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PAGE THE PERQUIMANS WEr.KI.f. HERTFORD, N. O, FF.II PEACE PROBLEMS TIED TO UNCERTAIN FOREIGN POLICY The onference , ,of the Big . Four roreign .ministers, now gums ou.m Moscow, will produce no miracle and it is futile to expect early and easy agreement upon the grave issues un der consideration. Unfortunately, there is much to be done by the United States and Russia tedevelk the. mutual trust and con fidence that is necessary to agreement on many matters. The leaders of both nations, we suppose, are cogniz ant of the desire of people everywhere for a peaceful world hut, unfortunate ly, there are vexacious problems that cannot be settled by good wishes. The United States can be strong enough to accept its manifest destiny without concern about Soviet Russia, or any other powe. The difficulty that confronts our diplomats, how ever, is the uncertainty as to whether the nation will implement its inter national policies. In brief, if we are to be weak and open to attack, our representatives must walk warily and talk humbly. We are quite sure that the vast majority of the people of the United States would prefer that this nation should stand for freedom, liberty and , democracy without unreasonable com promise of principle. That such a position may not be satisfactory to , other nations, including the Soviet Republic, ipvolves some risk of war fare, but this should not determine our position. We should be prepared for any eventuality but work incessantly for a peaceful world in which we are willing for others to live as they please but, likewise, determined that we exist unfettered. U. S. ENVOY DENIED ACCESS TO 100 AMERICANS IN JAIL The inability of the people of the United States to understand condi tions in Poland has been aggravated, no doubt, by a lack of information. : There seems to be little reason to doubt that the recent election failed to represent a completely free expres sion of the will of the Polish people, but this does not mean, necessarily, that if the election had been free, that the present government would have been voted out of office. t Diplomatic relations with Poland are somewhat strained at the. present time. Arthur Blips Lane, oar Am bassador, recently returned to dis close that despite his insistent efforts, he was not allowed to confer with an estimated one hundred Americans held in Polish prisons. The one he conferred with, a Chicago-born woman, who married a Pole, served as a translator in the United States Embassy but admitted that she conspired to help members of an outlawed underground band to escape from Poland. She was sen tenced to five years imprisonment by a Polish rriilrtary court. Regardless of the sympathy that the lady had for the Poles that she assisted, there is no justification what ever for an employe in our Embassy, claiming American citizenship, to in terfere in such matters.. It may be that others have been equally guilty but, if this is correct, it is not easy to understand the unwillingness of the Poles to permit the American Ambas sador to talk with them. ATOMIC PLAN BLOCKED AS SOVIET REJECTS CONTROLS The Soviet Union, which last sum mer accepted in principle the demand for international atomic control, now objects to the proposal that the In ternational Atomic Authority should control the crucial stages of atomic production. American delegates regard this as the Baruch Plan, but the Soviet rep resentative asserts that it would cre ate "a peculiar International threat" and, recalling that the Soviet Union has been outvoted on the Security Council, he seeens to fear the possi bility of "one-aided decisions" that would not be "benevolent" to Russia. Some of the delegates stress the view that the Soviet is taking a bar gaining position. They point oat that Maseow wm Mpallr ispposed to the HMWh plaa last cummer but that later Foreign Minister Molotov ac cepted international inspection and the elimination of the veto oa the day-to-day operations of the inspec tion agency. The opinion ia freely advanced that unlets the Soviet Union is willing to alter the uncompromising position they have now taken that there is little chance of agreement on Inter national ' atomic, control. It may be that the Soviet seems to be afraid of a hostile international agency which would tend to represent the interests of the nations which, In the Soviet viewpoint, are aligned against , the Communist Government. It may take Mma for the Soviet representative, tq become willing to trust "the international authority. Be- lore tnis is possible, the Communists must fmanage to get rid of, or corf troL: their suspicions of other nations. Pnryrg the. interval, there, is slight prospect of agreement, bat there is nothing tha.the United States can do about it UNWISE TO USE" "SURPLUS"' UNTIL MONEY PILLS PASS., struggle between the. House and Sen ate tonferees.