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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-21

GaVeI Chapter, No. 70, Q. e
S., are requested to assemble
at Gawler's Chapel, 1855 Pa.
ave. NV, on Sunday, August
%, 194S, at Z pm, to con-
duct services for our late sis
ter, ESTELLE HALDENSTEIN.
j. DALEY. Worthy Matron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-21
Dpaths

HALDENsTEIN. EsTELLE. Suddenly,
on Friday, August 20, 1913, at Emergency
Hospital, ESTELLE HALDENSTEIN, be-
loved wife of Joseph s. Haldenstein of
1857 Alabama ave. Sc. and mother of
Doris L. Haldenstein. Friends may call
at Gawler's Chapel, 1855 Pa. ave. NV,
until 10 m. Sunday. Interment Brook
Ign, N. Y. %
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-21

GROVE, APPELoNIA. On THURSDAY.
August -, l94s. At her resids spavT Char ar
loved wife Of Benjamin Grove and mother
Of Mrs Lucie B. Nicely. Mrs ~, Myrle q
r RAYMOND Grove Funeral on Sunday.
August 20. from the HUNT & Ryon Fu,
neral Home at l pm. Services At AL
FAITHS Church. Huntersville, Nd, at m.
Interment church cemetery: 22
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
BY Billy Rose

Saturday afternoon, at the Par
ke-Bernet auction galleries on
57th Street, a man came up and
asked if he could borrow my col
umn for a day. l thought he
was kidding until he reached in
to his pocket and handed me the
following;
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

Philosophy is often a lazy mans excus
doing something about it.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
By Dorothy Thompson

Much attention has been paid
to that part of the report of the
Hoover Commissions subcom-
mittee on National Security Or
ganization dealing with the in =
competence of our intelligence
services. Less public attention
has been attracted to the reports
criticism of the general intelli-
gence of our policies.
The subcommittee expressed
itself as concerned "by the in
adequate liaison =. between for
eign policy and national mill
tary power :. >. Within slightly
more than score of years =.
we have won two wars, only to
lose the peace =. through lack
of . :. . consistent national objec-
tives Our foreign and mill
tary policies are not yet firm
ly tied together -. The mill
tary :. are planning how to fight
the next war-if this tragedy
should occur-without knowing
exactly what we would be fight
ing for
This criticism is exactly cor
rect and lies at the root of fail
ures even in the intelligence
services as such. The blame
is not upon the military, but up
on civilian leadership. When the
military run away with a war or
take over peace policies, it is be-
cause of failures in guidance
from the proper spheres.
In the last war, the declara-
ton of Allied political leaders
that peace terms were "Uncon-
ditional Surrender" handed
everything to the military. The
declaration was a total abnega-
tion of peace policy, requiring
the continuation of the war to the
total collapse of the enemies, no
matter what political eventuali-
ties might develop.
1t also was a carte blanche
to pursue the war by any and
every means. Having taken that
stand, every overture from the
enemy powers to end the war
had to be summarily rejected
though the story of those over
lures has not been comprehen-
sively told, nor has the rejec-
ton of overtures from anti
Nazi Germans to overthrow the
Hitler regime in advance of Mu-
mich ever been adequately eX-
planned.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
Lower Taxes For Business Is Very
Moot Question, Here's One Idea

Earl Bunting, managing director of the National
Association of Manufacturers wants thorough
overhauling of Federal tax structures, that the
American economy can hold its and make prog
resS.
The newspaper dispatch which read does not
give the full text of Mr. Bunting S remarks and,
consequently we have idea about his proposals in
regard to Federal taxes Our guess, however is that
he would Tighten the taxes on business.
Certainly, sensible person would object to any
proposal to Tighten Federal taxation provided the
expenditures of the Federal Government be great
ly reduced. With European relief rearmament, pay
ments to veterans and interest the public debt TAX
ing billions to see where any economy is to be located
AS long the segment of American life, which
speakers refer to business receives benefits
from the Government and protection from foreign ag
gressors is not out of place to expect business to
pay some share of the tax load
Corporations, which, by Interpretation of the
Supreme Court are "persons' should naturally
the burdens that fall to other classes of persons
in this country One of the burdens is the payment of
taxes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
Pitching H0rsesh0es

