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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
The Sulzbach Report

Compulsory sickness and social in
surance has been widely and properly
opposed by many American newspaper
and magazine editors.
AT the instigation Of the National
Industrial Conference Board, under
a grant from the William Volker Chari-
ties Fund of Kansas City, DR.. Walter
Suixbach former professor of economics
and sociology at the Frankfort univer-
sity, prepared a report on the insurance
system in prewar Germany. His con-
illusions are interesting inasfar as they
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

would affect a similar system in the
United States.
In Germany, Doctor Sulzbach dis
closes, old-age pensioners had often to
apply for relief in addition to their
pensions. The pensions were not large
enough to meet the actual needs of
beneficiaries, and so failed to do what
they were supposed to do.
Furthermore, the inadequacy of the
pension system in inflationary periods
is easily recognized. AT whatever level
they were established in comparative
Iy normal times, they could not suffice
when prices spiraled.
Then, too, as in Germany, people
wuold gladly vote taxes if they felt
certain they need not pay them them
selves. This granted, the costs of social
insurance would fall heavily upon future
generations.
Equally significant, we believe, is
Doctor S~ulzbach's declaration that if
compulsory insurance should be adopt
ed in this country, physicians and
surgeons would lose their independence
and the profession deteriorate. There
would be no incentive to go forward
with the research work that has done
so much to raise the medical profession
to it's present high level or carry it
to even higher levels.
Altogether, the Sulzback report is
a valuable contribution to the campaign
against national legislation, allegedly
designed to provide security from the
cradle to the grave" but which in
evitably would lower health standards.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
New Mediation Boss
BY DOUGLAS LARSEN

WASHINGTON - When your
name is Cyrus S. Ching it's only
natural that people are going to
ask you if you're part Chinese.
Over the years "Cy," as every
body calls him, has developed this
stock answer:
"I'm not Chinese. I'm three
fourths Scotch and one-fourth
Soda"
But it's just a gag. Ching, the
man who takes over the director
ship of the new Federal Medi-
alton and Cancellation Service, is
moderate in most things except
his size. He's a slightly stopped,
250-pound giant, six feet seven
inches tall. His friends say it's all
muscle. And when your average
sized mitt gets clamped in his
huge iron paw in a h%andshake you
believe them.
Ching brings something to his
new job which U. S. labor re-
lations a stand an awful lot Of
right nova good sense of humor.
In the early days of the War
Labor Board, on which ne served,
Ching was continually easeing the
strained ahd tense atmosphere
with good = humored stories and
antics cleverly designed to ease
the Board through rough spots.
One Of his pet gags included Dave
Ong, the Chrysler Corporation
representative on the Board. He
and Dave made a good team at
solving knotty problems. Ching
would say:
Gust leave it to Ong and Ching.
the Chinese laundry boys. We
wash away the difficulties and
iron out the problems"
Both Ong and Ching are Welsh
names. Ching was born on Prince
Edward Island, Canada, and spent
most O. his boyhood there on a
farm before coming to the U. S.
and jockeying a street a around
Boston to pay his way through law
school at night. His age usually
stumps people. A fair amount of
hair left, which isn't very gray,
and his general energy and en-
thusiasm makes you gasp to find
out he's now II years old.
Salmon fishing is his great sport
and he's recognized as being one
OF the best there is at it. He's
got enough casting rods and fish
Ing gear to outfit the many|
trends he usually takes with him
On an expedition. He remarked to
a friend, before he let on his Last
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Role Of Joint


