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Evening star., 1948-11-05
Marshall to Retire?

Commenting on reports from Paris that
he has decided to resign on January 20,
Secretary of State Marshall has denied
having made any statement on the subject,
but he has pointed out at the same time
that ION numerous occasions" he has "ex-
pressed very sincere desire to retire from
Government service" This adds up to
at least hint that between now and
Inauguration day, when all members of
the cabinet presumably will follow the
custom of submitting their designations,
he really will want President Truman to
accept his.
OF course, If that proves to be the case,
it will not mean that the Secretary is at
odds with the President on foreign policy.
There are no indications that they do not
see eye to eye on all essentials. Nor are
there any indications that their personal
relationship is not as warm as ever. The
fact is that Mr.. Truman is well aware of
General Marshalls long-standing wish to
enjoy the pleasures of relaxation at his
home in Leesburg, Va.-wen aware too,
that the fulf1llment of that wish has been
twice deferred since the close of the war,
when this distinguished soldier statesman
ended his brilliant, energy-consuming
career as Army Chief of Staff. Despite a
genuine eagerneSs to retire then, he re-
garded it as his duty to comply when the
mediate between the Communists and the
Nationalists. Later, early in 1947, after
year of hard but futile work among the
Chinese, he put off retirement once again
when called upon to take over the far
more exacting duties of his present office.
In the circumstances, having worked so
long, so arduously and so well for his
country, it is not surprising if he is think
ing of resigning now and passing on his
labors to other hands.
But even though General Marshall Is
entitled to put down his burdens and re-
tire with exceptional honors and the
gratitude of the entire Nation, the Ameri-
can people will hope that the President will
be able to persuade him to stay at the
head of the State Department for a good
while after January 20. Failing that, they
can only hope that successor of compa-
rable ability, stature and moral prestige
will be found. The search will not be
easy. Men of Marshall's stamp are few
and far between. The adjective great"
which is often too loosely used, is used
accurately when applied to him. When
the day of his retirement comes, the loss
will be not merely our own, but the worlds
as well. Certainly, in the task of building
decent and lasting global peace, not
many have been his peers.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
A Step Backward

The action taken by the school author.
tiles in King George County, Virginia, to
"eoualize" school facilities as between
Negroes and whites will strike most people
as being an utterly absurd approach to
their problem.
A Federal Judge directed the school off,
cials to provide substantially equal facil-
tiles by october 20. Negro representatives
complained that this had not been done
and the school officials were to go into
court today to show why they should not
be adiudged in contempt of the order.
1t was announced yesterday that the
School Board, in last-minute attempt
at equalization, had decided to drop four
courses chemistry, physics, biology and
geometry-from the curriculum OF the
county's white high school, In other words,
the school facilities are to be equalized
by pulling the white schools down to the
level of the Negro schools.
The county superintendent OF schools
has vigorously opposed this move, and it
may be doubted that any such backward
step is necessary to show compliance with
the courts order. The intent of that order
was to secure Improvement in colored
schools, not to impair those for whites.
II the school authorities had done every
thing within their power to comply with
the order but still had not been able to
make the necessary Improvements within
the October % deadline, they should have
been willing to go into court and make
showing to that effect. In that situa-
ton it is hardly conceivable that the
court, If satisfied as to their good faith,
would not have granted reasonable addi-
tional time in which to make the further
changes required.
It is possible that the curtailment of
the white curriculum is a tactical move,
designed to bring pressure to bear in
behalf of s150,000 bond issue for a
eolcred high school which is to be voted
on by the residents of the county
tomorrow. But even If this is the real
motive, it still Is not very smart move.
The report here is that the residents of
the county are up in arms at the
ridiculous action of the school board, and
one may hope that this popular protest
will bring the board to its senses.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

