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Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

said that the first fall rains OF
last week have already made the
roads practically impossible not
only for the veterans classes but
for children attending the school
during the day.
Mr.. Thorn added that they
have boys attending veterans
classes from even beyond Hol-
lister, and that though the high
ways are good, the ones they
travel connecting from their
small localities tc the main roads
are virtually impossible.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

said she'd eat a grasshopper for
Sand did.
At Oklahoma A. & M. college
here, Clarence Jones of Altus
raised the ante. He demanded
IS.
When % fellow students made
up the pool, Jones performed
with a two-inch specimen.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

pm. at the Junior Senior High
School to white people of the
city and county.
This chorus viii appear at the
John Armstrong Chaloner School
at 1900 am. and again at $50
pm. This concert is sponsored
by the Chaloner Faculty and
other teachers of Halifax County.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
CORRECTION

Among those present at the
meeting on Monday of the Fine
Arts Club at the Wolnan's Club
house, and whose names were
accidentally omitted from the
published report were as fol-
lows, Mesdames M. S. Benton,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
MOOSE PANICS BUTTE

BUTTE. Mont - (AP) Bull
moose at best are ill-temper-
ed fellows and autumn is when
they're at their worst so a Butte
residential area breathed east
err after a l200-pounder was kill
ed by police in climax to a pur-
suit by autmobiie.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

Lunsford Crew, R. A. Daniel,
James Edge, Blair Gibson, Hugh
Goodwin, Byron Gurley, berkeley
Grizzard, Jesse Harrel!, Ed
Knott, Heath Lee and Rudy
WalSer.
The Herald regrets the over
sight.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Grasshoppers Go
Upland Down.

Saltwater, Okla, Oct. 17-(AP
-Grasshopper jumped higher
than steak here last night-but
it went down in a hurry.
The other day coed Ann Mil
Ter of Mercer College, Georgia,
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Negro Chorus
Will Sing Here
Next Month

Wings over Jordan, Negro
Chorus, viii appear at the Jun
ior Senior High School Friday,
November 5, 1913 at 2:30 pm.
This is a special program for
the white children.
The chorus will sing at 7:30
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17

In 1910, more than a quar-
ter of the population of the Unit
ed States were people who were
born outside the country or born
of alien parents.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-17
Vocational Department At Littleton
School Needs New Building Is Report

Littleton-F. H. Eason, princi-
pal Of the Littleton High School,
and D. W. Mcpherson, men,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
A Setback to Planning

1t Is gratifying that President iuman
has proper appreciation of the impor-
lance Of preparing an overall master
development plan for the Washington
Metropolitan Area. In this respect he is
considerably more farsighted and realistic
than the House Appropriations Committee
seems to be. That committee, instead Of
encouraging this sort of long range plan
ming for the District and its environs, has
taken action which-unlesS overruled by
Congress, as it should be-will put crimp
in joint Federal-District planning for the
future Capital
President Truman's Endorsement of the
broad planning program follows closely
the refusal of the House committee to
approve a 500 item needed by the
National Capital Park and Planning Com
mission for completion of the master city
development plan authorized by Congress.
That was not all the committee did. 1t
eliminated a $3,400000 appropriation to
start land purchasing under the District
Redevelopment Act. of 1916. Yet both the
master plan and the redevelopment pro-
gram have the approval of Congress.
Furthermore, the NCPPC and the District
Redevelopment Agency are under congress
Sional mandate to proceed with both
projects.
Perhaps the committees ill-advised
action resulted from a misunderstanding
of the whole undertaking. That some
witnesses before the committee were badly
misinforned as to the purpose OF the
redevelopment program Is evident from
their testimony The president of the
Federation of Civic Associations, for ex-
ample, expressed his belief that there is
establish Hitler-like ghetto in the far
northeast section of the District" The
record shows that there was no such
thought in the minds of those who advo-
Gated the original redevelopment plan
and it should be noted that number
Of representative colored citizens have
Fundamentally supported the program
from the outset. The primary purpose,
the record shows beyond a doubt, was
the humanitarian one of aiding the under
privileged Inhabitants of slum areas to
obtain better living quarters
That objective cannot be attained, how
ever, without funds for adequate planning
and for purchase of the necessary land.
The Senate Appropriations Committee
should afford officials in charge of the
planning and development phases of
the program full opportunity to answer
the criticisms voiced at the House" hear
ings. so that the record may be set straight
When that is done, it is hard to see how
Congress could logically decline to go
forward with the wise provisions of the
Redevelopment Act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Time Lost by VA Errors

