UN BEGINS STUDY
OF DEPRESSIONS
Fourth Session Of Ecosoc
Covers Wide Area of 1
Work For The Future
By ADELAIDE KERR
AP Newsfeatores Writer
LAKE SUCCESS, April 5.—i/ft_
Seeking the answers to puzzles
mankind has never solved, the
United Nations Economic and So
cial Council has just completed
plans for a midsummer session to
come to grips with the causes of
depression, unemployment and
war.
Up to now, whenever man was
caught in one of those economic
brambles, he made sporadic, iso
lated, discouraged attempts to ex
tricate himself and generally
emerged more scratched and
bleeding than before. Now he is
trying to work with equipment
which will take the brambles
apart and let him live in comfort
end peace. That equipment is the
world-wide organization—the Unit
ed Nations Economic andScoail
Council which meets three times
a year and has a number of com
missions working between times
to supply it with information.
The Economic and Social Coun
cil’s long name has been shortened
in U. N. secretariat parlance to
Ecosoc—pronounced Eckosock. It
has just completed its fourth
work - packed session in which it
covered wide territory, made
plans for international conferences
and initiated bodies and studies to
seek ways and means of keeping
the world’s business on an even
keel, producing jobs as well as
insuring the realization of human
rights. When the council recon
venes July 19 it will take up re
ports on the following activities on
which commissions and secretari
at are now at work:
1. One of Ecosoc s most impor
tant acts in the last session was
to establish an Economic commis
sion for Europe. At least one of
the commission’s formulator’s
calls it “a tremendous step toward
e United States of Europe.” ■ It
was established to help Europe
solve her reconstruction problems
by concerted action to raise the
level of European economic activi
ty and strengthen the economic re
lations of European countries. Its
members will be the European
members of the United Nations
and the United States. It is main
ly a,» consultative and advisory
body, but it has power to make
direct recommendations to mem
ber go\ .'rnments. The commission
will meet in Geneva in May and
is expected to report to the Coun
cil’s next session.
(Ecosoc also established an eco
nomic commission for Asia and
the Far East with the same gen
eral mandate for the areas within
its scope. Its members are Aus
tralia, China, France, India, Neth
erlands, Philippine Republic, Si
am, USSR, United Kingdom and
United States. Research work on
this, however, is not so far ad
vanced and its first report will
not be made until 1948.)
2. The Council asked its eco
nomic and employment commis
sion to report on what interna
tional action should be taken for
better utilization of world re
sources of labor, materials and
capital and what international ac
tion should be taken to maintain
world full employment and eco
nomic stability. It also asked the
commission to supply regular re
ports on world economic condi
tions and trends, giving particular
attention to factors that threaten
full employment and stability—
such as recessions or depressions.
3. The subject of “guarantees
for the exercise and development
of trade union rights” submitted
by the world federation of trade
unions for disofcssion was referred
to the ILO and the Commission
on Human Rights for study and
report.
4. The Council insiruciea us
newly constituted sub - commis -
sion on freedom of information
and of the press to prepare and
submit a draft agenda for the pro
jected international conference on
freedom of information, whose
date and place Ecosoc will decide
next session.
3. The Secretary General was
asked to submit a draft conven
tion on genocide (efforts to exter
minate an entire race) in re
sponse to the general assembly’s
resolution labelling this a crime
enrj asking member states to en
act legislation for its prevention
and punishment.
6. Ecosoc approved in principle
a world-wide appeal for funds to
meet emergency relief needs of
j children, adolescents, and expect
ant. and nursing mothers and fa*
vored to meet this the collection
of one day’s pay or some alterna
tive better adapted to each "oun
try. It asked the Secr^.y Gen
eral to study and report on the
Best way of doing this work.
In addition to these steps for
consideration at its next session,
the Council authorized a number
of activities which did not require
Immediate report.
It called a world shipping con
ference later this year an^ gave
it latitude—but not a mandate—to
consider the desirability of creat
ing an international maritime or
ganization. It also called a world
statistical Congress in Washington
in September and a U. N. scien
tific conference on the .conserva
tion and utilization of resources to
be held not sooner than ^lt(48.
Moreover, it decided that U. N.
should participate in an April tim
ber conference in Czechoslovakia
under auspices of the food and
agriculture organization.
