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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Soviet Air Strength

National defense leaders have
known for more than two years
the fact that Russia is build
ing at least $4,000 war planes
a year, as revealed during de-
Tense appropriations testimony.
That is the real significance
of the Soviet production
achievement: the Reds have
been building that many planes
for that long a time.
What would be more signifi-
cant would be information as
to what types of planes the
Russians are building-how
many bombers, how many jet
fighters.
Best information is that the
Russians still are concentrating
on fighter-type aircraft for
two reasons:
l. Fighters are easier to build
than big bombers, and Soviet
production know-how still
trails ours.
2. The Russian employment of
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

AS we watched the row of
beautiful oaks that lined the
site of the new courthouse on
S. Magnolia street being pulled
down and destroyed Saturday
our memory flashed back to
the days when we were a young
reporter on a big city daily
newspaper. As we watched the
heavy machines strain at steel
cables attached to one of the
huge trees, which had stood
rooted on that spot for possibly
a century or longer, We idly
wondered why our thoughts
should have returned to this pc
Rod of our life, and then sud
denly realized that we felt very
much as we did when covering
a legal execution in those
days.
We always dreaded an assign
ment of this sort and. though
we covered a number of exc
cutions, we have vet to actu-
ally see our first. During those
few seconds of light and life
left to a miserable individual as
he stood manacled on the gal
lows waiting for the trap to be
sprung or strapped in the cleo
trio chair waiting for the switch
to be thrown. it was always our
inclination to bow our head and
pray. Our prayer was as much
for the imperfect society that
produced this man as II was for
the criminal himself. We real
ize, of course, that laws must be
upheld and punishment melted
out to criminals. But we often
wonder if man. in passing iudg-
ment, should not also Judge
himself and the complex fac
tors of his society that made
possible this criminal and 9TH
ers like him.
It was almost as tragic to us
to see man DESTROY in two DAYS
what il took nature a hundred
years or more te fashion. as it
was in those past DAYS to watch
man destroy in a few-seeonds an
animate being fashioned by
God. It is too late. of course,
to do anything about the half
dozen oaks that were destroyed.
We believe that a serious mis-
take was made. Removal of
the trees has taken from the
courthouse the beauty of a
natural setting that viii take
another century to replace.
Despite the fact that they were
above the grade level Of the new
street. we believe they could
have been saved.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Wisconsin. Nebraska Vote
May Change Stassen Role
Special to Central Press

Special to Central Press
misunderstanding po-
litical observers r speeulat-
ing on whether Harold f. Stas-
sens smashing victories in the
Wisconsin and Nebraska pri-
maries have cast him in the
role of giant-killing bugaboo of
1948 COP presidential hope
fuls.
So far, there are few who
consider Stassen a giant him
self-that is, a real threat to
go to the Republican national
convention in Philadelphia on
June 81 and actually capture
the nomination.
In fact. the political blood he
has drawn thus far has failed
to deter in the least the hackers
of Gen. Douglas Macarthur
and New York's Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey, both far more potent
figures in the Republican
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Political
announcements

Inc following persons have formal
~ announced in the columns of the
Chronicle-Star and Advertiser their
candidacy for election in the Demo-
cratic City Primary on Tuesday. July
l3. 1913:
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14

and track meet Board of
Supervisors authorize paving
additional miles of road in Dis
triet 5, Western Jackson Coun-
ty. Editorial on 39th day of
coal strike. stating that blame
for the economic breakdown
lies at the door of President
Truman
ONE YEAR AGO THIS
WEEK. ineffieiency laid to
firemen for pumper failure in
fire that destroys half Of Ar
mold Walker Shipyard plant =.
WV. c. of C.. labor Join in
opposing rent hike Jackson
County Board of Supervisors
to issue half million in bonds
for new courthouse city
council passes program calling
for $350.000 for street repair
=. Cancer Drive chairman ur-
ges donations in countrywide
campaign Elks club enter
ed, robbed. by unknown party.
Editorial ~favoring federal re-
parations for oyster reefs along
Gulf Coast.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-05-14
Letters
Protests Editorial

