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The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-14
The W ashington Merry -Go Round
By DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON = There've been considerable charges and counter charges that CIO council Les Pressman ghost-wrote the hot White-H House veto message on the Taft Hartley Labor Bill. Truth is that he had no direct hand in writ ing the message, though some of his words did creep in.
 Inside fact is that the bristling veto message was composed by White House assistant Clark Cliff ford with the help of two princi- pal contributors, William s. Tyson Solicitor of the Labor Department and Paul Herzog, Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.
 However, both Tyson and Herzog wrote analyses of the labor bill for Clifford's guidance. And these were strikingly similar to an analysis written by CLOS Pressman. This is probably why certain phraseology that cropped up in the final White House draft of the labor message was attributed to Pressman.
 Further inside fact is that Cliff ford requested the opinions of sev- eral other individuals outside the government, including William Leis- erson, former Chairman of the National Labor Relations Board However, Leiserson is plenty peev- ed because Clifford rejected his views-after seeking them.
 A confidential memorandum Leis- erson sent Clifford was only mildly critical of the Hartley Bill and indorsed several provisions of the legislation, including the ban on jurisdictional strikes, as neces- sary steps in management-labor re- iations.
 Leiserson tells friends that, while he couldn't indorse the whole bill in his opinion, some parts of it were good. In any case, the former La Tor Board head privately declares that some of the hot language Clifford wrote into the message should have been toned down"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-14
TASTEFUL ABOUT WIVES

Anyone in aviation will tell you that there's nothing bashful about Mai. Alexander de Seversky when it comes to airplane design. Re- peatedly, before Pearl Harbor, he bearded and badgered Gen. Hap Arnold ot build long-range pursuit plane, put armor around flying fortresses. When it comes to kiss ing his wife in public, however, Seversky belongs to the old school. As Seversky called at the White House recently to receive the Har- mon Trophy for outstanding avia- tion service from the President, news photographers learned that it was a double red-letter day for the Rus sian-born aircraft designer. Sev- ersky and his lovely blonde wife
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Evening star., 1947-11-04

amphibious assault tactic Is to be
kept alive 1t must be practiced fre-
quently, especially in view of the
fact that the turnover in the serv-
ices Is very high and the expe-
rience and age level among enlisted
men low.
Learn Fast, Forget Faster.
In other words, comparatively
short enlistments and the good
prospects of jobs outside in boom
times means that few Of the younger
men now serving in the Army, Navy
or Air Force will be in service this
time next year.
They learn fast" one Navy per-
sonnel officer said today, but they
forget even faster. The only thing
we can do is keep teaching them
the lessons we learned the hard
way in the last war We should
keep on with these training maneu-
vers until the money runs out. We
old timers will help tie up the ships
where they can get rusty and 60 on
the beach to file reports with seven
copies on everything"
Evening star., 1947-11-04
By W. n. Shippen. Jr.
Stor Stoff Corrsspondsnt

TYNDALL FIELD, Fla, Nov. A.
Final units of the I'd Armored Di-
vision still were numbering ashore
today under perfect weather con-
ditions.
In fact, the weather has been SO
favorable it probably was respon-
sible for delay yesterday morning
while q tank-loaded LIST made
three futile passes at the beach.
This went on for three hours.
The sky yesterday, as today, was
clear, the wind slight and the sea
quite calm, but for some reason
Exercise Seminole begged down
while generals and admirals fretted
and their juniors jeered out of
hearing.
It seems that the floating cause
ways lowered Sunday from LISTS
were anchored so far ashore that
they were thoroughly grounded
when the tide went out. The orig
inal plan was to begin unloading
on the two causeways. The first
LIST with the heavy equipment kept
making passes at the causeway,
going aground about so yards short.
Causeways Becalmed.
The weather was so calm 1t was
said there were not enough waves
running to help free the causeways
50 they could be towed further out
to sea.
Nobody seemed willing in the
joint Army, Navy and air maneuvel
to make a decision to commit the
ponderous vehicles OF the End Ar
mored to the surf.
Navy officers limited that the ar
mored division out of Texas didn't
want to get its feet wet, and Army
officers said off the record the Navy
ought to learn the tides on the
Gulf Coast If they could read the
World Almanac.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Delay in Exercise Seminole
Blamed on: 90 Good Weather

When the End Armored tanks
half tracks, self-propelled guns and
fortified personnel carriers finally
took the plunge in the surf they
sludged ashore towing an occa-
sional jeep which had succumbed ia
the waves. The vehicles were water
proofed as to ignition systems, and
motor exhausts and carburetor in
takes were piped into the air.
Royal Expresses Satisfaction.
The soldiers of the End Armored
were spreading plenty of elbow
grease and Government oil today
to get their land carriers back In
shape, while more or less gently
cursing the fate that sent them
to sea.
On the other hand, Secretary OF
the Army Royal said here last
night that everything went of as
planned and if slight delay was
noticeable it only emphasized the
need for more amphibious maneu-
vers by the Army, Navy and Air
Force.
1t was the opinion of many quail
ified observers here that If the
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Forest Hills Unit Opposes
Anv Transit Fare Increase