The preparatory committee of
the projected U. N. conference on
trade and employment had re
quested the help of the United Na
:ions in achieving coordination of
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Fellowship Bible Class
To Celebrate 50th Year
By ROBERT MILLER
The McClure Fellowship Bible
Class of ehe Young Men’s Chris
tian association of Wilmington will
celebrate its 50th anniversary at
Kenan Memorial of St. Andrews
Covenant Presbyterian church,
15th and Market streets, Tuesday,
at 7 p.m.
Wilson J. Smith, interstate sec
retary of YMCA in the Carolina’s,
will be the principal speaker.
The McClure Fellowship Bible
Class meets at the YMCA every
Monday at 630 p.m. and has for
50 years been an increasingly po
tent factor in the religious life of
Wilmington.
The class was named for the
late Dr. A. D. McClure, former
pastor of St. Andrews Presbyteri
an church and who taught the
class until his death. The class
started om Sunday morning in the
fall of 1897, whenia group of young
men went to Thomas C. Diggs,
general secretary of the YMCA,
and made plans to get together
from time to time for a period
of Bible study.
They arranged to meet every
Sunday morning in the club room
of the old YMCA building, Front
and Grace street, now occupied by
the Brunswick hotel, principally to
study methods of doing personal
Christian work.
Charles D u s h a n succeeded
Diggs as general secretary and
continued the classes the same as
his successor, Edwin Kettle.
When Kettle became general
secretary, the class added a fel
lowship supper to its program and
became known as the “Fellowship
Bible Class,” with the late Dr. Mc
Clure as their regular teacher.
During the period after the old
YMCA building was sold and the
new YMCA building was being
constructed, the YMCA had offices
in the Odd Fellows building and
the class met as usual and re
sumed supper meetings upon the
opening of the present YMCA in
1013.
• When J. B. Huntington, present
general secretary, came to the
city as physical instructor in
April, 1910, he found a very ac
tive interest in the class and has
promoted it continuously since
that time.
During the years following, with
the occupancy of the new building
in the fall of 1913, the class be
came so popular and interest was
manifested so much in the class
that at times there were more
than 100 men attending the class
regularly and all previous attend
ance records were broken.
Following the death of Dr. Mc
Clure, and as tribute to him ,the
organization was re-named the
“McClure Fell owship Bible
Class.” The class changed its poli
cy of having one - teacher, and
since ministers of various denomi
nations of the city have taught the
class from time to time, and have
current developments in the field
of international commodity agree
ments pending the establishment
of the projected International
Trade Organization (ITO), which
would eventually become the co
ordinating body. Acceding to that
request Ecosoc recommended that
U. N. members adopt as a guide
henceforth the principles include
non-discrimination, inclusion of
both producer and consumer in -
terests, price stabilization and al
leviation of problems arising out
of slow production adjustments.
The Council also instructed the
Secretary General to appoint an
interim coordinating committee
for international commodity ar
rangements “to keep informed of
and to facilitate” intergovernmen
tal consultation or'action on com
modity problems.
The all-important question of an
international bill of human rights
was referred to an enlarged draft
ing committee , with the request
that the council have a prelimi
nary draft to present to the Gen
eral Assembly in 1948.
The battle against narcotic
drugs was abetted with a recom
mendation that governments ne
gotiating Japan's peace treaties
include a provision for the strin
gent control of all transactions
concerning such drugs.
Finally, Ecosoc took action on
these social problems:
It approved the 1947 program of
the international children’s emer
gency fund under which aid will
be provided to children and ado
lescents of countries which were
victims of aggression and of coun
tries receiving UNRRA’s assisi
ance. It asked the Secretary Gen
eral to arrange studies of the
housing problem.
The Council also admitted 88
non-governmental organizations to
j consultative statu*.
To Speak Here
WILSON J. SMITH
brought religious leaders of note
from other cities to teach the
class.
The class opens first Monday in
October, and continues to the mid
dle of April, meeting weekly dur
ing that period. The collection
plate is passed at each meeting
and members contribute to defray
the expenses of the supper. Any
deficit is paid through the associ
ation oudget. Normally the collec
tions amount to within $50 of the
actual expense for the year.
The class is self - governing,
electing officers each April to
serve for the\ ensuing year. These
officers have no connection with
the management of the association
other than to meet with the Re
ligious Work committee to formu
late policies.
For the past four years the class
has studied the International Sun
day School Lerson and many min
isters and teachers of men’s class
es attend in preparation for the
teaching of the lesson the follow
ing Sunday.
