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The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

When I was in Italy 1 had a
quick, but revealing glimpse of
Italian agriculture, when 1 took
days trip into the country
from Rome.
Here again, as in the workers
sections of the capital city, saw
the waste. I saw the unrealized
potential of a land and a people.
Here were good men and women
held back by the lack of mech
anization, by inadequate train
ing. and by feudal system
which is even more pronounced
in the southern part of the coun-
try than in the area / visited.
What Italy needs is tractors, not
guns.
The returns per man-hour Of
labor on Italian farms are fright
fully low. The Italian farmer
needs aid and needs it badly, but
it isn't the kind of aid he will
get if we continue on our pres
ent course.
The Iowa farmer produces at
least 20 times as much corn per
hour of man labor as the Italian
farmer. When / think of the bill
lions we are pouring into tanks
and bombers and battleships for
the announced purpose of fight
ing Communism 1 know what
fools men can be. A fraction of
our present expenditure for arms
put into tractors, plows and fer
tilizer would raise the living
standards of most of the world.
Italy's number one need is this
kind of help.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
Grove danger?

Today l read that a leftist VIC
tory in the italian elections is a
grave danger to US. I read that
if these people cast their votes
for the Communists and Social
lists, they will be contributing
to Russian aggression" and
providing a reason for the draft
and compulsory military train
ing and new bombers here in
the United States.
And when l read these sto-
ries, compounded of callousness,
ignorance, and perversion, I
think of the future strife and
misery and needless death to
which such propaganda can lead
us.
We can't lick communism with
guns.
We can't lick the Communists
with political brides.
We shall either concentrate on
meeting the needs of people from,
Rome to Hong Kong or we shall
follow the course of other en-
pires. AS the greatest, richest,
most powerful nation in the
world, we have a unique oppor-
tunity for service. The world is
watching us. 1t is time to give
a positive demonstration of lead
erShip.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

There is no gre mystery
about the current campaign to
picture a democratic election in
Italy as a 'red menace" It is
not the American people who
are menaced. 1t isn't our nation
al security. 1t is, very simply,
private interests, who have
grown and prospered and con-
centrated their power with the
backing of the armed forces of
the United States and the power
of the public treasury.
Italy must be allowed TO put
through the fundamental eco
NOME and social reforms which
will enable her TO stand on her
feet and do business with the
rest of the world as the free and
proud nation she is.
If we get on the side of the
people, if we substitute tractors
for tanks, and aid to the people
for aid to monopolies, Italy will
not become a dictatorship of Ell
fher the right OF the left. But
if we stand in the way of reform,
if we cater to the interests of
American and Italian monopo-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

They staged them under fas-
cism and they are doing it now.
American newspapers can say
that these demonstrations are
communist or Moscow-inspired,
but we should learn the very
simple lesson that more Com
munists aren't made by propa-
ganda, but by unsolved social
and economic problems.
The mezzadri and braccianti,
even as the city workers, are
probably of the kind of aid we
offer them. They know Italy
needs American assistance and
they want assistance, but they
must wonder whether it is gen
crosby and humanitarianism
that moves some of our Con-
gressmen to support aid to Italy,
when these same Congressman
do nothing about our own share
troopers and migratory laborers.
I can't blame them tor their
suspicious. The kind of aid we
are giving helps. no doubt. TO
keep some of them alive. but it
isn't a substitute for real assist
5nce.
They get some of the facts
about postwar Italy's economy
and they can see that American
aid is no great act of generosity.
1t is true that the American peo-
pie offer aid on a humanitarian
basis, but the American people
know too little about the prof
its from aid" which are being
made. They are made by a few
giant corporations who have won
concessions from the hard
pressed italian government with
the assistance of our big busi-
ness State Department.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

companies handled about two
third of petroleum imports into
Italy. but only about IS percent
of the refining capacity. Now
their penetration has already
gone so far that a Herald Tri-
bune writer. Maurice Feldman.
could report last November that
in this most important field of
the Italian national production.
we find for the first time a clear
American financial preponder-
ance."
1t isn't only in oil, of course,
that American private interests
have moved in at the expense of
the American taxpayer and the
Italian people. Big American
corporations have moved into
Italy in automotive production,
air transportation, elevators, hy-
droelectric power and other
fields.
1t isn't amazing that our State
department, dominated by big
business, is worried that demo-
cratic action in Italy may lead
to price controls to combat in
flation, monopoly controls to
limit profits, and naturalization
of some industries to protect the
people. They oppose such mea-
sures here and use every means
they can to protect their profits
no matter how great the expense
to the general welfare. They are
equally eager to protect their
profits abroad.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
COM Z
OUT
FIGHTING
aA'r7oo~ases>
II ESS than six months age
IL I visited Italy.

