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THOSE 1ss SHIPS

The government Of the Soviet Union has apparent
y moved closer to agreeing to return 1876 naval craft
sent them by this country under the LendLease pro-
gram during World War IL After many years of fruit
less note exchanges the Soviet Ambassador in Washing
ton informed the State Department several weeks ago
that representatives Of the USSR would agree to meet
representatives of the United States for discussion of
technical questions connected with the transfer of 1876
naval craft
BY the time ygu read this, new developments might
have occurred negotiations might have broken down
again. We do not believe the latest Soviet note
should be taken as guarantee that the Russians are
ready to settle this Lendease debt However, their notes
Of late have been more encouraging than any 1916
and indicate willingness their part to settle their
World War II LendLease debt
In of the Soviet notes in the current exchange
the Russians pointed out that they had returned to the
United States three ce-breakers 27 gates tankers
and dry vessel and that agreed to re-
turn 186 naval vessels This admission was at least put
ting the Russians record obligated return these
vessels to the United States
The Russians have been attempting to tie in other
settlements with the LendLease settlement in an effort
to use the return of the 1876 naval vessels as lever
pry the u S. Government into an agreement on other
matters This the United States has consistently refused
to do and the latest indications are that the Russians
may be at last convinced the United States will settle the
LendLease account only single ISSUE and on its mer-
its alone
this indication proves accurate appraisal, the
Russians are preparing to one of the irritating
obstacles in the way of better relations between the
two countries All Americans who know the facts have
bitterly resented the Russian refusal to return these ships
has been nine years since World War II and the re-
fusa to return vessels rightly owned by the United States
throughout this long period is of that governments
most flagrant and open violations of law and treaty
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Chapter II

Chapter II
IT was one evening. Q week or,
so later. that Aunt Mae came
over for one Of her periodical
"trouble-making" visits Carl was
up In his study. now on the Sec
ond floor, and Jane and Ted were
dancing to the music OF q popu-
lar radio band.
Marching into the living room
In her masterful way-she never
bothered to ring or knock IL the
front door was unlocked-she
took one look at Jane and her
nose gave the impression Of GO
ing up in the air without actually
doing il. "Humph," she said.
Ted switched of the radio. Il
was the first time, he and James
aunt had met, and when Jane in
troduced them, Ted grinned his
infectious grin and said: Hello,
Aunt Mae. I've been wanting to
meet you
Indeed" Aunt Mae looked him
up and down. You're a. CT coll
lege student, ] understand"
That's right" Ted said
Getting your education for
Free" Aunt Mae continued
Right again.
well, young man, does II ever
occur to you that the taxpayers,
women like myself who have
little enough to, live on to start
with. are being MIXED every
where they turn to give you an
easy living, while you fritter
away your time pretending to get
an education that you don't really
want? 1t seems to me, young man.
that the very least you could do,
would be to put your time in to
some advantage
81 beg your pardon?" Il was
difficult to startle Ted, but he
did appear slightly fioored by
Aunt Macs frontal attack.
"You heard me-" she said. "And
/ assume you have sense enough
to understand what I mean"
Still undaunted, Ted continued
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WANTS TO READ MORE LETTERS

