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The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
ANA Embarrassed By British MD's
Approval On National Health Plan

Memphis (LPA)-The American
Medical Assn can be very happy al
the way most American news
papers played down story that
developed here recently which un-
dermined the AMA's campaign
against National Health Insurance
legislation.
The ANA has been using its So,
100000 lobby fund to propagan
die the American people that the
British Labor governments medi'
cal program is a disastrous failure
and a warning to this country
against adoption of national health
insurance. But the campaign back.
fired seriously at the recent meet
ing Of the American Cancer Society
here.
Three noted British doctors were
invited to this country to address
the Cancer Society meeting. As dis
tinguished guests, they were inter
viewed by the press, and to the
horror Of the American doctors pre-
sent replied to questions about the
British medical service with high
praise Of it. None of the three noted
doctors backed up the ANA propa-
ganda.
The whole thing was completely
unstaged and spontaneous. The re-
porters, looking for a story, asked
the doctors about the British pro-
gram which the ANA has been
knocking as a failure. They all said
it was working well. One Of them
DIR. B. w. Windeyer, a noted can
Ger specialist-hit the ANA par
ticularly hard by asserting that
"the great bulk Of patients in the
long run are going to get better
medicine" under the national health
program than before.
Another leading British doctor
DR.. Stanford Cade-was asked by
a reporter about the truth Of stor-
les that the British doctors were
overloaded with malingerers and
neurotics who were not really sick.
He replied that he had not seen
anything Of that kind and added
that the average person doesn't
call on a doctor unless he really
needed him. All of the doctors ex-
press satisfaction with the income
they were realizing under the Bri-
tish program.
Some of the American doctors at
the Cancer Society meeting were
furious at the attitude Of the Bri-
tish doctors. At an evening party
one of them began to berate one of
the British doctors for coming over
here at the expense Of American
doctors and then trying to interfere
with the way the doctors here were
running their business.
The Britisher replied he had un-
ierstood freedom of speech prevail
ed here, that he had done nothing
Dut answer questions asked by the
press, and that he had talked mere
y about what was happening in
Britain without trying to suggest
what should be done here. Other
guests at the party were embar-
rassed by the rude attitude Of the
American doctor.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
MonopoIies May
Cause Depression
0'Mahoney Warns

Columbus, Ohio LPA) - Sen
Joseph C. O'Mahoney Cd, Wyo.
warned in a speech to the Ohio
Farm Bureau here last week that if
monopolies by the giant corpora
tions of the United States are not
curbed the result may be depres-
sion that would have to be cured by
such drastic action by the Federal
government as to seriously cripple
our democratic principles.
Combinations of big business in
this country, Sen. O'Mahoney said,
have brought about a concentration
of employment far beyond the i'm
agination of most people. For in
stance, 1900 businesses, out of a
total of 100000 in the nation, are
employing 400 of all workers.
Forty-eight of these huge corp
orations each is worth more than
a billion dollars, while only 13 Of
the individual states has assets of
that amount.
O'Mahoney suggested that the
best remedy for this concentration
of economic power is control
through a system of federal char
ters to corporations.
"If we don't want monopoly then
we have got to make up our minds
that these organizations must get
their charters from the national
government, which alone has the
power to regulate commerce be-
tween the states" he added.
81 don't want to break up big
business, but / want to give little
business, the workers and the farm
er a better break" he said.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
Comment On
World Events

