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Evening star., 1947-08-05

purchase Of photostat machines.
This reform to speed procedures
Of the ONCE of Recorder of Deeds
followed a long investigation into
the Office by the House Appropria-
tions Subcommittee on the District.
Legislation was introduced to pro-
vide for shift Of the ONCE Of Re-
corder to the supervision Of the
District Commissioners. -
But after lengthy consideration by
the House District Committee, and
shorter study Of the situation by
the Senate District Committee, the
only part of the bill finally enacted
authorized change in the procedure
of copying records.
Evening star., 1947-08-05

International be taken In Europe
from Georgi Dimitrov, former gen.
eral secretary Of the Communist In
ternational, now Bulgarian Premier
Eisler's lawyers also sought unsuc.
cessfully to get dispositions from
Siegfried Raedel, onetime member
of the German delegation 10 the
Communist International, and Alez
Ende, editor of German Communist
newspapers for which Eisler claims
to have worked IN China.
He explained how it was that ir
l941, on his way to Mexico. he deniec
he was Communist in order to gel
an American transit visa.
"It was made clear to me-" he
said, that If I went to the Ameri-
can consul and said Listen, I am q
Communist and I want to. travel
through your country'-that If
said that wouldn't have the slight
est chance
Quotes FBI Agent.
Eisler told of discussing with two
FBI agents in July, 1916, his failure
to give true information about his
Communist Affiliations In 1941. They
were Robert Lamphere, special assis-
tant to the Government prosecutor
throughout the case. and Francis x
Plant, a Government witness In the
trial, he said.
Having heard the circumstances
|of this early Misrepresentation o1
his political status, Eisler said, Mr.
Lamphere told him:
Il don't know. In the same stu.
alton, I might have done exactly The
lsame as you did"
The defendant reported Mr.. Lam
phere said he was "the best in
formed man about me in the Unitet
States"
"He told me-" Eisler related in hi
heavy German accent, that h
knew I hadn't wanted to come tt
this country-that I did everything
in my power to leave the country
He said he considered it mistake
of the Governments to force me tx
stay and that he personally woule
be glad If they let me 60 in ordel
to close my case once and for all"
Mr.. Lamphere, sunburned youni
man with curly brown hair, listened
silently to the testimony.
Eisler said he had been trying t.
get out of the country since 1874
but was prevented from doing so b.
wartime travel restrictions.
Evening star., 1947-08-05

treatment, but the fact he was given
such treatment cannot be used
against him in any court.
The measure, killed by the Presi-
dents pocket veto. would have given
the District an estimated $97, 900
which it-now pays out for the up
keep of the park police force here.
District officials strongly advo-
Gated the measure, pointing out that
the park police, who operate under
the jurisdiction of the Interior De-
partment, patrol Federal parks here
The President announced his dis
approval in memorandum late
yesterday.
Deeds Procedure Speeded.
The Recorder of Deeds measure
will permit the Recorder to abandon
the present system of copying deeds
and records by typewriting, as re-
quired by old law. Funds are carried
in the District Appropriation Act for
Evening star., 1947-08-05

