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Evening star., 1947-10-31
This Changing World
Suspicion Grows Among u. S. Officials
That Mikolaiczyk Met Foul PLAY

during the Nazi occupation, would
not have left the fatherland now.
The Warsaw and Moscow govern
ments considered Mr.. Mikolajczyk
thorn in their sides. He could
have been arrested, of course, and
tried for high treason, or some other
trumped up charge, but one very
odorous case is already in progress
in Romania, where DR.. Juliu Manu-
and other leaders of the peasant
party are being tried on charges OF
communicating military inforna-
ton to American military represent
atives.
These Romanian charges are alb
surd, of course, since at the time
these men are accused of communi-
eating military information" to
America, Romania was defeated
satellite of Hitler and our military
mission had every right to demand
all kinds of information pertain
ing to military, economic and po-
litical matters. Such trif1es do not
bother Romania's Russian -spon-
sored government.
Strategy in Removal"
The arrest and trial of Mr.. Miko-
lajczyk and his principal aides
would have created stir in Amer
ica. The Polish government, which
confidently expects to get about
s4OO 900 900 from the World Bank
for economic reconstruction, could
have decided that quiet removal
of Mr.. Mikola jczyk, followed by the
announcement that he had escaped,
would be better strategy than trial
under the present circumstances.
The American naval attache to
Poland, Marine Corps Col. Andrew
Wiley, disappeared under similar
circumstances. He was suspected
by the Russian authorities In Po-
land of interesting himself in mat
tiers which the Soviet Union de-
sired to keep secret. The official
explanation In December, 1945. that
he had fallen from a bridge over the
Oder river and drowned was off,
cially accepted as a satisfactory ex-
planation, although unoff1cialy
grave doubts were expressed over
the mysterious disappearance. In
December the Oder is a solid pack
of ice, yet his body was never found,
according to the Russians. For rea-
sons of high policy the matter was
dropped without any extensive in
vestigation.
It is believed in Washington that
nothing will be heard about the
Mikolajczyk party for a long time.
While this Is, for the present, all
conjecture and speculation, some
official quarters consider 1t strange
that in nine days there has been no
indication Of Mr.. Mikolajczyk's
whereabouts.
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individuals are Harold l.. iekes.
anv criterion, it might be as well II
the members were picked by tne
"eeny meeny miney mo- method. All
that would be needed in the way o.
supplies would be plenty OF aspirin
Representative Taber would moi
have to squeeze out penny in ap-
nropriations for the investigation
The committee easily could discover
evidence of gross discrlmlnatio1
against Negroes and other minority
groups. They could read this at any
pace between a walk and gallop.
In the past I have tried to con-
vince myself that it was the beautl-
full backdrop of Washington-the
pure beauty of the Capitol dome, the
marble massivity of the Supreme
Court Building, and, most OF all, the
powerful, brooding figure OF the
Great Emancipator in his eternal
memorial-that made the Capltais
yanton disregard Of human rights
seem darker, by comparison, than
those of New York, Chicago, or Los
Angeles. However, I have hnally
"got religion" on this subject.
Deeply Imbedded.
Discrimination against minority
groups in Washington is deeply en-
bedded. It is the hydrogen IN the
social atmosphere. AS to Govern
ment jobs, discrimination against
Negroes has become notorious
Some Government agencies hardly
90 to the trouble to conceal thelr
malignant prejudice, and this Is re-
sulting in serious economic hard
ships to thousands of well-educated
and trained Negro workers. Other
Federal Departments resort to un-
becoming subterfuge in refusing to
employ members of minority groups
The disposition of the Civil Service
Commission and others in authority
to denv the existence Of racial dis
elimination does not help the situa-
ton.
Before the war, the right OF
Negroes to governenmt jobs, ac-
cording to their ability, was largely
an academic one. In the main,
Government employees were lily
white, with the exception of Gus
todial and manual workers. 1t was
not impossible in 1910 or 1941 to
find Negro messengers and janitors
with both masters and PhD. de-
grees. The Civil Service Commis-
slon's regulations with respect to
employing Negroes were so con-
structed as to make it possible for
race-prejudiced supervisors to give
expression to their bias.
The serious manpower problems
of the war brought opportunity to
the Negro employe. BY 1945. the
total number of them at work for
the Government had risen to an
Unprecedented total of 300, 900, as
compared with approximately 10000
before the war. Negroes got jobs
in clerical and professional ratings,
and they performed their duties
capably and efficiently Never be-
fore in our history had the Govern
ment service come so close to re-
fecting the basic principles and
rights set down in the Federal
Constitution.
| Sharp Cuts After War.
! After the war there occurred a
sharp reduction in Negro employees
Moreover, discrimination became
more evident. Recently, in teS-
timony before the Subcommittee
of the Presidents Committee on
Civil Rights, the United Public
! Workers Of America. CIo. pre-
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intended to confuse the country,
discredit Congress, render the COM
mittee futile and protect the un-
covered Communist For Commu-
nists, whose avoWed goal is the
overthrow Of our system, solemnly
to invoke protection of the bull
warks of that system, when simply
asked whether they are Commu-
nists, is, of course, ridiculous. But
to have them get away with 1t GER
tainly puts us among the greatest
suckers of all time. No clear
headed person has the remotest idea
that, following this investigation,
there will be any censorship of
press, radio or screen. That any
ones constitutional rights" or
civil liberties" have been invaded
is nonsense. Nor, as result, will
the Communist Party, operating
within our laws, be outlawed,
though, majority Of our people
would like to see just that.
But, as Arthur Krock points out,
one result will be that the Holly
wood producers, coerced, one way
or another, into putting masked
Soviet propaganda on the screen, or
who mistakenly thought it was
liberal to do so, will be encour-
aged to stick to straight stuff in the
future And the actors and others
who have been badgered by the self
styled liberals" will find behind
them a much stronger public senti-
ment. For, despite the uproar about
constitutional rights ETC., some
how this committee has centered at
tention on the vital facts that
Soviet propaganda has found its
way to the screen and that there
are Soviet propagandists actively
interested in putting 1t there.
From now on, the nose of the
average American movie customer
will be more sensitive to the smell.
And that will make everybody con-
nected with movie production more
circumspect-which assuredly is a
gain.
Evening star., 1947-10-31

