali
las, Tex, and DR.. Everett r. Clinchy,
president of the national conference,
New York.
One of the first projects Of the
council will be a study Of European
intergroup relations. A conference
on the causes and cure Of anti-Sem-
itism in Europe will be held in
Switzerland July ~ through Au-
gust J..
Scientists, educators, churchmen,
lGovernment officials and lay leaders
I of Europe will participate.
Mr.. Hughes was a founder Of the
National Conference of Christians
and Jews IS years ago.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
81 Looms in Capital Areu
Exceed $50, ,O00, 900

Washington veterans have OBJ
tanned more than $50, 0,000,0 900 worth
of loans under the GI Bill, the Vet
Grams Administration said last night.
Last month, AIT veterans borrowed
$3,S75,410 for homes. More than
$172 900 worth of business loans were
made.
Since the Veterans Administration
loan guaranty program was started
in 1914, former servicemen have OBJ
tanned home loans totalling 81, ,702,-
100. They have borrowed $2,649, ,437
for businesses and $4,000 to buy
farms.
Evening star., 1947-04-06
|ForeweII Reception Plonned
For Former Senutor kinq

former Senator Henry Ashurst OF
Arizona and DR.. Edward B. Bros
sard. tarin commissioner, who Is
president Of the washington Stake
OF the Mormon Church.
The affair was planned by q joint
committee representing the Utah
State Society, the High Council OF
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter
Day Saints Of which Mr.. King is q
member and the Washington Stake
Relief Society. The committee
members are Samuel r. Carpenter,
Evening star., 1947-04-06

Former Senator William II. King
Of Utah and Mrs. King, longtime
washington residents. viii Be given
4 farewell reception by friends at
8 pm. next Friday In the Church
Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints,
Sixteenth street and Columbia road
NV. Mr.. and Mrs. King are to
leave washington soon to live In
Utah.
The reception program viii include
singing by a 60-yoice choir and
tributes to Mr.. and Mrs. King by
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Tames <. Knudson and Lionel ,.

James <. Knudson and Lionel p.
Farr.
Invitations have been extended to
Mr.. Kings former colleagues on
Capital Hill and to number Of
organiza tions to which he belonged
to attend the reception. All OF his
friends are invited, 1t was an
nounced.
Mr.. King came to Washington IN
1897 as United States Representa-
tive from Utah. His service In the
Senate dated from 1917 to 1871. He
served as chairman Of the Senate
District Committee and sponsored
Evening star., 1947-04-06
Club to Hecr klurrow

Edward r. MurToW, wartime newS
commentator and now vice presi-l
dent Of Columbia Broadcasting Sys-8
tenn, will speak at the Advertising
Club OF washington meeting to be
held at 1880 pm. Tuesday at the
Statler Hotel.
Evening star., 1947-04-06

considerable legislation In Ne
District.
Mrs. King has been prominent n
welfare work here. The Kings live
la the Westchester Apartments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
See American First

Travel bureaus are busy encourag-
ing foreign tours. 1t is a legitimate
undertaking, and no word should be
said against it.
At the same time it is not presump-
tious to call attention to the advantage
of knowing ones own homeland before
going abroad. "See America First"
used to be a national slogan. It needs
to be revived.
Once Yellowstone, Glacier, Yosemite
parks, the high Rockies, the Great
Smokes, Mount Rainier, Shasta, Mount
Washington, the seashore resorts, in
Guiding Wrightsville Beach as well as
Monterey, southern CALIFORNIA; and
Florida's citrus groves, have been seen,
it would be we'll enough to tour Switzer-
land, Italy, southern France, and Tibet.
Foreign travel is indeed enlighten-
ing. It broadens the personal perspec-
tive. But so does travel within the
boundaries of the United States.
See America First.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1947
. Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources. to In
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities, near
by sites for heavy Industry and 3o-foot
cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Caroline agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and food
processing, pulp wood production and
factories.
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages and improvement Of resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market Inc primary
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 In
dustries.
Proper utilization OF Bluethenthal air.
port for expanding air service.
re, elopment Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities. especially in
counties lacking hospitals. and includ-
ing a Negro Health center
Encouragement Of the growth Of com-
mercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
Democracy And The Teachers

