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Evening star., 1941-10-31
The Great Game of Politics
Danger to American Democracy From Within
Is Seen in Mounting Federal Poy Roll

headed by Floyd Odlum. Shortly. 1t
is stated, Mr. Odlum, with a s23.-
100000 budget. expects to have 1000
men in the field, 200 field Offices, 8
exhibit trains running through 81
States and defense clinics" in all
major cities. Another is the Treas
ury, where q most enormous in
crease Is necessitated by the new
taxes. Many thousands of new
clerks. inspectors and agents will
be necessary to collect the SIS tax
on some 100000 automobiles and
to handle the returns and payments
from the 10000 900 individuals who
never paid taxes before, but are now
brought in by the lowered exemp-
tions OF the new law.
Then there is the c. DO. (Civilian
Defense OrganlZatlOn), nominally
headed by Mayor La Guardia, but
largely, it seems, being run by Mrs.
Roosevelt, around whom social
workers" cluster thicker than flies
At the disposal of the c. D. o. are
many millions and its rapidly grow
ing roll of employees extends from
coast to coast. There are some who
feel that there is building up here
an organization which it will be
difficult to uproot after the war
and that Mrs. Roosevelt, with, of
| course, the noblest of motives, is
using it TO extend her influence over
womenS activities in a quite ex-
| traOrdinary manner. Certainly. since
| she took hold in a big way the
social workers are swarming as never
before.
In fact, the idea has thoroughly
/ percolated through the country that
anybody who wants a job can get 1t
In Washington now. And they are
coming in from all directions-and
getting on. Unchecked, the result
/ inevitably will be a bureaucracy
/ swollen to so huge a size that 1t
cannot be supported and may pre-
| cipitate chaos.
Leaving out the men in the mill
tary, naval and related branches,
the 1,449000 civilians cited above
means that one person in every 81
in the whole country is now on the
Federal pay roll. When to these are
added w. P. A, c. C. c., n. Y. A.,
farm subsidies, social security bene-
fits and pensions, it is conservative
to say that 100000 persons or
nearly one-sixth of the total popu-
lation, are receiving Government
pay, pension or benefit checks. The
administration plans are not to
reduce this number, but to in
crease it. With a half a million
added to the Federal pay rolls in
l8 months and with the rate of
increase about 1900 a day. 1t does
not seem unfounded to feel that
the dangers to democracy from
inside are not much less than those
from outside. At any rate, there is
the picture.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

by CoN 81 AN lime Dho"N.
The time seems not far off to
many newspapermen In Wash
ington when the only news
available to them will be innocu-
Gus handouts from Government
Offices and the Interpretation of
speeches made by cabinet off,
GERS. The real news which in
terests the country at large, the
news of our real war effort, may
be concealed by smoke screen
of secrecy under the pretext of
conCealing vital information
from the enemy"
The statement Wednesday by
Navy Secretary Knox to the
effect that the Navy Department
may not tell the Nation of en-
gagements with submarines
merely confirmed the worst fears
of neWSpapermen.
Nobody in Washington expects
official censorship; this is not
likely to be put in effect even if
a shooting war were In full swing.
But there is going to be increased
restriction of information vital
to the American public.
This policy has undoubtedly
been inspired by the British. The
British Ministry of Information
and the Admiralty have repeat
edly expressed their annoyance
with leaks" which have occurred
in the Capital of the United
States. London has warned
American Government depart
ments in all earnestness that
their own sources of information
in England and other sections of
the British Empire will be closed
up if such leaks continue.
London Deaf to Pleas.
The arguments expressed tim
idly by some American officials,
such as Ambassador John G..
Winant in London, that the
American public insists on know
ing everything that is Of para
mount interest because they are
footing a colossal bill and even
tually will shed their blood for
the common cause, has report
edly fallen on deaf ears in Lon
don.
AT present some American
Government departments are
prepared to dovetail their poll
cies regarding release of impor-
tant news with those of the cor
responding British departments.
For instance, the decision of
the Secretary of the Navy not
to release news about engage
ments between American men,
of-war and enemy submarines,
because it is not always possible
to tell when a submarine has
been sunk and this mystery
affects the morale of the sub
marine crews, is precisely the
point of view OF the British Ad-
miralty.
Secretary Knox stated that
They (the submarines Just go
out and don't come back" The
Secretary seems to think that
the Nazi crews might be de-
moranzed If they don't know
what fate Is in store for them
Evening star., 1941-10-31

