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Montana labor news., 1947-09-11
Let's Not PLAY The Other
Fellows Came!

Some merchants say that if they do put
Union-made goods on their shelves that I'm
ion people will not buy them. That may be
just an alibi, but if it be true, it is a serious
indictment of union men and women.
Let's not play the other fellows game.
He has marked cards. If we place our chips
on his table, in the end we are bound to lose.
It's no gamble when you purchase union prod
ucts and use union services.
Loyal trade u~niOnists do not patronize
any firm that does not sell union-made goods
and employ members of service unions. First,
they insist on the UNION LABEL. Next.
they ask for Union-made merchandise and if
the merchant has no supply TO them, union
men and women usually tell where he can get
them. The secretary of the Central Labor
Union in every city has a Union Label cata-
logue-dlrectory, a reference book in which
all union manufacturers are listed, and will
furnish such information. Full information
can also be obtained from l. M. Ornburn, Sec
retary-Treasurer, Union Label Trades Depart
ment, ALL, Washington l, DC.
The Eisenhower-for-presiden boom is get
ting underway, but nobody's been able to find
out yet which party he belongs to. Maybe
he figures it doesn't make much difference.
Pork barrel, ala GOP-The price of bacon
is from 300 to 400 per cent higher today than
in 1889.
In the old days, says PM, a dollar used to
go a long way. Now it just goes away.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-11
8 Per Cent Is Small.

Recently the Gallup Poll stated Il survey
it made showed that the high cost OF living,
foreign affairs, prevention of another war
and the working out Of a peace. and housing
were the four chief issues facing the country
insofar as IS per cent of those polled saw it.
Only 8 per cent of the people thought
that strikes and labor troubles were matters
of primary concern.
This is quite the opposite of what big bust
ness propagandists and various reactionaries
in congress have been feeding the country,
which was that the election results of Novem-
Der 1916, were a ~clear-cut mandate from the
people to congress to put organized labor in
its place.
This lack of interest of the man in the
street" in the program of business reactionar-
les with their stooges in congress was doubly-
demonstrated a few weeks ago by a Gallup
Poll on the Taft-Hartley Act.
This poll showed that 80 per cent of the
people interviewed wanted the law revised;
81 per cent wanted it repealed; and only %
per cent thought the Act should stand as it is.
The other 80 per cent replied they had Meth
err read nor heard Of the Taft-Hartley Act.
If the Gallup Polls mean anything, they
show how unrepresentative and mis-repre-
sentative of the peoples interest the 80th
Congress has been.
It's black record showed that it did abso-
lutely nothing to restrain the initiation of liv-
ing costs, but did everything it could to ag-
gravate this dangerous economic trend.
The congress did absolutely nothing to
help provide decent housing SO desperately
needed by millions of American families.
The trend of the recent Gallup Polls re-
veal that the people as a whole think more
nationally on matters of major concern than
does congress, which is supposed to reflect
their wishes. This is probably due to the fact
that the people at least are honest in their
thinking-which is more than can be said of
most congressman.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-11
The Sanctity of the Individual

A nation as well as an individual is known
by what it believes. The beliefs of totalitar-
ian regimes are clear to all. They believe in
the sanctity and supremacy of the state and
the complete subservience of the individual.
He is but a pawn. His work, his religion, his
home, his children are directly under the con-
troll of his master the state, and its self APP
pointed rulers. He may read, listen to and
say only what they wish. Even his beliefs
are regulated and regimented.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-11
COP Leadership Is Biz
Mouthpiece-Meany

Washington-FP-The Republican
leadership in Congress has demonstrate
ed beyond any question that it IS the
m~outhpiece and political instrument
OF big business" AFL Sec'y-Treas.
George Meany said in an interview
over the ABC network.
Montana labor news., 1947-09-11

CLARK X. NEATtH Insurance sales
n Services. Clark X Nratch, III
w. quartz, Butte.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
HADASSAH

The Harvest Festival Youth Ali
yah met with an excellent COM
munity response so that it was
both social and financial success.
Mrs. Charles Alter was chairman.
Contributions to Youth Aliyah are
always acceptable and apply
towards the "Minyon." Checks
payable to Hadassah should be
sent to either Mrs. Charles Alter
or the treasurer, Mrs. Abe Feuer-
stein.
Board meeting was held Nov.
4th at the home of Mrs. William
Davidson. Regular meeting will be
held Nov. 18th at 1870 p. m. at the
Anshei Israel Auditorium.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
TAU DELTS