| policemen have been killed anc
three othrs wounded In street shoot.
ings.
Aimed ut Gunmen.
Mai. Barrett emphasized that the
measure is aimed at gunmen and Is
not intended to interfere in any way
with the rights Of private citizens
He said police will be discouraged
from making arrests under the new
law unless they have good grounds
for believing suspects are carrying
pistols.
Mr.. Fay, who prepared the orig
inal legislation at the request oi
Representative Hebert, Democrat, Of
Louisiana said 1t was designed tt
plug a serious loophole In the fire.
arms law.
Previously, police who brought
pistol carriers into court and pro.
duced the weapon as evidence found
their charges being dropped because
the court of appeals had ruled these
arrests were illegal unless the police.
man had warrant or actually saw
crime being committed.
Under the new law, Mr.. Fay ex.
planned, if police see a known Of
fender and notice suspicious bulge
in his pocket, or If reliable person
tells police a man Is carrying a pis'
tol, a policeman has probable cause
to arrest the man and the court!
may sustain the arrest.
If an informant, however, says
person was carrying a pistol las
week and may have it on him now
the policeman would not have th'
probable cause he needs for th'
arrest, since the law provides tina
the police must have good reason
to suspect the man is carrying
weapon at the time of the arrest.
Mr.. Fay also pointed out the new
statute provides that no evidenct
discovered in the course Of arrestinl
or searching a suspect for pisto
may be used in court against tht
suspect, unless at the time the arrest
was made, the man was carrying
deadly weapon.
Civil Rights Protected.
In other words, If police searched
a man for a pistol and found &
pocketful of narcotics but no pistol
a narcotics charge would not stane
up in court. If, however, police
found narcotics and a pistol, thu
man might be tried on both offenses
This provision was inserted lat'
in the legislative history Of the bill
to protect the civil rights Of suspects
Under the new law, carrying q
deadly weapon is still considered
misdemeanor, but arrests can b.
made without a warrant, as in th'
case Of a felony.
| In the bill designed to meet tn
problem OF the alcoholic, the cour
is authorized ito direct that h
receive appropriate medical, psy
chiatric or other treatment"
Judges OF the Municipal Cour
are authorized to declare person
to be Chronic alcoholics" A chroni
alcoholic is defined as ANY persol
who chronically and habitually use
alcoholic beverages to the exten
that he has lost the power of self
control with respect to the use o
such beverages, or while under tn
influence of alcohol endangers tn
public morals, health, safety or vel
fare"
Fees to Support Clinics.
The clinics are to be supported by
10 per cent increase in all alcoholi
beverage license fees which goes int
effect at once. It Is estimated thi
will yield $75,000 annually for. tn
purpose of the bill. The 10sper cen
increase is appropriated permanent
Evening star., 1947-08-05

Fees to Support Clinics.
The clinics are to be supported by a
10 per cent increase in all alcoholic
beverage license fees which goes into
effect at once. It Is estimated this
will yield s75,000 annually for the
purpose of the bill. The 10 per cent
increase is appropriated permanently
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Byrnes Turns Tito Down

The premier of Yugoslavia, Marshall Tito,
has invited a select group of Americans to
make an on-the-spot investigation of alleged
Yugoslav aggression in the Balkans. Mar
shall Tito names his own group. Former
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes is on
the list.
But Mr.. Byrnes can't see the proposition.
Instead he says the decision as to Yugo-
slavia's attitude toward Greece is something
for the United Nations to make.
The fact is that Yugoslavia had an oppor-
tunity to settle the question by allowing the
United Nations Balkan Commission to COM
plete its task. But Yugoslavia and Russia,
of which Yugoslavia is a satellite, both halt
ed that survey. If Marshall Tito is feeling the
pressure of antagonistic public opinion the
fault is his own.
We cannot conceive of any normal, sound
thinking American accepting the invitation
he has extended. Mr.. Byrnes has set the
proper example to the others on the Tito
list.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01

|vading the republic and to take over its
government without due process. Also, these
men are supposed to have been egged on by
powers out of the republic, men with ideas
alien to Democracy and the Western Hemis-
phere.
They, the men, were termed reds and
Communist sympathizers. No matter what
shey were or what they represented, even
il they were native born and loyal Don1ini-
cans, they have proved again that the over
throw by force of a government and the
anslavement of its people is not taken light
tly by other, ordinarily disinterested nations.
In this case the United States simply
frowned upon the whole fiasco. This frown
was sufficient to gain prompt action by Gu
ban authorities who concluded the invasion
by simply going to sea and towing the in
vasion ships back to port.
Thus ends another one of those Inflated,
iIl-advised propositions that seem to flourish
up to a certain point, on force and promises
with the backing of adventures who'll sup
port anything just so long as it is not con-
stitutional.
There are many such so-called Americans
n the United States today.
Weed them out once and for all.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
The Fuel Situation

