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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01

were created. Wealth was always
rather we'll distributed and the
democratic tradition has preserved
that distribution. The paucity of
natural resources and the pressure
of population increase have pre-
vented the rise of any greatly
privileged leisure class; modest
fortunes are quickly dissipated if
their possessors remain idle. Prac-
tically everyone must work hard
for a living. Hence the Scandi-
navians are individualists. But ade-
quate capital for larger undertake
ings can seldom be assembled ex-
cept by the pooling of many small
funds very thriftily accumulated,
which goes far to incline them to
cooperation. Furthermore, they
have little fear of the state and it's
bureaucracy, since the people con-
troll it democratically and almost
every family has some member or
a trusted friend who serves in the
government. Thus the state be-
comes an instrument of great col
lective interest, not a malevolent
and impersonal power.
Honor, integrity and respect for
the individual personality are not
Unborn, but a way of life achieved
and maintained by the interaction
of economic and cultural patterns
which finally expresses itself in re-
ligion, social codes and a sense of
law. There is not much in Scan
dinavia to steal. Furthermore,
stealing and corruption bring swift
retribution in these tight little To-
cal and national communities.
Their intimacy provides both scope
and protection for the individual
so long as he conforms to their
tolerant requirements. Scandinav-
ians have over the centuries
learned to love the contrasts and
varieties of life-in nature, among
plants and animals, and among
human beings. The oddities of hui
man personality are not only a
chief source of humor in folk lit
erature; they are affectionately
transferred to objects of nature
and to animals. Therefore they
are respected
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dents. Other members are the Rev.
C. George Ericsson, also vice presi-
dent, Carl Hjalmar Lundquist,
secretary, Miss Ingeborg Sylvan
der, corresponding secretary, and
Gunnar Morton, treasurer. They
will cooperate with the executive
committee, comprising forty-five
representative of various Swedish
organizations. A so-called general
committee will also be organized
with some 200 representatives of
Swedish churches, hospitals, or
phanages, and old peoples homes
in the Chicago district.
Governor Dwight H. Green, of
Illinois, has appointed a commits
sion of ten Illinois citizens to plan
the States part in the centennial
program. In addition to Chicago,
celebrations will be held in Omaha,
Rockford, Detroit, Minneapolis, st.
Paul, Des Moines, Lindsborg, and
other cities where there are large
concentrations of people of Swedish
descent.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01
Norway Display To Be Shown

OSLO-Complete furnishings for
a modern Norwegian living room
have recently arrived in New York
where they will be displayed at the
Women's International Exposition,
to be held at the list Regiment
Armory. This typical room furn-
ished in the latest Norwegian
style is expected to create con-
siderable interest, as this will be
the first large-scale showing of
Norwegian handi-work to reach
the United States since liberation.
In addition to furniture. rugs,
and fixtures, the exhibit will in
clude examples of modern Nor
ways ceramics, silver, and enamel
work, as well as some striking
wood engravings. The exhibit
items have been selected and pre-
pared by the Norwegian National
Association for the Applied Arts
and have been brought to New
York by the Observation-Disclosures
Womens Committee and the Nor
wegian Information Services.
There will be a Norway Day
at the Exposition. when the story
of the Norwegian-American stu
dent exchange will be recounted
by its planners and participants.
Student master of ceremonies
knut Erik Tranoy. now studying
at North Carolina State Univer-
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01
Sweden Had Warmest
Summer Since 1911