Several days ago these columns had
something to say about American
democracy, it's strength and weakness,
and the need for renewing our faith in
it as the best means of perpetuating
our cherished way of living.
Later, in an address before the
Second National Conference On Citizen
ship in Boston, Attorney General Tom
Clark declared our best defense against
subversive elements is to make democ-
racy "a living fact-a way of life that
enlists the loyalty of the Individual in
thought, in feeling and in behavior"
To bring the American ideal to
f%ruition in the home, the church and
the school, he said, challenges "every
citizen of our land" And he placed
especial emphasis on the school.
AS quoted in the press, Mr.. Clark
said n practical way of strengthen
ing the national defense is to better the
lot Of the American teacher who "has
neither an adequate wage nor profess
sional security" He noted that $780,.
600 teachers have left the schools since
1889. 'The incentive to enter teaching
is gone when the elevator girl is paid
more than the beginning teacher . .
our first and urgent concern is to
eliminate the slums of American educa-
ton"
The Star has repeatedly pointed out
that as long as we trust u children's
mental, moral and to large extend spirit
ual development to the teachers in
our schools it is essential to attract the
services of the persons best fitted by
training and character to the teaching
profession-something that cannot be
done so long as We expect them to &C.
cept wages too small to provide the
necessities, not to mention the com
forts, of life. IN
Teaching, in view of the RESPONSE.
bilities it Involves. should be among
the best paid professions. Pudding in
lcreases in wages do not meet the need
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority
Written for NEA Service

The Canadian-American Tour
nament, discontinued even before
we entered the war, is being re.
vived this year and win be held
at the Hotel Niagara, Niagara
Falls, N. Y, May 1925. The finest
players from Cleveland, Erie, But
falo and Pittsburgh always CON.
pete in this tournament, and a
large delegation is expected from
New York and Detroit.
Canadians have done very well
against American players. Back in
1886 a Canadian team Won tie ma
tlonal team-of-four championship
in Chicago. P. E. Shorty Sheer,
down of Toronto will be on hano
with a group from the TORONTO
Whist Club.
Shorty knows all the tactics
OF duplicate play. He found NM
self defending a four space COZ
tract on today's hand, ard affe,
winning the first two tricks u
looked as il he and his par1eI
were not going to get any mort
East's two spade bid over one
heart showed at least a five caro-
spade suit, and there were i've
good heart tricks in dummy hSs.
also would have to have the a."
of diamonds to justify his bldons'
But Sheardown did not give up,
At trick three he led the flVe o.
spades. The eight was pIaysu
IRON dummy, North put On @'
Jack and declarer won win lM
king. East went over to dulllnii
by playing the four Of hearts s sIs
led the ten of spades. When No.n
played the six, East let The nn
spot ride, figuring that houua.
would lead away from the qu ogf
and one spade and that NO'J
must have the queen. Ana
course Sheardown won with "N
queen. Il,
True, declarer still mace m
contract of four spades, but never
tEeless he received a bottom SUI, y,
on the board. Every other ; ~
clarer laid down the ace and as'
If spades. catching Souths qurs
nus making five-odd. IN 7o. ..i.,
me:1t bridge it is the extra "'''
hat counts. ~
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
The Doctor Says
M! MODERATION RUIZ
i'm HIGH PRESsUN
BY WILLIAM A. 0'RR,rr

