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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
In A Ruined CITY

BERLIN, - Among these
ruins, the political real les of
our world seem more solid and
tangible than the people who
walk the streets like tired
ghosts. Berlin is the final SYM
bol of the destruction wrought
by the Second World War. And
in Berlin, more than in any
other city of Europe, there is
no concealment of the central
postwar fact. Instead of a world
at peace, the war has left the
world divided into two mutual
ly hostile camps.
To be sure, the Foreign Mini
sters of the wartime grand al
liance-Marshall and Molotov,
Bevin and Bidault will short
ly gather in London to discuss
a German peace settlement.
But, barring the miracle of a
complete reversal of Soviet
policy, the London meeting can
only end in stalemate.
A stalemate in London will,
in turn, produce an immediate
and unavoidable result. Germa-
ny will be divided. Thus Europe
will be divided,a a along the line
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Glass In Streets

Usually we think of broken glass in the
street as a menace to auto tires. Yet, con-
sidering the amount of glass that frequently
disfigures streets, especially at intersections,
the number of flat tires directly traceable
to it is exceedingly small. Sometimes silver
will bore through casing and finally pune
ture an inner tube, but the chief cause of
tire trouble, aside from old age, is tacks or
nails
But this does not excuse leaving broken
glass on streets. We are told of one case in
which a small boys life was in jeopardy and
would have been lost but for prompt first
aid. Late for school, the little fellow was
hurrying across street. and because he was
more intent upon reaching his destination
than anything else he tripped, perhaps over
his own feet and fell upon nest of glass.
His mother who was with him noticed blood
begin to squirt from the lads wrist She
rushed with him to physicians office where
the punctured artery was closed and his life
saved. Had it not been for the mother
presence of mind and prompt action the boy
certainly would have died, for life ebbs
quickly through a severed artery.
The case offers the best of reasons for
having no glass in any street. A person who
breaks bottle or other glass container in a
street owes it to everybody else to gather it
up and put it in place where it cannot
possibly be hazard of accident
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18

in 1903. and President Taft issued calk in
1911 for reciprocity with Canada. Following
the I,usitania incident President Wilson call
ed Congress into session to hear his mes
sage declaring state of war existed with
Germany With World War II disrupting
relations, President Franklin
D. Roosevelt assembled Congress to pass
neutrality legislation.
Yesterday President Truman opened an
extraordinary session primarily to provide
interim aid for France, Italy and Austria,
but it is evident that price controls and other
vital domestic matters will be threshed out
before the next regular session opens on
January 6.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Needed House Cleaning

What may hopefully be the fatal weak
ness of Communists and fellow travellers in
American labor unions has cost the leftists
what was probably their richest prize -
control of the big, powerful United Auto
mobile Workers. For they overplayed their
hand, as they did in the National Maritime
Union, until the membership got fed up and
turned them out.
The pro-Communist hold on the UAW
started slipping last year, when Walter
Reuther was elected president But enough
left wingers retained high offices to give
the scrappy, anti-Communist president a
hard tussle If they had been content to go
slowly and at least give the impression of
making the members best interests the first
order of business they might still be in there
fighting Mr. Reuther for control.
Instead, they tried to use their posi-
tions to promote the party line Evidently
Understanding the intelligence of the rank
andfile, the persistently fomented trouble,
prolonged strikes, and beat the drum for a
variety OF causes far removed from the
needs and aims of the auto workers.
This had been going on for 10 years,
under MIR. Reuthers acquiescent predeces-
sor. During that time bitter factional strife
ragged, creating an environment in which
communism works best. Maybe the UAW
members were slow in catching on to the
fact that they were being used, but they
certainly woke up at their convention in At
lantic City last week, and acted with un-
mistakable purpose. They swept the whole
collection of Communists and comrades Out
of office and reelected Mr.. Reuther and his
ticket over the weakest of token opposition
This time, CIO President Philip Murray
who has sometimes strung along with the
leftists for the sake of unity, did not SIDE
step the issue. He came before the conventlof
with an all-out endorsement OF MIR. heuther
while damning with faint praise those VA"
executives who opposed him.
But it seems evident that MI Murray
blessing was not needed. The Reuthef trl
umph was clearly triumph OF oemocrau
action, Embossed and unprcssured. me aut'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
By JOSEPH ALSOP

