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- 1111 II I -=X-=- .. —- ■ ■ = • FOR GREATER COVERAGE-Advertise in THE GREATER OMAHA GUIDE • * 0000 0 0 0^0.0030^^0^0^ UNRRA Test of Sentiment For World Co-Operation r> Faith in Ideal Necessary to Continue Work Of Allied Relief Agency After Reports Of Early Difficulties. i _ _ By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator. WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. The forces in Washington battling for world co-operation are finding the going tough. It is hard to get people to have faith in collective security when they witness such things as the breakdown of the for eign ministers' conference in London, Russia's reluctance to co-operate in the Far East advisory commission, Argentina's espousal of the ways of the dictators. At times it seems as though, internationally speaking, de mocracy were approaching the win ter of its sorest discontent. It is unfortunate that in the midst of this period of suspicion and anxi ety, a yes and no vote has to be taken on a matter that may mean life or death, and to that extent peace or anarchy, to hundreds of thousands of people in Europe. I refer to the 500 million dollar appro priation for UNRRA which has been winding a precarious way through congress. By the time these lines appear, that appropriation which congress previously authorized may have been granted. There has never been much doubt as to its final approval. But the danger lies in the effect of proposed reservations. This appropriation bill is con sidered a bell-wether. If it goes through unencumbered, it may mean that other measures affecting our relations with other nations are fairly safe and that such isolation ism as exists in the country (and, therefore, in congress) is less than one-third of the whole. It is true that there have been loud and emphatic demands that such knowledge as we possess con cerning the atom and its potentiality be kept, strictly to ourselves even though scientists say it cannot be less than common knowledge—even the “know-how” to turn it to mili tary or commercial use — within a few years. But I believe that if you will submit to careful analysis the expressed sentiment of congress on this subject, it would reveal a line-up which takes little consider ation of any international aspects of the use of atomic energy. In other words, the viewpoints so far ex pressed have differed as to whether this new force has been looked at as something to sell at home and the question has been whether it be produced under state control or by private enterprise. The question of internationalizing the bomb has re mained in the domain of theory. A look at the arguments for and against UNRRA and the reaction to them gives us a much clearer pic ture of tendencies, isolationist or otherwise, of the arguer. U. S. Support la Vital When a congressman casts his Vote “aye” or "no” on the bill to appropriate the money for UNRRA he is not simply virtually voting aye or no on whether we help feed starv ing Europe. If he votes no and the noes have it, there will be no XJNRRA. True, all contributing na tions put in the same proportion of their national income — 1 per cent ■—but it so happens that 1 per cent of the national income of the United States is nearly three-quarters of the entire sum contributed. Your voter knows this. And he can’t help realizing the UNRRA is symbolic of American participation in any world organization. Without this country’s advice, consent and support, no world organization can exist. And likewise, with American support no nation can afford net to go along. Another thing that the congression al voter knows when he votes on UNRRA is that it is far from per fect. He knows that the personnel, the efficiency, the standing of the or ganization have improved tremen dously in the last few months since it has been able to get the person nel it required, which it couldn’t get before because of the manpower and brainpower shortage due to the war. But he knows it is still hampered by its polyglot nature and he has to - have faith enough in its purpose to make him feel that the risk of fail ure is worth taking. Because UNRRA. like any international or ganization, is everybody’s baby, it can easily become nobody’s baby. Each nation has been only too ready to criticize it, always excluding their own representatives’ functions, of l 1 -- course. UNRRA has suffered great ly from a poor press because the task it faced was well nigh impossi ble in wartime. The bad news, therefore, overbal anced the good news as far as re ports of progress on the part of the active, contributing countries were concerned. From the passive, recipi ent countries naturally there were plenty of complaints. These “sins of omission" were ballyhooed. The other side of the story was not. It was the sad and familiar tale of priorities, a story many a business man can tell. Even when