tions were likewise socialised without too
much ado.
When it came to the steel industry,
however, the opponents OF socialization
girded their loins for battle. The British
steel industry was not sick. On the con-
trary 1t was doing well under private
ownership. But 1t was naturally run with
profit motive, which included considera-
tions Of future markets in relation to plant
investment and expansion. This was
where 1t tangled with the government.
The Labor Ministry wanted an "expan-
sionist" program, regardless of profit con-
siderations. 1t condemned the policy of
the steel owners as "restrictionist" at a
time when Britain urgently needed much
larger iron and steel industry, alike for
stepped-up exports and for considerations
OF national defense. This was the prac-
tical reason the government gave for its
determination to place the steel industry
next on its list for naturalization, besides
the theological argument that steel came
next In It's overall program of social
ization.
The conservative answer is that the
Labor Partys record in other branches of
industry already nationalized has not
been too good. That is notably the case
with coal, which Is still sick and suffering
from chronic labor troubles. To take over
a healthy industry, they argue, would be
to increase the burden on the taxpayer
with no guarantee of more efficiency
Such is the issue on which the Labor
Party and the Conservative Opposition
have locked horns. The British public Is
being again appealed to specifically on
the controversy of socialization versus
private ownership. The steel industry may
offer an apt test of the publics reaction
to the basic principles involved.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Revolution in Peru

The revolution in Peru which unseated
President Bustamente last week is signln-
cant. less in itself than in what lies be-
hind. This was the third revolutionary
xttenpt against the Bustamente admins
tration in four months. However, those
attempts sprang from diametrically op-
posite causes, two being reactionary ana
one ultra radical in character. Taken to-
eether, they reveal the deep antagonisms
which split Peru's national life.
Peru remains essentially what it has
been since Spanish colonial days. AT the
apex of the social and economic pyramid
stands a small but powerful aristocratlc
class of wealthy landowners Below
spreads mass of landless peasants and
town workers, largely Indian in blood The
peasantry are mainly illiterate and IN
credibly backward. Between those ex-
tremes of wealth and poverty, of culture
and ignorance, there is only an embryonic
middle class, though there does exist
group of intellectuals with liberal or radi-
cal ideas.
A decade or 50 ago the radical wing OF
the intellectuals evolved movement
known as APRA, headed by one Haya de
Ia Tore, literary figure internationally
known for his talented writings as well as
for his political theology. APRAs program
is peculiar sort of socialism, inspired in
part from the civilization of the Incas,
which was a functional collectivism well
suited to the Indian temperament. among
other radical reforms, APRA advocates
subdivision of big landed properties. How
ever, it has no connection with interna-
tional communism, to which II is spe-
cifically opposed.
APRAs domestic radicalism bitterly an
tagonized the conservatives, who had
dominated politics in land where only
one-tenth of the population is entitled to
the vote. Nevertheless it won such popular
support that, in the general elections of
1945, 1t took an anti-APRA coalition to
elect Dr. Bustamente for a six-year term.
Bustamente's antecedents were conserva-
tive, but he undertook to put through
program of moderate reform which would
mitigate Perus worst economic and social
Ills. This did not satisfy APRA but it in
furiated the conservatives, many of whose
representatives in Congress refused to take
part, thereby rendering the Government
unavoidable This compelled the President
to function by emergency measures which
his opponents declared unconstitutional
The conservative stronghold lies in the
officers corps of the Army which tradi-
tionally holds the political balance of
power in Peru, as 1t does in most Latin
American republics. Last June, an Army
revolt broke out in the south, but was
premature and was quickly suppressed. A
much more serious rising occurred early
in October at Callao, the port of Lima, the
capital. That revolt, which included part
of the Navy, was radical in character and
apparently involved APRA 1t was put down
by the Army after fierce fighting and
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Clothes Horses on the Pan
TO the Editor of The Star

To the Editor OF The Star:
Apropos Mrs. Veronica Dengels observa-
tions on washington dress customs. published
October 26: hope the American people have
sense enough to appreciate the men and
women in the Government service who are
more concerned with the proper execution
of their duties than with foppish attention
to personal attire. It is gratifying to know
that we have such worthless conducting the
Governments business instead Of those over
dressed, sartorial equines who can do nothing
more than prance away their hollow, narcis-
sistic lives before the social mirror.
r. C. PERGIEI.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Letters to The Star

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address of the
'ortter. although 1t is permissible for
a tortter. knosDn to The Star to use
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star., 1948-11-05
BY THE HAsKIN SERVICE.