The class meets at 6:S0 p.m.,
for the fellowship supper and the
study period begins at 7 p.m. The
supper and the study period com
bined last for a total of one hour,
thus releasing the men at 7:30 p.
m. for any further engagements
they may have for the evening.
The class had an average attend
ance of 35 men during the past
season.
One of the things that make this
large body of men Unique in their
Bible study is found in the fact
that from week to week the same
men gather with their friends
from various churches, at their
own expense, to hear the Inter
national Sunday School lesson for
the following Sunday taught by the
ministers of the city.
This class is one of the most
successful phases of the religious
service rendered the men of the
city by the Religious Work com
mittee of the YMCA, and a cordial
invitation is extended to ail of the
men of this city to attend the 50th
anniversary meeting Tuesday
night.
6 Men Held In Bail
On Federal Charges
GOLDSBORO, N. C., April 5.—
i (/P)L- Six men, one of them an
army private, have been held in
bail for appearance in Federal dis
trict court to answer charges of
theft of government property and
receiving stolen property, accord
ing to W. H. Gibson, Kinston, of
the Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion- . , „
The men are: Hubert Rose,
Jack Ward, Charles Hinson. Rob
ert Cobb, all charged with receiv
ing; Pershing Lucas, charged with
the alleged larceny, all of Wayne
county; and Pvt. Eston Earl Lin
kous.” stationed at Seymour John
son field.
Value of property recovered is
set at $1,400 by officials at the
field and included typewriters and
adding machines.
SCHOOL HEAD RESIGNS
PINEHURST, April 5 — WP) —
J. W. Harbison, superintendent of
Pinehurst school fcr the past eight
j years, has resigned. He sard he
•plans to enter hospital administra
j lion work after 20 years in the i
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NEW DRUGS SPEED
CURE OF LEPROSY
21 Lepers Discharged As
Cured From Marine Hos
pital In Louisiana
By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK, April 5.— m —
Twenty-ore lepers have been dis
charged as cured recently from
the Carville, La., U. S. Marine
hospital.
Cured is not the word the phy
sicians use. They say arrested
cases of leprosy. But these dis
charged patients are considered as
cured in all respects. All the
medical evidence indicates real
cures and that evidence now cov
ers up to five years.
Two of the 21 received diasone
and 19 received promin, both new
drugs. There is a third, known as
promizole, now in use to treat the
disease, and there are some rea
sons for expecting promizole to do
better than the other two.
One result is a complete change
in the medical plans for fighting
leprosy. On the basis of these
drugs it appears that early cases
are rather readily stopped or
cured.
Therefore public nealtn aumori
ties are trying to institute the
same early diagnosis and treat
ment for leprosy that is used for
tuberculosis and cancer.
But to succeed it is necessary
to get the public to understand
that leprosy is neither horrible nor
any of the other things that every
child thinks he knows. The bad
name of leprosy was started in
the scriptures. Whatever the
. scriptural disease may have been
that was called leprosy, it is not
the disease today known to the
world.
The pnysicians wno nave uc™
treatment it for years oughtto know
One of these, Dr. G. H. Faget,
medical officer in charge of the
Carville hospital says, in the Star,
a publication of the nearly 400 pa
tients at Carville:
There are several types of lepro
sy, some of which are not con
tagious at all.
Some of the patients with the
greatest amount of mutilation, are
burned-out cases, and of absolute
ly no danger to others.
Fingers and toes do not drop
off. In far-advanced cases, de
formities occur.
Children are more susceptible
than adults.
Leprosy is a family disease. It
is not hereditary, but the child
may contract it from contact with
his parents.
Leprosy is not a filth disease,
it is not an unclean disesse, it
is not a curse of God.
Those discharged with the dis
ease “arrested” are of no further
menace to anyone. These patients
need the sympathy of the public
to return to an honorable and use
ful life.
Discharged lepers have been re
fused jobs, or fired from one job
after another as soon as employ
ers discovered that they once had
the disease.
Leprosy is a germ disease,
which is never very contagious.
The Carville patients are cam
paigning to have the name
changed to Hansen’s disease, aft
er the physician who discovered
the germ.
But they run into difficulties in
reaching the public. Their modest
monthly magazine, the Star, car
ries this line: “This paper, and
all outgoing mail, is sterilized be
fore leaving the hospital.’’