Editor. Chronicle Star,
Dear Sir:
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Letters to The Star
Law to Protect White House

Law to Protect White House
To the Editor of The Star:
It Is inconceivable that any tenant of the
White House should ignore the fact that he
temporarily is occupying national shrine, and
has no right to impose architectural additions
or changes, except with the approval OF the
Commission Of Fine Arts.
If the proposed balcony Is permitted, 1t es-
tablishes a dangerous precedent as well as
running the architectural beauty Of the White
House. This balcony is another proof Of the
disregard Of any and all our American tradi-
tions, and quite apart from showing lack OF
respect and reverence for an historic building,
the present tenant also ignores the ract that,
were he Lying in rented house. he could not
make changes without the consent of the
owners.
Cannot Congress pass bill that no alter
ations or changes can be made to the White
House, inside or outside, without the consent
and approval of the Commission of Fine Arts?
Organizations are being formed all over the
country to preserve our historic buildings. and
we certainly have none more worthy OF pro-
lection than the White House.
It Is to be hoped Mr.. Truman will bow to
public opinion, even If he will not be guided
by the Commission of Fine Arts.
MRS. PAUL FTTZSIMONS
Newport, r. I.
Evening star., 1948-01-17

field and bequeathed valuable legacy Of
statistics, data and trained personnel.
The Interim Commissions activities are
already varied and far-reaching. To begin
with, 1t is continuing the Leagues work
on such basic matters as health statistics,
biological standards and the modernization
Of international agreements to prevent
the spread of epidemics, made especially
necessary by revolutionary changes in
transportation, especially by air. The
commission is also planning worldwide
campaign against venereal diseases, which
have increased so alarmingly during and
since World War H.
It's most spectacular and successful
achievement has been its recent graphing
with the cholera epidemic in Egypt and
the preventive measures taken in neigh
boring countries which effectively checked
the spread of the plague. It likewise has
a special mission functioning In China
These and other activities, often too
technical to get publicity are hopeful
start in a field of international CO.
operation whose possibilities are as vast
as they are potentially fruitful. Health
problems ARE universal and are readily
understood by even the simplest minds.
Here is one international activity on which
mankind should be able easily to unite.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Student Association

To the Editor OF Tne star:
The Washington press has reported stories
about student lobby for passage Of the Rogers
DILL to increase veterans subsistence payments.
which revealed that the students were work
ing in an organized effort under leadership
which had been cited by the Special House
Committee on Un-American Activities as SYM
pathetic to extreme left wing elements.
Lest the impression be given that all student
effort along these lines is so dominated, allow
me to affirm the viewpoint here OF the United
States National Student Association (USNSA).
AS the Washington representative OF that or
ganization, may publicly disassociate the
USNSA from the efforts of Operation Sub
sistence"? At the same time may I reiterate
our support of the bills before the Congress
which would increase veterans subsistence
above present rates?
Last August 81, when the National Student
Congress at which this organization was
founded, brought together some 750 student
delegates representing 900 students in 356
Of Americas leading colleges and universities,
q resolution was adopted calling for an increase
in veterans subsistence and advising that "in-
crease in CT subsistence" be 'fn proportion TO-
the family unit" HENRY w. BRIEFS, Jr
washington Representative, USNSA.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
BoIcony, Buthtub, President, etc.

