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Evening star., 1950-01-21

Preparatory Committee is j. Hale
Darby.
During the course of the con-
vention, tours of Washington will
be arranged so that delegates
may study development of the
area, examples of site planning
and other aspects of the con-
struction program under way
tFfS ~
Aic4C' e~ sHr ~
Likewise, during the conven-
ton, the American Institute of
Architects will judge entries in
Evening star., 1950-01-21

three classes Of buildings for de-
sign awards. and a number of
other honors will be given, in
Guiding several to Washingtonians.
Design awards will be made in
the national honor awards pro-
gram in residential, commercial
and religious categories, Walter
A. Taylor, director of ALA. edu-
cation and research, said this
week. This will be the second year
for the program. All registered
architects practicing profession
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designer of stained glass windows
whose work is represented in the
National Cathedral here. as well
as in many other cities. Mr..
Steichen will receive the fine arts
medal, while Mr.. Reynolds will re-
ceive the craftsmanship medal.
Honor for Briton.
At the same time, Sir Patrick
Abercrombie, British architect
and town planner, will be awarded
the Institutes gold medal for
ICnntin,nd or, pano d Cnl' Q
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
AFTER TWFNTY CENTURIES

The world in which Jesus of Nazareth
was born nearly two thousand years ago was
largely at peace because the Roman legiOns
were able to pun down all opposition; it's labor
problems were simpler than ours, for many
of it's workers were slaves; its rulers were
often tolerant because they themselves did
not believe in any religion or any faith; it
was efficient but it had no pity; it was anbi4
tiOus but it had no hope
That old Roman civilization seemed glOri-
Gus even while it was dying. But all the time
it was wearing out it's land, impOverishing it's
people, cOrrupting its officials, sitting the
creative impulse and dying among it's gran
diose structures In the battle of ideas and
emotions that went on among the ruins an
old paganism was crushed and a new hui
manitarianism took it's place. Rome fell but
the New Testament did not. The love and
mercy that were taught in the Sermon on
the Mount were never fully realized in hui
man life, but neither were they ever again
forgotten.
Our own generation is like that older one
in that we, too, face the dark forces in pa
ganism-sterner and more cruel than the old
paganisn; more savagely logical better Or
ganized; using the word freedom" to deny
freedom; destroying men and mems souls in
the name of human welfare. If this new pa
ganism were to prevail the doctrines of the
New Testament would be denounced as here
sizes; the practice of the brotherhood of man
would be heresy, compassion would be a
heresy, the spirit Of Christmas would be
rooted out as contrary to the interests of the
state.
But this will not happen. All those who
see the Christmas lights shining through the
darkness know it will not happen. All those
who have found it more blessed to give than
to receive know it will not happen. All those
who have listened to the bells ringing, who
have heard carols sung, who have become
children again with their own children, know
it will not happen.
This is an age Of dreadful weapons, the
most dreadful Of which nave had to be USED
in the defense of liberty. Next Monday We
can turn, as we always do on Christmas Day
to another weapOn-the spirit of Christmas
We can fight the new paganism as effectively
as our remote fOrefathers fought the old. W.
can fight it in kindness, in unselishness, IL
the innocent joy of being with our friends
in adhering without hate to our beliefs, il
showing how much these things enrich lift
on the earth.
There have been nearly two THOUSAND
Christmas Days. During that great lapse o
time countless individuals and countless caus
es have been defeated but Christmas ha
never been lastingly defeated anywhere.
never will be.
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neither the good nor the evil in science which
makes men gather this Christmas in any
little white church in rural valley, as they
do in great cathedral in our large churning
and unquiet cities. Men come together in
Christmas worship because under the ma
terial layers with which science thiclxly COW
ers mans inner life, an old and true instinct
exists which lies at the heart Of all religions,
which endows every miracle and fulfills every
faith. For with all the technology with which
man is served today, he finds no better truth
to live by than that which Bethlehem baby
lived to preach-the unity of all men because
of the unity of every man with God. The
manger Child was every child in the long
generations of men. The Christ who was to
be crlcified is still the man that men keep on
a cross, after Christmas lights die out and
carols cease. The Christmas story, the Beth
lehem symbol can be as simple as that.
Men celebrate the Christmas festival who
have seen two major wars and beyond the
warm glow Of Christmas define the cold shad-
ow Of third. A world that twice has been
terribly devastated is now threatened with
being split apart. But if men are ever to
know the peace and good will born in Beth
lehem night skies, it will be only when they
practice around the year and around the
world the Christian fact that there can be
no fssiOn of mans spirit. If nations are to
rebuild and make firm the battered society
of men, it must be with a constructive, ap-
piled faith in manl1inds essential unity
Without such foundation, without such a
practice of mans divine and human brother
hood, science viii be free to offer us more
mechanical horrors, unbelievable cataclysms,
and further human sacrifices upon the dark
affairs of abstract states.
Christmas, based on a Child'S birth, has
rightly become a child'S supreme festival. A
child's close and intimate joy in Christmas
might well frame for us the seasons prayers.
For if there are to be secure and happy
Christmases ahead of all the sons and daugh-
ters of men must become as sure as faith
springing from wOrshiped Child, as real as
the tallest and most shining tree in our town
today, preaching it's evergreen wonder, hope
and beauty, and lifting up star.
@In%&
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
FactOry Employment, Payrolls, And
Working Time In Pennsylvania
And DeIaware---Noyember 1850

