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A Jot of big.shots are taking an intereat, Xoo. Gov. Henry F. Bchricker. plans to stand f the dock at New Orleans and wave his w
The Navy is bringing in a ranking military people,” bus pewspaper publishers, of The Times, will be in New Orleans with the
Governor, I hope the boss waves. Not goodby
but an aloha. I'll ve my expénse voucher,
Peep told to be ready and waiting by 8:30. 7 Capt. Knachel, who has been the big gun be-
1 find organizing the cruise, said leaders of New
‘Orleans have given him the best in co-operation.
Known 08, Be Cap Bray faréwett to a frech Witter sailor.” Defi rion: } Panama,
Lost Souls
MOLOKAI, Hawail, Jan, 6--The sheer 20,000~ foot bluffs of the pali, or cliffs, are as forbidding as ever, and the long rows of cemeteries by the pounding sea make a trip from the airport a doleful business, There are three ways into the little .city of Kadaupapa—over the pali on a mule, by charter aircraft to a rude strip, or by boat. Its inaccessibility is why it was chosen as the gite for a leper colony, and why condemnation to the town, either for patient or attendant, meant banishment. from life. : Kalaupapa is the leprosarium made famous by Father Damien, who died of the disease, and Kalaupapa is dramatic news today. Kalaupapa is news because it marks an end to an international concept of a disease which has thrived on superstition and misinformation for $000 years. There will be.no more fresh admissions to Kalaupapa, and when its present residents die, it will be closed forever, The little town of lost souls is still inhabited by patients-—old folks who have lived there most of their lives, some very ill cases, inmates with homes there. But all who so desired have been transferred to a new hospital at Pearl Harbor called Hale Mohalu, and all new cases will in the future be committed to Hale Mohalu.
Urges Segregation of Patients
DR. NORMAN SLOAN, chief physician at Kalaupapa, is still a strict advocate of complete segregation of all sufferers from Hansen's disease, the name for leprosy which has now become official. He still calls it leprosy. He does not indorse the new theory that it is practically noncontagious except through prolonged contact, and then only contagious to people with a family history of racial susceptibility to the organisms, His sternness is discernible at Kalaupapa, where some patients still cover their faces when a visitor passes, and any mingling with the affiicted is strictly discouraged. The place still bears the stamp of the old concept of shutting the sufferer completely away from wivilization. " In this respect he has been bucked by Lawrence M. Judd, a former governor of the territory. Mr.
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we're stopping a day, or two days of leisure is scheduled. This is a tour of duty. My concern about how a destroyer rides was tossed overboard by Capt. Knachel. He said in case of any trouble, he was sure I would do the right thing. He has never known a man who hasn't, We kidded around with a couple of life pre-
servers and Mae West jackets. Capt. Knachel|.
was sure I would never need. to use either. . There was something I could use, however, He fipped a switch and said into a speaker that he was] sending a man down for the “necessary shots.” I laughed until the skipper pointéd to me. “They'll fix you up,” he said. Three husky seamen and I proceeded to sick bay. If the big man hadn’t pinned my arms, we'd never have proceeded. Hypodermic needles and 1 don’t get along.
Needles at 50 Paces
H. M./1 CURTIS LASHER met me with needles that must have been three feet long. He pumped See of tetanus toxoid and .Sce of typhoid stuff. My left arm was rendered useless. Then Lasher vaccinated me against smallpox by slashing my right arm. Blood flowed freely. Maybe not freely. Let's say it surfaced. “That's all, let him go,” snapped my tormentor. Funny thing. After it was all over, I felt brave, Nothing to it. The needles didn’t hurt and|, the Yascinating scratches should have been nothto. a growing boy. But I'm a grown man,
. ARYWAY, Off “We, go Into the calm "Blue yorde on the Caribbean. Darn tootin’.
By Robert C. Ruark
Judd has long worked actively for the renabilita-| tion of the lepers. Together with Dr. Edwin Chung-Hoon, chief of | Hansen's Disease Medical Services, he has fought al lengthy battle to eliminate the old near-criminal concepts of the disease. Mr. Judd and Dr. Chung-Hoon have finally moved their charges into a cheerful hospital near| Pearl Harbor, where thé gates are open, There is a marked difference in the attitude of the! patients here—almost a gayety. When I entered, Mr. Judd was indulging in a| spiritéd bout of barbershop harmony with a cluster of patients, who were beating the strings off a flock of guitars and ukuleles. The sick people here live in ample and attractive rooms, with two-room suites for married patients. There are large recreational and educational facilities, and nowhere is the feeling of doom that one encounters in Kalaupapa. I visited all the wards and talked with a great many of the occupants, and found them to be! almost pathetically pleased with the new setup: The individual rooms were bright with Christmas] trees and presents, and the patients beamed at] Dr. Chung-Hoon as if he were Santa Claus.