-oh the final form of the resolution permitting Congress to cut the President's $37,600,000,000 budget for the 1948 fiscal year. ' As soon as. the fight is over, the Congressmen will take. iip the ques tion of iax reduction and debt pay ment Until some definite informa tion is available on the amount to be spent, it is impossible to intelligently plan whether to allocate the amount saved to tax reduction or debt pay ment' ' ' " It seems to us that the safer pro cedure for Congress i to wait until the appropriation bills are passed rather than to base tax reduction or debt payment upon a resolution that does nothing but express a purpose. We have no idea that this plan will be adopted because, if it is, there will likely be neither tax reduction nor debt payment AUSTIN SAYS WORLD FATE DEPENDS ON WHAT WE DO Warren R. Austin, chief American delegate to the United Nations, and former Republican, Senate from Ver mont, says that the United btates should have universal peacetime mili tary training and make it clear that her policy will be to support the law of the United Nations Charter "by force if necessary." , Mr. Austin stressed the fact that the United States has in its hands the power for peace or war and that what we do or fail to do will determine to a large extent "whether other nations move rapidly toward political and eco nomic stability and democratic achievements, or flounder in the dis aster and despair that lead to fana ticism and war." We do not think that he overstates the case, either in regard to the ad visability of peacetime military train ing or the importance of what the United States will do in world affairs. POSTAL DEFICIT MAY CAUSE INCREASE IN THREE CLASSES Anticipating a deficit of nearly $300,000,000 for th fiscal year which begins July 1, 194T, the Post Office Department has asked Congress to increase postal rates to provide new revenue of $175,000,000. No increase is requested in first class mail, but penny postal cards will go up to two cents. There will be in creased prices for newspapers, maga zines and other printed flaterial clas sified as second class matter. In ad dition, third and fourth class mail will have the 'rates boosted. ., A hearing will be conducted by the Senate Civil Service Committee, which has allowed those interested some thing like two weeks in which to study the proposals and take part in the hearings. ' ' There is nothing fundamentally wrong with an increase in postal rates and certainly no reason to expect the Government to provide mail service for various laFscs of nw.Il'at- heavy! f.i:- W. M, 5. lZTS loss. We think, howtver, ' that the, The Woman's Missionary Society ol Huimvww, ouuuiu rwiuuy ciiwUW.tn Baptist Church met Monday night the rates Jhat now prevail for vari- afthe church. The meeting opened ous amuses uu wwf we increases po with the hymn A . Wonderful Sav arranged alter carexuliy studying tfte iour Prayer by Mrs. J. P. Perry. clBMiftaatinilK .ifftttforl. . Mail matter is divided ' Wo four classes. , First ilass includes letter and air maiL The second embraces newspapers, magazines and other ma terial bearing notice of entry as sec ond-class matter. The tilird class ft eludes circulars, miscellaneous print ed matter; books, catalogs and bulk matter in packages. . The fourth class is popularly known as parcel post and includes all material not in the other classes. - ,;.v; f ". While newspapers,' magazines and other publications of the informa tional type should bear some of the increased rates, they should not be penalized when compared with cata logs, business circulars and 'materral without informational value. The same observation applies to the fourth class or parcel post SAYS 4-POWER ALLIANCE SHOULD PRECEDE TREATY """Secretary