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Evening star., 1947-01-02

The gallery has proved invaluable
to the doorkeepcrs.
This time there are 103 new mem
bers-74 Republicans and 20 Demo-
Gratis. There1l be many strange
face looking over the doorway at
Mr.. Murphy and other veterans of
the chamber. -. -
Not all their pictures are up on
the wall yet. Some are. Others
have yet to be hung.
One thing that helps, Mr.. Murphy
explained, is that new member
usually shows up the first time in
tow of some older member from his
State.
Then" he pointed out, I'VE peg
him, and don't forget him. Anyway
we shouldn't"
Mr.. Murphy f1atters himself that
he has a fair memory for faces,
He cultivated it, he explained, when
he was a member of the West Vir-
ginia State police force, in which
he became a lieutenant. He halls
from Parkersburg, and during the
First World War he was an officer
of military police.
Spots Gate Crashers.
He doesn't anticipate any difficulty
at the new session in keeping track
of who belongs on the floor and who
doesn't, despite the big influx o1
new members.
Not, he hastened to say, that no
body ever tried to crash the door
People dos ~ 4as &.
r"But don't think 1t ever happened
at my door that I didn't spot ths
fellow" he added. "Just something
about him, some uncertainty maybe.
But nearly all of them simply
wandered in without realizing they
were out of bounds, he explained
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Loose Market
In Labor Seen in
U.S.AgencyCufs
District USES Chief
Seeks to Lower Time
Gap on Placement

A "loose" labor market, traceable
largely to continuing reductions in
Government personnel, is expected
here for the first six months of this
Iyear, Fred z. Hetzel, Dictrict di-
rector of the United States EN-
tployment Service, said today.
1T Is almost certain that expand
ing agencies cannot absorb all those
laidoff workers." he said. 'fOur Of
fees are constantly striving to re-
duce the time gap between the
placing and filling Of the employers
order for personnel.
711,602 Visits to USES.
"If the flow of building materi-
Il ais Is as bountiful as we expect
lit to be by the time spring weather
permits out-of-door work, the COM
lmunity unemployment will decline. :"
USES offices handled 711,602 vis-
its during 1946, or almost twice as
many as in 1945, Mr.. Hertzel re-
vealed. He said the December total
was estimated since final figures
were not available.
A total of 34,126 placements, ap-
lproximately 11,000 of which went
to veterans, resulted from the 76,-
053 referrals made during the year,
he added. H..
I'm 1945 when there were thou
sands of untitled jobs to the hum
dreds today, there were 102,291 re-
ferrals and 1896 placements" he
recalled.
Peak in July, August.
Although the number of veterans
drawing servicemen's readjustment
allowances had decreased greatly
by the end of 1916, general unem-
ployment for the community did
not decline materially" Mr.. Het-
eel said.
The USES Washington Offices ex-
tperienced their peak loads for the
year in July and August, he added.
Reviewing improvements made in
services during the year, Mr.. Het-
eel mentioned new procedures aimed
at closer cooperation with employ
ers, restoration of prewar occupa-
tional analysis service, provision of
applicant testing facilities for cler-
ical job seekers and the furnishing
of local job inventories to other
USES Offices. 81.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Social Hygiene Group
Calls D. T.. Moral City
With Vice at Low Ebb

