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Evening star., 1941-07-16
This Changing World
U.s. Foees Prospect Of q Green Army Overnight;
SeIectees Not Yet Reody to Foce Germans

much higher and difficult stand
ard of training of troops was re-
ouired, the British got to work.
But even today, after almost two
years of intensive war, it has
been said that the British
do not have more than $50
600 trained troops. The figure of
2.50O,0 soldiers is correct, but
the bulk of the force is composed
of home guards and insufficiently
trained men. What might be
called the striking force-units
fully trained and equipped-dOes
not exceed three-quarters Of a
million men.
This state Of unpreparedness
explains why even today Britain
is not in a position to attack the
Germans in Europe by a rela-
lively easy landing operation on
the Iberlan Peninsula A sue
cessful operation of this type.
which would save Russia and
turn the tide, requires-ac accord
ing TO military experts-a mini
MIN of 100000 fully equipped
man and at least 1000 planes.
The British do not have the
equipment and cannot spare the
men. If half million soldiers
we're taken off the island, the re-
manning 250,000 and the home
guards could not oppose an un-
expected Nazi invasion.
The United States has an army
in making. But if the men who
at present are undergoing in
tenslve training are TO be sent
home at the end OF the year.
We shall have TO start from
scratch and at the end of the
year will be in exactly the same
position-as far as the training
OF fighting force is concerned
as We were last year. No ma
ton which wants to survive can
improvise an army these days.
Danger In Over Relaxation.
Because the war is still SeV-
eral thousand miles away, much
emphasis is put in some Army
quarters on relaxation for Of
flcers. Relaxation is necessary,
provided it is not pushed to ex-
treme.
Eye witnesses of the campaign
in Holland tell a story which
illustrates the effect OF super
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tlon. what did Napoleon hope
for from his invasion of Russia?
The parallels are amazing.
Napoleon marched into Russia
because he could not get a peace
with England that would leave
him IN possession of the conti-
nent, and ne was afraid to at
tempt the invasion of England.
In 1907 Napoleon had a nom
aggression pact with Tsar Alex
ander of Russia, who was called
a traitor by Napoleon's oppo-
nents-particularly by Prussia,
which was the France of those
days. In 1872 Napoleon tried to
persuade Alexander to change
the non-aggression pact into an
active alliance against England,
while England tried to get the
Tsar into an alliance against
Napoleon. Both failed. The Tsar
was willing to maintain a benev-
olent neutrality toward Napoleon
but not to join him against
England.
So Napoleon invaded Russia in
order to force her into an alliance
against Britain But instead
Tsar Alexander made an alliance
with England against the ag-
gressor and breaker of the non-
aggression pact, and with
promise of no separate peace.
Dream Faded.
Napoleon cot to Moscow with
"an army of 20 nations" made
up of Contingents of all the peo-
pie dependent on him, and he
called it a western crusade OF
liberation against Asiatic Russia.
Alexander, who could play many
parts" also spoke the language
of liberalism. invoked justice.
proclaimed war of liberation for
Napoleon'S captured nations, and
prepared for peace with the west
by making concessions on his
previous policies.
Napoleon. with the greatest
army ever seen in the world
got to the gates of Moscow and
Napoleon dreamed of debating
peace to the world from there.
But he could not get peace with
the Russians. who continued to
fight, refused to make separate
peace, followed the scorched
earth policy, destroyed the whole
purpose of Napoleons campaign
and were finally aided by Rus
sia's natural allies. the weather.
Napoleon in retreating had to
battle the armies and the pOpu-
lation that he thought he had
conquered. His end came in the
west, but the beginning of that
END came IN Russia.
That Hitlers armies will break
through the Stain Line seems
altogether likely. But that the
effect of this Russian campaign
is terrible for German morale, no
one who has even an inkling of
the internal situation in Germany
can doubt. The Russian-G German
pact was the most popular
achievement of Hitler and Rib
bentrop.
The German masses, like all
masses everywhere in the world,
hate the war Hitler promised
them first that there would be no
Evening star., 1941-07-16
The Great Game of Politics
Roosevelt Declared Unwilling or Unable
To Oppose Organized Lobor's Lobby

