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defense. General Arnold concludes. But
what are we doing to protect ourselves? He
presents this record: !
sour present Army Air Forces all together
could hardly defend the northeast Atlantic
coast. First-line combat planes of the Army
and Navy together total just 1900 today
Russia is supposed to have $4,000.
even as I write this, demolition organi-
cations are smashing up thousands OF ser
viceable military aircraft - serviceable, yes,
but far from being first-line-aircraft in the
atomic air world of today.
"Our present puny air forces are so hard
up they have been forced to restrict the use
of gasoline for routine flights. Army and
Navy aviation men are told we cant at
ford'' to operate our small number of planes
as much as we would like. . Meanwhile,
Russia's combat air force today is reported to
be larger than the American and British
air forces combined.
appropriations for sorely-needed aero
nautical research lave been - and still are
- dangerously small. Research in guided
missiles, atomic energy and jet propulsion
should not only have top priority but un-
limited funds.
"We must decide what we think our mini
mum safe aviation manufacturing industry
should be, then spend all the money neces-
sary to keep that industry alive and healthy.
"Speed is vitality important. I need only
to point out that the B-29-which we were
not able to put into combat until the latter
part of the war-was conceived, and de-
velopment was started, in 1885. Remember,
too, that after We Day our experts in Ger
many found we were some 10 years behind
in certain fields of aeronautical research.
"The United States must face this situa-
ton, and right now. There's no place to run
and hide any more"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
Inspecting Lee
BY T S

WASHINGTON, - One excuse
given for Army caste sys-
tenn abuses in the Mediterran-
can theater command of Gen.
John "Court House" Lee is that
his headquarters in Leghorn,
Italy, had not been inspected
by an officer from the inspector
generals Washington headquar-
tiers staff for over a year prior
to Scripps = Howard Columnist
Bob Ruark's recent expose.
Every u. S. Army command
is supposed to get such an an
nual inspection. Reports Of these
inspections 60 to the chief Of
staff. It is his duty to correct
whatever is found wrong. The
office of the inspector general is
merely his confidential report
ing agency. 1t has nc authority
to order reforms or discipline
offenders.
In the absence of ony official
inspection from Washington, the
only inspection made in General
Lees theater was done by his
own staff officers assigned as
inspectors general.
In Italy this staff was headed
by Col. Clarence e. Cotter, a
regular Army officer who came
up through the Colorado Nation
al Guard in World War l.. He
was assigned to Lees headGuar-
tiers as inspector general in Jan
uary, 1915. On Colonel Cotter's
staff were II other officers -
four lieutenant cclonels, five ma
jors and two captains.
In February, 1916, General
Eisenhower, as chief of staff,
had issued an order that
at least once a month, every
soldier in the Army must be Of
fered an opportunity to appear
before an inspector general to
complain about anything that
was bothering him - his food,
mail, quarters, pay or even his
officers.
Identity of soldiers making
these gripes is supposed to be
kept confidential, but the abuses
are supposed to be reported by
the IG and corrected by the re-
sponsible commanding Off
Ger. Number and subjects
of these monthly gripes are re-
ported to Washington. BY tabu-
lating them, the Inspector gen.
eral is supposed to be able to
see what's wrong with the Army
and where.
It is a matter ot record in
Washington that. until Ruark I'm
| covered all the gripes in Lees
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! command, the number of Off
cial complaints reported to
Washington had been practical
ly negligible. Troops either
weren't making them or inspec-
tors weren't reporting.
The fact that the inspector
general didn't know there was
anything wrong in Lees COM
mand does not mean Ruark's
charges were wrong, It proves,
rather, that the system under
which the inspector general op-
crates as a confidential agent
of the secretary and chief of
staff of the Army may be at
fault. This system is stepped in
Army tradition. It is no person
al reflection on General Wyche
or his administration as inspec-
tor general.
The thing that made Harry
Truman a great senator was the
fact that his War Investigating
Committee could find out what
was wrong with Army procure
ment and do something ahout it
before the inspector general
ever got around to it.
There have been many sug-
gestions for changing this
system. National Commander
Ray Sawyer and his American
Veterans propose making the in
spector generals office a civil
liam agency, to get it out from
under Army brass control. Els.
enhower says this would be ?
grove error. Whit Eisenhower
did not add. was that this would
he practically the old Bolshevil-
Red army system Of having ?
nolitical commissar looking oyer
the shoulder of everv command
ing general, telling him what r
dn. Even the Russians found that
didn't work.
The CID German army sustem
gave inspectors general higher
rank than field commanders. #
gave the inspectors authority to
tell field officers what to do and
correct them. American military
authorities say this would de-
stroy the chain Of command.
In the case of General Lee.
however, his staff of inspectors
general were all his SUBJ
ord'nates. so could not, or, at
least, did not, report on the mis-
takes of their superior. TO have
done so would have endanger-
ed the inspecting officers own
future in the Army.
Plenty of Army officers say
this is the way the system usual
Ily works. And they think it's
wrong.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
Prices, And Demand
An Editorial From The New York Times

