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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
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 n
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to come
Development of Southea eastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
through better markets n
food processing. pulp wood production
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions recrea-
ton advantages and Improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and prl-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort to attract more in
dustries.
Proper utilization of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and in
ding a Negro Health center.
Encouragement Of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
My Congress, Oh, My Congress!

sented tn e American Congress
as a sort of strange wild beast
which could only be soothed by
meals of poppysed cake or
some other sleep-producing del
icacy. The result was the worst
real fault in the Marshall plan
report: the foolishly optimistic
assumptions as to future eco
nomic trends which the Paris
conferees were forced to adopt,
in order to achieve a total cost
figure that Congress would
stand for"
The theory seems to be that
the American Congress, not to
say the people, was incapable
of understanding hard facts and
taking appropriate action. This
theory has been again put for
ward, more recently, during the
rather self = important journey
ings of Secretary of the Treas
ury John Snyder. Such things
do not make pleasant hearing
for an ordinary American. What
is worse, the indecision and
postponement of vital action re-
sulting from the persistent fear
of putting hard facts squarely
before Congress and people
may now easily produce appal-
ling reverses in the great world
contest with the Soviet Union.
The Congress and the country
must grasp that we have en-
barked on a troublesome and
painful job in seeking to con-
tain the Soviet Uni am
bilious imperialism. In this con-
nection, a sustained attack has
just been published on State De-
partment planner George Ken
mans remarkable "Mr. X'' arti-
Gle on Soviet = American rela-
tons. Remnants whole point was
that it was utterly impossible to
reach a real settlement with the
Soviet Union as now internally
constituted. Discarding the
other grim alternatives - sur
render and preventive war
KEENAN, therefore advocated
Continued On Page NfK)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Peppers Folly

Sen. Claude Peppers proposed remedy for
the United Nations most painful troubles
can be recommended only for its simplicity.
He would eliminate all 'irreconcilable
issues" from the Assembly, thus clearing the
air, protecting the UN from destruction, and
letting the Assembly get on with its eco
nomic, SOCIAL and spiritual work.
This would halt Assembly discussion Of
the most vital matters pertaining to world
peace and the UN's continued existence. It
would abandon, so far as the Assembly is
concerned, any attempt to settle those cir
reconcilable issues which, if they are not
reconciled, promise to- lead the world to
disaster.
What are the issues? They would certainly
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Continued On Page si1)

Long-rumored reports Of Ad-
miral Nimitz' intention to step
down soon have been confirmed.
In mid-December, he announced
Tuesday in Washington, he will
surrender the command of the
vast naval establishment to a
younger colleague and retire to
the West Coast.
Unlike the forthcoming retire
ment of General Eisenhower,
the admiral's decision is hardly
apt to provoke political specu-
lation, for he has little Of the
easy, infectious good humor
which radiates from "Ike" and
makes him a personality of ire
mendous potential in the ap-
preaching presidential cam
paign. AS an old-school Navy
man, trained to do his duty and
let others do the talking, the
poker-faced Texan is too re-
served, too professional, and too
old-fashioned to appeal to the
mass voter.
In spite of this-or because of
this service career has been
highly successful. He ranks as
one Of the two or three naval
leaders of the recent war - a
commander whose judgment
and GOODNESS stood up under
every pressure which the Japa-
nese could exert in three and a
half years of warfare.
When Admiral Nimitz was
dispatched to Pearl Harbor to
take over command of what re-
manned of the Navy after the
Pearl Harbor disaster, the at
mosphere there was n of hes
itation, confusion, and alarm.
The Army and Navy were la
boring under serious psychology
cal handicaps. Admirals and
generals we're under fire, and
fear of sabotage and espionage
over the Hawaiian Islands
along with the smoke Of the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
BY JOSEPH S