To the Editor of The Star:
It's all very we'll for Congress to talk about
increasing the subsistence allotments for vet
Grams attending school, but more immediate
service could be rendered if the efficiency of
Veterans Administration offices were improved
so that veterans would receive the money to
which they now are entitled
There Is the veteran who has received
total of SAL since he enrolled in school in Sep
TENDER. He isn't employed and has no income
and most people will grant that something less
than SIC month won't go very far.
There is the young medical student who was
transferred from one hospital to another eight
months ago and hasn't received one cent since
he was transferred.
If you know any veterans who are trying to
attend school, you can add to these two
examples.
This Is not to be Interpreted as meaning
that VA is overloaded. VA creates vast
amount of its own work by making mistakes.
One error made by a clerk may easily lead to
20 or 30 protests Even II no correction OF the
error is made, the protests take up time Ii
the work had been done properly in the hrst
place. that time would have been saved.
A VETERAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
The Nays Good Example

There were many persons in and out
of the Navy who were skeptical of the
chances for success of the Nays decision
during World War II to abolish race segre-
CATION. The trouble" which some of these
cynics feared never materialized, however
And the best evidence Of the plans over
all success has come from one peculiarly
qualified to express an opinion-a Negro
officer in the Naval Reserve.
The officer referred to is Lieutenant
Dennis D. Nelson of this city, who is still
on active duty, serving in public relations
assignment at the Navy Department.
Lieutenant Nelson chose the difficult
subject of race relations in the armed
services for his doctorate thesis at Howard
University. Because this thesis proved to
be IAN objective and accurate synthesis
of available source material" the Navy
decided to issue it as semiofncial release.
This is understandable In view of the
kind words-tempered here and there by
some criticism-with which Lieutenant
Nelson appraised the Nays handling of
the race question.
The young Reserve officer regards the
Nays antisegregation policy as possibly
the greatest social gain of World War H."
He discusses the Nays approval of mixed
crews and opening of all branches of the
naval service to Negroes. But he has
found that the Mayor a few of its
offlcers-has not always carried fully into
practice the departments announced
policy. At present. however, the Navy
is sincerely making an effort to handle
the race question along intelligent and
enlightened lines, Lieutenant Nelson said.
More can and should be done, his thesis
tells the Navy. For example, the ratio
of Negro enlisted men calls for more
appointments of Negro officers. AS q
means of providing wider group of
qualified applicants for commissions. he
suggests the establishment, of Naval Re-
serve Officers Training Corps units in
Negro colleges. On a broader approach.
he advocates better indoctrination of naval
officers and enlisted men in race relations.
In view of Admiral T. L. Sprague's COM
ment that Lieutenant Nelson's thesis is
fair and valid" appraisal of the Nays
interest in its Negro personnel, it may be
taken for granted that the lieutenants
proposals will receive the careful attention
they deserve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

tries aimed at developing cultural relations,
such as exchanges of professors. students
and members of academic bodies.
The only sour notes struck in Italy come
from the Communists, who loudly assert
that the treaty tends to "enslave" Italy
and transform her into satellite of Wall
Street" The absurdity of such criticism
was effectively set forth by our Ambassa-
dor, James c. Dunn, who pointed out at
the time of signing that neither country
has sought or obtained through this
treaty any special or exclusive privileges"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
The ItuIo-Americun Treaty