I The Presidents argument In support VI
his balcony project seems to be that people
have always objected to changes at the
White House-including the bathtubs, the
gas lights and the kitchen stove. There
fore. objections to the balcony are not to-
be taken too seriously. AS for him, he will
disregard them and go ahead with the
business.
Objections from the public to monkeying
with the White House may not always be
well founded But they spring from a
sentiment not lightly to be brushed aside.
Americans take a certain pride in this
fine old mansion-which is their property
and are naturally suspicious that the
whimsical ideas of tenant may destroy
the appealing dignity of its simple lines.
There Is ample ground for such sus-
picions. President Truman was once
before the proponent of a plan which If
carried out would have been hideous
mistake; a proposition rejecting such
complete lack of feeling for the integrity
of the mansion that it called for and
received a humiliating public rebuke,
which stopped 1t.
The President, on that account, may
still harbor some resentment over public
meddlesomeness with his White House
schemes and architectural predictions.
A touch of pique is discernible IN his press
conference remarks of Thursday that the
press, critical of the balcony, does not
know the facts and does not want TO
know them.
Well, the facts were pretty well con-
cealed by the White House, up to the time
they were pried out of reluctant spokes-
men They leaked out, by driblets, under
the pressure of reportorial curiosity. They
did not come to the public as they should
have come-in the spirit of frank proposal
and discussion and bearing the indorse-
ment of the Fine Arts Commission. They
came out like a cat gets out of bag, to
the obvious discontinue of the White
House guardians of state secrets.
BY all means, let us have all the facts.
The Star will be glad to print them. But
they will change nothing. They will not
change the main fact that the President
wishes this gimcrack strung between the
pillars of the south portico in the form OF
a balcony he or somebody else saw some
where. They will not change the fact
that the Fine Arts Commission, established
by the public to pass on such things, Is
unanimously against 1t. They will not
change the fact that the President, as first
citizen, is ignoring the considered advice
of the Fine Arts Commission and tacitly
advising all other citizens to go and do
likewise.
He can do it, all right. But he is showing
deplorable taste. He is manifesting, for
this very likeable gentleman, strange
and unbecoming contempt for public
sentiment.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Unified Air Transport

The Presidents Air Policy Commission
has given impetus to the movement al
ready undertaken within the armed serv-
ices to eliminate duplication of operations
and facilities with respect to air transport.
The commission, in its recent report, rec
commended outright merger OF the Naval
Air Transport Service and the Air Trans
port Command of the Air Force. This
would probably require additional legisla-
tion For, as the commission pointed out,
the National Security Act of 1947, other
wise known as the merger law, specifically
guaranteed the separate status Of naval
aviation, which includes MATS.
There is no reason, however, why an
effective coordination of MATS and ATC
could not be worked out under the present
lava coordination which would amount
to unifcation and which would result IN
many economies and in increased eff
cheney. It was inevitable that under the
developing needs of the war the Army and
the Navy should have built up separate
air transport systems, with numerous
parallel routes and independent landing
and hangar facilities Now that the stress
of war is past, plans for the reorganiza-
ton of these services can and should be
carried forward successfully.
But the Presidents commission called
attention to the need for taking a step
beyond the placing of military and naval
air transport on a more efficient basis
The outbreak of World War II found the
Army and Navy largely dependent on the
commercial airlines for immediate trans
port operations. The airlines were, IN
effect, drafted for war service. In event
of another war the commercial lines again
will be looked to for assistance. The COM
missions suggestion that formal agree
ment be worked out now with commercial
airlines for use of certain equipment and
services in time of war is soundly based on
past experience. The proposal should be
considered by Defense Secretary Forrestal
as part of the general program for re-
organizing and strengthening our military
air TRANSPORT Setup.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Hollands Poem Quoted

TO the Eo1tor OF Ine star.
Can national unity be preserved with politi-
cal factions forever pulling wires in order to
"roll up the votes?"
The most elementary minded must be aware
that unified effort is absolutely necessary at
this time If we wish to avoid disaster. Condi-
tions today border on the chaotic.
The poet Josiah Gilbert Holland wrote:
God give us men! A time like this demands
Strong minds great hearts, true faith and
ready hands;
Men whom the lust of Office does not kill,
Men whom the spois of Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and WILL
Men who have honor; men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before demagogue
And damn his treacherous batteries without
winking,
Tall men. sun-crowned who live above the fog,
In public duty and in private thinking.
EDMUND K GOLDSBoROUGH.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Josephus Daniels