STOCKHOLM - Sept. 12-(By
airmaiD- The mean temperature
for the Stockholm area for the
months May to August has been
the highest since 1911. The wea-
Their in the rest of the country
has also been unusually warm.
Since very little rain has fallen.
the wells have dried up and the
water situation, especially on the
West Coast, is serious. Wat er
must be transported from the
mainland to the islands in the
archipelago at price of 3 ore
per litre, or almost a cent a at
From northernmost Sweden it is
reported that the water level in
several of the big rivers is the
lowest in the memory of man.
1t is estimated that three million
logs, destined for the saw mills
and wood pulp plants along the
coast, will have to be left on the
river banks until there is suffi-
Gent water to float them down
stream.
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sity, will introduce Norwegian Am
bassador Wilhelm Morgenstierne,
DR.. Brvn ]. Hovde, President of
the New School for Social Re-
search, and Norwegian Consul
General in New York. Erling S.
Bent, who will describe the
growth of the Norway-America
exchange. Three American stu
dents just returned from the Uni
versity of Oslo Summer School
will then compare notes with three
Norwegian students studying here
regarding each others land and
people. Student musical artists and
colorful folk dances will round out
hte evenings program.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01

Every Swede, in cities as well
as rural districts, is entitled to
dental care at a very low cost, or
entirely free, according to a pro-
gram adopted by the 1888 Riks-
dag. So far, clinics have b n
opened under this plan in dis
tricts with inhabitants represent
ing about one-third of the entire
population of the country. Dur
ing the five year period, 1941-45,
one million patients were treated.
The number of school children
receiving regular care rose from
$4,000 in 1941 to over 10000 in
1945.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01

In a few generations all glaciers
will have disappeared from Sean
dinavia, provided the present rate
of melting is maintained, accord
ing to Professor Hans w. Ahl-
mann. eminent Swedish scientist
and one of the worlds foremost
glaciologists. T he increase in
temperature has many economic
effects on northern Europe. The
coniferous forests, for instance.
will grow faster and, claims DR..
Ahlmann, if the annual increase in
growth is only one-tenth of a mil
limeter, it would mean that the
timber output in Scandinavia
would rise by one million cubic
meters annually.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01

Emil Hollander, prominent New
Jersey industrialist of Swedish
birth, died recently, at the age
oil 81 Born near Skovde, in the
south-central part of Sweden, he
CAME to the United States in
1902. After having worked for
some years in a tool making plant.
ne founded a factory for electric
fans and blowers in Newark. In
1882 the firm moved to Bloom
field, and in 1916 Mr.. Hollander
retired, turning the presidency
over to his son, Evin. He had
registered over one hundred pat
ents on motors. among them the
very first one on an oscillating
fan. -sS
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-11-01

BY DIR. BRYN j. HOVDE
President of the New School for
Social Research, New York
In the chaos of contemporary
Europe, the Scandinavian countries
are reported by every visitor to be
the bright and hopeful spots. There
black markets have been elm
mated, the food situation is good
and improving. the necessary re-
construction is proceeding apace,
and political institutions are stable.
So far as they can control their
own circumstances, they have
demonstrated the same genius for
democracy that prior to the war
made their regimes objects of envy
and models to many Americans.
Where they are not yet back to
normal, it seems due to circum-
stances beyond their own control:
insufficient coal because they have
none themselves and others have
little to sell; not enough ships be-
cause their losses in the war were
very heavy and new ones have
not yet been delivered or pro-
duced for lack of coal; and most
especially lack of dollar exchange
because their normal foreign Gus
toners are not themselves back in
production and trade. Even these
deficiencies are not, however, as
serious in Scandinavia as else
where. Sweden, of course. is better
off than her sister countries, be-
cause she managed to remain neu-
trail; on the other hand she has
assumed very heavy burdens for
the relief Of the miseries of
others.
Some of the qualities of human
character we Americans admire
most we seem TO find outstand-
ingly in the Scandinavian peoples
Their enterprise, enabling them to
build up and maintain successful
economics on niggardly soil and
in relative harsh climates. Their
capacity for organized cooperation
without sacrifice of intense indi-
vidualism. Their deep sense of
honor and justice and their stout
respect for the individual person
atty. Their high regard for the
duties, as well as the rights, of
labor. Their capacity for combin-
ing the advance of science with
the common good. Their respect
for law as an instrument of order
and their readiness always to re-
consider and reshape the law lest
1t become the bastion of special
privilege. The self-reliant pragma-
t.sm they practice without ever
crossing the line into anarchy.
These are some of the reasons why
we Americans admire the Scandi-
navians, and even envy them.
AS individuals, Scandinavians
are subject to all human frailties.
They are often narrow-minded.
selfish. stubborn and suspicious.
But collectively they are proud to
the point Of tolerance and indie
pendent to the point of fearless
cooperation.
The Scandinavian countries have
an age-long tradition of local
democracy extending back into
history far beyond modern con-
stitutionalism and the preceding
royal absolutism into the medieval
and even the Viking periods. The
central governments were never
very effective in the villages and
isolated rural communities until
modern means of communication
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'Chicago Program Ready for Swedish
Pioneer Centennial Celebration