hundreds of great professors, and
saved no end Of schools from fold
ing up and breathing their last.
understand that there is re-
search group seeking the name OF
the coach who discovered the Penn
sylvania lode. 1t proved to be the
Comstock Lode Of football. Each
year, as regularly as apples are
shipped from Oregon and New York,
Pennsylvania's sons 60 out to bolster
weak lines and sagging backf1elds
of the country.
Last week I saw North Carolina
beat Florida at football by sick
enlng score. I was surprised at the
ease with which the Tarheels
brushed aside the boys of the palm
frond and winter rates. Then, In
the program, I read the North Car
DINA roster and found upwards OF
20 Pennsylvanians listed. Had I
known that before the game I
would have asked for Is points in
stead of IA.
Pennsylvania must be the most
literate State in the Nation. Yes,
it must be, because I am quite sure
that every male. child born in Penn
sylvania has football coach (from
some other State) as a sitter; drinks
liniment instead of milk in his
formula, and falls out of his crib
while practicing a TANKER play. I
have heard that any Pennsylvania
child who reaches the age of six and
thinks that mousetrap is a device
to catch mice in, is Immediately sent
to home for retarded children.
They'll Go Anywhere.
Pennsylvania boys will allow
nothing to stop them in their pur-
suit of higher education. They'll
go to college, anywhere. I daresay
that next Saturday, when the Fair
banks (Alaska) Polar Pears play the
Bikini Bombers, the outstanding
lineman will be a keystone State
198-pounder. During my years as
recorder of sports events I re-
ported football games from here to
breakfast. l nave yet TO see 1OoC-
ball game of major caliber in which
there was not at least one man from
Pennsylvania.
If had my life to live over, and
knew what I know now, I would
invest every penny had to spare
in Pennsylvania football players, es-
pecially tackles and guards. would
handle my Pennsylvania players
Just as De Beers, Ltd, handles dia-
monds. I would release only Ger
tain number a year OF course, I
would have a tremendous free food
bill, what with almost all of Amer
ica's football coaches begging at my
backdoor pleading and praying for
a good running guard, or smash
ing tackle, or a Commute end.
Just think Of what a T-formation
Quarterback Benjamin Franklin
would have made, If coaches had
only tapped Pennsylvania a little
earlier.
distributed by McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Writer Calls Racial Discrimination Here
More Prevalent Than Elsewhere in y. 5.
whereabouts.