IL visited Italy.
Now l am reminded of that
visit. / hear American officials
say that the Italian people must
not vote for the leftist bloc or
we shall cut off aid.
/ hear it; and yet 1 find it diff
ficult to believe that these men
are saying such things. 1t just
isn't American. 1t isn't demo-
cratic. 1t is coercion 1t is force.
II is intimidation. 1t Is all the
things they tell us they are fight
ing against.
can't possibly express how
utterly ruthless I consider such
statements.
The men who have made such
statements are enemies of de-
mocracy, our democracy and the
democracy of Italy. They reveal
complete ignorance of the Ital-
ian people. They are insulting
and contemptuous of the Italian
people. They have no mere feel
ing for the pride of the Italian
citizen than they have under
standing of his legitimate needs.
My visit to Rome was an in
teresting experience. 1t was both
stimulating and depressing.
1t was the almost incredible
disparity between unmatched
luxury for the rich and unspeak-
able poverty for the many that
depressed us most. In the fine
shops and cafes there was moth
ing which money couldn't buy;
and in tbs workers sections of
Rome there was much that
money could remedy.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

In the Trastevere and at IT,
bortino l saw human suffering
and misery almost beyond de-
scription. Here were the workers
of Rome. And their plight would
melt the heart of the m o S
profit-mad financier, if he'd
take the time to look.
When I hear that our State
Department will cut off aid to
the Italian people, if they aren't
satisfied with the election re-
suits, I think of a little room at
Tibortino in which I found
mother and eight children, in
Guiding a tiny infant. l think of
the one bed, the tiny lavatory,
and the mothers story of her
five other children-all dead.
Can it possibly be that we would
cut off aid to this family if the
father votes Communist or So
cialist? That's what our Off
Gals have said.
I know these officials don't
voice the heart of the American
people.
In the Trastevere section of
Rome 1 spoke to one after an
other of the women and work,
ers. I listened to stories of their
diets. What was more shocking,
L saw the effects of their diets
and living conditions. When they
told me they were Socialists or
Communists, 1 just couldn't
think of them as the subverters
of freedom. Was it unreason-
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
5zFAcTS ABOUT


Paul c. Hoffman. 56-Year-
old Chicago-born auto mag
maize who was named by
President Truman this week
TO administer the Sc billion
ERP Marshall Plan. likes to
pose as a liberal-but he's
one of the men who help the
Morganss the RockefellarG
the Duponts run America.
Since he became president
of the Studebalcer Corp. in
1885. Hoffman has risen in
prestige as one of Wall SITS
best lieutenants. The measure
of the regard in which he is
held in those quarters was
demonstrated last January
when the Morgan interests
named him director of Time
magazine.
known for his paternalistic
attitude toward his employees
at Studebaker. Hoffman has
revealed his real outlook by
campaigning for a soak the
poor. help-the-rich" tax pro-
gram. Although he likes TO
point to relatively peaceful
labor relations at Studebaker.
most of the other companies
he directs are notorious for
their union-busting tactics.
United Air Lines and EncY-
clopedia Britannica. for ex-
ample.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