Although the diplomatic instrument just
signed in Rome. by our Ambassador and
the Italian Foreign Secretary is primarily
economic in scope, certain novel features
In the text and attendant circumstances
invest it with broader significance.
Described as a treaty of friendship,
commerce and navigation, it replaces
similar treaty of 1871 which was termi-
mated by mutual consent in 1887, when
the economic practices of Fascist Italy
made it no longer tenable. Basfcally,
therefore, the new treaty is a return to
those traditional economic relations be-
tween states which were interrupted by
the totalitarian interlude.
BY and large, the new treaty is based
upon the principle of complete reciprocity.
Under it, the nationals of each signatory
are, in most matters guaranteed equal
treatment with natives; and where, for
special reasons. this cannot be done, they
have the status of all foreigners on
most favored nation basis. These pro-
visions apply to corporations and associa-
lions as we'll as to individuals. 1t
likewise squares with the regulations OF
the International Trade Organization and
the International Monetary Fund, although
the United States agrees to certain eXcep-
tional measures of the Italian government
for limited period to enable it to over
come its present financial and monetary
difficulties. Among these are exchange
controls, multiple exchange rates and
quantitative import restrictions.
One noteworthy innovation is the clause
providing for reciprocal freedom of the
press and information, including the
writing, reporting. gathering and trans
mission of material for publication by the
press, radio and motion pictures. The
only exception is the safeguarding of mill
tary secrets. And, in this same connection,
each country reserves the power to control
traffic in materials needed for manu-
featuring atomic bombs. Another innova-
ton is a paragraph granting Italian work
ers in the United States the same benefits
of compulsory social insurance as they
enjoy at home.
The treaty is generally hailed in Italy
rs welcome gesture of special friendship
by the United States. Italians note that
it Is the first treaty of its kind which the
United States has signed with any Euro
pean country since World War II. And
they likewise note the near prospect OF
another agreement between the two coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

went by before the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation could complete clearing menu
bers of the present mission. Moreover, un-
til Mr.. Griswold was offered the task and
accepted, President Truman had consid-
cradle trouble finding man willing to
administer the project. Accordingly, If Mr..
Griswold and numerous others working
with him really intend to end their serv-
Ice on June 80, prompt action should be
taken to recruit satisfactory requirements.
Otherwise the problem of making our
Greek aid effective will be harder than
ever and it is certainly hard enough right
now
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Our Personnel in Greece

Reliable reports strongly indicate that a
big personnel shortage is in the making
for our American mission to Greece. I'm
der present law the mission Is scheduled
to expire on June 80, but its work will be
far from finished on that date, and Con-
gress almost certainly will have to pro-
vide for its continuance in connection
with the overall European Recovery Pro-
gram. That seems to be the lesser aspect
of the problem, however: the real ques-
ton shaping up is whether there will be
enough individuals willing to remain in
the country, or enough available to replace
them, to carry on with the job that needs
to be done.
The reports from Athens are not reas-
surfing on this score. Dwight P. Griswold
chief of the mission, is said to have made
up his mind to decline if he is invited to
stay on as administrator after June &c.
Mr.. Griswold's departure, taken by ITSELF
would not necessarily create serious
problem, but apparently most of his top
aides also intend to leave for home on the
scheduled expiration date. Indeed, accord
ing to one correspondents poll, out of
almost 300 civilian employees working on
the project. about 80 per cent have ex
pressed the wish to return to the United
States when their year of service is ended
This widespread desire to quit Greece
does not reflect loss OF faith in the pur-
poses or workability of our aid operations.
With the possible exception of small
minority, ,the personnel shares Mr.. Girls
wolds belief that the program, if properly
supplemented, will accomplish its objec-
tives-namely, to save the country from
being forced within the Soviet orbit and
to insure Greek political and economic
stability. But many of the missions mem
berS became part of it with the under
standing that they would serve only until
June 30. Some have no more than years
leave of absence from their regular jobs
in the United States, and others either are
depressed by living conditions over there
or face such important morale problems
as the lack of American schools for their
children.
If this is an accurate picture of the
situation-and there seems little reason to
doubt that it is-the time is here to do
something about 1t. Most Of last summer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