BY The HASklN SERVICE.
@. Does the Federal Government grant any
funds for vivisection?-C. S.
A. The United States Public Health Service
says that no funds are granted by Federal
agencies for the vivisection of animals. Funds
that are granted by Federal agencies for use
in connection with medical or health activities
are granted in compliance with specific re.
quirementS of acts of Congress for definite
purposes. such as the control of cancer, the
control Of tuberculosis, the control of venereal
diseases or for general health work.
O. How many conventions are held annually
in this country?-H. M. B.
A. The International Association OF Conven.
ton Bureaus has estimated that 11000 con-
ventions are held each year in the United
States.
@. Are the walters at the Homestead Hotel
in Hot Springs, Va. especially trained to
carry trays upon their heads?-D. G. M.
A. The walters are not oficially taught to
balance trays Of food on their heads; they
train themselves. The races formerly staged
by the walters, when they ran with fully laden
trays on their heads, have been discontinued.
@. How much should baby gain in weight
during his first years.. P.
A. Normally a baby should have trebled his
birth weight by the. time he has reached
the age of year.
@. What is the Milky Way?-R. E. r.
A. Our system Of stars is called the Galaxy.
a name derived from q Greek word gala,
meaning milk" GALAXY and Milky Way are
often used anonymously to mean our entire
system of stars, although Milky Way usually
refers to the white pathway across the heavens
which Is due to the fact that the stars along
that zone are more numerous than in other
parts of the sky. The Milky Way was already
known to the ancients They had myth to
account for its origin. saying that the maternal
milk of Juno, wife of Jupiter the supreme god,
had splashed against the armament and left
the white track Of the Milky Way.
O. viii a bill that was pending when the
last Congress adjourned be acted upon when
the new Congress- convenes in january
w. M. L.
A. All legislation pending in Congress at
the time Of adjournment will Idle" with the
expiration of the Eightieth Congress on jan
uary 8. 1949 Therefore, no action will be
taken on any legislation unless Congress is
called in special session between now and
that time. Any legislation to be considered
by the Eighty first Congress must be reintro.
duced after the new Congress is organized.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

Add food for thought: How do you con-
troll United States Senate after an elec-
ton has given you control?
Evening star., 1948-11-05
Questions and Answers

reader can get the answer to question Of
fact by writing The washington Star Information
Bureau, 316 street NE. Washington 2, D. G.
Please incloSe cents for return postage.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

have full citizenship He is now President
OF all the people. They have given him a
mandate to 60 on. He will be encouraged to
DO the right thing and implement his ideal.
BY doing so he will strengthen our democracy
and bring unity. He will prove that Hitler
was wrong, and he will show Joe Stain that
democracy can remove evils inherent in the
system. This more than anything else will
prove to the world the virtue Of Christian
democracy. We take heart in the election of
President Truman. Z. B. HENDERSON.
Falls Church, Va.
To the Editor Of The Star:
As sat in the statler Hotel watching the
election returns as presented by Life maga-
zine on television, wondered II the average
American realized how many barrels of very
subtle propaganda he is being fed each day.
Hitler once said that If a man were told
one thing often enough, after a while he
would believe 1t. That is the principle of
propagandisn. The subject receives a barrage
of suggestions, softly, gently in sugar-coated
capsules. The process Is painless After a
period OF time the conditioning is completed,
the subject has been won over
The effectiveness of such propaganda has
been witnessed all over the world in the last
decade. The fact that a million people voted
for Henry A. Wallace on Tuesday is most
alarming example. Every day in a million
ways the American people are being gently
led from their belief in democratic principles
to an acceptance of so-called liberalism. The
American people will be led even further into
this abyss Of progressivism because Mr.. Aver
age Public is not intelligent enough to realize
what is happening to him.
My predictions for the next decade are that
liberalism" will not only continue to increase
but that America will succumb. Democracy
will crumble and we will become slaves to
the state. PAMELA p. THOMAS.
Evening star., 1948-11-05