To those who knew him personally,
Josephus Daniels was above everything
else a lovable person. His mind was
essentially rational mind, his heart was
sympathetic. Life as he saw it was
mathematical affair. One value added to
another, one event to another made a
civilization in which ordinary people could
be happy Religion was the base, patriot
ism an important feature of his philosophy.
He believed in America and in the Amer
lean community. Liberal in doctrine,
conservative in practice, he created few
enemies but rather accumulated friends.
His success in politics and in diplomacy
traced from his sweet reasonableness, his
charity of judgment. Yet he was man of
stern convictions with talent for express
ing them.
Mr. Daniels came to Washington to be a
clerk in the Interior Department under
Grover Cleveland, March 4, 1893 Out
of his savings he bought the Raleigh
News and Observer, consolidating the State
Chronicle and North Carolinian with it.
That merger brought into existence 'the
only daily paper in the world having more
subscribers than the population of the city
in which it is published" The New
South" owed much to his leadership. 1t
long was an axiom that what he thought
and wrote one day was what large part
of reborn Dixie thought and said the next.
His vigorous fight for the progressive doc
trines of Woodrow Wilson was rewarded by
q place in the cabinet which afforded him
opportunity for large national service.
When the Tarheel editor accepted appoint
ment as Secretary of the Navy he admitted
that he had little qualification for the post
except that his father had been ship
wright at Wilmington. But he could learn
and he did. Under the impact of the
First World War, the Nations naval estab-
tishment developed quickly and effectively,
and the same observation applies to its
civilian head Long before November II,
1918, he had justified the confidence of
his chief and of the public.
Home again while the Republicans con-
trolled the Government, Mr.. Daniels proved
his skill as historian with a series Of
books which are excellent works of their
kind-not impartial not bipartisan, but
fair and readable His biography OF Wilson
is a eulogy Of the defensible variety. and
Evening star., 1948-01-17

One would have supposed that, having won
the war for freedom, this whole world would
ring with Joy and hope The very opposite
is the truth. We are falling back into ugly
moods and sour tempers The feeling Of in
stability is upon everything. Issues are so con-
fused, and people do not know who or what
to believe.
Not long ago very eminent philosopher OF
the continent said to me- Europe is gutted
with cynicism We no longer ask, will there
be another warp but How soon will it come?'"
Many have come to believe that pain will al
ways ravage, that ignorance will always have
toehold, and that the -Four Horsemen Of the
Apocalypse will always ride
Some time ago, after an address at a Ger
tain institution Of learning in this country, I
met with group of students who wanted to
discuss the relation of religion to the con-
temporary world During the course Of the
conversation one of them, who was a veteran,
said to me-, IT will tell you what's wrong with
this world. We did all we could. We fought
and bled and died. The trouble is that your
God has let us down.
A Growing Interest in Religion.
What have said so far Is true, but It Is
only half true. Everywhere in this country
one comes upon growing interest in religion
and growing concern for moral and spiritual
values. Religion is getting a hearing The
noted historian, Arnold Toynbee, said not long
ago that when the historian 800 years from
now looks back upon our time and tries to
define it, he will say that at the middle of the
goth century there came into being a resurgence
of spiritual values.
The search for God Is on. This generation
may disavow that and keep talking about
reality and sincerity, but it all comes back to
the same thing. Behind the iron curtain OF
fear and Illustration is a longing for God. A
man may have garage full of cars, a bank
full of money, house full of children, a library
full of books but scratch the surface and you
come upon an appalling emptiness. He knows
now that science can air-condition houses, but
science cannot turn his house into home:
only God can do that Science can go to the
laboratory and make penicillin for the healing
of the body, but science cannot minister to
mind diseased or pluck from the heart rooted
sorrow: only God can do that. Science can re-
build the bombed cities OF Europe and Asia, but
science cannot rebuild the shattered lives Of q
blasted world; only God can do that.
There is yet another evidence of the resurg-
ence of religion. refer to the search for the
sense of oneness which is in such evidence in
organized religion In the realm Of religion
men are trying to find areas of common life
and thought. In the past there has been too
much emphasis upon distinguishing differences
Evening star., 1948-01-17

his study Of 'aThe Wilson Era" is an even
better achievement. Franklin d. Roosevelt
summoned their author back to Federal
employment. He arrived in Mexico City
on April Is, 1888, one Of a number OF days
when the American Embassy there was
stoned by crowds In the adjacent streets.
The challenge of such an atmosphere of
popular distrust prompted the new envoy's
best endeavors. During his eight years in
the Mexican capital he won the confidence,
trust and affection of thousands on both
sides of the border. He was personifica-
ton of "the good neighbor" ideal. He de-
served to be happy, and generally he was.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Annuitant Wants to Work

