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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29

come. That will be proof that he served MS
country best by saving himself.
Here, too, is one answer to those who de-
mand a list of Britain's war aims. One OF
them is the rebirth Of Ethiopia. II it il con-
tended that thereby Britain serves her W
let it not be forgotten that she did
everything she could to save that country
except drive Italy to war by imposing an
embargo on oil.
True, what she lid was less than enough.
Americans ought to understand that bet
ter now, when we are convinced that 1t is to
our interest to help Britain but keep out of
war, Yes, there is much fosd for thought in
the spectacle of Halle selassie returning to
his native soil.
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Food For Thought

Hails s~elassie. the Conquering Lion of Ju.
dab. is back in Ethiopia and actively leading
the people Of his kingdom in revolt against
the Italians. Wearing the uniform Of a field
marshal Of his OWL army, the little man with
the inexpressibly sad eyes has taken the field
to restore independence to his country.
There is illumination here for Americans
who criticize rulers forced to flee their own
lands or be captured. Halle Selassie was the
first to be forced into exile by one of the
Axis powers, and there were those who con-
demned him for running away. But he lived
to plead his cause, and when his appeals
failed he bided his time. Now his opportunity
has come.
Whether it is because the British cannot
ignore him or because they value his help,
the Negus is rallying his followers behind
him and the time may not be distant when he
will again rule a free people. If SO, for justlti.
cation Of bis course he can point to the out
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-01-29
Study This Bill

The Washington Herald, whose comment on
the subject is reproduced on this page, be-
lieves the lease-lend bill should be known as
the dictator bill, for the reason that, It ap-
proved in the original form, it would bestow
upon a president full dictatorial powers WITH
out restraint by congress or any other gov
ernmental agency, to ''take us into war on
the side Of any country or countries ne thinks
we should be allied with, and to run our en-
tire war effort"
The Herald makes a point Of that Prest'
dent Roosevelt would not use these dietatoFial
powers 'foelishly or tyrannicaly;" that his
character and record alike indicate that he
would use them as wisely and moderately as
any dictator could" but does not see why
congress should "abdicate and give dictatorial
powers to this President or any other"
That, we believe, is the crux Of the propo-
dent Roosevelt would, indeed, use the overs
in this bill wisely. In fact, We be-
lieve him best fitted to have large powers :
not as large as those set W in this measure,
but far larger than ordinary = in the present
crisis. But unless there is some limitation as
might make of the bill a means to seize COM
plete authority over the nation and WELD the
despotic control that has found its highest,
and worst, level in Germany and Italy. It is
to be remembered that an instrument of mercy
in one mans hand may easily become an
NJ - orf,,ra j., aro&har,s
Suppose, for example, John L.. Lewis, by
some strange destiny, should become Presi-
dent of the United States and this bill were
still in force as originally written. Are we to
think that he would employ its provisions
~benignly and moderately? Or would he en-
force it to the limit, and turn this free coun-
try into a Fascist state forthwith?
But perhaps this is too remote a possibility.
One not so remote, considering the uncertain
ties of life, is that President Roosevelt might
die in office. Would his successor be capable
of administering this bill on the safe and
sane lines Mr.. Roosevelt would have estab-
lished? The query opens the way for wide
speculation.
AS an emergency measure, Bill 1776, ought
to be approved in its main provisions. But it
is the duty of every senator and every repre-
sentative to study its every clause carefully
and see that no joker is left in the text as
finally passed. We have already advocated
that amendments fixing a two-year limit on
the powers it confers and that American aid
be specifically restricted to Britain and her
allies be adopted. Failure to adopt them
would place Americas future in jeopardy.
Other amendments may be equally impor-
tant. Let congress be diligent in its exami-
nation of the bill itself, and we may be par
doned if we suggest that that examination
may be the more fruitful if there is less
pyrotechnical display at public hearings. So
much noise is distracting.
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Bill to Gust Bridges Is
Started Through Congress