Before the war, American
firms had huge holdings in Italy,
but they were nothing compared
to the grab that has been made
since the war. Let us take one
familiar example-oil. The same
names pop up when we talk
about oil in Italy as when we
talk about oil in the Middle East
Standard of New Jersey, So
cony-Vacuum and Anglo-Iran-
ian.
Before the war American oil
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10

lists, then Italy will choose COM
munism or go fascist under the
pressure of unresolved problems.
II is time for US to get on the
side of the people. 1 don't want
American pressure to FORCE the
suppression of democracy. We
spent a lot of American lives
and lot of money to liberate
Italy, so that she could rebuild
on a democratic basis. 1 don't
want us to spend more billions
to put her back in the state we
found her at Anzio.
Our present foreign policy is
breeding civil war for Italy, be-
cause our present Administra-
ton is more concerned with the
interests of huge monopolies
than it is in the welfare of the
American people or the Italian
people.
shall borrow a line from the
political campaign of 1916; II is
time for a change.
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
MexzudFi

If we are really interested in
helping the people of the world,
we shall tackle such problems as
those of the Italian farmer and
The Chicago star. (Chicago, Ill.) 1946-1948, 1948-04-10
HANDS OFF ITALY.r

able to believe that they were
the victims of real subverters'
of freedom?
Evening star., 1948-04-23

ing fund for foster home payments.
This transfer, If approved, would
permit the department to halt with
drawals of aid to children already
in foster homes, at least until July l.
When the economy order was is
sued, Child Welfare Division Off
cials had to shut the door to any
new cases, except those in which
neglect was evident and in cases
where children were committed by
court. order
Department officials said the
economy order was necessary be-
cause demands made on the re-
sources of the Child Welfare Divil
sion exceeded the money available
in the appropriation.
The division had S445 900 for foster
home payments-$35 a month for
children over the age of and $45
for children under 3-when the
fiscal year began. Only $186,000
remained at the end of January
and less than $4,000 is available
now.
Fund Request Cut.
Frank NJ Gray, business manager
of the department, said the $4,000
was divided into $37 200 for each of
the remaining five months of the
fiscal year. Mr. Gray said, however,
it cost $4,000 for one month, when
the average number of children in
foster homes was GIT. There now
are. 1,109 in foster homes.
I'VE just had to cut back" he said.
The situation in the Child Welfare
Division appears likely to remain as
bad or become progressively worse
after July l, Mr.. Gray declared.
THE board asked the Commis-
sioners for $667 ,000 for foster home
payments for the fiscal year ending
July /, 1949," he asserted. That
was cut by the Commissioners to
$470 900, or only $4,000 more than
we had this year"
Mr.. Gray said $470,000 will not
carry the load which faces the board
next year. Unless something is done,
he said, continued economy, with all
the accompanying dangers, Is the
only answer.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

and close the doors for help to any
additional unfortunate babies.
Acting Welfare Director Raymond
Clapp is expected to ask the board
to apporve move which permit the
department to continue on its rolls
all children now in fostor homes.
No relief Is in sight, however, for
illegitimate children newly born in
the Florence Crittenden Home and
the House of Mercy. Their mothers
will have to take care Of them as
best they can, department officials
say.
May Act on Fund Transfer.
The board may be asked at its
monthly meeting today to approve
transfer of certain unspent cloth
ing and travel money to the remain
Evening star., 1948-04-23
District Guard Band
Will Be. Reuctivuted

The 257th Army Band. Dstrice
National Guard. will be reactivated.
The Army said today that the
band, which was deactivated after
it's service in the Aleutians in World
War II, had openings for all instru-
ments that constitute q modern
band and urged those who might
be interested in joining to call at
the Armory. The band will train
for two weeks in August at Camp
Pendleton, Va.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

committee are Science Service, the
Science Club of America, various
scientific societies in Washington
and The Star.
Subjects covered by the exhibits
are biological sciences. physical sci
ences, engineering, public welfare
and research.
Watson Davis. director of Science
Service is honorary chairman OF
judges Frederick D. Rossini, pres
ident Of the Washington Academy
Of Sciences, is chairman, and Waldo
L. Schmitt, head curator Of the de-
partment of biology, National
Museum, Is vice chairman.
Evening star., 1948-04-23

This years fair promises to outdo
last years, both in number and
quality.
Keith c. johnson, head Of the
science department in Divisions 1-9
in the public schools, and P. J. Ray
ford, science department head for
Divisions 1913, are co-chairmen of
the Fair Committee. In addition to
the science teachers in Washington,
other groups represented on the
Evening star., 1948-04-23