Considerable emphasis is be-
ing given in official quarters to
the Importance of high-level de-
mand as "a cause of rising food
prices. Secretary of Commerce
Hartman points out, "People
have more to spend for food
and they are. bidding against
each other for the food that is
brought to the market" SINH
larly, a staff report of the Con-
gressional Joint Committee in
vestlgating prices emphasizes
that demand for and consump-
ton of food have continued to
advance and to match the total
hish level OF food production"
This recognition of the role of
demand in price determination
IS in sharp contrast to the Of
fetal approach to prices during
the past seven years Through
out that period, for the purposes
OF price control, government
procurement, etc, prices were
related to costs. Any price that
exceeded a designated aggre-
gate of costs was considered to
be too high. Similarly. many of
those who now advocate a re-
turn to price control to combat
high prices emphasize costs and
ignore the role of demand. Actu-
ally, while both are important
costs are the more significant
as a long-run factor, with de-
mand likely to play the chief
role in short periods of time.
This recognition of the signifi-
canoe of demand is ve1oore.
However, the public mind has
been SO completely saturated
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A Healthy Malady

Chang Kai-shek has suddenly leveled the
same strong criticism of himself and his
regime that foreign observers have been
making for a long time. He has charged
himself with failure. He has blasted his
fianciers for squandering foreign credits and
depending on h~oped-for foreign loans instead
of helping China help herself. He has scor-
ed non-C Communists for bitter intra-party
strife, and criticized the Central News
Agency for a bad publicity job.
We don't know what has happened to the
Generalissimo, but we hope he doesn't get
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Lewis New Revolt

Once again, John l.. Lewis is in revolt,
defying the law for what might seem a
capricious whin. Mr.. Lewis, who is obvious
ly not a Communist, has refused to sign an
affidavit to that effect, as ordered by the
Taft-Hartley Law.
There is certainly no personal reason why
Mr.. Lewis must refuse. But his present re-
volt hits at one of the weakest and most
confusing provisions of the new law, SO per-
haps it's not such a bad thing. Senator Taft,
one of the co-authors, has expressed some
doubt that this portion Of the law means
what it says.
An amendment to clarity the wording and
the meaning should do the trick very nicely.
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Quotations