Everything that has been said in
this column on slave labor in Sow
let Russia and its satellite coun-
tries has been confirmed by wit
nesses who testified at the 3-day
hearings held in New York by the
Commission Of Inquiry into Forced
Labor. The commission will issue a
series Of reports on the hearings
and they should be sizzlers.
The commission, organized last
December by the Workers Defense
League to expose forced labor
wherever it exists today, pointed
an accusing finger at the Soviet
Union and other countries for their
widespread use Of slave labor and
called upon the United Nations to
expose the fact that the world is
"half slave and half free" After
this exposure, it will be hard for
the UN to avoid taking some action
on forced labor, though Russia will
fight any real investigation to the
last ditch, thereby admitting its
guilt except in the opinion Of dyed
in-the-wool Communists.
1t should not be forgotten or
overlooked that the hearing re-
vealed some deplorable forced labor
conditions in the United States,
though nothing to compare even re-
motely with the vast slave labor
camps Of the Soviet paradise"
. Il u
Testimony at the New York
hearings from 80 witnesses and
300 affidavits from eye-witnesses
and victims of slave labor in
Russia indicated that the Soviet
government runs a vast economic
empire based on the labor Of from
8 to IL million slaves.
"The whole world must know
that forced labor is being carried
on today by the Soviets," declared
DIR. Harry D. Gideonse, chairman
of the commission and president Of
Brooklyn College.
"If we cannot Immediately
change conditions" Gideonse point
ed out, "our revelations at least
will give the free workers of the
world a keener appreciation of
their freedom Of movement, of
their decentralized control of EN-
ployment, and their freedom to
struggle for freedom"
Witnesses included Kaarel r.
Pusta, Sr., former Estonian Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs, who told Of
the liquidation in Russian slave
labor camps of 10000 of his coun-
trymen; and jerry Glicksman,
author of "Tell the West, who re-
counted his own experience as a
slave worker of the Soviet Union.
In addition to exposing forced |
labor in Russia and it's satellite
states, the commission heard testi-
mony about forms of slavery and
peonage in Asia, Africa, South |
America, and the United States.
Eleven cases of peonage in the
South, chiefly in Alachua country,
Florida, were revealed by the Rev.
Leroy Hacker, one of the witnesses
testifying at the hearings. Hacker
said that these cases were only ex-
amples of widespread debt-slav-
cry, especially in the turpentine-
still areas of the South.
Rowland Watts, national secre-
,ary, Workers Defense League,
testified that there is adequate
federal law to eliminate peonage
and slavery in the United States.
He emphasized that the Civil
Rights Section of the Department
If Justice was inadequately stated
and lacked authority to order an
inves sti g alton. The
WDL, Watts said, repeatedly con-
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10
WOMEN

Women continue to play a large
role in the sciences and of these
the field of chemistry leads all in
attractiveness.
In 1947, evidently the last year
for which there are figures, there
were 5400 women engaged in chem
istry. Of course, in the whole field
this number can be only a minor
factor, but some of the achieve
ments of women chemists have
been outstanding, even in the in
ternational field.
The field is a growing one. 1t is
a noteworthy fact that women
Ph.D's are finding an even broader
field of opportunities.
One factor that has helped open
the field to women is the expansion
of industrial chemistry. Research
doesn't care who does it, nor does
experimentation.
At Monsanto Chemical Works
nearly 90 percent of the research
staff is female. That's perhaps a
higher percentage than is found in
most big plants, but it points the
way, rather than emphasizes the
exceptional.
In the field as a whole about
seven percent of all industrial
chemists are women.
The physical structure of women
is an asset in the field of chemistry,
for many research operations are
speeded by small and nimble fing-
ers, as well as by the ability to
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-03-10

Ask for Union Labeled merchan'
iise.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Miduir RefueIino

The new midair refueling technique
revealed by Sir Alan Gotham, one of its
key British developers, has all the ear
marks Of being highly significant advance
in the field of both military and CONNER
cial aviation. Described as remarkably
safe and virtually foolproof, it holds out
the important twofold promise of enabling
passenger planes to carry more profitable
payloads and of greatly increasing the
effective operating range of jet fighters.
AS explained by Sir Alan, the new system
represents marked improvement over all
past methods of midair refueling. It's CEN
trai feature is tanker plane equipped to
reel out-at the tail-a fuel line with a
funnel-shaped feeding outlet which air
pressure would hold in steady, straight
out position. The plane to be refueled
would have needle-like intake which
would swiftly and automatically lock into
the feeder. According to Sir Alan, the whole
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Military Pay Bill