sented documentary evidence Of dis
criminatory policies by at least a
dozen agencies of the Government,
including the General Accounting
Office, the Bureau of Standards OF
the Commerce Department, the In
ternal Revenue Bureau of the
Treasury Department, the Public
Health Service of the Federal Sc
curity Agency, the Public Build
ings Branch of the Federal Works
Agency, the Alien Property Custo-
dian's Office of the Justice Depart
ment, the Navy Department, the
international Bank, the Govern
ment Printing Office, the Army Sc
curity Section of the War Depart
ment, and the State Department.
1t is gratifying to note that in the
Interior Department, where had
stricken down segregation and made
a real start toward making higher
grade jobs available to Negroes, the
situation. is better than in many
other departments, although even
there it could be improved.
Supported by case after case, the
UPW urged the adjustment by
Executive Order of an agency to
deal with discrimination in Federal
Service, pending the enactment Of
FEPC legislation. However, no
action has been taken by the Presi-
dent, by his Committee on Civil
Rights, or by the Congress. The
only immediate remedial measure
that can now be taken is to ap-
point one more committee to make
one more investigation. If the legs
of the new committee members
should be stout enough to do a
lot of walking, and their spines
stiff enough to tell the truth, Wash
ington's astigmatism in connection
with racial discrimination might be
on the way to being cured or the
responsibility placed where it be-
1arre
Evening star., 1947-10-31


The mostest and the bestest foot,
ball players come from Pennsyl-
vania. If schools, colleges and
universities had to field football
teams made up only of players from
the State in which the institutions
were located, Pennsylvania would
win the national championship
every year. The Pennsylvanians
would murder Utah, massacre Geor-
gia, scalp Alabama, beat Indiana
into pemmican, and make Michigan
hide under two feet of water in the
Great Lakes.
Big Business.
Football is big business. 1t has
built thousands of buildings, hired
Evening star., 1947-10-31

volume II tP TO
Plan) I started
reading a b o u t
the State of
P e n n S ylyania,
popularity known
as the keystone
State.
The editors of
the Britannica
never once men,
toned Pennsyl-
vania ch ie I
claim to fame.
T ey devoted
paragraphs to
William Penn,
iron, coal, oil,
and agriculture
Evening star., 1947-10-31

WAcn they nave
been able to
handle the in
vestigation OF
the House Com
mittee on Un-
American Activ-
tiles into Com
munist satura-
ton Of and in
fuence on the
moving = picture
industry.
On the other
hand, many dis
corning citizens
of this country
are filled with
Evening star., 1947-10-31

to ma O u {
whether racial
discrinina t ! o n
and disregard of
American civil
Ii b e r ties are
more prevalent
here than else
where in the
United States.
T he members
would need no
special inteuec-
tual talents. In
fact, II some re-
Gently appointed
committees and
Evening star., 1947-10-31

naped or aSSaS-
sinated, is gain
ing ground in
American off,
cial ua r t e r S
a n d a m on G
members of the
form er Polish
government in
exile.
N IN e d ay S
have el ap S e d
S n C e t h e re-
ported escape"
Of the peasant
leader. At first
it was believed
Evening star., 1947-10-31
By Constantine Bro,pn

The suspicion that Stanislaw
Mikolaj ajczyk, leader of the Polish
Peasant Party and former vice
premier of Poland, has been kid
Evening star., 1947-10-31
By Horry Honan Mel emore-
Coils Pennsylvania
The Football State
Rv Henry McLemOre

DJ y 11CIC
knew that if kept reading the
Encyclopaedia Britannica I'd catch
an error. I was right.
Yesterday while browsing through
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Ru Ernnk r. Kent

If the men who rule Russia have
a sense of humor (Which Is not too
sure) they must be laughing until
their sides ache over the manner in
Evening star., 1947-10-31
to Man
Bv Harold L. Ickes

/ Some bright member of the
Kitchen Cabinet might suggest to
President Truman to appoint a
stout-legged Investigating committee
Evening star., 1947-10-31
Sheerest. Humbug.