: To the Editor of The Star:
Harry Truman has breat1ed the breath Of
life into the Democratic donkey and by his
own efforts alone dragged him back from the
political boneyard. Now that donkey. romp-
ing around, tail straight out, head held high,
snorting, Is all any one can hear or see in the
barnyard. You would think that "Old Hickory"
himself had just pulled the bride of and
turned the old long -eared devil loose to wallow.
lack SPRATT.
To the Editor of The Star:
One of the most valuable lessons to come
out of this campaign is the fact that millions
of Americans voted for Mr.. Truman despite
his advocacy Of the civil rights program OF
course, many millions voted for Mr.. Dewey
believing that his work as Governor showed
his support OF a civil rights BILL And Mr..
Wallace had risked much to come out strongly
for the abolition of Jim Grow as an American
way of life. Only the ~Dixiecrats were COM
pletely anti-Negro. Now that the Nation has
spoken so vividly and positively, many of the
Dixiecrats will stink back into the party.
Mr.. Truman risked his political future for
an ideal. He has proven himself bravest of
the brave. During his campaign he never
failed to reiterate his position on the question
as to whether citizens by birth Of color should
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

the Rev. Robert Vaughn. Burial
was in Johnson cemetery. Pail
bearers were Rogert Golf, l.. c.
Faggard, Dennis Cumbest, Linn
Cauley, Robert Kirkwood and
Wilton KirkWood.
She is survived by her hus-
band, Tollie E. Golf; three daugh-
tiers, Mesdames R. V. Atkinson,
M. L. Hamilton and G.. L. Lamp
kin; two brothers, Sam Kirkwood
and Seward Kirkwood; two sis
tiers, Mesdames L. F. Cauley and
Edna Nelson; and nine grand
children, all of Jackson county.
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and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Bilbo
Tootle and son and Mrs. T. l..
Murphy, ST., visited Mr.. and Mrs.
c. E. Murphy in New Orleans last
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Semski,
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. D. Tyrone, all
of Biloxi, and Elmer Walker OF
Moss Point were Sunday after
noon guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
G.. A. Broadus. Mr.. Walker II
brother Of Mrs. Broadus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Liston Alexander
and two sons of Pascagoula were
guests late Sunday afternoon OF
their parents and grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Alexander
were among those attending the
funeral Of Walter O'Neal Mon
day near Ramsay Springs
Mrs. Harry Fortenberry of Co
iumbia and sister, Mrs. T. l..
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News From Voncleuve $50.
Mrs. Tom Mallette Given Surprise
Birthday Party Sunday By Parents

A surprise birthday party was
given Sunday afternoon by Mr..
and Mrs. George Jones, honoring
their only daughter, Mrs. Tom
Mallette. A group Of friends and
relatives greeted the honoree
singing the birthday song. The
Rev. G. A. Broadus led the group
in a prayer of thanks after which
Mrs. Mallette blew out the can
dies on the beautifully decorated
two-tier cake. Assisting Mrs
Jones, besides her daughter, were
Mesdames Cliff Rouse, Burton
Roberts and Miss Beatrice Ellis.
Mrs. AL Stage presided over the
punch bowl.
The regular library meeting
will be held tonight, Friday, at
the school auditorium. There will
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Murphy, Sr., visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Claude Ramsay and Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Mallette in the Fort
Bayou community recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Stagg and son
of Evergreen community were
guests Sunday OF Mrs. Jerusha
Bonham and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff
Rouse and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shepherd Havens
and daughter were guests in the
Ray Ravens home wednesday,.
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! a CHRISTMAS program.