Editor The Citizen:
feature which aways look forward to reading
each day is your Peoples Forum 1t exemplifes priv
ilege which each of us Americans is endowed with
the right to express oneself publicly without fear of
prosecution.
It's surprising to me why more people don't take
advantage of this opporunty-an opportunity for which
people of many countries would give life that their off
spring might taste of its sweetness
For several days have been disappointed in find
ing no Peoples Forum"
AT the risk of sounding egotistical hope this will
start more letters going into your office.
But while I'm at it, I'd like to make short COM
ment about Bill Glib.
Yes, he caused mild sensation in your paper not
too long ago. Maybe ne right. On the other hand,
ne could be wrong. I'm not qualified to make public
nor whispered statement, pro or con, since am not
familiar with the facts involved, neither do know the
man personally.
This will say-he is fine writer, and more peo-
pie should pay heed to his column It is always full of
good ideas and suggestions which if acted upon would
work advantageously for city know not alone
in thinking along these lines
do'not know If Mr.. Gibbs is Key Wester but he
appears to be for the Conchs" His column should be
on the front page for all to absorb.
ANTHONY H. PEREZ
628 Margaret Street,
Key West, Fla.
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became pretty clear why he hadnt
gone before the committee.
The administration through last
winter, spring and summer had
been unable To make up Its mind
on what TIL changes it thought
should be made.
Durkin complained, on the day
he resigned, that he had been
working with Eisenhower's White
House aides on suggested changes.
thought they had White House ap-
proval, and then found out they
didn't. Eisenhower said be had
never broken his word to an as
sociate.
So between last September and
now the Eisenhower people have
whipped up list of changes, prob
ably fewer than ,Durkin wanted.
which the President could say 70.
presented his considered opinion.
Nevertheless, the difficulties en-
countered by Eisenhower on this
subject were fairly mild when com.
pared with those Of former Presi-
dent Truman, under whose admin.
istration, when the Republicans
controlled Congress in l947. TIL
was passed.
Truman went q LOT further than
Eisenhower, He wanted TIL taken
off the books. which was what
union labor leaders wanted. But
in the following years, when his
Democrats ran Congress, he
couldn't do anything either.
During his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
1t was clear that enough Demo.
Gratis and Republicans In Congress
were joined together In opposing
outright repeal-organized labor
might have been able to settle for
some changes.
But it wouldn't. And II got moth.
ing. Any changes this Congress
might make won't end the dispute.
Organized labor will certainly be
in pitching next year for more
changes.
This is a quarrel which viii prob.
ably 60 on for years since TIL
is at the very heart Of manage.
ment-labor relations.
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By James NARROW

represented the end Of much
stumbling around inside the adj
ministration and the Presidents
own official family on the ques.
ton Of amending Taft-Hartley.
Last year congressional commit.
tees held weeks of hearings on the
law, letting all interested parties
Labor, business and others-have
their say on what should or
shouldn't. be done.
When a committee is consider.
ing legislation on q law as con-
troversiak and basic as Taft-Hart.
ley, 1t would be usual for an ad.
ministration spokesman to state
its views and very unusual if one
didn't.
Last year no one from the ad.
ministration appeared. The job oi
testifying for the administration
would have fallen to the secretary
Of labor, Martin P. Durkin. Durkir
stayed away.
The result: Congress didn't act
on TIL in SO. Later, when Durkin
quit the Cabinet in September, il
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A MAN In THE HOUSE

You must have knowa Uhss
would happen"
But what has happened. Aunt
Mae! Honestly, I haven't the fog
glest notion what you're talking
about ! suppose you're hanging
on 70 that out-dated Aea that
people shouldn't take roomerS in
their house. that it's . little ordi-
nary; Wen. darling" and Jane
laughed gaily, that day il dead
and gone. Nowadays its fashion
able to take q roomer. And it's
selfish and inconsiderate not 20 II
you happen 10 have rooms you
aren't using
Aunt Mae took another long.
deep, life-sustaining breath.
Jane, she said severely, Il
think you are deliberately pre-
tenolng 70 misunderstood me. ]
am fully aware that there u q
room shortage. When I think Of
the way things used 10 Be in this
It took Aunt Mae several mo-
menS to work back 90 her orig
lnal point Of departure. Now"
she said. IF you wanted 20 rent
a room, why didn't you take some
nice college girl into the housef
Or two girls Then no one wuold
nave had q word 70 say
-Oh, yes they would have"
Jane interjected shrewdly. "You
would have, for one. You'd have
said she had q crush on Carl. And
II she had happened to be in one
OF Carts classes. you'd have man
aged to make quite . dreadful lit
tie story out Of il Anyway, you
would have tried
James voice was taking ca IN
unaccustomed edge. Look. darl-
ing," she said, not too sweetly, Il
can guess what you're leading up
to. Ted Eggleston happens 10 be
an attractive boy and I'm not as
old and staid as I viii be sooner
or later. So the meddling matties
want to make something sof Il
Okay. Let them Let them 10
ahead and try to make Q lot Of
something out Of nothing.sa.
&c b ssntinseGl -
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The World
Today

