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TRUMAN PLEADS FOR FULL HELP # ___________ (Continued from Page One) must pursue them to the ends of the earth.” * The peace to come, he asserted, cannot be secured “if we permit our dangerous opponents to plot future wars with impunity at any mountain retreat — however dis tant.” He echoed a sentiment dear to Mr. Roosevelt in his long political life when he said: "Let me assure the forward-look ing people of America that there will be no relaxation In our efforts to improve the lot of the common people.” „ , . The task ahead calls for hope and faith, the President declared, and at home he asked the people to be as resolute as their armies and navies have been against great odds. , ... , Only a despairing people think that wars are inevitable, Mr. Tru man said. The ‘‘outlook for human ity is not so hopeless.” Hope bore up the forces of lib eration, he said, but it alone is not enough. “If wars in the future are to be prevented, the peace-loving nations must be united in their determina tion to keep the peace under law. Th breaking of the peace any where is the concern of peace-lov ing nations everywhere. Nothing is more essential to the future peace of the world than continued coop eration of the nations which had to muster the force necessary to defeat the conspiracy of the Axis cowers to dominate the world.” v i __ U« IVia rae. XII uuo oviiuv, — ponsibility of the great nations however, “is to serve—not domi nate” the peoples of the world. The first requisite for interna tional harmony is to have it at home, hs said. He himself, as pilot, needs “the cooperation of the crew” and “every individual must do his duty for the benefit of all.” To his old comrades in Congress where he served as senator from Missouri and as Vice President, Mr. Truman said: “Only with your help can I hope to complete one of the greatest tasks ever assigned to a public servant. With divine guidance and your heln, we will find the new pas sage to a far bette- world, a kind ly and friendly world, with just and lasting peace. “With confidence. I am depend in upon all of you.” An America that has become one of the most powerful forces for good on earth, he declared, must be kept so, so it can “lead the world to peace and prosperity.” The President closed his speech With a prayer that he be given "an understanding heart” to discern be tween good and bad “for who is able to judge this, thy so great a people?” As the lawmakers, the Cabinet, Lord Halifax, the British ambas sador, and Eden, and 16 represen tatives of other foreign govern ments arose and applauded, the President smiled and bowed re peatedly with scarcely audible “thank ynus.” He plunged his right hand into his pocket and strode off the rostrum, then couldn’t re sist shaking the hands of many senators he served with. Before it became a prolonged ceremony, however, his aides escorted him to the speaker’s office and thence to his car and the White House. -V SPANISH NEWS FREED MADRID, April 16.—'Pi—Foreign Minister Jose Felix Lequerica an nounced today that all censorship of foreign correspondents in Spain had been eliminated and that news might now be sent freely from this country to the outside world. TUt/iAeiL OFTEN USE MOROLINE PETROLEUM JELLY to Soothe end Relieve BABIES'DIAPER RASH 5'TPIPlt ftztio* —————————————————— ! . Visit Our Store For \ \ ! i Quality \ J - - JEWELRY and GIFTS ;; B. GURR, Jeweler ;; ; ; 264 N. Front St Bring Us Your Motor for Repairs ALL WORK GUARANTEED B & E Electric Motor Repair Co. ' 280 N. Water St. Phone 2-0122 6. F. Wulff — Harry J. Everett HILL & CONTRACTORS SUPPLY CO. Demlng Pumps Mill Supplies — Machinery Contractors Equipment 121-3 Water St. Phone 1757 FARRAR TRANSFER A STORAGE WAREHOUSE DIAL 5317 PLUMBING AND HEATING SERVICE . ★ Comber-Moor* Co. IT H. Second St I CORRECTION 1 In listing candidates for places on the City Council in next Monday’s primary election the Star published the George W. Brinson and described him as a retired baggage man. The name should have been George H. Brinson. The Star regrets the error and is happy to make this correction. It is also glad to correct its error in saying Mr. Brinson was a for mer baggage man in the em ploy of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Mr. Brinson is a retired rail way mail clerk in which work he served for 30 years and at tained an executive position. Mr. Brinson originated the Service News Company, which is now fioing a quarter-million dollar a year business. He also owned and operated three farms in Onslow county until they