ohIEN, mn
Patients with nigh blood ~
sure will understand and sapss'1t
their condition better Il tbsv 'see1
their problems to a phvsio,s "5ia
whom they have confidence. a.. Y
patient acquires a bettor
edge Of his own case, he ca,
operate more effectively ri,s 50
physician. 'NN dis
When high blood pressur, :,
covered in a patient, usna' Is ai'
not wise for the physician ~ It is
a sudden change nom A. " osas1
LIE to a rigid routine IN Hs'IVs
there is nothing but rest "alcA
induces preoccupation Tlt, Nls
Most patients DO bette sci
are allowed to continue toe i %eg
but alternating periods If .o',
and rest are valuable. "0'A
Special diets are a;n.s
weight reduction Glow e%a1oria At
the control of the d~ise5sa o.
(kempner diet. There ISM '.'A
scientific reason 1or a;gt aay
pressure patients to eat lex, ',Y's
TEN foods. Low salt diet, t w,
not be followed unless r a,,,;I~ 'o
prescribes them. a'
Non-smokers live .onasr ,,..
smol.ers according 10 most s., ,.o.'
ticians. Smokers are Of two ,,,,.'
those who relax their teasion 1.;s
a pipe full Of tobacco, a cigar ''~
a cigaret after a meal and rS,
smokers who are excessive l,,...
Of tobacco because they are ,s,
vou.. Physicians determine 81.
type of smoker before mskino ~.
recommendation to stop or ~. ~
tinue.
Most patients With high HIM,
pressure worry a great deal and
suffer with anxieties about ,bs sr
work and health. This keens thor,
awake at night and Il they ni,,
too much sleep, sedatives car hs
prescribed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
New RumL Plan

est part of Dur work and money
goes into other less spectacular
but productive activities.
1.-THE U. S. Employment Service
has a broad program of assisting
in putting people into jobs that fit
them, increasing opportunities for
physically handicapped. and pro-
viding special services for veter-
ans"
While Secretary Snyder's office
explains that the Treasury does
not want to make direct comment
On Ruml's new fiscal plan, it is
pointed out that in recent state
ments Snyder has touched direct
ly on the points which Ruml
raises.
Ruml's plan gives no cansidera-
ton to the fact that the U. S.
now has a national debt of 1888
billion. Testifying before the Sem
ate Finance Committee recently,
Secretary Snyder said: The size
of the debt is a strong argument
against tax reduction at this time.
Under present conditions, ! believe
it will be sound financial policy
to achieve az large a budget sur
plus as is possible and apply that
surplus against the public debt.
When national income is nigh, as
it is now, it is prudent to reduce
the debt"
Concerning the proposal to sell
more peace bonds" the Treasury
points out that last month il
launched its new Bond a Month"
drive. At that time Secretary
Snyder reported that for the frs
10 weeks OF the year, sales had
exceeded redemptions by about s.
oilliol-or twice the record of las
wear
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
BY T EDISON

WASHIN GTON Boards
ley Ruml, the man who thought
up the pay as you GO tax plan,
has a new idea-several new ideas
or how to dodge a business
slump. He thinks the government
"can and should do more to CO.
operate with business in prevent
ing a recession Of serious severity
or DURATION"
Writing in the financial section
of a New York newspaper, Ruml
criticized present policies of the
Departments of Agriculture, La
Dor, and the Treasury for not do
ing enough or for doing the wrong
things.
When this statement was called
to the attention of the heads of
these departments, they begged to
differ. Without saying it in so
many words, they imply that Mr..
Ruml may be not only unfamiliar
with what their departments are
dong, but also that he may not
have all his basic facts straight
on present economic conditions.
Ruml's new plan makes three
main contentious:
!. The Department of Agricul-
ture is more interested in farmers
than in food. The department
should. therefore, take the lead in
a nationwide drive Cor food con-
servation with "more meatless
days and wheatless days. more
potato pancakes and fewer poach-
ed EGGS Ruml says this would
bring down food prices arc would
help us on the way ~ oescetirae
prosperity.
2. The Department CT Labor is
more interested in unions than in
work. 1t should take more interest
in vocational guidance, opening up
apprenticeship opportunities, get
ting young men and women their
first job. finding productive oppor.
tunities for the handicapped and
older people.
8. The Treasury is more inter
ested in the federal budget sur.
plus than it is in prosperity. II
should, therefore, work towards
reduction of taxes, then launch a
campaign to sell peace bonds
to soak up the extra. spending pow
er and stave off initiation.
Secretary Of Agriculture Ander.
son in commenting on the RUM
farm plan points out that the real
danger of an agricultural depres'
sion comes not from scarcity, but
from SURPRISES. And eating less
won't cure the SURPRISES.
"We are now producing a third
more than prewar," says Ander-
son, "and consuming a sixth
more. The ~present-day market
basket contains more of the things
people want when they have mon
ey to buy. Four bottles Of milk
for every three before the war.
Six pounds Of meat in place OF
five. Four eggs instead Of three"
Most Of the things which Ruml
wants the Labor Department to do
are the very things for which
Congress has refused 10 appropri'
ate more money.
THE Labor Departments work
on industrial relations gets the
most headlines" Secretary Lewis
Schwelenbach admits. "The Iarg-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
Areas Most Neglected Road