The fuel oil situation is becomming tight.
No less an authority than one of the largest
fuel oil companies confirms this. In fact, fuel
oil is in such short supply that this company
is resorting to paid advertisements dlscour-
aging home owners from changing from
coal to fuel oil. Reason: not sufficient
equipment 10 supply the demand.
This must make John L. Lewis and his
United Mine Workers of America smile no
little. Time was some years ago when the
fuel oil people were looked upon as the
straw that was to break the miners back.
Now things have certainly changed.
OF course, veterans building their homes
are not being discouraged to employ fuel
oil heating systems. There will be oil for
most everything and the short supply def
nitely is not due to a diminishing supply.
Rather, lack of equipment. This condition
is expected to be remedied one day, but to
quote the company, mot for some time
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Public Relations Breakdown

Mr.. C. T.. Baker, president of National
Airlines, takes exception to the action of the
New Hanover County Board of Commission
ers in demanding restoration of flights 5o
and 81 through Wilmington without first
making thorough examination OF the stu
alton. When he has made this examination
he will find, we are sure, that the prime
cause for complaint stems from the failure
of his w public relations officer to offer
full explanation of the a%irline's program.
Thus, when MIR. Baker advises the Star
that flights so. and 81 will be resumed and
that in addition National will put on an
other flight, he, as president, and not his
public relations office, spreads the first news
of this contemplated improvement in ser
vice. Because the public relations office fail
ed to perform a manifest duty, Nj. Baker
is embarrassed and, we believe, properly
incensed-as incensed, in fact as the County
Board was when it urged the airline to re-
store the discontinued flights.
Had the Commission and the city's avi-
alton committee been taken into Nationals
confidence promptly, the present episode
could have been avoided and National have
gained additional prestige in Wilmington's
air-minded community.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and pri-
mary roads. with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustr;est
Propar utilization Of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
DEVELOPMENT of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals. and in
Guiding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Dominican Revolt

The word revolt is specially designated
by the single quotes for the reason there
may be some question as to the true revolt
qualities of the act against the Dominican
Republic that has just developed into a
failure due to shortage of food.
Revolt, as we commonly understand it, is
something from within. In this case, the
revolt came from without the republic.
That is 70 say, two shiploads of men were
supposedly on their way to invade the re-
public.
They are supposed to have trained and
shipped from Cuba for tho purpose of in
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Destroyer Fox

This is a bit too early, perhaps, to discuss
with any degree of authority, the blasting
Of the United States Destroyer Fox off
Trieste, but it certainly is not too soon to
recognize the fact that our boys in the ser
vice are still at official war, Congress not
having declared the end of hostilities as yet.
The three sailors, reported in the first dis
patch, to lose their lives gave them in the
service of their country just as surely as
did the many who died in actual combat
u the various theatres of operations all
ever the world during the active war.
Just what the Fox was doing 10 miles off
Trieste was not known at the time of the
blast; that is, not known by the average
person. No doubt our government, wiser in
such things than most of us are capable of
presuming, had a good reason. One would
b., we suspect, that our fighting men, the
pick Of the crop, now are in Trieste, where
from the looks of things they are likely to
remain for some time to come.
i Is apparent, even to a layman not ex-
pert In things military and totally lacking
in understanding of the workings of the
diplomatic front, that this old world is a
long way from peace. There are those who
are of the opinion we are a greater distance
from peace now than we were at the end
Of actual fighting.
To 20 a step closer to realities there are
many who are of the opinion that the end
Of the shooting war was but the preparation
for the real war, the grand finale with
former friends becoming enemies and form
er enemies becoming friends.
Goings ON at the United Nations, citadel of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
THE COLD WAR

In the first article of this
series, I said that Mr.. KS arti-
Gle on THE Sources Of Soviet
Conduct" was "a document of
primary i'm portance on the
sources of American foreign
policy" in that it disclosed to
the world the estimates, the
calculations, and the conclu-
sions on which is based that
part of American foreign poll
cy which is known as the Tru-
man Doctrine. Fortunately, it
seems to me, the Truman Doc
trine does not have a monopoly.
Though it is a powerful con-
tender for the control of our
foreign policy, there are at least
two serious competitors in the
field. The one we may call the
Marshall line, and the other is
the American commitment to
support the United Nations.
The contest between. the Tru-
man Doctrine on the one hand,
the Marshall line and the sup
port of U. N. on the other, is
the central drama within the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Homes, Habits And Fires

