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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Christmas TB Bonds

Once again the people of Wilmington
and New Hanover County are to be privi-
lodged to help allay the suffering from
tuberculosis and to stem the spread of this
dreaded disease, not only here but in the
nation.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce. as
heretofore, is making plans to conduct the
annual TB bond drive Final arrangements
were drafted last night. Details are of little
Importance to the general public. Suffice to
say the program is perhaps one of the most
worthy ever undertaken.
Just to know that ones contribution
may have been the cause of some less fortu-
nate child being saved from this most raw
aging of all diseases should more than am
ply repay the most hardened giver.
To know in ones own heart that, bv dig
glng down little deeper, this year, they
may have made it possible for some mother
to stay little longer with her children, is
certainly repayment enough.
And having given to this worthy cam
palgn, who is there that will not, way down
Deep note feeling of satisfaction that words
cannot explain; feeling that one is right
with the world and, being right with the
world, right with his God.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
The Coal Supply

Current evidence indicates that there is
little danger of a severe coal shortage this
winter. There may be local scarcities of GER
tain grades of COAL but the overall supply
will in all probability, be adequate for our
needs
This forecast, of course, is predicated on
the assumption that coal production will con-
tinue at high levels, and there will be no in
creased drain on our output for export
abroad. 1t seems certain that 1947 produc-
ton will be about 6OO,OOOO 900 tons
The role of coal in the American econ
omy becomes increasingly important as the
population grows and general industrial
activity increases. There is some fear that
once buyers market returns coal will suf-
fer from competition with other fuels
Whether that happens or not will be largely
determined by the retail cost of coal And
that, in turn, will depend upon the cost OF
production. If coal is to maintain sound
competitive position, it is evident that the
miners, in return for their record pay and
special benefits must do all in their power
to increase unit production. And, by the
same token, management is spurred by its
high operating costs to improve production
methods in every way possible, thus hold
ing its overhead to minimum
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
The Truman Reaction

Reaction to President Truman's address
before the opening session of the specially
called Congress had little effect on sound
money. The stock market seems to prefer
to wait and see what Congress, itself. does.
This is good sign.
Ihls is no time for Mysteries or for the
country's sound-money men to get excited
when any one man, Truman or otherwise,
VISIONS dire situations. Wall street. often
referred to as the true capital of the nation
by those who haven't as much of the worlds
goods as others, has demonstrated a sane ap-
proach to the situation by demonstrating
calmness that should become an example
to the rest of the nation.
Some aviations rose a point, cotton fu-
lures rose from four to IS points, steels helo
slight gains, rails held firm with an ex
ception or two that showed slight gains.
The point is, there was no rush to sell
or buy This means stability IN the market
and stability in the market has most always
resulted in stability in the rest OF the coun-
try.
Mr.. Truman's suggestion OF price con-
trolls was a gesture to certain voters. The
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources to in
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough t.
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources through better markets and
food processing, pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Carolina's farm -to-market and pri-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization of BluethenthaI
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
CaroGna's health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
Guiding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of Citv and Coun.,
governments
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Port Development

No one has been found to say it in just
so many words, but it is apparent to mans
persons that the international situation is
the behind-the influence in retardlng
the development of the northern extension
Of the Wilmington shipyards. But this need
not be so.
The North Carolina State Ports au-
thority, sensing the true situation as practi-
cal business men and developers with a SIN
cere desire to bring to Wilmington some
thing lasting safe, and of benefit to work.
ers and business men, have drafted pro-
gram that should eliminate any difficulty in
interesting private capital for development
of the yard.
The proposal is that, should the govern
ment find it necessary to take over control
of the yard after millions have been spent
by the state and private investors, the in
vestors' monies be protected by some sort
of reimbursement guarantee.
This seems not only the fair thing to
expect from the government through the
Maritime Commission but the only solution.
Repayment for monies expended to build
OSAASA w
suitable and of added value to the govern
ment in time of national crisis is all that
seems necessary fer the shipyard's extern
sion here to go into high gear.
Once in high gear, the Ports Authority
will do the rest. Under the able direction
of North Carolina men stepped in the tradi-
ton of doing things - big things - there is
no doubt in the minds of the most skeptical
that great benefit would be felt here and
throughout the state by all the people.
The situation now is one in which the
whole program is in the lap of the govern
ment. Give private investors some assurance
of reimbursement, and the state the same
thing, then watch the wheels begin moving
and progress speed on in Wilmington to the
benefit of this southeastern area.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Happy Birthday
An Editorial From The Greensboro Record