WASHINGTON R-All President
Eisenhower could be sure about
when he handed Congres
his suggestions for changing the
Taft-Hartley' labor Jaw, was that
he'd make quite few people mad.
Sight. unseen. but because his
ideas .on changes were described
as moderate. Eisenhower was a
cinch to displease union leaders
who wanted the law wiped out
and those businessmen who wanted
it made tougher or not changed
at all. -,
The most he could hope was
that a majority Of businessmen
and organized workers would con.
slider his proposals reasonable and
good and that Congress would feel
the same way and translate them
into law.
But he couldn't be sure before.
hand. And particularly he couldn't
be sure that Congress, before quit.
ting next summer, would make
any changes or, if it did, that
they would be the ones he sug.
gested.
What Eisenhower Offered
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Head OF Pen Co.
Freed From Jail

CHICAGO B-Paul C. Fisher. 20.
a pen manufacturer, was released
from the Cook County JAN Tues.
day after he agreed TO turn over
his books and records for exam.
nation BY the u. S. Department
of Labor.
Fisher, head Of the Fisher Pan
Co., was sent to jail Jan. Is on 4
contempt citation issued BY Fed.
eral Judge Michael L. Igoe IN
September 1852 for defying Z court
order directing him to submit his
records for examination.
Fisher, who served a. his ewn
attorney, had made unsuccessful
appeals to the United States Court
of Appeals and the United States
Supreme Court. He contended that
the Labor. Departments demand
to see bis books without 4 specific
reason was an invasion Of his
constitutional rights.
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Blu Florence Stuart

to grin. He said: We'll. look.
Aunt Mac
Don't call me Aunt Mae. Ny
name is Markell. Miss Markell.
and ! prefer to be addressed by it.
And now, young man, il you have
no objection, ] would IKE 10 have
a little talk with my niece, alone.
BY the way. Jane. Is Carl at
homer"
Her tone fell as she peered to-
ward the hall Has that fellow
gone to his room? ] don't care 70
have him listening TO what I have
to say. Why in the world you
should take a stranger into this
house"
HE went out I think. Jane
said. II heard the front door
close"
What Aunt Mae had to say had
a familiar ring. Did Jane realize
that people were talking? Did she
tpant to get herself talked about?
It certainly looked like it.
Talking" Jane said, and
smiled. what are they talking
about this time. darlingl"
A UNIT MAE folded her hands
"A precisely in her lap. She sal
very straight and breathed deep
ly. II was her contention that
very few people either sat or
breathed properly and that was
the reason so many women had 90
little energy. She had an amaz-
ing fund of facts and statistics to
prove the point.
She said: "You know very well
what they're talking about, Jane.
You should have known before
hand that they would talk, and
I'm amazed that you, and Carl
too. ever took this boy into your
house. ! don't blame Carl too
much, knowing what he's like
Like so many college professors,
he seems to live in some other
world, and I never really expect
him t. display much common,
horse sense. Still, I would have
thought, about a matter like this
And as for you, Jane-well,
you know what this town Is like.
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Syria, with only 5000 refugees,
has the greatest possibilities for
resettlement of all the Arab coun.
tries directly involved. Between
the TigriS and Euphrates Rivers
in northern Syria, millions of
acres of land in the FL Jazirah
plain are only partly cultivated.
The late Husni Az-Zaim, who held
power briefly in Damascus in 1919,
said privately he could settle all
the Arab refugees there with 500
million dollars.
United Nations officials say the
Syrian government has cooperated
more than any other Arab govern,
ment in the spirit and aims of
UNRWA. But President Adib
Shishekly, who owes his office to
ia coup d'etat, must give no oppor-
Itunity to the opposition to COM
plain that he has recognized the
state of Israel and accepted the
principle of settling refugees out
side Israel. .
He has agreed to turn over pub
lie lands for refugees as long as
there are refugee in Syria.
UNRWA already has drilled five
wells in the desert 80 miles from
Damascus, grown a small crop
and built 20 houses. Eventually it
lis hoped to settle between 1000
and 1000 refugees there.
There is little hope of resettling
any of the refugees in Lebanon,
where there already is an unem.
Iployment problem. Another con.
sideration is that Lebanon has q
Christian majority Of about So per
cent, according to the last census,
Acceptance of 10000 refugees,
mostly Moslems, would upset this
balance.
Jordan made 474,OO0 refugees
citizens on the order of King Alb
Idullah. who later was assassinated
flor negotiating with Israel. The
refugees, together with the war.
time incorporation of parts Of
Palestine with population of $780,.
900 nearly doubled Jordan's popu.
llation.
| Amman, the capital, not many
years ago dusty, desert village
with mud roads and a population
of 10000 now has about 200 600
A building boom is on and many
refugees have found employment.
In fact, most Of the men in the
Jabal Husein refugee camp in the
hills above Amman are employed,
Because they agreed to work for
as little as so cents a day, they
displaced most of the previous
working force. Many of the dis.
placed laborers. in turn, were
taken into Jordan's crack little
army, the Arab Legion.
Five of the 10 men in the Jordan
cabinet are Palestinians. Western
diplomats believe Jordan would
settle with Israel for token re-
patriation of perhaps 100, 900 refu.
gees and a part of Galilee. But
Jordan's voice is too weak to be
heard in the Arab world.
NEXT: An Eye For An Eye
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MOURNFUL NOTE

CHICAGO 1-A sign posted ia
a Loop coffee shop reads:
"In memoriam
"on January Is. after 4 finger
ing illness, the 10 cent cup q
coffee died.
interment win take place I'm
msdiateiy in its own grounds"
Inc new price is Is cents a cup.
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BY LYNN HElNzERLINc

JGnODfAAIEm mf-1uCEE can QS
any doubt about who lost the 1916
war between Israel and her Arab
neighbors. The losers. are still
sitting around the battlefield,
ragged, sullen and resentfu.
These are the Palestine refugees
-86S,350 of them officially-whc
have endured their exile from nor.
NAL life for nearly six years. Their
Arab leaders say they must re.
turn to their former homes, now
in Israel. Israel says they will
never return.
Grouped in an Irregular, re,
|proachful semi-circle around the
land frontiers Of Israel in Lebanon
Syria. Jordan and the Egyptian
controlled GAIA strip, the refugees
sit and brood over their misfor.
tune. Each year, $4,000 new refu.
gees are born.
They live In tents, In shaeks. II
mud or straw nuts, in caves. Some
have found crowded refuge witt
friends. or relatives. They have
taken over mosques, old military
barracks and stables. Many others
who fed from their homes in Pales
tine with money. are now askins
for aid.
Their best friend is UNRWA
United Nations Relief and Work.
Agency for Palestine refugees. 1
spends some Is million dollars eacf
year for their food, education anG
medical attention.
Only 271.5S3 of the refugees live
in the 81 official UNRWA camps
stretching from Aeppo, Syria, II
the north to the desert wastes Of
GAIA in the south. The rest live
the best they can. At the start Oh
each month, all line up and re.
ceive from UNRwA % pounds o.
flour and some rice, dried peas Oh
beans, oil or fat and sugar. with
IA piece Of soap. This usually lasts
about Is days. The refugees mus
Iscrounge or barter for their food
the rest of the month.
Some Of them are militantly en-.
pressive. Many, after five years
are apathetic and resigned to /,
life Of uselessness. But all are
eager for their children to know
something better than the drab life
into which they have fallen.
About 5000 children are beins
taught by 1000 refugee teachers Il
other $1,000 have been admitted
to private or public schools il
their countries of refuge.
DR.. Robert Westwater, formes
chief inspector of public schools in
Ottawa, heads UNRWA's educati
division. He SAYS a vocational
training program also is being ex
banded, but it is difficult to fnd
Jobs for graduates. DR.. Westwatel
says he has encountered a wide,
spread feeling that a man who
works with his hands is low CASTE
and UNRWA is seeking to "estab.
Ilish the dignity of labor"
One effort to help regues. to find
obs shattered on the opposition Of
zee Spokesman and a nsr. e
'~-N ~-~-- IT, T-~-~
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The Situation On Both Sides
LIE SInntIOn Tn Both Sides
Tense Armistice Is Observed In Holy Land

