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to direct its main energies in the
Pacific, and away from Europe.
Hitler is known to have de-
clared that once Japan wins sig
nal victories in the Pacific, Amer
lean public opinion will clamor
for action to offset them and
that the American war effort
industrial, military and naval
will be thrown into the Pacific at
the expense of aid to the fighting
Russians and British.
This would enable the Nazis,
whose production is unhampered,
10 dispose of the Russians and
British, who. he believes, will not
be able to resist the German on
slaughts unless they are ade-
ouately provided with arms and
ammunition.
This vitally important question
will be discussed, and probably
decided. at the meetings between
Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill.
Whatever decision Is reached will
be based on a thorough survey
of the situation together with the
assumption that it will take five
years, if not longer. to end the
war.
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Unit 10 Help Find Officials
For u. :. Executive Jobs

In a new move to get top-fight
supervisory officials for the Gov
ernment service, the Civil Service
Commission today announced the
formation Of policy advisory COM
mittee to aid the commission in OBJ
tanning personnel for key positions
Headed by Emery E. Olson. who
is on leave from the position of dean
of the School of Government at
the University of California, the
committee, it was explained. will
lend its assistance "in the discov-
cry and identification. in or out of
the Federal service. of persons per-
forming or competent to perform,
the functions Of management, di-
rection and supervision" and in the
placement OF these "at the point
where they may be most useful to
the Nation" 1t will also be the
function of the committee to facili-
tate transfer Of competent admin
istrators from non-defense to de-
fense agencies.
Other members Of the commit
tee are William L. Bait, director of
materials, o. p. NJ: James v. Ben
nett, director of the Bureau of
Prisons, Justice Department.; Fred
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Army Industrial College
To Suspend Operations

The Army Industrial College. estab-
lished in 1924 to prepare the Ma
tion's industrial mobilization, sus-
pended operations after the gradual
tion yesterday of a class Of "A Army
officers and one Navy officer, the
War Department announced.
The school is being closed because
Of the greater need for expert
enced procurement personnel in the
field" it was announced. Under
secretary OF War Robert P. Patter-
son was slated to speak at the grad
uation exercises in the auditorium OF
the Social Security Building.
The Army established the course
for the education Of Army. Navy and
Marine Corps officers in the field Of
procurement planning and industrial
mobilization. The course at first
was five and a half months. but
later was increased to nine months.
Last July, however. the study period
was cut short due to the defense
emergency. The present commando
ant is Col. Frank Whitehead, U. S.
M. c. Military and civilian person.
mel of the college will be absorbed
in the ONCE of the Undersecretary
Of War, who supervises procurement
activity for the Army.
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The Great Game of Politics
Censorship on OffieioI News Sources
Will Center Greater Attention on Congress