TIE nations fire loss has been increasing
steadily in the last seven years, with the per
capita loss increasing from a prewar $l.95
to $4.C1 in 1896. This year the National Fire
Protection Association fears that the figure
will rise to SIS, and the total fire loss through
out the country to $500, 00c, 900.
Those would be disheartening statistics
under normal conditions. But with the pres
ent housing shortage, they becoming alarm
ing. With millions seeking more adequate
destruction. of one dwelling by fire amounts
to the loss of two.
The destitute family must find a new place
to live, thus depriving some other home
seekers, or else join the swollen ranks of the
ill-housed. Material and labor must 60 to re-
place, instead of increase, the short supply
of housing.
Most fires in dwellings can be prevented.
Ard a sight bit of hope may be found in the
NFPA statement that the wave of fires al
ways recedes during Fire Prevention Week
and for several weeks afterwards.
So Fire Prevention Week this year, Oct.
sill, is a good time to take stock again of
homes and habits. For nearly 80 per cent of
home fires are caused by bad habits or faulty
construction.
The principal needless habits accounting
for ~preventable fires are these:
Carelessness with matches and smoking
So, 900 fires.
Children playing with matches $4,000
fires.
Use and storage of inflammable cleaning
fluids-2S,000.
Storage of paper, rags, furniture and toys
in closets, easements and attics.
These structural hazards are the chief fire
breeders.
Defective wiring and misuse of electrical
appliances - $4,000 fires. d,
Improperly installed and poorly maintain
ed heating equipment-45,0 00.
Faulty constructed and dirty chimneys-
&c, 900.
Inflammable roofs-39,00 600.
These causes of fire may be old stuff to
most readers. Nevertheless, they continue to
be responsible for a growing amount of prop
erty destruction and loss of life. In spite of
the general increase in losses, better building
material and ~stricter enforcement of building
codes are reducing some fires rising from
structural defects. Human carelessness re-
main the chief villain.
Fire Prevention Week is not just another
of the many special weeks that crowd the
calendar. 1t is an urgent reminder that every
American Has the responsibility every week
of guarding against carelessness that results
in death.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Answering Russia
BY T S

WASHINGTON, "Listen. .
Listen. . This is New York. .
You are listening to today's
FIRST broadcast of The Voice
of the United States of Ameri-
ca"
With this announcement of the
U. S. State Departments Office
of Information opens its three
half-hour daily shows of news
and music beamed at Soviet
Russia.
In many ways, The Voice still
cries in the Russian wilderness.
The program are monitored by
the U. S. embassy in Moscow,
which reports on how we'll the
signal comes in. But who else
in the U.S.S.R. listens, or how
much good The Voice does, is
an unknown quantity. The sta
ton gets no fan mail, because
Of Russian censorship. The
Voice has never been answered
directly by Radio Moscow.
Yet this is practically the only
outlet the United States has for
getting American ideas across
to the Russian people.
While shortwave broadcasts to
the world from Moscow 20 out
of their way to lambast the Unit
ed States and all it's works, the
State Department has not taken
to replying in kind. The policy
is to deliver a fair and factual
presentation of the news to the
Russian audience, if any, and
SO wild up a reputation for re-
liability. There is no effort to
slug it out in the old Communist
propaganda technique.
For instance, in handling Wis
hinsky's speech before the Unit
ed Nations General Assembly,
the Voice of America merely did
a reporting job on the Russian
delegates attack on U. S. for
eigh policy. This took a third Of
the program.
Next night, The Voice report
ed on reaction. Criticisms of the
speech by other UN delegates
and by American newspa-
pers was reported. But
the broadcasting of a formal,
point-by- point answer is being
held up until some qualified
American official, like President
Truman, Secretary Marshall or
Ambassador Austin, makes that
reply.
Since The Voice beaned at
Moscow is written and broad
cast in the Russian language,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
Wallace In Wonderland