The Star last Friday published letter
to the editor criticizing Senator Flanders
of Vermont and Senator O'Mahoney of
Wyoming because, according to the letter
writer they can see no reason to take up
the military pay bill at this time"
The Congressional Record for August II
shows that this is what happened: SEN
ator Tydings of Maryland asked for
unanimous consent to take up in certain
order several defense bills, including the
pay bill. Senator Flanders objected be-
cause he wanted to have the military pay
bill acted on in CONJUNCTION with the pend
ing executive department pay bill. Senator
Tydings thereupon excluded the military
pay bill from the scope of his request.
There followed extensive debate on
questions bearing no relation to the pay
bill. Finally, feeling that time was being
wasted; and after the military pay bill
had been excluded from the request, Sen
ator O'Mahoney objected and put stop
to the discussion. Senators Flanders and
O'Mahoney have not opposed the service
pay bill as such, and The Star feels that
the harsh, criticism of these Senators by
its correspondent was not justified.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Dangerous Advice

No good possibly can come of the strange
advice which the Reverend Donald Har-
rington, minister-ele of the Community
Church of New York, has given the young
men of his congregation. Mr.. Harrington,
q pacifist and critic of military conscrip-
ton, said in sermon: II have advised
young men who have come to me for
advice Gas to registering for the draft
that they should consult their consciences
and follow them whithersoever they may
lead"
If the consciences of the young men
impel them to defy the draft law, these
ill-advised youths may find that their
spiritual counselor has led them to Jail.
As for Mr.. Harrington, he declared he
would prefer to GO to jail than to register
for military service.
1t is bad enough for clergyman to
defy the law-any law-but 1t is worse
when he seeks to prevail on others to
join him. The advice which Mr.. Harring-
ton has given to some of the young men
Of his flock is not only dangerous but illegal.
He Is doing himself, his church and his
country disservice when he expounds
such q misguided doctrine/
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Economy! Long Nay She Wave!

The silver lining to the cloud of talk
which killed the sesquicentennial appro-
priation is this: 1t gave the harassed
gentlemen in the House of Representatives
on Friday a golden opportunity to express
their zeal for Government economy. 1t
would be worth almost three million dollars
to the taxpayers of the country to read,
in the Congressional Record, the noble
sentiments recorded therein. The reader
gets the impression that by knocking, out
the item for the sesquicentennial celebra-
ton we have done something notable
toward balancing the budget, paying the
national debt, saving the value of the
dollar and opening the way to bright
new future.
The honorable members do not often
have such an opportunity to talk ABOUT
economy. AS Representative Miller OF
Nebraska put 1t, we have spent SIT
billion in four years to run the Govern
ment and that is more than we spent
during the first 152 years of its existence.
This somehow reminded Mr.. Miller OF the
fact that his own ancestors went west
with only cow and horse hitched to
their wagon It recalled to Representative
McDonough of California the 100000 that
he hopes to be able to obtain for the fine
new Terminal Annex Post ONCE in Los
Angeles which was left unfinished in 1941.
It enabled Mr.. Rees of Kansas to remark
that he was opposed not only to the
$3OOO,000 for the sesquicentennial, but to
a good many other unnecessary Govern
ment expenditures. Mr.. Andersen OF
Minnesota called to the attention of his
colleagues the fact that the billion dollar
valuation of the 10000 fine farms Of his
home district is only one-flfth OF the
Governments deficit this year. And he
asked, "Can we afford to continue blindly
down such a road where the present
administration is leading us?"
The answer, of course, was "No." So
100000 to celebrate the 150th anniver-
sary of the establishment of the American
Capital was roundly defeated. None of
the debate had much pertinent bearing
on the fact that the Sesquicentennial
Commission was created by the 80th Con-
gress, with instructions to plan for an
adequate observance Of an historic event
in the life of our country and with the
understanding that Congress wanted to
support it. And, of course, it had nothing
to do with economy.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
nent Training