The Record today is passing
mllepost 81 and is about to en-
ter its 58th year of public serv-
Ice III Greensboro and adjacent
areas as purveyor of news, dis
semlnator of knowledge, and
commentator and mentor on
public affairs.
This is a time to glance back
ward and to look forward. From
small though courageous begin.
nlngs this newspaper has ex-
panded and developed along
with the community it serves
through prosperity or adversity,
peace or war, sunshine or shad-
ow. Looking backward across 81
years the Record is mindful of
and grateful for the patronage
the people have given it, also
Tor their respect, good will and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Chest Drive Continues

Because only. SO per cent of the S1l9,-
996 total has been subscribed, the Commun-
ity Chest campaign will be continued
throughout this week, and unless the people
of Wilmington promptly make up the diff
ference between what is now in hand and
what is needed it may be necessary tc
carry on longer
There is one thing to be remembered
The goal as fixed by the Chest represents
the minimum amount of money REQUIRED
for successful operation of the Red Feather
units throughout the coming year. If the
total is not forthcoming these organiza-
tions will have to curtail their beneficent
activities and that will involve sacrificia]
reduction in their services.
And it SO happens that Chest members
are all engaged in work that Wilmington
cannot properly afford to have curtailed. To
say NO to a Chest solicitor now, with Al
per cent of the fund actually needed un-
subscribed, is to place a handicap upon the
organizations and institutions which per-
form service in their separate fields that
cannot be done away with without verv
definite loss to the communitys physical
and spiritual welfare
1t is deplorable fact that onlv one ci.
villain group solicited for contributions has
passed the assigned goal. With $1,000 set
up for them, the workers in all branches of
rallroading have given $285 more than they
were requested to give. Solicitations in resi-
dental areas have brought in little more
than half OF the allotment, in the county q
trifle more than one-third downtown less
than one-fifth, the Negroes about one-fourth
commercial and industrial groups about one.
fourth, service (utilities) only approximately
one-third, and the public at large scarcely
one-half
Delinquents in these groups, in all con.
science, ought to reconsider the ultimate Of.
feet of their failure to come across as re.
quested upon the community as a whole and
Immediately increase their gifts The Cbes,
should not be permitted to 20 without the
full treasury it will need adequately to s,,n.
port its members.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

republican Congress, however, doesn't ap-
pear at all excited about returning to what
Mr.. Truman, himself, bare 80 days ago,
termed "state police" tactics.
Why he suddenly changed his views on
this may be one of those questions that will
have to wait until he writes his memoirs.
But the point is simply this: The good
old United States of America is still the best
those in need and the toughest, too, when
spat upon by the wrong boys.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
It's Hard To See

It's hard to see how American dollars
in the form of wheat, cotton and foodstuffs
can compete with communist mobs carrying
guns and bent on destruction of what re-
mains of democracy in Italy
Whether or not the average Italian who
subscribes to the communist beliefs can be
prevailed upon to lay aside his gun and his
anti-democratic activities in favor of a LOAF
of bread, is something few ordinary mortals
can answer.
Even the so-called leading lights in in
ternational affairs disagree on that one.
One thing is sure. The 5000 reds whe
hobbed police barracks in Corato, yester
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Whistling Bubble Gum
BY PETER EDSON