She's Is now, Of course, a junior
miss with the baby fat melting
away fast and as pretty as-well
as pretty as Millie must have
been, judging from the entries
in your diary.
Aunt Charlotte told me the
whole story of your troubles.
About what an intelligent fellow
you were and how you sat up
nights reading, and about how
Millie scolded you for it even if
you didn't have the go-getting
spirit to push yourself at the Of
flee, because she loved you as
you were. And about, how, when
things got tough during the de-
preston and it looked as if your
firm were going to fire you, you
took $4,000 out of the safe be-
cause Millie was i'll and had to
be sent to Arizona. And about
how they caught and sent you
away.
Aunt Charlotte, I'm sure you'll
be glad to know. T. H. r. doesn't
blams you for anything. When
Millie knew she was dying, she
asked her aunt to take care of
Butterball and, judging from VIII
I saw last week, Charlotte has
done whale of a job. OF course
she's had to scrape lot on the
small salary the department
store pays her, bur she wishes
you'd been there to be a father
to the girl; she knows you were
ashamed to come back after five
years in Jail, but she wants you
to know she's not ashamed of
anything, and if you ever get a.
round to Toledo, you'll find her
door wide open.
Naturally, you're wondering
why l, stranger, took the
trouble to trace down Butterball.
Well, maybe it's because have
a lot Of time on my hands these
days, and then again maybe it's
because Of the last item in your
diary, dated December "a, 1884:
''Me and my soft heart! On
the way home tonight, happened
to see a couple of skinny kids
looking into toy shop window.
Got sudden yen to play Santa
Claus, took them inside and
bought them twenty bucks worth
Of happy stuff. Crazy, I guess,
some day if things don't 60 right,
but maybe somebody will do the
same thing for Butterball :"
And that's the reason for this
letter, T. H. F. just wanted
you to know that some one did.
Happy New Year.
A Friend
Copyright, 1948 by Billy Rose)
Distributed by (The Bell Syndi-
cate, Inc.)
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
By Lynn Nisbet

ASSISTANT --Arrangements
apparently have been worked
out as much as they can be in
advance for an additional office
assistant for Governor Scott.
For several years some of those
familiar with the executive Of
flee routine have recognized
need for more office help above
the purely clerical or stenogra-
phic level There has been sug-
gestion that the governor be CIV
en- an executive or admlnlstra-
tive assistant, who could handle
a good deal of the office work
in his own name. That idea has
not met popular approval, out
need for an extra man is recog-
nized.
TITLES - Plans now in the
making will accomplish the
main objective without neces-
sity of legislative action or de-
tracing from the personal pre-
rogative of the governor. In
stead of being designated ad-
ministrative assistant, the new
man will probably carry a title
like special assistant. The posi-
ton is being set up on tempo
rary basis, but may be made
permanent if need justifies con-
tinuing it.
Pc R SONNE Ell - Tenta-
tive plans call for retention of
W. D. (BilD Snider, private Sec
retary to Governor Cherry for
the past ten months, in the Scott
office set = up. For weeks it has
been accepted as fact, though
without official confirmation,
that Charles ]. Parker will be
Governor Scott's top office man,
with Miss Myrtha Fleming serv-
ing as his personal secretary.
Parker handled publicity for the
Scott primary campaign and for
the state committee during the
fall election. He is a newspaper
man of varied and successful ex-
perience. Fleming was secre-
tary to Kerr Scott throughout
his eleven years tenure as COM
missioner of agriculture, went
into his headquarters for tn e
gubernatorial campaign and
since the election has been in
charge of Scott's office in h e
Carolina Hotel. What titles the
three top assistants will h We
and their exact duties has not
been determined.
SOLUTION The arrange
ment is regarded around capi-
tol square as satisfactory solu-
ton of the problem. Oldtimers
who have seen administrations
come and go have recognized
need for more continuity in the
top personnel of the governor
office. Retention of Snider
means there will be somebody
in the front office familiar with
routine, thereby avoiding a good
deal of lost motion while n e w
workers were finding their way
around. Bringing in two new Of
flee assistants precludes prob
ability of the office getting into
. rut. Even those who objected
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
Labor Department Appears Well On Way To Becoming
One OF The Most Powerful Units In U. S. Government

in has in mind, employers might
be less liable to cooperate in the
disputes expected to accompany
labor's 1949 demand for another
round Of wage increases.
PAIN: President Truman
has quietly asserted his new,
post election authority in the
field of foreign affairs by block
ing American recognition of
Francois Spain.
And he did SO in the face of
demands for a friendlier attitude
toward Madrid by such emf
nents as national defense ex-
perts, James A. Farley, Eric
Johnston and Senator Chan Cur
ney, chairman-until January
- of the Senate Armed Service
es Committee.
The movement to end the boy
colt of the Spanish dictator was
making great headaay until Mr..
Truman stopped it. The argu-
ment in favor had three strong
points:
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
Plans Started To Build Up Larger
Office Staff For New Governor Scott

