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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1942-07-17

Sc, habych vydrz1l aspon pre-
posv1cen1, habych mladyjm M
zkazil ten radostnyj den."
"To vydrz1te," usmal sc ia
rar.
"MGzete mi to dat cerny ns
bflym?"
"To OvSem nemohu."
"Nu tax vid1te. Ha to mi tn
teky zdrzuje ha della starost.
re mas vdovce asi PambG rad
nema."
"A proc by vas nemel rad?
Miluje mas vsechny pTece stej-
nou laskou, spravedlive i hrls-
Milky"
"Tak proc pa v itch litani-
j1ch k vsem svatyjm furt je-
nom Sc modlfte: "secky svaty
panny ha vdovy - vorodujte
"a mas! Sichn1 svaty knez1 ha
jahnove, sichnf svaty hucitelo-
We, Sichn1 svaty mn1sf ha pou-
stevn1ci'', hide koho vyjmenu-
jete, jenom nihdyz nezvolate
sichnf svaty mladencf ha vdov-
Gil" To sc v Skrivankovi bou-
fila jeho pocestnost, takze jes-
te V rozhofcenf dodal: "My,
vdovcf, SINE pofadnijsi nez lee
kera vdova. Ha hdyz Sc vdo-
vec zapomf, je to dycky vinno
to vosidny plemeno zencky ha
este takuva cest Sc mu "a to
die"
FaraT sc usmfval, pomohl 81
vsak z dzkych. "Vzdyt vdov-
CT patti pTece mezi mucedniky,
nema jim KIDD uvaTit, kdo w.
prat, We vsem jsou poukazani
ma milost i nemilost jinych.
Proto V tech litanij1ch vzyva-
me O pflmluvu vsecky svate
%mucedn1ky Pane"
"a, tax to je terra! fcko to-
mu rozumfm," liboval 81 Skri-
vanek a spokojene odchazel.
Hloubal vGbec ted jen O We
czech nabozenskych a O zivote
zahrobn1m a jenom mala Mar
kytka dovedla jej vyrusit z je-
no dunn a rozj1man1
Cele srdce jeho obratilo sc k
nj a kdyz il uz ami pochovat ne
mohl, ami Ia rucicku vodit, a.
lespon Sc ma nj d1val a uvazo-
val O krase SLOW Kristovych:
"Nebudete-li jake malicc1 tito,
nevejdete do kralovstv1 boz1-
no."
Posviceni Sc vym6nkaT jeste
dockal. Mala Markytka obsta-
la pred strycky i tetami We
vSem zkousku S vyznamena-
MIN, take Sc i rozkurazil. To
jest6 jednou a naposled vysle-
hi do vyse plam1nek jeho zivo-
ia.
Druheho dine vSichni zaspa-
Ii, ale obzvlaSt6 dedecek dlou-
no nevstaval. Selka Markyta
sla no S dcerkou ma ruce nav
st1vit. Lezel v perinach, ruce
mel sepjate, oci z%avrene, usta
pootevfena a ami Sc nepohnul.
"Dede! Dede! Ada! Ma a.
da!" ozyval Sc detsky hlasek
"a dvermi.
"Dyj PambG dobry jitro! ia
pa ste Sc 30 VcerViSku VySpa-
liz" optala Sc selka ma prahu.
Ale hned zmlkla, kdyz videla,
re dedousek jeste spf. Sla pc
spickach az k posteli a tn Sc il
zdalo, re nedycha. Vzala jej
"a ruku, uc1tila, re je studena
a vlhka a straSlive leknutf pro-
jelo il telem.
Vybehla ma zasep a volala :
"Matousi! Matousi! Poi sem,
tatovi Sc neco stale, Won nedyj-
cha"
PTibehl Matous, pribehly
ostatnf deti, vymenkare Anto-
nina Skfivanka vsak uz ne
vzbudil nikdo.
Nedovedla to ami mala Mar
kytka, Sc kterou = jake W.
chod a zapad zivota - spojo-
valy starce rGzove cervanky
nejcists1 lasky pozemske.
I toto meme pouto Sc pTetr-
hlo. Markytka slice dovedla
d6douskovi pozlatit trnitou &C.
stu Ike hrobu, dovedla mu il wy
stlat vonavym kvitfm radosti.
vratit no zivotu vsak nedove-
ola.
Ma vezi pc chvfli rozklinkal
Sc umfracek a pc dvou dnech
vynaseli vymenkaTe re statku
Vsichni hledeli hlavne ma ra.
kew, nebo to uz Sc rozkriklc
pc cele osade, v jake rakvi bu.
de starry Skrivanek pochovan
Gas pomalu hojil tuto ranu '
srdci mladVch.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

