Washington Di9GStj
For World Co-Operation
Faith In Ideal Necessary to Continue Work
Of Allied Relief Agency After Reports
A Of Early Difficulties.
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By BAUKHAGE
Nmet Analyst and Commentator.
WNU Service, 1616 Eye Street, N.W.,
Washington, D, C.
The force* In Washington battling
for world co-operation are finding
the going tough. It is hardto get
people to have faith in collective
security when they witness such
filings 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
file 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 900 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 efiect 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 of commercial use — within
• 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
'%qtion of any international aspects of
‘'thb/uie pfstomte energ/. In other
WPjrds, . the viewpoints so far ex
pressed have differed as to whether
I this hew force .has been looked at
as something to sell at home and
file 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.
t' A look at the arguments for and
against UNRRA and the reaction to
.Item gives us a much clearer pic
-turn of tendencies, isolationist or
otherwise, of the arguer.
V. S. 'Support
Vital
„ ~ When a congressman casts his
Cote “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
UNRRA. True, all contributing na
, tions ,put in the same proportion of
J their national income — 1 per cent
| —but it so happens that 1 per cent
' \Ot the national income of the United
States is . nearly three-quarters of
thie 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, oq
world organization can exist. And
likewise; with American'support mi
, nation can afford not to go along.
Another filing 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
£fiel 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
Juve faith enough in its purpose to
make him feel that the risk of fall-*
l ure is worth taking. Because
.UNRRA, like any international or
i ganization, is everybody’s baby, it
can easily become nobody's baby.
IEach nation has been only too ready
to criticize it, always excluding their
own representatives’ functions, eg
course. UNRRA has suffered great*
ly from a poor press because the
task it faced was well nigh impossi
ble in wartime. V
The bad news, therefore, ©verbal;
anced the good news as far as ire
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 ten. Even when UNRRA
had money in hand tor 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 it
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
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We hear a great deal about the
difficulty of understanding the Japa-.
nese mind and many people have
their fears as to bow 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 some of the more intelli
gent Japanese 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 laqgh,” 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, • drink.
5 BARBS . . . by Baukhag•
Three wheeled "hug** — little
teer-drop cart run by an airplane
engine — wilt won be available
at around a thousand dollars. More
use tor DOT.. ■ ■*:..
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About 100 ‘‘testers’’ in tt
factories were r among the many
strikers of the day. The question Is
bow long can a laster last when he
*rw' iAfri'*'** 'i r *3*
f lb* department at Justice has
over 97 miUlon fingerprint card*.
But they don't all belong to crooks.
They've got mine among others.
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The rubber manufacturers say
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 ofl and
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How Christmas *
Is Celebrated
1 In Peacetime
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Most Countries Will JHonor
! Day With Their . Local %
! Yule Pageants. ! '
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Christmas is Christmas from one
corner of the e&rth to the other. This
year the day means something spe>
, cial, a period of thanksgiving for the
'end of a long bitter struggle. While
most nations will celebrate the day
in reverence to Christ,, the customs
▼ary in different countries and dif
ferent regions. , '
r RELIGIOUS PARADE
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For eight evenings before Christ
mas, there is a religious procession
held in Mexico at the head of which
the figures of Joseph and Mary are
borne. A lighted taper is carried by
each member of the group, and they
go about the streets singing Christ^
mas songs. Admittance to a home
is sought every night. On the ninth
evening they are admitted and a re
ligious ceremony conducted about
the straw-filled manger of the Christ
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‘CRAZY COW* FIESTA
For week* prior to Christmas, the
children of Colombia thrill to the
painstaking preparations for a glori
ous fireworks celebration. “Vacas
Locas,” — “Crazy Cow," is the fire
works on the Christmas fiestas in
each village square, when men don
fireproof garments and- crawl into
the wooden framework of a cow
loaded do^n with sizzling firecrack
ers and glittering Roman candles.
PARADE OF MASKS
In the region*, ot Unrasch, Swit
zerland, young people go from house
to house wearing ipu^a And elabo
rate headdresses, Representing
houses, ships and biblical scenes.
Edbrmous cowbells ate-worn on e
leather harness. . These "merry
makers denceandyodel until they
are thrown a few coins.
POLISH WIGIUA
The Polish Wlgilia, or Christinas
feast, jymbeliMp;; tfEh*: Last Sue- ~
per,” and, is the feature of their
Christmas celebration. Twelve types
of dishes,’-prepared in their in
dividual1 style, are served only once
a year and at this time. ' " '
After me feast, this lights are put
out andbowli "Of huts, raisins'and
fruits and Christmas cakes and ,
candles are passed around and eaten
by tbs'* tree in J<he flicker Of 'the
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SAINT SINTER KLAAS J
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The boys and girls in Holland tools
upon 8t Nicholas Eve as their very
own and Call the good Saint, Sinter ‘
Klaas. Sinter Klaas visits the ebiV
dren Christmas Eve,to determine.!^ .
they are worthy of pfeients. ~
'‘After Sinter Klass leaves, each
yoiyigster places his wooden shoes,
before the fireplace. In them he puts
hay and carrots for Sinter Klaas' ,
great white horse, then ha retires
to spends restless night
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OF GIFT-GIVING
*Mjr Daily Prayer This Year’
Threshold, of a New Year.
