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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

their relief by proposing that the
U. N. assembly create q mil
tary body, provided by S m al
countries, to be used against
any ''force which takes agrees
sion against the people OF Pal
estine." That suggestion would
relieve the powers of direct m
Movement in the Arab-JeWl9h
inbroglio and so would ease d
delicate situation among the
powers themselves. The Pales-
tine crisis could easily widen the
breach between Russia and the
Western powers.
Whatever may grow out d tne
Guatemala proposal, there VIII
be many who believe that an
nouncement of a final decision
regarding the volcanic Palestine
committee proposal should DC
preceded by the creation OIL d
U.N. military force adequate 10
maintain peace in the Holy
Land. This is especially neceS-
sary since whatever the con-
mittee's decision may BE- II WIZ
be dead against the WISHES VI
either the Jews or the AIaO''
It can't please both.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Well Placed Praise

The praise of Judge John ]. Burney for
the good work of OnsloW county's first Wo-
man juror appears to have been well de-
served. 1t is also substantiation of the fore
cast that the ladies would be as competent
as members of the other sex in the jury box.
In commencing her officially, the Will
mington jurist also drew favorable attention
to North Cardinals. new women jurors in
general.
Their formal entry into participation in
the most important of all phases of justice
was made possible by approval of an amend
ment to the state constitution. From a ma
tional standpoint, it is nothing new as women
have been serving on juries in several other
states for many years.
Whether they will show a dislike for the
duty, as many men do, remains to be seen.
But the CONNER of Judge Burney was not
only a good means of showing the courts
appreciation but should encourage other
ladies to look forward to accepting this cal
to civic responsibility.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

Although the United States has maintain
ed a stronger spirit of preparedness since
World War II hi in any peace-time period,
there is evidence of one complacency in its
defense psychology which could produce a
dangerous indifference to the country's safe
ty in today's tense world.
1t is the belief that no other nation can
now manufacture the atomic bomb.
This theory is held in some rather high
places. An example Of this attitude was
shown a few days ago by Rep. Carl Durham,
Of Chapel Hill and ranking Democratic
member of the combined House-Senate
Atomic Energy commission. Returning from
an inspection tour of Oak Ridge, Los Alamos,
Chicago University and Washington state,
he said.
"But the one impression l got was that
the money and time and ingenuity of en-
cheering that this country has put into the
system which makes possible the develop
ment of atomic products cannot now be du-
plicated by any other country on the globe.
They (other ~nations) may catch up with us
on paper, put L ooupt seriously lHdC lHey
can do it in a material accomplishment"
With all respect to the views of Rep. Dur
ham, he certainly appears to be taking a lot
for granted.
1t is only sensible to presume that other
nations, working on the use of atomic energy
as a weapon, are as secretive about what
they are doing as we are. Occasionally there
are bits of information on the activity of
Russia, France and others but none of it
is as valuable as the intelligence the United
States has released on it's postwar work in
this field.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Let The Farmers Speak

The United States Department of Agricul-
ture has proposed changes in present agri-
cultural laws, featuring the ABSORPTION OF
the Soil Conservation service into the de-
partment.
Discussion on such matters should be led
bv the farmers. The people should with
hold conclusions until the farmers have
spoken for themselves. A recommendation
of a federal agency speaking for the man
engaged in agriculture is not sufficient basis
for a conclusion.
The farmers have their own organizations,
such as the Farm bureau. Through these,
they will express their views and reaction
to recommendations made in their behalf.
It is a serious thing to destroy the indie
pendence of a soil conservation service and
to make it subordinate to the Secretary of
Agriculture.
What do the farmers think? Largely, it is
their soil.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Behind The News
Arabs Advance Intensifies Palestine Problem

the other Jewish. And of course
it wouldn't be surprising if the
Arabs - who are dead set
against partition - are trying to
stampede the peace organi-
cation into rejecting the COM
mittee recommendation.
However, having had a good
look at the Arabs in their native
habitat, your correspondent isn't
inclined to dismiss such a mill
tary development lightly. We
don't like it. The exact nature
OF the threat isn't well defined,
but we have the feeling of doubt
which prompted Tom Brown
three hundred years ago to COM
pose his immortal jingle:
l do not love thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why I cannot tell;
But this alone l know full we'll,
l do not love thee, Doctor
Fell.
The Arabs are a fiery people
and any considerable assem-
blage of them under arms is a
matter of moment, especially
when they laboring under
stress. Lebanon and Syria say
they have troops maneuvering
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
-Newc Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with its resources, to IN
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
age warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry and
35-foot Cape Fear river channel,
City auditorium large enough to
meet needs for years to ONE
Development of Southeastern North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
resources 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.
PROBE utilization of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southeastern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and IN
Guiding a Negro Health center.
ENCOURAGEMENT of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation of City n County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