WASHINGTON - A great bis
guess as to what life will be
like in 1860 has just been made
by Kiplinger's Magazine, pub
lished here. 1t is based primari
ly on a voluminous Twentieth
Century Fund study called
Americas Needs and re.
sources. But the Kiplinger ex
perts have doctored up this
high-powered economic treatise
with some original ideas of thei1
own. Such as the one that bub
BILE gum of 1860 will alst
whistle. Do you think you car
stand it?
Right at the beginning, the
predictions are based on two
big if's-IF the world can avoie
a war and IF it can avert an.
other depression. If it can't dc
both-well, the book says q lot
of people just won't be around
to compare notes.
Even taking the optimistic
view that war and depression
can be averted, the experts pre-.
dict Europe still won't be settled
down. At home there will still
be strikes and lockouts and
rackets, sickness, poverty and
crime. Human nature and the
economic machinery will still
have kinks.
U. S. population will be about
155 million, roughly 10 per cent
more than today. Sixty million
people will be at work, but there
will always be some three mil
lion Temporarily unemployed.
The work week will be 35 hours.
In general, people will be max
ing and doing about the same
things they make and do today.
The living standard will be
about a third higher than it was
in 1910, but, to show what this
means, examples are given for
three typical families, with in
comes of $3.50, $3.50 and $1,000
a month.
The $12, ,00O-a-year family will
live in a custom-built house in
the suburbs, and may commute
by helicopter to city limits.
Mrs. Twelve Thousand will still
60 in for antiques, but her hus-
band will have a remote-control
lawnmower he can run from the
front porch, with a highbau in
the other hand.
At the other end of the scale,
the $1800-a-year family will still
have tough going. It will live
in a 20-year-old house, with a
secondhand radio phonograph
and mechanical refrigerator,
but still no car.
The average guy will be max
ing $3196 a year, including a
little profit-sharing and a guar
anteed annual wage. The house
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
RECOVERY AND U. S.
DIPLOMACY

Last week in his statement to
Congress Mr.. Marshall said that
the operation of the European re-
covery program 'must fully ac-
cord with the foreign policy of
the President as expressed
through the Secretary of State. !"
Before that will be possible,
however, it will be necessary to
find out whether the foreign
policy of the President and his
Secretary of State is in accord
with the European recovery pro-
gram. For the large sums which
the program requires are being
asked of Congress on the prem
ise that over a period of years
Europe will have attained, or
will be we'll within sight of SOL
vency, that what U.N.R.R.A., g,
the British loan, the monetary
fund and the World Bank have
proved unable to achieve the
European recovery program
will achieve.
No candid student of the prob
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

the average family lives in
should be better than today's.
Garbage cans will be fewer
because more home disposal
units will be in service. Insects
will be fewer. Home laundries
will be more automatic. Maids
will be scarcer, but house-clean-
ing corporations will send a
squad around once a week to
scrub floors and wash windws.
In spite of gadgets, housewives
will still work longer hours than
husbands.
People will still be eating too
much starch and sugar, not
enough green and yellow vege-
tables, There will still be just
as much indigestion, and patent
medicines will still be sold, but
dentists will have television on
the ceiling. There won't be
enough doctors, but prepaid
health insurance and clinics for
group practice will be catching
on. Mental hospitals will still be
crowded.
There will be more federal
aid for education, but it will still
be difficult for many people to
see things even half wav
straight.
There will be As million cars
on the road, instead of today's
30-odd million. New cars will
have television, te lephone, one
tray of ice-cubes and underseat
toilets. Tires and upholstery will
last as long as the car. The
traffic problem will be terrific
but few cities will have elinni-
mated rush hour by making peo-
pie park cars in suburbs and
use high-speed urban transit
systems.
Private flying will still not
have caught on. Airplane fares
will be three cents a mile The
1947 ''train of tomorrow will
be on branch-line milk run
in Georgia. Atomic energy will
just be coming into general use
A rocket will have been shot to
the moon.
The clothes of all three in.
come groups will look pretty
much alike, though they differ
in quality. Cotton and wool will
still be competing with syn-
thetics. Some clothes will have
electronic welded seams. in
stead of being sewed.
Prices will be a little lower.
than in l947 but won't oe back
to prewar levels. In the 1e5O's
the wholesalers and retailers
Will finally get together and be-
gin to shave prices to stop the
recession from getting too seri-
Gus.
That is smething you simply
must wait to see.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