and We speak of religion In broad and
such situation as that which now con-
fronts the interests they commonly share,
their influence in shaping opinion and
ultimately judgments is jeopardized and
imperiled. Pride of tradition or insular
ways and practices can contribute little
to the healing of the wounds that are
the result of universal strife. If men
in the armed forces of our country can
make common cause, despite differences
Of background and afiliation, surely
those who believe in the basic principles
and teachings of religion can afford to
do likewise. AS a matter of fact moth
ing is more dangerous in such situation
as that which now confronts us than
an overemphasis upon the claims of party
or party passwords. We may con-
sistently adhere to our respective house,
hold ways and practices and yet make
common cause with those who are striv-
ing to build the new order on sure and
firm foundations.
There are basic principles that we
commonly believe are essential to an
orderly world. If these principles are
to be maintained and made the rule of
life, 1t will only be possible through the
cooperative action and loyal support of
all those who believe that these principles
spring from religion in it's broadest in
depreciation and expression.
Survival and a return to the normal
ways of living is the quest of all men.
Laws. concordats and international
agreements have their authority and
sanction where they are grounded in
strong religious convictions
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Ordeal and Rescue

Wnen Cne nSnlng meets OF st. MalO
return home after a storm, the men
and their families go first to church
to give thanks for safe delivery from
the perils of wind and wave. A
similar instinct, it may be supposed,
yesterday was felt by thousands of
their countrymen when the Navy
announced that Captain Eddie Rick
enbacker and Ave of his companions,
lost three weeks in the South Pacific,
had been rescued. The natural ex-
preston of such emotion is reverent
gratitude. Providence itself seems
entitled to all the credit in the cir
cumstances.
Yet it is true that God helps those
who help themselves. Human quail
ties of the very highest and noblest
order are represented in the chron-
icle of Captain Rickenbacker's latest
adventure and in the fortunate out
come thereof. The danger to which
he and his comrades and those who
successfully searched for them were
exposed is indicated by the fact that
one of the former party-Sergeant
Alexander T. Kacymarczyk of Tor
rington, Connecticut-died before
help could reach him. A heartrend-
ing ordeal was the lot of the whole
group, and it also must be remem-
bered that the rescuers suffered ex-
hausting anxiety and strain. Hero
ism, then. is the word which should
be applied to all who shared in the
incident. The relatives and friends
who waited for the glad tidings like
wise we're both brave and confident.
Perhaps a new spirit of fortitude is
coming into the world as a result of
the trials and sufferings through
which humanity now is passing. If
so, the world will be more congenial
place in which to live.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Mr.. BiddIe's Statement

Attorney General Biddle has issued
a public statement intended to dispel
what he calls the "misapprehension"
that the Antitrust Divisions inves-
tigation OF the railroads and other
transportation agencies is likely to
interfere with the prosecution of the
war. His statement is reassuring.
At the time of the original an
nouncement, in September, it was
stated that nine grand juries in as
many cities were going to probe the
history of the transportation indus
try since 1920. One unidentified
spokesman said the inquiry would be
concerned primarily with the alleged
influence OF the railroads over the
development Of competitive trans
portation services, and another Gin
formed person" described the investi-
CATION as one which would involve
by far the largest segment of industry
ever to be brought under Justice
Department scrutiny at one time. All
in all, 1t looked like huge fishing
expedition which could seriously in
terfere with the war functions of the
railroads and other transportation
agencies.
According to Mr.. Biddle, this is not
to be the case. The Department Of
Justice. he said, Intends to institute
no proceedings = which will Inn
pede or obstruct the war effort" A
~Sew fragrant abuses Of the joint
Evening star., 1942-11-15
For the Record