WASHINGTON. Jan. %. - Hu
A bill for the summary depof'a.r
of Harry Bridges to AustfaIia av
started through congress again 'Vs ~r.
but there was a possibility Una Eno
Their action might be delayed penu. an,
the outcome of justice depa zost
proceedings against the CLOS "S'
coast director. lite,
The house immigration cofld
reported the measure. 1t was pew hrt
by the house last year, S29 10 Il
a. senate committee, suppla''. or.
with a resolution directing lHe 4ior,
ney general to look into n1;5ces
of communistic activity by A.
and determine whether ne ,;aed
portable under new legislator
at aliens who had partlcipA'
subversive organizations
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THIRD WARFRONT
OPENED IN AFRICA
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by General Catroux to have lost
his life in the assault on Marzouk.
The general moreover disclosed,
without giving details, that Free
Frenchmen'' also are operating in
Ethiopian territory.
The third front active during
today is 1000 miles away to the
southeast.
British Closing In =.
There, advancing British forces
were said here to be closing in
on the towns of Agordat and Ba-
rentuin Italian Eritrea.
Agordat is an essential rail cen
ter some 40 miles within Eritrea,
and there and at Barentu, military
informants said, the disorganized
Italians were preparing to make
what stand they could.
About both towns the defense
positions are known to be poor;
nevertheless, the Royal Air force
was taking no chances and re-
ported that British bombers had
assaulted the Italian lines of COM
munication to the rear, attacking
the railroad stations of Keren and
Aisha and railroad bridges and
roads.
British ground forces were re-
advancing in strength and
it appeared to be only a question
of a short time before both towns
fell.
Still other British troops we're
declared to be pursuing an Italian
column, 5000 to 1000 strong, which
had abandoned the post of Umm
Hagar, near the Eritrean-Ethiopian
border, and had taken flight into
an area which is infested with
Ethiopian patriots" aiding Brit
ain
Recapitulating recent operations
in East Africa, the British an
the capture of an Italian
general-the 18th of that rank to
fall into British hands in the whole
campaign-and the seizure in the
Eritrean sector of an additional
hundred prisoners, thus bringing
to 1000 the total taken there to
date. S
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Editorial Comment
1T ISN'T A IEASE-LEND BILL
WASHINGTON Herald

H. R. 1776 is called by it's proponents the
"lease-lend bill" a pretty label which gives
the impression that 1t would empower the
President only to lease or lend war equip
ment to Great Britain and get the stuff or it's
equivalent back after the war.
The bill goes much farther than that. II au-
thorizes the President, without consulting Con-
gress, to have U. S. a~rsenals, shipyards and
factories make defense goods for any country
whose defense the President deems vital to
our defense . to sell, transfer, lease, lend
or otherwise dispose of any such defense
article . to take any payment, or no pay
ment, for such goods to spend any amount
OF U. S. Government money for defense in
any way the President sees fit.
In short, the bill gives the President virtual
power to take us into war on the side of any
country or countries he thinks we should be
allied with, and to run our entire war effort,
without consulting Congress as to anything
ne sees tit to do. Therefore, the bill is a bill to
make the President dictator of the United
States, and hence its right name is the 'dic-
tatorship bill' instead of the '1ease-lend bill"
We don't mean to imply that President
Roosevelt would use these dictatorial powers
foolishly or tyrannically. His character and
his record alike indicate that he would use
them as wisely and moderately as any die
tator could.
But why, when the nation is not officially at
war, should Congress abdicate and give off
cial dictatorial powers to this President or an
other-poWers such as were never enjoyed by
Washington, Lincoln or Wilson?
OF course, if you don't want to call it either
the 'lease-lend BILL" or the DICTATORSHIP
bill" you can always call it by it's technically
correct title-H. R. 1776. :
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Star-News Program

Consolidated Otty.CoAnty Government
Under CounctLAanagev Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
Marketing Facilities.
Arena tor Sports and Industrial Shoes.
Seaside HtghHay from NrtghtsvtHs
Beech to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
35-Foot Cape Fear River channel, Utdt
er Turning Basin, With ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern bank south
OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, via
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Production
through sustatned-yteld methods through
out Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial and Resort Promo
tiona! Agency, supported by one county
pide taz.
Ehtpyards M Drydocks.
Negro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around he
Community Hospital
adequate hospital -tHaes for phttes.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF ndtt1e grape 0rowtn0
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosts Sdndtortnm.
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, Quotations

1t is, of course, perfectly possible, today.
to build bombing planes that could cross the
ocean, drop several tons of bombs and return
to their starting point.-Charles A. Lindberah
before congressional committee.
The problem of perfecting the democratic
machinery for the conduct of business is to
perfect machinery through which the several
parties can discuss their interests and see
what the counter-claim re.-Dr Erwin C.
Nourse, Brookinas Institute.
1t is a tired world today. 1t is a disappointed
world. 1t is disappointed because this great
movement Qiberalism) has been checked
Nicholas Murray Butler, president, Columbia
University.
Although I have preached pacifism all my
life, l am convinced now for the first time
that freedom cannot be preserved without
military struggle.-Bertrand Russell, British
philosopher and author.
If we have faith and are willing to have a
little sweat for a year or so, we might save
a little blood later on.-William S. Knudsen,
defense commissioner.
Hitler expresses what is in the German
mind, or he would not remain. DIR Carl J.
Hambro, former speaker of the Norwegian
Storing.
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Picked Halifax

