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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR THENS BANNER HERALD ' A4i4 4 4 1 : ESTABLISHED 1832 \ Publishe@ Every Evening Except Saturdas and Sunday and on Sunday Morning by Athens Publishing so. Eniered ai the Posi Oifice ai Aibens, Ga. a 8 second ciass mall matter, ° E. B, BRASWELL 0 i e e dnn aweas e wilvies o IDTION it DUREDER BC. LUMPKIN and DAN MAGILL P EBee sens SLIETD 202290 GEBEsy GBBH . ASSOCIATB ‘DITOIS NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES Ward-Grittith Company. Inc. New York 247 Park Avenus Boston, Statier Office Building; Atlanta, 23 Marietta St.; Los Angeles, 1031 South Broadway; Chicago, Wrigley Building; Detroit, General Motors Building; Salt Lake City Hetel Nehouse: Sap Francisco. 681 Market St MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press ts entitled exclusively to the use for republicaiion of aii ilie iocai news prinved in this newspaper. as well as all AP News dispatches. 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Payments inexcess of one month should be paid through our oifice since we assume no responsibility for payments made to carriers or dealers, DAILY MEDITATIONS - The Lord is slow to an " ger, and great power, and will not acquit the wick - ed, the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet~—~Nahum 1:3, Have you a favorite Bible ve—r;e?—l;la.u to A F. Pledger Holly Heights Chapel UN Assembly Record Shows ’ r Issues Are being "Hanaled BY PEITeR EUSON NEA Washington Correspondent, WASHINGTON. — (NEA) — End of the United Nations General Assembly session at Lake Suc= cess, N. Y., finds many newspaper readers puz-= xled over the results., Is the world oganization a ruccess? Or should it go jump in its lake? Proceedings of the UN committees, councils, dubsidiaries and plenary sessions are hard to fol soow from day to day. There is a lot of talk, a lot ui passing of resolutions, and very little chance to ¢heck up on whether they do any /good. Giving the outfit beneut of a aouwt, a fair esti mate is that the General Assembly is now in bet= ter shape than it has ever been, This is technically the end of the fourth session, but there have been eight actual assemblies. There were two meetings in two years and two other special sessions on Pal estine. After eight meetings in four years, the “G. A.” can charitably be said to be a little more ma- ture, It may be catching on. A year ago, at the end of the third session in Paris, the General Assembly had accomplished sO little that it had to cali an exira session in New York last April to tackle unfinished business. The special gession accomplished little, When the reg ular fourth session convened in New York in Sep tember, it had an agenda of 66 items, to which six more were added later, ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN The Assembly goes home now with all items not cleaned up finally, but at least handled. The polit ical wisdom of many decisions may be open to question. Some are weak and expedient compro mises. Others may turn out bad. But at least something had to be done about them. No small part of this record may be due to the aggressive chairmanship of General Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines. Among the most important actions of the As sembly were: 1. A decision on disposal of Italian colonies was reached after two years of what had seemed futile debate. This was, incidentally, the first UN decis ion on disposition of territory. 9 There was unanimous adoption of a plan for expanded technical aid to underdeveloped coun-= tries. This is a good illustration of the type of thing the United Nations was intended to do, 3. A Palestine refugee program was adopied. It may help the economic situation, even though it ducks the political questions of allowing displaced Arabs to return to Israel and of compensating them for losses of property. 4, Adjustment of the Indonesian problem is something the UN Good Offices Commission can point to with pride, 5. A Soviet propaganda “peace-pact” proposal was defeated. An “American-British proposal reaf firming the principles of the United Nations Char ter was adopted in its place. This action may be considered weak, and dodging completely any so lution to the Chinese problem. But if all nations observed the charter principles, as they agreed to, there would be far less world tension, 6. The last day vote putting a UN trusteeship aver Jerusalem was opposed by both Israel and the kingdom of Jordan, It may be an entirely imprac= tical solution, inasmuch as the UN has no police force to carry out the trusteeship’s decision, WIDE LATITUDE OF DISCUSSION Other important matters which the Assembly at least kept alive, when it might have by-passed them or allowed them to die include: 1. Regulation of atomic energy. 2. Census on conventional arma-= ments. 8. The Chinese question. 4. The Korean question. 5. ‘The Greek question. 6. Preservation of human rights in the Baikan countries. 7. Free dom of information and of the press, which got pretty much out of hand, according to U. S. no=- tions. 8. Reporting on political conditions im South= west Africa and other dependent territories, op posed by the British. The ;otinx record of the General Assembly— particularly on the final debate over the question of Jerusalemr—shows that one of the UN’s great- est dangers for the future may be in “log rolling” and bargaining by blocs of nations, When the So viet bloc, the Arab and Middle East bloc and the Latin American bloc unite, they can easily swing decisions against the United States and western Europe. 