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Epiphany being the time of gift-.
giving in many lands, present* are,
associated with the: Wise Men and
their gilt-bearing satellites.
According to Spanish legend, the
Wise Men pass through Spain each
year on Epiphany Eve as they jour
ney to Bethlehem to pay homage to
the Christ Child. Children, envision
ing the procession of the Magi wend
ing fits way across the horizon—the,
gem-set crowns and blazing torches
melting with the sunset—place their
shoes,on window sills and balconief
before going to bed. The shoes are
filled with hay for the Wise Men’s
horses: oh Epiphany morning, the
hay is gone and toys and sweet
meats overflow such receptacles.
Befana was cleaning house when
the Wise Men stopped to inquire how
near they were to Bethlehem; Be
fana knew nothing about Bethlehem,
nor bad she heard of the Holy In
fant whom the Magi were seeking;
so she finished her sweeping and:
went to bed. But Befana could not
sleep; the regal cortege which had
passed her door, the bright Star
which gleamed in the sky,.and her.
own premonitions haunted her; so,
Befana smarted for Bethlehem at
midnight on Epiphany Eve.
" Alas,' the magio hour had passed
and, although Befana has wandered
ever since, she has never found her
way to Bethlehem.
.That is why La Befana brings toys
gnd confections to Italian children
on Epiphany Eve; and Russian Ba
bouska holds a candle to the face
of each sleeping child while she slips
a present under his pillow—hoping
.that some day she will find the Babe
of . Bethlehem.
Story of ‘The Visit
Of St Nicholas’ Was
: Written for Own Kin
On December SB, 1822, Dr. Clem
etit Clark Moore told his children
the story of St. Nicholas and read
to them a poem' entitled “The Visit
of St Nicholas,” which he had
written especlallyforthe occasion:"
Dr. Moore was chagrined when
“The Visit of St Nicholas” was pub
lished in the Troy (N. Y.) Sentinel
on December 23, 1823, as an anony
mous contribution: a Doctor of Di
vinity, he considered the poem be-,
neath his dignity and many years
passed before Dr,. Moore allowed it
to become known that he was the
author thereof; no doubt he suspect
ed how “The Visit of St. Nicholas”
had found its Way to the Sentinel.
Miss Harriet Butler, daughter of
the Rev. David Butler, had been a
guest in the Moore home on “the
night beforer' Christmas” in *22
and had hastily copied Dr. Moore's
narration in her album. Treasuring
the poem throughout the entire year,
Miss Butler sent a copy of it to the
Sentinel as the Christmas season of
1823 approached.
SANTA’S HELPERS
Santo has had to call upon many
people to help him with his toys.
Ate departments ha ve, become cen
ters of repair work in many cities.
They are often given expert assist
ance by boys and girls, who know
Just what each boy and girl wants.
Bayberry Candle
« Tradition Given
Economic expediency—not Christ
mas . traditions—prompted Puritan
housewives of colonial new England
to make their own baybariycandles.
Puritan antipathy to Christmas
celebrations disembarked' from the
Mayflower with the PUgtjms. The
Massachusetts general bourt in 1659,
welcomed (somewhat belatedly—,
communications being slow in those
days), toe tidings that the Round-!
head' Parliament had abolished the?
observance of Christinas in 1643. *
Restoration of English royalty ln‘
1655 brought a revival of Christmas;
customs to England but in, several
Mew England comnnftltles the Puri
tan prejudice against Christmas fes
tivities persisted—id*-spite of im
proved facilities of communications
-until the early part o<| the 20th
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Foreign Chritlmas
Various foreign countries contribute
many strange Christmas customs/
in Norway there is a myth that toe
ipruce grew from the bloodsoaked
ground where two lovers died. The
lights symbolize their love, faith
and hope.. At Saint Marks in Naples,
the dogs are token to church on
Zbrlstmas morning. There they wait
patiently until their masters leave.
Russia holds that Mary is omnipo
tent and uses a scene with her rather
Jun the Christ Child.
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TOO RAPID
COMMUNICATION
Seth Rankins was a deep-dyed re
actionary. Sitting in his little general
store up~in the Tennessee moun
tains, he cursed all modern conveni
ences — the telegraph most of all.
Once a wholesaler had wired him a
price on some much-desired mer
chandise, and before he could wire
back an acceptance the man had
sold it to another customer.
“Dad blast it! ” Seth had com
plained. “Ef if hadn't been fur that
dad-blamed telegraph he wdulda
writ me and I woulda writ him
back afore he knew about any other
buyer, and I'da had that stuff.”
Then he summed up his case
against the telegraph in these
words:
“Nowadays ef a relative drops dead
at the other end of creation, you
know about it in 10 minutes. And j
why should you?—less it's your j
mother-in-law. Ef they’d only sit
down and write you a letter instead
you’d have less time to be miser
able in.”