An open house and buffet lunch
was held honoring the parents Of
Tau Delts on Mom's and Dads
Day, October 25, at the fraternity
house. Over 60 parents and friends
attended.
A barbecue honoring the fra
ternity was held by DR.. and Mrs.
Leonard Wiener and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles J. Miller in the patio of
the latter's home on East 5th ST.,
on October 10Th.
Mr.. Ned Rosing, executive Sec
retary of Tau Delta Phi national
fraternity, was guest at the fra
ternity house for three days dur
ing a visit to various fraternity
chapters in this part of the coun-
try.
Two additional students have
pledged Tau Delta during informal
rushing, two weeks ago. They are:
Paul Bayer, Tucson; Ezra Reagan,
Long Island, N. Y.
The Inter-fraternity Scholarship
Trophy was presented to the fra
ternity for having the highest
scholastic average among the
fourteen fraternities on campus,
during the End semester of last
year. 1t was the first semester the
organization was on campus.
Five Tau Delts and former Tau
Delts were presented with scholar
ship honors during the honors as
sembly, Oct. 80. They are: Col
Iege of Liberal Arts: Nanny Kap-
Ian, Tucson; David Schenker, now
attending U.C.L.A., Tucson; Will
fred Alter, now attending North
western dental school, Tucson; Ira
S. Cohen, Tucson; College of Busi-
ness: Leonard Ivans, Tucson.
Nanny Kaplan was awarded the
Phi Kappa Phi freshman award
for having one of the ten highest
averages in the freshman class.
He ranked fifth.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
B'NAI BIRTH

The Gin Rummy Tournament
Oct. oath saw a new champion
Irving Buchanan. 1t is rumored
that he was in training for 8
months receiving instructions
from some of the best players in
the country, preparing himself for
this occasion. Gif Giffords relin-
ouished his title gracefully, how
ever, he'll be ready to challenge
the new champion next year.
Art Szerlip is the new adviser
to AZA. Sidney Szerlip was ap-
pointed delegate to the Commun-
ity Council replacing Robert Kis-
sci.
Next meeting will be November
14th at the Anshei Israel. A film,
"This is B'nai Birth" will be
shown.
The Arizona post., 1947-11-07
BBG-AZA

On Oct. 26th a joint BBG-AZA
meeting was held to discuss final
plans for their annual Thanksgiv-
ing Dance to be held Nov. 9th at
the Tucson Women's Club. 1t will
be a super-deluxe affair.
Following day the two clubs
will go by chartered bus to Phoe-
nix. for the regional convention.
The Phoenix groups will recipro-
cate for the courtesy paid them
here last year.
Thanksgiving Dance promises to
be the best ever given! Tickets are
now on sale from any member OF
AZA or BIG or by phoning Shiel
Ginsberg, 8751-R.
Mrs. A .Feldman, S. 9Th, is at
Tucson Medical Center and get
ting better "bit by Bit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
FINANCIALLY SUCCESSFUL

The announcement that the Junior
Chamber of Commerce-sponsored presenta-
lion Of the New York Civic Opera Com
pany was a financial success comes as
good news TO friends Of the organization
If would have been deeply TO be re-
gretted if, after the JaYcees had worked
80 hard promoting the performances, they
had suffered any monetary loss.
That The reverse is true shows moi only
thai the organization has courage to ven
ture upon new activities but possesses the
power, the leadership and the Industry tc
achieve its goals.
IT also proves that music appreciation
Is improving in Wilmington.
lnasmuch as the Junior Chamber de
votes the revenues it creates through il.
undertakings to worthy causes, its profit.
from the operatic venture take on add
,tional significance.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
DON'T COUNT TRUMAN OUT