7Thhr di hh one of the big risks of all international diplpmadc conferences, It poses a tough question for the advocates of world government. : I have no ill will toward anyone in the Navy, and I am not gomg to entertain any such thoughts. ~—Secretary of the Navy Francis Matthews. 1f peace fails, civilization itself will fail because menkind cannoi endure an alom war. — Senator Joseph C. O'Mahonav (D) Wyaming Excise Taxes Need Reviewing During World War II Congress imposed a broad range of excise taxes on the nation’s economy. Some of these were designed to bring in more revenue, but others aimed primarily at cutting consumption of civilian goods. Luxuries like jewelry, leather goods and cos metics were a big target., But necessities were not exempted. For example, excises on railroad freight brought in $337,000,000 in one year, on passenger traific $251,000,000, on telephone and ieiegrapi business $535,000,000. All these and many more were labeled wartime taxes but they are still with us four years after the end of the war, Republicang in Congress have been clamoring for their remroval for a long time. Gradually num erous Democrats joined the chorus, and now Sen ator W. Scott Lucas, the Senate Democratic leader, has spoken as if he were sympathetic toward this objective. . Lucas noted a ‘“tremendous sentiment in Con gress and in the country” for knocking out the wartime levies. He thought such action might be a good stimulant for business, but that the lawmak ers would have to turn up some other revenue sources to make up the loss. Lucas made plain, however, that he has not con sulted with President Truman, The President sel dom overlooks a chance to call for higher taxes to close the widening gap between income and out go; so it is highly improbable that he will endorse removal of the excise taxes now. That does not mean nothing will be done. With elections conring up next fall, the 1950 session of Congress is certain to be tax-conscious, If it could make a showing by removing irksome levies and hiking others less noticeable tc the publie, Con gress would probably be happy to do so. The question will be where to place the heavier burdens to offset the lifting of excises. No bright suggestions have yet been heard. With the 1949-50 deficit expected to be around $5,000,000,000 to $7,000,000,000, no one imagines we can risk making the situation worse by a fur ther flat reduction in government income. It may be argued that many of the excises are unwise and perhaps even unfair, For all anyone knows, the President might agree. But in the face of constantly mounting financial demands, he sees no course but to hang onto the revenues now pouring in. When the war ended, informed guesses were putting the country’s postwar budget at around $20,000,000,000 a year. It never even came close to that relatively low level. And now it’s hitting up at about the $46,000,000,000 mark, Naturally tax policies dreamed up at war's end had to undergo revision to meet this unforeseen burden. So the excises, along with steep corporate and personal incomeé taxes, have stayed on the books. Still, the excise progranr deserves careful review next year, even if election year politics inevitably will become entwined in the issue, Taxeg definitely designed for a limited period should not be allow ed to take on permanent character. Especially when there is danger they may do real harm in fields like rail transportation, which is now suf fering considerably from a postwar travel decline. Excises should be on the 1550 congressional agenda. Check the Obituaries The sharp-eyed observer has to know where to look if he's following the cold war closely. For example, something may turn up on the real estate page, of all places. The other day an item appeared there which stated that Russia’s Amtorg Corp. had decided to abandon its nine-story New York headquarters and move to a smaller building. This was immediately seized upon by the experts as a sign the Soviet Union has no hope of an early end to the East- West conflict and is going under wraps. Well, anyway, we're still keeping the Russians off the sports page. Keeping a Promise The Defense Department reports that 116,000 persons have been removed from the federal pay roll since last summmr. When the economy cam paign was announced, Secretary of Defense John son said 135,000 would ultimately feel the axe. We'd say that results so far are commendable. They amount to substantial fulfillment of a prom ise, for there seems no reason to doubt that the lay-offs will continue until the original goal is attained, Refreshing to observe one economy drive in Washington that wasn't forgotten a few weeks after it was proclaimed, ‘ I believe the President should use the Taft- Hartley Act, but I don’t believe he should use it except in case of an emergency where the public health and welfare of the people are affected.— Senator Robert Taft (R), Ohio. I found evidence of a basic faith in the sound ness of our economy and our way of Jlife—Com merce Secretary Sawyer, after surveying the na tion’s business. THE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEUnOLA . His Brand-New Topper e S f T UES) ' IR N B T—— B b LA - 7{ A\, | 9 @\ \ \ )) u. N. .