Quick Thinking
Jones—Is it true that the wild
beasts in the jungle won’t harm you
if you carry a torch?
Pacific Veteran—That all depends
on how fast you carry it
RIGHT EXCUSE
JJr
Teacher — Your hands are very
dirty. What did you wash them
In?
Smarty—In a great burry!
Slightly. Tight
Jack—That candy you’re eating
looks good.
Mac—It is good.
Jack—It makes my mouth water.
Mac—I was going to offer you a
drink but in that case, I won't need
to.
Pleasingly Plump
Jones—They say he’s put a for
tune in his wife’s figure.
Smith—Paying for her expensive
beauty treatments, I suppose.
Jones—No. Feeding her in expen
sive restaurants.
No Sale
Customer—I’d like some soap. ...
Clerk—Yes, ma’am, we have just
the thing for your delicate rose petal
complexion, something that— '
Customer—I’m *sorry, it isn’t soft
soap that I want.
Trial By Fire
Sambo—What youall doin’ 'bout
mah chickens? Fixin’ to steal 'em?
Rastus—Nossuh, not me.' De rev
erend reformed me. Ah’s just out
seeln’ how Ah stands a test.
Deadly Serious
Brown—Lend me 10 dollars, will
you?
Blue—No. '
Brown—01* I was only fooling.
Blue—I wasn’t!
Face to Fit
Nit—You ipean to say you don’t
like beer? I . X,
Wit—No, why?
Nit—You’Ve got the mug tot It!
SCOTCH FUN :\
Mack—Is Sandy tight?
Jack'—-Tight? Why te’s so tight he
OWtt even spemj a wagon,i
?vv'|;i? WeicomelionHC L
Mae—A fellow Tve'never seen be
fore just up end
Kay—One of ti)os<£
probably?
J4ae—Yeah. J. -
Kay—Did you slap his face?,^
Mae—I dVp’| know hip} ‘,jre)l
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inarian 14? s if
v'"|tWt- -Cure. ^s-a,te^w.fieb^a»h
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SEWING CIRCLE PATTERNS
Gay Jumper and Matching Jacket
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/T'HIS gay little jumper is bound
to delight the younger set.
Pretty to wear with snowy blouses
or brightly colored sweaters. The
Box Gar on Highway
Biggest conveyance ever to ride
an American highway was a truck
and trailer with an over-all length
■ of 85 feet which operated between
Evansville, Ind., and Bridgeport,
Conn., hauling airplane parts.
The trailer itself is 73 feet long,
with the box, 10 feet wide in
, side, requiring a 15-foot clearance.
matching jacket has a pert peter
pan collar and can have lbpg or
short sleeves.
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Pattern No. 8947 Is for sizes 2, 8. *
S, 6 and 8 years. Size 3, Jumper,
requires 1 yard of 35 or 39-inch materWb
jacket, short--sleeves, l'/« yards; 1*^
sleeves, 1% yards.
Due to an unusually large demand aaC
current conditions, slightly more time k
required in filling orders for a few
the most popular pattern numbers.
Send your order to:
SEWING CIRCLE PATTERN DEPT.
1150 Sixth Ave. New York, N. C.
Enclose 25 cents In coins for each
pattern desired.' V *
Pattern No. sl” —
A.B.C.
ALL-BRAN Apple Spice Muffins!
(No sugar, no shortening, hut lots of praise!)
It's hard to believe such luscious muf
fins are sugarless and shortening-less
—but they arel They owe their won
' derful flavor to a combination of
ginger, cinnamon, molasses and the
tasty, nut-sweet goodness of Kellogg’s
all-bran. And they owe their tender
texture to the fact that all-bran is
milled extra-fine tor golden softness.
3 cups Kellogg’s 1% teaspoons
all-bran cinnamon
% cup molasses % teaspoon
1% cups milk ginger
1 egg, beaten IS slices raw apple
1 cup sifted flour or other fruit
1 teaspoon soda cinnamon-and
% teaspoon salt sugar mixture
Add all-bran to molasses and milk
and allow to soak for 15 minutes. Add
; egg. Sift flour, soda, salt and spices
together and combine with all-hub
mixture. Fill greased muffin pans two
thirds full. Dip apple slices in cinna
mon-sugar mixture and place on top.
Bake In moderately hot oven (400°FJ
about 20 minutes. Makes IS muffins.
Good Nutrition, tool
all-bran fa made from the vital out**
layers of finest wheat—contains a
concentration of the protective food
elements found In
the whole grain.
One-half cup pro
vides over H your
daily minimum ,
need for iron.
Serve Kellogg*
ALL-BRAN daily!
We can’t make enough Smith Bros. Cough
Drops to satisfy everybody. Our output is
still restricted. Buy only what you' need.
Smith Bros, have soothed coughs due to colds
since 1847. Black or Menthol—still only 5<
SMITH BROS. COUCH DROPS
BLACK OR MINTHOl-5# l
FOR QUICK RELIEF FROM
SPRAINS AND STRAINS
Muscular Ach*t and Faint * Stiff Joints • Bruit**
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