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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Merger Is Confusing
BY LARSEN

President with the. result no hos
tess asks them to the same party.
Another problem is what to dc
with the new Secretary of Nation
al Defense at social functions. 1t
is established custom that the
newest. departments should get
last social precedence. The War
Department has always had Sec
ond precedence after the State De-
partment in the cabinet rankings.
And it is guessed that the new
cabinet post will command that
old spot at the festive board. But
it isn't official.
The person in Washington most
eager to get the correct key to
the whole puzzle is Carolyn Hag-
ner Shaw. She publishes the so
cial List of Washington" a sort
of unofficial but highly-regarded
social register. Her current edi-
ton is due to go to press in a
couple of days. And she wants to
have the right answer for her
readers. A guide to the order Of
precedence is part of a regular
feature in her book. Her only COM
ment is:
"After talking to almost every
agency and authority in town, I'm
still completely at sea-"
Among the experts, who have
Gained to the point where they
can discuss the thing coherently,
it's agreed that it rro down
to whether Messrs. Royal, Sym
ington and Sullivan will sit at din
ner or stand in receiving lines on
the right or the left of Charge
d'Affaires. If. like this writer, you
didn't know, Charge d'Affaires are
sort nj vice-ambassadors. They Of
ficially represent a nation when
the ambassador is OUT of town.
Only Mr.. Royal, who is now a
cabinet member, would get social
ly denoted under the new ar
rangement. For the other two
men, this new proximity to Charge
d'Afaires is a theoretical i'm
provement. If the final decision
sandwiches the new positions be-
tween the members of the House
Of Representatives and the
Charges it will probably bring
welcome relief to both Repre-.
sentatives and Charges to nav
somebody new to talk TO at dinner.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06

WASHINGTON - Just when ii
looked like they had most of the
bugs out of the armed forces
merger. some capital hostess had
to foul up the works in great
shape.
The afternoon it was announced
that John l.. Sullivan, Kenneth c.
Royal and W. Stuart Symington.
in that order, had been named
head of the Navy, Army and Air
Force under the new Department
of National Defense, this hostess
decided to invite them all to a
party. When she started arrang-
ing the seating order Of her
guests, however, it dawned on her
that the order of precedence
protocol-would be changed under
the new set-up. The three new APP
pointees wouldn't. have the rank OF
cabinet members. Where should
they sit? What would be their po-
sition in a receiving line?
She nervously buzzed the State
Departments protocol office for
advice and got the polite answer
that because the merger wouldn't
become official until the new
armed services boss, James For
restal, took the oath, they would
be unable to give an official judg-
ment until then.
The frantic woman then started
calling her friends for advice. But
all she did was to leave in her
telephone wake a sort of chain
CONSERVATION. h c h has since
grown into mass hostess : frustra-
ton. The latest report was that
the poor woman had to cali off
her party and is now resting in
a Maryland sanitarium. But it still
leaves the problem unsolved.
Up until now the order of social
precedence has been approximate
ly: the President, foreign ambas-
sailors, Chief Justice, Speaker OF
the House, Secretary of State,
of foreign countries, AS
sociate Supreme Court Justices.
cabinet members, state governors,
senators. Chief Of staff. Chief Of
Naval Operations, five-star gener-
ais and admirals. representatives.
Charge d'Affaires and then lesser
officials. 1t has never been settled
as to whether ambassadors or the
Chief Justice comes a4tes Tie
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
INNOCENCE ABOARD

Checking the cash register tape
for a new ~sa1esgirl, the cashier
of a department store was puz-
zled by the unusually large num-
Der Of mo sale" recordings. He
asked her about it. well" she
explained, every time I had a
customer to whom I didn't make
a sale 1 pushed that no sale
button. Isn't that what it's for?".
Wall Street Journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Lenient Examination


