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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
An Editorial from the Rih--
mOnd TimeS-DiSpatch

The ultimate in ''fetherbed-
ding" proposals has been heard.
Producer Dan Golenpaul, of the
radio program. Information
Please" has filed a complaint
against New York local of the
American Federation of Musi-
clans, charging that they want
him to hire 299 standbys-one for
each of the stations on the EN-
formation Please" radio hookup-
while one pianist performs in the
station in which THE program orig
mates.
If Mr.. Golenpauls allegation is
true-the local union claims to
know nothing of the matter-this
is the choicest specimen of union
job-padding which has turned up
yet. The musicians union presi-
dent, the ineffable James Caeser
Petrillo, has shown fine pro-
pensity for such doings before, but
out -Caesared himself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
Nothing But Feathers

Maybe this business Of it, s'si 4,
ing jobs in a vacuum 'teqllr ar n NJ
which produce no material .,,cer W
chic goods for any e9ilsu,fi' .3ns n !.
benefits the AIMS idea o. ~, y
fective union activity I, nu' ats,
tainly nobody else 6enefl' '..S+,. s
the union refuses to Io'Gp tss a
in passing on to society the Mt ~
vantages inherent IN mass is ri RI
duction. 1t is, in d sense O., asait!
ficial and unfair restrain .,'r 90 81:
the normal operation Of ,.'.+rv oa, q
nomic system, just as indas''r 5si. ptr i
erts when, through onlsi1 .he pls
fixing, t withholds from n.ttL9nstir tng S
lie the advantages N -0iD
capitalism. .,,ion 81!
more justified in ,ds551 ds%251'lii.ssp pisp;..:
when % one performs on the ssoaitg 'i
than the actors unlo"' tbe en-
would ' be in demandins .srS tps pwhen
ployment of standby actor o. ssbTosp'
ever a motion picture "
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24

a file higher than a cats back.
l have spies, friends of mine in
the Teamsters' union, who despise
old Dan Tobin, and spies in rail-
road unions, the boilermakers,
sandhogs and others.
They are all for the Taft-Hart-
ley Law.
I have always felt sorry that
the little man who wasn't there
never brought me down to Wash
ington to denounce me fearlessly
as a labor spy. was going to
say, yes, he was dam tootin' I
was labor spy. A pro-labor spy,
fighting the union rackets to set
men free! You know, cheese
cake and corn. But some union
spy must have warned little Bob.
because the invitation never
came. a.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
Poland's Future Dark

esp" writing in the Christian Science
Monitor, says that before he went to Warsaw
he thought he knew what destroyed city
was like. He had travelled for twelve months
in postwar Europe and had been face to face
with rubble hills and gutted houses in Lon
don, Dover and Southampton, in La Harve,
Antwerp, and The Hague, in Vienna and
Budapest, in Berlin, Munich and Frankfort,
and score of smaller German and Austrian
places. "But Warsaw taught me that had
been mistaken
In Warsaw, he notes, with prewar popu-
lation of 100000 persons well over 1,OC0,-
900 persons lost their homes. Here we quote:
"What gives the Polish Capital its sad
lead over other war-ravaged cities, however,
is not only the unparalleled extent but the
Wantonness of the destruction.
''The damage inflicted upon the city in
actual warfare, mostly during the siege of
September, 1899, was relatively small. The
first major blow fell in the spring of 1943,
when, after the battle of the Warsaw ghetto,
the walled-in Muranow district, where the
Jews had been confined, was razed. And I
mean 'razed' In an area covering several
square miles not single wall was left
standing. This was only a prelude to things
still to come.
"In the last three months of 1914 virtually
all of Warsaw proper, located on the left
bank of the Vistula River, was demolished
systematically.
"The destruction was carried out as re-
prisal for the unsuccessful Warsaw rising of
August, 1914. The entire population Of the
city was evacuated, and then German demo-
lition squads set the torch to one house
after another. What withstood the fire was
blown up by dynamite charges or destroyed
by dive bombers."
And what adds to the sad lead over other
war-ravaged cities and nations is that
whereas Poland is under domination of the
Russians vast majority of Poles look upon
Russia as their natural enemy. Russia, under
the Cars, blocked Polands expansion east
ward and by sponsoring the partitions of
1772, 1898 and 1895 thwarted Polish indie
pendence for $50 years. And Russia, as ally
of Germany through the agreement engi-
neered by Hitler in September 1889 seized
10000 square miles of Polish territory
Coupled with these tragedies is the fact
that most Poles are averse to communism
but must submit to communist rule Save
only for Yugoslavia under Tito, the Soviets
have no stronger hold on a satellite state
than they possess in Poland.
With the tremendous task of rehabilitat-
ing their nation after the scourge of Ger
man occupation and the frightful nazi
slaughter of the people and destruction of
property, Poland faces an even worse TRACE
dy by reason of the Russian influence. The
future is indeed dark for those Poles who
have clear vision of Moscows purposes
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
Time Calls The Tune