q type of politician and newspaper
man even now being urged upon
him. The fewer of these he has
around him. the more cordial and
complete will be the cooperation
from the press generally. He will
have some delicate adjustments to
make. There are plenty of traps into
which he easily may fall, but those
who know him best are confident
he will side step them all. 1t will
be interesting to see.
The censorship, of course, will dry
up the news of the executive de-
partments. Not only will there be
less available for print but what is
given out for publication will be
less interesting, more diluted and
strained. One effect Of this will be
to center greater news attention on
Congress. In recent years the ac-
tivities of the executive branch have
been so great that Congress has
been largely overshadowed in the
news. With a censorship on all
executive departments, the CORE
spondents inevitably will turn more
toward the House and Senate, where
no censorship can apply, and speech
is free and unrestrained.
Beneficial to Public.
Thus, publicity opportunities are
certain to be afforded members of
Congress which they have missed
for a long time. This expected in
creased correspondent concentration
on the legislative branch has two
sides. Undoubtedly 1t will give Ger
tain cheap fellows more chances to
clown themselves into the newspa-
pers with demagogic speeches. On
the other hand, it will be unques-
tionably beneficial to keep the pub
lie better informed concerning the
character of the legislation and the
conduct of the legislators.
And there Is another thought-if
as result Of more correspondent
attention members of Senate and
House get more than seems their
fair share of publicity, it will dimin-
ish, If not destroy, the taste of the
professional New Deal newspaper
baiters for any censorship. Because
there exists no group with 4 greater
liking for personal publicity than
that group. So intense is their ap-
petite for it that most Of its men,
bers would rather have unfavorable
publicity than none at all.
1Copyrisht, 194l)
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general in nature, since the plans
and agreements reached must be
kept secret, for . time at least.
One Of the many vital questions
on the White House agenda is
likely to be where TO concentrate
the principal efforts Of the anti
Axis powers.
In the last two weeks two dis
tinct theories have developed on
this subject. One, advocated by
most American military and ma
val men, favors q ma jor effort in
the Pacific, on the basis that
destruction of the Japanese Is Of
first consideration. The other,
of which the British and Russians
are proponents, is that the princi-
pal effort should be directed to
the European and African thea
tiers Of operation.
JapS stamina DOuOte0.
The American point OF view Is
based on the belief that Japan,
in spite of her spectacular vic
tories at the outset Of the war,
does not possess great stamina.
Nippon has ample reserves for
war Of a year or 18 months, but
II she fails by then to reach her
main objectives-the rich Far
Eastern deposits of war-essential
materisls-her empire is likely to
collapse.
On the other hand. the Ameri-
cans contend, II Japan succeeds
in gaining possession Of Singa-
pore, Java. Sumatra and Borneo
she will not remain passive. The
Reich's ally must pursue 4 dy-
manic policy which will be felt in
India. the Indian Ocean and
eventually the Red Sea.
A Japanese victory in the
South Pacific would give the
Axis an opportunity to develop a
huge pincers movement. which
would be world vice rather than
local in scope. Even II the
Reich and Italy were to fare
badly in Europe and Africa, a
Japanese victory in the Pacific
would Offset the successes of the
Russians and the British imperial
forces on other fronts.
The British and Russians be-
lieve that the Allies have only
one. enemy that really counts
Adolf Hitler. If the Nazi hordes
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intuition" about it.
The first general offensive on
June %. which swept Russia of
her feet by surprise attack. and
the first offensive against Mos
COW, which began on October 2,
were perhaps the most brilliant
military campaigns in history.
The second offensive against
Moscow started on November Is,
against the opposition Of the gen.
erals to beginning it so late. But
Hitler insisted. for the Nazi
propaganda machine had an
nounced to the world that the
knockout blow was imminent.
But by the end of November it
had become perfectly apparent to
Gen. Field Marshal Walther Won
Brauchitsch that the offensive
was, as he had feared, a suicidal
mistake.
Like any oficer anxious to pre-
serve his men and equipment in
tact, Marshal Won Brauchitsch
now counseled retreat to reason
ably Strategical positions. Such .
retreat required immediate ac-
ton, removal of all heavy equip
ment concentrated before Mos
COW. and quick, orderly with
drawal Of the army. This was
still possible, because the Rus
slams were not yet ready for .
strong counteroffensive.
Such a retreat would have been
q normal military maneuver.
Retreat Becomes Rout.
But Hitler had political plans.
The taking of Moscow was to
coincide with the Japanese At
tack on Pearl Harbor.
The Japanese. however, were
wavering. The japanese people
were against the war, and in the
japanese Government counsels
were divided. Should the Ger
mans begin to retreat before
Japan had entered the war, Ja-
pan might not attack. There
fore, Hitler ordered the army to
continue fighting before Moscow,
and German communicates an
nounced victories, and repudiated
all Russian reports As sheer
propaganda"
BY the time the Japanese at
tackled Pearl Harbor the military
moment for orderly retreat from
Moscow had been lost. Russia
had had time to prepare her
counteroffensive, and what the
generals had planned as a stra-
tegical retreat became a rout.
A retreat is made in order to
save men and materiel and to
provide for a new offensive. But
the retreat of the German armies
is as expensive in lives and in
materiel as was their advance.
1t is a defeat, not a retreat.
Hitler gives away the fact in
his speech. He says. The strug-
gle is nearing its turning
point"
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Driver Is Ordered Held
For Jury in Crash Death