personal appearance, sao" ''
credentials, or preseh, any ~ w,
dence that he knew how 70 oiIJ ".
an automobile or even tIoe q"
cycle.
With such laxity in tle -ssl .i
of drivers licenses, It IS h'tpy u.
cause for wonder that our I
ways are full of peeps "r re.
knowledge of a motr car Is a..
tied to two levers and four P NJ.
ais. They know if you push M,
pedal with your foot. release ~
one, and move this lever mus ,Io
car will start. Taey KNOW L,f.
that, if you push both OF "s "A,
err pedals with your tse,' Tx .,oI
will sop. And thai is Jus, ~ a
the limit of their caPd'''
drivers.
Ask such a ore 10 cQ-+.o- s+s
herd of eighty horses, and L ne C
recoil in terror. But he DL s,,.r
goes out or the crowded nlsp ,og.
or Street with that amount q =. p1 "
er dependent on his tfeqle.", opc1
ratio touch, and. wien ".' o,nact
errs and two tons OF l.n5ons
power knock down d u Pm a
pole, he wakes up-it al a' bow i
hospital naively wondering
happened. ~
Let the Highway Patr0l gs
lax the toug5ness of this :zt ,.ine
alton. We still believe !. s.n!
lenient if it finds only u ~ snd.
should be kept off the S'.e ~. CO..
if it strictly passed Only ,t o1,d 3s
petent drivers, half Of Us ""
riding buses.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Comment
THAT HOUSING PROBLEM

Count the Embassy Of Paklstah'
newborn nation of India, amons
h country's house hunters
Crowded Washington has given
the embassy staff its first prop
lem. Where can it establish per
manent quarters?
Meanwhile, all correspondents
to the Embassy of PaklSldl
should be addressed In care ..
the Shoreham Hotel. ThereI "
no use to page Pakistans an
bassador, for he hasn't been ap
pointed yet. And when ne Is dp
pointed, he'll be just one mol'
Washington apartment-hunteF' -
Durham Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Just In Fun
HECKLED

The Scot is frequently the goat
when jokes are on tap, but not al
ways. Listen to this:
In an English political Grafton:
IT was born an Englishman, I
have lived an Englishman, I hope
l shall die an Englishman." From
the back of the hall in an unmis-
taxable accent, came the ques-
ton, Mon, hae We no ambee-
tion?"-Santa Fe Magazine.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Bevin Proposal Prep0sterous

Because the United States has been
so generous in the past it is expected
to be even more generous in the future.
Having made a huge loan to Great
Britain on most liberal terms, Great
Britain's foreign minister. Mr.. Ernest
Bevins, now proposes that the gold re-
serve at Font Knox he distributed
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Qu OtatiOns
BY ANNE oHARE MCCORMICK

The chances of a non-revolutionary deve-
lopnnent Of our nation in the next so years
will be determined largely by our educational
system. = DR.. James B.. Conant, president
Harvard U.
Small business is more than just a segment
veritable wav of life, and in this respect it
is very similar to farming. Prof. Kurt
Mayer, New school tor socaAs Research
Aociolo9iA. -4- -
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
OPEN At BOTH ENDS

Wright Bryan was @i-,Hs
about a mar he knew wac naS
ar open mind" We seem 10 Al''@
people who have minds open a,
both ends and with a hole IA Nv
middle. Quitman GA fI''
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
EXPOSED TO ELEMENTS

It isn't surprising to us that
farmers lose a lot of soil thru
erosion by wind and rain. We
have noticed that they leave their
farms out in the weather all the
time-Cmcinnati Enquirer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
DIVERSION

The days are gone when ope
could peer through any of a hun
dred knotholes at a ball game,
as all lumber of this description
is now being put into $27, 600
homes.-Portland Oregonian.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
STYLE

Dear" asked the little wom-
an. lis my hat on straight?"
Eyes, yes" her husband re-
piled impatiently, cts absolutely
straight. Now do hurry; we're
late already"
I'm sorry" the little woman
r%eJolned, "but I'll have to 60
back, then. This isn't the sort of
hat that is supposed to be worn
straight" Wall Street journal.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
Truman At Rio

as enemies of international order.
The hemisphere has set a great
example for a world which sorely
needs it."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
GOOD MORNING

blessings ever wait on virtuous deeas'
and though alate, a sure reward sucooo"''
-CongreVe.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
MAKING PEOPLE RELIEVE

telling them something they
want TO near is the easiest way
to make people believe Won.
New York World Telegram.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-06
A

You can see more in a big city
than IN a small town, but you
can't hear SO much. - Arkansas
Gazette,
Evening star., 1947-09-19
u. 5. Statistician Says
Worldwide Census
IsPossibIe by 1860