BERLIN, Every responsible
american and British official
here share the fervent con-
viction that after the failure Of
the London Conference, ur-
gent steps must be taken
to form a provisional govern
ment in Western Germany,
These are the practical men
dealing with the practical situa-
ton. Their opinion deserves
respect in any case. Their argu-
ments, moreover, appear to be
rrefutable by any realistic test.
They say first that it is vain
ith wholly new methods and
purposes. Therefore even Cen
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
BY JOSEPH ALSOP

|eral Lucius D. Clay whose
highest ambition on coming to
Germany was to achieve agree
ment with the Soviets, now
frankly feels that there is no
hope.
In the second place, the mere
passage of time is pressing
these Americans and Britishers
who have the task of administer
ing the most important part of
the old German state. Their
broad problem is neatly sum-
med up in the currency issue.
and time-wasting to continue
seeking or hoping for agreement
with the Soviets. The Soviet con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24

/ sumner CreQlt COnLTOlS. SeC-
ond, we can put our foreign-aid
program under a high caliber
American agency which will
safeguard the effects of foreign
shipments on our American
prices. Third, the govern
ment should carry on a vigorous
program against monopolies,
boarding and profiteering."
In his new book, "Where I
Stand" Stassen writes: "T h e
margin of profit should also be
constantly analyzed and ex-
horbitant prices should be met
! by nationwide, officially en-
couraged boycotts of specific
bad examples to drive
down prices"
Stassen says the "save food"
campaign program should be
thoroughly backed and support
ed on the present voluntary
basis.
Taft at New York said, "Look
at the mess made of the vo1un-
tary food-saving program to
carry out a highly desirable
purpose" Later he said there
should be a powerful appeal to
consumers "to eat less and save
their money and not spend it on
food"
Taft has not fully outlined his
ideas about tax reform, except
to say that tax rates should be
spiral of initiation and relieve
cut as "the best way to stop the
the condition of the lower in
come workers." He offers tax
reduction as a substitute for an
other wage increase. But if the
average $250o~-year family
man got a 80 per cent tax cut,
the wage increase would be
about 10 cents a day.
Stassen is for tax reduction,
but he has worked out a major
revision plan for the 'entire tax
structure. First, he would limit
taxes to so per cent of any in
come. Second, he would put a
l IL per cent tax on big fortunes
in idle capital. Third, he would
give special benefits to small
business. Finally, he would low
er taxes, liberalize consumer
credit and embark on govern
ment public works programs
whenever unemployment be-
came greater than s per cent of
the labor force.
On housing, Taft and Stassen
look through the same knothole.
Taft's housing bill calls for
large-scale public housing. Stas-
sen agrees there must be gov
ernment-built housing, but he
wants it promptly sold to owner
occupants and private inves-
tors. Stassen also favors a two
year extension of rent control,
on which Taft has not yet made
up his mind.
Stassen endorses the Taft
Hartley Labor Law as "the
foundations of a fair, just and
well-balanced labor policy" But
he would amend it in three
places by allowing greater I'M
ion political activity. by requir-
ing the Communist affidavit
only when an accusation is
made, and by changing the un-
ion shop election provisions,
which he considers unworkable. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
Stassen VS., Taft
BY PETER EDISON