John Robert Hickman, IS, OF $40
Princess street, Alexandra, yester-
day was ordered held for action of
the grand jury in the death of Mrs.
Ruth Embrey Dean. "a, Of the same
address. early Sunday.
Mrs. Dean. a passenger in the car
driven by Mr. Hickman, was in
jured fatally when the machine
struck a concrete abutment in the
center of New Jersey avenue Sc.
at the Virginia avenue overpass. Mr..
Hickman told police he did not
know how the accident occurred. He
did not testify at the inquest.
James o. Dixon, 36, colored. of 412
Sixth street NV. was released
after an inquiry into the death on
Saturday night of Mrs. Margaret
Love, IS. colored, of 448 N street
NV. A verdict of accidental death
was returned. The woman was said
to have walked from behind parked
automobiles into the path of Dixon's
car.
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Bethlehem, Pa, Celebrates
lis 200th Anniversary
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BETHLEHEM Pa. Dec. "a
Two hundred Christmas ewes ago a
little band of Moravians who hsd
pushed into the wilderness of the
New World with their missionaries
found the name tor their isolated
settlement in the story Of the Ma
tivity.
Today, with the same colorful GUS
toms and rituals established by the
founders. this city named for
Christ's birthplace celebrates its BIZ
centennial anniversary.
Citizens say that Christmas ere
ated Bethlehem, Pa" and point tn
the six rules Of street decorations
and lights which since the start of
the holiday season have blazed gaily
above the glare OF the roaring fur
naces which usually illuminate this
busting steel center.
More than 10000 electric candles
twinkle in the windows Of homes.
The celebration eliminates in the
old Moravian Chu'ch, completed II
1903. The traditional candlelignt
service. created here in 1756, will be
broadcast nationally.
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This Changing World
U. S. Being Urged to Concentrate Efforts
On Aiding British and Russion Objeetives

in Russia, North Africa and other
parts of Europe are destroyed
Japan will fold up, they contend,
and whatever victories the Nip
ponese obtain In the next few
months will come to naught.
Concentrated Efforts.
Hence, the British and Russian
general stats are reported urg-
ing the United States against
being distracted from the princi-
pal Allied detectives by the i'm
pressive and spectacular progress
OF the Japs.
The forces which now are fight-
ing in the South Pacific will give
. good account Of themselves in
coming months, it is said. They
will be able to wear out the Japs
and whatever conquests the Japa-
nese succeed in making will be
Pyrrhic victories. The Japanese
will be much closer to exhaustion
than the nations they may defeat
and will have no strength to
press their victories in support OF
the hard-pressed Germans and
Italians.
In order to achieve the final
defeat of the Axis the ajor por-
ton Of American war production
should be directed to Russia and
Britain for use in Europe and
Africa, 1t is contended, on the
basis that final victory must be
attained on those theaters. The
efforts of the Allies must be con-
centrated on one spot and not
dispersed over a number of fronts,
it is argued.
At Expense Of British.
In support of the Brltish-Rus-
sian theory 1t is pointed out that
Hitler hoped that involvement OF
the United States in war with
Japan would force this country
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Y. M. 6. A. to Be Host
To Men in Uniform

About 100 men in the armed serv-
ices are expected to attend the an
nual dormitory breakfast at am.
tomorrow in the Y. M. c. A. Build
ing ut 1876 G street NV.
The breakfast is given each year
for residents of the dormitory un-
able to be at home on Christmas.
Singing of Christmas carols and
other features to make the young
men feel at home will be on the
program.
Today scores Of boys took part in
the annual Christmas party of the
Y. M. C. A. Boys Department. The
occasion was featured by gifts of
candy to the boys, a chalk talk"
by the Rev. WILDER Wilson and an
exchange Of presents.
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Pennsylvania Legislature
To Convene January Il
BY the Associated Press.


HARRISBURG. Pa, Dec. 24.-Un-
less a hitch develops in the pre-
liminary planning, Gov. Arthur H.
James plans to call the Pennsylvania
Legislature into special session start
ing Monday, January IL, to consider
congressional reapportionment and
defense subjects, sources close to the
administration said today.
Start of the session at that time
would give the Legislature at least
seven weeks to pass an act elm
mating one congressional district as
required by the 1910 census. If pres
ent plans materialize one week
should be enough. The Republican
and Democratic party leaders are
to eliminate one of their districts
each and allow one candidate to
run at large under plan adopted
by a special bipartisan committee.
How they propose to do that is to
be reported to Gov. James next
Monday.
Unless reapportionment act is
passed the State would be compelled
to elect 80 House members at large
Evening star., 1941-12-24
KorIoff, Film Monster
Is Hospitals Sonto
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-In films,
Boris Karloff portrays inhuma.,
monsters-bloodthlrsty beasts cal j..
culated to strike horror in the
imaginations of moviegoers.
In real life yesterday, he donned
Santa Claus costume, complete
with white beard, and distributed
Christmas gifts to 200 child patients
at Beekman Hospital.
Il really love children he smiled.
radiating good will as happy young
sters ranging in age from 5 to Il
gathered around, "and I'm not ma.
as bad as I'm painted"
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By CONSTANTINE BROWN