the management of our affairs into their
own hands. The above are but few samples
tending to show the universal application Of
Lord Acton's statement.
How many other associations are in a
similar manner run by one or more indi-
viduals, do not know. If there are many.
we are making a poor preparation for self
government. do know that many are true
democratic organizations The Arkansas
Citizens Association is an outstanding ex-
ample and deserves study by all other organi-
cations to gain pointers on the sector and
block system of organization and on democ-
racy in action. In that organization sys-
tenn has been worked out to break down
the indifference of the great body Of citizens
which is the crux Of the whole problem.
To cause people to be interested and active
in any organization, civic or otherwise, they
must have a sense Of belonging and Of
individual responsibility. Churches industry.
personnel students, politicians and others
have by study and practical test found this
to be true.
Based upon this finding, the citizens asso-
Citations well may give attention to the
following:
A. Distribute the Office and committee as
signments as widely as possible.
B. Short terms and rotation in office give
as many people as possible training and a
sense of responsibility.
c. Election by secret ballot not only OF the
Nominating Committee but OF all othcers.
Thus avoid a self -perpetuating administra-
ton.
D. Avoid concentration of power in the
hands Of any one person or OF holding any
one person in Office more than one or two
terms.
E. Absolute tolerance of opinions, how
ever they may differ from yours.
F. Conduct of meeting in strict accordance
with Roberts Rules Of Order. You can't
play ball game or cribbage without strict
adherence to agreed-upon rules.
G.. Organize the association on the block
system as in the Arkansas Association so as
readily to keep in touch with the individual
members, to be able to collect dues by vol
unteers without paying 40 per cent COM
mission to collector, and SO as to know
when q member family has sickness or sorrow
and is in need Of sympathy.
H. II you have what seem sound reasons
for thinking any member Is Communist.
make a fair investigation, giving him q
chance to defend himself before coming to
a conclusion. Don't under any circumstances
call q citizen a Communist or Red just
because he differs from you and his views
seem radical. In so doing you are exactly
duplicating the technique of the Communists
and fellow travellers and denying democracy.
I. Trust and abide by the majority opinion
after full and free information and discus
sion. Democracy demands this even II the
decision is against you. A. GIBSON,
Colonel u. 8. A., Retired.
Evening star., 1949-08-21
Mr.. BrumuqIiu's Exit

Although reports from Buenos Aires
have been less than clear on the subject,
the resignation of Foreign Minister Juan
Bramuglia seems to be attributable
primarily to domestic politics. He has
quit after "a bitter exchange with DR..
Jeronimo Remorino in the presence of
President Peron. DR.. Remorino, Argentine
Ambassador to the United States, who
has challenged him to duel, is said to
have accused him of some kind OF shady
dealings with us. The news dispatches
also suggest that Evita Peron, the First
Lady, has had her delicate but by no
means weak hand in the situation.
Ambassador Remorino, whose return to
Washington is considered doubtful, has
been described in some stories as an am
bilious, nationalistic- minded rival of Mr..
Bramuglia AS for Mrs. Peron, she Is
reported to have made. last-minute
effort to keep the latter in Office, though
having previously done her best to under
mine him. Apparently, when the situation
reached the showdown stage, she felt that
1t would be better to have him remain as
Foreign Minister than to have him out of
Tie CdUlIcG dS POtSAioAd1Ay PoWSAAuA
opposition candidate who might attract
a very large following if he chose to run
against her husband in the 1852 presiden-
tial elections.
The significance of this story thus does
not seem to embrace much more than
clash of personalities and internal politick-
ing. Possibly, however, the thing may go
deeper than that, especially in view of the
fact that DR.. Remorino'S reported remarks
which appear to have Influenced Presl-
dent Peron in accepting MIR. Bramuglia's
resignation-implied that Argentina's
policy should be less friendly to the United
States But this is mere speculation whose
sense or nonsense can be evaluated only
in the light of future events. At the
moment, about all that can be said is that
the new Foreign Minister Hipolito Jesus
Paz, is extraordinarily young for such an
offce-a 32-year-old lawyer whose mind
is described as brilliant but whose quail
ncations for the post have yet to be tested
AS far as Mr.. Bramuglia is concerned,
his exit from Argentinas cabinet will be
regretted by many here in Washington
and in the United Nations. Consistently
friendly toward the United States, he has
displayed marked ability in the whole
field of international relations, notably so
in the leadership he gave to the U. N.
effort to end the Berlin blockade. In
contrast to the more extreme Peronistas,
he has shown evidence of being one of
the liberal-minded moderates Of his
country, with a genuine attachment to
democratic principles The chances seem
good that his political career is far from
Evening star., 1949-08-21
By Frank X. Kent