UNRRA had money in hand for food re quired (although some of the con tributing members are very slow to pay, the United States still owes a little less than half of its allot ment and authorization), it was im possible to get the combined food board, which decided who got what, to allot any to UNRRA until the armed forces, the domestic market, the lend-lease, and the liberated countries who had money to buy, got theirs. And even if the food was available, frequently there were no ships in which to transport it. That situation has changed. Food is now being delivered to Europe. By Christmas it will be moving at the rate of half a million tons a month. But the memory of past de ficiencies lingers and doubt as to future performance could easily be used as an excuse to defeat the measure unless one is really con vinced that UNRRA's job is so im portant it must succeed. And there we get down to the nub of the whole argument. For to agree with the thesis that UNRRA's objective is de sirable is to agree that the good of | one is the good of all and the good . of the other fellow is the good of the ' us—“us” standing for the United States. It is easy to show that millions in Europe will starve this winter unless they get food from outside their own borders. It is easy to prove that in those countries which are UNRRA s concern — the ones which were in vaded and which cannot pay for food — starvation will lead to dis ease, riots, revolt—and death. And we know that under such conditions, nations turn to totalitarianism and when that fails, to chaos. We also know that unless we help tide these people over, we cannot expect to sell them our surpluses because “you can’t do business with a graveyard.” Nevertheless the isola tionist would respond, what of it? Let’s stay in our own backyard. Therefore, the voter, weighing UNRRA’s past errors with its fu ture potentialities, will vote for ;t only if he still believes that world co-operation is something worth tak ing a risk for. So UNRRA becomes a test of how well this belief is standing the test of misunderstandings and disap pointments on the diplomatic front which we have faced in the past weeks. • • • We hear a great deal %bout the difficulty of understanding the Japa nese mind and many people have their fears as to how we are going to get along in the years ahead dur ing which we will occupy the coun try and attempt a reconversion of Japanese thinking as well as eco nomic life. Recently I had a long conversa tion with an officer who had inter viewed sor».^ of the more intelli gent Japar,'%» officers captured in the Philippines just before the sur render. Several remarks of one of these men illustrated the difficulty of reaching the enemy mind. My friend asked the prisoner: “What did you think of our propa ganda?” “It made us laugh,” the Jap re plied. “Be specific,” my friend said. "Well, you sent us leaflets saying, ’Surrender; come over to our lines and receive plenty of hot food and cold water.’ We laughed at that. We had plenty of cold water in the mountains. What we wanted was hot water.” Water, to a Jap, meant in this case a bath. They bathe in very hot water. That was what they wanted and couldn t get. To the Americans —water means, after the heat of battle, first, a drink. BARBS . . . by Baukhage Three wheeled “bugs” — little tear-drop cars run by an airplane engine — will soon be available at around a thousand dollars. More use for DDT. • • • About 800 “lasters” in 28 shoe factories were among the many strikers of the day. The question is how long can a laster last when he isn't lasting? - , . . —- . _ 1 The department of justice has over 97 million fingerprint cards. But they don't all belong to crooks. They've got mine among others. • • • The rubber manufacturers sav there is going to be a revolution in sports wear, curtains and wall cov erings. They can be coated with new substances which will resist not only water but oil and grease. /' ■ I (This is the second of tuo articles on the discovery of a revolutionary treatment for infantile paralysis by Sister Elizabeth Kenny, famed Australian nurse.) Sister Kenny Starts a One-Woman Crusade The sun over Australia was brighter than usual one sum mer day in 1911. But it was no brighter than the spirits Gf a tall, robust, tanned young woman just returned from the Australian out lands, as she Strode confidently into the office of Dr. Aeneas McDonnell of Toowoomba General hospital in Queensland, Australia. <®~_—— Doctor McDonnell, one of Aus tralia’s outstanding surgeons, greet ed Sister Elizabeth Kenny cheer fully. After the usual amenities were passed the famed surgeon inquired: "Whatever happened to your little polio patient?” "There were five more cases . . . worse than the first one,” the young nurse replied, “but all six are re covered now.” "That’s fine,” the doctor said. "How badly are they deformed?” Miss Kenny smiled. "Why, they are not crippled