Pennsylvania factories continued
to expand employment in November
as production schedules were ac-
celebrated to meet the increasing
demands Of Government and civil
Ian consumers, according to a re-
port released today by the Federal
Reserve Bank Of Philadelphia.
The number Of production work
.ers in Pennsylvania factories in
creased one per cent from October
to November, to 1,195,000 persons,
and total weekly wage payments
rose two per cent to 1872, ,168,OO To-
tai weekly man-hours worked also
were one per cent higher. Hourly
earnings increased about two cents
in the month to an average of s1.48,
and working time, at nearly Al
hours a week, continued to reflect
overtime. Average weekly earnings
reached another all-time high OF
$6O.39.
For the second consecutive
month the employment rise was
accounted for entirely by the dur
able goods industries, with the non
durables as a group Registering
practically no change. This nor
mally is period of somewhat re-
duced operations in such impor-
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State AatOists Urged To Keep
Themselves, YuIe Spirit Alire

Motorists of Delaware have been
asked by Colonel Harry S. Shew,
superintendent of the state police,
to celebrate the holidays by keep
ing themselves and the Christmas
spirit alive for the new year.
The superintendent said that all
troopers and officers will be on full
time duty during the Christmas and
New Year holiday weekend.
"The Delaware State Police
Christmas Safety Campaign is
aimed at reducing the increasing
number of accidents throughout the
state" Colonel Shew said, and he
gave an outline of holiday safety
rules.
Special emphasis will. be placed
on traffic accidents, which have
taken an upward swing this year. ,
the colonel continued. "Trafic ac
cidents for the first nine months
of 1850 were up S5 per cent. Tota1
accidents for the year, so far, have
been 3,279 in Delaware outside vii.
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tant soft goods Industries as food
textiles, and apparel. During the
month several labor-managemenf
disputes which had been in pro-
gress were settled and no major
new ones developed. A substantial
number Of companies reported in-
creases in wage rates.
Compared with a year ago, 10 per
cent more persons were EMPLOYED
with total weekly payrolls and
working time exceeding the earlier
period by Al and 28 per cent re-
spectively. The heavy goods indus
tries reported considerably larger
changes than these, owing to the
fact that in November of last wear
these industries were just begin-
ming to recover from the steel and
coal strikes. Weekly earnings this
November averaged over nine dol
lars more than a year ago, with the
work week about 3 hours longer
and hourly earnings about 10 cents
higher.
Delaware factories reported GAINS
in the month of 4 per cent in en-
ployment, 8 per cent in total wages.
and 5 per cent in total working
time. Increases over a year ago
were about four times greater than
those in the month.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
Washington Letter BYTE Jone.