watch and report upon the admin
istratin' enl OPERATION OF 2E:sH''
Federal laws relating to labor IT,
lations.
1t would be a ~rerversior Of tn
potentially very Useful age1'j AZ;
a definite haml ering Of Is f'~
function II IT W., turned
other Congressioral COMMITTEES
have bac, transformed - INTO d
sort CT penal institution; if q ciS
ton before the joint comml'ie
were to be regarded as the equiv
alent OF a charge of laW-oreaEIEs
The nuisance value OF tle ~"
gressional investigation has pee.
so overexploited that it has os
come amos. as serious a tatea
to the normal processes of Jos'-''
as that bureaucratic phenofEel o"'
administrative law.
Doubtless Mr.. Hartley, in n.
justifiable concern that the
of Congress should be put 'n.'
practice fully, failed to reail%s .nt
Importance of his implication lna5
the joint committee might be w.
as an enforcement agency Insts
is room for question conce[r.,s
several provisions OF the i+t ao
Hartley act. The joint comn nosT
can shed light on the actual ops,
alton of the act, on the ac'lyltn
of government, agencies 1"0f to
and management in reSpg(. i.
those debatable clauses. DS TO-.
cannot bypass the courts in aiS aS
termining whether Or MOI law
labor contract by-passes
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Representative Fred A.. Hartley
Jr. is naturally anxious that the
law which bears his name should
prove a success, ana he has his
own definition of what would con
stitute successful operation of the
act. He is alarmed by what he
considers violations Of the spirit
OF the Taft-Hartley law in agree
ments reached by manasement
ano labor and proposes-perhaps
threatens" would be a better
term-to have such violations in
v~estigated by the Joint Commit
tee on Labor-Management Rela-
tons. No one doubts that the com.
mittee has the right and the duty
TO study possible infringements Of
tne statute among the other func-
tons assigned to it. But it might
be argued that Mr.. Hartley him
sell runs counter to the spirit of
an important section of the act
"nen ne suggests tina! the Joint
committee be used as a whip to
enforce n Interpretation - Mr..
Hartley's-ot the law.
The joint committee is One Of
the most admirable devices set up
by the Taft-Hartley act, It's pur-
pose is to make a broad study Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT relations, with
particular attention to various
means of increasing production
and promoting industrial stability,
to the effect of such practices as
the union shop, welfare funds ard
industry-wide bargaining n 10
The policies of employers and en-
ployer associations. 1t is also to
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
England's Coal Strike

The only justification for comment
ing on the strike of Yorkshire coal min
ers is that we Americans have learned
at tremendous cost that strikes don't
pay.
Even American strikers have had
to pay heavily in lost wages every time
they have walked off the job. That
the English miners will fare no better
is indisputable. And their lot, consider
ing England's economic situation, is
considerably worse than any American
strikers have experienced since the
Roosevelt administration grante d
American labor the alleged gains that
precipitated the strike epidemic.
To be sure American strikers have
won higher pay, but their increased
wages have played a part in the infla-
tionary trend that has made alarming
advances. The cry for more "take
home" pay for the most part has been
a fluke. If they came out a little ahead,
the extra dollars they got has had to
go to meet the greater cost of living.
1t could be supposed that the British
strikers would have taken a leaf from
the American book and put up with
conditions that led them to desert the
mines rather than face the uncertain
ties of any settlement that may even
tuate. But nobody learns from an
others experience.
The pity of the situation in England
now is that the strike has already
lowered Britain's coal production more
than eighty thousand tons, when every
ton Britain is capable of bringing to the
surface is needed to bolster the coun-
try's industrial output.
Without striking a balance between
exports and imports, Britain cannot
hope to achieve equitable trade condi-
lions and come out of her financial
crisis SUCCESSFULLY.
The striking miners are nursing
private grievances, apparently, instead
OF contributing as they should to
Britain's economic salvation.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
Letter Box
SAVE THE TRtrs

To the Editor:
1t is easy to agree VIII,
anonymous correspondent The
takes the City Council IN Who
calling to do certain thi9s ask ns for
necessary. 3'oIe bu;
Your editorial following ~.
ter invites further corresno ,'s let
or these and kindred pDaaeAce
l have no hesitation in annra 50
all your correspondent said gS'0Vlns
There is a real demand f..
auditorium, further d-evelo W.T. an
OF the airport would be go 'UP'neA
ness and there is not the sy 81, ,5 0as.
seaaow OF a doubt that tbs sues, e.
VI THIRD street, one of tba use
beautiful and prominent rssj most
1lal streets, as a thoroughfsre 'eo'
al night thoroughfare, for co,,1 an
less gasoline trucks consti+rt .uaA''
intolerable nuisance, but an
to make further comment. wish
Third street is besut;+,,
now bare and cherries il W,
look if denuded of all tns "ollo
trees. For the third tins ana YAK
genuine alarm, I call a~tte1tio ,a IN
the grave danger that IS ,-. 10
enlng these trees as well p. trs..
IN other parts Of the civ .r Icy
Greenfield park. I unds a..a N
these are infested with an irsia lo
tesimal red spider. "'I'
1t Is practical to get rid ~ a..
destructive pest but doubles, .ll II.
pensive but the burden Of tbs VA.
IS In no way comparable IN ~ ~.
loss Of the trees. Tile
c. c. Chadbcurn
Wilmington, N. C.
August 20, 1947.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
BY ROGER BABsON