Washington is a moral city with
prostitution "at an exceedingly low
ebb," according to report released
today by the District Social Hygiene
Society.
The report, made by an investi-
gator from the American Social
Hygiene Association, Inc, found a
"dearth of street walkers" that
bellhops and cab drivers refused to
pander, and that most hotels, in
Guiding all the large ones, refused
to rent rooms for immoral purposes
The investigator found mo disor-
uerly massage parlors, although
Cney once thrived here"
Most Moral of Capitals"
Ray H. Everett, executive secre-
tary of the society, said the report
proves Washington it "the most
moral of all world capitals" He
saw the situation as remarkable
since the conditions for thriving
trade-unattached men with money
are plentiful in Washington"
The investigator said he talked to
eight prostitutes, all he could find
in some of the cheaper bars. The
women, whom he called whisky
bums," told him the Flaw in this
town is mighty hard to get along
with"
He discovered only five street
walkers and all of them in the same
block-New York avenue between
Ninth and Tenth streets NV. Not
one lead" to resort beyond the
District limits was discovered, he
reported.
Congressional Stimulus Cited.
Purely as an aside, the investi-
gator said he found bars, grills,
cocktail lounges and night clubs
poorly patronized.
He also theorized that one reason
for the tight" law enforcement
practice in Washington was that so
many members of Congress came
from small towns and were anxious
to return home and tell the folks
about keeping the big city clean.
Mr.. Everett said he was convinced
that amateur competition" had
been reduced drastically.
Many girls of unstable character
rushed to Washington to take war
jobs" ne said. "The Army told us
more men were getting social
diseases from the amateurs than
from professionals. These unstable
girls. most of them, have now left
and the problem Is not at, all as
serious as it was"
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Truman Orders
Payment for
Ideas
U. S. Workers to Get
$l0.to ST 900 Awards
For Suggestions

President Truman today issued an
executive order authorizing pay
ments ranging from $40 to 1000 to
civilian Government employees who
make suggestions which result in q
saving of Government funds.
The order also permits certificates
or medals or other emblems for
those rendering such service.
The Presidents order was issued
under a law enacted last August
putting into general effect plan
followed in some agencies which
received special appropriations to
reward exceptional services.
Promotions Formerly Given.
Where agencies have not made
cash awards for valuable sugges-
tions in the past, it has been GUS
tomary to give those employees re-
sponsible within-gra promotions.
This promotion plan will now be
discontinued, the Civil Service Com
mission said.
The Presidents order is retroac-
tive to last August 2. T.
For savings of 81 to, $1,000 the
employe responsible will receive $40
for each 5000 of savings, with q
minimum for any adopted sugges-
tion. From 81 900 to $4,000, $50 will
be given for the first $1,000 Of
savings and $25 for each additional
81 900. From $4,000 to 100000,
$275 will be given for the first $40 900
and $50 for each additional $4,000.
Where the saving amounts to
$100, 900 or more, $725 will be the
award for the first 100000 with
500 for each additional $100,O 600.
The $1,000 maximum will apply In
all departments except War and
Navy, where there is no specific
limit.
Rules for Awards Made.
The awards are given where a
suggestion has resulted or will
result in improvement or economy
in the operations of a department
by way of monetary savings, in
creased efficiency. conservation Of
property, improved employe- working
conditions or better service to the
public"
Former civilian employees are
eligible for the award for suggestions
made while in service. Suggestions
must be adopted within five years
to win an award and the order says
mo award shall be paid to any
officer or employe for any sugges-
ton which represents a part of the
normal requirements of the duties
Of his position"
Department heads can choose the
recipients, and each agency. but the
War and Navy Departments are
limited to a total annual outlay Of
Il sos. 600.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
BeardsIey RumI Resigns
As Reserve Bank Chairman
By the Associated Press

Beardsley Ruml has resigned as
chairman of the New York Fed.
eral Reserve Bank but will continue
to serve on the banks Executive
Committee, the Federal Reserve
Board announced yesterday.
MIR. Ruml had served as chairman
for nine years, an unusually long
time, and officials here said he hao
asked to be relieved because he
could not spare the, time necessary
from his business as board chair.
man of r. H. Macy g. Co.
The position, like other Fedora.
Reserve bank posts of the kind, car.
ries no compensation. A successor
to Mr.. Ruml will be named later
Deputy Chairman William I. My.
ers, Ithaca, N. Y, will be astine
chairman.
Evening star., 1947-01-02
Truman CurtuiIs Routine
To Work on MESSAGE
BY the Associated Press

President Truman curtailed his
calling list today to devote most of
his time to further work on the
legislative message he will submit
to the new Congress next week.
Presidential Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said Mr.. Truman
would hold no further news confer
ence until next week. Mr.. Truman
had indicated at a conference Tues
day he would see newsmen again
this afternoon.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Russia Then And Now