New Drugs a Success
THE SUCCESS in treatment of the new sul-| fone drugs, plus the néw concept of considering lepers as patients instead of criminals has worked a miracle on the morale of the sufferers. There are some temporarily released as arrested and noncontagious in the Territory now, and at) least one has been able to find and keep a job de-| spite his record of the disease. Mr, Judd’'s dream has been to make the cured,’ or arrested, victim of Hansen's diséase no less! acceptable to society than a cured tuberculosis patient, and there is at Jeast a sart in that direction. The ambuiatory patients in the unguarded yard|
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Hale Mohalu, and Christmas miracle. dice and misconception gone to pot, with the sim-| ple announcement that, from now on, no more leprous admissions will ever be made to grim old, Kalaupapa, behind its forbidding cliffs and lonesome seas, Father Damien's mohument will be that, and nothing more, in just a few short years’
By Frederick C. Othman
me it seemed a kind of
WASHINGTON, Jan. 6—Back in the days when the ladies wore bustles and: the electric Jight was only a gleam in Edison’s eye, Congress first began battling over oleomargarine. The automebile was invented. Two world wars
“rame and went and still the bulldogs of our gov-
ernment had their teeth stuck in ‘margarine. Today, 64 years after the battle over oleo— a curse or a boon? began, the Senate still was going strong on its favorite subject, Tempers were flaring, names were muttered, charges of skullduggery were whispered and even now I wouldn't bet a nickel on whether yellow margarine loses its 10-cents-a-pound tax nalty. I'm not even sure whether a horse is a manufactured product, because this thing is getting complicated. Sen. J. William Fulbright (D. Ark.) the longtime advocate of margarine the color of butter, opened the debate with a lengthy speech and the first thing I knew he was comparing edicts against oleomargarine to the horse-and-buggy age. when they first became law, namely, 18886.
Direct From the Record WHAT, HE demanded, if the horse-and-buggy
people had tried to tax the automobile out of business? Sen. Hugh Butler (R. Neb.) a butter man,
himself, jumped up and for the next few paragraphs I quote the gentlemen directly: Butler: Fluid milk is a product of nature. The horse and buggy is an article of manufacture. I do not think the gentleman's comparison is a good one. Fulbright: Oh, no, if IT may contradict the honorable gentleman. The horse is a produgt of nature. x Butler: But I must insist to the distinguished ‘Senator that the buggy is a vehicle.
I guess that’s enough of that, but you can see where debate on margarine can lead. A number of Senators think it ought to be colored orange, brown or lavender. Anything but yellow. Sen, Fulbright said yes and what about, mak:
ing butter green? Or milk red? Would the people 5 n0incement reached here as election in March.
like that? He said eye appeal was as important as taste appeal and margarine had as much right to the shade of yellow as did butter.
What's Another War?
“OH, YEAH?” demanded Sen. Guy M. Gillette (D. Iowa) in words a little more grammatical. The trouble with yellow margarine, said he, is
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‘World Report—
U.S.
Policy in Formosa Bigger Blow Than Britain's Nod to Reds
By ARTHUR GOUL,
TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. 6—Chinese Nationalists today grinned and shouted “Merry Christmas” as I left| racaived in stunned silence President Truman's statement thousand years of preju-| that the United States will not send American men, arms or military advice to fight the expected Communist invasion
of Formosa.
The news proved a heavier blow than British recogni-
tion of ‘Communist China, which had been expected for some time. . 8. official quarters here said
United Press Staff Correspondent
p that they consider the possibility of eventually having to evacuate the island.