Any increase in fares by the Capt.
tai Transit Co. was opposed last
night by the Forest Hills Citizens
Association.
G. T. Bowman said that ANY in
crease at this time is inadvisable.' -
People in the lower income brackets
could not afford to pay a higher
fare and would consequently seek
other means of transportation, he
contended.
The association voted to sponsor
a drive to eradicate Japanese beetles
in the area. Mrs. Lester Neuman
and ]. Sanders were appointed to a
committee to contact all the resi-
dents of the area.
G. r. Bowman. president, con-
Quoted the meeting in the Murch
School, Thirty-Sixth and Ellicott
streets NV.
Evening star., 1947-11-04
Percy Montague, Jr.,
Rites PIunned Today
BY the Associated Press

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. 4.
Percy Montague, jr., 64, retired
treasurer of the Eastern Advertising
Co., New York, died at 'Merrie
Mills" his Alben1arle County home,
after a heart attack Monday night.
He is survived by his widow, the
former Claudia Collier, Memphis,
Tenn; a son, Percy Montague, III,
of Gotham and Charlottesville, and
daughter, Mrs. Philip N. Joachim,
Long Island, N. Y.
Funeral services will be held at
Evening star., 1947-11-04

$50 pm. today from Grace Epis-
copal Church, Cismont, and burial
will be in the church yard. The Rev.
L. Leslie Robinson will ofiiciate.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

| Prince Albert, the bridegroom's great-great-
| grandfather.
Generally, everybody is wondering why
Tho rites will be featured by the old pomp
md circumstance Of royal nuptlal cere-
monies when the nation and its people are
:, sucb sore distress economically and H.
nancially, Many an American, who views
bio weddings as not only unnecessarily cost
" hut foolish as well, wants to know why
the betrothed pair doesn't slip quietly 70 d
i,,stice of the peace's office, with the neces-
- " witnesses only, and ave the knot tleo
there in the name of expedlency anu
economy.
Rut if is not to be forgotten that the crown
and the royal family of Britain are syn1oois
representatives of Britain's past greatness
md in the present case, of Britain's nope
of continued power.
Britain can't pay it's way in TINS ne" ~
strange world in which all nations are siop
ino. but surely cannot be condemned loi
+rvino IN simulate it's commanding postum"
NV giving it's beloved Princess a Weoolhg W
outshine any similar event since vlc'oi'a >
n,n+ia1s were solomnized in the ABBEY d.
,,b.+euer expense is involved, or how neaVi-
L. 4he neonle 90 into debt to pay Tor 1t OF
contract privately to witness the proceSSion'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Not To Re Blamed

Although the marriage of Princess Eliza
beth, heir to the British throne, to Lieuten-
nat Phillip Mountbatten is nearly a month
ahead the American press is d%evoting many
columns to its exploitation. From all &C.
counts the event is to be celebrated in truly
regal style, despite Britain's lack of dollars
and general hard times.
Only some two thousand guests will at
and the actual ceremonies in Westminster
Abbey, but one writer says"-as royal we'd
dings 60, there hasn't been anything hk i
Tor 107 years, when the brides great-great-
rahdmother, Queen Victoria, married
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Russian NatiOnalism

The future of the civilized world IS tied
up in an undiplomatic wrestling match be-
tween the Soviet bloc and those other nations
for whom the United States, through cir
cumstance, has become principal spokes-
man.
Upon the outcome of this cold war" de-
ponds whether there may be another hot
war. 1t is very important that we Americans
Who must spearhead our side of this cold
war" should understand clearly why we
are fighting" it, and, perhaps more lmpor-
tant, why we are not.
We are not fighting against the cohtlno'
ance of economic communism In Russia
What economy the Russians choose TO aoop'
or retain none of our business. l"eh'S
years ago we thought it was. we "ei'
wrong. We know better now.
We are not fighting to deprive the NUS
sian people of that totalitarianlsm whlcf
TODAY, much more than MARKHAM economies
is the hall mark of communism.
We are fighting to prevent Moscow IRON
forcing Marxism, totalitarianism or anything
else on an unwilling world by a eomnlna
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

