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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Provinciaksrn

During NE days of the Roman Empire
t. was popular to deeny and 10 ridueule
provnoialism.
The citizens of Rome, who led this parade
If denuneiation, fanoisd that provlnclaEsm
was she attitude of residents Of towns small
en- than Rome. The Romans cited the long
hist of things the people in smaller Gowns
did know.
As II tarnsd out the provinciahsm that
injured the Roman Empire was the attitude
of she citizens of Rome. The Romans were
of the smaller towns.
Much Of that provincialism OF the resi-
dent of the larger town persists today long
after the citizens of Rome handicapped
and injured their own Empire.
Today the residents of larger towns tend
10 want to know only that which takes
place within their own city limits or in
even larger town. They play down what
10 happening IN smaller towns. They over
look the significance OF what is tickling place
Ia rvral sections. They are tempted to be
cc~deseending.
The utmost in prov5ncialism is the feel
ing that what one does not know is of no
Importance and that nothing counts except
what one does know.
That is the temptation constantly as
Sailing the resident of a larger town.
Invariably the provineialism of the larger
town rs more costly than the pFovineiaEsn1
OF the smaller town.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

ing to expand their industry in
keeping with the prodigious
postwar expansion of the
American economy as a whole,
the steel managers have made
a future depression almost in
evitable.
That is one side of the coin.
The other side of the coin, as
argued with conviction by Mr..
Voorhees, and his associates,
might fill a fair-sized book. But
here is an attempt briefly to
summarize their main points:
/. "The steel industry has no
power to create depression or
prosperity" That depends on
the ultimate consumer - the
man who buys a car or his
wife who buys a washing ma
chine. They, not the steel man
ayers, decide how much steel
il produced. "Would the 1928
crash have been avoided if steel
had greatly expanded?" More
over, Voorhees, nd his asioci-
ates argue cogently that DR..
Beans neat charts of the rela-
tionship between employment
and steel capacity are demon
strably phoney, based on a loga-
rithmic trick which would hor-
rify any competent statistician.
2. None of the government
economists, say the steelmen,
has troubled to consider the
real meaning of the vast ex-
pansion of steel capacity which
they demand. Even if it were
miraculously possible to in
crease steel capacity now by
as much as 10 per cent-which
it is not-the effect would be
disastrously inflationry. The
already hard-pressed construc-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

ton industry would be drained,
and steel prices themselvH
would be forced up, since II
takes steel to make steel. More
over, the industry is already G'
panding at top speed consistent
with any reasonable economic
theory. And the fact that tn
billion dollar expansion pro.
gram is already six months b.
hind schedule illustrates The
kind of difficulties which hi
government economists so Light
ly brush aside.
8. The industry is not hoard.
ing" "The steel industry il
general" says Mr., VOORHEES,,
els spending more money for
replacement and expansion d
productive facilities than it has
provided currently for wear and
exhaustion of present facil.tn
plus all the income it has aftN
paying the usual dividends v
its owners"
4. BY any fair test, the stess
men say, steel prices are low
1t can be demonstrated s%tatlst'
cally tht they are far love-
than prices in any other lmpof'
tant segment of the ECONOMY y
comparison with pre-War. More
over, Mr.. Voorhees, gives q VH
Continued On Page Eight
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Star Program

State ports with Wilmington favored
in proportion with it's resources, to IN
clude public terminals, tobacco stor-
ace warehouses, ship repair facilities,
nearby sites for heavy industry
35-foot Cape Fear river channel.
City auditorium large enough 10
meet needs for years to come.
Development of Southeast North
Carolina agricultural and industrial
through better markets n
food processing, pulp wood produetlon
and factories.
Emphasis on the regions reorea-
ton advantages and improvement OF
resort accommodations.
Improvement of Southeastern North
Cardinals farm-to-market and prl-
mary roads, with a paved highway
from Topsail inlet to Bald Head is
land.
Continued effort TO attract more In
dustries.
Proper utilization of Bluethenthal
airport for expanding air service.
Development of Southea stern North
Cardinals health facilities, especially
in counties lacking hospitals, and IN
Guiding a Negro Health center.
announcement Of the growth OF
commercial fishing.
Consolidation Of City and County
governments.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Soviet Aims, Methods
An Editorial From The Greensboro Daily News