To the EDITOR OF Ine STAR
Among Letters to the Editor" in The Star
for January H. there appeared a very timely
statement from "One of the Forgotten He
like myself and many other retired men, finds
it difficult to meet the high and ever increasing
cost of living on retirement allowance which
might prove adequate under ordinary circum-
stances. Since we cannot resort to coercion in
an effort to get an increase have another, and
I believe better solution to offer; namely:
Give us something to do whereby we may earn
a modest supplement. Since we are in posi-
ton to give our services at a moderate salary,
commensurate with the work we are able to do,
we would not necessarily compete with younger
men who, as we are quite willing to admit are
able to earn the larger salaries
The main purpose of this letter is to find out,
II possible, if there are any opportunities open
to men who have been obliged to retire on age
limit, but who still are in good health and able
to render efficient service.
M L. FEARNOW.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
Garden: Midwinter

What of delphtniunl 10tH surDtDe
The present ice that inches deep?
What of forgloDe--bro1n leaDes speared
By frost? Macbeth hath murdered
sleepJ
Could there hare euer been, and shall
There eDer be again, head
Shaken and spent Uhen drunken bee
Staggers from IaUish poppy bed?
on, toi1ds that Uhip, be kind, be kind,
Remember tissue iris shdlDls,
The fragile lily OF the day,
Narcissus tempting by old Walls.
Beneath the layers eUen noU,
Layers OF frost and ice and Leaf,
Surely as sprtno Utll wake the strong
And Natures law admits no grief
ALMA ROBERTS GIORDAN.
Evening star., 1948-01-17
For World Health

The acute diplomatic rivalries and ideo-
logical conflicts which beset our postwar
world inevitably emphasize the political
aspects of the United Nations. Indeed,
they tend to place upon U. N. political
tasks for which 1t was not intended. When
U. N. was created at San Francisco early
But the trainers envisaged constructive
peace settlement made by the victors
which would form a solid basis for U. Ms
political functions. Those peace-keeping
functions were enviSaged as merely part
of larger whole which included wide
variety of activities promoting world CO.
operation and carried out by a whole
series of organizations set up under the
u NJ Charter
One of the most hopeful of these is
that known as the World Health Organ
ization. It is logically one OF the least
controversial; for, as has been well said,
disease knows no political boundaries"
AS the preamble to w. H. o. puts it: 1.-THE
health of all peoples Is fundamental to
the attainment of peace and security, and
is dependent upon the fullest cooperation.
of individuals and states"
In view of its nonpolitical character, it
is somewhat surprising to discover that
W. H. O. Is still in the organizational stage.
Its constitution was drafted at the Inter-
national Health Conference that met in
New York in the summer of 1916, but does
not become effective until ratified by
twenty-six members of U. N. When such
ratification is effected, the first World
Health Assembly will be held within six
months, and w. H. o. will become full
f1edged member of the U. N. family.
To date, seventeen nations have ratified.
Soviet Russia has failed to join w. H. O.,
as 1t has abstained from most of the
other U. NJ collateral organizations. But
neither has the United States thus far
become member. Congress has, indeed,
approved in principle, with some minor
reservations, but the ratification bill was
lost In the rush of the closing days OF
the last regular session of Congress.
However W. H. o. has not been inactive.
It's work is being carried on by an Interim
Commission, on which the United States
is represented, the commission having its
headquarters in New York and its technical
Office In Geneva, Switzerland This latter
site is due to the fact that W. II. o. has
inherited the fruits OF the health section
of the defunct League Of Nations, which
had already done much good work in this