have been in the confidence Of the pair and
he sent them telegram OF CONGRATULATIONS.
The wedding occurred the day Mr.. Jerseys
(Mrs. Langtry's) horse Norman won the
Goodwood Cup" Mrs. Langtry, considered by
many the most beautiful Englishwoman
Of her time, was supposed to be AZ at the
moment but she herself insisted that she was
only 80. Her first husband, Edward Langtry.
to whom she was married ip 1874. had died
in 1897. She lived until 1929 and was fas-
cinating up to the last not merely for her
grace and charm but also for her INTEL
lectual gifts.
The Star for August 16, 1899. reproduced
the design of an official bookplate for the
Public Library of the Dis
RookoInte for trict of Columbia. Classic
Public ubrorv in character. the compost
tion included symbolic fig
ures of Justice with Liberty, Literature and
Youth as we'll as views Of the dome OF the
Capitol, the Washington Monument and the
Potomac Rivef A committee consisting OF
Weston Flint and John B. Larner, the latter
a collector Of bookplates, supervised the
preparation of the label. 1t was executed by
sydney L. Smith Of Boston, lone OF the lew
artists ~ who have given special attention
to the designing Of bookplates."
~ ~
Two colored -xArmstead Taylor and
John Albert Brown--were hanged at ROCK
VILE, Md. on August 18. and
Exerut;ons The Star reported their
a. Rockville execution in detail: BON
" "oeN' had been convicted Of the
murder of Dora and Lewis Rosensteln OF
Boyds Station. Taylor declared on the gall
lows that he alone was guilty, ana Brown
insisted: gentlemen. didn't have nothing
tn do with the killings. You may take my
body. but my soul goes to God" BY mistake
in adjusting the nooses, the execution De.
came a horrible spectacle. The two men
slowly strangled to death. Brown had heard
Father Coleman tell his son that ne was
innocent He had been irrevocably involved
in the crime, however, by Taylor ana ny MS
sTeetheart, Nellie Turner. It was counted In
his favor that his former owner ana master
had believed him innocent.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

operation can be carried out with absolute
ease and safety" at attitudes above 10000
feet, where most bad weather can be
avoided. A striking measure of its effec-
tiveness is the fact that in experimental
tests of the technique, single tanker has
been found capable of simultaneously re-
filling the tanks of three jet fighters in
ninety seconds.
AS far as transoceanic commercial air
liners are concerned, the system opens up
the prospect Of bigger payloads. At present,
for example, a passenger plane leaving New
York for Europe is so heavily laden with
fuel that only a small fraction of the load
aboard pays for itself. The new technique,
however, would make it possible for the
same plane to take of lightly fueled and
to refuel in the air en- route-an arrange
ment that would permit 1t to carry sub
stantially more paying freight, human and
otherwise. AS for Jet fighters-whose radius
of operation is limited at present by their
rapid consumption Of fuel-the picture
painted by Sir Alan plainly suggests that
their range can be greatly increased,
enough so to enable them to escort bomb
ers, which themselves can have their tanks
refilled in flight, all the way to distant
targets.
Militarily and commercially, therefore,
midair refueling appears to have reached
a point where it can be expected to yield
decidedly important results. Heretofore it
has been confined to the field of expert
ment. but now It, seems to be ready for
practical, large-scale application. In its
potSntials at least, the development is
far-reaching one-another illustration of
the fact that aviation is still in the process
of steady change and that in the world of
tomorrow it may be marvellous beyond
anything we can imagine today.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

over. Men of his type are needed in the
Argentine government, and it is not
unlikely that he will be back in 1t some
day.
Evening star., 1949-08-21

The Star for August IL, 1890, reported from
Rennes, France: "A stirring scene closed
today's session of the Drey-
Sensation in fus retrial Gen. Mercier
Dreyfus Triol hao spoken a,,,o neaIly ay,o;o i4ur