pink cotton wool by an affection
ate family. He may reach adult
hood in years. But when he is
faced with hard tasks of diff
cult decisions, he sinks back
upon the nearest sofa clutching
his chest and murmuring, "My
heart, oh my poor heart!" The
makers of American policy
have the same tendency, except
that the burden Of their moan
is, my Congress, oh my Con-
gress, oh my dreadful Con-
gress!"
Even so able and distin-
guished an American public
servant as Under Secretary of
State Will Clayton gave several
notable performances of this lit
tie comedy during the Paris
conference on the Marshall
plan. In Washington, politically
inexperienced underlings passed
out the word that Europe
wasn't really trying" because
sixteen national delegations and
one thousand experts failed to
write a blueprint Utopia. Mean
while in Paris, Clayton repre-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Mayor Whites Appeal

Mayor E. L. Whites appeal to the people
of Wilmington to conserve food in line with
president Truman's program is both timely
and easy to comply with. Abstain from
meat on Tuesdays and poultry and eggs on
Thursdays, eat one slice of bred less than
usual daily-there is nothing actually sacrl-
fetal in this, nor does it mean harmful re-
duction in nourishment for anybody.
If we as individuals can help solve our
domestic food problems and at the same ime
make more foodstuffs available for suffer-
ing peoples of Europe, and so save them
from the yoke of Moscow, we surely can
not refuse so simple a request.
It will not do to complain that Europeans
have had two years in which to get their
economic feet firmly planted and again be
largely ~selfsupporting. The wal destroyed
their reserves, too many of the resources,
wiped out too much of their capability for
production, and the communists have work
ed too sedulously among them with the sole
purpose of increasing their dependence, for
them yet to get ahead by their w effort.
IL Is not lHpOSSlDle that Dy edtulS even d
single slice of bread less at breakfast, lunch
or dinner we Wilmingtons can help turn
back the tide of communism now threaten
ing to engulf all Europe.
While Mayor White limits his appeal to
the specific program suggested by President
Truman, he might well nave included the
elimination of food waste. We Americans
are a wasteful people. Not all families,
naturally. Many of our housewives utilize
a. leftovers from the table. But there are
still many overlooking garbage cans. When
we reduce their contents to the minimum
we will have lone what We should have
been doing throughout this period of want.
We dare not close our eyes to Europe's
want. There must be relief. Otherwise we
will face involuntary isolation with Europe
completely and Asia and Africa largely
under Russian domination. Any normal per-
son must shudder to think what this would
mean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

have to include the use and abuse OF the
veto. the control of atomic energy, the Amer
lean proposal for a continuing 57-member
Assembly committee to act as an lnformal
Security Council, and the matter OF a oN
commission in the Balkans.
Such a solution as Senator Pepper proposes
may seem inviting in such a dlscouraglng
time as the present. In personal disagree
ments a truce is sometimes reached by the
expedient of saying, eve just won't discuss
il any more" But the two-world split Is
now too wide to be patched up as one would
patch up a domestic quarrel.
1t must surely have occurred to Mr. rep
per that a one-year gag on the Assembly
would only make the troublesome issues
less reconcilable, for it would not affect the
Security Council. There Russia, with me-
veto. could continue to thwart the will OF the
majority. Sse would not be embarrassed u
interrupted by the voices of world opinion
speaking through the Assembly.
The hope that majority world opinion
MIGHT SOf1en Tile dodllloAAt
"irreconcilable issues" seems to have oeen
the chief reason why the western democfa-
c;es brought these issues to the Assemblys
attention. By proposing to silence discussion
If them in the Assembly, MIR. Pepper would
seem to be stacking the cards even more IN
Russia's favor.
The senator's proposal was only one item
of a nine-point peace plan which he present.
ed at a dinner in his honor given by the
American Slav Congress in New YORK.
Among other points were world dlsarma-
ment (also an "~irreconcilable issue") and a
proposal that the United States contribute
$50 billions for European recovery over a
five-year period.
This gift would be handled by. the UN. 1t
could easily be paid, said Mr.. Pepper, by the
United States stopping its individual ald-to-
payments and eliminating the entire
budget for national defense!
Under the Pepper plan, the Russian gov
eminent undoubtedly could and would con-
troll the ALLEGATION Of American billions
through it's UN veto power. Under the Pep
per plan, this country would be rendered
powerless to defend itself.
This. as we understand it, is another re-
vealing glimpse of the W~allace-Pepper fore
ign policy. 1t is clearly a policy, which,
while invoking the name of Franklin D.
Roosevelt and waving the banner of pro
gressivism," would commit this country to
the most callous isolationism by abandoning
the free peoples Of the world to the uncheck-
ed advance of totalitarian communism.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

PARIS - An odd picture re-
mains obstinately uppermost in
the mind of any traveller leav-
ing Paris in these unhappy
days. 1t is not one of those
images of beauty which have
made Paris the glory and the
envy of the Western world for
three hundred years. Rather, it
is the picture of a d%istraught
American policy = maker, nerv-
ously lodging issues with the
abused air of a sparring part
ner who suddenly finds himself
in the same ring with Joe Louis
in a fit of temper.
Perhaps it is too early to
make judgments after only six
weeks of exploration Of the
workings of American policy in
this moment of crisis. Yet it is
hard not to feel that it is high
time for us to grow up.
Our policy making. h a not
grown up as yet. It resembles
the behavior of a man who has
suffered from a bad heart from
early childhood, and has there
fore always been wrapped In
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON - A team Oh
Department of Agriculture ex-
perts has handed the Senate and
House Committees on Agricul-
ture a bumper crop Of recon-
mendations for what might be
called a guaranteed full en-
ployment and guaranteed pros
perity bill for farmers. How
many billions Of dollars it would
cost the taxpayers, nobody yet
knows.
The recommendations are the
result of a broad study on farm
policy by some 200 agricultural
economists who. began their
work during the war under Sec
rotary Claude Wickard. 1t took
three days for the team to pre-
sent the program to the con-
gressional committees, sitting
in joint session. During the
coming Congress, their job will
be to write a new long-range
farm policy law, to take effect
on Jan. /, 1949, when present
wartime price supports expire.
Main idea Of the new policy,
as outlined by Secretary Clinton
Anderson, is to organize the ma
tional economy for "sustained
abundance" The secretary in
sists that making the farmer
prosperous at the expense of
everyone else is not the idea.
Serving the general welfare
providing everyone with an ade-
quate diet in hard times as well
as good - is said to be the
primary objective. In return for
that, guarantees are asked that
farmers be given fair prices
and an income equal to that re-
ceived by city workers.
To assure that this general
welfare may be made perma-
nent, a bushel of laws would
be necessary, all wrapped up in
one omnibus bill. It would con-
serve Americas productive
acreage, safeguard it's water
supply, protect its forests, raise
the standard of rural living to
city levels, give the farmers
guaranteed markets for all they
could grow, give other govern
ment aids through research and
education, provide price sup
ports, recalculate the parity
formula to the farmers ad-
vantage, and, in general, result
in a completely planned and
controlled agricultural econo-
my.
Many of these proposals are
not new. They were conceived
and first put into practice after
the major farm depression Of
the 1905. Others were wartime
controls, put in effect to get pro-
duction of most-needed crops.
A permanent research pro-
gram is called for, aimed, pri-
marily, at reducing production
costs, and, secondarily, At i'm
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
NimitZ To Retire