Now that Lord Halifax voyage by battleshi
from England is ended and he is estabhshe
Washington as Britain's ambassador, 1t !
OF learn the view OF one Br1tlsl
regarding a successor to LOT
Lothian, whose sudden death at the nationa
.apital was a severe blow to government
eaders in both lands.
The London Spectator, issue OF Decembe
20, thought that Lord Halifax might be NOR
than anyone in replacing Lor'
lothian, although, it added, "a good deal @
suspicion attaches in America to the men Q
Munich "
Says the Spectator:
The new Ambassador may have been
appointed before these lines are in print,
but mere contemplation of the list of pos
sible successors to Lord Lothian shows how
impossible it will be to find anyone to
succeed him adequately. An almost unique
combination of qualities is needed in the
ideal Ambassador to the United States,
and Lord Lothian seemed to possess them
all. First and foremost, particularly at this
time, he must be q man who understands
America, and America-the people, the
Press, the administr alton, Congress-takes
a great deal of understanding. That mar
rows the circle of candidates consider
ably. In almost every nominee the dis
abilities are greater than the qualifica.
tons. Lord Halifax, if he would 60, might
be more successful than anyone, but a
good deal of suspicion attaches in America
to ''the raen of Munich" and the Foreign
Secretary is labelled as one of them. 1t
is hard to think that the appointment of
Mr.. Lloyd George would have been a
happy choice. His articles in the Hearst
Press over a period of years and his re-
sponsibility for the Treaty of Versailles
would nave told against him, in spite OF
the line he has taken since. Americans
would probably be as glad to welcome
Mr.. Eden as anyone, and admirable as
his work at the War Office is, a new
Secretary for War could $40 doubt be found.
But Lord C%ranborne, who has the great
merit in American eyes Of having resigned
with Mr.. Eden over appeasement towards
Italy, would be hardly less acceptable. He
has enough qualities in common with Lord
Lothian to ease the transition from the
old Ambassador to the new.
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BR0UCHT0N TAKES
DEFENSE ACTION
To Recommend That Funds
Be Made Available for
State Water Survey

RALEIGH, Jan. 2S.-R-Gov-
ernor Broughton today took two
steps to increase North Cardinals
participation in the n~ationel de-
ense program.
First, he wired the states dele
CATION in congress that his ad-
ministration was deeply interest
eds in efforts to obtain for North
Carolina a larger share of defense
industries.
Then he indicated that this week
he would recommend to the coun-
Gil of state that funds be made
available for a joint federal-state
survey of ground Cor well) water
and mineral resources in North
Carolina.
The Governor announced that
North Cardinals two senator's and
II representatives would confer to-
gether tomorrow on methods of
bringing defense industries to this
state. They may bring directly to
President Roosevelt's attention, he
sad, the suitability" of North
Carolina for defense industries and
the adequacy of industries here
to handle a larger share c defense
contracts; and they may point out
that other states, no better fitted
for such work, have already re-
ceived a larger proportion of the
defense business.
The Governor conferred with
Bruce Etheridge, conservation di-
rector, state geologist j. L. Stuck
ey and his assistant, T. G. Muir
dock, regarding the water and min
eral survey.
He announced that the federal
government had agreed to pay
half the cost of the two-year sur
vey, estimated at $4,000 a year, if
the state would pay half. 5
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TEACHERS SALARY
INCREASES ASKED
Continued From Page One)

the tax on railroads be lowered
enough to save the lines a million
dollars or more yearly.
Legislative enactment today in
cluded final ratification of a bill
carving a 18th congressional dis
trict out IN western North Caro-
lima. The new district, which will
elect its first congressman in 1912,
will consist of Avery, Burke, Ca
taWba, Lincoln, Mecklenburg and
Mitchell counties. The old 10th
will become the 18th, minus the
counties in the new district but
with Mcdowell, Polk and Ruther-
ford transferred from the old 18th;
and the remainder of the old 18th
will be known as the 18th.
The house passed the senate's
redistricting bill. Last night the
senate postponed until Thursday
consideration of the Identical house
bill, Senator Cherry of CASTOR ex-
planning he wanted the house to
accept the senate measure.
The house received a bill to pro-
vide that only A. B. C. stores in
the rs wet counties might sell for
titled wine, and prohibiting tn e
sale of such wine in the IA other
counties.
The wine bill is one Of several
expected to deal with alcoholic bev-
erages. Dry forces are known to
have prepared a bill-which may
be introduced soon-to provide a
statewide referendum on the liq-
o question.
Today's measure, which is in
line with a recommendation in Gov
ernor Broughton's inaugural adj
dress, was sent to the house COM
mittee on propositions and griev-
ances, and Speaker Null said it
might have to 60 later to the ap-
preparations or some other COM
mittee.
The measure was introduced by
II representatives, all from dry
counties-Reynolds and Jarvis OF
Buncomb, Sheriff. of of Graham,
Edwards of Swain, Carlyle of For
syth, Moore of jackson, Wrinkle OF
Watauga, Sellars of Alamance.
Harris of Northampton, Quinn of
Duplin and Ross of Randolph. /
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WAR INTERPRETIVE
Continued From Page One,