The demonstration of power by
the labor lobby came a few days
later, when the House, by vote of
ll9 to 86, struck out of the May bill
the control provision which
the Senate had adopted. All this
provision did was to put Congress
on record as against strikes which
impede or delay the national defense
and in favor of arbitration and me-
diation.
Yet, under bullying pressure from
the c. /. O., the House. which has
been bowling for restrictive legisla-
ton, craVenly quit. The Presidents
attitude was reflected by Speaker
Rayburn and Majority Leader Nc
Cormack, both of whom were against
the provision.
Blunt Representative Smith of
Virginia laid bare the facts. He
pointed out that three days before
the vote a convention of G. |. O.
leaders was called to meet in WASH
ington, and, in squads of three, these
leaders went into the Offices of mem
bers and, in effect, said, I'VE are
here to see whether you are friend
or an enemy of organized labor and
the c. l. o.. and We propose to see
about your election in accordance
with how you vote on this"
Degrading Exhibition"
Some members, Stung, shouted that
this was an indictment of the honor
and integrity of the House, which,
of course, was exactly what it was
and true one, too. 1t was really
a degrading exhibition all around,
and does much to sustain the con-
tention that this administration Is
just afraid to buck the power of
organized labor. BY encouraging the
defeat of a provision which would
have declared in favor of mediation,
the Presidents position certainly
tends to sap the force of his own
Mediation Board.
How can it help but do so? Here
is the House. under leadership al
ways obedient to the President. and
under threat from the c. I. O.. re-
fuSing TO take stand against strikes
in defense plants. or for mediation
of grievances. What kind of sup
port Is that TO give a Mediation
Board? What can any one expect
of a Mediation Board thus left out
on the limb? What, under such
circumstances, is the head OF the
c. I. O., which opposes mediation,
doing on the Mediation Board, any
how?
No wonder the board declines to
adopt fixed policy for handling
strikes. 1t does not make sense. No
matter how strongly the foreign
policy of the President may be ap-
proved. it does not seem possible to
condone the things he is doing or
permitting to be done in the domestic
field.
All the German agents in America
could hardly do as much damage
to the cause of defense as Congress
the President acquiescing, did last
week in these two incidents.
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Food Price Rise Seen.

man, was expressed years and
years ago in George Bernard
Shaw's introduction to The Per-
feet Wagnerite.'
The alliance between Britain
and Russia. and the line that
Stain is taking mean the end of
the menace of the bolshevization
of Europe.
AS the England that fought
revolutionary France and Ma
poleon, but left the French ma
ton intact after victory, took
from the Frenchc Revolution
everything in it that was sound,
avoiding all its excesses and mad
nesses and emerging for its times
Evening star., 1941-07-16

The question of continuing the
selectees in service for another
year is destined TO produce a
long and heated debate in Con-
gress. Many Senators and Repre-
sentatives have pledged to their
constituents that the boys will not
be kept in camp for more than
II months. The reelection of
many Congressman appears ques-
tionable If this promise is not
kept.
Yet, from the military point
of view, the return of. the men
to their homes after a period of
II months will jeopsrdize COM
pletely the national defense pro-
gram.
Equipment Lacking.
At the expiration of their terms,
the Selectees will be hardened to
military life. Hardened is rela-
tive word. 1t all depends on
whether and whom they will be
called TO fight. If it is the Ger
mans, they will not be in the
same class, as far as hardening is
concerned. Those who had to
answer the call in the first draft
have enjoyed only relative
training. Many regiments have
been and still are lacking the
necessary equipment. For in
stance. a number of anti-aircraft
regiments are still without anti
aircraft guns. The men have
been trained in the essentials OF
military life but have not had
sufficient experience in handlinc
modern weapons.
The same thing applies TO thC
new mechanical divisions. War
fare now does not mean march
ing in line. answering snappily
Yes sir and shooting straight
Modern warfare has become
profession which cannot be easily
taught in one year. Britain Is a
typical example. Unfortunately.
censorship does not permit
revelation of the true picture
there.
The British government intro
duced a limited conscription IL
1899. Some 100000 youths were
called TO the colors At no time
while it was Frances ally die
Great Britain have more than
100000 men on the European
mainland. The lamentable flascO
of the British expeditionary force
in Norway resulted not only
from the lack of adequate equip
ment. but also the lack of
training of the troops, which
had TO be sent from Britain since
the high command could spare
none of the trained men from
France.
Only $50. 900 Trained.
When ii became obvious thf
this was not a war where indi-
vidual courage and bravery
counted for much but that a
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the absence of either, the issue is
whether the competent military
leaders of the Nation are to be
given a free hand to assure the
safety of the American people or
whether the amateur strategiSts and
politically concerned members of
Congress are to determine Americas
protection. 1t is a test for democ-
racy such as has not been faced here
before. though in Europe most of
the democracies which hesitated to
meet such an issue squarely have
not lived to assess the blame or tell
the tale.
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as the most progressively liberal
nation of Europe, so Britain and
the United States when victorious
will draw from the revolutions of
these times those elements neces-
sary for progress in the 20th
century.
Out of the Axis Britain
RusSia-the United States China
can come the middle way. And
Mr.. Roosevelt's prophecy made
in his inaugural address will. I
believe. come true: That neither
Communism nor Nazi-ism but
progressive democracy is the wave
of the future.
Released by Bell Syndicate, IneD
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By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

