Houston home journal. (Perry, Houston County, Ga.) 1924-1994, October 10, 1946, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextSOAP SHORTAGE CONTINUES WASHINGTON. Most important question facing every housewife on Monday morning—soap—probably won’t be solved for some time. This Is bad news, but it’s hard to get around. There are two main reasons for the soap shortage, one of them unavoidable, the other avoidable — provided the government had been tough enough with industry. First reason is the loss of coco nut trees in the Philippines and the war-torn South Pacific. Whereas coconut oil and copra used to be a glut on the market, many trees were destroyed in the Philippines, in the Solomons and wherever fight ing occurred. There are still plenty of trees left, but it takes time to get neglec{ed plantations going again and General MacArthur at first re fused to let Philippine civilians re turn to some of these areas. The other reason which could have been avoided—is that the soap manufacturers diverted a larger percentage of their materials to higher-priced toilette soaps. That is why some housewives actually are using perfumed soap to do their wash ing. The situation in soap is similar to that in the men’s clothing indus try, where civilian production ad ministration permitted clothing manufacturers to divert material to higher-priced women’s wear in stead of men’s clothing. Profits in tlie women’s trade were larger. Likewise, profits are larger in the expensive perfumed soap trade. Government authorities have done little to divert soap materials to the cheaper brands used for kitch en and laundry. Of course, the min ute the government tries to inter vene, it gets accused of interfer ing with private enterprise, so some of Mr. Truman’s aides ore getting ' a little chary. Another factor in the soap short- 1 nge is that housewives have grown careless about saving kitch en fats. During the war housewives were conserving fats at the rate of 200 million pounds a year, a great part of which went into soaps. However, with no patriotic im- 1 pulses to continue the practice, much fat is now going down the drain or into the garbage can. Another difficulty has been lack I of inter-island boats for moving | coconut cargoes to Manila. The U. S. navy recently stepped in and allocated several hundred small landing boats for this purpose, but even so the commerce depart ment estimates the laundry-soap shortage will continue until the end of the year. • • * ED PAULEY’S LATEST REPORT When Ed Pauley gets away from oil and politics he assumes much greater stature. As a result of his travels in Europe, he has just written a private report to Presi dent Truman on the question of Jew ish refugees which makes those who have read it understand not only the plight of the refugees but the sensitiveness of the Jewish peo ple. Here are some of the most strik ing portions of the Pauley report; ‘‘The more one hears about the wanton murder of the Jews by the Germans, the more one wonders why this great crime has not shocked the conscience of mankind more than it has. ‘‘Newspapers are accustomed to speak of mass murder when a half-dozen victims are shot down by a gunman. What shall we call it when whole towns die and the slaughtered are numbered by millions? “When I first heard that the Ger mans had used the flesh of these victims to make soap, I did not believe it. There are a number of exhibits at the trial from the ‘soap factory.’ “The clearer a picture one gets of what happened to over five mil lion Jewish men, women and chil dren in Europe during the last sev eral years, the clearer an under standing one develops of thg tragic situation of the surviving Jews in Europe. “We cannot bring five million dead bodies to life we cannot breathe the breath of life into the pits of human ash and human bones —we cannot even find the little bodies that once wore the thousands f of baby shoes found amongst piles of shoes of every size. But we can take action—and take it now—to make certain that the over one million European Jews who sur vived the Nazi terror are given a chance to live. The time for talk has long passed—the time for action is long-overdue.’’ • • • MERRY-GO-ROUND It hasn’t been publicized but the American Legion’s “Americanism’’ program proved a complete flop. Alvin Owsley, Americanism chair man, called off the deal when Texas legionnaires could raise only $32,000 of a $450,000 quota. The program will be revamped at the San Fran cisco convention. . . . Trans-Atlan tic air travel these days is all right—provided you can get home, But the backlog of returning trav elers is terrific. Recently in Shannon more than 400 awaited passage. , /./ Hk ; Ipll MECHANICAL COW PUNCHERS ... It took man-made machinery to conquer this 1,400 pounds of steer at Los Angeles after the animal broke out of slaughter pens and rambled into the yards of a southwest en gineering company. Tail-twisting, in effort to coax steer into truck, was to no avail. Desperate engineering officials finally loaded him up with a giant crane after the stockyard cowboys gave up in defeat. WALKS AGAIN AFTER AID FROM SISTER KENNY... A month ago Ruth Kranz, 3V6» of Chicago, was stricken with the dread polio. Placed aboard a special plane, shown at left, she was rushed to the Sister Kenny institute in Minneapolis for treatment. Today she is shown on the steps of her own home. I ■ i . .