Other world developments:
Constantin Tsaldaris, leader of the Populist Party, was election
eering and playing party politics
Cairo
Eight independenfs joined’ the victorious Wafd Party today, giving the party a clear-cut majority in the new Egyptian parlia-
ment. Political observers believed the Wafdists, who captured 161 of
the 319 parliament seats in Tuesday's elections, will have about 200 seats when the elections are completed. ’ A runoff contest for 77 seats will be held Jan. 10. A leader of the Wafdists said his party expected to win at least half of
hat as far as they knew -the them. President's statement would Athens | . considered an official reply to Chi-| John Theokotis, speaker of Mexico nese Ambassador Wellington pg jiament and political - inde-| Tacana volcano in nearby Koo's request for American aid. pendent, formed a non-party Guatemala erupted today for the Gird for A It "first « time since 1002, forging Hr ar Assau jearetaker government .soday Lo farmers to flee the threatened ~ News of - Mr. Pruman's policy ule Greece until after the general | .. - . oo : - | Refugees reaching Papachula hard-pressed Nationalist troops He also persuaded Field Mar-|,.., eq that volcanic = activity
were reported to be girding for shal
Alexander -Papagos,
|a Communist amphibious assault ally credited with the defeat of p the guerrillas in the Greek civil
BENer-Thegan. a week ago When tremors
shook the base efi the 13,000-foot
lagainst the Nationalist bastion peak. They said the earth shocks of Hainan Island at the southern “ar last year, to withdraw his... followed by smoke, ashes tip of the Chinese mainland. resignation as -commander in and lava Smoke shrouding the
The Communists were réported
The two
chiéf of the armed forces. developments that too many wives buy it and palm it off on tO have assembled a formidable the political crisis caused by the ‘their husbands as genuine butter. This, he said, Jjnvasion fleet on the Liuchow!resignation of Premier Alexandér
peak can be seen 30 miles away.
Washington
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is fraud. peninsula, which juts out toward Diomodes’ five-month-old coall The Foreign Policy Association I wouldn't be surprised if this doesn't touch Hainan, and thousands of Com- tion government yesterday. said today the United States may off another war between the sexes, but the Sen- Munist troops - were reported] The crisis had been touched off resort to armed force if..Russia ators aren't worrying about that. Too many wars Streaming onto the peninsula in by the withdrawal of the Liberal tries to advance her sphere of have gone by while they argued about margarine Preparation for the attack. and Unionist Parties from the influence in Eastern Europe befor them to get excited about another. Asked to comment on the coalition on charges that Vice yond its present boundaries So they've got seven amendments up to the American rejection, a foreign of- Premier and Foreign. Minister" ‘In a report prepared by its re-
bill which would abolish the tax on yellow margarine. One would make such oleo in interstate commerce as {illegal as opium, or white slavery. Several others would tack onto the end some clauses repealing the excise taxes on everything from baby oll to pool tables to fur coats to tel-/ egrams., And Sen. J. Allen Frear Jr. (D. Del.) wor-| ried like Sen, Gillette about fraud by the ladies, would have margarine sold in pound packages + only, with each pound siiced into four chunks the shape of elongated pyramids. A husband could
hearing more about this problem soon. The Senate, even as in the century gone by, is talking about nothing else,
The Quiz Master
22? Test Your Skil 27?
What is the total number of paid lobbyists now
registered in Congress?
The total number of men and women registered hit an all-time high in the third quartef of {last year, with 817 persons on the official 1949 ‘congressional list. * +
1 What 1s the most destructive agent of our forests, other than man? ; .
; Fautut. imsectaiand. dibeaban. scestl-Jor. MSY Shan doubla the Are losses each yea
Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa still ‘used as a bell tower? The Leaning Tower of Pisa, built as a bell
tower, Is used rarely for its original purpose, lest
the vibrations should increase its tilt, * & &. How many islands Somprise the Suly archipelago? There are nearly 400 Islands In the Sulu group lying southwest of the Philippines, and they
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*|quest for ald, made Dec. 23, was
clals and civilians on Fo " About'a month ago omeial sug
fice spokesman said:
“It appears as if no comment is needed.”
False Hopes Shattered
But at the same timé some jofficlals privately mourned the {shattering of the false hopes that | had been raised during the past |,
Washington, United States ‘decision . as an United States with Britain to abandon the Na-| tionalist government.
indication the
lay in recognition of the Peking| government did not matter ruch| now,
It was learned that Koo's i»
{not the first. recent one.