to creation OF the more OF leSS
independent office OF an execu-
tive assistant have registered no
protest to the proposed arrange
ment.
FLOAT - One of the argu-
ments going on among Demo-
cratic leaders and state officials
is whether the State of N o T h
Carolina should spend two thou
sand dollars or more for a float
in the presidential inaugural
arade in Washington next
month. Prevailing opinion
seems to be that expenditure
would not be justified as a
charge against the advertising
fund. The idea has some very
strong advocates, however, and
there is possibility the state may
be represented by a float. One
suggestion has been that cost of
the project be taken out of state
Democratic committee funds,
since it is largely political e.
vent, rather than out of the ap-
preparation for st te adver-
tising.
PRECEDENT - The state ad-
vertising division has consistent
ly declined to divert advertising
money for purposes of this kind.
Many times within the past few
years members of various lun-
cheon clubs and fraternal orders
have asked the state to under
write North Carolina displays at
their. national conventions, and
in every case the requests have
been denied as unsound business
practice. One exception, which
proved of doubtful value, was
state participation in the N e W
York Worlds Fair some years
ago.
ENROLLER Secretary o +
State Thad Eure has announced
appointment of Nerus F. Rams
dell of Wake County as chief en-
rolling clerk for the 1949 Cen
eral Assembly. He will have
charge of all bills from the time
of their passage on final read
ings until ready for publication
in the book of session laws. For
many years Secretary Eure has
appointed a former member of
the legislature to the post, since
familiarity with procedure is
big asset. Ransdell represented
Wake County in the 1947 session
but did not run this year.
r E CO R D ~ Clyde Erwin
state superintendent of public
instruction, expects to eat his
fifty-first Christmas dinner with
his mother in Cleveland County.
His first Christmas meal was in
1897 when he was just little
more than ten months old. AT.
ter he grew up and got away
from his home he has arranged
each year to go back for Christ
mas. Sometimes it has not beer
easy, and this year he will &c
alone since Mrs. Erwin's health
will not permit her to accom-
pany him. But the usual record
will be maintained, though it
will entail more than 300 miles
driving in an afternoon and ev-
ening.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

was kluul1S uIllll he IedCIleo LII
to his pocket and handed me the
following:
OPEN LETTER TO MR.. TIL.
F.:
Wherever you are, I'm sure
you'd like to hear the latest news
about Butterban.
First, though, I'd better explain
how l happen to be butting in
to your affairs. My name isn't
important, but what is important
is that I'm the father of two
grown daughters whom I haven't
seen for Is years. That many
years ago l committed an indis-
cretion, and when my wife found
out about it she divorced me,
won the custody of the kids and
moved to South America. That,
l hope, is enough about me to
plain my interest in Butter
ball.
Now let me tell you how I
happened to come into your pic
ture:
Some months ago at an auc-
ton, l bought a set of Balzac
that I've always been meaning
to get, and the following day
when the box of books was de-
livered at my house, l found it
included-by accident, I'm sure
"a green leather diary, the cover
of which was stamped "T. H. F.
-l934."
Being as nosey as the next
fellow, I thumbed throught it to
see what sort of man T. H. F.
was. Well, it began with items
about flowers for Mile" and
wrist watch for Mile" a n
came the ones about the birth
of Butterball-how much HI
weighed, her hair, her smile and
her first tooth. And then, a few
pages later, the laconic notes a.
bout business bad" and "job
very shaky."
There was one item, however,
about Butterban that impressed
me more than all the others and
made me decide to locate her.
OF course, T. H. F., this wasn't
easy, but with the aid Of several
private investigators-yes, I'm
rich enough for that kind of nom
sense-I finally found her last
week. And this is my report
about your little girl.
Butterball is living with h er
Aunt Charlotte in Toledo, Ohio.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

sumably supervise the operation
of any substitute legislation.
Both units are now independent
bodies.
Both the NLRB and the Con-
ciliation Service, under the dir
ection of Cyrus S. Ching, former
vice president and labor rela-
tions expert of the United States
Rubber Company, have won the
conf ence of manage
ment. whose cooperation is es-
sential IN ironing out industrial
difficulties and in settling dis
putes.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
Here's One Way You Probably
Can Live A Little Longer