An Editorial From The Green's
boro Daily News set 2 coils
During the war and for some
time after it there was room
for hope based on history and
common sense that Russia
would not make the same mis-
take which had just caused Hit
ler's downfall and attempt to
extend her domination over all
Europe. There was hope that
the Soviet Union would at least
limit her expansion to territory
which had once belonged to
czarist Russia or at most take
in some adjacent strategic
areas which could be reason
ably described as "buffer terri
tory"
This hope has gone glimmer-
ing. The present situation points
toward the gravest contin-
gencies. 1t now looks as if the
Soviet Unions objective is to
rule Europe through Commu-
mist stooges. Straws in the wind
are her proposal to revive the
Comlntern, her savage and con-
sistent attacks on American de-
mocracy and European socia-
ism, her decision not to Coop
crate in any plan to further the
economic revival of Europe,
and her evident intention to
sabotage the Marshall plan.
And if the Soviet's aims r
most deeply disturbing to those
who r on the side of free
dom and peace, her methods
are no less so. The Soviet-sup-
ported murder in Bulgaria of
Nikola Petkov, a brave and
wise man who was willing to
work with the Communists but
who baked at turning all power
IN his country over to them, is
evidence that even those w h
would like to do business with
Stain incl1ding the Wallace
school Of good will-will not be
aIo"e' to if they sind in the
way OF Soviet extension of DOW
er but on the contrary will b.
ruthlessly liquidated if con-
venient.
The methods hv which he
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
BY STEWART ALSOP

The views of the steel indus
try's critics, of whom the chief
sparkplug is a government eco
nomist, DR.. Louis Bean, have
already been reported here, to-
gether with a conversation be-
tween the Council of Economic
Advisers and Mr.. E. M. Voor-
hees, chairman of the finance
committee of United States
Steel. In brief, the economists
argue that the steel managers
r content to limit expansion,
to take high profits out Of high
prices now, as a sort of hoard
ing against a future depression.
X is argued further that in fail
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Matter Of Fact

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-THE
bitter debate which has been in
termittently in progress be-
tween the managers of steel in
dustry and their government
and labor critics will no doubt
soon come to a boil again. The
Council of Economic Advisers is
expected to submit a report to
the President which will be
highly critical of "unimagina-
tive steel management. tt e
battle will reach its height dur
ing the next session of Con-
gress. Since it will rage loud
and long, it is worth trying to
understand what it is all about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

that he had left town, believing
he had killed Bill McNutt.
Mr.. Knott explained later that
this was incorrect.
Il was afraid" he said, that
Bill McNutt would kill me-"
Mr.. McNutt, on his part, re
lated that there was a gap in his
recollection.
II said I would sing and the
next thing I knew I was puzzled
to see so many shoes walking
around on the level of my eyes,
Mr.. McNutt said. Il couldn't un-
derstand how they could be walk
ing around way UP there. Then
with the keen brain of the train
ed observer, II saw it all. They
weren't way up there. ] was
way dawa tAeaa."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

Soviet Union has been exteh1
ing its domination in Easter
Europe have been anaIyzed y
a series of articles by #a.,%
Kerr, Ned Russell. Russell HlI
and William Atwood IN the New
York Herald Tribune. Here IL
the way it works; a. A Com
munist minister is put n cur
troll of the police forces; " On
other is put in contro! OF mi
courts; 60 another IN con'Io- "
the armed forces; (4) Comm
nists take control Of the ca''
net; 50 Communists get a 81
jority in parliament if poSSlo.
co. non-Communist parties o."
intimidated; 90 the press =
censored by Communists I%
is the program which has ost.
wholly or partly carried ou~
the formerly independent co.n
tries behind the iron cuF''D
from Finland to Bulgaria.
The program falls INTO nv
states; the first is the pispo.,
tory stage where legal me'Aonj
are generally used; the secq }s.
is the combat stage where -. ~,
gal oppression and violence at at
the rule. The program Is ~,
about complete when IL
reached the point where i. ~ !.
practicable to hang . "rs
popular and patriotic opPo''
leader such as Petkoy,
Thus it is beginning 10 .5 ,o2s
as if Stain and the Po.-'J m.
ler's mistake in the nope M,
this time they will suCcs[r, 10
is not a pleasant concl1s- on y,
come to. but it is forced Oh rs !,
at least tentatively vat i.
means, for one thing' 'lip lake
will be more difficult 10 .ni
the Marshall plan succeeu, mo-.
indeed it may make 1t NY !.
sible; but at the same tlm IA.
makes it more impeFaIse We
it be tried. 1t means t.', sery
are in a "cold war lot had
high stkes and that we d
better become more aN
that fact than we are nov"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