\. \ i \\ \\ v / A/ ‘ 5 \ /] % LN & ‘_‘i N g/ \N o i ' 20 I\ |/ ). / - < SR | P/ v 4 - rE/7 °© e/ !/, . LA e st e\ W ol | A - gl "'(.""P‘ f ;V’ P W .'j- o] ?" ==t R~ <c o 5 liiln —e| | = S K~/ e o ‘ﬂk@/ "L :“:"' :‘. .’d‘ i‘“‘ : . 1 P ; T‘J{f By The Poor Man’s Philosopher Hal Boyle A Bouquet To Past Xmases NEW YORK—(AP)—The heart turns back at Christmastide. It turns to other Christmasses, spent in other places among faces no longer with us. The Christmas that most grownups remember best is some Christmas as a child at home, when our faith was as bright as Santa’s beard and a bright new sled under a popcorn-decked tree filled life with a joy almost too tremendous to bear. For Christmas wasn’t just fun when you were young and got what you asked for —it was ecstasy. Remember? But many a land-locked heart this season isn’t merely voyag ing back to childhood Christmases at home. It's ranging in memory overseas to wartime Christmases abroad. There were millions of American men and women over=- seas during those years, so there must be millions of Christmases in-exile to remember—or forget. There are three I like to re member — in Algiers, in Belgium, in Manila. Family Meal It was in Algiers in-1942 that I learned how the war had divided the loyalties of countrymen as well as countries. A fellow corres pondent and I were invited to have Christiias cipner Wit 2 young Frenchman, Paul Million, his wife and their two children. It was a 2 wonderful family meal Railroad Schedules SEABROARD AIRLINE RY. Arrival and Dcparture of Trains Athens, Georgia Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and New York and East— -3:35 p. m.—Air Conditioned. 8:45 p. m.—Air Conditioned. Leave for Elberton, Hamlet and East— -12:15 a. m.—(Local). Leave for Atlanta, South and West— -5:50 a. m.—Air Conditioned. 4:35 a. m.—(Local). 4:00 p. m.—Air Conditioned. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA 5 RAILROAD Arrives Athens (Daily) 12:35 p.m. Leaves Athens (Daily) 4:15 p.m. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM From Lula and Commerce Arrive 9:00 a. m. East and West Leave Athens 9:00 a. m. GEORGIA RAILROAD Week Day Only Train No. 50 Departs 7:00 p. m. Train No. 51 Arrives 9:00 a. m. Mixed Trains. § Our offices and warehouses will be closed from noon Saturday, December 24th, 1949, until Tuesday, January 3, 1950 for Christmas Holi- B B days. ° B HULME FERTILIZER & WAREHOUSECO. B i FARMERS MUTUAL WAREHOUSE ASSO. @ ROWE WAREHOUSE & FERTILIZER CO. and the kids forgave us our bad French. They thought it came from chewing too much gum. Looking down at us from the wall was a portrait of Marshal Pe tain. This seemed odd as the old hero of Verdun, now ‘a prisoner of his people, was even then wide ly regarded as a German puppet. But Paul wouldn’t take the pic ture down. “We simply cannot believe all they say about the old Marshal,” he said. And you couldn’t help but admire him for his faith, however misplaced. The spookiest Christmas I ever spent was in Spa, Belgium, in 1944. The little town had been evacuated by the American First Army headquarters in the first ‘days of the Battle of the Bulge. It looked like a drab Christmas for ‘a few correspondents who had ‘elected to remain in the Hotel Portugal. Then a strange Santa Claus in deed — a begrimed, stubble bearded supply sergeant for an anti-tank company — came to our rescue. He dug up three turkeys, cranberries, potatoes — and the hotel provided wine, cognac and other trimmings. While German guns boomed across the hills we sat down ic a merry banguet pre sided over by Madame Beaucoup, the hotel proprietor. We called her “Madame Beaucoup” because her | pills for cognac were always I“beaucoup gy Season of Peace I remember a 1945 Christmas Eve dinner in Manila because it was the first Christmas season of ! peace. We were guests of Mrs. Siaron, a Filipino woman, and her family. The place was overrun with jitterbugging children and yelping dogs, and we ate plate ! after plateful of soup, chicken and rice, and lush fruit salad. One daughter wanted us to set tle a big argument in the family. ! Holding up two mail erder cato= logs, she asked.: “Which American company has the best women’s styles?” We said | that, as far as we knew, Mont gomery Ward and Sears, Koebuck both claimed that honor and we weren’t the one to decide. Outside firecrackers popped and the Gecko lizards sang a serenade. A famous lithograph of Jesus : hung in 1 e living room, and a flickering light beneath it lit these words: “T will bless the homes in which | the image of my sacred heart shall be honored and exposed.” Somehow it seemed like a mes sage of a peace that would be last ing. Dear Mrs. Siaron, Dear Madame Beaucup, good Paul Million — to you and the millions like you in many lands who toock American strangers into your homes and ‘made them happy — a Merry, Merry Christmas, in rememberance of things past! MUNICIPAL PAY RAISES SLOWER CHICAGO —(AP)— There has been a slowdown in pay raises for people on city payroles. The International City Mana gers Association and the Civil Ser vice Assembly made a study of pegy rates in 100 cities, and report “ Fewer cit'es gave pay raises during the first six months of 1549 than during similar periods in 1947 and 1948. 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Athens banner-herald. (Athens, Ga.) 1933-current, December 22, 1949, Home Edition, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4