ton of Trojan Horse and power politics
strategies.
We are fighting to stop Moscow's appeal
to exactly the same philosophy of brute force
that has been exemplified in the past by
other-and decentralization which
set out to extend their military and political
control over the civilized world.
It is mere coincidence that the Russia with
which we now wrestle is C~ommunistic.
Through ~laziness, we misrepresent our cause
when we talk about the Communists" IN
connection with this "cold war" It is Com
munists who now threaten world peace, but
they do not threaten because they are
Communists. They threaten because they are
observation-disclosures they are dong
their worst to bring the world under their
sway.
Moscow does not fear and hate and smear
us because we are capitalistic. Gromyko and
Vishinsky and their satellites use that
epithet, and talk economics, because, like
any smart politician, they know that "elec-
TONS are won by making the voters hate
opposition candidates.
But, in fact, they hate and fear and try
to beat us down because we are the only
nation strong enough to bar their way to
world domination. And we are forced to
fight them in this "cold war" because, both
in common decency and in self-defense, we
dare not let any nation-Fascist Germany,
Communist Russia, or other - weld most
of the world Involuntary into a self-con-
tanned, belligerent empire.
Because we would comprehend the magnl-
tude of Soviet ambition-hecause We could
not imagine why SO great, undeveloped a
country would want to expand - we have
let Gromyko and Vishinsky and their as
~sociates back us into a diplomatic corner.
We can't back any futher. The chasm
overhung by our heels is MORALLY deep. Mos
cow knows that better than we do. She if
bringing up her heavy artillery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
By JOSEPH ALSOP

of Premier Themistocles So
phoulis is American-made. Am
bassador Lincoln MacVeagh,
Governor Griswold and the chief
of the State Departments Mid
die Eastern division, 10y Hen
derson. had to intervene rather
forcefully to secure its forma-
ton. Their intervention directly
prevented the selection of d gov
eminent of the extreme right,
and secured agreement on the
present Cabinet representing all
parties except the Communists.
Intervention in the formation
of a Cabinet in itself constitutes
acceptance of an unprecedented
measure of responsibility for the
affairs of another country But
the process has by no means
ended there. The way the bud
get problem is being handled is
illustrative of the immense
further steps that + being
taken.
AS originally prepared, the
new Greek budget amounted to
a little less than four trlllion
drachmae. The Greek revenues
amount to about two trillion
drachmae. In the present situa'
ton in Greece. balancing the
budget is the only means to pre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its TO IN
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses. ship repair faclhtles,
nearby sites for heavy industry ano
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 ano
food processing. pulp wood %productlon
and factories
Emphasis on the regions recrea,
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and prl'
marv roads, with a 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
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, n IN
Guiding a Negro Health center
announcement of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Navy Day Week

All Americans the world over beginning
Saturday for three days will pay homage to
United States sailors who gave their lives to
our country. By proclamation by Governor
R. Gregg Cherry Monday in North Carolina
has been set aside as Navy Day.
Founded by the Theadore Roosevelt
League, the prime mover of Which was the
celebrated 'Tedy' of San Juan Hill and the
Big stick the day commentaries each year
those who have sailed the seas IN order tad'
the home-fires may continue to burn bright
'y and in safety.
From every port in the nation, saddeneo
and reverent persons will 60 down to the
sea in ships, there to place elaborate Wreatns
upon the waters, or perhaps, a lone flower
will be dropped in fond memory of a heroic
son or father.
Memorial service will be conducted IN
Wilmington on Sunday. The celebration
here, under the sponsorship OF the navy
League, is a memorial and tribute to those
in all branches of the services who lost
their lives at sea and in the air over the
seas.
It will be conducted by Navy Chaplalns-
Flowers will be taken down the Cape Fear
to the open sea and there deposited gently
upon the waters, symbolic of the love and
devotion we, of the living, will always hold
dear for those who nave gone on before.
. Wilmingtonians may contribute flowers to
this service by sending them to the Naval
Reserve, Custom House. One flower is asked
and that is all that is required to carry on
the love and respect all of us hold for our
brave men of the fighting services.
Theodore Roosevelt, no matter what his
faults, was a most humane man and his con-
tribution to the memory of the heroes of the
present and future by the Inauguration of
Navy Day has met with ever increasing
support by laymen throughout the land, lay
men who as time moves on, have come to
the full realization of the sacrifices made,
and being made, by members of the men
who 20 down to the sea in ships.
To these men, Wilmington will offer silent
prayers and for peace in our time and in
the future-always.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

The nations poultryless
Thursdays were under attack
from two sides yesterday. At
Washington the Citizens Food
Committee was reported to be
submitting to Chairman Charles
Luckman a plan by which farm
ers would be asked to cooper
ate in reducing the use of wheat
and corn in the feeding of poul-
try and livestock. This is a
move which. if accepted by
farmers. would undoubtedly
force C nsiderable additional
stocks of poultry on a market
which on Oct. l was reporting
the largest cold : storage hold
ings on record for that date
a total of 2O6, OO0, 900 pounds.
In Albany, DR.. Herman E.
Hilleboe. chairman of Governor
Dewey's State Food Committee,
declared that people should be
eating more poultry as a grain
saving measure. There are, said
DR.. Hilleboe. more than a mil
lion hens, laggards at egg lay
ing, on New York State farms.
These non producers, he said,
should be eaten, for they are
consuming about a pound and
a half of grain apiece every
week. Meanwhile, DR.. Hilleboe
pointed out, there we're almost
81, 600, 900 pounds of frozen poul-
IN 1efriger ated w a rehouses
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23