So long as the Democratic
Party persists in a bipartisan
domestic and foreign policy"
says Henry Wallace, American
voters will have no more than
a choice between Tweedledum
and TWeedledee.
Mr.. Wallace's evaporation
with the illogic of society grows
daily. Behind the looking glass
Che seems to feel) where Amer
leans behold their reflected BIZ
partisan virtues with great sat-
isfaction, lies another world
where everything is turned tie
other way around. There Hump
ty Dumpty explodes in the New
Mexico desert, Lake Success
evaporates into hot air, it's al
ways later than you think at
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01

only a few of the scripts are
translated. The State De.
partment has just made avail.
able translations on the broad.
casts of Sept. 1st, End and 3rd,
however, and they give an idea
of how the official answers tc
the Russian line are being
handled.
They reveal that the
news broadcasts do emphasize
the American viewpoint, way OF
life and democratic ideas in {
positive manner. On the othe1
hand they do not hesitate
to ~critisize Russian policy. They
are reconizably anti Commun
list. Sometimes they show barb
ed effectiveness.
On the Labor Day broadcast,
there was a good line for Rus.
sian consumption in the state.
ment that the average Ameri.
can industrial workman now
makes $1.25 an hour - enough
for 10 loaves of bread.
In hitting the foreign news,
The Voice to Russia puts over
the U. S. policy slant. In report.
ing on the elections in Hungary,
it was admitted there had been
an overwhelming victory for the
Communist Party. But the
charges of voting frauds that
made the result a foregone con-
clusion were given the big play
On Sept. End, anniversary OF
the Jap surrender, it was point.
ed out that Japan was now on
the way to becoming a peace
full democratic state, and the
task now was to write a peace
treaty. It was brought out that
the U. S. and Britain had fought
Japan nearly four years, while
Russia had been in this war on
l!y a month. William Sebald,
American chairman of the Al.
lied Council in Tokyo, was quot
ed II know of no occasion
where the Soviet member has
ever given helpful or construc-
tive advice"
The fact that the u. S. govern
ment had rejected Soviet objec-
tons to raising the industrial
production level of Germany
was reported, with the reasons
for the rejection.
American protest to Moscow
over the death sentence given
Bull garian political leader Niko-
la Petkov' was broadcast with
the comment: "The note accus-
ed the Soviet Union of violating
its obligations under the Yalta
agreement"
Truman's speech at the Rio
de Janeiro Conference was
translated in full. In the news
summary, emphasis was put on
the Presidents statement that
the fundamental policy of the
United States is fidelity to the
United Nations and the desire
for permanent peace"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01

peace, so we are told, has demonstrated q
greater hate by some for their fellow man
than ever before was voiced in the days
when the world was sans this sort OF
unity (?).
And so the Destroyer Fox suddenly col
ldes with a floating mine and is wounded,
Just how long the mine had been in the
water, or if it was one of those left in the
seas after the war, or whether it but recent
" was SC. ~afloat, of course, the Navy hasn't
said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-01
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

State Department, within the
Administration, within the gov
eminent as a whole. The out
come is still undecided.
The real issue is hidden be-
cause the Truman Doctrine was
promulgated shortly after Gen
eral Marshall became Secre-
tary of State, and because he
made the decision to 60 to the
support of Greece and Turkey,
which was a concrete applica-
ton Of the Truman Doctrine.
The issue is confused by the
fact that Mr.. Molotov and the
Soviet propaganda abroad and
many publicists here at home
are representing the Marshall
proposals to Europe as an APP
plication of the Truman Doc
trine. The confusion is COM
pounded still more because the
director of Secretary Marshall's
planning staff is now known,
through the publication of Mr..
KS article, to have been the
leading expert upon whose OBJ
servations, predictions, and n.y.