Exhibitors cards for 546 entrants
in the Second Annual Science Fair
being conducted by the science de-
partments of junior and senior high
schools in this area under the spon-
sorship of The Star, were made
yesterday. The exhibits will be on
display in the National Museum for
a week, starting May /.
A wide field is covered by the
work of the young science students
Evening star., 1948-04-23
Ale THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.
Board Weighs Action
TO Continue Aid 10
Foster Home Children

The Board Of Public Welfare was
expected to take some action today
to help the Welfare Department
out of financial difficulties which
forced the department a month
ago to withdraw assistance from
about so children in foster homes
Evening star., 1948-04-23
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Evening star., 1948-04-23
Union COLLEGE, Head to Speak

DR.. Carter Davidson. president OF
Union College, will speak at the
annual dinner of the Washington
Alumni Association of Union College
at 7 o'clock tonight in the Burling-
ton Hotel.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
Critically III

Ms. Susie z. Wisdom. evan
selist is now confined IN Uni
vsrsity Hospital IN Ann Arbor
IN a critical condition She has
been III for some time a, her
home.
Mrs Wisdom IS the assistant
70 the pastor Of Grace Chapel
CME Church Oakland and Rose.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18

DR. Timberlake said that when
Sigler was approached about the
matter before the election HI:
advice was 10 wait and petition
hum after the election because
ANYTHING he may do now might
be consider ed as political"
Victor Anderson. Slgler's legsl
advisor. pointed out IN hts reply
10 the Timberlake Committee
that Diggs was not the only
member Of the legislature who
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
CHOIR


The qualifications for member.
ship are: high school graduate
able 20 read music. age limit
ls to 35. and having had some
experience in choral Singing.
Miss Lyons has stated that IN.
group will sing religious. class
cal and popular selections ana
Will be ave table al all Times
for public engagements as soon
as they have undergone inten
sive rehearsals.
felony and sentenced to prison
BY the court
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18

After this threat. the ssers.
tarY further commented.
wrote a letter 10 Mr.. Cornell
Of the circumstances. Mr.. Cor
nell said upon receipt of II he
called William Davis. board
secretary. 10 investigate the
conditions. Upon Mr.. Davies
recommendation. the hearing
was then called.
Miss Hardy was employed in
the tax collections division by
Mr.. Gerich about two years ago
after he reviewed three Sppli-
cants' records that were sup
piled by the Civil Service Com
mission.
Upcn motion Of Charles Smith,
An attorney for the defendant,
the hearing was halted at ? 2
M 20 be continued az later
date. M Cornell on closing oi
the hearing said GAS long As
I'm around this county. there
will never be color line"
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
SECRETARY
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operated the switchboard snd
did wing al present, she is also
doing some filing.
Miss Hardy avered that Shit
was relieved az the switchboard
by Mrs. Laura MoShy who was
employed as a file clerk
Tits relief was at lunch time
and al two l5-minute rest
periods, Request for her 70 do
filing came upon the illness OF
Mrs Mosby who was unable to
bend
She refused after being told
by Mr.. Gerich that he had no
knowledge Of whether the filing
would be temporary or perma-
nent the secretary said. Il told
hin tha; there was no objection
10 doing work under my classi-
ficai on. she added, and ht
SAID he would force me TO do
a."
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
JUDGE.


count room observers. who
thought that he gave fam and
thought that he gave a fair and
impartial report Of the incident
as he found IL upon arrival.
dale avenues. She was one OF
the founders and organizers OF
the church twenty-five wears ago
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
Announcement

