Muncie Post-Democrat, Muncie, Delaware County, 28 November 1947 — Page 3

THE POST-DEMOCRAT, MUNC1E, IND., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1947

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WAITER SMEAD, WNU .Correspondent

_ Threats to Freedom T?VEN as the Freedom H* Train, loaded with priceless documents of our democratic heritage, is touring the country, even as congress opens its special sessions to give aid and succor to needy in foreign lands and even as we fight in the United Nations ior democratic ideals and democratic governments in other nations, evidences of intolerance and a breakdown of democracy's processes here in the capital of the World’s greatest democracy indicate that it's time to give serious thought to the danger of thoughtless smear and gossip and the inquisitorial methods of governmental committee investigations. The Howard Hughes inquisition by the senate war investigating committee was a farce and a travesty.

A poll of World War H veterms made by the Army Times, he Q.I. weekly, indicates that ibout 71 per cent of the ex-sol-liers would vote for General Eisenhower for President if he vere nominated by either major larty. Their next popular choice vas President Truman. *

“Wetting agents” for water — chemicals that reduce surface tension so the water will flow more freely — are being experimented with in fighting forest fires.

Minnesota issued 760,000 pairs of passenger car license plates for 1947 and was sold out by Oct. 15. Lighthouses are built round to present less surface resistance to waves and wind.

The house small business commfttee charges of communism and socialism against farmer cooperatives backfired as a political boomerang. The splendid report of the president’s committee on civil rights, which came at a most opportune time, charged that the inalienable rights of American citizens were being trampled underfoot and cited instance after instance of violations of basic rights under the constitution, particularly here In Washington. Xpe house un-American affairs :ommittee has given another flagrant demonstration of intolerance and smear in branding men and women Communists without a chance at defense or cross-exami-nation.? Even if thes. people are real Communists and, a» such, guilty oi treason, the constitution of our democracy gives them the right to defense and trial in open court. Now the committee announces its next inquisition will be against th« tea cheat in our schools. •• ' ' " ‘ Even Senator Taft of Ohio has not escaped the tendency to smear, for he was branded a i Communist by Herbert U. Nelson, executive vice president of the National Association of Real Estate boards. His sin was to introduce a housing bill which 1 the real estate board said i* communistic. 1 * - t : Eric Johnston, one of the outstanding thinkers in this country and former president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, was treated like a police court character by this congressional committee when he said: “Senator Taft is not going to worry about being called a Communist. But not every Amerdcan is a Senator Taft who can ignore such an accusation. Most of us in America are just little people and loose charges can hurt little people. When just one man is falsely damned as a Communist in an hour like this when the red issue is at white heat, no one of us is safe.” m- * * V

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NO MEDDLING LEWIS WARNS

Serves Notice That Government Must Not Meddle In Coal Affairs

Washington, Nov. 25.—John L. Lewis served notice today that he wants “no government meddling in coal affairs” when his United Mine Workers (AFL) begin 1948 wage negotiations. The Mine Workers Journal, which reflects Lewis' views, said in its leading editorial that the union is opposed to interior department requests for a return to coal price and rationing controls as part of President Truman’s

However, when it arrived in I New York the Bureau of Animal * Husbandry of the Agriculture Dej partment threatened to destroy it | because farm animals m the Brit- | ish Isles are suffering from an epidemic of hoof and mouth disease. They feared it might carry the disease germs to U. S. ani-

mals.

Members of the society sounded a call to arms. President Robert Black declared that Scots througout the world shouia go into mourning over the government’s sacriligious act. In a letter to officials, he pointed out that the haggis was already cooked, that Lord Lovat had been shipping the dish here for many years, and that “no animal will even get near one succulent mouthful.” The Department of Agriculture didn’t exactly quaver before the society’s wrath—but it trembled visibly. It announced that a ’•mistake”

of the real haggis. “Ordinarily, though, the men cheer louder for the haggis than for the girl,” Cowan said. He sounded hopeful.