Next years presidential election absorbs
more and more public attention as time
passes. Three Of the four possible republi-
can candidates, Dewey, Stassen and Taft.
are more or less out in the open for the
nomination, although Siassen alone avows
his intention TO seek the partY's conven-
ton favor. Vandenberg has said he does
not choose TO run, or the Michigan equi-
valent of Coolidge's New England patois
And thai is a pity, as he is The strongest
member Of the quartette and in our hum
BILE opinion best fitted for the office.
temperamentally and in training. as well
as in understanding Of the great issues
the next President Of the United States
must deal with.
While the trio 90 about the business Of
angling for the nomination with such bali
as they see fit TO use, and the republican
Congress founders in deep wafer, it is
notable thai President Truman continues
TO gain in popular favor the further he
travels from the Roosevelt shadow.
Mr.. Truman has gained in stature ever
since the November elections, with its
republican landslide, gave him an excuse
TO break with the untenable policies Of
the new deal Six months ago it was a
f~oreqone conclusion thai if he secured
the democratic nomination to succeed him
self in the presidency he would be doomed
TO overwhelming defeat. II is not Ger
tain now that he could moi be beaten, but
he enjoys one advantage in thai whereas
the republicans have three and possibly
four potential candidates the democrats
have but one.
Sometimes there is strength in num-
bers; other times there is weakness.
The national conventions Of the major
parties are a long time ahead. Many
things can happen between today and
then. But il would be foolish. as the situa-
lion now exists, TO count Mr.. Truman out
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

Vile, S. C., Jail and left his body al a
roadside they violated the criminal and
the moral law. 1t is good TO see that the
peace authorities Of South Carolina have
acted TO bring them TO judgment.
By this quick action forty-one persons
have been arrested, charged with murder.
For the good name Of the state and the
integrity Of the nation ii now becomes i'm
perative that no guilty one escape just
punishment.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
COUNTY SCHOOL COSTS

The State Board Of Education's report
on money spent for education in New
Hanover county shows a total Of 81 ,04e,-
1885. The figures are correct, but mis-
leading. They include an item Of SILL
590.l8 in the form Of federal funds used
in conducting nursery schools, national
defense training and special courses not
a part of the regular public school sys-
fem. The New Hanover County Board Of
Education merely runs" this amount
through its books, but it is not an obliqa-
lion upon the taxpayers.
The net cost Of conducting the county
school system, therefore, is Ss26, 603. II.
II is the largest total expended upon edu-
cation in the southeastern area of North
Carolina and is readily accounted for by
the fact that the county enrolment is
also larger than in any Of the other coun-
ties. Enrolment in Brunswick county,.
for example, is ATS; in Bladen county
it is 1925; in Columbus, l2,255; in DUP
lin, II, 4444;; in 0nslow, 5,847 and in Fender
1895.
Comparison Of enrolment and expense
in Columbus and Duplin counties reveal
that whereas Duplin has but l0,444 pupils
and Columbus l2,255, the cost Of operating
Duplin schools is $500, 1880 A and in Colum-
bus county, with about two thousand more
pupils, it is s6O4, O90.87.
What is Of chief interest here is thai
by and large, and despite the larger en-
rollment and greater number Of schools
in operation, the cost is not OUT Of proper.
lion TO the cost in any Of the Southeastern
counties. AT the sam time, it is an estab
|lished fact that the New Hanover count,
! schools, including the high school, ratt
, with the best in the state, and are higl
/ up on the national list.
r The rating will be substantially improv
ed when the junior college is auihoriz
n ed at the polls next month and launche
with the opening Of the school term j
J. Il94S.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
The Book OF knowledge

agree; for Godfrey Chaucer moi
only wrote pleasant poems, but
pictured the people of his own'day
and helped to fix our tongue. which
had been changing constantly.
At the time of Chaucer's death.
in 400, he had been living in a
house on the grounds Of West.
minister Abbey. He was buried i.
the Abbey for that reason.
Gradually, through the centuries,
many other poets were buried near
him, and that small section Of the
Abbey is now called The Poets
Corner.
Copyright, 1916, By the Grolier
Society. Inc, based upon The Book
of Knowledge.)
distributed by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
TOMORROW The Earth's
Journey Around the Sun:
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
THE TRUCK LANE DISPUTE