confidence. The Record 'gr ii;
not have Survived without ..,,l s5
support. Today it pledge, ,;an NJ, d,
anew to merit a conflnuar ono,
such patronage and esteem ,,
Moreover. on this anIllVs. -. ~,
the Record resolves to IRE, ~
even greater efforts to SEW, y, 10
best interests of the peop''5 y 5s;.
be always jealous OF ~ ,r5a. i
traditions, champlonlilg 4 fail
believes to be right d. =. of The
and in the best lnteIesrH Isord feel;
common good. The Fetva tSvonod BY
deeply obligated and ,;9inn 1V and
duty, principle, 1,2.ts tradlsi'a free
privilege. to perpetuate line
press and chew to the ,re ,i they
let the chips fall "'''
may"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

day apparently had destruction in their
minds first with help from America a poor
second if at all.
Another thing is sure: If dollars and
what they represent do not stop this sort of
thing, what will it take to do it? Your guess
is as good as any ones. Most likely you've
guessed the same as thousands of others and
it isn't pleasant to contemplate
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
More Pay For Mountbatten

AS married man Lieut.. Philip Mount
batten will get an increase in salary. AS
soon as the knot is tied he'll draw $52.42 a
week. He has been receiving $3.50. But he
and the Princess may not have to live on
his earnings as Navy lieutenant. There is
a prospect that Elizabeth's girlhood allow
ance may be increased to 100000 year.
They won't have to move into garret after
all
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
GOOD MORNING

The best books for a man are not al
ways those which the wise recommend,
but often those which meet the pecu-
liar wants, the natural thirst Of his
mind, and therefore awaken interest
and rivet thought. -Channing.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
Today And Tomorrow

He said that we wish to see
the whole European community
restored as one of the pillars
Of world security, in position
to renew its contribution to the
advancement of mankind and to
the development of a world or
der based on law and respect
for the individual. But, he said,
"despite our efforts, not all of
the European nations have been
left free to take their place in
the community of which they
form natural part These un-
free nations are, he said, those
which lie east of that cline OF
division in Europe which is
roughly the line upon which the
Anglo-American armies corning
from the west met those of the
| Soviet Union coming from the
east" Here "the war ended
with the armies of the major
allies meeting in the heart OF
this (the European) communi-
ty." Of the major allies "oply
one power, the Soviet Union,
does not for its own reasons
share this aim"-tnat is 20 say
the restor alton of a free Euro
pean community.
Thus on Secretary Marsha'fs S
analysis of the problem the So
Wet Union is able to prevent the
restoration of the European
community, and to keep the
eastern nations from taking
their natural place in it, because
the Soviet Army is still in the
heart of the European commun-
ity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

And what if the policy sue
ceeds - if not at this CONFER
ence in London then at a la'e'
one, next spring, next autumn
next year? Then the RuSSs'
Army will move back five nl''
dred miles from the heart Of h''
rope to the frontiers Of huTop5
This decisive change in the os'
ance of power will, on Secre''I
Marshall's own showing remove
the principal force which n9,,
| prevents the eastern nations u
Europe from taking Their pla.
in the community Of when ,lF,
form a natural part. " 1t VIII a
so remove the fear ana u'
threat which hangs over "ss'
ern Europe, which is thai |
massive infantry of the oo''
Union might overrun IT.
Then the economic c'-ops-a
ton and mutual aid which ~
the sine qua non Of the Eu,l
pean recovery program W.. VI.
have chance to become e1''
tive.
Copyright, 1947, New fofh Nv
aid Tribune, Inc.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
"
Tests Prove
Diet Need,
BY WILLIAM A. O'RRIrn