of State George C. Mar shall makes no bones about admitting that our war allies have some doubts and uncertainties regarding the in tentions of the United States in re gard to the settlements to be effected in Europe. Consequently, he proposes that the 4-power, 40-year alliance, proposed by Secretary Byrnes, should be attained before an effort is made to write the final treaty for Germany. Mr. Marshall believes that such an agreement will .clear away existing difficulties and serve as a declaration to the world of the continuing inter est of this country in world problems. He thinks that "the drafting of a treaty will be easier afterward. The watchword of the year was then repeated. Minutes' of the last meet ing were read and approved, and .roll called with Circle No. 1 having the largest number present A hymn was Lthen sung, followed by the Scripture lesson given by Mrs. Warner Harare. Prayer by Mrs. C W. Dullng. 'Mrs. Norman Elliott gave a talk on ?The Living Faith." A reading was then heard by Mrs. Davis, and a talk on "Redeemed Time" by Mrs. T. L. Jes sup. The meeting was closed with a prayer by Mrs. Will Madre. . f j DURA NTS NECK CLUB MEETS The Durants Neck Home Demon. stration Club met at the home of Mrs. John Hurdle on Thursday after noon, March 13th. The meeting opened by singing "Sweet arid Low". Collect was repeated in unison. , . Mrs. Joshua Sutton gave. a brief summary about Australia, preceding Mrs. R. L. Spiyey who reported on Germany. A demonstration on "Household Pests ' and Rodent Con trol" was given by Miss Frances Maness. r lower plant cuttings were exchanged. . The recreation leader, Mrs. Carson Stallings, conducted a contest. The hostess, Mrs. 'John Hurdle, then serv ed a delicious dessert' and coffee. The following members were pres ent Mesdames H. C. Barclift, W. E. Dail, Howard Hunter, W. H. Mat thews, S. T. Perry, Henry Ownley, P. H. Ownley, R.1 L. Spivey, J. G. Turner, L. R. Webb, Lenford Stal lings, Carson Stallings, Berta Hobbs, Joshua Sutton Charlie Dail, W. W. Spencer, Joe Haskett, A. C. Barclift, Marvin Robbins and John Hurdle. Rom where I sit ... ly Joe Marsh Sam Hackney Reports on the U.S. A. Sam Hackney and the missus Just returned from trailer trip around the country. They're tired, and glad to be heme, lot mighty impressed with what they saw. As Sam reportsevery section has something different; a differ ent way of talking; different tastes in food and, drink; different laws and customs. Bat bigger than all these differences ia the American spirit of tolerance that lets as live together in united peace. "Of coarse," says Sani, "yon run into Intoleranc from time to time. Individuals who criticise an other right to speak his mind; enjoy a glass of keen or work at any trad he chooses. Bat those are the exceptioas sad we're evea tolerant of them!" From where I ait, more of as ought to make a trip like the Hackneys to realize firsthand how America to bigger than Hs - many differences. ..how to lrem of those differences is the very thing that makes as strong. 01947, UNITED STATES MfWHB FOUNDATION, North CoroBno ComMm SuHa 606-407 liuumac Building, loUigh, North CotoUm. 1. f onUrainad Mechanics 2. GnulM , Ford forts Bring it "back hents" for this 4-way Ford Servict The place to get winter oat of yow car's system is , right "back home" at your , Ford Dealer. Oar Fori- i,v','J approveda-fcoB-tho I I QamdFocd Fartevaad apodal r4 too tttf j SpftdcSxod v apiBajomthaij, v ford Cquipmont tim and money amd. NdoryMrpprevod C; s u (Hi jrm ' mm ttsfc- . -r. A A r. mil it - i n it I I'M ! ,11 j.i i if Listen to the Ford Show starrine Dinah Shore 00 Columbia Nerwerlc StaaM Wednetdoy evenlngi f Ih:r2"8 r.a p!:h sArerldnlllrll'wllltrft)rlWI ' tsrmATts fttHusB oun, ouoar piaul v A. f-'' ' I . I' -'l! . ..'... pluying were Mesdames T, P. 1 Charles Tayne, Fred Morrill, 0. WUliford, Bill Jessup, H.-CSulllvf Mht . Ruth Elliott and Miss Franc Maness.1. High score prize went t Mrs.- Morrill,' Refreshments er. served by the hoatess. . . ' - - " ; BRIDGE IIOSTir3 ' . v Mrs. W, H, Tjardcastle was hostess to her bridge club Friday evening at her homc -"Those, enjoying the even ing -were Me 1 mes H. A. ' Whitley, Trim Wilson, .'. H.ewbolJ, C,' A. Davenport, 3, JR. Futrell, S. P. essup, T; P. 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