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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
Tax MaelstrOm

High finance in government is fly
Ing too high for most people to see
what's ahead. The difficulty is that
most people can't understand how it will
be possible to cut income taxes, desir-
able as this would be, and at the same
time carry out the administrations pro-
gram of loans and credits to needy ma
tons as a means of stemming the ris-
ing tide of communism.
Most people have the impression that
the administrations program Of aid
will far exceed the proposed reduction
in income taxes. If this belief is cor
rect, and income taxes are cut as pro-
posed, the inevitable result would be
an increase in the national debt, which
is already staggering.
The Senate votes to proceed with
a tax reduction bill, to become effec-
tive next July l. The House had pre-
viously voted tax reductions to be ret
roactive to last January 1. Meanwhile
proposals are heard to reduce Presi-
dent Truman's budget estimates by
four to six billion dollars. And the
administration, starting with the loans
to Greece and Turkey, indicates that
other and greater loans will be asked.
AS matters now stand, with an
economy wave rising on the one hand
and a wav of lavish foreign assistance
on the other, most people are caught
in a maelstrom of confusion and can
not be blamed if they fail to see how
they can escape submersion.
For, if taxes are slashed and ex-
penditures increased, eventually they
will have to pay through the nose,
whatever temporary relief they are
given.
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considering the stark reality of inter.
American discord.
What might happen if another world
bandit of the Hitler type started an
other wal of conquest with the United
States scheduled chief victim and, say,
Argentina his Western Hemisphere
ally?
Guns and ammunition provided by
the United States could so easily be
trained on American targets, just as
American petroleum and scrap iron i'm
plemented the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor, the Philippines and in the
southwest Pacific.
President Truman considers the
United Nations could prevent misuse
of the proposed war equipment but
human nature being what it is there
is always a risk in placing a gun in
most mems hands. There are constant
disputes among Latin American gov
ernments. Armed to the teeth as they
would be under the Presidents plan,
it is quite likely that old or new causes
for a scrap would eventuate. And how
could the proposal be made to conform
with the growing sentiment for general
disarmament, provided Russia swings
into line on universal control of atomic
energy?
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Written for NEA Service
There are a lot of little tricks in
the play of the cards that the
average player either misses
through carelessness or Just does
not bother to remember. Lee
Hazen of New York brought to,
days hand to my attention, ana
with the South cards, SIX hears
certainly is not a bad contract
Most declarers in a duplicate
game at the New York Bridge
Whist Club made the contract, ou'
onlv because of careless defense
The opening lead was won Dy
South with the king. Two ROUNDS
of trumps we're led, West showing
! ont or the second round.
Now declarer led the ten o.
spades, West played the seven ana
dummy the queen. This is "ners
most of the East players Wenl
wrong. They won the trick VILE
the ace. If East had stopped ~
think. he would have realized una.
the three of spades was missing
and that his partner was staFsn!.
an echo, attempting to show 'ha'
he had only two spades IN ~.
partner might have a slngie'.a
spade, but as he had SHOWN ou ,.;~.
trumos. there was no use IN WV n.
ming the first spade trick 10 g"
his partner a ruff. as,
All East had to do was 10 IeI4 ~.
to win the first space. "Ile" ra,t
king, of spades was leo' d raT
should win that trick, as ae'la, NV,
holding three spades to the jass
ten, would not have LED me N'1 ~
This is a play that comes esla NJ
quite often, and it is an eAG 4eiiir,
idea to form the habit of tenn.
your partner whether you r n1,v
two or three of a suit. If you pl%
the small one, you have e,lls+ j..
singleton or three, If you play ~.
high one, you have either
eletOn or two.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
The Book OF KNOWLEDGE
Department.
THE UNITED STATES
THE PURITANS
COME TO AMERICA