^.-..^O^ioc4t^.^ . ' ... wfrfr.v.v .-. OIL IN SHADOW OF PYRAMIDS . . . Abu Roash well, drilled by Standard Oil company, is shown with the famed pyramids of Giza forming a background. This well, begun in January, is a wildcat one, drilled to determine if the desert can contribute a share of oil to the mechanized world. Other wildcat wells are planned by the com pany. When photo had been taken the drill bit had chewed down 5,100 feet into the land of the Pharaohs. OFT ON THE PARK BENCH . . . Within an hour after President Truman demanded and received the resignation of Henry A. Wallace as secretary of commerce, photographer found the former secretary of commerce sitting on a park bench reading the comics. He appar ently did not find enough humor in conditions within the state de partment to satisfy him. Wallace has announced that he would con tinue his fight for adoption of the policies of Roosevelt. THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL. PERRY. REOROTA I ■.,'■■■■■ I BE«i. WOMAN ADDRESSES PEACE PARLEY . . . The first address by a woman to the Paris peace reference was delivered by Dr, Gertruda Sekaninova, Czechoslo vaKta, the only woman at the conference. THINK YOU GOT TROUBLE? . . • What happened to Dolly shouldn't happen to a dog, Dolly fell from a second-story porch, re sult two broken legs. Metal crutches made all well, except she won’t be chasing the cat. Friendly Russian Element Holds Out Hope for Peace By BAUKHAGE News Analyst and Commentator, WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C.—“ America has no foreign policy”! That is one of the bromides which has always been popular among critics of govern- ment. I don’t f know on what the W: ill ? remark is based. l&sfc 'tTm '■ If we haven’t any t, spent many hours Baukhage trying to find out what our foreign policy toward Rus sia was supposed to be, and if so, why. I shall report as nearly as I can what I have heard. The report will not be in the formal language of diplomacy, in which, we have been told, words are used to con ceal thoughts. I report it, com pressed, of course, but as nearly as possible in the phraseology used by gentlemen who ought to know what they are talking about. We start with the not-too-startling revelation that American negotia tions with Russia are complicated and difficult. They are complicated because it appears the approach must be made along two separate paths, each lead ing to a separate Russian group. They are difficult because there are unusual obstacles put in the way of the diplomat, especially our representatives in Moscow; ob ' stacles which, I am assured, must be encountered at close quarters to be appreciated. The two groups, since neither is homogeneous nor closely identifi able, might better be referred to as two elements. One comprises that great indefinable and inarticulate body, roughly classified as “the Russian people.” Americans who have spent some time in Russia and who have enjoyed such contact as is permitted with the Russian peo ple, say they are devoted to their country with a Spartan loyalty, sen sitive to its shortcomings, proud of its achievements. Many in this group, especially those who have met Americans, like us. All want to know more about us. For example, they de vour the big, propaganda, picture magazine “Amerika” printed in their language and distributed by our embassy. Formerly we distrib uted 35,000 copies. Later we were permitted to increase the printing to 50,000 copies. It is estimated that a hundred Russians read each copy of Amerika; it is black-market ed at a high price and read to tat ters. I This group admires and respects mechanical know-how, our indus tries, our technical skills. Officially there has been no propaganda to cry down American achievement in the production fields, but rather ex hortations to emulate and surpass us. Soviet Officials Hate America The other Russian element which ’ we have to consider and with w’hich we deal directly is composed of the leaders, the party bureaucrats, the secret police. They hate America with an almost incredible hatred. Their attitude is so extreme that it does not seem real; it appears to be prompted by a policy, rather than a normal, human, emotional reaction. If either of these two elements existed alone it would be simpler to establish a line of procedure. But, my informant points out, each ele ment requires a separate and dif ferent approach, since the two con tradict each other. Because the only visible hope for an understanding with Russia de pends on the semi-friendly group, nothing must be said or done in our relations with the other (now in power), which would make it