Conversations between Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Prime Min
lister Churchill will last several
days and the representatives of
ali the other nations which are
fighting the Axis, either. with
organized armies or guerrillas.
will be consulted before they are
concluded.
The public will be given D slight
glimpse of the result OF these
consultations when they are over,
but 1t is only natural that any
summary which Is issued will be
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SdluluI tAACNS NA
the morale.
Silver lining"
is a very SIM
pie pastime. No
e ip m e n t
whatsoever is re-
quired and any
number from
one TO one mill
ion can play 1t.
All you have
TO do 10 play 1t
is TO think up
blessings or near
blessings that
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HitIer's Intuition Credited With Bringing
Rout Of Nozi Army Before Moscow
If the Germans had had MOTH

If the Germans had had Moth
ing but victories until now-as
their propaganda has main
tained-"turning point" would
have only one discouraging mean
ing. But Hitler proshses victory
and. therefore, now admits: We
have suffered defeat and under
my leadership must turn 1t into
victory.
AS always happens in catastro-
phe, the question OF responsible
fly is involved. And now the old
quarrel between army and Nazi
party, which broke out in the
purge of 1884, RACES again. The
generals blame the party strate-
gists for demanding an impos-
sible task. The party strategists
blame the generals for promis-
ing to the world that Mr.. Goeb-
bells ridiculously publicized--the
knockout blow.
Peace Feelers Rejected.
Pearl Harbor occurring In the
midst Of a German defeat. be-
came, for the generals, no asset.
but another catastrophe. 1t
meant the entrance of the United
States into the war.
Now, the party politicians had
to decide whether or not to de-
clare war on America. The ques-
ton arose as to which would be
less bad for German and Euro
pean morale-for Germany to
declare war or to receive q dec
laration of war from us.
Beyond doubt, the generals ad-
vised Hitler to seek an armistice
with Russia and Britain before
the United States came into
war. Peace feelers were put out
TO Russia, but not accepted.
Hitler postponed for "a hours
his speech acknowledging that .
state of war existed between Ger
many and the United States. In
those "a hours it seems certain
that the generals were warning
Hitler and turning down each
one Of his various brilliant intui-
tive ideas for q new campaign
here or there.
But Hitler was out on a limb
from which he could not retreat.
And now he trusts none OF his
leading generals. OF course, his
party advisers are flattering him
that his generals are idiots. So.
contrary to 1884. he has thrown
In his lot with the party instead
Of the generals and assumes the
command of the army himself.
Reckless War Expected.
We shall now see . war waged
with the utmost recklessness. 1t
will be war full OF startling sur
prises that even may bring Hit
Ter temporary victories.
But Germany has lost this war
which doesn't mean that We
have won it. Our object now
must be to get it over as rapidly
as possible. For Hitler. who as
sociates his own suicide with
Germanys, will try to be the
Samson Of Germany and civiliza-
ton, if cornered.
No such development As this
one can remain unrealized by the
people Of Germany. The losses
in every family are too great; the
winter will be too terrible; too
many people know the truth.
Now, therefore, is the time for
the United States to wage the
most brilliant psychological war
fare against Germany and Italy
and among the people of Eu-
rope. But no strategy Of psyche
logical warfare has been devel-
oped, and no command and stan
capable of waging it have been
created. 1t is a negligence which
will prolong the war, and it
should be remedied Immediately.
Released by the Bell Syndicate IncN
Evening star., 1941-12-24

intelligent man,
the n e W press
censorship sc t
up by President
Roosevelt " Ill
be painl e ly.
peacefully a n d
effectively oper-
ated. Certainly,
it will " ork
better t an 1t
would have had
an aspiring New
Deal official with
punitive ide q s
Evening star., 1941-12-24