the basis of a binding agreement
with the President that the issue
shall not be raised again during the
emergency, as, for instance, in the
steel industry itself, it would be
worthwhile contribution to indus
trial peace for the closed shop to be
granted by the steel companies in
their captive coal mines. This would
make the latter uniform with the
commercial coal mines of the North
and South.
Is that what Mr. Lewis traded for?
Is that what occupied five hours of
discussion? Something like it-that
is, a further agreement as to how
the whole controversy was eventually
to be resolved-must have been
reached or else the matter would
not have been turned back to a
Mediation Board which had just
few days before announced that it
couldn't recommend a closed shop
in the captive coal mines.
Reproduction Rights ReservedJ
Evening star., 1941-10-31
The Peace Offensive
japanese Expected TO Join Loudly With Nozis
In Coll for World Settlement if Russo Fos

accruing to Hitler from the con-
quest and subsequent exploita-
ton of Russias natural and in
dustrial resources. They might
perhaps pay greater heed than
in the past to any compromise
that bids fair to drive a wedge
into the solidarity of Japan with
Germany and Italy, rather loose
ly defined. in the tripartite treaty
of September 27, 1910.
Wanted to Divert Attention.
That scheming of Japanese
craftsmanship may appear to
border On the fantastic and not
to have any more substance than a
house of cards. Nevertheless, that
1t looms rather large in japanese
anticipation of forthcoming
weeks cannot be seriously denied.
ExrPremier Prince Konoye, when
he invited President Roosevelt
to meet him somewhere in the
Pacific last August, intended to
divert the Presidents attention
from the Chinese problem by
raising the issue of world recon-
struCtiOn The defeat OF Russia
would be used in the same spirit.
The Chinese problem has been
the main stumbling block in the
converse tions of the last few
months between this country and
Japan. It can pe taken for
granted that the right to keep
military garriSonS in China was
demanded by Toxic while, on the
side of the United States, MOTH
ing was conceded even tenta-
lively. that threatened to inter-
fere with the independence and
sovereignty of China. The re-
cent departure of American off,
cials to Chungking makes that
fact fairly plain.
Japanese Calculation.
The Japanese calculation Is
that once Russia, as an organized
empire, has been disposed of,
neither London nor Washington
could afford to stick to the rigid
line of the past and treat Chinese
freedom as an immutable point
in their program. Confronted
with potential increase of Ger
man military power, they would
feel compelled to show more tol-
erance to japanese interests or
ambitions not only in Manchuria,
Siberia, Indo-China, but in the
middle of the Asiatic continent as
well. not to speak of economic re-
quirements elsewhere.
From that trend of ideas, no.
ticeable in the japanese capital,
it is permissible to infer that,
provided Russia holds on, Jap
al:ese action will run in more
peaceful channels? Hardly any
one dares assume so much.
Evening star., 1941-10-31

nations.
One will not get this accurate pic
ture from the many Governmental
publicity and information services
That is not what they are there for.
The only way to get it is to dig,
and it isn't easy then. Enough dig
ging, however, will disclose a pay
roll expansion of the Government
so far beyond that of Is years ago,
when We really were at war, that the
comparison becomes ridiculous. 1t
is distinctly an understatement to
say that the civilian defense organi-
zation of today is several times as
large as the civilian defense organi-
zation of 19l7-18 and is costing
several times as much.
The figures constitute irrefutable
proof that those who are managing
this defense effort have lost their
sense of proportion and cast aside
restraint. They are unrestrained be-
cause there is no one in authority to
restrain them. Under the circum-
stances, it is not strange that the
numerous agencies, big and little,
should set no limit upon the amount
of money they can eXpend or the
number of persons they can employ.
No limit has been imposed upon
them and there is no boss to say:
stop, you are going too far"
But let the official figures tell the
story. At the end of March. 1910,
there we're 949 ,229 civilians on the
Federal pay rolls alone; on March 81,
1941, there were 1,202,347; on Sep
tember 81, there were ,444,9 ,985. In
other words, 100000 persons have
been added to the pay rolls in the
last Is months-more than 100000 of
them in the last six months. The
number is increasing now at the rate
of $4,000 month. So, a reasonable
estimate will put the total civilian
pay roll year from now at 1000 900.
That this is reasonable estimate is
attested by the expansion plans al
ready revealed by various agencies.
One of these is the contract dis
tribution division" of the o. P. NJ,
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Tukomu Park Names
Sanitary Inspector

Charles S. OVeracker was ap-
pointed sanitary inspector of Ia
koma Park, Md, at recent meet
ing of the Takoma Park Town
Council. Mr.. Overacker was in
structed to make survey Of all un-
sanitary conditions in the town and
report back to the council.
A contract for paving Holly ave-
nue. was awarded to the Contee Sand
and Gravel Co. of Laurel, whose
bid was between $1,000 and $1,000.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Bids on New U. 5. Office
To Be Opened Nov. 5

BY the Associated Press.
The Social Security Board will
open bids November on the supply
ing of office space in Baltimore for
Washington and Baltimore units
of its old-age and survivors insur-
ance sections.
The board said it would need
100000 square feet of Office space,
and that it expected to obtain the
quarters in a building to be con-
structed by private enterprise for
leasing to the Government.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
This Changing World
Publicity on Sinkings of Subs More Likely
To Iniure Nozis Than Hush-Hush Policy

once they have put to sea.
During the last war the Brit
ish Admiralty followed such a
policy. The result was that in
certain British quarters it was
believed that the reason for the
Admiralty's secrecy was that the
British anti-submarine campaign
was not successful.
Secrecy Boomerangs.
Everybody understood, for in
stance, the reasons for secrecy
which shrouded the famous O.
boats during the last war. 1t
was essential that the Germans
should not know what new
weapons Britain had to combat
the submarine menace. And
while many people in London,
including neWspapermen, knew
of the existence of those ships,
the secret was faithfully guarded,
On the other hand, secrecy sur
rounding the number of German
submarines sunk on the high seas
had a bad moral effect on the
British nation.
American newspapermen may
be Simple Simon5" who don't
catch on to the deep motives Of
the Machiavellian policies of the
Government departments. They
argue that the German sub
marine crews might be more
easily demoralized if they hear
that large number of U-boats
have been sunk. If nothing is
said they may be led to believe
that the submarines which don't
return have been captured and
the crews taken to relatively
agreeable prisoners camps in =
England, Canada or the United
States.
They may think that the de
layed" submarines may have put
into some friendly port. But
If the news of the sinking
of U-boats is given the widest
publicity, the crews in home ports
are bound to be affected. They
will then know that there Is
little hope for them. This Ger
tainly is more likely to help break
Nazi-ism from within than the
hush-hush policy adopted by the
British Admiralty and now fol-
lowed by our own Navy Depart
ment.
Not Isolated Incident.
There are many people in this
country who ask how it happens
that after patrolling the North
Atlantic for several months and
with the shoot on sight" order
IN effect for several weeks, not a
single German submarine has
been sunk by an American de-
stroyer.
We know that German sub
marines have been attacking con-
voys. We know about the Greer
incident and it is likely that this
is not an isolated incident. 1t
seems probable that our nice
new destroyers should have had
encounters with enemy craft.
What has happened? Have the
Germans managed to get away?
And why2
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Jousting Planned Sunday

LEONARDTOWN, Md, Oct. 81
(SpeciaD William Walsh, Secre-
tary of StSate for Maryland, will de-
liver the charge to the knights in the
benefit jousting tournament to be
held at River Springs near here
Sunday.
The tournament will be staged for
the benefit of Sacred Heart Cath
onc Church. State Senator P. II.
Dorsey, jr., will crown the queen
at a ball that night.
Evening star., 1941-10-31

informed public
opinio n can
check the ten
dencies bound to
g n + e e b ! e the
United States as
a fighting force
and which un-
q u e S t i 0 n ably
threaten us with
the sort Of top
h e Wy incom-
petence that IA
tally sapped the
d e f e n S / v e
strength of other
Evening star., 1941-10-31

ing 10 JOTln l..
Lewis.
Today MI.
Taylor is an in
dustrial states
man of far-see-
ing vision" also
a ordin G to
John l.. Lewis.
It is strange
what a differ
enCe JuSJ h lev
days make In the
c a I e g ory oc-
Cupied BY MI,
Tavlnr WhN in
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Bio Ten Alumni to Meet

Alumni of Big Ten universities
will hold their second series of cock
tail parties at 2 pm. tomorrow at
the Carlton Hotel The series will
be climaxed with the annual Big
Ten dance November %
Evening star., 1941-10-31

N'SAiAAAA AAAo va
atty. election.
The battle be-
tween Fioreilo
La Guardia and
william ODwy-
er, which will be
settled at the
polls next week,
has produced a
super political
anvil chorus in
which the DEM
ocratic donkey
brays, the Re-
Oublican 9 e.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
BY PERTINAx.