Contradictory views on the State high
way Departments truck lane proposal ap-
pear irreconcilable.
The Star has received communications
from and heard discussions among Third
street residents, the tenor Of which is that
even partial relief for the traffic burden
now borne by that thoroughfare is better
than nothing and that in due course" it
is 10 be expected that further easement
will follow.
On the other hand, Seventh street resi-
denis seem determined 10 prevent CONVEX
sion Of their street into a truck lane it
humanity possible.
With the situation what ii is the need
for further study Of the only alternative
"a lane by-passing downtown Whining
ion-is obvious.
The City Council, naturally, will take
into consideration the differing schools o.
thought before acting on the State High
way Commissions recommendation.
II is notable thai thus far the dispute
has been among residents on the twt
streets between which ii is proposed II
divide truck traffic. Other interests, par
ticularly the petroleum companies operat
ing trucks in the city, have not voicel
their views. In fairness TO the business
community at large, no decision should bt
reached until these views have been ex
pressed and weighed.
That Wilmington has need for a truck
lane is %indisputable. II should have beer
established beyond midtown long ago. Bu.
it should not be created on any route now
without consent Of the principal users
and with full consideration Of properly
rights.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Literary
Guidepost
By PAUL SANDERS
TRINIDAD VILLAGE, by
Melville J. and Frances 8.
Herskovits (Knopf; $4.75


A thorough and scholarly exami-
nation of Negro life and culture IN
Trinidad, one of the most important
British possessions in the western
Hemisphere, is offered in this work,
an authoritative contribution to
better knowledge Of the vast seq
ment of our hemisphere which
might be called Afro-America. This
area extends from the southern
part of the United States, across the
Caribbean and deep into South
America. In all OF this territory
Negroes make up a big minority
or a majority, of the population.
The authors, among the Tore
most authorities on Negro culture,
make. what is described as the
first anthropological study OF a
Protestant Negro culture in the
English : speaking Caribbean. Tney
limited their work in this case to
TOGO. a small settlement on the
northeastern coast of Trinidad.
The TOGO population is almost
entirely Negro. Most of the people
are Protestants, and the majority
follows established church pro-
cedures. Negroes in Trinidad have
had their freedom since 1888. Llv'
ine standards still are not hlgh
but, say the authors:
..Whatever his economic status,
the Trinidad Negro is proud ana
Jealous for his rights.
HE is eager for education.
He is, in a word. at nome m q
setting with which he ldentllies
himself. and where he is willing
to spare no effort to gain for nm.
self control over the ordering Of
his life"
al recent books from the same pup
Usher which described various as
poets of Hemisphere life. Cuban
Counterpoint'' by the Cuban Fer
nando Ortiz gave a detailed picture
of the effect of the tobacco ano
g industries on the life ano
economy of Cuba. THE Master
and the Slaves" by Gilberto freyre
presented for the first time in Eng
fish a masterful study OF plantation
life and customs in Colonial n
early Republican Brazil. "Ihe
Green Continent" edited py
German Arcienegas, of Colombia,
gave Latin American views OF
South America.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
CHAUCER AND THE CANTER-
BURY TALES"

When we speak of Godfrey
Chaucer, the poet, as the father
of English literature" we mean
that, though men had written in
various dialects of Old English be-
fore his time, he was the first
great author to standardize one OF
the dialects as English" This he
did by using it in books that were
widely read.
Chaucer was born in London, in
l340 or whereabouts. His father, a
wine merchant, was connected by
business with the Kings court. The
boy vas made a page to the wire
of Prince Lionel, son of Edward
III. When he was about twenty.
Chaucer went to France with the
army of Edward III, and was
taken prisoner, but ransomed.
In the years that followed, he
| teld a number of positions granted
to him by Edward III and the fol
lowing king, Richard II. Seven
| times he was sent on royal mis-
| sions to Italy, France and the Low
Countries.
His writings show the influence
of his travels. At first he trans
lated and initiated the French
poets. Then he was captivated by
Dante, the greatest poet of the
Middle Ages, and by Petrarch,
whom he probably m e t in Italy.
But through his later poems often
borrowed both form and subject
from Italian works, they be-
came increasingly English in
thought and original in treatment.
The poems that picture him for
US at his best r a collection call
cd THE Canterbury Tales" The
plan of these tales give him free
dom to choose characters from
the rich the middle classes and
the poor, and bring them together.
A company of about thirty men and
women, t h e poet imagines. have
met at the Tabard Inn, in South
wark. over the Thames from Lon
don, to start On a pilgrimage to
the tomb of Thomas a Beckett at
Canterbury. The landlord OF the
inn, a jovia1, managing fellow, vol
unteers to act as their guide.
To pass the time as they travel.
he proposes that each pilgrim shall
tell two stories on the way to
Canterbury, and two on the return
Journey. Whoever tells the best
story is to be entertained at supper
by the rest of the company when
they return to the Tabard. The poet
describes each Of the pilgrims, and
writes the stories they tell, but only
twenty-four. Before they reached
Canterbury, the tales broke OH,
owing to the poets death.
In these tales, supposed to be
told by all kinds of people, the
manner in which people lived in
the Middle Ages il unrolled. We
see it just as it was, sometimes
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Religion
DayByDay
THE GULF STREAM
BY WILLIAM T. L L