were absorbed in Camp Le jeune. Mr. Brinson several years ago took a course in income tax accounting and has served the Wilmington public in that ca pacity for the past three years. In seeking a place on the City Council he announces his plat form as including port develop ment, tourist resort exploita tion, a new tuberculosis sana torium, a Junior College and city civil service reform. City Briefs LIONS TO MEET The first regular meeting of the Wrightsville Beach Lions’ clubs, since the organizational meeting April 3, will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the Lumi na grill, R. L. Benson, secre tary, announced last night. A program committee will be ap pointed. President of the club is Luther T. Rogers. JAYCEE MEETING The regular meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. today in the dining hall of the Friendly cafeteria. ’CYCLISTS ARRESTED Sheriff’s deputies arrested C. L. Ledbetter and L. F. Kerr, both of Lake Forest, for speed ing on motor cycles through the school zone at Sunset Park and driving with no operators licenses, it was reported. Both are scheduled to appear in Recorder's court today. 368 JAPANESE PLANES BAGGED (Continued from Page One) and 169 taken prisoner since April 8. On the latter date, Nimitz said Japanese casualties were 5,009 kill ed and 222 prisoners. Only U. S. casualty figures an nounced by Nimitz were 432 killed, 2,103 wounded and 160 missing— a total of 2,695—through April 9. Elements of the 24th Army Corps landed on Ie Shima, off the north west tip of Okinawa, the morn ing of April 16 and, advancing rapidly against light resistance, quickly captured a three-runway airfield. The greater part of the defenders were driven back into prepared defense positions. Marines on northern Okinawa meantime continued their push northward over rugged terrain. There was little change in the lines on the southern front, where naval guns, carrier planes and field artillery continued their bombard ment of the strong Japanese de fense positions. -v GERMANS LOSE 842 AIRCRAFT - / (Continued from Page One) rate of production has greatly increased—but the Germans have not the fuel or the pilots to fly what is left of their frontline planes. The Luftwaffe now has been reduced to nothing more than a nuisance value.” Spaatz, commander of the U. S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe comprising the Eighth Air Force in Britain and the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, said “the advances of our ground forces have brought to a close the strategic air war” and that hereafter the heavy bomb ers and fighters of the Strategic Air Forces would operate in con junction with tactical units. Actually, the concentration of the power of heavy bombers in direct tactical support of the ground forces already has begun. Today more than 3,300 bombers and fighters smashed at railroads between the, U, S. and Russian armies, at the holdout enemy gar rison near Bordeaux and at other important German communications targets, principally in Czechoslova kia. 1873 1945 Wilmington Lodge No. 319. A. F. & A. M. A STATED COMMUNICATION of this Lodge will be holflen (THIS) TUESDAY, APRIL 17th. at 8:00 P. M. Members are urged and so journing Master Mason are cor dially invited to attend. By Order of the Master. Louis V. Swann, P. M. Secretary. Obituaries MRS. KATHERINE deR. MacMELLAN Mrs. Katherine deKosset Mac Millan, wife of W. D. MacMillan, died yesterday at her home on Bradley’s creek. Mrs. MacMillan was the daught er of the late Jane Cowan and Lou is Henry deRosset. In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Maj. W. D. MacMillan, Jr. of Washington, D. C., and Lt. Commander Louis deRosset Mac Millan, of Chapel Hill; two daught ers, Mrs. Haskell Rhett and Mrs. William M. Fenley, both of Wil mington; five grandchildren, Has kell Rhett, Jr., USN, Katherine de Rosset Rhett, Josephine, MacMil lan, Dougald MacMillan, and Rob ert MacMillan, USN. Funeral services will be conduct ed at 11 a. m. today from St. James Episcopal church with the Rev. Mortimer Glover, rector, officiat ing. Interment will follow in Oak dale cemetery. Pallbearers will be Robert Strange, Stone Pulliam, Fred W. Dick. William M. Peck, Edwin A. Melts, Walker Taylor, Herbert Latimer, and Robert Jewett. MRS. ZELMA R. MORE Funeral services for Mrs. Zelma R. More, of Columbus, Ohio, who died in a local hospital Saturday, were held at 11 a. m. yesterday from the Andrews mortuary chape] with the Rev. J. F. Herbert, pas tor of Grace Baptist church, of ficiating. Burial was in Oakdale cemetery. Surviving Mrs. More are her husband, Mark S. More, of Col umbus, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. George W. Bailey; two nieces, Mrs. J. J. M. Autry and Mrs. Berenice Stel lings; and three great nieces and on great jiephew, all of Wilming ton. LACY L. BELL TABOR CITY, April 16.