near the northern border of
Palestine. King Abdulla of
Trans-Jordan supposedly is
massing soldiers along the river
Jordan. Egyptian forces are
said to be preparing to move
into the Sinai desert, and Saudi
Arabian cavalry is repeatedly
moving into Egyptian territory
at the invitation of the Cairo
government to participate In
drawing a Gordon around the
Holy Land.
One safeguard against an up
heavalis the presence of some
100, 900 British troops in Pales-
tine, although England will do
everything possible to avert an
Arab-JeWish clash which would
force her intervention. Lond O n
doesn't want anymore trouble in
that part of the world. The same
is true of America, Russia and
France, all of whom have big
interests in the Middle East with
its great oil fields.
For this reason the powers
are treading circumspectly. And
yesterday Guatemala - in
spired or otherwise-came to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Taking Too Much For Granted

Have they found shortcuts in manufac-
turing procedures?
Have they uncovered substitutes for COM
paratively rare materials which the United
States used?
Have they made discoveries in cost re-
auctions which our scientists overlooked?
1t is impossible for an American to an
swer these questions.
The United States produced it's first atomic
bomb the hard way. When it was exploded
it represented an achievement made posi-
BILE through the expenditure of billions of
dollars and millions of hours of work. To-
day this bomb is considered obsolete be-
cause of new atomic discoveries, either ma
jor. or minor. Meanwhile, it is reasonable
to presume that the actual cost of the last
one made was considerably lower than that
of the first. While we have progressed,
other nations nave not been Indifferent to
the tremendous power of this weapon. They
too, have been pressing for new discoveries
and what they have learned is their closest
secret.
When one speaks as Rep. Durham has
ne IS simply taking too much Tor granted
If the congressman's beliefs should become
those of the majority of Americans, it would
only be natural for them to feel that, since
we lave a tremendous, exclusive means of
destruction of an enemy, little emphasis is
necessary on other important phases of ma
tional defense. Such an attitude would in
vite, rather than discourage, a war provok-
ing attack upon this nation.
Because the atomic bomb helped hurry
one war toward it's logical conclusion is no
assurance that it will win a third one for
the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
N. C.. SeafOOd Opportunity

All familiar with the place and value oil
seafood in the nations diet are undoubtedly
disappointed because little effort has beer
made to emphasize greater consumption Of
it in the nationwide movement to conserve
meat and poultry for the relief of Europe.
Nowhere nave we seen a strong appeal tc
the American people to eat more fish, oys-
tiers and shrimp.
There IS no cost in their production, except
beds. In fact, labor, means of preservation
and transportation are the greatest expendi-
lures in placing sea food on the dining table.
In North Carolina, promotion of greater
use of seafood would also serve the addition
al purpose of helping develop the industry,
long ignored except from a few sectional
standpoints. While enjoying a 32O-mile
c~oastline with the greatest variety of sea-
food than any other coastal state, it has
not taken advantage of this great natural
resource as it should. Recently, however,
it has shown a constructive interest with
indications of it eventually becoming quite
fruitful.
Included among the developments are:
An active legislative commission designed
to study and recommend means of greater
development of the seafood industry.
Establishment of a branch of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina at Morehead City to
study the best ways to secure more fish and
their protection and sale.
Donation of $50, 600 for the Morehead City
Fisheries institute by generous Joseph P.
Knapp to finance additional fisheries studies.
That this and other research is needed is
an accepted fact. These studies MI be fol
lowed-up with concerted development and
expansion efforts.
Meanwhile, no one knows how long the
European food situation will continue acute
1t may be necessary for this country to con-
tinue to help feed the continent for years
Would there be a better time to coordinate
the growth of the fisheries industry with the
tremendous demands upon other foods? We
do not believe so. And it is encouraging tc
see North Carolina arise from it's indiffer-
ence and prepare to advance the long-neg-
lected industry to the place it deserves in
realization of our natural resources.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Deserve Public Support

The American public should be interested
in the ability of the veterans to MAINTAIN
effectively functioning organizations.
For example, the public should give its
enthusiastic support to the membership
campaigns of the American Legion, the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars and other construc-
tive ex-servicemen organizations.
While membership is open only to veter-
ans who can qualify, the members of the
general public who are not veterans also
have an interest in the growth of these Or
CARNATIONS.
Veterans can be counted upon to stand
for reasonable preparedness. They have a
personal knowledge of the results of unpre-
paredness. They know by their w ex-
periences how long it takes to move a nation
from military indifference to the ability to
fight.
There is at present a movement for uni
versal military training. The general pub
lie will do we'll to listen carefully to what
the veterans think about universal military
training and to note carefully actions taken
by a majority vote in veterans organizations
on the movement.
Sc far, the debate about universal military
training has concerned itself more with the
predicted effect on the younger generation
than with the benefits to the nation. On this
question of the effect Of membership in a
military organization on the individual, the
veterans are qualified to speak with authori-
ty.
The public is interested in increased mem
bership for veterans organizations because,
based on the activities of years rather than
any particular case, the veterans are con-
sentative. The American Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, with which most
communities now are familiar, has not gone
in for radicalisln, for increased centraliza-
ton of government, for an unwarranted wor-
ship OF government agencies. In the average
community the Legionnaire and the Veteran
of Foreign Wars is a supporter of that tvpe
of constitutional government contemplated
by the founding fathers. They keep active
in the community the leaven of conser-
vatism.
The public also appreciates that the vet
eran who is in need should have something
more intimate than dollars and cents. or
a job or rehabilitation. Valuable as these
things are. the excl needs personal interest,
brotherliness and c~omradeship. These warm
intimacies of personal contacts, so essential
to morale in the presumption of civilian
obligations and in the will to live u~sefully.
are provided richly by veterans organiza-
tons.
The community is serving its own best
interests when it gives it's enthusiastic sup
port to drives to increase the membership
of the veterans organizations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

United Nations preserve internal law anc
transition period. But it made no direct
commitment on the possibility of providing
military forces to guard against possible at
tacks from outside the Holy Land.
Thus, we have inherited an old British
problem in almost its entirety.
And now, that we are called upon to take
the lead in solving it, we have the compara-
lively new angle of the Communists interest
in the strategic eastern Mediterranean Be
cause of this situation, the endorsement OF
the partition policy was the only step left
to take.
That it will be challenged by others than
the Arabs goes without saying. Another of
the major powers, China. takes the view that
"a solution which would be acceptable to
both parties to the dispute" should be sought.
That, as far as others have been able to see
for more than 20 years, is an impossibility
Britain has taken no stand on the latest
partition issue and Russia and France have
yet to speak before the UN on the question.
France, however, is understood to be for
division of the Holy Land into two states.
The reaction in the days to follow would
ordinarily be quite interesting. But with
the problem complicated by Russia's acute
interest, the condition may develop into an
other one contributing to the continual
beverage between the Soviet Union and her
satellites and the United States and her al
lies as they press their political, economic
and theological warfare.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
Inherit Another Problem

Leave a problem belonging to a major
nation unsolved long enough and it will
eventually bring on international compli-
cations defying an answer.
Such is the case of the Palestine question.
For more than two decades, Britain has
been unable to solve the riddle of Jewish
and Arabian claims. Late last week it and
the remainder of the world were informed
that the troops of five Arab states were
marching toward the disputed Holy Land
Thus, these forces were translating into ac-
ton the Arab leagues resolution calling on
its members to defend it against terrorist
organizations and Zionist forces which
threaten the security of Palestine Arabs. :"
Just how much this maneuver is a propa-
ganda threat in a war of nerves. to in
fluence the United Nations consideration of
the Holy Lane problem, few really know.
But obviously it is bringing the matter to
a climax. And it is at a time most oppor-
tune for the cause of the Arabs.
Reports of the past several months show
feelings. Perhaps some of the arm used by
the advancing forces were supplied, direct
ly or otherwise, by Moscow. There is nc
doubt whatsoever about the moral support.
Why?
Because a physical triumph over Jewish
claims would give the Soviet Unions
friends" complete possession of the best Of
Mediterranean outposts. Back of Russia's
interest are the tremendous oil resources oil
the Middle East, quite a prize for any nation
and especially SO for the Soviet Union.
The new crisis forced the United States
to end its lengthy silence and declare it,
stand on the question of partitioning Pales
tine into Arab and Jewish states. It did sc
yesterday, endorsing in principle the divi
sion. The official Jewish agency imme.
diately welcomed the move and the Arabs
declared such a step was Unacceptable t.
them.
That kind of reaction was expected.
1t is the same that has greeted a simila.
proposal in the past.
The United States also agreed to help the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
France In Turmoil
As Strike Continues
In Paris Subwavs

PARIS, Oct. 11.-(P-Strikes
kept France in a turmoil today
and crippled subway transporta-
ton in her capital.
Strikes had become such a gen
eral means of expression that few
of them were about working con-
ditions. Some of the strikes were
called without the approval of,
and some in direct opposition to,
the Communist-con controlled Gen
eral Confederation of Labor
(C.G.T.).
Buses and the few taxis here
were almost mobbed by Parisians
seeking rides as the subways ran
reduced schedules and shorten
ed runs, with many Interruptions,
In a jurisdictional walkout by an
Independent motormen's union
demanding separate recognition.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
That Awful Law Again

Under threat Of SIU,UUU,UUU Worth Of
damage suits, striking Railway Express
drivers withdrew their secondary picket
lines which had paralyzed deliveries in New
York City's huge garment industry and
threatened lay-offs for thousands of the
industry's unionized workers.
The threat of these damage suits was
made possible by the Taft-Hartley law.
This law restricted a unions right to
interfere seriously with businesses against
which it is nc grievance. Maybe some may
~. But we would say that
the law did o distince service to the gar
. WHO weren't forced to take a
payIess holiday because of a quarrel which
didn't concern them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
LEJEUNE INFANT

JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 11.-21
months-old Theodore j. Kantor,
son of DR.. and Mrs. c. J. Kantor,
ST., of Camp Lejeune, Was
drowned Friday afternoon in New
river at Paradise Point. The
Kantor's back yard runs down
to the river.
The body is being sent to Troy,
N. Y, for burial.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12

trast to those prevailing today in
France. A survey recently taken
by the French Institute of Public
Opinion affiliate of the American
Institute, shows evidence of a
pull of public sentiment toward
the left.
The poll, as reported in Sep
TENDER, found the following:
rs the government in your
opinion too far to the right or
too far to the left?"
Too far right ..-.-..26%
Too far left --....15
Fine as is
No opinion
In England Immediately fol-
lowing the war there was a trend
away from conservatism and
toward socialism. The victory of
the Labor government at the
election of 1915 was followed by
a program of naturalization,
which had wide popular back
ing.
Lately, however, there have
been some signs of a trend of
British public sentiment away
from socialism. Last summer a
survey by the British Institute of
Public Opinion found that the
Conservative Party, which had
been badly beaten in 1945, had
enjoyed a sufficient comeback in
popular support to make it the
equal of the Labor Party in per-
centage of followers nationally.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
U. S. Army Tents
Made Into Mail Bags

BERLIN - up - American
Army tenting is being used to
relieve an acute shortage of
mail bags in the US. zone of
occupation. The Reichspost has
purchased "a, 600, 600 square feet
of surplus US. Army canvas for
manufacture into 500, 900 mail
bags. The shortage of bags has
been retarding international
and domestic parcel post, news
paper and letter services.
The six major farm crops of
the Philippines are rice, corn,
abaca manila hemp), coconut,
sugar cane and tobacco.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
The Gallup Poll
he Gd1uP FOH
Little i. S. Political Ferment Noted
AS Citizens Stick To Middle f-R0ad
Taft And Wallace, On
Right And Left, Are Gain
ing Slight Support
BY GEORGE GALLUP
Director, American Institute OF
Public Opinion

PRINCETON, N. j., Oct.
lin contrast to the politi-
cal ferment in France, Eng
land and a good many other
countries abroad, the domi-
nant attitude of American
voters today is politically
middle-o
There is no important trend
of sentiment either to the left
or to the right. The majority
want the Truman administration
to heW to a line somewhat be-
tween the two extremes.
Perhaps as much as anything
else this attitudes explains why
the most popular presidential
candidates for 1948 are predomi-
nately at or near the middle-of-
the-road in their point of view.
It probably explains why Senator
Robert A. Taft, who in the pub
lies mind symbolizes right-wing
conservatism, has not gained
much political strength.
By the same token, Henry A.
Wallace, symbolizing the left
wing point of view in the public
mind, has shown no popular gain
in recent months.
The pull of public sentiment
toward the middle is shown in
the following coast-to-coast poll
by the Institute.
(Which of these three poll
cies would you like to have
President Truman follow:
go more to the right, by
following more of the views of
business and conservative group?
go more to the left, by fol-
lowing more of views of labor
and other liberal groups?
Follow a policy halfway
between the two?"
The vote:
Should go more right .-.-.-~19%
Should go more left .--..--16
Should keep middle-of-
road
No opinion
The pull toward the middle
forms one reason why President
Truman is the outstanding favor
lite among Democratic voters for
1913. 1t also helps explain why
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of
New York and Harold E. Stas-
sen, none of whom is regarded as
having an extreme viewpoint,
also have wide popular strength
as possible COP. candidates.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-12
GOOD MORNING

For precept must be on precept, pre-
cept upon precept; line upon line, line
upon line: here a little and there a
Iittle.-Isaiah 2S:10.
Events of great consequence often spring
from trifling circumstances. -Livy.