at all,” she said proudly. “They are entirely normal.” Demonstrates Treatment While Miss Kenny described her treatment, the surgeon listened un believingly. Finally he seized her arm and escorted her into the hos pital. He took her to the bedside of a small boy whose legs were en cased in splints, his face contort ed in pain. Dr. McDonnell said: "This child just came in. You take complete charge. Now show me just how you treated your patients.” At that moment Miss Kenny launched her one-woman crusade to convince the medical world that she had made a discovery that would revolutionize the treatment of infan tile paralysis. Befqre assembled doctors and nurses at Toowoomba General hos pital could intervene, Miss Kenny stripped splints and bandages from the child’s legs. She called for boil ing water and materials, then fash ioned steaming foments which she placed on the painful, lifeless limbs. Patient Rallies The treatments and demonstra tion continued for several weeks and to the amazement of everyone, the parent rallied. Pain gradually left his limbs. The pale, drawn flesh took on new color and vitality. The boy’s eyes began to sparkle and fill with hope. Then Miss Kenny began moving the arms and legs of the boy in her process of restoring their functions. Finally she encouraged the boy to try moving them himself. In a few weeks the boy took his first steps and before long he was j playing with his brothers and sis ters as actively as ever. That first amazing demonstration occurred more than a third of a cen tury ago. Since then Miss Kenny has waged a continual, relentless, one-woman crusade against the rav ages of infantile paralysis. In May, 1940, she carried her fight to the United States, a new battle front. She came here introduced by the Premier of Queensland and a committee of illustrious Australian medical men. Visit Arouses Hone Miss Kenny’s visit to America Sister Kenny Meets a Famous Polio Sufferer, the Late President Roosevelt. aroused a new hope among the thou sands of parents whose children had been stricken with infantile paraly sis and a newdnterest among those in the medical profession who had been concentrating their knowledge on the disease. General hospital, a city institution in Minneapolis, Minnesota, was the first to invite Miss Kenny to dem onstrate her methods on patients then in the hospital. The City of Minneapolis provided thousands of dollars for Miss Kenny’s work. The Exchange Club, a civic or ganization, provided funds from ifs membership for modest living ex penses of Miss Kenny. She accept ed no salary or fees from her tvork. “I have taken what was supposed to be irremedial deformities anc lifeless muscles and straightened the one and strengthened the othei and I have seen the light of happi ness replace the look of despair ir the eyes of the youth and maiden o! the United States,” she once said “I have seen parents weep for joy. I have felt and known the prayers of the people.” Dedicates Life to Fight Her life has been dedicated to the ultimate conquest of the “Great Crippler” and to the creed that “No little child on earth should be asked to suffer pain and humiliating de formities and other complications unnecessarily.” Miss Kenny’s work has not been entirely without opposition but those who have been restored the use of their Limbs and eminent medical men who have made exhaustive studies of her theories have pro vided Miss Kenny with her greatest testimoniais. (Next week’s article will tell of the results of studies and research conducted by leading medical men and medical institutions). LAST CALL TO PATRIOTS! ☆ ☆ ☆ Never before in their history have the American people shown their patriotism as they did in the 7 great War Loan Drives. Now the war is over. And the question might possibly come to your mind: “Why a Victory Loan?” Well, we all want a sound, prosperous country. We want to build a sound future. Reconversion costs money. We are get ting our men into ships and trains and bringing them home, and that costs money. We are nursing and healing our over 300,000 wounded, and that will take money for many months to come. Remember, this is your last chance to help your coun ~ try by investing in extra ■_ C bonds.