of the frontier of the east-west
zones of Germany, the Czecho-
slovak border, the frontier of
the east-west zones of Austria,
and the border of the Yugoslav
and Anglo-American zones of
Trieste. And thus, the world will
also be divided, with the lines
fully drawn between the tw 0
competing systems except in
the far East. The inevitability
of this tragic outcome is openly
acknowledged here.
At London of course, both the
Soviet and the Western leaders
will maneuver frantically, each
trying to lay upon tine shoulders
Of the other the responsibility
for Germany's division. The
Soviets are so anxious to stand
forth as the champions of Ger
man unity that Marshal Soko,
lovsky has told his German
stooges Molotov will propose
immediate termination of the
Allied occupation of Germany
Molotov may not actually go sc
far. But the main point is tha
these maneuvers will be entire
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Tax Cut Plans
BY PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON, - In spite of
Speaker Joe Martins firm de-
cision to delay tax cutting until
after January, everyone with an
ak to sharpen for chopping down
the tax structure is lining up at
the congressional grindstone.
Latest to come forward with
a new tax plan is the Commit
tee for Economic Development,
headed by Paul Hoffman of
Studebaker. 1t includes u h
stalwarts as Beardsley Ruml of
Macy's, Chester Davis of Fed
eral Reserve, John D. Biggers
of Toledo, Fred Lazarus of Gin
cinnati, Philip D. Reed of Cen
eral Electric, Fowler Nc
Cormick of Chicago and others
of that caliber.
In an exhaustive study on
s'Taxes and the Budget" they
present a policy statement in
tended to write a program for
continuing prosperity in a free
economy. 1t is the closest that
any big business group has
come to admitting there may be
something to this idea of trying
to maintain high-level employ
ment, after all. 1t aims at q
stabilized federal budget, as
called for in the Congressional
Reorganization Act.
In practically every respect
this CED report is a much more
complete and a more rational
lob than the tax study turned
| in to the House Ways and Means
Committee by Chairman Harold
Knutson's hand-picked group OF
big shots headed by Roswell
MagiIl and John Hanes from
Wall Street and spokesmen for
business, manufacturing, a i l.
road and petroleum industry as
sociations Their sole objective
seems to have been to lower
their own taxes.
The CED group takes a more
constructive line, although they
are not opposed to all tax cuts.
Prior to the CED meeting in
Washington, when its tax policy
statement was released, four
members of the committee
threatened to file a minority
report. Taking a look at Mar
shall Plan requirements, the
four held that taxes should not
be cut until European recovery
was a little farther along. But,
in the end, they withdrew their
objections.
CED does make allowances
for 81 billion year foreign re-
covery aid-which may be bit
low-and SO billion year mini
mum payment on the national
debt. T h Magill group ap-
parently took neither factor into
consideration. It just wanted to
cut taxes, period.
| Present individual income tax
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Men And Hemlines

Men generally are reported 10
be putting up a solid fron'
against the ''new look" in teml,
nine fashions, and especially
against longer skirts. In e -
cent Washington debate 's'
tween newspapermen and wom'
an fashion editors the men COM
planned chiefly that longer hem
lines lessened their opportuhl-
ties for ogling, though some
were hopeful more displaY
above the waist was IN pros
pect. On the whole, they dls'
dained the new styles as grand
motherly. Similar masculine
protests are heard througnoa'
the country.-Washington PoS''
Clambake by Carload
Selling whole clambakes 10
residents of other parts Of 'll'
nation might be turned INTO
profitable sideline of the Ne"
England seafood industry Inc
Main Development CommiSslO"
recently shipped refrlgeIaIo'
car packed with clans lobster, a3
Indian pudding, seaWeed al.
other fixings for elamoas' a.,
which was enjoyed by the +" 7,
Wayne Medical Society. 10
make sure that everything ~en'
off all right a veteran cian.
baker was sent along Boston
Post.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Crises And Congress