— Lacy Leroy Bell, 37, died at his homt this morning following a heart at He is survived by his wife*, the former Miss Thelma Bullock, o! Spring Branch; his parents, Mr and Mrs. John A. Bell, of Tabor City; three sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Bell Griffin; Mrs. Frank Bosweh and Mrs. John McGougan, all oi Tabor City; and a brother, Dewey Bell, of Myrtle Beach. Funeral services will be held a< 4:30 p.m. tomrorow at the home o1 the parents with the Rev. J. F, Coble, • pastor of the St. Paul i Methodist church and the Rev, Winfrey Davis, pastor of Mt. Ta bor Baptist church, officiating. Bu rial will be in the Myrtle Greer cemetery. MRS. EDNA P. L. PHILLIPS LUMBERTON, April 16.— Mrs Edna Pearle Linday Phillips, 36, died at her home in Red Springs Sunday. Born in Marlboro county, S. C., the daughter of Mrs. W. M. Lind say and the late Mr. Lindsay, Mrs, Phillips is survived by her hus band, Edward Phillips; an adopted daughter, Patsy; her mother, oi Raynham; four brothers, M. L., Arthur and Mitchell, of Raynham, and Boyd Lindsay, of Rowland anc two sisters, Mrs. Howard Britt, ol Raynham, and Mrs. Marvin Britt, of Lumberton. Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. tomorrow from the Red Springs Baptist church with the Rev. Troy Jones, officiating. Bur ial wi'l be in Alloway cemetery. pousHSOLirnoN MAY BE REACHED (Continued from Page One) In addition to Stalin’s decision to send Molotov, main hope for a break m the Polish mixup is pegged on a statement by former Polish Premier Stanislaw Mikola jczyk in London last night, and on speculation as to what has hap pened to fifteen Poles whom the Polish government in London re ported as having disappeared. There was some speculation that this group including impor tant leaders who might be accept able to the United States and Brit ain as members of a new Polish government, may be negotiating While this might mean that the Kremlin is bypassing the deadlock ed Allied Commission in Moscow, it gives rise to the possibility that the Russians can find Poles for the new government who could gain British and American recog nition. B Just Received! H “Goodnight Soldier” m “A Tiny Little Voice” _ Judy Canova M ‘Put Another Chair At The Table” ! “i wish” ■■ Mills Brothers ■ “The More I See You” _ “I Wish I Knew” flli Dick Haymes "I’m Beginning To See The mmm Light” tgl “That’s The Way It Is” ■ Elia Fitzgerald and Ink Spots aam “Any Old Time’* H "On the Sunny Side Of The Street” ' Tommy Dorsey IS “Laura” “A Song To Bemember” Freddy Martin ~1& “The Grabtown Grapple” “The Sad Sack” ■■ Artie Shaw and His Gammery b Five W, “Cioe” ™ “A Serenade To A Jerk” Spike Jones and Bis City Slickers ® RECORD DEPT. H MacMillan and Cameron ■ 115 N. 3rd St. Mrs. Roosevelt Receives FDR’s Personal Property NEW YORK, April 16— (jp) — President Franklin D. Roosevelt provided in his will that his widow should have the right to select any and all personal property which she desires and to utilize it during her lifetime. The will, filed today with the clerk of the Surrogate’s court of Dutchess county, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and made public here by John C. Farber of the law firm of O’Con nor and Farber, 120 Broadway, also makes specific bequests to St. James church, Hyde Park, N. Y., Georgia Warm Springs Foun dation and to personal employes and servants. The will was executed Novem ber 12, 1941. The value of the es tate was not determined. It provides that after Mrs. Roose velt h?s selected personal proper ty, the five children shall each have the right to select one-fifth of the residue of the personal prop erty. Any property not chosen by Mrs. Roosevelt or the couple’s children, the will said, shall be offered by the executors as a gift to the Unit ed States Government for display in the Franklin D. Roosevelt li brary or the Roosevelt main house at Hyde Park. The main house and its adja cent grounds were conveyed to the Government last year, subject tc certain rights of use reserved tc Mrs. Roosevelt and the children The executors and trustees o: the estate are Col. James Roose velt, the late President’s eldest son; Basil O’ Connor, his former law’ partner, and Henry T. Hack ett, an attorney of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mr. Roosevelt bequeathed