It is the sheerest humbug. 1t is
what Mr.. Baruch used to call "the
old Phonus Bolonus Primus." 1t is
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Louis J. Creme.
SO Years of Age.
Dies In Moss Point

Louis Jackson Crane, age SO,
died at his residence in East Moss
Point on Wednesday, September
II.
Mr.. Crane was life long resi-
dent of East Moss Point.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elsie Crane of East Moss Point,
one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Rock
well and three sons. Emile. Ed
and PrentlSs, all of Moss Point.
He is also survived by one broth
er of New Orleans, Marcellus
Crane.
The funeral was held on Satur-
day, September goth, from his
home with the Rev. Douglas Da-
Wis of the Holiness church con-
ducting the services. The inter
ment was in Macpelah cemetery.
The pail bearers were Foster
Barrow, Howard Miller. Malpa
Miller, John l.. Miller, Thomas
Rockwell and Berl Hightower.
Fails Funeral Service of Moss
Point was is charge of the funer-
al arrangements.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
RESCUED IN AMPHIBIAN
BOAT

The Rev Wallace Harrell, pas
tor of the Unity Baptist church
had the unique experience of be-
ing rescued in an amphibian boat
from rising waters eight miles out
of New Orleans Friday night.
Mr.. Harrell, who is a student
at the seminary in New Orleans
was attempting to reach his home
in Pascagoula and with others de-
parted in a bus on one of the
highways then open out of the
city. They were trapped by ris-
ing waters after they had only
gone eight miles and the police
brought an amphibian out to
take them back to the city.
BY going a roundabout Mr..
Harrell finally got to Mibile and
arrived home Sunday at $3.50
a. m.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
News From Ocean Springs :.
Miss Naomi Friar's Engagement To
Mr.. Riviere Announced By Father

Mr.. Robert A. Friar announce
the engagement of his younger
daughter, Naomi, to Mr. Edward
]. Riviere, youngest son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. ]. Riviere of Ocean
Springs.
The wedding date will be an
nounced later.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Scharr
have as their guests Mrs. Gerald
Hays of San Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Nelson had
as their guests the past weekend
their son, Clifford, and M. Chate-
lain of Baton Rouge.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. u. Scharr have
returned from a trip to Wisconsin
and have as their guest their
daughter, Mrs. J. l.. Clarke of
Redondo Beach, Calf.
The st. Alphonsus Card club
met Wednesday afternoon at Miss
Annie Eglin's with Mrs. Elsie
Ryan, Mrs. Don Eglin and Mrs.
Euta Catchot as hostesses.
Cadet Oscar Joachim spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Joachim, and sailed
Monday for South America
aboard the del Sud"
Eddie Riviere, assistant stew
ard on the Del Sud, spent the
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
Show Progress
In Treatment
OF Alcoholics

OF 60,000,O00 Americans who
drink, more than 100000 drink
to excess, and there are about
100000 who are definitely prob
lem drinkers. Many of them
are sick physically. There is a
growing recognition throughout
the country, based on medical
evidence as well as on the de-
sire for a strong, healthy So
ciety. that these problem drink
ers should be treated as suffer-
erS from a disease rather than
punished in jails. except in Sc
lected cases and that their re-
habilitation depends not near
ly SO much upon punishment
and exhortation to reform as
upon sound medical knowledge
and procedures with the help
of the Alcoholics Anonymou
program which is admittedly
good.
Progress is being made by
those who care, in medicine and
psychology, in developing treat
ment methods but prevention
still is largely unsolved. Re-
search and study in this field
has been started by the Re-
search Council on Problems of
Alcohol
Uncontrolled drinking has
been called public health prob
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

berg. trustee. and Pascagoula- Moss
Point Bank, Beneficiary, a Deed oi
Trust which was duly recorded In
Deed of Trust Book "a at pages 345-
547 of the Record of Deeds of Trust
of Jackson County. Mississippi, and
WHEREAS. II. p. Heidelberg was un-
able TO serve and the Pascagoula- Moss
September, i947 substitute the under
signed, L. X. Mcintosh. as trustee and
instead of the said H. p. Heidelberg
rs shown by substituting OF trustee
reeerding in Deed Book 80 at page i0z
In the records OF deeds of jackson
County. Mississippi. and
WHEREAS. the Indebtedness secur-
ed by said Deed of Trust has not
been paid and default has been made
N the Deed Of Trust and the Bene-
ficiary has requested the undersigned
to foreclose the said Deed of Trust.
Now. therefore, l. l.. X MCINTOSH
Trustee under the provision of and
by virtue of authority conferred upou
me in said Deed of Trust will on Fri.
day the 10th day of October. le47 Of
fer for sale and sell at public auction
Tor cash to the highest and best bidder
at the North front door of the Jack.
son County Courthouse at PascaEou.
"a. Mississippi, during legal hours, the
following described real estate. TO.
wit:
That lot tract or parcel of land de.
scribcd as beginning ITO feet East anc
80 feet South of the Northwest corner
of the Northwest quarter of the North
west quarter of Section 80. Township ;
South, Range 5 West. thence running
South degrees and rs minutes i5t
feet, thence East so feet. thence Nortf
5 degrees and 81 minutes $50 feet
thence West 90 feet TO the place o
beginning. Also. that other Lot. trac
or parcel of land described as begin
ming so feet East and 30 feet Soutl
of the Northwest corner of the North
west quarter of the Northwest quar-
ter OF the Northwest quarter of Sec
tion IS. Township South, Range
West and from thence running de
grees and 81 minutes $50 feet. theme,
East so feet. thence North degree
and 81 minutes $50 feet. thence Wes
so feet 10 the place of beginning Ant
being the same lands conveyed b.
Jacob Paul Usher. ~.
Published and posted this the i9tl
day of September, 194l
L. X, MCINTOSH, Trustee
3t q-i9 20. To-
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26