Figures recently released h that 1,445,37O
Americans died in 1947 with 460,5S0 passing on be-
cause of heart diseases and 1851 dying because of
cancer.
We call attention to these figures because, OBJ
vously, if the individuals living take proper pre-
cautions to prevent their death from heart diseases
cancer, they will have much better chance to
reach old age.
While cures have been developed for either of
these human killers, everybody knows that suf-
fering from heart diseases should take precautions
against overexercise, overeatng and other
In forms of heart trouble, proper diet and rigor
sefcontro will enable the victim to get along for
many years.
In connection with cancer for which there is no
known cure, individuals could greatly reduce he
death toll if they exercise prudence and insist upon
regular physical examinations Doctors tell us that
early detection of cancer often enables them to
lives but if the is not discovered until it is in
serious stages, the prospect for life is scant
By comparison with these modern killers of men
and women, the death toll from highway accidents
which is entirely too large seems small In 1947 32
ing also is the total figure for homicides which, in
1947, accounted for only 1855 deaths.
Initiation, like diseases, is dangerous because
of its aftereffects
Philosophy is often lazy mans excuse for not
doing something about it.
Few individuals dispute those who assert that
they have unusual talent
The churches render service to all individuals
who willing to be served
Issues are vastly more important than men but
it requires to make issues.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

CRITICS.: Mr.. Ching's only
critics have been John L. Lewis
Henry A. Wallace and Governor
Thomas E. Dewey, and the lat
ter's attack on this agency caus-
ed amazement even among his
own supporters.
But if the Cancellation and N
LRB agencies are handed over
to the kind of a lopsided Labor
Department which Mr.. Tob-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
DAILY BIBLE QUOTATION

"And God everything he made, behold,
good And the the the sixth
day. Genesis l:3l
The Bible quotations for this month sug-
gested by the Rev. Edmund Berkeley, rector of the
All Saints Episcopal Church in Roanoke Rapids.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

Few individuals dispute those who
they have unusual talent.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
By Raw Tucker

WASHINGTON: Dec. 27-Sec-
retary Maurice J. Tobin banks
on his tremendous popularity "a
round the White House to aid
him in rebuilding the now de
crepit Labor Department in t o
one of the most powerful units
of the government. But the e.<-
pansive program will + a e
heavy opposition on Capitol Hill.
The handsome and energetic
Bostonian, who endeared him.
self to the President by accept
ing a Cabinet offer at time
when it appeared that he might
be out of work next January 90,
makes no bones about his plan
to make his department an all
out, pro-labor headquarters in
stead of an impartial referee in
disputes between the workers
and management.
Il want a department., h e
said recently" in which all fed
eral laws are administered. I
want department that will be
what Samuwl Gompers wanted
it to be - labor's voice in the
Presidents councils"
MACHINE: Among the agen-
cies ich SECRETARY Tobin
wants to bring under his wing
are the U. S. Employment Ser
vice Board, the Federal Media
tion and Cancellation Service, the
Bureau of immigration and
Naturalization, and the Bureau
of Mines insofar as its activities
relate to workers safety.
Most of these units are now
Independent or herded under
other agencies such as Federal
Security and Interior.
If Mr.. Tobin can magnetic
t h e m into his organization
which is now only a shell as a
result of pruning by recent Con-
crosses, he will have the second
most politically powerful mach
inc at the Nations Capital. Ag-
riculture would still rank first,
title which it won in the Now
ember 2 election.
PARTISANSHIP: Union labor
leaders will back Secretary To-
bin in his demand for more po-
wer. 1t is probable that Presi-
dent Truman will go along with
them because he is eternally
grateful for the labor turnout on
election day. He still figures that
urban factory workers were re-
sponsible for his victory.
However, there will be stiff re-
sistance on Capitol Hill to trans
forming this department into a
labor annex, as Mr.. Tobin plans.
That unit is admittedly labor :
minded now, with one Assistant
Secretary drawn from the AF
of L and one from the CIO. New
er before was this agency
more avowed friend of orsaniz-
ed labor than it is at the present
moment.
Mr.. Tobin boasts of his par
tisanship to the unions, as few
of his predecessors have done.
He regards himself, perhaps
rightly, as their spokesman in
the presidential family, just as
the Secretary of Commerce and
the Secretary of Agriculture are
supposed to speak up for indus
try and the farmers, respective
Iy.
CANCELLATION: Moving h e
Federal Mediation and Concilia-
ton Service and the National
Labor Relations Board into such
..an admittedly pro-labor depart
ment, however, might embitter
relations between labor an d
management and produce n
dustrial strife rather than peace.
NLRB now administers tn e
Taft Hartley Act, and will pre-
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27