Reliable sources said that offi-| cial appeals for aid had been! made by the Nationalist govern+ ment on an average of once a month almost since the fall of Nanking last year. There are 230 Atierioaniofs
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The tragedy of he Truman declaration a tat and agains furtoer Hh
Ignoring ‘Civil Conflict’ Won't Stop Red -
Aggression or Protect American Interests By LUDWELL DENNY, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer . WASHINGTON, week --by wnofticial reportsfrom. ‘hinds of China; “however hard hé tries. will
’ They interpreted the American involved in China's “civil conflict,” tell what he’s eating then, I betcha, and you'll be’ Pp China is. still there. finally had decided! foreign power, Russia, is still trying to take over Asia. Just as a similar attempt by {Japan led to eventual war with
These sources said the U. 8. %e. the United States — despite all
Jan. 6--President Truman cannot His statement not ald the defénse of Formosa, or settles nothing. American interests are still involved. A
wash his that the become
deceives the Ametican people and invites the very conflict he wants to avoid. He knows, of course, that his promise io} do interfere : in Formosa amounts to an invita0 the SOpLraRY tion to the Reds to come and Ifkely to be 8° it caught in an- But appacently he does not other Far East- know-after all the long record ern _war, unless of the failure of appeasement to 8 hrm Warning. stop Hitler, T6jo and Stalin—that Stalin of the these Red advances increase. the consequences be- probability of another world war,
of Washington's ‘wishful thinking
late. mill not the best place to
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Freezing "rain fashioned beautiful patterns
"daylight this morning. Spaced light below was made by the headlights of the trolley as it crossed the bridge.
weight broke trees and bushes by the thousands.
search director, Dr. Vera M. Dean, the association said the administration “on the surface” has reached its- goal of containing
Russia and communism in Europe. The report added. “It is doubtful,” it added, “that Russia, as a national state, could now proceed beyond the present limits of #ts sphere of influence in- Eastern Europe and the Balkans without bringing about mili-
tary resistence by the United States.” il Manila The U. 8. embassy today di-
rected a widespread search for two American college professors
'who disappeared Dec. 23 while on
a hiking expedition in mountain [province, northern Philippines [home of the primitive Igorot tribes. The missing men were identified as Fulbright Exchange Professors “Marvin Pittman of - Cali fornia and Robert Conklin of Springfield (Mass.) College,
Ceylon
Foreign ministers representing more than a quarter of the world's peoples meet here Monday to chart the course of the British Commonwealth of Naffons Faced with the growing threat of communism in” the Far East and economic. and political problems, the Commonwealth ministers will meet with the prime minister of Ceylon to work out a common approach for their
'Hands Off' China Policy Holds Seeds of
sion, the President's disavowal of interest wolild be as dangerous as it is deceptive. . It is always unwise for a government to tie its hands in advance, and especially
in a changing. unpredictable -sit-
uation such as that in the Far
East today. Defies Military Opinion
. But the blunder is all the more inexcusable when it defies miti-! Military opinion is! Formosan | ifference is/it is no policy at all.
tary .advice, heavily on the side defense, The chief
‘Hands Off’ Stuns China Leaders
relations with the rest of the world. Because American economic aid may be necessary to contain coms munism and because the United States will have the dominant voice in the Japanese peace treaty, the conference will give special attention to U. 8. diploe matic moves in the Far East.
London
The medical journal the Lancet said today that anti-histamine drugs, widely used for the treat. ment of colds, have killed several British children. The. Lancet said the poisons board of the British Home Office would be asked to ban the sale of the drugs except on prescrip. tion. “We know that already several children in Britain have died through eating tablets prepared from anti-histamines,” the Lane cet said, . “There has been a great de mand for. anti-histamine drug by the public since it was reported that they would cure a common cold; but that use for’the drugs has yet to: be. medically confirmed.” : The Lancet said a large per. centage of persons using anti. histamine preparations showed some toxic effect, even when the drug was taken in moderation. “It seems likely that at least one third of the thousands who have bought experienced. some toxic effect, such as drowsiness or giddiness,” the Lancet said.
Future War
Peking Red regime. And yet the President, by officially describing the China war as a “civil cone
flict,” appears — doubtless unine-tentionaty-to-ignoreé thetaot of
Russian responsibility and ald in the conquest of China in violas tion of treaties ‘and the United Nations charter. This will make any future United Nations action harder, This” is not even bad policy" There is
over method, with /Gen. MacAr- nothing positive about it. It is thur and the Pacific-experienced| floundering, trying to run away admirals prepared to go further| from that which cannot be ese. than the joint chiefs of staff. The caped. This attempted evasion
President 1s Gen. MacArthur but
sending an American military.
mission to Foruioat,
The President {of State cannot ph
ad ‘diplomatic
fore it is too, B n if there were unanimous necessity for thus over-ruling iffevoutbia rei Fy ; opinion that Formosa is military requirements. They are the Far Pacific. e a not following Britain in the fool ‘agres-|ish course of
ng we Ted
Secretary sbi President Truman
ignoring not only has made the situation far worse, the joint by advertising to. the advancing - chiefs, who recently recommended Reds the weakness in Washington, | In the long run the American
| people’ and Congres =~ Aad prom,
these drugs have
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