be a Christmas program.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Cochran
received word Saturday that
their son, Roy Lee Martin, had
been injured in a wreck and was
in the hospital in Davenport.
Iowa, with a splintered knee and
face decorations.
The Christmas program at the
Methodist church December %
is TO be a candlelight service al
p. m.
Frederick Waugh Of California
was a visitor to his aunt, Mrs.
v. G.. Humphrey, several days
this week. He also renewed quite
a few old friendships that he
knew when he lived here with
the Humphreys.
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Langley
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have moved to their new home in
Alabama.
Mr.. and Mrs Dewey Broadus
and Charles Tatum of Pasca-
goula visited the Rev. and Mrs.
G. A. Broadus Wednesday.
Mrs. Earl Bond OF Gautier was
guest Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. M. Alexander, Wednesday.
Mrs. Alice Bourgeois spent sew
eral days this week with rela-
tiyes in Biloxi.
Mr. Burns was in Bay Monette
a few days this past week.
Saturday the Rev. r. A.. Ais
worth Of Pascagoula was a visi-
tor here. He was accompanied by
his daughter, Martha Gene, who
spent the day with Berdie Kay
Roberts.
Mrs. Lydia Brooks has re-
turned from a few days in New
Orleans.
Visitors in Mobile Thursday
were Mesdames Henry Davis
DIN Davis and w. w. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Hawley and
Mrs. John Rogers of Moss Point
were visitors of MI. and Mrs. L.
p. Hawley Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Lord and
Jacob Lockard of Mobile have
been recent visitors in the j.. f.
Lockard home.
Mrs. Guy Dean of Noalde, Tex,
was a guest in the Lockard home
Sunday.
Edna Carolyn Ravens spent
Saturday night and Sunday in
Pascagoula with her uncle and
aunt, Mr., and Mrs. Lamar coch
ran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Harris and
son Of Biloxi were guests of Mr.,
and Mrs. Burton Roberts Satur-
day.
Oscar Martin, ST., and Oscar,
Jr., were guests of the formers
sister, Mrs. w. II. Westfall, Sun
day morning.
Mrs. McDaniels of Birmingham
is guest of her daughter, Mrs.
Wallace Roberts and family.
Mrs. c. c. Mcgee was guest of
Mrs. w. H.. Westfall Fridays
Sympathy is extended j. M.
Alexander on the death of his
brother-in-law, Walter O'Neal,
who also has several other rel
atives in the community.
Friends regret to learn that
Henry Ruble OF Kreole, a former
resident of our community, con-
tinues quite i'll. His daughter,
Edith, of Arkansas, has been
nursing him. His son, Howard, of
Georgetown, S. C., and Miss Ru-
bic were guests Saturday of their
sister, Mrs. Hardy Ramsay, and
family here.
Congratulations are extended
Miss Laverne Sheffield and Her
Ion Davis of the Red Creek COM
munity, who were married Sat
urday night. Mrs. Davis is the
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. G.
A. Broadus, and has been living
here in the parsonage with her
family.
Mrs. Belle Carter and Malcolm
Dunaway and two sisters from
Moss Point visited relatives here
Sunday.
Miss Marjorie Stewart of Wool
market visited her sister, Mrs.
N. w. Ramsay, Sunday afternoon
and Sunday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Quinton FURRY
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Mrs. Tollie Golf
Succumbs Thursday
At Hospital Here

Mrs. Lou Anne Golf died
Thursday at the Jackson County
hospital. Mrs. Golf had not been
in good health and she had failed
rapidly since the death of her
only son, Darnell Golf, following
a sawmill accident November IL.
She was 81 years old. She had
been confined to the hospital for
six days before her death. =
Mrs. Golf was a native of Wade.
She was a member of the Cas-
we'll Springs Methodist church.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Saturday at II a. m. at the
Tabernacle at Wade by the Rev.
James Williamson, assisted by
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
ON TOUR OF DUTY

Maurice P. Acosta, fireman,
USN, husband of Mrs. Alice
Acosta, 1907 Polk avenue, is serv-
ing aboard the light cruiser USS
Huntington, which has completed
a four-month tour of duty in the
Mediterranean and a two-month
goodwill cruise of ports in Africa
and South America covering 28,-
507 miles.
While in the Mediterranean
the Huntington visited Naples,
Venice and Trieste, Athens, Is
tanbul and Tripoli, She then
steamed through the Suez canal
stopping at ports in Africa and
in South America.
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AIR r

John P. Hacan, son of j. A. Ha-
can of Pollack Road in Pasca-
goula, is presently training as an
Air Force Technician at the USFA
Technical School at Fl. Francis
F. Warren Wyo., it has been an
nounced by Col. John c. B. Eli
Oft. commanding officer.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17
MRS. KEEL On VACATION

Mrs. Tom Kell. Librarian of the
Pascagoula Public library, is to
go on a ten day vacation begin
ming Monday. During her alb
sence Mrs. Lydia Nelson will be
in charge at the library.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-12-17

Estimates of the time it will
take to restore war wrecked Ber-
lin range up to so years.