The Wolverine Funeral Diree
tors Association wishes 10 an
nounee that Benjamin J. NERAL
Of Merali Brothers Funera
Heme Is not PERSONALLY re
sponsible for any action or sew
eral actions that have occurree
or might occur affecting the pol
icy Of the Wolverine Funsra
Directors Association.
Mr.. MeFall serves the assoeia
tion as chairman Of the Lega
Re Dress Committee under inS
direction and supervision OF ths
Wolverine Funeral Directors As
seeiaiion. The associate memberl
OF the Legal Re. Dress Commit
zee are as follows
Mack HaneY. v. a. Bristol
George B. MeFall. Mrs. Henrietta
A. Anderson successor 10 the
late Fred A. Anderson. John n.
Burns and George r. Hoaslsnd.
The following is complete ros-
ter OF the membership OF the
Wolverine Funeral Directors As
ISOLATION and IFS officers;
George r. Hoasland Jr.. Pres
ident.
Mack Haney. Vice President.
Edith K. Gray. Secretary.
Henrietta A. Anderson. Treas.
urer.
Agnes Bristol. Chaplain.
James A. Webster. Chairman
Of Board.
George 3. MeFsll. Librarian
and Parliameniarisn.
John H. Burns. Chairman OF
Political Action COMMITTEES.
Harold D. Crosby. Chairman
OF Membership COMMITTEES.
George r. LoveioY. Chairman
Of Sick Committee.
r. T. Wilson. Chairman Of
Floral Committee.
Benz. J. McFall. Chairman OF
Legal Redress Committee; v.
A. Bristol Sismpp Willis. James
4. MeFall. Eules Stinson. Able
s. Coekfisld. Marie a. Strick-
land. Moses X. Fritz. Waller L.
Riley. James w. BrYson. z. M.
Mason. Thomas L. Hall. Z. B.
Woods. Rinswood Funeral Home.
The following is a list Of the
associate members Of the Wolve-
rlne Funeral Directors ASsocia-
ton;
Csssius M. Pendlsion OF Web
sters Funeral Home.
Fred D. Ramsey OF StinSon's
Funeral Home.
Harold L. Green Of StinSon's
Funearl Home.
Every action Of any member
OF the association or committee
from the association affecting
the interest OF the profession
through the Wolverine Funeral
Directors Association il equally
shared. and shared alike by the
whole body. This organisation
represents a UnIied Front in the
protection. furtheranee and vel
fare Of the Funeral Profession in
the city OF Detroit.
George r. Hoasland.
President.
Edith X. Gray. Secretary.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
GREAT LAKES
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lconfinued from Page ~
that there was no more money
10 distribute TO workers under
the law and that he would moi
comment on the merits of pay
Abut he said that policy holders
must not drop their policies OF
boycott the company during the
strike since only a 30-day grace
was permitted by law. and they
would lose their protection
The three ministers who were
present and spoke were Rev.
Mr.. Amos. pastor OF ST. Johns
Pres7vterian Church, Rev. a.
A. Banks, pastor of Second Bap-
list Church. and Rev. Arthur
Pace dean Of the Baptist Train.
ing School.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
DICCS

lConiinusd From Page ~
had been given the run-sround
by Governor Sigier in connse-
iion with the appeal for Digus
freedom. was expressed Tues
dom by DR.. Timothy Timber
lake when he wan informed
that the Disss plea had been
denied. Timberlake was one
OF the spokesmsn for the De-
ircii delegation who had ap
pealed 10 the governor 10 grant
executive elemencY 10 Digss.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
MIdnight Ramble--d c l7

Midnight HANDLED IL
The stars will shine bright
Thursday night. Dec. 10th. at
the Duke Theatre when the stars
of the entertainment world in
Detroit will hold a special Mid
night Ramble. so that every boy
and girl on West Smile Road
will have an enjoyable Christ
mas. Sponsoring this gala event
are members of the Watkins
Byrd-Simmons. American Legion
Post No. 448.
TOP BANDS FEATURED
The Midnight Ramble will fea.
ture a host OF stars including
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18
Midnight RambIe, TO Aid
Peaceful Valley Children

Todd Rhodes and his famous
Recording Orchestra. King Pof-
ter. trumpet king and his
Russell Street Hustle" orchcs
ira, Candy Johnson and hi.
famous Recording Orchestra
and Flat-Top. illinois Jacquet's
Protege. and Company
In addition 10 the bands
such stars as Pat Flowers.
iano-keYboard sensation; The
Angel. harmonica wizard. and
a host OF acts under the dIrec-
tion Of Larry chism. will en-
feriain.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-12-18

The answers 10 these problems
should be-Addifion: 1857. $3.50.
2o7l and 3sl7; Subtraction; at.
4e3. ali and 063.