erick M. Davenport, chairman.
Council of Personnel Administra-
ton: Guv Moffett. consultant of the
lialson Office for personnel manage
ment, executive office of the Presi-
dent; Donald c. Stone. assistant di-
rector. Budget Bureau. and DR.
Leonard White. University of Chi
cago. a former member of the Civil
Service Commission.
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personal grudge against the news
papers been named.
There were several of these eager
for the job and the President is to
be congratulated upon not yielding
to their pressure. 1t would have
meant considerable trouble. And
Mr.. Price will be wise, too, If, instead
of accepting as basis for his
operations the chart so thoughtfully
prepared by certain of these push
ing individuals for his guidance, he
maps out his own plans and does
his own thinking. If he needs
advice, the best he can get will
be from Mr.. Early, who knows the
newspaper business, its faults and
frailties as well as its virtues, but
who has no vestige Of the malev-
olence that characterizes some Of
those close to the President and
from which the President himself
is by no means wholly free. The
worst advice Mr.. Price possibly
could get would be from one or
two of the Inner circle" who more
or less plan to take him over from
the start.
Control at the Source.
Mr.. Price will not have a particu-
larly easy job under the best of cir
cumstances; he probably can be de-
pended upon not to increase its
difnculties In that way. The news
papers recognize that during the
war some kind of censorship is un-
avoidsble and they are entirely
willing to cooperate in making it
a success. They know exactly what
this means. 1t means that from
now on the Government will control
all war and nearly all Washington
news At the source. All that the
newspapers will get from any exec
utive department is what the
omcials choose to give them. Even
II it were possible to get additional
information. 1T would not be pos
sible to print it.
Nearly everybody is willing to sub
nit to this during the war-provided,
first, that the censorship is not in
the hands Of narrow and vindictive
men; second, that it is not used to
stifie criticism or purvey false in
formation: third, that there is a
guarantee that every restriction will
be removed as soon as the war is
over and not retained in the inter-
ests of an administration disposed
to think that. in peacetime as well
as wartime, newspapers should print
only what they are told and that
any dissent from administration
doctrines is wicked.
While there is nothing in the
moderate announcement of the CEN
sorship by the President and nothing
about the character or record of the
selected censor to justify present
apprehensions on any Of these
grounds, still there are a number
of influential members of the ad-
ministration who literally itch to
establish a permanent control over
the press, and whose weight most
certainly will be used to rivet some
kind of lasting regulation over it.
For years they have been steadily
conducting campaign to discredit
the newspapers. Now that the curb
which they have desired has been
applied. it would be unnatural if
they did not try to tighten and
clinch it, Particularly they would
like to apply it to independent
columnists and commentators.
Traps Confront Censor.
Mr. Price is, of course, aware of
these facts. Nevertheless, it will
advantage both himself and his work
If he manages to keep out of his
organization as aides and counselors
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Roy Wilkins to Speak

Roy wilkins, assistant secretary
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
will speak at 7:45 pm. Sunday on
Station WINK. Mr.. wilkins will
present a summary OF news events
of 1941.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
On the Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

1t is apparent from careful
study of official news from Ger
many that this is approximately
what has happened:
No preparations were made by
the Germans for q winter cam
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paign in Rus
sia. Such prep
arationS would
have necessi-
tated different
equipment, lu-
b r i C a t ion,,
clothing.
The German
generals warn
ed Hitler at
the beginning
of the CAM
palgn against
its h az a T ds.
R,,t ha hnl na
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Some way had
to b e ou n d
however, to save
the face of the
conference a n d
to spare t h e
President a n
other hum ! ] i
ating defeat in
handling t h e
labor problem.
lHe HgIetllltllJ
Just reac h e d
merely provides
that there shall
ha M StrikpS and
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Lorton Fugitive Hunted

Police last night were searching
for Elmer H. Day, %, a Lorton Re-
formatory trusty who escaped yes
terday from a reformatory truck
near Bladensburg, Md. He was
serving 18 months to three years
for housebreaking and larceny.
Evening star., 1941-12-24
BY FRANK II. KENT.

There seems reason to believe
that under Byron Price and guided
by Presidential Secretary Stephen
Early, who is q benign as well as
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CHE opinions of the rtters this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars