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Evening star., 1947-06-16
BY Gornett D. Horner

FORMER FreSlQenG HOOVER ant
the administration were in ac-
cord today that Russian policies
are serving to block world re-
covery and that the United States
must do all it can by economic
and political measures to meet
the challenge.
But Mr.. Hoover, emerging as ont
OF the top economic counselors OF
the Republican majority in Congress
stressed this country's limited abil
ity to supply the goods other nations
need without crippling its owr
resources.
His views were made public las
might In letter to Chairman Bridge!
of the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee as Undersecretary of State
Acheson put new emphasis for tht
administration on Russian obStruc'
tioniSm.
Mr.. Acheson, delivering a com.
mencement address at Wesleyan
University in Middletown, Conn.
charged bluntly that the Soviet ha:
pursued policies "diametrically op.
posed to the very premises OF inter
national accord and recovery" Al
result, he said, "tfe whole course
of recovery and the internationa
pursuit of happiness has suffered
deeply"
Declaring that financially Europ'
is bleeding to DEATH" he admitted
that American power to help is lin
tied, but urged continued ak
within the limits of our capacity
to those who wish to help them
selves"
Mr.. Hoover agreed that "th'
world situation requires that we dt
our best" He added, however:
THE conclusion seems to me ire
futable that as the result OF ou1
rate of giving and lending We arr
overexporting goods and canno
continue at such rate with oul
present production and consump'
ton without further evil conse-
quences to our stability"
Mr.. Hoover also blamed "obstruc.
ton of the Soviet government tx
peace" for much of the difficulty
He said that during the last two
years this has imposed billions
in expenditures on us through sup
port of occupation armies and re-
lief to starvation which would not
otherwise have been required
The former President asserted
that I'VE can apparently expect
little cooperation from that quar-
ter"
In line with Secretary of State
Marshall's proposal that European
nations get together on a joint re-
covery program through which
this country's aid can be put or
a comprehensive rather than a
piecemeal' basis, Mr.. Hoover sale
that full cooperation from the
other nations" would lessen Amer
lean burdens and enable the ap-
plication of our resources to the
most effective use"
Acheson Makes Blunt Charge.
Mr.. Acheson, retiring June 80 as
Undersecretary of State, took of
the gloves in describing how Russian
policies have impeded recovery
throughout the world.
He spoke of the cynical and bare
faced coup d'etat" imposing a pro
Communist regime on Hungary al
how the Soviet has used its dom.
inant military position in Eastern
Europe TO violate Yalta agreement
pledges of political freedom to thai
area.
Even more important" Mr.. Ache
son said, the minority Communist
regimes fastened upon those peoples
have acted to cut them off econom-
ically from the community of Eu,
rope, curtail their productivity anc
to bind them to exclusive economic
relations with the Soviet Union"
Russian actions in dismantline
Manchurian industries, obstructine
Korean unification and failing te
Evening star., 1947-06-16
National Guard Captain Die!
In Fiqhter Plane Crash

WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn, June
16 Pl.-Capt. william H. Greenleaf
of Windsted, member of the 1880
Fighter Group, headquarters of the
Connecticut National Guard, was
killed yesterday near the south end
of Bradley Field in crash of the
PAT fighter plane which he was
nilotinp
Evening star., 1947-06-16

We urge you repeatedly over
and over to take care OF your
hair to keep it healthy and
strong because we know the penalty
of neglect. There isn't anything
more unsightly than ugly dandruh
scales that cause the scalp to itch,
nor dull, dingy hair which constant
IIy loses more of its natural life and
Iustre So, we caution you again to
consult us in time, while there's still
time to give your hair whatever
care it needs. There is no charge
for a FREE, PRIVATE ExAMINA-
TION and if you are accepted for
treatment, you'll find our fees mod
crate payable on pay-as-you- go
haSiS
Evening star., 1947-06-16

Daphne du Maurier's Jamaica
Inn" at Bolventor, Bodmin Moor
has been refused full liquor Ii
cerisn
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
Prices And Weather

In Windsor, Ontario, the price of
eggs varies from As to 81 cents a
dozen. Porterhouse steak costs 81
cents a pound, smoked ham from Al
to SO cents, bacon SO cents, roasts
from 81 to 81 cents and pork chops
40 cents.
In Detroit, Michigan, a near neigh
Dor to Windsor, eggs are 80 cents a
dozen, porterhouse steak 80 cents a
pound, bacon 70 cents, roasts So cents,
pork chops 70 cents.
Naturally Windsor has b pine. a
popular Saturday shopping place for
Detroiters, especially as they may bring
home S. worth of foodstuff duty free.
In SOM ways we wish Wilmington
were as close as Detroit to Windsor.
But Detroit has terribly cold winters.
Maybe our weather offsets these price
advantages.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14

that the NLRB is part Of the executive
branch of government, and SO directly
under him.
He told the members Of the board
that they were to do their own in
terpreting of the law. There could be
no objection to the board keeping the
congressional committee and the pub
lie informed on it's activities, he said,
but the board could not permit itself
to be told by anyone what it should
do or how to make any rulings on any
phase of the new law.
Perhaps Mr.. Truman is right in set
ting the NLRB squarely IN it's own feet.
But it must be noted that his instruc-
lions that nobody was to tell it what
to do means not only the congressional
committee but labor leaders as well.
It appears worth while to direct atten-
ton to this because of the record of
the old NLRB, which showed DONNA
ton by union laborites in the top
bracket.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
The City Tax Rate

It comes as no surprise that the City
Council, with Mayor White breaking
a tie vote, has advanced the tax rate
Is cents on the 500 valuation. 1t had
been forecast for some time and in the
last analysis is the only way in which
the City can meet it's commitments and
discharge its obligations.
That it will fall heavily upon the tax
payers is obvious. That failure to have
taken the action would have placed
Wilmington under a financial handicap
which it could not otherwise hope to
remove for many years is equally OBJ
vious.
When the city limits were extended
the Council pledged itself to install
physical improvements as rapidly as
possible. At the time the present as
cending inflationary spiral had not
started. The costs of improvements
were estimated on prevailing prices as
Of then.
During the intervening time prices
Of materials, labor and equipment have
risen so fast and so high that no single
pledge to residents in the annexed
areas could be fulfilled. Nor could the
eity's other essential developments
have been undertaken.
The result would have been that
Wilmington would retrograde instead
Of going ahead.
Another reason the rate increase is
Necessary now is that former admin.
i~strations did not start to set up a suf.
ficient reserve soon enough. If this hae
been done there is strong probability
that al advance now could have beer
either prevented or leveled off at q
much lower figure.
The city budget is inescapably lare.
or than the revenue obtainable at thf
old rate. In these circumstances Coun.
cilmen Yopp and Burnett and Mayor
White, who supported the motion fol
The higher rate, acted with sound iudg
ment, as the taxpayers will ultimatel,
have to admit.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
Star Program

Stat ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources. to IN
.elude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses. snip repair facilities, near.
by sites for heavy industry and so-1oo'
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to meet
needs for years to come.
Development Of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial re-
sources through better markets and 1000
processing. pulp wood production ana
factories!
Emphasis on the regions recreation
advantages ana improvement OF resort
Accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
JCarolina's farm-to-market and primary
roads. with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the City's IN
+dustrial Agency to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization Of Bluethenthal air
port for expanding air service.
. DEVELOPMENT Of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially in
counties lacking hospitals. and mclud'
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT Of the growth Of com-
mercial fishing.
. Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernmentS.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON A Republican
political spat that developed in
the last, hectic rush Of the last
session Of Congress involved
Speaker Joe Martin Of Massachu-
sets and Charlie Halleck Of Indi-
ana, majority leader o. the House.
The two had worked as a team
throughout most Of the session,
trying to jam through the COP
program. But in the closing weeks
they came to a parting OF the
ways on what the program should
be. On several major issues in
party conferences, Martin over
ruled Halleck and Halleck boiled.
Supporters Of the two immedi.
ately took sides. Halleck men in
ferred that the naming Of Martin
as successor to the President had
given him ideas that he might be
the No. l Republican darkhorse
at next years convention, or al
least that this would give Martin
the edge for the vice-presidentia
nomination i some senator should
outarnk him for first place on the
ticket.
The vice-presidential nomination
is something that Halleck has Gov
eted. Martin supporters therefore
insisted that the only thing worry
ing Halleck was the fear mat he
might be cut out of second place
on the ticket. After the severa
stormy Republican leadership
conferences, Martin and Hallecl
themselves were inclined to scott
at any idea there was a feud
But rivalries like this will be
worth watching when Congress re
%convenes.
Railroad executives fear that
they're going to be hit harder by
the new John L. Lewis coal wage
contract than anybody else. Rail.
roads are the number aone coal
consumer Of the country and the
number two steel consumer, be.
ing second only to the auto in
dustry. Now being arbitrated is a
wage demand on railroad man
agement for a 20 per cent in.
crease for the II non operating
brotherhoods. If granted in full,
it would cost the roads 1924 mil.
lion a year, plus $46 million in so.
cial security taxes. Railroads nov
have pending before the ICC re.
quest. for freight rate increases
OF Is per cent for the eastern
roads, Is per cent for south ano
west. This il to cover past wage
increases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
NLRB To Stand Alone

When a joint congressional commit
tee was quizzing President Truman's
nominees for the new National Labor
Relations Board the President was told
onn Of the committee members gave
the impression that the board was to
look to the committee for advice and
guidance. This was contrary to Mr..
Truman's Interpretation of the Taft
Hartley Labor Control Act, and he
wasted no time in letting it be known
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
December Special Session

WASHINGTON. President Tru.
man, who enjoys his dealings
with Congress about as much as a
cat enjoys a bath. is still nervous
ly clinging to his hope Of avoiding
a special session. AS might ha' e
been anticipated, however, the
hope is already growing pretty
dim. Already, in fact, the British
crisis and the extremely grave re-
ports coming in from the rest of
Europe have forced tae White
House Sto begin reconstruction OF
the problem. AS Of today. the bet
ting is better than even that there
will be a special session in Deem
Der.
This idea has two conspicous
virtues. 1t fits the time schedule
already laid out by the White
House. And it minimizes the posi-
bility that the special session will
be transformed into a sort Of po-
%litical nightmare.
Very briefly, the approved
time schedule for the Mar
shall plan is as follows. The par
ticipating European nations are
now at work in Paris on their pro-
gram of %self-help. The Harri-
man, Nourse and Krug commit
tees, appointed by the President
to study this country's ability to
underwrite the deficits Of Euro
pean reconstruction, have also be-
gun work in Washington. First
drafts will be prepared, on both
sides Of the water, some time in
September. Several weeks will
still be needed to iron out details.
Then, as already reported here,
the finished plan will be offered 70
the Senate and House Foreign Re-
lations and Foreign Affairs Com
mittees in October EXtremelv-d de
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14

his fear that an u~noccupied Con-
gress would degenerate into a sort
of Walpurgis-night Of election
year politics.
Such is the encouraging side of
the picture. One does not yet find
in the Administration the sense of
urgency the situation overseas
would appear to justify; but at
least the facts r being faced.
The picture also has its discour-
aging side. however, when one
considers the treatment Of the
Marshall plan as a national issue
to date. With all his virtues of
good sense, honesty and courage,
the President has little flair for
political leadership. As for the one
man who might help Truman to
dramatic the plight of this nation
and the wrold. Secretary of State
Marshall unfortunately inclines to
confuse political leadership with
public relations"
Under Marshall, the who'd
State Department attitude to-
wards the most essential task of
political leadership = the presen-
tation of great issues to the public
- has become even more negative
than usual. The line is: Say no.
thing; that way you won't get into
trouble" Public pronouncements
that might have valuably stimu-
lated the people to think about
world problems have actually been
discouraged, as when Secretary of
Agriculture Anderson and Secre-
tary Of Commerce Hartman re-
turned from abroad. Neither Pre-
sident Truman nor Secretary Mar
shall has as yet given the country
a clear statement Of policy to chew
on, SO that everything else is also
unclear.
The intention now seems to be
to delay the first such policy
statement until Marshall speaks
on September IA, just before the
opening Of the United Nations As
selnbly. This will allow little time.
indeed. for the country to make up
its mind on an issue on which,
quite literally, the whole future,
all that is good and all that
matters, quite directly depends.
Even so, however, one can feel
confident that the country will be
decided by a consideration aptly
summed up, recently. by one of
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
BY JOSEPH and STEWART ALSOP