When President Wilson called Con-
gress into extraordinary session on
April 2, 1917, that steps might he
taken to safeguard American commerce
and lives against Germany's unrestrict-
ed submarine warfare he had sometime
to say about the Russia of that dav
which ought to be studied now in order
to get a clear vision of the changes that
have taken place in the Soviet Union
in the intervening years.
We quote from MI. Wilson's adj
dress:
docs not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace of the world by
the wonderful h%eartening things that
have been happening within the last
few weeks in Russia? Russia was known
by those who knew her best to have
been always, in fact, democratic al
heart in all vital habits, in her thought,
and in all intimate relations of he1
people that spoke of their natural in.
stinct and their habitual attitude to-
war;. life. The autocracy that crown
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
An Obvious Error

A grand jury sitting in Rome, Ga,
has decided that Blue laws adopted in
1862 do not deserve enforcement. When
the prosecuting attorney sought eigh-
teen indictments against operators of
drug stores, ice cream parlors and a
theater, the jury refused to return true
bills.
-. The prosecuting attorney did his
duty if the establishments were voilat-
ing a law. The grand jury failed in it's
duty. A law, however Anticipated,
should be enforced as long as it re-
mains on the statute books.
There is no reason why Sunday
should be made a day of persecution in
stead of being a day of worship and
rest. Blue laws Of the type obviously
existing in Georgia make Sunday a
day to be dreaded, rather than well
coined. They do not serve to encourage
good conduct. Instead they promote law
violation, just as the prohibition law
did some years ago. They make law
breakers of otherwise law-abiding citi-
Nevertheless, the Rome prosecuting
attorney did right and the grand jury
wrong. If the Georgia Blue laws need
adjustment OR at least revamping. as
they obviously do, the necessary action
should be taken by the legislature.
No grand jury has the right to de-
eide what laws should be enforced and
what other laws may be disobeyed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29

ed the summit of her policital structure,
long as it had stood and terrible as it
was in the reality of it's power, was
not, in fact, Russian in origin, charac-
ter, or purpose, and now it has been
shaken and the great generous Russian
people have been added in all their
native majesty and might, to the forces
that are fighting for freedom in the
world, for justice and for peace. Here
is a fit partner for a league of honor"
Now think back owe the last two
years and compare Mr.. Wilson's ap-
nraisal of the Russia Of April 2, 1917,
and what you know of Russla's despo-
tism and aggression since the fight
ing war ended.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Conservatism OF Flabbiness?

was the passage of the wool bill,
which dia such serious harm
abroad despite d e n t
Truman's veto. Byron Wilson and
his National Wool Growers Of
course control the votes OF the
wool states. But the rest Of the
senators and representatives who
made up the wool bills majorit'cs
seemed to be chiefly influenced by
nostalgia for the happy past times
oil tariff log rolling. The somewhat
bemused Representative Pace Of
Georgia Gone Of the Republicans
lie fading Southern Democratic
allies) told the House that so Ear
as he knew there was not a
sheep in his 3rd Congress Dis
trict. But, he asked. how was he
to get help for his peanuts if he
did not help wool?
Then a well organized group Of
about 20, 900 large Western ranch
ers have scored a major triumph.
Their aim was to enrich them
selves from the public lands at
the expense of the whole West.
They first tried to have the vast
Western public LANDS sold 20 them
outright at bargain basement
prices. This grab failed. So the
rsnchers turned tc the always
obliging appropriations commit
tees, and cut the glzzard out Of
the Interior Departments funds
for protecting the public lands
from o~ver-grazing. With little or
no supervision these lands, which
are n of the great assets of Ne
people, can now be prof
ltably destroyed by the large
ranchers. Who cares if the result
ing erosion may we'll bring ruin
to millions Of less influential citi-
of the West?
There is no space here to
describe the gaggles OF railroad
lobbyists who have pushed the
Bulwinkle and Reed bills and all
the others like them. The man
point is that this Congress h a S
a remarkable responsive
to special business interests.
This responsiveness is deeply fear
ed by such wise Republicans as
Senator Ives of New York. It
poses a strikingly difficult
problem for such leaders as Sem
ator Taft, who must beat the
housing lobby ii order to pass his
housing bill. And, above all, it
the question whether Ee-
publican conservatism is simply to
consist of flabby yielding to this
type OF pressure, or is to be the
genuine conservatism c h
conserves what is good without
fear Or favor.
1947, N. Y. Tribune Tnc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
TUESDAY, JULY 20. ls47
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
IN nronortion with its resources, 10 III
clude public terminals, tobacco storage
warehouses, ship repair facilities near.
by sites for heavy industry and So-loo'
Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 10 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 and improvement OF resort
accommodations.
Improvement Of Southeastern North
Cardinals faru1-to-market and primary
roads, with a paved highway from Top
sail inlet to Bald Head island.
Continued effort through the Clty'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 lncluo'
ing a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT Of the growth OF COM
mercial fishing.
Consolidation OF City and County gov
ernments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Editorial Comment
FINLAND