ices all became pretty expert a
it towards the end of the war
Even fighting men realized the
psychological services did som,
good.
While waging psychological
warfare, the U. S. information
services did not resort to propa'
ganda, in the sense of telling
lot of lies. That was the Hitler
and Goebbels technique. The big
ger the lie, the more the sucker
population was supposed to be.
lieve it.
But, as the U. S. information
services proved, it is possible t.
wage psychological warfare with.
out distorting the truth. Ugly
facts r convincing enough in
themselves, without coloring.
With the end of the war, how
ever, all ideas of carrying on psy-
Geological warfare were dropped
from U. S. foreign policy. Peace
was supposed to be at hand and
the line was to quiet everybody
down, not to stir them up. Moth
ing was ever to be broadcast by
The Voice that any foreign gov
eminent might consider unfriend-
ly.
Dubious Congress cut appro,
priations, which eventually fore
ed the government to turn much
OF the program over to the com
mercial broadcasting chains, tc
handle on a contract basis TO,
the government.
One of the first complaints
to be heard when that was done
came from the American embassy
in Athens, Greece. This was a,
the time whens the Truman doc.
trine for Greece and Turkey was
a highly controversial issue. The
criticism was that the programs
were SO %colorless and ineffective
that it would be better to broad
cast nothing at all to the Greek
people.
The State Department then
shifted policy, so that the govern
ment transmitted its own pro-
grams to countries in which there
were particular postwar prob
lens. The service picked up.
But now a new phase of radio
relations has arisen. As the vol
ume of anti-American propagan-
da increases, there is a growing
feeling that the U. S. should not
sit back and take all this abuse
without protest. The situation
is now thought to call for a more
aggressive policy to nail the lies,
set the record straight and maybe
point out some of the crimes the
other fellow is committing.
Congressman who have been
touring Europe during the sum-
mer may have something to.say
on this subject when they get
back to Washington. One of their
particular assignments has been
to check up on the U. S. in
formation services overseas.
flrst-hand informal; IN on hor,
U. S. aims are being d'-..9r;ca is
expected to bring SINE of the
lawmakers around to believing
this country should start WAXING
psychological peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Psychological Peace
BY T EDISON

WASHINGTON, Oct. 12--1n.
creasing pressure is being exert.
ed by advisors within the State
Department to make the U. S
governments Voice of America
foreign broadcast policy more az
gressive.
Today, the Voice is pretty re-
fined and gentlemanly. There is
no checking up, no answering
back when Radio Moscow, War
saw and Belgrade fabricates some
whopper about warmongering in
the U. S. and expects the native
listeners to believe it.
These radio TRADES against the
U. S. have been increasing in
tempo since the end of the war.
The Runssian radio is, of course,
the worst offender. Satellite
countries take the pitch and do
their shrilling to the tune set by
Moscow.
Often the Russian radio is COM
pletely inconsistent. 1t will beam
one story to Korea, another to
China, still other versions to the
Middle East or Europe. Anything
to suit the local situation.
The Voice of America has never
called this game, nor replied by
radio or even formal diplomatic
note to these inventions. It has
instead, played the news straight,
The emphasis has been on build
ing up a reputation for conser-
vative reliability.
It vas the Voice of America,
for instance which broke through
censorship but, in mater-of-fac,
manner, first told the Bulgarian
people that their Peasant Party
leader, Nikola Petkov, had been
arrested on charges of plotting to
overthrow the Communications
mated government. But the Voice
did nothing to incite the Bull
garian people against their Rus
sian overlords.
The game was played different
ly in wartime. Then the idea was
to wage psychological warfare,
to throw at the Axis countries
every argument that could be
used to make the people discon-
tented and make them realize
how they are being exploited.
The overseas branch of the Office
of War Information, the Army's
Psychological Warfare branch
and the Office Of Strategic Serv-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Congratulations

Southport at present is charging the edu-
eational facilities of two Of its churches. 1t
has obtained pledges sufficient to build a
new, modern hotel. It has the promise of an
early survey of a new route for a highway
from Southport to Wilmington that will re-
duce the distance between the two towns to
twenty-four miles. It has several residences
under construction.
These are tangible evidences of a COM
munity determination to grow and of a
~recongnition of the Importance of civic i'm
~provements.
Southport is moving towards greater Access
sibility and the entertainment and con-
venience of those who take advantage of
that accessibility.
Congratulations to the people of Southport
for their vision, determination, industry
and public generosity.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
GOOD MORNING

All so unto one place; all are Of the
dust. and all turn to dust aSaan.-Ee-
elesiastes 500.
Yhe grave anitess where cen the
great find rest,
And blended lie tn o4QfessOf n tn
oppressed!
Pope
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13
Call On Friend,
In The Hospiita,
By L A. O'RRTpN