Twenty-Five or twenty-six times in the
past Congress has been called into extra
ordinary session. Nine times prior to yester-
day Congress has been recalled to deal with
world crises.
Because of troubles with France Presi-
dent John Adams brought Congress into
extra session in 1897. In 1903 President JEFF
ferson called special session to consider
Spain's cession Of Louisiana to france IN
1907 and 1911 President Jefferson also or
dered extraordinary sessions because OF
troubles with Great Britain, and IN 1918
President Madison did the same thlng IL
connection with war with Britain.
To create reciprocity with Cuba Pres'-
d.,+ Theodore Roosevelt assembled Congress
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rates range from 10 per cent,
on the first $4,000 of taxable in
come, to 8 per cent, above
5000, ,OOO The Magill study says
leave the 19 per cent figure
alone, but cut the top tax to
g maximum of so per cent on
S1O0, 900 or over. CED says cut
the bottom figure to Ills pc r
cent, on the first $1,000 income
above exemptions, make it so
per cent on 100000, then gradu-
ate upward to IT'S per cent on
81 million a year or over.
There are now some so
federal excise nuisance" taxes.
Magill says keep them all. CED
says eliminate them all except
on liquor, tobacco and gasoline.
On surtaxes, Magill says cut
to so per cent maximum. CED
says make the maximum IT'S
per cent on 81 million a year
or over.
On some tax schedule re-
forms the two groups agree.
Both favor eliminating the ad-
vantage now enjoyed by the 13
community property states, so
that all us. married couples
can split their income for tax
purposes. This is the Treasury's
Surrey plan.
Both groups favor elimination
of double taxation on dividends.
B. o h groups favor special tax
concessions to small business.
Both groups favor some system
of averaging income for tax
purposes, but on different form
ulas. The Magill group wants to
eliminate net operating loss
carry-backs, but extend the
carry forward provisions from
the present two years to seven
years. CED recommends reduc-
ing the carry-back from two
years to one, extending carry
forward from two years to five.
In their areas of agreement
these two plans indicate the de-
gree to which the federal tax
structure can stand complete
overhauling to meet postwar
conditions. 1t hasn't had on e
since 1912.
Both sets of recommendations
are vulnerable to the criticism
that they do not give enough tax
relief-enough increase in take
home pay to the lower income
groups who have difficulty in
making both ends meet in the
face of today's scandalous
prices.
The cED Recommendations al
least give these low income
groups nod of recognition. The
Magill formula seems to ignore
them completely. This is the
Knutson meat-ax approach to
tax cutting, with no regard
Whatever for the consequences.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Quiz Champ

Dan Golenpaul, producer of radios en-
formation Please" doesn't see how he can
raise the programs music budget from $31. .88
to $9564 performance as James C. Petril-
los musicians union is demanding, now that
the show is sponsored comparatively So he's
taking his problem to the National Labor
Relations Board.
This isn't the first time that the militant
boss of the musicians has stumped the ex-
perts, but it's the first time he's done it in a
spot where such talent pays off So, Mr..
Golenpaul how about a set of the Encyclo-
pedia Britannica for Mr.. Petrillo?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
ExOnerated

After reading the news from Siam for
few days, we instituted little research,
the results of which we are happy TO pass
along. The name Songgram, which has fig
ured so prominently in dispatches from
Bangkok, is really that of the leader of the
successful coup d'stat. It has nothing to do
with those young men in this country who,
for consideration, will sing telegraphed
birthday greetings over the phone or on the
front doorstep.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18

ly for the record - for German
consumption in fact.
Here in Berlin the hollowness
of the London proceedings is
being acknowledged in advance.
While the Soviets and the West
ern powers continue to give lip
service to German unity, both
sides are already preparing for
the organization of Germany in
two parts.
The Soviet plans can of course
only be guessed at, but there is
strong evidence that they will
emphasize a highly nationalistic
appeal. The Soviets here have
not concealed their angry disap-
pointment, caused by the failure
of the Socialist Unity party (the
stooge party formed by forced
merger. of Communists and east
zone Socialists) to win any Ger
man mass following. Thus the
chances are that the Socialist
Unity party will be pushed
aside. The new Russian front in
the east zone will then be con-
structed from the wartime Free
Germany movement, the Ger
man soldiers, officers and gen
erals who were captured by the
Soviets.
Field Marshal Won Paulus,
who with Field M arshall Won
Seydlitz has been most con-
spicuous in the movement, was
brought to Berlin to lay the
groundwork this summer. T h e
Soviets still retain approximate
1y two million German prison
ers (unless the death rate has
been almost incredibly high }
They have persistently refused
to release prisoners of impor-
tant rank. They have actually
rounded up and taken to Russia
German officers and generals
released by the Western allies.
One known trainload included
thirty Wehrmacht generals and
420 officers.
1t is entirely probable III a t
these men are employed to lead
a German army being organized
and trained on Soviet soil. 1t is
almost certain that they will
also provide the human materi-
al for a new national front"
into which the wretched Social
ist Unity party will be merged.
1t is expected that Won Paulus
and Won Seydlitz will play the
role of elder statesmen, while
the active leadership of the ''na-
tiona1 front" will be conferred
on some such figure as General
Arno Won Lenski. There are also
reports that the Soviets will pro-
vide right-wing competition for
their national 'front.' in the
form of a burghers' party head
ed by their aged hirelihg,
Doctor Kurlz of the Liberal
party. Thus the facade of the
old Germany will be complete.
simultaneously, the English
and Americans, who cannot
employ German stooges, h e
been forced to prepare plans for
a provisional government of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18