AS, day after day, I watch the
Gulf Stream, and sometimes sail
upon It's mighty and mysterious
current, l am mindful of other
streams which it suggests. 1t is in
the midst of the ocean, yet sep
afate from 1t, warmer, faster-mov-
ing, and beneficent.
So is the stream of prayer,
which, from amidst the sea of life
moves steadily and irresistiblv IN
ward from millions Of hvm.n
hearts. Who can measure ~
breadth and depth and volume 80
beneflcence of this ceaseless c,,r1
rent OF communion and suppliea-
ton that is ever moving from the
God? Nione Of
AS we pray u own PRAYERS
pose we recall the unna sup,
flood Of other prayers thst go
perpetually flowing to the Fatsar
who hears every one Of then a"'ef
In the fellowship Of PRAYER toc.u
we pray for all others who 10y,
praying. Hear and answer thsn.
] our Father; as Thou ha. ."!
ana answered us. Amen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25
Your Income Tax

@. Last year I earned $40 work
ing for four weeks and my en-
pioyer withheld the usual amount
for taxes. In view of the fact that
my earnings were less than $500
do I have to report the $40?
Should 1 report my earnings with
those of my husband so that we
set the full benefit of the two $500
exemptions?
A. The answer to your first
question is No-you don't have to
report the $40 you earned last
year.
The ansWe to your second ques-
ton is Yes - you should report
your earnings with those of your
husband on a joint return so as to
get the benefit of two $500 exemp-
tons.
Preparing separate return
your husband would like to claim
O. $500 exemption for you, his wife
but he can't do so if you had
any income at all. Hence you
should file a joint return.
True, your $40 income must be
included on a joint return but on
a joint return you get an addi-
tional $500 exemption. AS for the
money withheld from your pay
you can claim credit for that on
your joint return.
The official Treasury instruc-
tons dispel any doubts as follows:
"a married person with less
than $500 income should always
file a joint return with husband or
wife to get the lesser tax or larger
refund FOR the couple"
The WRONG way to do it would
be % you to file a separate re-
turn using your exemption and
getting a piddling refund CT the
amount withheld from your pay,
.- (0N 1, L,,,Lo. f1
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-25

gentle and romantic, sometimes
brutal, cunning and Vulgar, with
good and evil mixed. You a feel
that Chaucer greatly enjoyed tell
ing these stories for all the while
he was full Of fun.
What a mixed company it is that
gathers under the guidance Of the
jolly innkeeper! There is the
knight. With h m is his son, a
curly-headed lad of twenty, his
mind full Of love and romance.
The church contributes 4 group
Of characters, the chief among
them being a prioress, who is a
model of the best manners of the
day.
The professions provide a
doctor. a lawyer, and a pale,
threadbare student from Oxford.
The landed classes sent to the pill
grim group a farmer; commerce
sent a merchant; and among the
rest were a miller, a plowman. a
sailor, a carpen ter, a weaver, q
dyer, and a wife of Bath who had
been married five times.
Most of the tales were borrowed
from Italian writer's, b u in turn
ing them into English. Chaucer
gave them freshness and even new
meanings. Good nature and a quiet
humor played over all his writing.
William Caxton. who printed
books in the English tongue
seventy-seven years after Chau-
GERS death. printed some of the
poets works. and introduced them
by saying: I'VE ought to give
singular laud (praise) unto that
noble a d great philosopher. who
may well have the name of laure-
ate-poet." With that judgment all
later users Of the English language