The governor of the Bank o. Finland writes
appret iatively in the Finnish Trade Review
OF the way in which re-cently-extended Ameri
can credits are permitting his country to re-
establish its war-shattered economy. He then
adds:
w are, nevertheless. fully aware that
these credits alone cannot work wonders We
do not imagine that we will 1--we in plenty TO-
morrow. We know that many years Of hard
work and unflinching effort lie ahead Of us
before we can reach a better economic stand
ing. The United States has helped us in other
ways, too, that is by direct relief actions. The
worF that has been done under these auspices
was OF crucial importance. Nevertheless, we
do not wish to live solely on relief. We may
be poor today but we do not feel like belong
ing to the poorhouse. Our strength is intact.
We thank our friends for the help they have
lent us in difficult times: we do it in the firm
belief that we will pay back GU, debts-thank.
TO this very help"
If the rest of Europe is looking for a state
menf OF policy on American aid under the
Marshall Plan, the Firms would appear to
have supplied 1.-THE Kansas City Star.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Republican

perity such as this, few people
worry about anything.
This boom has brought with it
definite increases in price levels.
The squeeze put on wages hiss
been tremendous. While fe peo-
pie may admit it. the United
States is actually suffering from
a good dose Of Initiation. This is
its first real experience wi7t the
disease. But if history IS any
teachers, ~spiraling of wages 10
meet prices and vice versa can
end only in economic trouble.
In every US. war-Revolution,
1912, Civil, Span1sh-American and
World Wars One and Two-prices
have gone sky high. But after the
wars they have always gone dowr.
sharply, into a depression. The
Republican philosophy TODAY
seems to be built on the belief
that this time It isn't going e
Happen. After olher wars the
country has always gone bac: to
approximately the same standard
of living it had before the war
began. Now the theory is that the
United States is going on to a
higher standard of living.
There is one good reason for
wanting the U. S. economy to con.
tinue for a time on "a. new. high.
er plateau Of wage and price
levels. 1t is based on the fact
that the U. S. government debt
l., now $257 billion. Ten years age
ii was thought that the country
would be ruined if the debt ever
got above $50 billion.
1t is purely a theory, bur il
may be that the only way to man.
age this debt ana pay it of is in
inflated dollars. To reduce prices
and wages by a third, to bring
them back to prewar levels
would have the effect of maxine
the national debt only that much
bigger and harder to pay off.
AT any rate, only in the last
10 days of the session, proddel
Ey Republican Sen. Raymond L.
BALDWIN OF Connecticut, did the
Congress show any signs o. worry
ABOUT imitation. All it did then was
appoint a committee to investi.
gate.
II a recession does come. its
timing is important politically. If
II comes within the next year,
Republican chances for a victory
IN 1948 will be lessened. If it
comes after 1s48, the Republican
victory may be short.lived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Social Security Pegged