seem that we are building a wall against Russia. That impression would al ienate any potential sympathy the semi-friendly ones might feel for us. This dual approach was exempli fied by the Byrnes speech calling for the unification of Germany, un der a single government, with all four occupying countries acting to gether as co-directors of the whole. Byrnes made the proposal inclusive. BARBS . . , by Baukhage Animal lovers were glad to learn that the blooded horses held aboard strike-bound ships finally agreed to disregard the picket lines—some ; thing a well-trained army horse would hesitate to do. * * * Annabelle tells me that every young man in a snappy suit ot tweeds isn’t necessarily a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Russia would particinato with the rest. The intents 6C! * a y United States was firm!l ? f the There would be union of British Americans, presumably the p/J u and the Russians too i thl S’ sented. If the Russians refusal T United States would go ahead 'wfih the plan but it would not sl am t ' door on Russia. We are to be friendly but we must be firm. That is what makes rZI S »° diffiCUlt To evince the’ haters we mean what we sa the United States must state its de cisions firmly and emphatically o ut line exactly what we will do’ w will not do; what wo will p.,3 Russia to do and not do S firmness has to depend on our words. We cannot use force be cause we have not the force avail able to use. This however, does not mean we cannot succeed, because I am OD . timistically assured the Russians are weaker than we are. Although their military forces on the con tinent of Europe are stronger than those of the Allies, it is believed that the Russians lack the econom ic, physical or moral strength to en gage in a major war and they know that in the long run the rest of the world can develop a greater power Politically they have not the in fluence, either, to risk withdrawal from the United Nations. They know they could not take a suffi cient number of other nations out with them and thus, withdrawal would mean ostracism and threats from the rest of the world. This th® Russians know as well as we do. Leave Door Open For Co-Operation Is there hope? My informants an swer yes, but it will be a long haul. This is why: Russia cannot fight a major war for five or ten years. She might seize all of Europe tem porarily, but she realizes she could not hold it, that she-would be defeat ed in the end. It would take five to ten years for Russia to build a force strong enough to risk a war. Meanwhile, America hopes and believes that if the door of co-operation is left open, and if by example, the haters see that co-operation will benefit Russia, not hurt her, internally and exter nally, then either the haters will change their policy, or the other friendlier element will force them to do so. This does not mean there will be a revolution in Russia. The loyalty to the present system or the power to enforce loyalty is too great. But it means that American statesmen feel they can hold back the non co-operators without risk of war un til Russia is convinced that she can benefit more through co-operative methods than by force of arms. * * * Mechanical Typewriter Latest Invention If there had been a word-count ing device on my typewriter, I would not be writing this end-piece now. But it is just as well authors haven’t adopted these wordometers or they might find their thoughts be ing regimented. The typewriter has already ad vanced far in its evolution. There is now a typewriter for the Chinese with their 5,400 (belie ve-it-or-not) characters. It is a product of the miracle working International Busi ness Machines corporation. But it is no miracle for IBM which built a gadget used at the Nuernberg tri als whose dial we could twist to produce with equal fluency, English, French, Russian or German, re gardless of what language was be ing spoken. Of course human be ings lightning translators cogs in its works. The Nuernberg trials lasted too long as it was—but they would have lasted four times as long, if it hadn’t been for IBM' I understand a typewriter is be ing perfected into which you talk an which obligingly types the words you speak with no manual effort on your part. How, I wonder, would this recording typewriter spell: If y° u spell the word “house” on the ordi nary keyboard it comes out tha way, h-o-u-s-e. But if the machine operated by sound, “house”, de pending on where the speaker "O’ born, might come out “idea” might appear as “idear , For my part I should be very hap py if a gadget were invented whic would spell better than my tyP writer can or even if the 6 ac| 6 would produce a synonym now an then after I had repeated the sa • shopworn word three times. —i In the midst of the maritime • trucking strikes, Manhattan s ber’s helpers and rnanlc , U ap r , walked out. It made little di ence—New Yorkers had already ten their nails short over P reU troubles. «* * ( Some dogs and husbands >'■ stay home, no matter how well / feed them.