trucks are so scarce that this food
cannot get to Paris and the other
large cities. There should be
enough food in southern France;
but there the communists are In
control and they are doing all they
can to cause trouble and unrest.
Even when a Partisan gets out
into the country to buy food, the
farmer will not take francs in pay
ment except at a big discount. He
really wants either American dol
lars Or English pounds. If gold or
silver is not available for cur
rency, he wants gold jewelry or
silverWare or something else
which he can use as barter to
buy clothes, blankets or machin-
cry. Here is certainly a lesson for
all U. S. big city jewellers. Keep
hidden in your house 1T al times
a certain amount Of currency,
gold jewelry, silverware and dia-
monds that you can take with you
if you suddenly are forced to es-
cape from some big city at the
beginning of World War III. You
won't have time to visit your safe
deposit box!
In England and France both the
food and shelter problem is very
Snri0us hIlf the nenn1e of these
countries are not complaining. In
Germany, however, everyone is
gripping. They r mad row and
blame all their troubles onto us.
They hate our officers and our
cornbread. Fats are very scarce
as well as coffee, sugar and all
imported products. Most farm
homes are reported to be in good
condition: hut the cities ara large
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

fishing trip, that he wanted to be
sure to get this one in because
after he got tangled up with the
governments e mediation
agency it might be a few years
before he would be able to get
away from his desk.
Ching's great resemblance to
Chief Justice Fred Vinson is a
source Of many laughs to both OF
them. When Cy was lunching at
the Mayflower just after accepting
the new job, the several friends
with him were sent into stitches
by an incident during the meal.
A man with a heavy southern ac-
cent strobe over to Ching's table,
slapped him on the back and said,
"Well, Judge, l haven't seen you
FOR years. How r things going?"
Ching, without blinking, replied,
"Suh, the bench gets mighty hard
some days, but you must come
UP and see me some time" That
was all that was said and the
visitor walked away.
Beneath Ching's good : natured
exterior, however, is a burning de-
termination to improve Americas
labor relations machinery. 1t is
his success with furthering this
determination that made President
Truman recognize Ching as the
tob1yo,,e .onJiIe4o ~ @,Ea ov,or thu
new mediation agency. Although,
in all his service On many gov
eminent labor boards d COM
mittees, he has represented man.
agement as labor relations di-
rector for the U. S. Rubber. COM
pany, it is believed he has slightly
more support from labor now than
he does from management.
Ching left a high : salarjed job
with U. S. Rubber to take over
this $12, COCA : year government
lob, But he wasn't making $780,
600 a year in his former post, as
was reported in n paper.
One of the most important du-
ties of his new job will be an
administrative n - recognizing
the old Cancellation Service. His
with U. S. Rubber has
proved his ability to hanele this
aspect Of the assignment. An of.
fetal from that company describ.
ing Ching's ability, says, His
ruggedness is reflected in
character, his idiom, and his
direct method FOR attacking
problem. He has great clarity of
thought and expression and knows
how to handle people,"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
Europe In Sore Straits

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y, Aug. 20.
Il am in New York City trying
to get the low-down On The real
conditions abroad. Truly they are
very discouraging. 1t looks much
like the case Of our neighbours
house being on fire when, if we
do not help him to put his fire
out, u house will b urn down
also.
Conditions for the ordinary fam
lily in England are as bad as dur
ing the war although they now
have the satisfaction of having
fathers and boys safely at nome.
The best meat is horse inca. from
Argentina; the best eggs are pow
dered eggs from China: The best
sausages are filled with oatmeal;
and the best coffee is made of
burnt beans. People moreover,
have to stand in line tor hours
to get ever these things with a
loaf of blackbread.
When l e the waste in hotels,
restaurants and most U. S. homes,
l feel very much ashamed. Today
millions of British people are liv-
ing in the cellars of ruined build
ings or in temporary shacks 1t
is true that carpenters coming to
these wrecked cities are demand
ing high wages, because they
themselves find no places to sleep
or food to eat.
While talking with those from
France, l am told that its trouble
is more n of distribution. North
ern F ranc has been heavily
bombed; but there is a plenty OF
meat, milk and butter. The high
ways and railroads. however. are
so bombed out, and gasoline and
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
The South And Livestock