It must be that the relatively
optimistic reports from Europe
are responsible for the general
feeling in this country that as
long as the citizenry foots the
colossal re-armament bill and
the selectees give their II months
to the Government, there is noth-
ing much more to be done for
national defense.
The conviction that the Rus
slams will give the Germans
lot of trouble and that Britain
cannot be defeated still causes a
good deal of feeling in many
sections of the United States that
the war is still far off and as
long as we go through the mo-
tions of preparedness, we have
nothing to fear for the future.
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II is certain
TO prove insum
cient acreage If
all the people
who threaten TO
buy myself a
little farm go
t through with
their plans
You can't go
anywhere in this
coun try right
now with ou t
n e a rim g t h e
back to-the rSoil
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kind of leadership is lacking the
answer to the first part of that ques-
tion is. no, and the answer to the
second part, yes. Recent events in
Washington seem TO make ines
capable the conclusion that in the
domestic field the leadership falls
short and the begging down is a
reality. For example, two things IN
the last 10 days have been made
absolutely clear-first, that Mr..
Roosevelt is either unwilling or un-
able to oppose the lobby forces OF
organized labor and organized agrl-
culture. even when their demands
dangerously nullify major defense
policies and conflict with his avowed
purposes: second. that, without
strong White House support, Con-
gress. by itself, is incapable of re-
sisting the pressure of these two
groups.
First, there was the shocking dis
closure that in the closing rush of
fiscal legislation. just before mid
night on June 30. bill was slipped
through without record vote 'and
signed next day by the PresidenD
which extends TO all the commodi-
ties farmers grow for sale the 49,
per cent of parity" mandatory price
scheme which Congress first applied
A month ago-With the reluctant ac-
Quiescence of Mr.. Roosevelt-to the
five basic crops: Cotton. corn, wheat
tobacco and rice. With no publicity.
no roll call and no protest. Congress
has now, through the use of public
funds, guaranteed the farmer a
profitable price for everything he
raises.
Food Price Rise Seen.
1t is impossible to estimate the
cost of this TO the Government and
to the people. 1t will greatly in
CicdSc Iiic SoSt VI living. II pulS d
silt under ali food prices II en-
hances the risks of imitation and it
negatives any idea of the effective
price control which the President
has charged the long suffering Mr..
Henderson with bringing about. 1t
is an indefensible act. 1t is grab
to which the President is opposed
but against which he made no pro-
test
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p e o pie e are so
inert and its pol
iticians so craven
that, in the face
of national dan
6 e r, " e b 6
down, incapable
of the sort of
unity essential to
effective action?
This. of course,
is a deba table
proposition; but
what is not de-
batable is that
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major pontl-
cal def e a t,
and Britain
is again pur-
suing politics
in the grand
m a n n er of
her greatest
days.
What does
Hitler hope
for from his
inv a sion OF
Russia
Let us ask
another uueS-
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OF military ne
Cessity.
Gen. Marshall.
Army chief of
staff, the man
who is expected
to furnish mill
tary advice to
/ h e President,
says the selec-
tees in the Army
must be retained
in service be-
yond t h Q on e
year for which
they were draft
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eHE opinions of the aorters this their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions of interest its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed The Stars
Evening star., 1941-07-16
BY FRANK r. KENT.

A disturbing question, always in
herent in a democracy such as ours,
is whether the Nation can meet COM
petently great crisis or whether it's
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tories. Then he promised them
that the tactics of the blitzkrieg
would mean victory with very lit
tie bloodshed. He promised them
that no air raids would devaStste
Germany. He promised them
that they would not have a two
front war. Now German youths
are dying like flies in Minsk and
Pinsk and other places where no
German in his right mind ever
wished TO go. while German cities
are being bombed.
Tune Suddenly Changes.
Furthermore, the whole revo-
lutionary elan has gone out OF
Hltlers war. Inteilectuals in
Germany, who were not Nazis,
were arguing until this war be-
gan that Hitler was only an Incl
dent, that the world was moving
toward socialism, and that the
two great revolutionary powers
were combined against the static
reactioniSm Of England.
The German and Italian short
wave broadcasting reveals that
the political and propaganda line
OF the war has been lost. Day in
and day out the Nazis are max
ing a crusade for Christianity
and conservatism, in complete
contradiction to what they were
saying two months ago.
An Italian broadcaster the
other night warned England that
the Atlantic had become an
American lake, and that America
was preparing to stab England in
the back from Iceland! In other
words, Mr.. Roosevelt, according
to the Italians, has adopted Lind
bergh's policy and joined the
Axis. The German and Italian
propaganda, which up to now
has taken a brilliant offensive.
Is now on a very weak defensive.
Next week, perhaps, Hitler will
be all out for freedom and
democracy.
In the United States. the coun-
try Hitler most wishes to impress
the Holy Crusade is a dud of
dudS.
Example of Confusion.
In all European countries only
those whose own minds have
been completely confused from
the beginning can be rallied TO
raise volunteers for Hitlers new
war. For instance Marcel Deaf.
The left-wlng, pacifist, politician
and Journalist, who reminds one
strongly of Norman Thomas, was
lsolationist toward Czecho-Slo-
vakla and Poland, and wrote the
famous article in August, 1899,
Why Die for Danzig?" Deaf,
who contributed to the defeatism
and internal division of France.
is now reported to be trying to
get volunteers for the crusade
against Russia. The pacifist who
would not fight for France and
her allies, is now prepared to
fight for Hitler!
The political consequences of
this alliance are no less important
than the military. 1t is true. in
the most profound sense. that
England is the most conservative
nation on earth. 1t is noteworthy
that Marxism and Communism
have had less success in the Eng
lishlspeaking world than any
where else on the whole globe.
This does not mean that the
nglish-speaking world has or
will have escaped the revolution
ary trend of the times that arises
out Of the urge of the masses to
a better and more secure ex-
istence.
But the English-speaking
world. the world dominated by
'Anglo-Saxon traditions and phi
losophy is reformist, empirical
and liberty-loving. The differ
ence between German socialism
and Russian socialism, which
ideologically grew out of the Ger
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Showdown
On Defense
AtHund
MiIitory Necessity
Seen as Paramount
In National Policy
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Gradually the issue is narrowing
here so that decisions hitherto re-
sarded as matters of national pol
ICY now must be viewed in the light
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On the Record
U. S. and Britain Likely to Draw Progressive
Middle Way From Present Conflict
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

In the outright military alliance
between Great Britain and Rus
sia, precluding a separate peace,
Hitler has suffered his second
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McLemore-
Back TO the Soil
Needs Bockstoppine
BY HENRY McLkMORE.

The total area 0f the United
States, exclusive " Iceland IL 3,026.-
789 square miles. but / 0oubt If that
is going 10 BE- enough ''
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-06-06
TomorrOW's Problem
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dealer South. North-South
v~ulrurable.)
What is the sounGest bidding of
this deal in rubber bfi&ge? In
Hate4 point duplicated
Syndicate Inc.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28

Lath marks and dust patterns
long a source of annoyance &c
home owners. have been traced &c
the differences in temperature oi
various parts OF the wall surface
according 10 Paul y. Close. tech
nical secretary Of the Insulation
Board Institute.
Many theories about these
marks have been propOunded,
said Close. "SOme have con
tended that the streaks are
caused by electrical forces, while
others have believed that con.
densation Is the source OF the
trouble
Most authorities, however,
now agree that dust patterns
which show the outlines Of the
Hath and structural members are
caused hN thermal precipitation
~ dust. n has been known for
wears that dust particles will adj
here more readily 10 cold sur
faces For example. cold rod
suspended In dusty air becomes
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
No HGmpering Rules