Hospital authorities wisb -"
visitors would show mor. mat
terest in the patients w5o IN
a long time. SaI
When someone you k1ou.
comes i'll, and is taken o.
hospital, call his home M
flee to learn about his cond Oh
Hospital switchboard nars.n
usually are so busy 5s15ri'ys
business calls that thew do
have time to issue reports IYI
patients. Some hospitals d. %
permit their employees IA 4N
this information. Ss
The public should respeo,
pital visiting hours. which s,a n.y.
aside by concentrating a~ttan.''
on the patient at other lines sn"
ing the day. In case of ,sr S1'
illness, hospitals welcome mo~
bers of the family at any r.ms
Daily number of visitors l..
each patient should be ljm,, W
Patients tire easily and too NV,
visitors slow period Of corvsla,'
cence. Do not object if tbe NV
pital tells you the potjen, "
ready has had the number a
visitors which the physician
charge recommends.
Do not stay too long and vb,,
you get eady to 60, do NOT n,a'
long your departure by hanpr,
over the end of the bed lust !,
tell one more bit of news.
Even though the patient ma,
have used tobacco when he wa
well, it may be sickening to hn
now. Smoking in hospitals by IA,
tients and visitors in d hazard a
most hospital fires start from
burning bed clothing or was,
baskets.
Most patients enjoy receivu
letters and gifts even though tne
may not feel up to having VIZ
itors.
Control of visitors at the ho.
pital is a problem which ba
never been solved to the satt
faction of everyone. The ros
important person to be consider.
ed is the patient and, if he will b.
helped by the visit, the caller
should come.
Everyone is urged to visit long,
stay patients with regularly
Theirs is the greatest need tf
visitors, yet they usually nav
the fewest callers.
X 4 =
QUESTION: I have been tod
have intercostal neuralgia. X.
rays do not show anything and
medicine has not relieved H.
What would you suggest?
ANSWER: Some patients with
intercostal neuralgia have ~
ceived relief from their paiI
through injections of noyoCam
into the nerNeS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

Law as being only the first weapon off the
production line, operated by vicious and
vengeful forces.-D. B. Robertson, presi-
dent, Brotherhood, Locomotive Fremen
and En&inemen.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-10-13

oOOClAN oVoJ oA
~glvenesS.
Mr.. Slavin left the peace conference
with his skull broken and Mr.. Lackaye
picked himself up to discover that Nc
Graw had fractured his walking stick and
his ankle, too.
There was litigation between McGraw,
Stoneham and Magistrate Francis x: Nc
Quade, a third partner in the Giants,
which disclosed violence far more exciting
than the shrill disputes among MacPhail,
Dan Topping and Del Webb of the Yam
KEGS of this day. The directors of the
Giants opened their meetings with COB
boons at point blank and closed them
rolling down the stairs like brawling bee
ties behind a barn.
It is a melancholy thing, I tell you, to
read that MacPhail staggered over a table
in one of the World Series autopsy rooms
to act unseemly in the presence of some
journalists "and their wives"
"Their what?" I asked myself and read
again. Yes, it said their wives.'
So it has come to this.
1t had not come to this the year that
William Slavens McNutt, known thereaft-
er as the caved-in man, had his incident
with a scrawny party named Knott, of
the New York Times. Mr.. McNutt an
nounced in the rejoicing room that he
would sing.
"When you say that, SMILE" said Mr..
Knott, with a sheer.
Mf. McNutt roared and then suddenly
lay still. Mr.. Knott was never seen again
~ mat World Series. and the legend grew
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
LIVESTOCK
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Jan. 7-RE(USDA)
Hogs, $500; market active to
all interests; ITO lbs up strong to
Is higher than best time Monday;
$3.50 over average; light weights
unevenly steady to so higher; sows
mostly steady; spots Is lower;
most good and choice 170-250 lbs
81. rs to mostly 22.00; top 22.25:
26o-31o lbs 21.25-75; 130-15O lbs 1900
20. so; 100-120 lbs 17.50-18. IS; good
275-5O0 lbs sows 100000; heavier
weights 17.50-18.50; stays 400 to
1900.
Cattle, 5000; calves, LOO; open
trade active on all classes and I'm
evenly strong to higher; good to
low choice steers %. 00-27.O0 with
a few prime yea-lings held con
siderably higher; good to choice
mixed yearlings and heifers 1000
26. 90; medium to low good 1900
$50; good cows around 1915.
49, so; common and medium bee:
cows 12.O0-15.0G; Gamers and cut
tiers 10. 00-11.75; medium and gooe
sausage bulls IS 50-16.25; good bee:
bulls to 1850; vealers unchanged
at top $500; good to choice 1000
30.75; medium to low good 400
| 1850.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
SELLING BRIGADE
HALTS BOND RISE
AT Final Bell, Gains About
Match Losses During
Full Session