per cent higher than that. We now realize
a gross profit of 6 per cent more than when
we bought the place two years ago. In that
time, however, fuel oil has risen so per cent.
taxes IA per cent.
Plumbers cost twice what they did when
our rents were per cent higher than now,
exterminators two and half times. To do
the simplest amount of redeeorating now costs
what completely re-doing an apartment did
formerly.
1t is time that District landlords were either
given the chance to be Simon Legrees, or else
were painted as Elsie Dinsmores If Mr.. Cogs-
well is going to continue to see Washington
landlords as bitter Williams, he should allow
them at least small profit with which to
indulge their vices. STILL AFLOAT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Winter Wisdom

The sno,u lies deep, the snoto lies mem
and I have choice OF things to do,
Lying here in tOarmth OF bed
Temptation glides totthir my head,
Reason rhymes NTH tick and took
OF lying thus till str o'clock,
And rhunes come on tn this faint light
OF day emerging out OF night
That tempt me up 1ghtle snoto lies 5aSt
A, God and angels think 1t must,
And no one else has seen or heard
Thi. ,uhite translation OF HIS Word
As 1t lies spoken on my square
OF earth. see my breath on air.
Dress quickly ere change my mind,
Lean long upon the shoDel, find
In this brief yielding against reason
Enough soul-joy to last the season.
GLADYS MCKEE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Stars, Men and Atoms
Single Test Justifies Cost
Of 10 Millions for Hunuur
Arctic Climate Conditions Simulated
Avoiding Crash Risks in Tryouts
By Thomas r. Henry

The Air Forces 81, 000, 900 Climatic hangar"
at Eglin Field, Fla where all the worlds
weather can be duplicated on order, has nearly
repaid the cost of its construction by the
first test conducted in its cold chambers
A new type liaison plane for the Army
ground forces in Arctic territory was run for
30 days in q section of the hangar where
conditions of extreme cold could be simulated.
AS result, 80 separate defects, not otherwise
apparent, were detected. Under the only sys-
tenn possible in the past it would have been
necessary to take this plane to Northern
Alaska with full crew and equipment, PERHAPS
wait for weeks for suitable weather condi-
tions and then conduct dozens of separate
tests. These would have been difficult and
dangerous.
At the same time rations and clothing were
tested under conditions of extreme cold and
various wind conditions. The particular plane
tested might well have crashed during its first
fight at subzero temperatures. Henceforth
it will be the policy to test new equipment
in the Arctic only as final step before sign
ing contracts.
e20-Degree Range.
IN the climatic hangar there is a tempera-
ture range from minus 10 to $50 above zero F.
to be encountered in actual war conditions,
Air Force officers say, until machines are built
to soar. above the stratosphere into the ex-
IRENE heat and cold of very great attitudes,
Cold weather chambers, large enough to
test any kind of plane for anything except
actual flying, are considered of particular i'm
portance since there are so many problems
connected with Arctic aviation which remain
unsolved. These include the expansion and
contraction of various kinds of metals and the
stability of oiing systems.
The climatic hangar contains special pro-
visions for testing the deterioration of food
and clothing at extremely high temperatures
and various conditions of humidity over long
periods and of the effects of various tropical
fungi on airplane equipment
Clothing Problem.
The problem of Arctic clothing. air service
officers say, remains largely unsolved despits
numerous experiments. Hitherto it has been
impossible to test these under conditions closely
approxmating those of actual service, with
men moving about actively in fairly large
space and with facilities for changing the
weather with all the abruptness sometimes
encountered in the Far North.
1t now is perfectly apparent, said an air
service spokesman, that the weather of any
spot on the globe can be duplicated at few
moments notice and changed at a few mo-
ments' notice. This hangar produces weather
as it actually is, not as it hitherto has been
duplicated in special and space-restricted
labora tories.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Letters to The Star
District Commissioners Criticized