weekend with his parents. Mr.,
and Mrs. E. ], Riviere.
William Mcpherson made a
business trip to Birmingham last
week.
Bennie Seymour, whose wife,
Dora, was on visit in Waveland,
has received word that she is
safe in New Orleans.
Miss Naomi Friar spent last
week with her father, Robert
Friar, and her sister, Hilda.
Miss Mary O'Keefe has return
ed from stay in New Orleans.
Alderman c. Z. Schmidt ad-
dressed the Rotary Club Wednes-
day on the financial condition of
the town and proposed a return
to the lot and block and unit
system abandoned several years
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Gale en-
nounce the birth of son at the
Biloxi hospital on September 18.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ryan had as
their guest last weekend, Sam
Byrd of Fort Benning, Ga.
II. A. Turner has returned from
a visit to Philadelphia.
w. B. Brown returned Friday
from his home in Wheaton, Ill,
where he and Mrs. Brown have
been spending the summer. Mrs.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
L0ke School P-TA
Instolls Officers
At First Meetinq

Owing to conflicting dates with
another organization to which
most of the members belong, the
meeting of the Lake School Par
ent-Teacher Association which
was to have been held Wednesday,
Sept. II, was moved up to the
following day. Ii was the first
meeting of the new school year.
The session took place in the
school auditorium with Mrs H. w.
Slater, the recently elected presi-
dent, holding office for the first
time
Following the opening of the
meeting. Miss Irene Denny, the
school principal, conducted the
installation of the following of
ficers: Mrs. H. w. Slater. presi-
dent; Mrs. Robert Cameron, vice
president; Mr.. Charles Bush. sec
retary and Mrs. c. E. Mcclellan,
treasurer.
On taking the chair Mrs. Slater
announced the chairmen of the
various standing committees.
They are Mrs. James Epting,
hospitality; Mrs. M. M. Flechas,
Jr. membership; Mrs. Robert
Cameron, publications; Mrs. w. T.
Bodden, publicity and Mrs. E. ].
Bennett, budget and finance.
The meeting was closed ear
lier than usual owing to weather
conditions.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1947-09-26
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
COTfNTV f1F Ik(fK som

WHEREAS. on the 18th day of June.
1916, JAMES II. PURYER and ES-
TELLE HUNT PURYER. executed and
delivered to the undersigned, l.. K
Mcintosh. trustee, and Pascagoula-
Moss Point Bank. Beneficiary, a Deed
of Trust which was duly recorded in
Book 30 at pages 344-349 of the Rec
ord of Deeds of Trust of Jackson
County, Mississippi and
WHEREAS. the indebtedness secured
by said Deed of Trust has not been
paid and default has been made in
the Deed of Trust and the Beneficiary
has requested the undersigned to fore
close the said Deed of Trust
Now. therefore. /. l.. X Mcintosh
Trustee under the provision of and by
virtue of authority conferred upon
me in said Deed of Trust will on Fri
day the 3rd day of October, ig47 offer
for sale and sell al public auction
for cash to the highest and best bid
der at the North front door of the
Jackson County Courthouse at Pasca-
goula. Mississippi. during legal hours.
the following described real estate,
to-Wit.
That certain piece or parcel of land
known as Lots 16. IL. ia. 49, 20 and
ri in Block 4 of the Flanagan and
Msllery First Addition TO Lame as of
date November }. 1918, as is shown By
NAB or plat thereof of record in the
Official Plat Book of jackson Coun-
ty Mississippi on page "a. on file
in the office of the Clerk of the Chan
cerv Court Of said County.
Published and posted this the 18th
day OF September. 1ai7.
/. K. MCINTOSH. Trustee.
9-i2. 10. 26