Confidence in the possibility of a
worldwide census Of population
and related facts by 1960-or be-
fore-was expressed today by Dr..
Stuart A. Rice as he discussed the
results Of the International Sta
tistical Conferences which con-
cluded here yesterday.
DR.. Rice said he had discouraged
talk OF such census in 1850 be-
cause Of lack Of time in which to
prepare for it, but declared the
groundwork could be laid in the
following ten years.
An assistant director of the Bu-
reau Of the Budget, Dr.. Rice was
chairman of the Joint Arrange
ments Committee for the Interna-
tional Statistical Conferences which
brought more than 600 statisticians
to Washington from Sc countries.
Explaining the need for accurate
and complete information regarding
one another as basis for interna-
tional understanding a1d the Svlu-
tion Of worldwide problems which
may threaten world peace DR.. Rice
said that international statistical or
gan1zation and cooperation are
basic requirements for getting such
information. He asserted that the
conferences which ended yesterday
drafted a pattern for obtaining this
information.
Lists Tangible Results.
Among tangible results of the con-
ferenceS, which were more organiza-
tional than technical DR.. Rice point
ed to the work of the Committee on
the 1850 Census of the Americas
which, meeting ahead of the statioti-
cal conferences and in conjunction
with them, agreed on many points in
basic set of questions to be asked
in forthcoming censuses in all Amer
lean countries
Three new international statisti-
cal organizations resulted from the
assembly of statisticians, DR.. Rice
said
These were the International As
sociation for Research in Income
and Wealth, the International Bio
metrics Society and q group for pub
lie opinion studies.
The conferences wound up last
night with a dinner in the Shore
ham Hotel, attended by more than
$50 persons.
DR.. Rice was toastmaster.
During yesterdays sessions, he
was elected president of the Inter-
national Statistical Institute and
first vice president of the Inter-
American Statistical Institute.
The organizations, which have
met here as guests of the American
Statistical Association, include the
United Nations World Statistical
Congress, the International Statis-
tical Institute, the Inter-American
Statistical Institute, the Econometric
Society, the International Associa-
ton for Research in Income and
Wealth and the International Union
for the Scientific Investigation of
Population Problems.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
Crowds See Freedom Train
On Last Day in Philadelphia
the Asaocjofed Pres,


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 1s.-
School children and Philadelphia
adults by the thousands lined up
again today for visit to the Free
dom Train on the final day of its
stop here.
Total attendance in the three days
Of this first exposition on Nation
wide tour that will bring the trains
cargo of historic documents to 800
cities across the Nation was ex-
pected to top $4,000.
At 10 o'clock tonight the visit here
will end, with the train scheduled to
be in Atlantic City N. j. tomorrow,
thence northward via Trenton,
Elizabeth and Paterson in a series
of one-day stops before reaching
New York.
Meanwhile w. H. S. O'Brien, di-
rector of the train for the spon-
soring American Heritage Founda-
ton, advanced hope that some way
be found "of perpetuating the spirit
and purpose of this train after it
has completed its tour.
THE time is ripe for America to
know these documents more init
mately," he told Junior Chamber
of Commerce luncheon.
Czechoslovakia is the first Euro
pean nation to resume interest pay
Evening star., 1947-09-19
House Float Is Built
During 2-Hour Purode

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Twenty car
penters entered float in a parade
but started the two-hour-long jaunt
with nothing but pile of boards
and tools.
At the finish line, they were rest
ing-with a 10 by IA by 8 house
completed on their float.
Evening star., 1947-09-19

Czechoslovakia is the first Euro
pean nation to resume interest pay
mentS on it's public debt.
Evening star., 1947-09-19
BE clloosey about muskrat

See how your Saks muskrat looks!
See the scarcely noticeable
joinings that's because we've
used only the choicest part of the
pelts). Inspect these notably
fine, full northern-back skins.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Pentagon Headquarters
Opened by ForresfaI

National defense headquarters
were set up officially in the Penta-
gon today as Secretary Forrestal
moved into his new Offices there.
Secretary Forrestal was to go to
the White House for a luncheon
with the President and other cab
met members.
Also, the Secretary continued dur
ing the, morning organization meet
ings with the Secretaries of the
Army, Navy and Air Force and the
chiefs of the other boards and
agencies which make up the defense
establishment.
AS Mr.. Forrestal moved into the
Pentagon, four Marines went along
as part of his staff-the first Mar
ines to be permanently stationed in
the former War Department struc-
ture.
The Marine Invasion consisted
of Capt. E. E. Elder Marine aide
and Sergts. William M. Russ, Samuel
Trizza and Thomas j. Konopa
orderlies.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Savings Are Seen In Plan
To Use German Refineries
By The Asseeio.sd Press