Yesterdays article told of the
voyage of the M%ayflower from
England to America, and the land
ing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth,
in what is now Massachusetts, on
Dec. 81, 1920. That first winter
was a very bad one. More thar
half of the little company died.
including the governor, Deacon
John Carver. After Carver died,
William Bradford was elected
governor. and from then until his
death in 1857, ne was reelected
every year but five.
Meanwhile. in England, the Pur-
itan party in the Church of End
land was having a difficult time.
The bishops and the King were
determined to break it up. These
troubles caused some of the Purl-
tans to think of migrating to
America. In 1923, a group bought
the right to settle on the land bet
ween the Charles and the Merrl-
mac rivers in New England. John
Endicott brought over about 40
people and founded Salem.
Endicott, who became governor
of the little colony. was very
harsh ard made many curious
laws. He compelled the women to
wear wells in church, for fear the
men might look at them and not
listen to the sermon, which was
often several hours long. He
thought it was wrong to wear a
wig. which was the fashion for
man at that time, and he punish
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
Aiming Neighbors Risky

No mar is to be condemned out of
hand for holding high ideals. But, the
world being what it is, and mankind
prone to selfishness, high ideals too
often clash with realities and for the
most part the realities prevail.
President Truman emissions an ideal
state i affairs when he pictures the
American republics and Canada in com
plete and lasting accord, armed to de-
fend themselves and each other in any
emergency. So he would s~tandardlze
guns and munitions among all Western
Hemisphere countries and go the limit
in supplying their wants.
It would be an ideal arrangement
II 1t could be carried out, so far al
inter-American harmony II concerned
But it cannot be accepted without firs'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
The Doctor Says
LIFE COMPARABLE
With 4-LEG CRAIR
By WILLIAM A. O'Rpn.

A human being sits nsvo, " D.
Dr.. c. c. Burlingame Of t' a5, says
Conn, in the Journal NJ ~ hartford,
lean Medical Association. [ a., Amer.
is his JOB the second is his o ne, leg
third his play, and f o'S t2oO6y,
body. 1'"Flh his
If the chair has fo,r so,,
ne sits comfortably, but i if soI icy,
the legs r too short, tn +, any OF
or missing, he wo5bles ~ long,
therapy' the personal tutoriSss 'a NJ.
those who are living an ,,st l9f
anced life, helps line IN ~ 13oal'
Work is essential to hanoin ossS'
The most tragic teatura 9 ny isSS
ness is the feeling tina, We 'uVe'
needed. As long as a normal no'
son has a job, life is wor4bvt yer
A man whose work brinos luz
personal pleasure is FORUM" ila
a person does not have a pIeac,n.
job, he finds satisfaction in > bo.
by. There will come a time D,b YD,
the hobby will be more importsrt
than a Job, no matter how plp.,'
ant the job.
Play is the business Of c,aa
hood as it strengthens musnIs,
and stimulates growth. Long afts.
the physical effects Of play bavs
disappeared, the lessons learros
on the play field remain. In ords.
to be happy, man needs to eniov
himself in the company Of Others
Unless we learn to do this when
we are young, it will be difficult
to master when we are older.
The success of the old family
physician with nervous patients
was due to his knowledge of peo.
pie rather than of what was wrons
with them. A modern psychiatriy
is also successful in handling pa.
tents because he is first a physi.
clan, second a sociologist, thru ,
psychologist, fourth an educator,
and fifth a vocational guidance ex.
pert.
QUESTION: My husband hi,
had pains in his legs for the past
four years. Is this caused by ar.
teries?
ANSWER: If the trouble is IN
his arteries, nerves to the arterie,
may be cut, or he may be given
local treatments.
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rated from the Church of England
before they came to America.
They were poor people, and most
of them had had very little educa-
ton. The Puritans belonged to the
Church until after they had settled
in America. Some of them were
wealthy, and almost all of them
were well educated.
Both the Pilgrims and the Puri
tans disapproved of the forms and
many of the beliefs of the Eng
lish Church, but their religious
ideas were not exactly alike. This
was one reason why the two
groups founded separate colonies,
which were not united for many
years.
Although the Puritans had come
to the New World to have their
own way in religion, they were
not willing to give the same rights
to others. They banished a young
minister, Roger Williams, because
he taught that it was not right to
compel a man to support a church
in which he did not believe.
Williams also said that the King
of England had no right to grant
land in America, because it be-
longed to the Indians. He Lougnt
some land from them and founded
the town of Providence in 1886.
Other persons who were driven
out of the Massachusetts Bay
Colony because of religious differ
ences also moved southwark.
Their settlements, together with
Providence, became the colony of
Rhode Island.
Copyright, 1916, By The Grolier
Society Inc, based upon The Book
Of Knowledge)
Distributed By United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.}
TOMORROW: How a Magni-
flying Glass Enlarges Things.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
Taft And The Labor Bill

House Labor Committee, which
seems to hold the balance of pow.
e. in the conference committee.
Taft is chairman of this com.
mittee, however, and whatever
bill comes out will be his baby
and bear his name. This labor bill
is apparently going to be Tafts
major achievement in this session
O. Congress.
Tats iong-range housing bill is
stymied. The House doesn't want
any part of it. Taft's idea on
federal aid to education will prot
ably get nowhere for h e same
reason. Taft himself saws his
health insurance bill will rot be
acted on till next year.
There may be a couple Of po-
lltical theories as to why nothing
| should be done about these meas
ures this year. First is that next
year is election year and the inn
pact of positive Republican sction
or public housing, health. and aid
to education legislation will regis
ter more heavily on the voters if
nothing is done till next year.
A second theory is that the Re
publicans feel their first job. this
year is to cut taxes and make
good on last years election prom
ises to economic. Passing half a
billion dollars worth of new ap.
preparations for housing, health.
and education wouldn't help the
economy situation any.
So for this year. Tsft's rolitica.
reputation and the buildup for his
presidential ambitions must res
on passage of the labor legislation,
which-as outlined above-isn't sc
much his.
TAFT may sincerely believe this
legislation is not "anti-labor." He
thought that of his original bill
which YVES much stronger than the
measure passed by the Senate.
The hope is that when this lepis
lation becomes law it will be a
stabilizing n fluence in industrial
relations, without taking away
anvbody's sacred rights.
If it doesn't work that way
if union leaders pull a lot Of pro,
test strikes as Chairman Hartley
of the House Labor Committee has
predicted they will if the
Wagner act is so amended that
a lot of new test cases will have
TO be run through the courts tc
find out what the Taft-Hartley bill
really means and if the coun-
try is thrown into a lot of in.
drstrial unrest as a result, then
Mr.. Taft and his political future
may not be worth a dime.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
An Anomalous Situation

A self-rising question in the minds
of most graduates when diplomas are
being handed out is: "Where do we go
from here?"
The young people whose further ed
u~cation has been arranged for, upon
graduation from high school, accept
the program laid out by careful parents
usually without question. But for many
boys and girls whose prospects are not
so rosy, the question presents a serious
problem.
They must find jobs, as best they
can, preferably where their aptitude or
skill will offer the best chance of pre-
ferment and advancement. But this is
not always possible. Time for looking
around is offset frequently by neces-
sity to find gainful employment where
ever it is available, if only on a tenn
porary basis.
Where, then, will the boys and girls
whose future is a blank page go when
they leave the high school tomorrow?
That will depend on now we'll they have
learned to apply their education, as far
as it has gone, to the practical problems
of life.
1t is a trite saying but true that O
pie get out of life only as much as they
put into it. BY the same token high
school graduates will get out of their
studies only as much as they have put
into them.
If they have learned that applica-
ton to a task, wen the task of study
ing a lesson, is the way to master the
task, they will carry that asset with
them into the business world, and have
made the first step toward business
success.
If they have learned the value of
concentration, they will find this rare
attribute of inestimable worth when
they get a job.
If, too, they have taken to heart the
instruction they have received in good
citizenship and fair play and put into
practice what has thus far been hardly
more than a theory of conduct, they
Will have laid the foundation for a high
ly esteemed position among their as
sociates.
Facing the future is indeed a serious
affair for the young people just emery
ing iron class rooms, not to return.
Much of it's seriousness will be over
come if they have the hardihood to
carry on for themselves, as individuals,
in the pattern of their schooling.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
Unnecessary Embarrassment

The British have one attribute &C.
credited to the elephant. They never
forget. This is Illustrated by the snub
of the Duchess of Windsor on the &C.
casion of Dowager Queen Mary's
eightieth birthday celebration. The
Duchess was the only member of the
royal family not invited to the BIRTH
day luncheon. The Duke did not at
tend either, but he could have been
there.
The British are great sticklers for
precedent-greater even than q Judge,
So when King Edward abdicated the
throne rather than give up his lady
love, to whom the government objected
not so much because she was Ameri-
can-born as because she had to divorce
a husband to marry Edward, they struck
him from the roster, save for an oc.
casional visit to his mother, and have
given no recognition to the m in
the case, Wally Warfield, daughter Of
a Baltimore boarding house keeper.
In the present episode, Edward
former King of Great Britain, now
Duke of Windsor, could have saved him.
|self, his wife, his mother, and his
brother King George embarrassment
if he had chosen another time to cal
lon his aged mother.
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ed any man who dared to wear
one.
In 1880, a strong, able leader,
John Winthrop, brought owe near
ly 1000 Puritans and made several
settlements on Massachusetts
Bay. The Bay Colony grew very
rapidly, and before 1884, near
5000 settlers had come. In 1886,
they started a college to train
ministers. When a young minister,
John Harvard, died in 1888, he
left his books and a sum of money
to the college. which was then
named for him.
You must remember the differ
ence between the Puritans and the
Pilgrims. The Pilgrims had sepa-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
QUOTATIONS

Housing and jobs continue to lead the pa
'ade of problems. Even without a recession
suitable jobs are becoming increasingly
scarce. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Veterans
Administrator.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28

The government, buying wheat to feed tn
world, bids against American housewives TO
the same wheat. Inevitably the government
action increases the price of bread.-Robe1
R. Wason, chairman National Association {
manufacturers
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Labor disputes should be settled where all
other domestic disputes are settled-in court.
Sen Homer Ferguson (R) of Michigan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28
GOOD MORNING

Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the
~world.-Carlyle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-05-28

The United States is opposed to policie
which will continue Germany as a congeste,
sluIn Or an economic poorhouse in the cente
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Of Europe.-Secretary Of State Marshall.
A big fuss is made because a small town
is putting out signs reducing prices. A re-
duction in prices does not come from Main
Street. but Wall Street.-Ex-Mayor Fiorello
H. LaGuardia of New York.
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Federal aid to education should carry with
it no interference with the rights of the states
to educate their children as they see fit
Willard E.. Glvens, executive secretary Ma.
tional Educational Association.
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we nave come to ne time when, if liberty
is to be preserved and extended. it's 1,nholdar.
and defenders must be prepared to lead tho
way to the next stage of political organization
DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler, president
emeritus Columbia IT.
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mere is great need for the university and
the college which is not necessarily responsi
PIE 10 1ne political opinion of the majority.
uor' harold W. Dodds. president Princeton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08

warning below because I'VE might
have been crying wolf"
Capt. Lon Kappil, officer in charge
of the project, had not been advised
Of the storm which ripped through
Northeastern Ohio and Western
Pennsylvania, when he told news
men Of having seen the clouds
boiling and getting ready for a
tornado"
Capt. Kappil and three other
pilots. flying specially equipped Psi
BLACK Widow" planes. were on q
routine flight.
I'VE entered thunderstorms at
four different attitudes from 1000
to 5000 feet" Capt. Kappil said.
when we were about 5000 feet
we saw clouds boiling and getting
ready for a tornado some $4,000 feet
or 60 above us. The cloud forma-
ton was moving in a northeastern
direction but we couldn't tell
whether or not 1t. was going toward
the ground"
The officer said his flight did not
enter the tornado area because our
instructions call for thunderstorm
observations"
The planes are equipped to record
the effect of thunderstorns on air.
craft and furnish other data to the
Air Forces and the United States
Weather Bureau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
DR.. Washburn 10 Give
Address Today al
GaI|audef Reunion

DR.. Cadwallader Washburn, IA
NOUS etcher and entymologist and
one OF Gallaudet Colleges most
illustrious graduates, will be among
$50 alumni to attend the 10th
annual reunion OF the college today.
Graduates of the Nations only
college for the deaf arrived today
from all parts of the country to-
attend the four-day reunion, the
first since 1889.
To Hear Report.
Alumni have expressed special
interest In this reunion because OF
the chance it offers to appraise the
policies of the new administration,
which assumed office in 1945, and
to hear the report of the recent
Federal Security Agency survey OF
the college by DR.. Harry Best OF the
University of Kentucky.
Also due for major consideration
will be the disposition Of the
GaIlaudet memorial building fund
beng raised by the alumni for a
building In memory of DR.. Edward
Miner Gallaudet, founder and first
president of the school. The men,
orial fund has reached almost
100000.
DR.. Washburn is scheduled to-
give the main address at the closing
banquet of the reunion Thursday
night in the assembly hall at the
school.
"Only an Inconvenience"
DR.. Washburn has become inter-
nationally known in proving his
often-repeated assertion that deaf
ness is no handicap, only an incon-
venience.' Despite his "incon-
venience," he has paintings and dry
point etchings hanging in many
major art galleries of the world, and
has written two books on entomology
which have become standard texts
In American schools
He was also a war correspondent
in the Russo-Japanese War and the
Mexican Revolution of 1912.
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tered grotesquely from battered
roofs.
Rain Pl ecedes Tornado.
Heavy rain, a black sky and the
familiar funnel Of the tornado
ushered the storm into Sharon.
Hardly garage was left standing
in the devastated Sharon area. Mrs
Harry Bastress said her garage was
blown away but the car was left I'M
scratched on the site.
The entire side of house was
ripped off, leaving it exposed like
a doll house.
Porches were knocked off houses
windows blown out.
Mrs. Walter Lloyd said the wind
blew in window glass, pieces OF
which were driven into the buffet
in the dining room. Her Grapes
were blown into the yard across the
street.
Neighbors cheerfully helped
homeowners patch up roofs with tar
paper.
The tornado blew in with noise
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-06-08
World WCTU Faces
Stiff Election Contest
By The Assoeiafsd Press

ASBURY PARK, N. j., June .
A contest for the presidency of the
Worlds Woman's Christian Tenn
perancey Union developed today as
delegates from Scotland and Ire
land were nominated to succeed 80
year-old Mrs. Ella Boole of Brooklyn
who Is retiring.
Mrs. ]. Forrester-Paton Of Ingle-
wood, Scotland, was nominated for
the presidency by delegates of eight
of the 26 countries represented at
the 18th convention, and Mrs. Emily
Mof1at Glow of Belfast, Ireland, was
nominated by delegates of her own
country.
The elections Of the world WCTU
will be held Monday.
Miss Dorothy Staunton. English
delegate, read report to the dele
gates by H. Cecil Heath. London
attorney, contending that making
the liquor business part of govern
ment solves no existing problems,
while creating new ones.
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Worker Dies as 5000 Volts
Lean From Wire 10 Crane

A Washington workman was killed
yesterday when a 6,000-volt charge
leaped from a high-tension wire to
the boom of an electric crane at
construction project on Belt avenue
near Suitland, Md.
The man, Jesse Milton Lee, 80,
colored, of 2614 K street NE. was
holding a guide cable to the boom
when it came close to the overhead
line and the flash occurred, Prince
Georges County police said.
Mr.. Lee was pronounced dead at
Casualty Hospital. Two other
workers, Arthur Carpenter, 1901
North Nelson street, Arlington, and
Frank Zell, $50 F. street Sc, were
knocked down by the charge but
told police they were not injured.
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Western Student Wins
$500 Harvard Award

Paul g. Gardescu. Is. Of 1913
Thirtieth street NV, has been
named winner OF $500 scholar
ship to Harvard University, the
Harvard Club OF Washington an
last night.
The youth, who will graduate this
month from Western High School.
attained one of the highest scho-
iastic records in his class. He also
Is lieutenant colonel of the high