The South has long coveted a great
livestock industry. One adverse factor
has been that the region could not grow
enough corn and so has had to import
feed for it's cattle. This cost has retard-
ed the industry.
It is true that Georgia farmers, by
feeding sweet potatoes and other corn
substitutes which are easily grown and
produce large crops, are now getting as
much income from cattle as from cot
ton, but for the most part the South
is still dreaming of competing with the
Middle West in the cattle market.
While Georgia is experimenting with
a hybrid corn which is said to out
produce the best open pollinated varie-
ties, a Wilmingtonian, Mr.. Hugh Mac
Rae, for years has been at work develop
ing year-round pasturage at Inversheil
with such success that large landown-
ers from Alabama and other Southern
states have made pilgrimages to his
farms to study his planting methods
and observe the stock he has raised and
fattened on the grasses he has found
will provide fresh feed throughout the
year.
Years ago MI. MacRae decided that
the open winters of this section, and
of other broad areas in the South, were
not fully appreciated, that farmers were
overlooking a ure source of steady
revenue from cattle by failing to grow
Through seasonal planting the grasses
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

ly in ruins and the housing con-
ditions terrible.
During the war the Germans
robbed France, Belgium and Ho.-
land of their fine pictures. silver
ware, imported china, etc. These
things were stored in the homes
Of German politicians and Off
GERS. Now these city people are
offering these things to the farm
ers (who will not accept paper
money! in exchange for food. This
is another illustration of why
am advising U. S. young people
to settle in the country o. on a
small farm away from certain OF
our big cities which will someday
be in the same mess that these
German cities r today. United
Nations statisticians tell me that,
at the present rate Of RECONSTRUCT
ton it will take 100 years to clear
up the debris.
The Poland and Balkan repre-
%sentatives are terribly doWnheart-
ed. These people believe that the
Allies, the Germans and the Rus
SLAMS have all double-crossed them
and stolen from them. Here even
the farmers have been robbed Of
their cattle, horses, carts and
what little machinery t had.
Still worse, the people of these
countries, are fast losing their
character, morals and all sense of
honesty.
Lying is now recognized
throughout all Europe as being
normal and right: but in eastern
Europe sexual restraint has been
thrown aside and millions are
running and mixing like wild ami
mails. If a girl can sell her virtue
to an Allied or even Russian SOL
dier for food or clothing the par
ents say well DONE" Here again
conditions n worse in the big
cities where prostitution is said to
be a major industry. This is an
other reason for bringing up your
family in the country or in a
small American city.
Rural Japan is said % be in
good shape. The farmers and fish
ermen have enough to eat. In
fact, most of the poor people of
japan are better off today than
before the war. vi course, the
wealthy families are down and
out. Stocks, bonds and hank ac-
counts have been wiped out. In
the severely damaged big cities
crime, gambling a d prostitution
still reign. The principal COM
plant of the japanese is ''the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
GOOD MORNING

Uher 7 see a man with a sour, shrivel-
tace I cannot forbear plying his wife;
~Snd when 1 meet an open, ingenious coun-
tenance, T think of the happiness OF his
friends, his family, and his relations
Addison.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

WHO WON HI WAR

At a Liberation Day celebration
in Korea last week, Russian CIV
eral Shtikov gave Russia an
credit for winning the war wits
japan and did not mention t5o
part played by the United Ststss
or any other country. For this
comic performance, the RUSS
was roundly booed by the e5,OOo
Koreans in his audience.
American General Hodge, how.
ever. who also spoke, was roundIv
cheered by the Koreans. He sx.
pressed the hope in his addres,
that Korean independence would
soon become a reality.
II General Shtikov didn't know
that the United States was in the
war, too, maybe he does now
Durham Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
IN SHANGHAI

