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UNRRA Test of Sentiment
For World Co-Operation
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Faith in Ideal Necessary to Continue Work
Of Allied Relief Agency After Reports
Of Early Difficulties.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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(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
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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
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(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. The practice will be held
at the Urban League Community
Center from 3:30 till 5 o’clock.
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The Harbor and Bates team'met
the Deers for the first game of the
season. The game was played
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CALIFORNIA DELEGATES
TO NAACP YOUTH MEETING
Wilberforce, Ohio—Delegates to
the 7th annual youth conference
of the NAACP here December 27
30 will include three members of
the Riverside, California, youth
council. Other delegates are ex
pected from New Orleans and Tex
as points. The entire youth choir
of the Detroit council will appear
on the program. The conference
will be welcomed with a keynote
address by President Charles II j
Wesley, December 27 and will
hear a report on the World Youth !
I Conference in London by Gloster ]
Current, who attended the meet
ing as a representative of the NA
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• Legal Notices
Omaha Guide, 3t bg Dec. 8
ending Dec. 22
Edward J. Dugan, Atty.
PROBATE NOTICE
Bk. 65, P. 457
In the matter of the Estate of
GERALD M. BOWDEN, deceased.
Notice is Hereby Given: That
the creditors of said deceased will
meet the Administratrix of said
estate, before me, County Judge
of Douglas County, Nebraska, at
the County Court Room, in said
County, on the 1st day of Febr- ■
uary, 1946 and on the 1st day of
April, 1946, at 9 o’clock A. M.,
each day, for the purpose of pre
senting their claims for examin
ation, adjustment and allowance.
Three months are allowed for the
creditors to present their claims,
from the 31st day of December,
1945.
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County Judge.
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