in his latest speech and expressed
the belief that Truman and his ad-
visers will be able to meet the
threat of another smash up with
the Chinese without setting off a
third World War.
We are hoping for the best. In
our opinion the Korean affair will
be settled somehoW-but nobody
can figpure out what the Russian
Communists will sping on us next.
So far Stain and his crooks have
never played fair with the United
States--and the United Nations.
EVERYTHING is UP-AND-UP
The cost of living has reached a
new all time high. Prices of all pri-
ncipal groups of commodities were
higher en- the average, during Oct
ober than at any time in recent
years. 'The Poor Always Ye have
with You"
Home furnishings are top prices,
followed closely by increases in
wearing apparel.
A readjustment is scheduled in
Washington. 1t will increase rents
SO per cent; and the over all in
dex on all items 2 to 3 points.
1t seems impossible to tell you
about "the ups and downs in the
Washington ADMINISTRATION affairs
as even the newsmen confess that
they don't know what the dickens
it is all about.
Nearly million workers, whose
raises are tied to the rise and fall
of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
prices will get an immediate in.
crease of 2 to 8 cents an hour. Ap.
parently the General Motors anC
share in the new pay hike-made
other automobile companies will
higher or account OF the constantly
rising costs of living.
OUR GOVERNMENT
Congress has taken swift actor
to deal with Red China in the
Korean War, because it has reach,
ed crisis. The Congress is having
a hard time with itself to keeI
from raising a terrible racket will
President Truman. They are tell
ing-and telling-the Chief to fire
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Secretary of State Acheson.
Senator Knowland, Republican
from California has returned from
a visit, and talks with General
Douglas Macarthur in Tokyo and
he is urging Congress to force a
demand to give Macarthur immed-
late authority to hit the Chinese
Communist bases in Manchuria-
and he called upon the United
States, recently, for the expulsion
of Soviet Russia from the United
Nations. That is real STATES
MANSHIP. Jl
Why are we playing ball with
Russia, anyhow? The Russians are
our enemies and they are respOn-
sible for what is going. on in Korea.
Aren't we going forward as Ameri-
cans; hind-end first? In Washing
ton most people believe that the
United Nations are npt-and never
will be United" From the very
| first day of the sessions of that or
ganization the Russians vetoed the
action of the other Nations. No
wonder Senator Knowland told the
Senate a few days ago a startling
truth: mo APPEASEMENT
SHOULD BE SHOWN THE CHI
NESE COMMUNISTS" and he de-
clared: This is the fateful hour
in the history of Our Nation and
the entire free worlds
EASY GOING in RECENT TIMES
You may be surprised to know
that the last nine months have
been a good deal more prosperous
than anybody might suppose.
Nevertheless, mosteof the public
citizens of today are not cheerful
about the outlook. Railroads have
had some awful tragedies. The air
planes have cracked-up and killed
great numbers of human beings
Public utilities as a rule seem to
slide by with a pretty good record
In the coming year the steamship
should be restored. And if we
could only get rid of those darn
Communists it seems to us that il
would be worth the trouble.
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
A MERRY CHRISTMAS A SAFE
CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas" is one of the finest
of greetings. But a Christmas cannot be
merry unless it is safe from the hazard of
fire, which becomes particularly acute dur
ing the holiday season.
Most lighting sets are designed for in
door use only. Exposure to weather greatly
increases the chance of fire.
Buy fresh Christmas tree and keep it
Out-of-doors until needed. Keep its base in
water when in the home This will reduce
fammability, improve the trees appearance,
and lengthen its useful life. Dispose of it as
soon as dryness sets in and the needles begin
to shed.
Children wearing flammable holiday cos
tunes and holding lighted candles are a
charming sight-but they can become fam
ing torches in q matter of seconds. If flimsy
costumes must be worn, they should be treat
ed to make them fre-resistant.
Remember-only safe Christmas can
be a Merry Christmas,
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THE GREATEST FESTIVAL

Christmas its greatest festival. THROUGHOUT
the year men have often nursed fear and
greed and hate but at Christmas time they
pause to cradle Child, and for a brief season
regain IN Bethlehem story their own spiri-
tuai birth-right; their human faiths and
hopes.
We live in a material and mechanical ace
IN which science increases its new discov-
eries-its new aids and distinctions in mans
living and dying. The same science which
can scale q sky and destroy city, can help
enid dying Of leukemia, can light tree
ana send an electric train around a living
room floor. Man need not quarrel too rasbIS
with science, which is today IS much divid-
eq thing as is modern man himself. But it is
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WAITING FOR THE NEVER
NEVER DAYS