1t is gratifying to know that
when Fleet Admiral Nimitz,
whose direction of the naval
war in the Pacific entities him
to rank with the greatest sea
commanders in history, retires
as chief of naval operations next
month he will be succeeded by
an officer who combines q dis
tlnguished war record with spe-
cial knowledge of the peculiar
problems of peace-time Navy.
1t is no easy matter to follow
one of Admiral Nimitz's recrd
into the top post of the United
States Navy, but Admiral Louis
r. Denfeld, commander of the
Pacific Fleet, who presided as
chief of naval personnel over
the difficult task of demobilizing
the wartime Navy and reorgan-
izing it on the peace establish
ment, has been officially recog-
nized as ga brilliant and far
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Sulfa Relieve.
Scarlet Feve,
BY WILLIAM A. O'RR1rN

N1 WILLIAM A, O'BRIEN
In scarlet fever, both tnN, the sD
and ana Its posion should ir,s bs germ s
oated - the former ca',S We CON,
sore throat and its coTo 0es s, Ii.
u tlons' and the later p,%pne'' pro9n
the skin rash. produce,
Fall, winter and esr,,,
are the favorite times = SprMg
let fever to develop. The 't disea' scar,
Is mud at the present time ss}' :
though it may come ba[l, ,e, q,
Its old virulence at anr rA ", with
Children under school sgo "m'
those just starting are no.4 Se and n
aole to contract it. The T' cor5; n
ton is rare in infants and Is0'' sIs
ly adults. N elder
Scarlet fever is caused
streptococcus which attaeks oy :.
throat and neck glands. Tbs s u. i,'
ing OF the throat becomes An an
and is covered with 'u'
membrane which is hpa,a.s
over the tonsils. The GLANDS ,''N y
the neck are enlarged and 10.
der. 'en'
During the second day, q rsA
starts in the mouth. and on 'Sl M
third day, reaches the skin 'Is Is
mild forms, the skin srnntan ~.
may last only a few hours ' hna
IN more severe types, it m.r
persist for a week. The tbro.,
condition usually improve. ss '
er three or four days.
Scalet fever runs a self-Er,.
ing course. The chief Connie
tions are assesses of the gland,
and throat, ear infections orS
pneumonia. Later difficuIfs.
strike the kidney in the form =,
nephritis.
Scarlet fever patients snonp
be kept in bed and given plentv
of fluids. An ice bag on fl.
throat washes relieve some =,
throa twashes relieve some 4,
the local distress. In mild cass,
good nursing care is all that /,
needed.
In the severe varieties Of scar.
let fever, the poison in the h)ood
Is neutralized by giving the 50.
rum of patients who have 70.
covered from the disease q,
that of horses which have been
given injections of the strepto.
coccus.
Streptococci in the throat and
other parts of the body ar.
fought by using sulfa drugs or
penicillin. Apparently thes.
drugs do not shorten the cours.
of the illness, but do help when
assesses are beginning to form
They do not prevent the devtl-
opment of kidney trouble, but
make it, usually, a mild prob
lem.
Septic sore throat, acute ton
silitis and scarlet fever are the
same disease, except that tn,
latter embraces a skin rash.
Any Of the complications o,
scarlet fever may develop from
septic sore throat or acute ton
sillitis. Parents. CARING for chill
dren with these infections
should call a physician TO sd,
wise them on treatment and the
care of complications.
QUESTION: What is colchi-
cine and how is it given?
ANSWER: Colchicine is d
remedy for pain in gout. 1t MAY
be given as a tablet, wine or
tincture. When signs of stomach
or intestinal irritation occur, 1t
should be stopped.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Hail And Farewell
An Editorial From The New York Harold ifloun'