Quilted battleships whose nu%
| darkened the waters o.
lAarbor. .-,.ria,
decisions in matters OF sIs ss.ins
urgency affecting that sItl 5 a
won W. SI' for him tn contiden:i
which Rear = Admiral HusJ ot,
Kimmel unfortunately nau % ns,
Like General Eisenho~ei, Or i
was in suprepe con2maaXN Mn.
Allied forces in Eurooe a. .o;te.
itz was in the Central Fa.,3S
he showed how himself d diplomas,
as we'll as a strategis. S' a.s,'
personalities like MARI =. o ,n3
al s.Howlin' Mad" Snita ri ~!
Admirals William T HaiSs 70.
Richmond K. Turner WORK., ,si
gether under him with Sni'N'
cohesiveness and success,
The fusion was noo a%!togs ssst.
complete, however anu army
were differences between a n IN.
and marines on questions o. III M
vasion technique, as H.
Palau operation, and 0' ,orces
Armv and Navy as the iJo,
under Nimitz and those UNIT mt,
General Macarthur cafle oriirs
closer contact in the oatI1 j.
pan. But the admiral raa'S
M More re- than any OTHER man Il
Nimitz directed the fo.s' 81.
American seapower in its NJ d
preme test, and he was tns .ay.l
ural choice for chief o. Js,no
operations in a period Of H,
Utilization and redirectlon' 10
has counseled the Navy S.os.
s'make haste slowly IN tto
ing it's methods and dlre'' nosc.
meet the threat OF new "S ~.
ons. Admiral Nimitz mas
piled the virtues OF c0 bot.
vatism, soundness ano ,af
oughness to the Navy NJ
and in peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Farm Employment

proving m G thods Of marketing
and distribution.
An organized effort to raise
rural standards of living is pro-
posed. A first step is to raise
the income of roughly half of
the six million farm units that
produce less than $500 crops a
year.
How much the government is
responsible for raising these
standards is debatable. The ar
gument in it's favor is that if
the country is to have an abun-
dance of farm products, every
farm unit must be made to pro-
duce its share. The problem is
one of national interest.
But the same question arises
on land conservation. Why
should the government make
payments to save the soil? The
manufacturers must pay for up
keep Of his factory and ma
chinery. It follows that the
farmer should be made to take
care of his factory" The an
swer given is that it is in the
national interest to provide suf-
ficient food at low cost. One
means of doing this is through
a judicious use of conservation
assistance.
Even more controversial is
the matter Of price supports.
Should the government guaran-
tee the farmer a fair price I'M
der all conditions of boom or
bust? In tackling this, the ex-
perts recommend that a floor
be put under food consumption.
Agriculture should be geared to
produce all the people need, not
just what they can afford to
buy.
While this guaranteed demand
would provide the main price
support, additional stability is
recommended through a system
of flexible price supports that
would permit adjusting farm
production to changing de-
mands. This would be further
backed by a program of acre
age allotments and marketing
quota controls to meet emergen-
cies.
To maintain consumption at
high levels in times Of depres-
sion, it is recommended that the
school lunch program be ex-
banded and that the food stamp
plan be Reconstructed to provide
an adequate diet for low-income
families. -.
Finally, it is recommended
that the parity formula be re-
vised so that the costs Of farm
labor, new machinery, autos,
electricity and other modern
conveniences be included in the
index Of things the farmer buys.
The effect would be to raise the
calculated parity price of things
the farmer sells. It would be
the consumer who would pay.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
GOOD MORNING

Many new years you may see, but
happy ones you cannot see without de-
serving them. These virtue, honor, and
knowledge alone can merit, alone can
produce.-Chesterfield.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

No one wants or can afford war, and if
we remain firm we will work out our diff
ficult problems.-Field Marshal Lord Will
son, chief of combined operations, British
army staff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

We are in grave danger of rebuilding
Germany as part of the macabre game
NJ power politics among the former Allies.
Claude Pepper (D) of Florida.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18
Quotation

We urge that less sentimentality. be ex-
pended on our devotion to Americas o ), 2u p &c
School system and American YOUTH, ana 1na'
Matthew VOL, ALL vice president.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-18

The elections for the first time in jana
nese history reflected the free will of the
majority as against the totalitarian dictates
of the minority. This. is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Macarthur.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-06
TIE TheOCrat
ST. CLAUDIA TO BE
PRESENTED IN MICHIGAN
CITY