HAMBURG, Sept. 22.-The Brit
ish-controlled newspaper Die Welt
said today that "high-level" author
tiles in Berlin we're discussing pro-
posals whereby German refineries
would process a minimum Of 200o,-
900 tons of Arabian crude oil an
nually beginning in May, 1949.
The paper said that, If approved,
the plan would save American and
British taxpayers approximately
s2oo00,000 a year because the west
ern occupation zones in Germany
no longer would have to import eX-
pensive refined petroleum products
The scheme was regarded as par
ticularly important to Britain, Die
Welt added, because of the savings
1t would permit in her dwindline
dollar reserves.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Tokyo Flood Subsidies;
Victims Demand Food
By the Assoeiotsd Press

TOKYO, Sept. 22.-Flood waters
subsidized slightly in Tokyo today, but
the Japanese press reported the
tempers of hungry flood victims
were rising.
Complaints against delay in dis
tribution of official rations were
climaxed when some 200 japanese
padded to the Katsushika ward Of
flee demanding bread. The COM
plainants were dispersed after a
lengthy argument and IL police were
assigned to guard the Office.
Officials said floodwaters covering
much of three northeastern wards
of Tokyo had dropped somewhat
Farther north, repair work began on
broken river levees while vast
lake covered much of Kanto Plain.
American reports placed the num-
Der of dead on the plain at 1900.
The home ministry, whose reports
have consistently Jagged behind,
raised its casualty figures today to
839 dead, 1856 injured and l1,196
missing.
The ministry reported 6,756 houses
washed away and more than 259 900
flooded or damaged, more than 500,-
900 acres of other farm lands flooded
and extensive damage to roads,
bridges and railroads.
American Army and Allied head
quarters officials continued to supply
water and some food to refugees and
to supervise innoculations against
disease.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Seve||on Browns Talk
Opens Press Institute
By the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 22.-Sevellon
Brown, editor and publisher of the
Providence CR. - Journal Bulletin,
told an opening session of the Ameri-
can Press Institute at Columbia
university today that American
newspapers are making "a notable
record in self-improvement and In
their own assumption of RESPONSE
bility for public guidance and lead
ership."
The seminar is the first Of six
scheduled for the present academic
year-the second year of the insti-
tute. Managing editors and news
editors of ~ newspapers are attend
ing the current three-week session.
Mr.. Brown, referring to what he
termed the constructive editorial
treatment with which American
newspapers have approached cur
rent international problems, de-
clared that superior professional
performance is the hallmark of an
increasing number of our newspa-
pers today"
He asserted that "the influence OF
the individual newspaper, I think
Is not to be measured by circulation
but by the intellectual capacity OF
the editors, correspondents and re-
porters of the individual news
papers,"
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Troops Again Haul Meat
In British Truck Strike
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Sept. %. - The British
government called out troops again
today to transport meat from
Smithfleld Market, London's largest
meat distribution center, crippled by
spreading wildcat strike of truck
drivers.
Two hundred fifty drivers joined
40 others who struck Saturday in
sympathy with four fellow workers,
who quit in protest after being as
signed to another depot.
A spokesman for the Meat Trans
port Organization, agents for the
Ministry of Food, said 10 army
trucks and 200 soldiers were being
called out-"not to break the strike
but to move meat in order to prevent
spoilage.
A smaller contingent Of soldiers
replaced strikers Saturday, recalling
the labor regimes decision last
winter to use troops in a strike OF
$4,000 transport workers. The winter
strike. which lasted II days, ended
with labor winning its demand fol
A instead of a 48-hour week.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Clay Reports Drought
CrippIes Reich Zone
BY the Assoeiotsd Pres,

BERLIN, Sept. 22.-Germany's
worst drought in 100 years has
crippled economy in the American
zone, says Gen, Lucius D. Clay, cut
ting hydro-electric output by % pc,
cent, slashing crop prospects by 2(
to 40 per cent and reducing inland
water transport to half its scheduled
tonnage. "
Gen. Clay revealed in his monthly
report that the deficit in hydro
generation of power had caused can
collation. of electric train schedules
and severe ,eurtaAment. of work TN
locomotive and freight car repair
shops. - -e-t go
The transport situation was ag-
gravated by a shortage of 1900
open railway cars which the Russian
zone owed the Americans at the
end of August, To offset the short.
age, the report said, "the furnishing
.of empty closed cars to the Soviet
zone was discontinued"
The United States owed the Rus
slams some 5000 cars of all other
types at the same time.
The report noted that the situa-
ton was frightened by a continuing
increase in the Ruhr coal output
which averaged 242,395 metric tons
daily for the first week in Septem-
her
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Representative Van zandt
Weds Ex-Army Nurse
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