To the Editor Of The Star:
The testimony of Commissioner John Russell
Young before the House-Senate hearings is
quired that Washington needs elected officials
responsible to the will of the people.
In city which already is famed" among
American cities for police brutality, for rank
and appalling neglect of its hospitals, and for
confusion and neglect in dts school system,
Commissioner Young has the effrontery to
praise the District government as sat or near
the top" among United States cities!
Is the plain, humble citizen to have no relief
from this nonsense? Must we endure forever
Commissioners who constantly pat themselves
on the back, who never see anything wrong
with the city government, and who split hairs
over suggestions Of home rule?
And what do you think is the latest? Why,
1t is scarcely believable. Commissioner Young
and his colleagues suggest that paying taxes
here should be, somehow, a prerequisite for
voting!
And then both Commissioner Young and his
faithful colleague, Commissioner Mason, are
Mortified ut the idea of "outsiders"-that is,
those here only a year or two-voting along
with veteran District residents. They say
1--WE can't see the idea of letting people from
Chevery, Md, Or Podunk, Va, run the
District government"
Why does this idea haunt them Night and
day? Is it because they know that even the
people of Cheverly, Md, and Podunk. Va,
would not put up with the abuses and neglect
in the city government that have been going
on undisturbed for years right under the noses
of Commissioners John Russell Young and GUY
Mason?
Now as never before, we need responsible
government-not rulers who insist ON praisng
their own record when that record" is q dis
grace to modern American city
Above all, we need to get away from the I'M
democratic ioea that only those who pay taxes
should vote. MARSDEN SIENNA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
President, Local n, ALL Tea
Landlords as Bitter Villains

To the Editor of The Star:
notice that Mr.. Cogswelfs Office now is
apologizing for having conceded that one
landlord might be entitled to a rent raise he
asked for. The District rent control ad-
ministrator has been a consistent propagan-
dist to perpetuate the emotional picture pos
sessed by many Americans of q landlord as
essentially tight-fsted and hard-hearted.
But the landlords dollar is no more elastic
than any one elses. To deny him profit on
his capital investment is un-American, and
yet the only way to get an increase from
RCA is to prove that YOU win sink If you
don't receive it.
We own . small apartment house. In two
hearings before the commission, We have
managed to raise our level Of rents for the
whole building \ total Of per cent. In 1889.
before ws owned the building, the rents were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04

Letters for publication must bear
the signature and address OF the
Driter, although it is permissible for
writer kno,Dn to The Star to use a
nom de plume. Please be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-02-04
Gratitude for Robert Burns

To the Editor OF The Star:
THE best laid schemes o mice and men gang
aft a-gley" January Is, birthday of the Bard
of Ayr, has come and gone, and tribute to the
Scottish poet-philosopher is week late.
Yet in this decadent age of mass murder and
mass insanity, what could be more soothing to
the nerves and healing to the soul on any date
than breath O. the heather, perusal of the
practical and inspiring philosophy and music of
Robert Burns?
He gave more than poetry to the world. He
gave himself This rugged individual this
heroic lover of mankind was way of life.
pattern of living. For in every word and line of
Burns there shines forth his tremendous love
for all things God created the wee, modest,
crmson-tipped flower the wee sleekit cow rim
tim'rous beastie' and the individual thus ad-
dressed: "Oh, vert thou in the cauld blast?'
The great heart of Robert Burns knew only
love and kindness. He was tolerant toward all
save intolerance. Then gently scan your fell
low man, still gentler sister woman" is reminis-
cent of the words, Judge not that ye be not
Judged or again, go thy way and sin no
more"
mot how much chaff is in you, but have you
any wheat?" wrote Thomas Carlyle with ref
erence to Burns. In the Sermon on the Mount,
the Saviour OF men mentioned the sins OF omis-
sion, not those of commission. Mans inhu-
mainly to man makes countless thousands
mourn is summary of that sublime sermon.
Truly, the words of the Bard of Avon apply
to the Bard of Ayr: His life was gentle, and
the elements so mixed in him that nature might
stand up and say to all the world, This was a
man." L. A. PALMER.
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