* The bonds you’ve bought and the Victory Bonds you buy today, are your sav ings, your bulwark, a nest egg that you can turn into cash i.i any time of need. And they 1_ . - are the best insurance you can % T J f 4i f | ] [4 m have that America will be a VBmTi r • 1 HV strong and prosperous nation. P® — ♦Following the Victory Loan the sale of E, F and G Savings Bonds will continue through regular authorized agencies and through Payroll Savings Plans. ' WM ' FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY - AMERICAS GREAT VICTORY LOAM - If you suffer from Hardaf Hearing and Head noises caused by catarrh of the head write us NOW for proof of the good results our simple home treatment has accomplished for a great many people. Many past 70 report hear.ng fine and head noises gone. Nothing to wear. Send V"* ' ‘“day for proof and 30 days trial offer. No obfi«etioas! T4E ELMO COMPANY, Dept. 516 • Davenport, Iowa | . .. ---^1 ——- - \ (FLIGHT TRAINING AT FISK UNIVERSITY ATTRACTS MEN RECENTLY RELEASED FROM MILITARY SERVICE Reading left to right: James E. Taylor, Jr., director of aviation at Fisk University and flight instructor; Alvin Barnwell of Fort Worth, Texas; Woodfin Lewis of St. Louis, Missouri; and Charles Call of Lex ington, Kentucky. Nashville, Tennessee, Dec. 12— The curriculum in aeronautics ed ucation, inaugurated at Fisk Uni versity during the 1945 summer session, is being continued this fall in cooperation with the Tennes see Bureau of Aeronautics, the State Board of Education, the City of Nashville, and Tennessee A & I State College, Students from Ten nessee State College and Fisk Uni versity have been granted 20 flight scholarships of $100 each by the Tennessee Bureau of Aeronautics. Five of the 20 students are retuml ed service men, four of whom are enrolled at Fisk and one at Tenn essee State. They are: Alvin Barnwell of Fort Worth, Texas; Woodfin Lewis, of St. Louis, Mis souri; Charles Call of Lexington, Kentucky; and Joseph Reyes, of Corpus Christi, Texas, all of Fisk University and Marshall P. Bry ant, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, a student at State College. President Walter Davis, of Ten nessee State College, and Presid ent Thomas Jones, of Fisk Univ ersity, have appointed a joint com mittee on aviation which is respon sible for the organization and de velopment of a cooperative pro gram using the personnel and fac ilities of both institutions. Mem bers of the committee are Messrs. P. V. Jewel, W. V. Harper, J. A. Welch, and Dr. George Gore from Tennessee State and Messrs. Jam es E. Taylor, Jr., I. T. Creswell, Drs. George Redd, and James R. Lawson of Fisk University. This program also includes me provision of flight instruction for 21 students from Pearl High School in Nashville. Pearl High School is the only Negro school in :he state of Tennessee and the only high school in the city of Nashville providing such instruc tion. These students have been a svarded scholarships by the Tenn essee Bureau of Aeronautics ivhich defray one-half the cost of i hours of dual flight training, rheir courses in ground training ire taught at Pearl High School by Mr. R. H. Harris, an instruct or, who took the course at Fisk this past summer. Under tne pia.n special students may take courses in flight train ing leading to either the private or commercial pilot certificate. A curriculum which will teach all phases of aviation is proposed by Tennessee State College and Fisk University—both from the standpoint of general and vocat ional education. Teachers responsible for the ground training at Fisk are Dr. James R. Lawson, Dr. David Ben der, and Mr. James E. Taylor, Jr. Mr. Taylor, assisted by Mr. Nath an A. Sams and Mr. Cecil M. Ry an, is in charge of all flight train ing for both schbols. The courses at Fisk, which are designed to help college students, high school students, and teachers understand and appreciate the meaning of the air-age, consists of the following subject: civil air regulations, navigation, meteorol ogy, theory of flight and engines, communications, aircraft famil iarization, social, geographic and economic taiplications of aviation, plus 10 hours of flight training. The aviation curriculum at Ten nesee State College will comple ment the general education cours es at Fisk by stressing the vocat ional aspects of aviation. Stud ents will receive pre-employment instruction in all those phases of aviation for which suitable facil ities are available. Under these proposed occupational courses oi instruction, training will be offer ed in three fields: routine main tenance, minor repairs, and tech nical and operational aspects of aviation. Included in these three fields will be courses in aircraft and engine mechanics, airport sei vice personnel, weather service and communication operators preparation for trades and indus trial vocational teachers, instru ment operators, and pilots. Pres ident Walter Davis has designat ed Mr. P. .V. Jewel, head of the engineering department at Tenn essee State College, as coordina tor. Mr. Jewel is now in the pro cess of assembling instructors for the courses to be offered. While the ground courses are being given in the regular class rooms at State College and Fisa University, the flight training is based at an airpark recently ac quired by the city of Nashville which will be developed into one of the finest airparks in the Scutii according to announcement bj Mayor Thomas L. Cummings. BASKETBALL NEWS Marty Thomas’ basketball lea gue began Nov. 26. All boys who are in grade school can join this league. 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