PARKSTON, s. OAK, Sept. 22.-
A romance that began in 1916 when
Representative Van Zandt. Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania met Miss
Esther Meisenhoelder, former Army
nurse, at a veterans convention
was climaxed by their marriage
yesterday in this small Eastern
South Dakota town where the bride
lived.
Married at the American Lu-
theran Church, they were en- route
to the West Coast by automobile
today on their honeymoon. They
plan to sail from San Francisco
for Honolulu October %.
Mr.. Van Zandt, former national
commander Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, met the bride at South
Dakota VFW convention. She had
served in Europe during World War
II as first lieutenant.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
ave Plans Discussion
OF Rents and HOUSING

The housing shortage, proposed
rent increases and restrictive cov-
enants in the eastern part OF Wash
ington will be discussed by officials
Of the local rent control and hous-
ing agencies at 8;l5 pm. Thursday
at an American Veterans Com
mittee open meeting in Friendship
House, 619 D street Sc.
The meeting. sponsored by AVG
chapters from Naylor Gardens,
Greenway and Congress Heights,
will hear Bernard Loshbaugh,
deputy in charge of operations of
the National Capitol Housing Au-
thority, and Ruffin A. Brantley, as
sistant general counsel of the Dis
trict Rent Administration.
Discussion is expected to center
around moves to combat proposed
across-the-board rent increases, it
was said,
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Catholics Will Appeal
|CoIored Pupils Entry
Into White Schools
~ II. ss.6.;.,.d pv...

or me ASyoctdr3d pfe8&
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22.-The Most
Rev. Anleto Cicognani, apostolic
delegate to the. United States, will be
asked by group of st. Louis Cath
olics to intercede in conflict here
over enrolment Of colored children
with white children In parochial
schools.
This action gwas decided on at a
meeting last night of about 500
members of d group protesting the
recent action Of Archbishop Joseph
Ritter in ordering colored Catholic
children admitted. to white schools
in order to alleviate crowded condi-
tions in the colored schools.
A similar protest meeting was held
week ago at which 1t was decided
to retain legal talent" and II advis-
able to seek a court injunction
against the action of the archbishop.
Archbishop Ritter took note of this
meeting in pastoral letter read in
all Catholic churches yesterday, in
which he pointed out "the serious
penalty of accommodation" is "in-
CURED automatically" should an in
dividual or group presume to inter-
fere in the administrative Office of
their bishop, by having recourse to
any authority outside the church" /"
Plans for Legal Action Dropped.
AT the meeting last night it was
decided to drop plans for legal
action after John P. Barrett, chair
man of the protesting group, told
the gathering that attorneys had
advised him that inasmuch as the
archbishop is "titular owner" of the
schools nothing could legally be
done about what he chooses to do
with them"
The meeting then passed resolu-
ton calling on Mr.. Barrett to write
the apostolic delegate in Washing
ton and ask his intercession, either
for or against U.s." The group also
voted to leave to each individual
member the decision whether to
withdraw his children from school
in protest. Mr.. Barrett said he had
already withdrawn his two children.
Members Of the group were re-
minded in the pastoral letter that
the equality of every soul before
Almight God" and obedience to
ecclesiastical authority" are funda-
mental issues of the Catholic faith.
The policy of admitting colored
children to Catholic schools with
white pupils Is one which we con-
slider our right and duty as chief
pastor Of this disocese, regardless of
race of nationality" the letter
stated.
About 100 colored students are
attending Catholic schools under
the policy recently announced by the
archbishop. although colored stud
ents have attended Catholic schools
here since 1887. -.
Colored children attend separate
schools under the Missouri public
school system.
Evening star., 1947-09-22
Gen. Lee Aboard Plane
On Way 10 Washington
BY the Asseeiaisd Press

BY the Asseeiafsd Press
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Sept. 22.-Lt
Gen. John G. H. Lee, former COM
mander in the Mediterranean
theater, left here today for Wash
ington.
Gen. Lee and a crew Of five de.
parted at $40 am. in his Army
CAT. Although the general did not
say so. he presumably was on his
way to report to the War Depart
ment.
The general arrived here Satw-
day, coming directly to Iowa City
from Europe for q visit with his
wife. his son, 1t. Col. John c. H. Lee,
jr., and the colonels family.
Gen. Lees command was investi-
gated by the Army Inspector Cen
eral recently after series of critical
articles by Robert C.. Ruark,
Scripps- Howard columnist.