NEW YORK, Jan. 7-P)-Rall-
road obligations ran into selling
opposition after an early success
full try at higher price levels in
the bond market Tuesday.
At the final bell gains and losses
running to 2 points either way were
in fairly close balance.
The late retreat was in step with
a similar recession in the stock
market. Brokers attributed the sell
ing in part to development of a
cautious attitude pending a clearer
view of the work Of the new Con-
gress.
Sales totaled Sc, 300, 900 against
S., 140, 900 Monday.
American Telephone 2 3-4s of 81
again supplied a large part of the
action. Ahead for a time, the is
closed IL lower at lib IL on
turnover of $721, 900.
On Up Side
Still ahead at the finish were
Great Western Is at SO IA, Monon
incomes at SO IL, St. Paul incomes
at "a IL, Northwestern IS at 100
3-4, Louisville and Nashville 2 TBS
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
LIVESTOCK

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 7-(P-
(USDA = Hogs = market steady
with Monday on all weights. Top
$21.50 for good and choice 160-24O
lb. barrows & gifts. 100-120 lbs.
$3.50. 12O-140 lbs. $3.50. 140-160
lbs. $40. 90. 24O-300 lbs. $21.00 300
lbs. & over $2O.5 Good sows, all
weights, $500. Good stays $3.50.
Cattle - early receipts fairly
light. Steers generally well cleared,
mostly $18.O0-21.50 for medium to
good offerings; some strictly good
to choice higher. Cows fully steady
at $500 to $1,000 for Gamers & cut
tiers: l 0.00-12.00 on medium
dairy type; and $12.Oo-15.oo for
good beef cows. Few heavy saus-
age bulls around $12.00-13.00; GOOD
beef bulls $14.00-15.00. Market
strong on vealers, with good &
choice kinds scarce. Practical tor
$23. 90.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
Selling Pressure Cuts
Early Gains On Market

amended recapitalization plan,
emerged unchanged at 80 H..
Schenley, ahead as much after
hitting a new low Monday, also
finished unchanged at 48.
Douglas Aircraft was up 1 IL at
rs, Dow Chemical 1 IL at 176 IL,
American Smelling 1 at 81 10
and Goodrich 1 at IS ga. Modest
improvement was retained by
American Telephone, Public Ser
vice of N. j., Philip Morris and
Standard Oil NJ.
Ahead in the Curb were Pante-
pee, United Gas, Segal Lock, Gar
rett Corp, and Hummel-Ross. Re
cessions were recorded for Barium
Steel, Aireon, Electric Bond &
Share and North American Light.
Turnover here was 200, 900 shares
versus 300, 900 Monday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-08
Trimming OF Accounts Has
Much To Do With Late
Trade Hedging

MARKETS AT A GLANCE
NEW YORK, Jan. 7-P-
Stocks - lower, late selling
~depresses leaders.
Bonds - steady; rails lead
modest advance.
Cotton - lower; commission
house and New Orleans liquida-
ton.
Wheat - lower; lack Of COM
mercial buying and CCC sup
port.
Corn - weak; increased
country offerings.
Oats - lower; followed corn
downward.
Hogs - active and so to IS
cents higher; top S22.75.
Cattle - fairly active and
mostly steady; extreme top
S22.75'.
Cattle - fairly active and
mostly steady; extreme top
$3.50, practical top $500.
NEW YORK, Jan. 7-P)-The
stock market, irregularly higher
in slow dealings during most OF
Tuesdays session, ran into selling
of steels, motors and rail at the
last with numerous leaders clos
ing down fractions of a point more.
Trimming of accounts was blam-
ed as much on caution as outright
bearishness. Many customers In
clined to stand aside pending Con-
gressional developments in relation
to the Presidents Monday mes
sage. Others lightened holdings
because of skepticism regarding
wage-price situations and business
pros ,ects over coming months.
Futher timid reinvestment bidding
propped assorted favorites.
The ticker tape frequently was
idle until the final hour when suf-
ficent offerings arrived to quicken
the pace. Transfers of $50, OOC
shares equalled the aggregate Of
the day before.
The Associated Press 6O-Stock
Composite was off 5 of a point at
66.2. Of 984 issues registering,
545 declined and 259 advanced.
Norfolk & Western dropped q
points at 239, Southern Pacific l SD
at a IA, Manville l IL at
1873 IL, Kennecott l IL at so 90
Boeing l 10 at 20 1-8, Chrysle1
1 IL at 80, Youngstown Sheet l "a
at g. IL. Western Union "A" IA
at 18 - and U. S. Steel l 1-0 at
II 3-8.
North American, up a point al
at one time in the wake OF an