Yesterday afternoons News per-
tinently asks "Why the Delay?" in
paving the Old River Road to South
port. Some Al miles southwark from
Highway II have been paved. From
there on to the Brunswick county-seat
the road is passable in clear weather,
but dusty, and seldom may be travelled
after a heavy %downpour.
AS Southport and the intervening
area are important in the business and
development of southeastern North
Carolina, the one because of it's COM
mercial and sports fishing, the other
because it contains exceptionally fertile
soil, the action of the Highway Com
mission in stopping the surfacing Of the
road after such a small fraction was
completed is not only hard to under
stand but to reconcile with the need.
Even the announcement that some
four miles more are to be paved, when
the highway forces get around to it,
will not be adequate. Nothing less then
a fully paved highway to Southport will
be satisfactory.
And while considering the crying
need for paved secondary roads in this
area the Star takes this occasion to
point out the persistent neglect by the
Highway Commission of improving the
Old Niggerhead Road from it's junction
with Highway II up the delta of the
Cape Fear.
There is no more desirable farming
land in the entire Wilmington area
than that contiguous to this all but
abandoned road. Its cultivation is held
back by the fact that farmers who en-
dure the Inconvenience of life there.
abouts must haul their products many
miles to existing paved highways tc
reach a market. They have more thar
passing reason to wish they had am.
phibious trucks equipped with half.
tracks, when heavy rains cut them of,
entirely.
Governor Cherry has made a princi
pal project of the construction and i'm
provement of farm-to-market roads
Here is one that because of it's p~otentia
worth should be added to the state pro
gram.
Millions of dollars worth of farm pro
duction cannot be undertaken until it i
graded and paved. AS a means of in
~creasing the states assets it deserve
immediate action.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
Limit To U. S. Wealth

These budget reductions for which
republican party leaders are happy to
assume responsibility, claiming. that
bureau and department heads are play
ing politics OF the new deal order, have
raised a storm of protest by the people
back home. Governors of ten states
are reported preparing to protest to
Washington. Eight of them propose to
appear in person before the Senate
Appropriations subcommittee. The
other two, unable to leave their capitals,
are arranging to send representatives.
The reason for this growing senti-
ment against heavy cuts made or pro-
posed in appropriations is that, to more
or less extent, they would mean heavy
reductions in funds available to states
for carrying out important projects.
In addition to governors, Cabinet
members are joining the procession.
Secretary of State George C. Marshall
says contemplated slashes in his de-
partment's appropriation would SER
iously affect his efforts to bring world
peace. Secretary Of Commerce W. Aver
ell Hartman pictures dire consequences
of proposed cuts in his department,
they would mean "a return to
the dark ages of business knowledge"
One Of the most violent protests is
voiced by Senator Styles Bridges of
New Hampshire. It concerns %curtail-
ment of postal service, and he contends
that Congress has nothing to do with
it. Congress is not to blame, he re-
told reporters, adding that the
cutback was due to lack of funds and
that the postal departments request
for deficiency appropriations is still
in the Budget bureau.
President Humans new foreign
policy is bound to be affected by these
multiplying complaints. There is no
reason to think that the $500, 900, 900
loan for Greece and Turkey will not
receive congressional approval, prob
ably this week. The House has already
approved it. But the Presidents adj
ditional proposal that $3.50, OO0, 900 be
for aid to China and other
countries is liable to be attacked with
greater vigor than anything MI. Tru-
man has proposed to spread democracy
abroad as a means of checking expan-
sion of communism into new territory,
Whether Moscow's arm can be fore
IDLY Withdrawn from lands not already
in its grip without our financial help
is a moot question. Possibly the Rus
slams can be stopped in their empiric
tracks without American gold. Time
alone could settle this, one way or the
other. But it is not to be questioned
that between supporting is own essen
tial enterprises and sending it's money
elsewhere, the United States has no
choice. 1t must protect it's peoples in
terest first.
1t is not rich enough to be the
worlds banker.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE
(Department:-THE UNITED
STATES
FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN,
VIRGINIA