WASHINGTON, - Now that
1 residential Candidate Harold
E. Stassen has written a book
and made a lot of speeches, and
now that Candidate Robert A.
Taft has toured the west, made
a lot of speeches and thrown his
hat in the ring, it's possible to
compare their ideas. They're
lot as far apart as you'd think.
On some matters Stassen is
more liberal than the Demo
Gratis and on some others Taft
is more progressive than Stas-
sen. On foreign policy they ap-
pear to be poles apart.
On aid to Europe, Stassen, at
jefferson, Iowa, last May said:
II believe that for the next 10
years we should devote 10 per
cent of our total national pro-
duction of goods and food to
building for worldwide peace
and plenty and freedom"
In his speech before the Ohio
Society of New York, Taft said:
Il think the figure suggested by
the Hartman Committee is
higher than is safe"
Next day, at Washington
press conference, Taft said he
was "absolutely opposed" to the
$2.6 billion requested by Secre-
tary Marshall for immediate re-
lief aid to western Europe.
On the other top issue before
the special session of Congress
high prices-Stassen and Taft
both blame Truman's veto of
the unavoidable" price-con-
troll bill of 1916 for today's situa-
ton. And both oppose return to
OPA price control and ration
ing. Beyond these two points,
the two candidates seem to part
company.
On his western tour, Taft
said: eve had better work to-
wards a stabilization of wages
and prices at some new level,
perhaps so or so per cent above
prewar." In New York he said:
Broadly speaking, the Presi-
dent is asking for two complete
ly inconsistent policies at tn e
same time. If we want the Mar
shall Plan, we cannot have low
er prices"
Stassen takes no such dim
view. He thinks prices can be
pulled back down bit. In two
recent statements in New York
he made these specific and con-
structive suggestions:
"We should re-establish con-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24

of some value. It is equally Il,
gent to give them a penni,s. ~
representative provisional o, soy
ernment, which the Corr..
people can hold responsible 't', "a,
future failures. The alternativ.
is administrative collapse.
From such political reali..,
as these, there is no escape eT
cept into theory. In fact. n.
remaining open question is rS
whether another stalemate !,
London will be the sign for
radical reorganization Of We,,,
ern Germany, The questjm
still open is whether the Frenc,
will join with the British sm
Americans in setting up this new
Western Germany which will Al.
low the Germans to contribIt.
to their own salvation.
It is to be expected that N.
extremists among the French
will bitterly dislike the wb6.
business. For two years, hev
have been demanding divided
Germany. They have been urp
ing a form of German fedora,
ism as decentralized and as ut
workable as the American Con-
tinental Congress. They have
been deaf to the argumea
that an unworkable Germa
government would fail, that
political and social poisOu
would be generated by this gov.
ernmental failure, and that 1,
German drive for national re-
demption on the old pattern
would then result. Now, however
that a divided Germany is actl
ally in prospect, they have hast
ly changed their song.
When advocating federalism,
they said nothing Of the natural
German impulse towards nation
al unity. But now they talk d
nothing but the danger that I,
divided Germany will fly togethI
er around the nucleus Of BerI
lin. Therefore they urga a pol
icy of bankruptcy ndefinI.
prolongation of the present hope
less mess, with the certainty dI
ultimate collapse Of admlnlsta
ton thereby produced. Thes
men would be less important Y
it were not for the signs thai
General de Gaulle adheres u
their view.
Fortunately two new develot
ments provide grounds for quail
fled optimism. On the on'
hand, the American pollq
makers have at last recognize
the folly of our high handed pa
dealings with the French govern
ment. The practical situation
Germany does not permit enc
less delays for Anglo-Fran'C;'
American haggling. But '1i
French will not again be aSSs
with ungenial brusquenesS' v
accept accomplished facts ID,
Germany. This is part Of ah
great change typified in Gene,
al Clay's own thinking. A yea d
ago, Clay could be accused IL.
suffering from German localn
Now however, his Wao'
thought is concentrated on n
broad reconstruction Of Wes's.'
Europe, and he sees the n
habilitation of Germany as OILY
a part in this larger whole. l.,
Meanwhile, in Paris SE
there has been a change
heart in many quarters. The i., e.
rency problem, and the devsms e.s.
ing dollar deficit in the frsa.
one of Germany, are botn lol. s,
ing the French TO consider ~, ".
need for a German adrnlnl5T%r Tr.
ton that will really Work, Nv -.
representatives OF the ls. ,s..
Foreign Office. BeaumafcD.. o.,
and De Labourlaye, nave
tually visited Berlin IN TIN isT
weeks to survey the tgsssI
of a tri-zonal merger. lhus w, ""
seems to be some poSsl0ihH;i ;i,.
a sound cooperative s. sola.'. u.
After that, the task VIII w
make the solution a success,
Copyright, 1917, New Yol'
Herald Tribune Inc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
GOOD MORNING

Walk in the light and thou shalt see thy
path, though thorny, bright; for God, by
grace, shall dwell in thee, and God Him.
self is light. - Barton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24
|SprueMayComs
From Diet Lack
BY WILLIAM a o,D.