ALI that this country has ever
stood for now cries for help-the
kind of help that brings groups OF
people into closer and more harm
Onious relationships. The troubles
in business life wind around men
and women in offices and plants
and shops. The, president of a
great organization recently appeal
ed to big group of his associates
to do a lot more creative THINK
INC-the. sort of thinking that
shows the way to higher levels ol
achievement. He expressed the
hope that we can all reach higher
levels, and quit drifting along. In
short, he observed, properly met
our problems of the day and the
years just ahead can produce bet.
ter men. better companies, and 9
better country" He reminded his
fellow workers that ''there is nc
denying that we have plenty to con-
tend with these days-but it will
help us if we remember the ole
truth: Rise high against the wind
A RATHER TOUGH QUESTION
Every days news carries more
or less comment on the activitie;
Of the United Nations. The World
is getting rather skeptical abou
this organization and the belief il
that Russia is using that OrganiZa
ton to help along the Chinese Com
munists in their bloody work il
Korea.
In London, Secretary Ernest Be
vim expressed the hope this weel
that a settlement will be reached OF
political lines" that will end tht
threat of third World War. MI
Bevin told the House of Commons
the story of the recent surge of tn,
Red Chinese forces into Korea. H
said that after being in touch will
the United States Government
very few days ago "that there j
still hope of political settlemen
that can end the war"
United States Secretary of Stat
AchesOn made a better impression
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
Home Planning Guidance

New YOrk-(P)- P)-The New York
Chapter of the American Institute
Of Architects has establishedS a
Small House Consulting Service to
enable more prospective home ow-
ners to have architectural advice in
the planning and construction OF
new houses.
A panel of % registered archi-
tects has been set up with each
member available on appointment
for discussion of individual prob-
lens at fees of $40 per hour. The
chapter holds that full architecture
al service in the planning OF a
house is worth IL per cent of the
cost of the house.
John Calender, chairman of the
consulting panel, says 'the person
who cannot afford the complete
services of an architect can now
obtain professional advice on a
part time basis. The profession
feels certain it can save the public
many dollars and troubles"
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
Tank Squirts Fertilizer
Into Fields

industrial research into the pro-
ductiOn of liquid ammonia has Civ
en- American farmers a. fertilizer
that is producing bigger crops at
less cost.
The fluid fertilizer is spread by
tractor which tOws a 4O-gallon
tank around a field. Behind is a
row of bayOnet-like blades which
dig some six inches into the soil
making burrows into which a tube
sduirts a small stream Of am
mOnia.
Costs Lower
AS carried to farm fields in am
monia the plant nOurishing nitro
gen costs six to 10 cents per pound
compared with 10 to 18 cents pel
pound for nitrogen in other forms
Nitrogen is the chemical needed for
making. plants grow strong and
tall. A IS farm test made recently
in Mississippi demonstrated thai
fields could be fertilized with LIQUID
ammonia for about $5.75 an acre
although the expense varies with
the soil and the crop to be raised.
On one farm, the ammonia had
doubled corn yeild from 20 to 40
bushels per acre. With corn selling
at $3.50 per bushel. the fertilizer
brought the farmer an extra $50
per acre.
Many Firms in Field
Ten years ago there was only one
firm making liquid ammonia, fer
tilizer. Now there are more than
half q dozen. A company which
pioneered in the use OF the LIQUID
fertilizer first tired it out by pour
ing it into California irrigation
bitches. That method is still used
in some places where the bitches
are available.
The ammonia is generally made
by extracting nitrogen from the air
and mixing it with hydrogen taken
from natural gas and water A
great many of the ammonia plants
are in the SOrth, and that is where
! the fertilizer is most popular. Ship
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mington, the greatest number ever
experienced by the state.
"Fhe ChTistmas-New Year's holi-
day season is the peak accident pc
riod of the year." Colonel Shew
said. Traffic accidents present the
most acute safety problem. Heavier
travel and the festive spirit always
add to the normal winter hazards
of bad weather"
Colonel Shew suggested observ-
ance of the following simple rules
for Christmas safety:
use extra caution for the extra
holiday hazards. When behind the
wheel, put the Christmas spirit sof
good will into your attitude toward
drivers and pedestrians.
Don't let Christmas packages
obstruct your vision when walking.
! Don't drive if you drink and
vice versa.
Start in time to reach your des-
tinatiOn safely; allow for winter
weather and extra holiday traffic. "
Milford chronicle., 1950-12-22
Shooting Without
Casualties