tailed and complete arguments are
to be offered to the committees.
Thus, although hearings will be
held without the distraction OF
other legislative business, the
committees will require at least
four to five weeks to complete an
approved bill. This places the time
when a full debate can usefully
begin no earlier than the end OF
November.
Since the regular session starts
only a month later, just after the
New Year, it was originally de-
cided to let the lawmakers finish
their vacationing and fence-mend-
ing as usual. Now, however, a
month begins to seem a long time,
when measured against the tempo
Of European deterioration. Thus
the White House is thinking with
much more favor of a special
December session, to be called,
if possible, with the concurrence
of the Foreign relations and Fo-
reign Affairs Committees chair
men, Senator Arthur H. Vanden-
berg, of Michigan, and Repre-
sentative Charles Eaton, Of New
Jersey.
The beauty of this device is that
although the session will be
special, with no other business be-
fore it but the Marshall plan, the
Congress can plunge into the de-
bate with no delay for committee
hearings. Consequently there
will be the least possible risk of
satan finding work for idle hands
to do" = a p1overb quoted around
the White House with a certain
tglum relish. This largely removes
the Presidents chief objection to
the Presidents chief objection to
a special session, which has been
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14

situation is that it is unnecessary,
as is pointed out by Sir Jonn
Boyd Orr, FAC Director Genera
in his just-issued annual report
Noting the lack Of scientific metn'
DDS Of food culture, ineoultaole
distribution Of available supplles
and erosion every year OF nun,
dreds Of thousands of acres cl
productive top soil, Sir John says
I'VE have the technical knowledge
needed to reduce this wastase "
a minimum, to increase the pro.
ductivity Of great areas OF Inc
earth, and to bring into proo"c.
ton certain areas that are
present producing nc food st an.
Agricultural science can supply
the food if only economic meaS
ures are taken to enable II 10 o.
applied on a worldwide scale
"At Geneva representatives o.
some fifty nations will cohSla.I
the world food and agriculture pu
%sition," Sir Johns report comm
ues. For good or Ill, Their oscr
sions will be far-reaching. FalIuI"
to agree on positive action M.
mark the failure Of the United ~
tons experiment because us
nations cannot agree on a l0ot
program affecting the welfare ~
the people everywhere. thels
little hope Of their reaching sgIes
ment on anything else. IT, on IN ~
other hand, the nations agree
cooperate in bold measures bl
Conference will create a Ds
amid the gloom caused oy
failure of political conferences,
The world will watch anxlor,
the deliberations of this Ge' ~.
Conference. If a program OF u"
tribution of available surpl"'e5,
worked out and, more tnah "ar.
if a l~ong-ranse program OF oeo,n
land utilization and wide diSS''
nation of available kno"ledge he
adopted, then there will lnoeeo
hope that some day the sPon
of starvation can be lltted
all the people of the worlo'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
Iron Combats
Infant Enema

Anemia in the first ,,
OF life commonly results Years
lection and poor nutrition 'A'' H.
The treatment consists
storing. the blood to norm re-
special remedies, treatin1 ,a, 0y
lection, and correcting =. "s m
tional difficulty. i0'F''
The red blood cells, which
fewer in anemia, contain aeT are
globin, which is a conbjna, +s'h0'
iron, protein, and other ele1ooo'
At birth, the infant has
enough iron in his liver 70 V.sa
six months, as this is tho .'Si
during which his diet is ms;'N
ironless milk. Unless oihe,
are added during the fourth r, c'ouS
sixth months, the reserve n ne
liver will 60 down and too ne
red cells will be manutac,ursav S
the bone marrow. Ill
Red cells are constan+1r
stroyed as new ones are forn e
in their place. Turnove~ o oo,'.
about once every 100 days and
constant supply of iron and W..
TEN is needed for this o,r,no nv
Although ansmia. cores. 9Sja.
te p%ernicious a2enia in 7s1,tt
is not common in childhood F"..
has been used to stimulate
bone marrows Of infants in oar
tain cases. Folio acid also 49,.
proven to be Of value in so.re -,
those infancy blood diseases
which infections and nutritious
problems r present,
Iron remedies should not /.
given to infants simply becarss
they are pale Special bloo6 sy.
aminations are necessary b.tor.
treatment is started. There A..
several varieties Of intanrv
.apemia and the same treatment
u not used in all.
Lack of vitamin c nav be ,
cause Of anemia in ~infancy
Breasted babies obtain a sutfi,
cient amount of vitamin C from
their mothers milk, if she il eat.
ing enough citrus fruits. toma+o
juice and other vitamin C rim
foods. Children fed cows milk
mixtures need vitamin c 10 pre.
vent the development Of scuryy
and anemia.
Transfusions for infants who
have had severe hemorrhage and
those who have been severely III
with infections or nutritional dis.
orders will shorten recovery tim.
and tart the child growing again,
QUESTION: Do you recommend
contact lenses, or will they caus.
cancer Of the eye?
ANSWER: Contact lenses ar,
worn over the eyeball and under
the lids by persons who cannot
be satisfa ctorily fitted with glas.
ses in other ways. They cause 4
certain amount of eye irritation
and must be changed frequently,
tut they do not cause eye cancer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
AW OrldF0OdCo Conference

If there is one problem that i.
universal it is that Of food. Or
rather, the lack Of food. 1t ha.
been the cause of wars and il
could be again. This year Of 1914,
more people probably will die o,
starvation than were killed in an,
single year Of the war. Which
makes the coming conference il
Geneva of the Council OF the Fooc
and Agricultural Organization o;
the United Nations one of the
most important that could be
held.
One OF the decisions to be made
at the Conference is whether tt
set up a permanent World Fooc
Council. Its need seems to us I'm
questioned. 1t would take over the
work now being done by the In.
ternational Emergency Fooc
Council in allocating available ex
portable food surpluses according
to the needs Of the various coun.
tries. This Emergency Council
will 60 out Of existence this yea,
unless its charter is extended OF
a permanent Council set up. Tn.
latter would seem to be the wiser
course.
Starvation Of millions of per.
sons every year is not a tempo.
rary emergency. The war sccen.
tuated it, but did not create it. II
is estimated that food production
must be doubled in the next TWEEN.
ty-five years if there is to be
enough food for everyone. 1t i:
not a problem either that can be
settled by one country alone o,
even by a small group of coun.
tries. 1t is too vast for that. The
only way to meet it and to solve i,
is with a world organization in
which all countries participate
Forty-eight countries do now be.
long to FAC and three more an.
plications are pending-from Fin.
land, Siam and Austria. One O,
the notable non-members Is Sow.
ct Russia.
A tragedy Of the present food
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-14
Letter Box
WRONG PLACE, WRONG DATE

WRONG PLACE, WRONG DATE
To the Editor:
In the advertisement we had in
your newspaper, you had a write
up about the twenty-fiftn ami.
sary. The insertion reads as iol.
lows: 1T was in 1882 that Joe S.
Mann came to Whiteville. His first
business location was in the old
John George Thompson building
where he occupied the store vacat-
ed by the Melvin Hardware Co.
1t should have been the old Melvin
Thompson Hardware Co., ~" -
it should have been 1922, il ID
Of 1882.
I personally gave your repre-
sentative the information and
told him tina. il was in 1922 when
moved in the John George Thomp.
son building, vacated by Melvin
Thompson Hardware Company. |
have been in this present location
since 1882.
I will highly appreciate II YOU
will correct this error as my
friends from Wilmington are crit
icizing it. If you do so, please send
me 4 copy Of the correction.
]. 8. MANN
Whiteville, N. c.
August IS. 1917.