Vegetarians refuse
food derived from animal. +"
cause they consider meat 'IS, ''
ful. h 1t is possible to live D''a'
alet IN which only vegeta6l.o on {,
tein is eaten, but 35s e'ole pse
ments indicate that it i sSpe',
to,,ta 10 eat both animal and Ve'i's Ta.
table proteins if top heaIt, Vs9s
be maintained. vi Isl
IS Some .x 50 called vegst,,...
eat milk, butter, esps 'I'aa'
cheese, in addition to yess..i&a 80 aaa
and other foods. This grons IS's0l'l
parently believes that Sjuup tbeEp a.
accomplish their purpose y, ca
staining from animal fJssby ~ a.
dairy products are Of el.' m 01t
origin and their protaiaa ANNA
identical with those of mus l,'s az
Animal and vegetable nrs' a'.
help build and reDair pr05ell' t
structure. Proteins cont.i. O0Ql
trogenous compounds whicb .' IL III
a basic need for person >N s't
ages. They also bayo u a
bon, hydrogen, oxygen ,,,' Sa'
PHOSPHORUS, iron and 'o-u'
minerals in their strnot,,as t,os
These elements are comh;.' ,u''
by plants, which form them Y'i,s ivs
amino acids. '''
1t is possible to mix Se,.,..
vegetables and get combin.t.s rat,s
which yield all the amino s'rG!l aoi.
necessary for health, bnt N'.a ~
simplest way to do it is to VI VI
a well-balanced diet conta;r't e.
both animal and vegetable ,'. nr,
teins. E'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

1t follows, does it not, that
the restoration of Europe and
the freedom of the nations will
be achieved only if the Soviet
Army can be induced or COM
PEELED to withdraw from the
heart of Europe - to move back
from the Elbe River in the CEN
ter of Germany to the Russian
frontiers of 1945 - a distance of
approximately five hundred
miles.
Mr.. Marshall's analysis of the
problem has not, however, been
accepted as the working basis of
our foreign policy. For if it had
been, we should be saying to
the world that our objective is
mot to contain Hussia at the di-
viding line in the heart of Eu-
rope, nor to stop Communism at
the Elbe River, but to let Fu-
rope reunite, and its nations re-
cover their independence - and
that our policy to achieve this
great end is to bring about q
settlement for Germany and
Austria which calls for the evac-
uation of the whole of Europe
by all the non-European armies
now facing one another in the
heart of it.
Though this policy would be
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

The makings of such q policy
which would marry the Mar
shall plan to Secretary Mar
shall's diplomacy-were stated
but not developed, at the begin
ming of Mr.. Marshall's state
rnent to Congress last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19
BY WALTER LIPPMANN

lem can certify such a happy
ending to the story. But he can
say that this program is sure to
fail, and that it will become
merely a series of annual dues,
if the State Department is "un-
able to plan a policy to over
come the division of Germany
and of Europe. For the program
assumes, the program demands
a resolute, lucid, and coherent
diplomatic campaign to unity
Europe, to raise the iron cur
tain, and to settle the war. Con-
sidering the immense resources,
the military power, and the in
fluence which are at the dis
posal of the State Department,
i: ought not to be impossible to
develop such policy.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-19

method of ending war and .,
tabllshlng peace, it has had ,
curious reception, What i :,
now the fashion ia c,r
our ''policy makers" say. IN S.
one hand, that it is utopjan :,
suppose that the Russians wT
ever agree to such d settlene,,
and that on the other, the pr,
slams may themselves prom,
it, and then it will be unds,r
able. But to be afraid vour m
ponent will not agree and ia h
afraid that he will is not g,
healthy state Of mind in wbia,
to make decisions affecting I'M
destiny of a great nation. Il 4,
not diplomacy. 1t is aneuroa,