Kuala Lumpur ~ up - There's a
lot of shooting going on in Malaga
but many times nobody gets hurt.
In the various states Of the Fed
Grafton of Malaga, there are gun
fights daily between British Army
units and security forces with
bands Of Communist terroristsi But
days on end, one reads of firing
that goes on for half an hour or
more, without a single casualty.
Some foreigners have suggested
that the British campaign against
terrOrists would progress much
more rapidly if there was an inn
provement in their craftsmanship.
On the other hand, the terrorists
don't seem to be crack shots, either.
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would have sharp drop for few weeks and thel
begin to climb to relatively high averages)
REASONS FOR BUSINESS CYCLES

begin to climb to relatively high averages)
REASONS FOR BUSINESS CYCLES
During my active business lfe 1 have been
through four complete cycles with their bOOms and
panics-aso three wars and old deals" versus new
deals" taught, at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, of which am a graduate, by one
of the best professors Of Economics in America, Dr.
Davis R. Dewey. Since then have been in constant
contact with the best economic minds. The following
are my mature reasons for these Economic Cycles
Let us start with normal conditions.
Business then has an upturn accompanied by full
employment increasing profits and finally BOOM
This encourages carelessness among employers,
wagewOrkers and investors. This results in inefd-
cheney, speculation and even dishonesty. Finally
the moral fiber of the people gets so bad that the
prosperity era collapses as in 1929. Then follow
unemployment and financial losses as from 19SO-19SS
These have to continue for a long enough period
to awaken the people to substitute efficiency for
inelciency thrift for speculation, honesty for dis
honesty Finally after enough persons repent, busi-
ness starts up again and once more we enjoy pros
perity. Then history again repeats itself and the
country passes through another cycle began in
1887
STOCK MARGINS vs.. LABOR BOSSES
Of course there are other reasons for business
depressons, the chief of which are debts and taxes.
For this reason, / beg readers to clean up their
debts at this time-whether employers consumers
or investors. When the next depression comes. the
stock market due to the very small margin business,
will not go so low as after preceding pancs But,
now instead of borrowing on stocks the public is
borrowing on autos, teevision sets, mechanical re-
frigeratOrs and fur coats before These in
stallment loans accompanied by increasing taxes are
very dangerous
In addition, today have two new factors-viz.,
conflicts abroad between the United States and Rus
sia; conflicts here at home between selfish labor
bosses who could easily bring business collapse
In fact, it not for the stimulus of defense or
ders, we now would be suffering from unemploy-
ment, declining profits and low stock prices But,
Of eourses this means that business now is like a
man depending upon whiskey to keep him going
when he reallX should get on his knees and repent
of his sins,
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prefer WIJnuIdW dILOBbLu6T DUL
defend FOrmOsa and all Pacific bases This would
largely be a task for the Navy
Military men are opposed to landing any troops
in China and, if possible avoid using the Atom Bomb
on Chinese territory; but if necessary, we could
blockade her ports and perhaps bomb them. AS to
whether we should mix up with IndO-China Burma
or India is very debatabie. / am surprised at the
number who willing to arm the Japanese and
let them decide this question-prOmisng they
keep any territory they seize. / am also sorry to
find so many of my New York friends becoming dis
couraged with the English and European situation
and turning to the IsOlaOnalist Nationalist views
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ing costs make it more expensive
for farmers who are distant from
production points,
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BABSON Tells What New York Thinks

New York City, December %
During the past few days, I
have talked here with leaders of
the nations largest banking, in
surance and industrial groups.
WHAT ABOUT KOREA?
To my great surprise, they are
fairly a unit in believing that the
United Nations should at once
get out of Korea. Some think we
should try to make a deal to re-
main south of the 38th Parallel;
but to do this would mean to let
the Red China Government into
the United Nations and to give
up FormOsa. The ablest men
think this is too high a price and