If Moscow falls to the Germans
and the Soviet government then
feels too helpless to keep the
Red Army in the fight, Great
Britain and the United States
will have more than the long
expected German peace offensive
to withstand. According to ell
accounts, not only will Hitler
proclaim to the world hat Rus
sia no longer exists and that the
time has come for him to put a
European federation into shape
under the aegis of the Nazi en-
pire, but the ministers in Toxic
simultaneously will strive to get
rid of the problems which harass
them today.
Premier TOTO will make it
known in very high sounding
words that the Chinese Incl
dent" must be regarded as closed
and that all the component parts
of a lasting settlement are at
hand and can be pieced together.
AT any rate, definite diplomatic
information has been received to
that effect.
1t has been said of late months,
that the best way to understand
japanese policy was to suppose
it conformed to the course fol-
lowed by Fascist Italy in the
spring of 1910. MuSsolini waited
TO stab France in the back until
all outward signs pointed to the
impending collapse of Great Brit
ain. But Japan, even with the
British Empire shaken to its
foundations, is likely to avoid
taking those risks which proved
SO deadly to Germanys weak
partner.
What Japan Relies On.
Rout of the Soviets would
deeply change the whole picture
in the Far East. Here is the set
of favorable developments on
which Japan imagines she can
rely to reach her goal and yet
keep clear from all danger:
l. Final suppression of all Rus
sian assistance to the national
Chinese government in Chung
king.
2. Practical cancellation of the
Russian-Japanese treaty of nom
aggression signed last April, and,
for all practical purposes, of the
Anglo Russian alliance.
8. Revival in Washington and
in London of diplomacy of ap-
peasement, at least, so far as
Toxic is concerned.
The two great democratic pow
ers would have to reckon for the
future with the new strength
Evening star., 1941-10-31
THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON G, FRIDAY,

HE opinions the 1Urtters this their not
necessarily Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort gue OF questions of interest to Its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-10-31
By FRANK r. KENT.

AS we move toward war, It is i'm
portant for the American people to
have as accurate picture of their
Government as possible. Only an
Evening star., 1941-10-31
Trade Seen
For Peace
In Steel
Mine Solution
Moy Have Quieted
Closed Shop Issue
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

The other day Myron Taylor was
a tool OF J. P. Morgan" and unable
to speak his own thoughts without
permission of the financier, accord
Evening star., 1941-10-31
McLemore
Clarifies New York
Election Tonele
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

A two-headed calf with single
track mind couldn't possibly be more
confused than good party man is
right now about New York City's
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-26

New York -INS-Preparing for the New York University
game Saturday Coach Jim Crowley today ordered iuength
scrmaee for his Fordam Rams Although heavily favored to
smother the NYU volets Crowley said his team not over
confident every in while simply to the fellows 1t
happened at Pittsburgh the Fordham mentor asserted
Detroit -AP Smag from III defeat BY te Stanley Chp
CHAMPION Boston Bruins Deros BUNDLED Red Wings returned
here today up for their National Hockey League BAT
tie Nth the Chicago BldekhaVkS at Olympic Thursday night
New York INS-New York Universys poor football record
TODAY brought howl from the schools Letter Club The Letter
Club which composed of former ~ Y u athletes charged in
prepared signed by IL of IA members OF the Exec
tive that the schools policy OF football empha
sis rather than deemphass contrary to recent reports by officials
Cieyeland ms Twenty oryeGrod Lou Bondvea" today
the youngest league pilot IN modern baseball ms
tory svhen he took playing of the Cleveland In
diansconeeded to be of the toughest jobs IN the game
New York -INS-Frank Kovaes of Oakland Cal has been
suspended by United States Lawn Tennis Association for
violating rules governing and late today
expected that will settle whether not he and
Bobby Riggs have decided professional
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-26