Advtftistmtnt

Aid-to-Europe and Anti-Inflation , h ac j been made. The haggis would program. , be sent to Chicago forthwith, of“The coal miners have had I ficials said) as soon as it passed enough—in fact too much—oi | insnection. They promised it government meddling m coal af- j WO uld arrive in time for the feast

fairs and we want no more of it,” 0 f st. Andrews,

the Journal said. Ernest J. Cowan, secretary of

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Vets Still Fighting Veterans’ organizations are preparing to fight anew in the next regular session for new legislation on everything from a bonus to technical amendments to pension laws. The senate appropriations committee made a tabulation showing that requests tor veterans legislation already pending and carried over from the first session of the 80th congress would, if granted, cost €0 billion dollars. A substitute for all these requests, backed by 19 senators and 6 house members, is a bill calling for a veterans’ economic development corporation which would be capitalized at 500 million dollars through a government bond issue. It is-intended to do for the veteran what the RFC has done for business. ; , --> 4 ■ - f . ■ labor Battles Salons Although the 16 million members of organized labor unions are out to beat members of congress- who votfed .to override the" veto on the Taft-Hartley labor law, these votes are so unevenly distributed geographically that organized labor has little strength .in. districts of most of the congressmen involved. Labor has a reasonable chance of defeating about one-fifth of tire 331 house members and the 28- senators who voted to override the vets.

Latest thing in pre-fabricated farm buildings, this 32 ft. x 60 ft. all-aluminum utility structure will be exhibited for the first time at the National Farm Show in Chicago Nov. 29-Dec. 7.

The request for stand-by au- , thority to ration coal and put it i under price control was made to j Congress on Tuesday by Undersecretary of Interior Oscar L.

! Chapman.

j The mine Journal said that i “some anti-union-minded (coal) , operators” want the restoration of ; government controls to continue " “beyond the next period of bituminous wage negotiations, and consequently they can have the government front for them when

wage negotiations start.’ - '

The Journal made no other reference to 1948 wage talks. But this was its first reference since the present contract was signed last July 7. The current agreement runs through June 30 and provides that either party will give 60 days’ notice of intention to terminate or amend, as required under the Taft-Hartley law. Therefore, the first notice would

come about next May 1.

The contract also provides thal it can be terminated on 30 days’ notice. But there are no indications now that Lewis intends to ask for a reopening next March or April, the usual time for wage negotiations in the industry for

many years prior to 1947.

U.N. Facts and Faces

LIBERIA

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LIBERIA!

Liberia, whose 350-mile coast line on the South Atlantic Ocean is backed up with the heavy tropical forests of West Africa, was founded more than 100 years ago by freed slaves from the United States. With the help of colonization societies, the freedmen settled at Monrovia, Liberia’s capital. Today an independent republic, Liberia includes amortg her leaders many descendants of the original settlers from the United States. Most of Liberia’s 1,500,000 people are occupied in agriculture and forest industries. Among the most important products are piassava, palm oil, coffee, rubber and timber. Her delegation to the United Nations General Assembly is headed by Gabriel L. Dennis. Her flag, has red and white strinec nnd a hlnn enrnei* ennfainltVcr g wKifo «>*<,« PEE WEE

DESCENDANTS OF SCOT CLAN MEET

A Haggis Sent From Old Country For Group’s Annual Banquet Chicago, Nov. 28. — The 1,500 members of the Illinois St. Andrews Society—all descendants of Bonnie Scots—rummaged into trunks for their kilties today and nipers practiced pibroch skirts for the society’s annual banquet tomorrow. The real/the true, the honest-to-goodness Scottish Haggis was on its way Horn New York and the celebrants of the society put out the fiery cross they were ready to send ’round the world to call all local Scots to arms against the U. S. Agriculture Department. Haggis is one of the favorite wishes of Scots, It consists of the heart, liver and lungs of a sheep j or calf, mixed wtih suet, onions, oatmeal, herbs and seasoning and cooked in the stomach lining of the animal. It has the consistency of turkey stuffing. As he has for many years past. Simon Christopher Joseph Fraser. 17th Baron Lovat and an honorary member of the society, sent the society a haggis irern the old country for their annual banquet.

the society, said not all of the 1,500 members would be able to dine on the haggis from Scotland. But, he said, the one from the old country will serve as a “symbol” while many others, cooked in Chicago, will be passed down the banquet tables. The haggis will serve as a “sort of an appetizer,” he said, and will be washed down with Scotch whisky and water. The remainder of the menu calls for fruit, broth, broiled chicken, vegetables and

dessert.

Brawny men will guard the haggis as it is carried into the room by kilted Scotmcn to the

wailing of bagpipes.

Before that, though, the Scots will see a sight which might have inspired Robert the Bruce to win his fight on the first try instead of the seventh. A giant haggis will be piped in on a huge litter. Out of it will pop a kilt-clad lass who will preside over the serving j

Baffling “0” Fever Needs Watching Cleveland.—“Q Fever”, a not easily recognized disease reported more frequently during the war than ever before, should warrant special attention of physicians, two doctor-teachers told the Academy of Medicine here. Symptoms of the disease are misleading, Dr. Charles H. Rammelkamp, Jr., said. Outward appearances point to influenza, but an X-ray picture of the chest shows the symptoms of a typical penumonia, causing many physicians to diagnose it incorrectly. Dr. John H. Dingle, tracing the history of “Q fever”, revealed that the disease was first identified in Queensland, Australia, in 1935. “Since then an estimated 800 to 900 cases have been reported in various parts of the world,” he said, “including several U. S. Army units. Only three fatal cases are on record, and those were among older persons.

Might Be Air-Borne

“Scientists have come to*believe that “Q fever” may be air-borne and that it may be carried on animals and ticks. It is not transmitted from one human to another. “The fever was considered only a curiosity when it was isolated in Australia, in 1935, and also in Montana, at the same time. “Fifteen persons were stricken at the National Institute of Health in Washington in the spring of 1940. They were mostly laboratory workers, and probably contacted the disease while working with test animals and test specimens. “In 1944, an outbreak occurred among British trops in the Mediterranean area, and in 1945, members of the 6th Battalion Parachute Regiment, U. S. Army, on returning from Greece to Italy,

were stricken.”

An “explosive” outbreak of “Q

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Ma Hoskins Sneezed at Cats!

Ma Hoskins couldn’t understand why she got a fit of sneezing every time Harpo, the cat, came in the room. Finally figured she’d have to get rid of Harpo altogether. Then Doc Hollister explained she had an “allergy.” Cat’s fur made her sneeze like strawberries give some folks rash. He gave her an inoculation so she and Harpo could live sneezelessly together. I guess a lot of us have “allergies” in the social sense. Some folks just can’t stand movies, or radio comedians. Other folks don’t go for 1

beer. Myself, I enjoy a moderate glass of beer or two with friends ... but it’s up to them what beverage they choose. From where I sit, the important thing is not to let our social allergies result in antisocial taboos. Let's not criticize the fellow who likes beer if we like cider. A little inoculation of tolerance can help us live-and-let-live happily together. _ ^OC tyliaug.

fever” struck 40 persons in Texas last year, Dr. Dingle reported. The afflicted were workers in and around in a stockyard and meatpacking company at Amarillo, he

said.

greejients come directly from nature. Spaghetti Favored Italian spaghetti and chop-suey are other favorites in the Deiblet

Dr. Rammelkamp revealed that j ^ 0 ( useh0l ( f Fish or poultry neVel '

^ 1 get on the menu. The Deiblers class themselves among the higher-grade vegetarians, known as “Vegans,” who abstain from animal by products such a eggs, milk, butter, leather

and wool.

One pound of soybeans (grown in his garden) produces eight gallons of vegetarian milk, Deibler found. He points out this is obviously more efficient than feeding a pound of soybeans to a cow and getting only one gallon milk in return. Deibler’s shoes are made almost entirely of plastic. He said he tries to refrain from using leather products wherever possible,

the causative agent has been identified as a rickettsia. He said a vaccine had been developed for “Q fever” and possibly a remedy

—para-aminobenzoic acid. Meat No Help To You, Vegetarian Harrisburg, Pa. — Donald D.

Deibler, vegetarian, wants to know why all the fuss over meat-

less Tuesday.

“People are better off without meat,” he says. “It’s only a sec-

ond-hand food anyway.”

Furthermore—and this is where

Deibler places the most emphasis INJI j RES BACK WHILE —he believes people who CHANGING BABY'S DIAPER flesh of an animal are downright inhuman. j Hartford Conn _ when stanswore oH meat^our vears Tgo 1 ley Nevers of New Britain, considers the vegetarian diet the 1 h^couV^not most healthful and most econom- , tribut£ ^ ' the support 0 , his wife His recipes read like a govern- and tw ° children b^auSe of a Sf a.li g ° V i “lame back.” The jurist asked

him how he had injured himself, “Changing a diaper on the

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“Soul and Body” was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, November 23. - - The Golden Text was: “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (II Corinthians 3:18). Among the citations which comprised the Lesson-Sermon was the following from the Bible: “For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day” (II Corinthians 4:11, 15, 16). The Lesson-Sermon also included the following passage from the Christian Science textbook, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy: “The Science of being reveals man as perfect, even as the Father is perfect, because the Soul, or Mind, of the spiritual man is God, the divine Principle of all being, and because this real man is governed by Soul inste*:l of sense, by the law of Spirit, not by the so-called laws of

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