We the people owe Congress a debt
of gratitude for pegging the Social
Security payroll deduction at the pres
ent figure for two and one-half years
more. The revamped bill as sent to the
White House provides there shall be
no change before January /, 1850.
Save for this action the present levy
of one per cent each on Garner and en-
ployer would have jumped to two and
one-half per cent on January l next.
This would have added two billion dol
lars to the peoples annual federal tax
bill.
The increase might not have been
so uni ust if the Social Security revenue
were not nov applied to expenditures
completely foreign to the purpose, TO,
which Sicoal Security exists. Instead
of earmarking the money for the
security of retired workers, to make
their sunset years partially ~independ'
ent of financial assistance from thei1
families, it is used for this and that
presumably at the whim of the Secre
tary of the Treasury.
In the strictest sense, the govern
eminent is guilty of obtaining money
under false pretense.
Because Social Security is so grossly
misadministered, the people welcom'
congressional action forestalling larger
collections for a while at least. BY tn
time January l, 1850, rolls around tn
Congress may have taken further &C
ton for safeguarding the money TO-
the benefit of the millions Of workers
and employers who now put it up with
out adequate guarantees that it will 81
available when due. +
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29
Quotations
TOBACCO THROUGH THIS pOR!

On the front page of The New
and Courier today is displayed
news story OF importance to d
the Car0linianS. The movement d
tobacco from the fields Of Norl
and South Carolina through tn
port Of Charleston is an event n
regional significance. The volume
Of tobacco is equivalent TO 10 per
cent OF all the tobacco exportd
from the United States last yesr
The bright tobacco belt Of North
and South Carolina is one Of ts
important production centers d
the world. American troops have
made the American cigaret M
only an item Of luxury but i,
medium Of exchange in many cour
tries. The characteristic flavo
of the American cigaret come
from a blend of Virginia and Turk
ish tobaccos. The bulk Of the 70
bacco is Virginia, which means tn
kind that is grown in the CaTp
linas.
Heretofore. hogsheads of export
tobacco have moved through port
other than Charleston. Now they
are to come here in large volume
for storage until loaded aboard
vessels bound for distant lands. It
is right that the products Of Caro-
lima fields should pass throlsi
a Carolina port, and Charleston u
the most convenient and best
equipped on the South Atlantic
seaboard. The tobacco marSe'
towns and this old seaport are
being linked by the green-g@a
leaves OF a premium prodact and
the business should prove mutual!
profitable.
Only yesterday, The News aa
Courier in commenting on another
item of port activity had occasion
to remark that not yet had IN
State Ports authority been able 70
announce "a really large am0Jht@
business. Today that announce
ment is being MADE. The peop'
of South Carolina can take prla'
in the prospect Of sending tne!
own product through their OWL
state port to the market plott1 .
the world.-Charleston News a1
Courier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-29

WASHINGTON, The just
finished session of the Eightieth
Congress leaves behind n big
political question. "Just how con-
servative is the Republican
party?" It has been bitterly re-
marked that on a secret ballot,
a good many Republicans in Con.
gress Qike a good many Southern
Democrats) would cheerfully vote
to shoot the poor. But no party
is to be judged by its lunatic
fringe. The real problem-vital in
view of the prospects for 1913
is to know where the true Aepubli-
can average lies.
The peculiar nature Of the Re.
publican strategy makes he prob
lem difficult. Knowing that the
Republican record in Congress
would play a large part in the
coming election, the party's con-
gressional leaders tacitly agreed
on a decidedly astute plan. This
session was to be devoted to legis-
lation desired by business, such as
the Taft-Hartley labor law and the
tax relief bills. TIE next session
was to be (and presumably still
is to be- given to measures with
a broader-oased appeal, such as
the Taft housing, education and
welfare bills.
The Republicans and Southern
Democrats have whooped through
the measures business wanted
with loud cries of joy. Now the
problem is whether Sen. Robert A.
Taft and the other Rep lbl,can
leaders can shove, drag Of other
wise persuade the rank and file
TO approve the extremely mild
program Of social legislation. Ger
tain powerful business elements
emphatically do not want this
social legislation. And judging by
the record Of these elements in
fluence ii the session just c o H.
Guided, the outlook for the next
session is none too good.
In a previous report in this