Editer's ets-Generations have
grown up calling it the Holy Land
the territory centering around
Jerusalem, city where Chris
tians, Jews and Moslems have
shrines. But for several years the
Holy Land has been torn by strife.
There is an armistice, but it FIRE.
quently echoes to gunfire.
Exactly what is the situation to.
day, on both sides of the armistice
line? What hopes of peace exist?
AP Correspondent Lynn Heinzer.
ling was assigned to report the
facts as he saw them. He travelled
$500 miles through Arab and
Israeli areas, and talked with
scores Of persons. This is the first
of his articles.
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" NeW. xOgk, naQ cidSSulSQ Ule
occupations of 5000 refugees. She
was accused of listing refugee
skiHs for the us. Army, for pos
sible use in a war with the Soviet
Union. She was also accused Of
being a Zionist agent" She had
managed to place 3,575 refugees
i'm private employment when the
classification was discontinued be-
cause Of the criticism.
The Palestine Arabs always were
among the most literate of Middle
Eastern peoples, DR.. Westwater
said. Now they are the captives of
circumstances. They have become
one Of the basic political realities
of the Middle East. No political
leader can ignore, them.
Although more than 12l million
dollars has been spent on relief,
Spokesman for the refugees con-
denim UNRWA and most Arab gov
ernments offer only grudging CO.
operation.
DR.. Izzat famous, general Sec
rotary of Palestine refugee COM
mittees in Lebanon, calls the
UNRWA ration one on which "an
animal could hardly live"
Refugee spokesman insist that all
refugees must return to their
homes, now in Israel, even though
more than 100000 Jewish immi.
grants have moved into Israel in
the meantime and others are still
coming. Many of these immigrants
are refugees from Europe. They
have taken over Arab villages not
destroyed and built hundreds OF
settlements.
famous issued 4 pamphlet say
ing:
what kind of a democracy are
we living under, when a refugee
only a few yards from his home
cannot 60 back to it and live a
peaceful and free life?
"The refugees insist on their re,
turn to their homeland and the
Arab countries, for social, eco.
nomic and political reasons, look
forward to the day when all refu.
gees will return to their homes"
The Israeli government, in a
White Paper on the Arab refugees.
contends that for Arab political
leaders "the refugee question is a
purely political ISSUE" It adds:
For Israel to take in a large
hostile population united by ties
of blood with the surrounding
countries which are bent on its
determination, would be little short
of suicidal. But the case against
repatriation of the Arab refugees
rests not merely on considerations
of security. The pattern of Arab
life as it was before 1913 Gin
Israeli no longer exists and can
not be restored"
Actually, many Of the refugees
would not want to live in Israel.
One responsible source estimated
that not more than Is per cent,
mainly landowners, would want to
return,
UNRWA has a 200 million dollar
fund for development projects in
Arab countries capable OF absorb
ing refugees. The only major
agreements so far are with Jordan
for an. irrigation and power
scheme using the waters Of the
Yarmuk River and with Egypt for
a project to irrigate $1,000 acres
of the Sinai Desert with Nile River
water. If completed, the projects
would make perhaps u.s. 900 refu-
gees self-Supporting.
The Yarmuk project is being
held in allegiance pending consid-
Grafton of a new unified scheme
for developing the resources Of the
Jordan River. This project, pre-
pared by the Tennessee Valley
Authority at the request OF
UNRWA, would include Israel.
This has raised suspicious and
=, - - rr go Arabs
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of hs s read
but the editor the right any items which
considered beous The writer's should be
fair and ecnfne the letters 200 write on enc side
Of the only Signature Of The writer must accompany the
letters and will be published unless requested otherwise.
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DuIlng 1853 the March of Dimes
assisted In paying treatment costs
Tor approximately 5000 polio ps-
tlenfs, OF which some 5000 were
stricken IN 1852 and previous years.
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IN THE DISTINCT COURT II The VIRGIN ISLANDS Of The us.
DIVISION or SAINT cRoIx AT cHR1sT1ANsTED
Theodore Raphael Tynes, plaintiff. Civil No. 10-1954
vs. ACTION 9 VOR
Pauline Tynes, Defendant.
The President Of the United States.
To- Pauline Tyness Defendant.
Within the time limited by law lApril 10Th, 1854, you are j
thereby required to appear before this Court and answer to
a complaint filed against you in this action; and in case Of
your failure to appear or answer, judgement by defalut will
Divorce.
WITNESS my hand and the seal Of the Court this 18th day
of February, 1854.
GEORGE A. MENA
Clerk of the Court