sighted executive He IS NJ nd
tain to have the confidence ar. ,s.
respect of the service ana o. now "
country as he takes up li''
responsibilities. III,
The swift rush OF eVell'o, ,',ons
uneasy peace the world i hIe K nv d
today and the uncertain 'haps Ipo6T
things to come have aur 'ro,s
made the titanic struggle aifc sc,t
the great reaches of the Path rath.
seem a chapter in history .rssc
er than the great and u trts tgo
news of but little more thsn
short years ago. But it T wa spd
proud and stirring chapter r,sn a
the nations gratitude to N. 1.rans
To Fleet Admiral Nlfrnl,.' y. +Ss
leaving his command, - IN bis
thanks of all Americans; " 70 tot
successor their best wlsiieI lsiactag
every success in an enc
task.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
The Presidents Message

President Trumans message to Con-
gress which he delivered in person yester-
day at the opening of this extraordinarygses-
sion, dealt with two vital matters - flnan-
cial aid to Italy, France and Austria to tide
them over until next March, and initiation
at home.
Concerning the former he uttered some
platitudes which differ from most in that
they show definite need for relief of war
devastated countries which, left unaided,
inevitably will lie behind Russia's iron cur
tain, without hope of restoration to their
proper place among the nations of the world,
economically or spiritually.
Human misery and chaos" he said,
lead to strife and conquest. Hunger and
poverty tempt the strong to prey upon the
weak" The natural conclusion therefore is
that the surest way to save the weak - in
this case France, Austria and Italy - from
Communist conquest is to relieve the hui
man misery and chaos existing among their
peoples.
AS there is no disagreement in Congress
with the principle of relief the only discus
sion to follow the Presidents appeal will
concern the amount of money to be appro
priated.
On the problem Of breaking the back of
initiation, Mr.. Truman urged Congress to
authorize rationing on products in short
supply, to clamp the lid on wages, to extend
and strengthen rent controls, to continue al
locations of transportation facilities and
equipment, and authorize price ceilings "on
products in short supply which basically af-
feet the cost of living on industrial produc-
ton" There were other proposals in his
ten-point program, but these are the group
that will be best understood by the people
at large.
1t is to be noted that the President did
not demand the right to institute controls
out of hand He merely urged Congress to
authorize their institution if the reforms he
envisons are not adopted voluntarily. But
we can we'll suppose that, having the cour-
age to state his anti-inflation platform, he
will not hesitate to press for the powers he
suggested with all the power implied by his
high office.
|
tered the White House with the vision of a
strange Utopia before his eyes and has had
| to learn the hard way that Utopian philos-
ophy cannot succeed in this realistic age,
has at last "come down to earth' and is de-
termined to exert his full influence to the
effort of restoring economic sanity in the
land.
Heaven knows nobody wants to restore
the Office of Price Administration on the
level of wartime maladministration. But
nobody can view the economic situation as
it now exists without realizing that drastic
measures are essential if we are to escape
such depression as we could not hope to
survive.
To an extent the situation has political
ramifications. The President has laid pro-
gram before Congress, which is ruled by a
Republican majority. If Congress fails to go
along with him and at the same time can
not prove his proposals unsound, the Re-
publcans will be at a disadvantage in the
next national campaign, whoever they nomi-
nate for President.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18

western Germany. Even il Ger .
m any is to be divided, there y, y
no way to avoid disaster, e1cep,
to give the Germans OF the *ss =,
zones clear responsibility ior
the reconstruction of their sna.
tered land. 1t is academic ~
talk of any other expedlent' hna ~,
the time for academic 'hs0
rizing is now long past
Copyright, s47, New fo''
Herald Tribune Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18
Good Morning

The tones of the human voice are mghtier
than strings or brass to move the soul. -
KlOpStOck
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-18

governments greatest need is for
'ieer men. Men with imagination and a
uus' pan to follow after top officials and see
that things are done. Imagination and q d,,s+
p'i'' ana IN this big government, bicycle
too.