A hundred years after Columbus
discovered America, there was
only one permanent white settle
ment in what is now the United
States. This was the little fort OF
St. Augustine, Florida, founded in
1865 by the Spanish.
Spain had also planted N a n y
colonies in the West Indies and
Mexico and in Central and South
America. Other nations - France,
England and Holland had car
RED on explorations north of Flcri-
da, but America had been a great
disappointment to all except
Spain. n Mexico and Peru, the
Spanish had found gold and other
treasures, but no such wealth was
found by the men who explored
the coasts of the northern CONT
nent. They kept trying to find a
passage through the continent to
ASH, and this search delayed the
settlement of the country.
Before 1900, however, wise men
il France and England began to
see that these lands across the
Atlantic would be more valuable
if people went to live in them, to
cultivate soil and carry on
trade with the mother : countries.
One of these men was Sir Walter
Raleigh, who sent several colonl-
ling expeditions. But all of them
failed.
Then, about 1000, certain people
in England began to make serious
plans for sending settlers to
America. Companies were formed
to finance colonies. In 1906, King
James l gave land in America to
two companies, the Virginia Com
pany of London and the. Virginia
Company of Plymouth. The Lon
don Company was granted the
land from Cape Fear to the Poto-
mac River, and the Plymouth
company was given the land from
about the top of Maine to about
Long Island Sound. All of his ter
ritory was called Virginia in those
days.
In December, 1906, the London
sent more than 100 men
to what is now Virginia. They ex-
plored the coast, sailed up a river.
which they called the James, in
honor of the King, and On May
"a, 1907, settled on a point Of land
which was almost an island in the
river. They named the new settle
ment jamestown.
For fifteen years, misfortunes
followed the colony but never
quite overcame it. During the first
summer, so persons died of fever.
The men, many of whom we're
classed as gentlemen. were un-
suited to pioneer life. Only a few
were accustomed to hard physical
labor. Many wasted their time
hunting for gold instead of clear
ing land and planting CROPS. By
the end of 1907, there were only
80 left alive, but more were sent
out from England.
The colony was really held to-
gether by a few strong. deter
mined men, among them the fam
GUS Captain John Smith. He made
the men build a church and some
houses and strengthen the wooden
palisade around the settlement.
He also succeeded in keeping the
settlement or fairly good terms
will the neighboring Indian tribes.
More about the struggles and
set-backs of the colonists will be
told in tomorrow's article.
Copyright. 1916, By the Gro
lier Society Inc, based upon The
Book of knowledge
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, 1nc.)
TOMORROW: - jamestown Con-
quers Adversely.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
Letter Box
TRIBUTE ACKNOWLEDGED

To the Editor:
The editorial which appeared in
the Star-News of January S, 1947
on my father, Ogden Reid, was
most heartening. Recognition Civ
en- to his work by newspapers
since his death has added up to
the kind of tribute which he would
have regarded as the finest a man
could have. I want you to know
that the family has been deeply
to, ched by the piece about him
that was carried by your paper.
Whitelaw Reid,
Editor, New York
Herald Tribune.
New York, N. Y.
May 8, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-13
GOOD MORNING

Content not myself that thou are ~virtuous in
the general; for one link being wanting, the
chain is defective. Perhaps thou art rather in
nocent than %virtuous. and owest more to thy
constitution than to thy religion.-Penn.