Although basketball coaches gen
orally keep intact the same start
ing lineup throughout the season,
the veteran Art Walker Tuesday
announced a different policy for his
Roosevelt High School team.
"Only seven or eight men will
comprise our travelling team during
the season." Walker declared. "The
personnel win be selected from
week to week on the basis of per-
Torrance in daily practice sessions.
THAT means that ! may pick a
different starting lineup for every
game. ! think, however, that this
system will make the competition
for positions on the team much
keener." he added.
Walker will take over the Rough
Rider coaching duties after the
lapse Of year, during which Walt
Sierra, former Michigan Normal
three-sport star. guided Roosevelt
to six victories and five defeats.
Five returning lettermen, all
seniors, will form the nucleus OF
the Roosevelt team. Additional
manpower will be furnished by the
small group OF boys who have been
graduated from the reserve ranks.
Lanky Del Seleska, ponderous
six-foot-twoinch center, and nimble
Bill Love will lead the Rough Rid
ers as co-captains this season.
Their teammates who saw consid-
cradle varsity action in 1910 include
Phil Fletcher, Glen Merryfield and
Frank Whitehouse.
Love and Whitehouse developed
into good shotmakers last year. Sci
eska's height should give Roosevelt
an advantage under the bacbboards.
Six reserves stand good chance
Of landing on the team. They are
Raymond Wingrove, ellis Turner,
Ken Richardson. Bob Norman,
Lamar Miller and Tommy Harris.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-26
Hurons Speed Tempo For Clash
Thursday Night With Alumni

1.-THE best Michigan Normal bas'
ketball team In nearly a decade"
That's the enthusiastic phrase
| exchanged by Ypsilanti fans as
the Huron quintet speeds up the
practice tempo in preparation for
| its pre-schedule test against the
alumni Thursday night. But
Coach Ray Sites and the men play
ing for him are more cautious about
their predictions.
The disappointing performances
OF the potentially powerful Miehi.
gan Normal football and baseball
teams a year ago has tempered the
optimism OF the stocky Huron men
tor. Sites has adopted a wait
and see" attitude.
The players themselves are quick
to point ont that the success OF
this yeary team depends upon a
handful 6f brilliant-but inexper-
ienced-sophomores.
The alumni game, to be played
at Ypsilanti High School gymna-
SUM, will provide Sites with the
opportunity to compare his men
under fire. and afterwards reduce
the bulky squad to IL cagers. The
contest will begin at 1880 p. m.
The Michigan Normal starting
team will be selected from a group
OF six players throughout the seo-
son. That. at least, Is the plan
which Sites expects to follow.
The sextet includes four sopho-
mores, Howard Messenger, Charles
Sampler. Vern Sherman and Ed Gil
day, and two returning letterman,
Fritz BENEFITS and Johnny Shada.
Gilday and Shada will probably al
ternate In the opening lineup
Throughout the winter.
This same group was runner-up
last April In the Michigan A. A. U.
basketball tournament. The bril-
liant work Of the Huron cagers In
that meet and the outstanding vic.
tories scored by the first-year men,
bers during the freshman season
are the chief reasons for the oppti-
mistic prophecies OF Huron root
ers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-11-26

Messenger, six-foot. three-inch
center from Perry. who transfer
red from Western Michigan in
1889, Is the key man In the Michi'
gan Normal plays. His height,
which he utilities fully, makes him
an invaluable man under the bas-
ket.
His teammates, with the excep-
ton OF Shuda, are six feet or bet
ter In height. BENEFITS, co-cap-
tain with Eddie Kontrymowicz. 10
one inch above the six-foot level;
Sampler is six feet two inches tall;
Sherman, six feet one inch, and
Gilday an even six feet. Shada Is
six inches under the mark.
Sherman and BENEFITS undeniao-
ly are the most accurate shooters
on the team. The former Is also
an excellent pivot man when re-
quired to play that position. Sam
pier formerly starred at Lincoln
Consolidated.
Kontrymowicz heads the second
Huron aggregation. Other auxili-
aries include AL Greenwood, Char
les Oxley, ROLAND Langerman and
Ralph Chapman. All but Chapman
were varsity members last year.
Sites expects to add one or two
men to the squad he has already
chosen. Candidates contesting for
the odd spot are Bob 'arvey, War
rem Piche, Louis Proctor, Charles
Greig. Tom Greig and Frances Hoef-
finger.
The Michigan Normal team
scrimmaged sCleary College Tues
day with Indifferent success. Be-
sides displaying accuracy on their
shots, the Hurons also showed a
lack of conditioning. Neither de-
feet is serious at this early stage
of the season, however.
The alumni team will consist Of
George Wendt, Charles Bernard.
Walt Sierra, Walt Kazlusky. Catalso
Casucci, Ed Engle, Lou Wenger,
Jess Davis, Tex Walker, Harry
Carlson, Richard Yeager, George
Everett, Dave Gates and John
Grant.