the residuary estate to the trustees to be held in trust by them. All income from the trust fund is to go to Mrs. Roosevelt during her lifetime. Upon her death, the wilf stated, one half of the principal then re maining in the trust fund, togeth er with all accumulations of. in come, if any, is to be paid in equal shares to the then living children of the late President. The will provides that upon the death of any of the Roosevelt chil dren, their children shall receive the share to which the parent would have been entitled. The remaining half of the prin cipal is to be divided upon Mrs, Roosevelt’s death into separate trusts, each of which is to be held by the trustees for the benefit o: tlie children and grandchildren. Mrs. Roosevelt was given the use of property at Campobello Island New Brunswick, Canada, “upoi certain terms and conditions.” The 14-page printed will includ ed the following specific requests To St. James church, Hydi Park, $5,000 for the cemetery fun< and for upkeep of the Roosevel family burial plots. To the Georgia Warm Spring ! Foundation, all of Mr. Roosevelt’ I real estate in Meriwether countj Georgia, including his personal property at that place. To each servant and employe whose salary was paid by Mr. Roosevelt, $100. The late President asked that his family leave “the greater part of the personal property” at the main house in Hyde Park for the Fed eral Government, after official oc cupancy has been made so that the general character of the house be not altered. The will added that this should nat be construed as a restriction on the rights of Mrs. Roosevelt, their children or the executors to select personal property for the heirs for “personal use in their own homes.” --V There are nearly 800 pulp and paper mills in ■ the United States today. 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Tire Production Delayed By Walkouts in Ohio Firm AKRON, O., April 18—UR—'Tire production lagged today as inter mittent work stoppages ebbed and flowed at three major rubber plants. CIO-United Rubber Workers at the General Tire and Rubber Co. ended a three-day walkout by re turning to work on the afternoon shift but a stoppage which I this moromg at Firestone Ti^B Rubber Co.’s No. 1 plant p up again this afternoon as“Sr!;B pany-union negotiations lC5'B down. HI A dispute over transfer 0t eral workers in the finishin, I partment precipitated a' w^B at the Goodyear Synthetic r‘S:-1B a Goodyear Tire and Kubb^’B subsidiary. '■t >|| —-V-_ BUY WAR BONDS AND stamJI IT IS PROPER j to look ahead to debt-free home ownership. You can accomplish this through the CAROLINA’S Direct Re. duction Loan Plans,—Economical, satisfactory _ with service you will appreciate. The Three Million Dollar Carolina Building and Loan Assn, “Member Federal Home Loan Bank’* 1 W. A. FONVIELLE. Sec.-Treas. 1 Rover Moore, Pres. W. D. Jones, Asst. Sec.-lTew \ Mnrray G. James, V.-Pres. J. O. Carr, Atty. ' f J DR. MIKE J. PALMER OPTOMETRIST PHONE 4004 EYES EXAMINED — GLASSES FITTED 120 Princess 6L UPSTAIRS OVER H. A W. CAFETERIA J ' ; SHOULD MANAGEMENT BE UNIONIZED? | A Statement by General Motors | f . ThE National Labor Relations Board has ordered a bargaining election among the foremen and other supervisory groups of a Detroit automobile company. This company is not a part of General Motors, but we are concerned with the principles involved. This confusing action by the Board means that it is sanctioning and pro moting the unionization of management personnel, in spite of the fact that the National Labor Relations Act includes ’ as an employer “. .. any person acting •in the interests of an employer directly or indirectly.” We are sure that ^Congress did not intend to approve unionization of man agement when it passed the Act. The results if applied throughout indus try would be bad for the management groups involved, bad for industry, bad for labor, bad for America. Bad for Foremen We think it would be bad for foremen if American industry should be com pelled to make a change in its proven type of organization, which would un avoidably reduce the foreman’s status, diminish his responsibility, authority and influence, decrease his opportunities for personal advancement. In General Motors, foremen have always had important responsibilities and authority. We have always guarded the status of our foremen, and have provided special training to improve their abilities, in crease their efficiency and enhance their opportunities for promotion to even more important management positions. The great majority of General Motors’ principal