duction and transportation facilities
touch their low points. 1t seems
highly probable that the Nazi air
force assigned to batter England
has been directed to restrict winter
operations for that purpose.
Rome's picture Of a triple-front-
ed Axis offensive in the east. to
match a Nazi surprise" invasion
thrust at England. is unconvincing
for various reasons. Foremost
among them is that it would be a
violation of the accepted Hitlerian
"blitzkrieg" technique.
That German-patented method of
warfare, so successfully copied by
the British army in North Africa,
is based on massing full striking
power at n point. Splitting Ger
man air power and oil resources
for simultaneous all--out attack on
Britain at home, in the Mediter.
ranean and in North Africa seems
about the last thing Berlin would
consider.
Needs Full Power
Hitler knows he will need all his
power against an England which
is better prepared to meet attack
by seven months of supreme effort.
The Axis air offensive in the CEN
trail Mediterranean is clearly a di-
version operation in the eyes of the
NaZi high command. Its main pur-
pose is to hold British fleet strength
in the east and complicate British
shipping difficulties further. Berlin
commentators make no secret of
there view that the battle of Brit
ain must be Won or lost in the
west, not the east. Italy is now just
a troublesome side issue for Hitler.
The very form of the Rome-pre-
dicted two-front spring offensive
reflects that. 1t admits in effect
that Italy's case is hopeless unless
Germany pours food, raw mate
rails, oil and synthetic gasoline in.
to Italy between now and spring in
sufficient quantities to restore
Fascist fighting power.
Whistling in the Dark
Talk from Rome of reversing
Greek and British successes in AL
bania and North Africa and OF
sweeping the British navy out OF
the Mediterranean sounds like
whistling in the dark. 1t tends to
increase rather than diminish the
credibility of reports of 'seething
popular unrest in Italy.
1t is important to note that
Rome's preview of spring develop
ments stressed alleged commit
ments by Germany to supply Italy
with oil. 1t heightens the impress.
sion that lack of oil is Mussolini's
major concern. 1t re~inforces the
theory that he struck at Greece,
possibly against German advice,
for the purpose of obtaining direct
sea access via the upper Aegean,
the Dardanelles and Black Sea tt
Rumanian and Russian oil sources.
1t is questionable whether Berlin
regards Italy as worth saving from
complete collapse now unless il
can be done by smashing England,
Italian elimination from the war
would not open an immediate route
for direct British attack on Ger.
many. Bremen Pass is still to be
reckoned with.
The risks of scattering Hitler's
spring offensive would he very
great. 1t would double his oil prob.
lem, not reduce it. l
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OF MALAXA
BEGUN IN RUMANIA
Continued From Page One)

cell in the police barracks, per-
mitted the rebels to convert his
stone mansion in the heart of the
city into a citadel during the re-
volt. The home virtually was
wrecked by artillery before the
rebels capitulated.
Iron Guard associates of former
vice Premier Horia Sima. CHIEF
of the Iron Guard, insisted thai
he was in flight, presumably BY
plane, while official circles reiter-
ated that he was under arrest.
Communist documents We're re.
ported found in his home.
Soldiers who patrol the street
were instructed to shoot anyone
with a machine-gun on sight.
Police said the Iron Guard mayor
of one provincial town confessed
that he and his wife killed and
robbed 80 persons during the re-
volt. 5
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WINSTON
DIES IN BERTHE
Continued From Page One)

08. For the last IL years he had
been on the county bench.
Surviving are the wild ", former
ly Rosa Mary Kennedy of Ports
mouth, Va, a brother, Robert Wat.
son Winston; and a sister, Mrs.
ROBERT Winston Spruill of Rocky
Mount. Another brother, the late
George Taylor Winston, was presi-
dent OF the University of North
Carolina, the University of Texas
and N. c. State college.
Funeral services will be held at
pm. tomorrow at St. Thomas
Episcopal church here. Burial will
be in the church cemetery. l
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BOY KILLED
WHEN HIT BY CAR
Continued From Page One)

see the child until he was struck,
the coroner reported.
This was Columbus county's Sec
ond highway fatality of the year.
H W patrolmen said the
child was knocked about 100 feet
from the point of impact across
the highway to the side of the road.
The child died instantly of a
crushed skull and a badly mangled
right leg.
The negro, officers said, was pro-
ceeding from Bolton to Whining
ton on U. S. highway "a and rs
when the accident occurred. /
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people as being simply a matter of fairness.
The general assembly should give its prompt
consideration to these matters. For unless
acted upon before the inauguration OF the
state officers they will prove OF no avail for
the next four years."