You ask me. whether, alcoholism has in
creased since prohibition ended. My an
swer is that alcoholics committed to men
tai institutions have Jumped from $3.50 in
1922, the year of peak prohibition enforce
ment, to the present average of II, 600. an
nuallv-Mrs. D. Leigh Gown, president,
WCTU.
We have an industrial plant that can't
be found anywhere in the world. This is
an element of military strength and one
I think, that attained great respect from
other people in World Wal 11.-Robert P.
Patterson, former secretary OF war.
If this country - the last tower OF
strength among freedom-loving lands-can
do the fabulously better job that we can
equip ourselves to do, ever the peoples
of serfdom will choose freedom, and there
will be no dictator to ignite World War
1II.-Earl Bunting, =, president, NAM.
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gence of what is called gov
eminent of national crisis"
The phrase is certainly an odd
one. First of all, the govern
ment of national crisis will con
tain representatives of all par.
ties, especially including the
Left Socialists and Communists
Its diversity alone will condemn
it to impotence. And just 10 in.
sure that impotence is really
total, it is further predicted that
this government of national
crisis will be headed by The
kind of antiquated, vaguely d.
lapidated but available elder
statesman who would gurantee
feebleness in any case.
The Communist candidate for
the job, it is already known,
is the aged former Premier MI
ii, and Nitti also seems to be
considered the most llkey
choice by Socialist and ChE]
tan Democrats.
In such a government OF cor
co,1rse the Communists VIII
take politely vital posts Like
the Ministry of the lnteTI@
which carry no responslOllfY
for economic policy. For fe
purpose of such a g~overnmeN
will be to provide a ripen!n'
period of decay Of inc1easn
hunger, unemployment anu
chaos. When the ripening peru
is over. in the spring, viii con
the national election. And then
if all this is permitted to nay
pen, the Communists can fs,'
power, only masking their az
solutism with a few Soelans. y,
and other stooges caFelU-.
trained to initiate HunSSI''
models.
Copyright, 1947, New YORK
Herald Tribune Inc
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with the cost-price applo'': ,
that it may be question: ,
whether the full implications ',. ~.
demand forces will be qol'a ~.
grasped. Thus. it is easy 10 N :,
how a wage increase adds =
costs and hence may hSc', ~
tate higher prices if losses q,
to be avoided. We have fels'' i
witnessed this phenomenon :, Z
the coal and railroad lno''9, - +,
It is usually more Hicus N, n
see how that same VIZ 4to
crease expands demand l.% =. n
available supplies and ,eads T., "
the mpetitive bidding ~.
goods referred to by 9e'''
Hartman. -
weekly earnings of wor@el t,ar
manufacturing have more .. 1,
doubled; total wage ana even
payments have increase ondsi
more because of the eH wa nj
work force. Similarly ,.r Is
income of farm opeTS so ore-
no more than triple .,s nay,
war total. Total inc ONE are
more than two and a nan ao wa val.
as great as before = stoaias
With physical outpul the re-
much smaller increases has
sulting pressure on rpo r1sy' our
been irresistible, Iou 5%s5rand,
problem is too much r fS5~ to
domestic and foreign L. adding
cure such a situation by Nv nsf
to that demand either ~ ~. re-
W " sls'i increases or by . sa,s tn,
ductions can only age
present problem.
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Sq qlf Ointment
Hits Impetaso
BY WILLIAM A. O,pprD,

by WILLIAM a. O'BRyFN
The average patient WIZ, MD,
petlgo is more apt to '' sn. IN,
the infection on his % S0r5ad
than ne is to give it to son,s Skin
else. Susceptibility to i5 mnsse
varies in different persons rr'''so
though it may become = so u.s. a.
epidemic problem in a gr sTI.'as
children or adults Iiyjn s'9 W.. Of
identical conditions, 0no''
Impetigo starts as 8
skin blister which ruptures G VIA
ing an open sore that is 9,, ;os,''
covered with a crust. 4T TS,
crusts are yellow 10 brown r,'..
color and, even thouaS "4 n, r
have the appearance Of b o5..
stucE on the skin, thew ,r osio
moved easily. The Iiso. ~
spreads in circles aro,,nd 't a.
edge, and the patch ten L. We
heal in the center as if ba.,
larger. Infection may devcIn, =
some distance from the or:ri, .,
eruption, thu ough transfer9 'I ID,
fingers or concentrated artiolo,
1mretigo is caused bv prrY,.
normally present on the g..
which, through circumss a r'.i
unknown at the present t,,,
cause blisters to form. Thu ,o,
dition seems to be more cnn.
mon in those who are caro-; .,,,
il personal hygiene and use 4,
ty washcloths and towels,
Incubation period varies fr,..
two to five days. New spots wv,
appear following treatno ..
Of he original site, because o.,
the lag in development. The ay.
erage impetigo patient gets va,
in three to 10 Gays, although /,
fcctions in heavily bearded "A.
S ms can take longer. A spoci.l
severe form Of contagious imn.
tiso occurs in infants.
Treatment of impetigo se.
sists of removing or softenr,
the crust and opening the bIstm
so that the base of the sr.
may be treated. An ointmem
containing one CT the sulfa dyvg,
usually is effective. In sever
cases, hospital treatment mar
be necessary because Of The
large area Of skin which l.; At.
fected. Other types of media
ton can be applied to the scr,
if the sulfa tr. atment is not ste.
cessful.
The affected skin should b.
washed with soap and water sta
eral times daily. Wash the bIv5
enout spot last and dry by p3t
ting - not Int bing. Both VAS.
cloth and towel should ba koa
separate, and should be billed
and washed frequently, Impei.so
heals without leaving a pecrla
nent scar. l-nless it has her
scratched excessively.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-25
GOOD MORNING

The morose man takes both narrow
and selfish views of life and the world;
he is either envlous OF the happiness OF
others, or denies its existence.-C. Sim
mons.
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over it. In fact, it might be well if a few
European heads of government came down
with the same soul-searching malady.
Evening star., 1947-12-14

Air and sec borne
oyster conservation
men of the Morylnnd
Tidewoter Fisheries
Commission totk
things over. Mason
Shehon perches on
the side Of the con-
troll boat operoted
by Copt. Elmer G.
loscosnb. Oxford,
Nd. and oystermen
Of the region wotch
the conference.
Evening star., 1947-12-14
Chesapeake Oyster Pat'|

IN THE WATERS of tl|
l. which extends like a b
the State Of Maryland, ar|
that form its tributarie1
once brought fame to thl
the decrease.
Once, less than 50 years
than 100 boats dredged o]
tile bay rocks and bars. Il
bers q few more than
sometimes difficult for th|
itably. There are few MAI
: to be found on the sea
days.
To help Maryland rega
enjoyed for 30 long as d
producers of quality sea I'd
water Fisheries Commi|
amphibious. An airplan|
coordinate the work o|
patrol boats. and 1t Is Il
plane win be added to II
enforcement fleet.
It Is the duty of the d
sisting solely Of Mason 8
Easton and q former Nav
waters Of the bay and its|
for any dredgers who mi
fishery laws. He Is in q
munication with surface|
from his vantage point, l
he can quickly concentrat
at any trouble spot.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
American Radiator
Reports Big Increase
In 1947 Earnings
By The Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-American
Radiator & Standard Corp. re-
ported net profit for nine months
ended September 80 of $10,849, 900
or S1.06 share compared with
So POI 900 or 80 cents for the like
1916 period.
Sales were s137, 1896, 900 for the
first nine months, compared with
sS3,230,000 for the like period of
last year.
The report said that 1t Is believed
that domestic sales and profits for
the fourth quarter will be consider
ably larger than for any preceding
quarter of this year. Demand for
the corporations products is still
in excess of production.
Directors declared a special Of
20 cents and quarterly of 20 cents
on common stock, both payable De-
cember 81 to stock of record De-
cember 5. Total now for 1947 is 81,
compared with 40 cents for last year
Monsanto Chemical Co. earned
ST., 1895, 1867 or $279 a share in nine
months ended September 30 VS.
Sc ,987 ,663 or $1.63 a year earlier.
Republic Aviation Corp. reported
a loss of $943,852 for nine months
ended September 80. The order
backlog approximates $78,00o,000.
| Consolidated Steel Corp. profit for
IL months ended September 80 was
$2,720,724 or $3.50 VS.. $6,469 800 or
$3.50 in the preceding fiscal period
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Army 10 Investigate Crash
Of Bomber Costing 5 Lives
By the Assoeiated Pssss .

MARCH FIELD, Calif., Oct. 81
The Army planned today to launch
an investigation into the crash of an
A-26 bomber which cost the lives Of
five flyers.
Bodies we're to be removed from
the strewn wreckage at about the
c, 6,000-foot mark of 8,911-foot Mount
Cucamonga, one of the higher peaks
of the San Bernardino range. A
March Field search party reported
evidence of an explosion.
The plane, based at Biggs Field,
Tex, had been missing since We'd
nesday morning, shortly after taking
off from here for Lockheed Airport,
Burbank, a 20-minute jump
The victims identified by the
Army:
Maj. John L. Crouch, pilot, Port
Arthur, Tex; Capt. Bartholomew
c. Tenore, Bronxville, N. Y; 1t. VIII
bert Muller, Paterson, N. j.; T/Sergt.
T. Mobley, Biggs Field; Pvt. E. Z.
Kyle, Ell Paso, Tex.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Maine Presses Plans
|For Reconstruction
BY the Associated Press

PORTLAND, Me, Oct. 31-Recon-
struction planning hit high gear to-
day as predictions of at least little
rain reduced the threat of renewed
outbreaks of Names disastrous for
est fires.
Assurance that "the rule book will
be thrown out of the window to
expedite building Of new homes
came from spokesmen for lenders;
builders, suppliers and labor.
More than 1,100 homes were de-
stroyed in the two weeks scourge of
flames that took Is lives and cost
$50 600, ,000
At a Portland meeting last night,
representatives of the building in
dustry were told that many of the
burned -out families have roots In
fire-ravaged towns, want to stay
there and hope to rebuild.
But speakers agreed that there
couldn't be much permanent recon-
struction until spring. In the mean
time, temporary housing provided by
the War Assets Administration will
be used to shelter the homeless.
Gov. Horace Hildreth's Office an
1cunced the first ALLEGATIONS of these
prefabricated metal buildings-50 to
partly ruined Bar Harbor, like
number to Brownfield, which was al
most wiped out. Is to WATERFORD and
eight to Kennebunkport.
Although the fires were not out,
much of the manpower which has
been assembled to combat the flames
had been withdrawn. The South
western Maine fire control center at
Wells was closed last night.
A persistent blaze still consumed
timber in Centreville, near Machias,
but was not considered q menace to
either community. 4
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Selected Stocks Rise
In Quiet Market;
SteeIs Favored
BY Victor Eubonk
Assoc;ofed Press financiai Writer

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Selected
stocks, led by steels, enjoyed a
creeping recovery in todays market
although many leaders were indif-
ferent.
Slowdowns were frequent after a
fairly active opening. Top gains
running to point or so we're re-
duced near the fourth hour and a
number of minus signs persisted.
Timid buying was attributed to
the belief that the market may have
been oversold and was due for a
substantial comeback. Pleasing divi-
dends still were more or less ignored.
Some customers, pessimistic regard
ing the Governments suit against
investment bankers, the tax outlook
and recent refusal of the list to
reflect exceptionally good corporate
news, continued to trim accounts.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
l6Here to Attend Session
OF World FederuIists

A group of 16 delegates from
Washington will attend the first
annual general assembly OF the
United World Federalists at St.
Louis tomorrow and Sunday. Mrs.
Raymond Clapper. chairman OF the
groups Executive Council here, an
nounced today.
The organization is dedicated to
achieving a federal world govern
ment of limited but adequate power
by the earliest possible transforma-
ton of the United Nations, Mrs.
Clapper explained.
Those who will attend the meet
ing are Miss Maxine Anderson, DR.
Emile Benoit- -Smullyan, Mrs. Lloyd
Luther, Edgar Ansel Mowrer, Mrs.
Waldemar Nelson, Henry T. Par
rett. DR.. Francis A. Smith, Langdon
West, Mrs. Tam Derring, Edward
@. Rawson, Mrs. Sidney Alderman,
Miss Stanley Bernard, Mrs. James
WEIGH, Miss Heloise Albritton, James
Parreco and Miss Edith Reynolds.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
CHICAGO Livestock

,oc chicago. ! So OCT; 81 4g agsDA:L.ss.abIe
around 25 cents lower but later market
all weights butchers; sows steady to 25
sents lower; closed Is cents on: top.
butchers, 100 pounds and over. 25. So
26 90: late sales, 25.50-25.75; few 170-
llss9 pounds, 24.6b-25.a5: butchers over
sSe pounds very scarce; good and CHOICE
Is, 90: 100000 pounds, 20 oees4:a5:
able calves, 400; total 400: slow; slaughter
steers and heifers weak at recent uneven
decline; numerous loads steers carried from
earlier in week not offered for sale; beef
COWS weak to rs cents lower; Gamers and
cutters e1,,, steady to weak: buIks weak to
lots good and choice fed steers. $500
1890. 81; 90: strictly choice absent: very few
Il. .00-1S.50: Gamers and cutters, 1925
1879; most bulls 1928 down; vealsrs,
saiabie sheep, 1880: total, $500:
slaushter lambs, not established; most
1915 for good and choice slauEhter lambs;
these generally held steady or around
"a sO0ss other classes scarce