Continued from page y
their building fund. In this con-
nection we are informed by FL
der Verne Lucy, officer in
charge of the Michigan City
Branch, that plans are compile
ted for their building and that
work has already started.
Tickets for the play are ST.
and may be obtained at the
Literature Counter in the Au-
ditorium or from members of
the Michigan City Branch.
Apart from the play itself
and the benefit to the Michi-
gan City Branch, the trip to
Michigan City is we'll worth
while if only to visit there to
see the Friendship Gardens.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-06

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a patent on self-sharpen-
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abrasive in a recess on one
o fthe blades intended to
maintain a keen edge on the
other.
Natural Gas rates have
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about tit Is better and
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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1947-08-06

Indians of Peru, 'tis said,
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year, and all Of them in
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THE CHRISTIAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Administration Building
Zion, Illinois
Musical Numbers
LORDS DAY MORNING,
AUGUST 10, 1947

PROFESSIONAL 90 Word
of God Incarnate" (from
Storl's Choralbook)
CHOIR ANTHEM - "Build
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sions," by Andrews.
HYMN ANTHEM - "Begin.
My Tongue, Some Heaven
ly Theme" by Greatorex.
SOPRANO SOLO-"The Nine
ty and Nine" by Sankey.
Soloist-Miss Mary Koshel
RECESSIONAL-"Lead On, O
King Eternal" by Smart.
P. A. Pennington,
Conductor
Chas. L. Kessler,
Organist
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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-01-22
NAACP OUTLINES l5-POINT
PROGRAM FOR 8OTH CONGRESS

NEW YORK.-The National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Coored People, at its annual meeting jan
6h looked to the Congress with hope tempered
with skeptcism Members of the Association meeting
the 18Th time, in the Wendell Wkie Memorial Auditor
ium called for Congressional action 5pont legisla-
tive program recommended by Walter White executive
secretary and designed ito strengthen the democratic sys-
tenn and spread its benefits to all citizns.
Thurgood Marshall, chief counsel outlined legal pro-
for 1947 which will include intensified action
against discriminatory registration practices"
The legislative program recommended by Mr.. White
follows:
1. Federal anti-lynching bill
2. Adequate Federal Civil Rights legislation
8. strong FEPC BILL
A. bill to abolish the poll-tax.
B. bill for federal aid to owcost housing program
with proper safeguards for the rights of minorties
6. bill amending immigration laws to reestablish
apsed quotas and otherwise permit displaced persons
Europe to enter the United States
bill to include domestics and agricultural workers
under the Social Security Act
bill to provide Federal aid to the states for educa-
ton with safeguards for the rights of minority
groups in states having separate school systems
8 minimum wage bill for workers producing goods
for interstate commerce.
10. national health bill.
IL bill to prohibit the segregation of passengers in
interstate travel
IL. civil rights bill for the District of Columbia
ID. Abolition of the Wood-Rankin Committee on I'm
American Activities
ID Amendment of the Senate rules to invoke clotlre
against filbusterng by majority instead of wothirds
vote
Is. Maintenance of rent controls.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1947-01-22
U. S. 0. NEWS
BY p. S. BARNETT

With the closing of the U. S.
o. at Third Ave and Madison
st. the continuance of many
friendships were broken with the
departure of various members of
the staff and the relocation of
others.
Mrs. Bryce McAdams director
at Third and Madison and his
staff were entertained by the
members of the operating commit
tee at delightful luncheon meet
ing at the YWCA 102 21st Ave.
No. Tuesday evening January IA.
Testifying as to the popularity
of Mr.. McAdams and his staff,
the members of the operating
committee turned out enmass to
honor the man and the staff that
has contributed much to the uni
fication of service to service men
in the Seattle area. "A home
away from home" which is the
basic foundation upon which all
u. S. o. service rest, has been
made a distinct realization to
thousands of service men of all
groups and nationalities at the
third and Madison U. S. o. thru