Elsewhere in science:
A new kind of thermometer has
been developed by the General
Electric for measu ring
the heat of the jet flames of Ger
man V-2 and ether rockets. These
blasts are so hot that any ma
terial substance would melt in a
fraction of a second
The thermometer is two peri
scopes, one looking at the jet as
it moves away and the other look
ing at the* same stream of fire
as it approaches. This is done by
placing the periscopes at different
positions for looking at the same
jet.
The periscopes, with aid of
spectroscopes, measure the wave
lengths of light emitted from the
speeding flames. The wave lengths
are slightly longer when looking
at the flaming gases speeding
away from the periscope. The
wave lengths are a mite shorteer
when looking the other direction,
^he reason is the doppler effect.
The light in both cases is moving
with its own uniform velocity of
188,000 miles a second with the
addition, or the subtraction, of the
speed of the fire which emits the
light waves. This stream of fire
is; moving faster than a mile a
second. __
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condition, loss of appetite, underweight,
restless sleep, weakness.
To get real relief you must Increase
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tory testa on human atomachs, have by
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Auxiliary Supplements
Work Of Legionaires
By CARL RHODES
Staff Reporter
The American Legion Auxiliary
—made up of those women who
had husbands, sons, or daughters
in the wars of the United States,
and women veterans who served
in the armed services — has
grown into a large and worth
while organization.
The auxiliary was organized
after World War I, and since that
time has risen in membersnip to
798,926 women.
The auxiliary was formed to
supplement the strength of t h e
American Legion. Mothers, wives,
daughters and sisters of the Le
gionnaires, those of the war dead,
and women veterans wanted to
help in the Legion’s work.
The auxiliary worked with the
Legion, grew with the Legion,
and made important contri
butions t o Legion accomplish
ments. Hospitals were ' obtained
for the disabled veterans, laws
were enacted granting more gen
erous compensations. Protec
tion was gained for w'idows and
orphans. Preference for veterans
was established in public employ
ment. Complete disarmament of
the U. S. w'as prevented and de
termined efforts w'ere made to
strengthen t'h e nation's defenses
against the dangers ahead.
. During World War II, women of
the auxiliary saw their loved ones
go off to the battlefields. At
home, the auxiliary w-orked with
the Legion in every war activity,
inspiring greater civilian en
deavor and helping keep the
nation solidly behind the figting
forces.
Remembering conditions af
ter the first world war, when no
plans had been made to help
those in the service return to ci
vilian life, the Legion and auxi
liary were determined that this
time the nation should have more
titan words of welcome to give
to the returning veteran. The G.
I. Bill of Rights was one of the
results. Other national and state
legislation was secured. All
through the war the auxiliary
worked with the Legion to assure
a square deal for the returning
veteran.
Now that the war has been won
and men and women who won it
have come home, vast new fields
of endeavor have opened before
the auxiliary. The number of vet
erans and veteran’s families
needing aid has been multiplied
many times.
More than one million veterans
have returned disabled. All will
not receive adequate care. The
auxiliary will insist that every
thing a grateful government can
do shall be done for its disabled
defenders. Things which no gov
ernmental agency can do, things
which require the touch of per
sonal interest and human under
standing the auxiliary is doing.
All women eligible for member
ship in the American Legion aux
iliary are urged to join and share
in the great problem that this
organization is carrying on.
Mothers, wives, daughters, and
sisters of men or women who
served in the war, and were kil
led or have died since their dis
charge, or men or women who
are members of the Legion, or
women veterans who served yi
the two wars are eligible to joi*.
Service in the auxiliary offers
i © direct benefits to its member!,
yet it enriches their lives wi£h
lasting friendships, with interest*
and activities shared with the Le
gion. and the joy of worthwhile
achievement.
Salesman Filet •
flO,000 Smt
A suit for $10,000 wai tilett
yesterday against Hubert L. Scog
gins. restaurant proprietor at 920
Grace street, by Richard Smith,
local beer salesman, in the office
of August L. Meyland, el©rk «f
Superior court.
Smith alleges that Scoggins
beat him with fists and the butt
of a gun April 1 at the Grace
street restaurant, following a “jo'
king” remark Smith made to h
saleslady about her hands being
broken out. The suit asks for $5.
000 personal and $5,000 punitive
damages and that Scoggins be
held under $2,000 bond. Solomea
B. Sternberger and Addison Hew
lett. Jr. are counsels for Smith..
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