Some patients suffer +lhN frn. M
,a.iure to absorb fat, fat ti, posNi' sfas'
tnt xltamlns and certain sol1bl, .o
which which, fc follows is 1ss' trestsGP sP7q'I y
spec special l.s diets and blood Sa'sa msa;.7 b
sr;,.1 sprue en- may develop eitbe, =.
primary disease or 4lT[ foI.s as ,
another sInan;a+os condition. Victims tti3rs"al sl
emaclated e and anemic. r'is and II ~
sas,91t a sore mouth m and tongue e"2 A. hay y
result of an excessive ,1ss as td'
calcium calcium from the bowsi lGSs ., y
Dones become porous and TI r,n. d,
lar RI, ,twitchings and spasms Ism inussa aa.'
me cause Of sprue is r'VH
known, but circumstgaln~"Yo.' igl We Is . aa 10y
origin suggest that il is S u II
1lcleney 3l disease. 7, may g deS.id.'' . d.
as a result of eating a pooT ooTSsla 81
lack of digestive iuicss po0' o''
absorption from the jnteSt;.p poa
imperfect storage ot food 5'',is .',t o
in the liver. 0 S'u'
Careful questioning Of r,..
with sprue usually uncoyara ~"eas l
story that they have been es es,t sa'
a diet consisting larpeIn t'aa! y
starchy foods and s s,, y y
amount of meat. Stomach '',s, "a,
intestinal upsets, decyed ,saa aas
and poor oral hygiene are COM, ss
mon in sprue victims. ''u'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-11-24

MONDAY, NOVEMBER "a, 1e47
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Radio Programs For TODAY

4:05-Grapevine Party Line.
4:3O-The Lone Ranger-TN
5:001Lew White and the Organ.
5:15-Superman-MBS.
5:30-Captain Midnight--MBS.
5:45-Tom Mix-MBS.
500 News While II Is News
6:1o-Maola Pleasure Parade-WHIT
6:3o-Top of the List
6:45-Sizlng Up Sports.
7;00-Fulton Lewis. Jr., and the New,
-MBS.
7:15-Dance Orchestra-MBS
7:30-Camp Lejeune Reporter
7:45-Tom Bost Reports-TN
8:OO-The Garden Club of the Air
8:30-It's Up to Youth-MBS
9:0G-Gabriel Heater
9:15-Proudly We Hail
9:3o-What's the Name of That Sons
10 :OO-Salute to Camp Fire Gir1s-MBs
lO:30-The Author Meets The Critics
l1:00-All- the News-MBS.
II :15-Sign Off.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
HEARING CALLED
ON BOAT BASIN
Engineers Set April Is As
Date For Harkers Is
land Session

A public hearing on the proposed
Harkers Point boat basin will be
held in the Harkers Island School
auditorium Wednesday, April 16,
at II a. m, it was announced yes
terday by officials Of the Whining
ton District Corps of Engineers.
The hearing is being held, it was
stated, in order that the report on
the preliminary examinations of
Harkers Point basin at Harkers Is
land, now being prepared by the
District Engineers, may fully cover
the matter.
All interested parties are invit-
ed to be present at the hearings
and they will be afforded full op-
portunity to express their views
concerning the character and ex-
tent of the improvements desired
and the need and ACCESSIBILITY Of
its execution.
Oral statements will be heard,
but for accuracy of record all i'm
portant facts and arguments should
be submitted in writing as the rec
ords of the hearing will be forward
ed for consideration by the War
Department,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
By Mrs. Lorena c. Rawls


CURRIE. March II AS l begin
my column this morning my
thoughts turn to hog killing times.
Perhaps because we have recently
had n my way.
The head butcher for our hog
killing was Marshall Gardner, a
friend to all the white folks, es-
pecially the Corbetts. He is the
best known colored man in our
community and lives close to the
old Thompson's Cross Roads all
alone but plenty of close by neigh
bors. He has many trades-car :
penter, mule driver, chief cook at
fish fries, tobacco barn chicken
stews, entertaining little folks
while the older heads get a break
and many more useful trades.
But the most welcome one is to
see faithful Old Marshall - or as
the young set call HMM .-roll
up on a bitterly cold morning with
all his butchering tools, including
an enormous four plat mule whip
A whip on hog killing day? hear
my readers exclaim-Yes, and il
is needed in various ways. Did
you ever know of a hog killing
I've country folks-without every
dog in the community being pre-
sent for the occasion? And every
old chicken-even the setting hens
being present.
Well, Marshall would surely
make the four plat sing a lively
tune. Not many things Of interest
to relate concerning our hog kill
ling that day but different hog kill
ings of by gone days when life
was young. The most memorable
one being the time when a heavy
cold wave swept over the South
after we had begun one the largest
killing of meat we ever had or
our place.
1t was the custom for all hands
to do all they could the first day
and come back the next to finish
up. We knew if the crew left thai
day at knocking off time there
would be no returning the next for
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
RECRUITER PLANS
SPECIAL VISIT
HERE MARCH e

Capt. Roy T. Wood, of Raleigh.
officer in charge of the main
North Carolina recruiting station,
will be in Wilmington March % to
administer the oath of office to
marine reserves.
An invitation for all former
marines to enlist in the marine
reserves was extended yesterday
by Sgt. j. G. Smith, the local
recruiter, whose office is at room
No. eight, post office building.
Sergeant Smith explained that
recruits will be placed in class
3-B of the reserves. They will be
called for duty only in the event
of an emergency, he said.
No drills will be held. How
ever serve may volunteer for
a two-weeks training period.
Any former marines who may
be interested in joining the re-
serve organization are requested
to communicate with Sergeant
Smith between now and March %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
BETWEEN THE RIVERS
Four Plat Whip Plays
Tune At Hog Killings

by noon one of the worst snow
storms reached our way ever ever
to be recorded. My husband and
had a confidential talk in the
kitchen which held our faithful
workers until late into the night.
But not until every thing was fin
lshed, and for weeks we could sit
around a good fire and enjoy
frozen meats not to be kept or
cold storage.
Well, during the time CT dryine
up the lard, which had to be done
in the large smokehouse with bed.
of oak Goals, the real spice of this
story took place. Billie Carr. /;
well known parsonage at the lart
cooking business, was assigned hi.
regular position. He was good a
the job but had one very outstand
ing shortcoming-he was sleep,
all the time even falling to sleel
while walking and at work. Well
to make a long story short-Billy
Boy happened to just what l ex
pected he woodworking and fel
head foremoust into that pot of no
boiling lard. But when M. G.. be
gan to play the very liveliest tune
he ever played with his four plat
the victim came towel I viii
ring off the subject and let m,
readers hear the final result
later.
Our community gladly we
comes Rev. and Mrs. W. Hug
Cox, of Wilmington to our midst
After spending their honeymoon i
Wilmington, they returned to thei
country home to live. They ar
having. many callers from far an,
near, among them are Mr.. ant
Mrs. Oscar Corbett, of Charlotte
MIR. and Mrs Fitzue Formy Duva
and DR.. and Mrs. Graham Bare
foot, all of Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
Beware Coughs
from common colds
That Hang On

Chronic bronchitis may develop If
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron-
chitis is not treated and you cannot
afford to take chance with anymedi-
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed
bronchial mucous membranes.
Circumcision blends beechwood
creosote byspecial process with other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
sell you q bottle Of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way it quickly allays the cough, per-
uniting rest and sleep, or you are to
have your money back. (Adv.)
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19
WGNI - 1910 Ike

TODAY
t3p-News Summary
s~SS-Sunup Hoedown
iNG-News
tN-Eye Opener
lW-Today in Our Town
s05-Eye Opener
sN-The Editors Diary
s,i-Morning Devotional
s3-Shady Valley Folks
&i-News
!NN-Eleanor Watts
.1li-The Little Band Stand
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-19

Is, at 8 p. m. in the USO, Second
and Orange streets.
Motion pictures of the Sugar
Bowl game will be shown and
explained by representatives of
the University coaching staff, &C.
cording to Ike Granger. vice
president. Tickets may be purchas-
ed at Hines, Foy Roe, Julian K.
Taylor, or The Book Shop.