ATHENS. - On it's craggy
height above this ancient city,
in unimaginable loneliness,
stands the Parthenon, whose col
onnades knew Pericles. In the
bay below lies Salamis, where
Themistocles trlcked sluggish
Sparta into the attack on the
Persian ships. And at the mid
level between, amid the modern
squalor of the King George no.
tel, sits a former budget COM
missioner of the state of Penn
sylvania, briskly dealing with
the Greek budget as though he
were back home in Harrisburg.
1t is an odd contrast. but one
which accurately conveys the
character of the American mis-
sion to Greece headed by form
er Governor Dwight Griswold of
Nebraska. And it is crucially inn
portant to understand the char
acter of the American effort
here, if only because it indicates
how deeply, completely and in
escapably we have become in
volved in the political affairs OF
Europe.
The facts are, quite literally,
staggering in their implications.
To begin at the beginning, the
present Greek government
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
The Greek Budget

vent further and absolutely
Gripping initiation. The Griswold
mission has assumed response
bility for balancing the budget.
They have indicated broad
ly what cuts in expenditures
must be made. They have in
sisted on the discharge of $4,000
superfluous civil servants. They
may add another 10, 900 to the
list. They have obtained the ap-
proval of the Sophoulis govern
ment for their measures. And
they have further arranged to
place Americans in key
positions in the more important
ministries, in order to see to
it that the approved measures
are in fact carried out.
It comes as something of a
shock to find Americans per-
forming this sort of role in all
the major spheres of Greek gov
ernmental activity. The men
who compose the Griswold mis-
sion are chiefly former state Of
ficials or business men or Fed
eral civil servants. They are ut
terly unchanged by their trans
plantation to an unfamiliar en-
vironment. They are even un-
troubled by their lack of ex-
perience in foreign affairs. And
this is natural, and indeed I'M
harmful. All of them are thor
oughly experienced in practical
affairs at home. They under
stand the job they have to do,
and they are doing it, Your re-
porter asked one of them wheth-
er he did not find it difficult al
WAYS to be dealing with poll
ticians and officials of another
country.
"Well," he replied calmly, 81
haven't noticed much difference
between the people I work with
here and the people round the
state house back home. If
they're up to anything here the
state house crowd haven't
thought of, I'll be damned sur
prised."
What is more important, the
Greek leaders accept and ap-
pear pleased. by this decidedly
novel approach. The war left
Greece economically disorganiz-
ed and politically in chaos. All
wise men have long known what
ought to be done. But no individ-
uals or groups have had the
strength to do it. The men re-
moved from the padded govern
mental pay rolls may be dis
pleased. But the majority are
happy to have the Americans
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-23
Taft Foreign Policy
By T EDISON

our promise to many people
yearning to be free"
Exports-"We should restrict
exports of those products where
the supply is short, as in the
case of corn, and restrict the
total volume of exports more
than we do today"
Germany-"There is only one
way in which Germany can be
effectively controlled. That is to
control the production of a limit
ed number of essential prod
ucts."
International bank eve
fastened into a theoretical plan
for an international fund and an
international bank costing us Sc
billion. 1t was a complete waste
of funds to set it up before we
had created a world in which
it could effectively operate
Japan - "We should proceed
to make peace as rapidly as
possible"
Latin America "The Inter
American Treaty, credit for
which must go to Secretary
Marshall and Senator Vanden-
berg, offers more hope of future
peace. It sets an example which
ultimately may be extended to
the entire world"
Marshall Plan - I'VE have
proposed the so-called Marshall
Plan, which is not really a plan
at all, but only a combination
of suggestions. . We cannot af-
ford to 60 on lending money'on
a global scale. These loans, in
all human probability, will new
err be repaid"
National while the
Russian attitude is what it is,
we had better retain the atomic
bomb"
Palestine - II believe the
Omitted Nations special commit
tee) majority report (providing
for partition of Palestine into a
Jewish state and an Arab state)
submits a sound compromise of
the dangerous controversy"
Russian relations - Until
Senator Vandenberg entered the
picture. our attitude toward
Russia was one of complete sur
render"
United Nations - 81 believe
our most creditable efforts have
been in establishing the United
Nations . there we have
made a serious attempt to keep
our promises. There we have
created a forum in which the
problems of the world can be
brought out in the open, at
least, and partially solved .
(but) I do not see how WI can
abandon our own veto powers"