NEW YORK.-The hundredth anniversary of the Swedish
immigration into Americas Middle will be celebrated
Chicago 49, 1948 according to plans just announced
Chicago Committee of the Swedish Pioneer Centennial
association Officials of the Association revealed at the
meeting held at the Swedish Club that great interest in the
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scandinavian Airlines System
this year will make special Christ
mas trips from North America to
Denmark. Norway. and Sweden.
1t is reported that bookings are
already very lively. -- b..
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Scandinavians
Gin American Scandinavian
RevieW)

BY DIR. BRYN J. HOVDE
President of the New School fol-
Social Research, New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Nurses Association
Approves Revisions
In License Measure

The Executive Board of the Grad
uate Nurses Association yesterday
approved notifications in its pro-
posa1 to license both practical and
graduate nurses here, in a move to
make the measure acceptable to
Commissioner Guy Mason.
The board approved recommends
tons of the Legislative Committee
of the association in approving re-
vision specifically exempting nurses
aides, ward helpers, orderlies and
mothers helpers from the license re-
quirement. Also excluded would be
domestic servants who help care for
the sick as a secondary duty.
One Of Commissioner Mason's
criticisms of the proposed bill was
that it would give auxiliary hospital
workers and nurses for invalids, in
fants and elderly persons the alter
native of obtaining a practical
nursing license or giving up the
nursing work.
Miss Edith Beattie, executive sec
rotary of the association, said the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
Northwest Citizens Ask
Laruer u. 5. Contribution

The Northwest Council of Citizens
Associations last night urged that
no additional taxes be considered
here until the Federal Government
increases its contribution to support
of the District.
The unit, composed of representa-
tives of 10 Northwest citizens groups,
voted to consider later other means
of increasing revenue-especially the
sales tax-"but not until the Federal
Government contributes fair share
of support"
In other actions the council ap-
proved a bill introduced by Repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14

sentative Sasscer, Democrat, Of
MARYLAND to make Good Friday a
national holiday and urged that the
Office of the Recorder of Deeds be
made part OF the District govern
ment.
The council generally meets the
fourth Monday of each month, but
last nights meeting was special
session to consider District tax pro-
posals. The meeting was held at
the home of Gordon M. Atherholt,
4645 Garfield street NV. Mr.. Ather-
holt is president of the Macarthur
Boulevard Citizens Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-03-14
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board felt it necessary to "allay
fears that we were trying to take
these very necessary people out OF
hospitals"
WED be the very last ones to try
and prevent them from helping"
she said.
Commissioner Mason, who has
listed several other objections to the
proposal as now drafted, has said
he did not intend to set the date
himself for "a public hearing on the
bill, but would welcome early action
by all interested parties.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
UNION, INDUSTRY
LEADERS TO MEET
Continued From Page One)

phone workers. The NFTW is ask.
ing a ST. weekly wage increase
and other contract benefits for
its "a, 600 me-.bers.
Worked Before
Last years threatened strike
was forestalled by a pattern agree
ment worked out with the long
lines workers.
Moran said that the AUTW con-
tract with the A. T. ct. expires
at midnight tomorrow but added
that the union-as tar as he was
concerned-Would not strike before
April 7, the date set by the Nation
al federation.
He said tn; where machinery
is set up for handling grievances,
you cannot tell what might hap
PEN"
In the talks S far, Moran said,
arbitration has not been discus
sed.
The union head declared, how
ever, that the organization would
give very careful consideration
to a real arbitration proposal" He
explained that he meant an ar
bitration proposal which. included
all the union demands.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
GRAIN EXPORTS
ECONOMY THREAT
CONTINUED From Page One)

lation Of 100 million people, :
minimum safe carryover was con
sidered to be 125 million bushels
Last year it was only by virtue o
an all-provident nature that oul
reserve of 100 million bushel.
carried us through without
trouble.
THE market cannot and will no
ignore the implications Of what is
whatever its purpose-a highly
dangerous program"
In demanding a Congressional
study Of the grain markets, where
prices have been rising steadily
Higgons said:
Federal officials should be
called upon to explain why they
seek to mislead the public in the
belief that speculation rather thar
government scraping of the bin
is responsible for current high
prices"
Higgons , who made public his
letter to the Senator, said hA
wrote to him because Williams
had taken the initiative in blam'
ing high grain prices on a "techni.
cal corner" Of the market because
of government purchases.
Definite Possibilities
Higgons said the government
should be required to formulate
definite buying policies to NEE
export demands.
"Conflicting statements ane
shifting programs have. caused
government intentions to contin
ually hang over the grain make,
like the %proverbial sword Of
Damocles," he added.
The Chicago executive also said
an investigation is needed te
make it clear that Humanitarian
and economic operations abroad
bv this country are separate from
agricultural support programs.
There is widespread fear" he
declared, that government hui.
manitarian activities have been
integrated with support activities
to avoid the problems of sur.
pluses. Such fears should be
promptly dispslled."
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
EVIDENCE LOOMING
SENSATIONAL OIL
CONTINUED From Page One>

company of California and the
Texas Co., parlayed a $27, DOC, 900
Investment into holdings worth S.
600, 600, 900 to $40, 900, 900, 600 in a
deal that a financed by Ameri-
can taxpayers.
2. That the U. S. Navy was forced
to pay $50, 879, 900 for Middle East
oil that it could have bought at one
time for $26, 419, 900. The Navy had
to pay $1.05 a barrel while the
British got the same oil for 40
cents or less. The Navy said in
this connection that the oil offered
originally-for $26, 419, 000-was in
ferior. 1t also denied it had paid
excessive profits to the companies
involved.
3. The United States Indirectly
loaned $40, 600, 900 to King 1bn Saud
Of Saudi-Arabia who had sought a
loan from the oil companies, by
lending it first to the British who
thereupon loaned it to the King.
Il say the oil companies deliber-
ately defrauded the U. S. govern
ment," Moffett told the commit
tee.
Offer Rejected
The witness formerly headed a
concern set up by Standard of
California and the Texas Co., to
exploit Arabian oil. He said he
proposed a deal to the Navy il. 1874
by which it could have purchased
oil for 40 cents a barrel. His offer
was rejected, however, and the
Navy later paid Arabian-Ameri-
cans predecessor, the California
Arabian Standard Oil Co., the $1.05
price.
The Navy denied Moffett's charge
that the deal netted the latter COM
pany a $68, o0o, 900 profit.
The committee recessed the hear
ings, after Moffett testified, to give
Wheeler a chance to scan its rec
ords.
The group announced that it had
been assured of President Tru.
mans cooperation in btaining rec
c DIS of the 1871 proposals from
the Hyde Park, N. Y, files of the
late President Roosevelt. His in.
PREVENTION is necessary before
papers can be removed from the
collection.
Until Wheeler reports, the COM
mittee will resume its investi-a a
ticn of the Inter-American highway
running from Mexico's southern
border to the Panama Canal The
project was scheduled to cost $780,
900, 900 but the United States al
ready has poured $68, 0oo, 900 into
the venture and engineers estimate
another $50, 900, 900 will be needed
to finish the job.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
A LOCAL LADY SPIT
UP ACID LIQUIDS FOR
HOURS AFTER EATING

For hours after every meal, a
Local Lady used to spit up a
strong, acidulous liquid mixed
with pieces Of half-digested food.
She says it was awful. At times
she would nearly strangle. She had
stomach bloat, daily headaches
and constant irregular bowel
action. Today, this lady eats her
meals and enjoys them. And she
says the change is due to taking
NNER-AID. Her food agrees with
her. No gas, bloat or splitting up
after eating. She is also free OF
headaches now, and bowels are
regular, thanks to this Remark
able New, Compound.
INNER-AID contains 12l Great
Herbs; they cleanse bowels, clear
gas from stomach, act on sluggish
liver and kidneys. Miserable peo-
pie soon feel different all over. So
don't go on suffering! Get INNER
AID. Sold by all drug stores.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
Selectiue Service Board
To Close Shop On Tuesday

lective tervice system does not
die without mourners. Several
members of Congress, particularly
in the senate, contend that the
present unsettled tate Of world
affairs was good enough reason
Tor keeping the system intact, at
least temporarily.
The senate wanted TO keep the
boards until June 80 to give Con-
gress time to decide whether to
approve a universal military train
ing program, but was forced to
accept the house version which
permitted it die tomorrow.
Mr.. Truman himself said he was
agreeing to termination Of the
law in the hope that universal
training would be enacted. He also
warned that he would ask rein
statement of the act if developing
world conditions warranted it.
At its peak, the systems $500
local boards and its other offices
had $1,000 paid employees and 1884,
900 non-salaried workers, including
the board members. At present
there are only about $4,000 non
paid workers.
This system operated the first
peacetime draft in the nations
history and, although many of the
nations youth griped at times
that their classification changed
too fast for them to keep up with
it, there were no incidents to
match the bloody draft riots Of
the Civil War.
At that time it was charged
that republican officials in charge
of the draft stuffed the lists with
names Of democrats. In New York,
on July 1916, 1853 mobs roamed
the streets killing about 1000 per.
sons, including Negroes who were
hanged.
The law setting up the machinery
for the draft in World War II stat.
ed simply and clearly:
The congress declares that il
a free society the obligations ane
privileges Of Military training anc
service should be shared generally
in accordance with a fair and jus
system OF selective compulsory
military training and service"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-03-31
MINE SHUTD0WNS
MAY CLOSE OVENS
Continued From Page One)
only day on which the work stop.
page will have its full effect.
Furnaces To Close

oii4y ody oA WHICH ule Work stop
page will have its full effect.
Furnaces To Close
In Pittsburgh, the U. S. Steel
Corp. said it might be forced to
close eight blast furnaces with the
possible supervision of 1000 beehive
ovens. Banking of eight furnaces
would cut off about 20 percent OF
the firms daily pig iron output.
The Jones and Laughlin Steel
Corp, said it would not be affected
by the mine shutdown.
A spokesman for the Tri-State
Industrial association, a group oil
~fabricating plants in Pennsylvania,
Ohio and West Virginia, reported
most small and medium plants
had Learned a lesson in the past
and now have adequate stockpiles
OF coal" He said they did moi
expect TO curtail operations.
A Pennsylvania Railroad official
in Pittsburgh said he doubted
if that line would be materially
Affected. He added, however, that
some lay-ofs would result among
crews which haul coal from the
mines. He expressed the opinion all
railroads had sufficient coal stock.
piles to continue normal operations
Meetings Planned
In the coal fielos, miners gath.
cred today for regularly scheduled
month-end union meetings. They
were read kilograms from district
presidents which told of the work
stoppage.
The miners celebration of John
Mitchell-John L. Lewis Day will
touch a note of solemnity this year.
The traditional exercises always
include parades and speeches by
d~ignitaries. This year the ad-
dresses will pay tribute to the
Centralia victims and their fami-
lies.