In fact, the military have been
compelled, in Germany and ia
pan, to carry out civilian policies
which many of them were in fun
damental disagreement, and to
salvage the wreckage already
caused by these policies. This
is a dangerous condition of af-
fairs, but it is neither a mill
tary pilot" nor accidental.
Nations have to be protected.
That is the sole aim of foreign
policy. If the civilian govern
ing authorities are so shortslght-
ed that they bring the nation
into critical danger, some one
MUST take responsibility; and
it is likely to be the military
arm which, though it should be
subservient, is at any rate cog
nizant of strategical and defense
necessities.
Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-12-27
egn Pocy Makers And Military Leaders Need More Coordination
Thompson Says Lack OF Policy Has
Imperilled American Objectives

During the war, national policy
toward Germany in particular
apparently was largely formed 1
by organized public propaganda
and pressures, which were bv
no means disinterested. The
amount of influence exercised bv
European refugees was enorm.
Gus and many of these had no
American considerations at
heart.
The intervention of the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury, Henry Nor
genthay, Jr. was scandulous
That the incredible "Morgenth-
au Plan was supported vigor-
ously by American Communists
did not prevent a large part of
his conceptions from becoming
policy, and a policy which has
made the reconstruction of West
ern Europe as a viable order all
but impossible.
Despite the fact that Gen. Lu-
cius Clay has taken personal re-
sponsibility for the preposterous
situation caused by the absence
of a guaranteed corridor between
Berlin and the Western zones Of
Germany, it is NOT his respos-
sibility. 1t goes back to the ex-
ecutive police of trust" Russia,
to an extent incompatible with
all wisdom and even the honor
and dignity of this Republic.
Finally, it was not the mill
tary who, after total demobliza-
ton, staked the security of the
United States and mankind up
on a United Nations which has
neither a law, a judge nor a
policeman.
Evening star., 1948-10-10

FRENCH ToASvWIcHES: Grind the
last remnants of roast lamb. Add
chopped, Drowned onion; grated
raw carrot; chill sauce; and chopped
pickle or green pepper. Spread be-
tween slices of day-old bread. Dip
sandwich in seasoned mixture of
milk and egg, slightly beaten.
brown on both sides in a
little hot fat.
Evening star., 1948-05-20
IElEvISloN STATIONS.

tons AS; Puppet Playhouse. 8; Film
Featurettes, g.; Coming Attractions, 6:45;
Newsreel, =: Ielevislon jour
Veterans Only, 7:40; Newsreel Theater:
: so; Film Featurette. s.; The. Nature OF
Things, s:l5; The Lanny Ross show. SS:3e SAG:
You Are an Artist, 9; NeWsroom, g:i2'
Barney Blake, Police Reporter. $3.50; Wash
ington Newsreel. 10.
WTTG (Channel 6.-Test Pattern, 1:30-
4: 80; Concert Hall, $50; Small Fry Club
8; Russ Hodges, $3.50: Walter Compton.
6:45: Film Shorts. Z; Scholastic Sports
7:I5; Film Shorts, 7:30; News
reel, 8; A Visit With Edna, $40; Film
Shorts, S:35; News, 8.
WMAL-Ty tchannel ,D.-,Test Pattern,
1O.6:45; "Queen of the jungle" 6:45:
Film Features Z; Sports Cartoon "a Quiz,
7:3O; Film Features. s. You're Invited,
8.aO The Modern Woman, o; Film
9:30.
Evening star., 1948-05-20
OTHER AN STATIONS.

Wo0W-570 Kt.-7 am. to s:16 pm.
WpK-730 KS Am. to s;15 pm.
WARL-7s0 Ke,-e am. to SIS pm.
WGAy-f050 Ks am. to sis Pm.
WBcC-t,t70 Ke.-s:4s am. to s;15 PM
WEAM-t,390 Ks am. to sl6 PM
W00K-t, $50 Ks am. to SIS pm.
Evening star., 1948-05-20

Four BuiIdina Moteriol Stores
18Th 4 n S.s. NE. l9o5 Nichols Ave. 81.
At Bladensburo Rd. At Good Hope Rd.
s925 Go. Ave. NV. Falls Church, Vrsinls
At Military Rd. On Lee Hwy.
Evening star., 1948-05-20

VOL. e:45-Joan cauIfisId tells how she got
into the movies.
W0p, to;00-JuvsnlIs Film Actress luana
psttsn is The star Of Meet Miss Boo" !
Evening star., 1948-05-20

VN ihe ak IVNttht.
W0p. 9:00-Edsn Ahbez, composer Of ma.
turs Boy" Is to appear with Dick HAYNES.
M. 9:00-Rsnry Morgan visits the Music