Few IUles hamper the use OF pic
toral Wallpaper. II IS suitable II
any size room, IN any size motif
You may use n IN living room
dining room. bedroom, kitchen
hallway or bathroom with equa
propriety.
Blu, because scenic wallpaper is
so decorative IN itself. YOU vii
want 10 avoid any competing orna.
mentation in the room where II Is
used.
You may hang a mirror against
II If YOU wish, but save your pic.
lures for the palmer walls Of other
rooms.
Favorite subjects for the highly
attractive untitled designs are pic
tnrial- dTamatlZations of historical
events. scenes Of travel and ro-
nance, pastoral landscapes after
the manner Of the charming toilcS
dc Jouy and The old ChinoiSerieS SO
ideal with eighteenth century pc
rod styles particularly with tho
Chinese Chlppcndale
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
Hand Freight

Water was still moving by hand
freight and the day Of the plum
Der with his pipes and valves had
not yet officially arrived.
In mothers day running water
was required in every well-ordered
home The waShtubs had been
installed in the basement. The
kitchen range was much more than
lust a covered oven or fireplace.
And the kitchen sink, though not
an article of beauty, was an estab-
liShed fixture.
Today, the bride OF 1871 has a
kitchen that her grandmother
would envy. and her mother might
only she is smart enough 70 get
one Just like IL.
1t is a time and labor saver-xu
the modern kitchen. For CONVEX
ence and durability the hriM
chooses double compartment
sink Of enameled cast iron. with
swinging spout that supplies either
compartment with water. and a
retractable hose that can spray
water 10 any part Of the sink.
This hose Is handy for rinSing
dishes. washing vegetables, and
numerous other sink chores.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
Today S Bride
Spurns Kitchen
Of Grandmother

The bride of today proudly.
wears her grandmothers weddin,
veil and gown. but she'd be-
a h M d TO acknowledge her
grandmother's kitchen sink. Shed
refuse 10 use it, or even the rela-
lively newer fixture her mother
may be using. according TO the
Plumbing and Heating Industries
Bureau. ,s
The wedding veil and gown, OF
the other hand, will not feel too
strange in the living room nor too
out of place in the bedrooms. But
in the bathroom and kitchen they
will gasp in establishment. For in
grandmother's day, these two
rooms had but recently taken up
their quarters under the family
roof At that, the pump and wash
tubs merely moved inside the
woodshed And here, too, perhaps.
the tin bathtub for time held It's
weekly court.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
Plan Features
BreezeWay
House Linked
TO Garage

Detroit Times House Plan 30-4l
is medlum-sized well-con-
structed home designed 10 fiji the
needs of The average family
Particularly attractive is the
breezeway which connects the
dwelling with the attached ga
rage. a French door alongside the
fireplace, leads TO the breozeway.
The kitchen is compact and rep
resents the last word in modern
and efficient arrangement. The
small hall off the living room con-
meets the bedrooms and bath
room. Both bedrooms incident
ally, have cross ventilation and
ample closet space
From the kitchen a stairway
leads TO the grade door.
Basement space is so designed
as to permit construction of n
furnace and laundry room, as well
as a large reception room.
-Four sets Of blueprintS and three
sets of specifications OF this dis
.tlnctive design are available for
only SIS at The Detroit Times
House Plan Department mann
lobby. Times Building, 1870 CaSS
avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-12-28
Here's Why Walls
Haze Lath Marks

dirty. hut a hot rod remains
clean.
THE extent 10 which dirt aC-
cumulateS on "A wall surface
depends on the difference I'm
temperature between the surface
and the air In contact with u.
the colder the surface. the more
dirt Will he deposited in n given
period of time. Consequently,
variations i'm surface tempcra-
lures cause variations I'm the
amount of dust accumulated.
THE surfaces between Hath
are colder than the surfaces at
the hath and therefore become
dirticr, causing ttreakS. SINH
larly, with uuinsulatcd walls. the
surfaces between studding are
colder than the surfaces ~ the
Studding, thereby leaving lighter
Srcaks outlining the studdiug.
Insulated wall surfaces are
warmer In Winter than uninsu-
lated surfaces and hence acquire
less dirt"