Large groups o. conscript sol.
diers from South China pass
through Shanghai on sheir way
to the civil war zone in the North.
and many of them have been de-.
sorting in the confusion of the
city.
Mayor K. c. WI said last week
that provincial officers in charge
of the recruits had adopted the
device of seizing youths at ran.
dom off Shanghai's streets 10 ill
the gaps in the ranks. Indignant
he warned that city authorities
would take drastic steps to hall
the practice - New York Herll
Tribune.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

The only basis on which Communists have
a chance is by default by our Government.
Communists want chaos and poverty. The
steel shortage is the Communists best secret
weapon in America.-Walter Reuther, presi-
dent, JAW.
Twice within a generation, American INDUS
try has demonstrated that, given adequate
time to- convert to munitions production, it
can outproduce any other nation in the world.
Secretary of War Royal.
The time has come to crush excessive ma
tionalism. Let us be simply human.-Paul
Reynaud. foxmer French Premier.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
Quotation

1t is time the federal government begins
to balance its budget and that we cease to
raid the federal Treasury for every single
item that Is needed for the operation OF
schools or anything else in the U. S.-Rep.
John Taber (R) of New York.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30

atomic itch" whatever that ma
mean.
I talked with a person just pack
from Hiroshima who says tha;
even its people have nj grud8e
against us Americans. They wei
come our occupation a il speai
well for the behavior Of cur
troops. One japanese said to me,
REALLY, Mr.. Babson, l think ia
pan won the war" Upon askin:
for his reason, he replied why
you have Truman for a leade- an
we have Macarthur"
An unconscious question anon
the delegates of these fifty nations
is: How long can We in the Unltsa
States continue 70 Give the lie
OF Riley" wasting on food, oaa
entertainment, ~unnee1ed ciothH'
beauty parlors, drinking tavern,
and strike picketing while the res.
of the world is starving. You reao'
ers can answer this question a.
we'll as l. 1t seems to me, 19"'
ever, that unless there is a YOU.
tary levelling off, the whole WORE
will someday gang UP against u,
II is religion that this old Woro
needs and this applies 70 us II
our selfish smugness, as well a.
to the people of Europe Who are
hopelessly Wandering about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-08-30
SANE Y STATUTES

It IS pointed out BY the COul
Gil of Governors that ~"reckles,
flying" is declared unlawful BY
many states, including Nortl
Carolina. Quite a few yelrs
ago the Tar Heel Legislature
looked into the future and enact
ed laws intended to put a crimE
into those eagles" prone to fly
with wild abandon or with tc
many highballs under their flight
jackes-Raleigh Times.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-08

last five weeks. This is one of
the newest troops in the county
Most of the scout officials Wis
ted the campOree during the
week end and witnessed some of
the activities. j. Harvey Payne.
chairman of the camping activi-
ties committee. Ralph HARRISON
md Scout Master Lemly spent
he light at the camporee. which
held on the Ambrose Bare
property below Jefferson.
Scout officials said that they
wanted to thank Mr.. Bare and all
others for their cooperation in
making the camporee a big sue
cess. Boy Scouts and scout mas
tiers are to be highly congratu-
lated on the progress they have
made. eve are very proud of it"
one official said.
Officials who attended the first
camporees held stressed the fact
that there was a vast improve
ment to be noted in the camporee
held last week end.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1947-05-08
Start Plans To
Secure Teacher
OF Agriculture
Would Enable More Veterans
To Take On The Job Farm
Training Next Year

Definite plans to secure at
least one vocational agricultural
teacher for the county in the near
future were discussed on Monday
at meeting in the office of the
superintendent of schools, B. H.
Duncan.
Superintendent Duncan pre-
sented the plans, possibilities and
requirements to members of the
board of county commissioners,
l.. P. Coward, chairman of the
county board Of education, j. B.
Hash, principal of Jefferson high
school; members of the staff
of assistant teachers on the vet
GRAMS training program. Walter
Miller, Kermit Jones and Roy
Beck, and G. G. WEIGH who has
recently joined this staff: a pros
DectiVc teacher and the editor of
this paper.
jefferson is one of the schools
n the county that meets the re-
quired qualifications at the pres
ent time. The value of the pro-
gram to the county, not only for
the boys now in school. but to the
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