executives at one time were foremen. We are convinced that it would be im possible for a foreman to follow both management and union leaderships at the same time, and under those condi tions to carry on all his duties as they now exist. All elements of management must have a common objective. It would obviously be impossible, for instance, for him as a fellow unionist with those under him, to perform his functions which relate to their working conditions, wages, promotions and as signments om the unbiased basis which is essential to good management. Bad for Industry From our experience both before and during the war, we are certain that the THE POSITION OF FOREMEN IN GENERAL MOTORS In General Motors, foremen are the MANAGERS of their departments. They participate in establishing man agement policies in both production and personnel matters. They have full authority to approve or disap prove the hiring, to supervise the work, and to make work assignments of the employes under their super vision. They initiate wage increases, transfers and promotions. They are directly responsible for the efficiency and safety of their group. They have full authority when necessary to take immediate, appropriate disciplinary action for violation of shop rules, and other improper conduct of their employes. They are the first point of management contact and make the first management decision on all matters relating to the employes under their direction. accepted American method of spreading managerial authority and responsibility among foremen-so that management is in close, direct contact with compara tively small groups of workmen—is the best and only sound method of handling day-to-day relations with the thousands of employes engaged in modern mass production. Anything which would require a change in this set-up would interfere with em ployer-employe relations and with pro duction. For example, there have been many strikes in war production plants, par ticularly in Michigan. Charges have been made that workmen have been loafing in plants engaged in war pro duction and that they are being paid high wages for not working. We are conscious that the public feels that there must be something wrong. The attempt to tear down the position and authority of foremen and to unionize members of management is importantly contribut ing to this condition. Bad for Labor As a matter of fact, the close-contact method is about the only way that man agement and labor can work harmoni ously together in large organizations. Much is said these days about coopera tion. It would be a serious handicap to any hopes for teamwork and the pursuit of common interests, if anything were done to remove this facility for knowing and understanding each other. It is our firm, sincere belief that loss of this close contact would make har monious relations between management and labor almost impossible and would interfere with practical collective bar gaining. Bad for America The removal of foremen from their present position as a vital, integral part of management would require reorgani zation of factory management on a basis far more complicated and decidedly less effective. Necessary factory discipline would suffer, worker efficiency would be impaired. v We believe the effect on you-on the public as a whole-would be very real. It would interfere with the war effort. It would make war materials cost more. It would slow up postwar reconversion to civilian production. T f WrAnl/4 /IaIavt n __— . .. i. — - j^v/otuai uut^ui/ of cars, refrigerators, ranges, furniture —all the things people need so much and have waited for so long. Finally-and, in the long run, perhaps most important of all—it would so in crease production costs as to boost prices and the cost of living, and make the problem of reasonably full employ ment much more difficult. Action Called For When people have as deep a conviction about anything as we have about union izing management, they ought to do something about it. If the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act can be so confused as to promote unionization of management— and thus impair the effectiveness of the American production system of which we are all so proud—then the meaning ought to be cleared up. General Motors believes — and hopes others will feel the same—that it is a patriotic duty, a duty to the foremen, to industry, to labor, and to the public as a whole-to oppose the unionization of management by every proper and law ful means. That is our intention. i GENERAL MOTORS
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