In her column published in The
Star Friday, Dorothy Thompson
demonstrated she still does not un-
derstand some phases of our long
disputed Vichy policy that should be
cleared up once and for all in fair
ness to Secretary of State Hull and
others concerned in carrying out
that policy.
Miss Thompson insists that "it can
not be said" that our keeping contact
with Vichy so long was done in
preparation for the North African
campaign because this policy was
pursued between the collapse of
France and our entrance into the
war, before any military measures
were planned"
Secretary Hull has said just the
opposite-that his most important
purpose In keeping representatives on
the ground through maintenance of
relations with Vichy was in prepara-
ton for what happened in North
Africa. And contrary to Miss
Thompson's impression, he had the
foresight to see what needed to be
done more than year before we
actually were In the war.
It has been told how Mr.. Hull I'M
Evening star., 1942-11-15

method OF rate initiation" have been
brought to the departments atten-
ton, he said, and 1t is proposed to
prosecute these. But apparently there
is not to be an industry-wide pro-
ceeding through nine grand juries
intended, in time of war, to bring the
carriers into line with somebody's
concept OF competitive reform.
Mr.. Biddle did not explain whether
the original reports were erroneous
or whether the initial scope of the
investigation has been curtailed. In
either event, however, it is gratifying
to have his assurance that the rail-
roads and the other carriers, which
are doing tremendous wartime lob
In highly commendable fashion, are
not to be saddled with the additional
burden Of defending their methods of
operation over the last twenty-five
years.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
THE IMPACT OF RELIGION
BY the Right Req. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop of Washington.

winning the Peace is theme with
which men conjure today. Voluntary
bodies are springing up in many places
to discuss this vital subject. It is being
discussed not only by those whose voices
are potent in our public forums and
legislative bodies, but by the people, here
and in lands far removed. Restricted to
our own country it has to do with the
many and complex problems that vitally
concern the interests of the republic.
In all this discussion and delberation,
religion has an essential part to play.
While religion expresses itself in many
and various terms and practices, ard
while there is lack of unity of action
so far as the several religious bodies are
concerned, it is reasonable to say that
they all have definite interest in the
process by which life is to be stabilized
and its chief concerns secured.
AL religious bodies Of every name be-
Ieve in an orderly society and an orderly
state in which the four freedoms are pro-
tected and their interests conserved.
They are all agreed that a moral basis
is indispensable to condition of life in
which these freedoms are to find ex-
preston. If the religious forces are to
tring the impact of their influence to
bear upon these vital issues, then of
necessity there must be more unity of
life, more of cooperation and more of
oneness of aim. We believe this can be
attained without violating the autonomy
OF any one of the several religious bodies.
The situation is so urgent and the
issues at stake so great that unity of
action, of good will, are utterly indis-
pensable. Where the forces of religion
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Parallels

Referring to current events in
Northern Africa, certain condolences
with a struggle of twenty centuries
back have been noted by scholars
skilled in the study of antiquity.
For example, Professor George Willis
Botsford, in his History of Rome"
published in 1914, writes: "The Ro-
mans then conceived the idea of
building an enormous fleet, with
which they hoped to carry the war
into Libya and make Carthage fear
for her own safety. This great
armament, consisting of $50 vessels
carrying nearly 100000 men, defeated
a still larger fleet of the enemy off
Ecnomus, and afterward conveyed
an army to Africa. There, under the
Consul Regulus, they gained vic
tories and captured towns, until
Xanthippus, a Lacedaemonian,
taught the Carthaginians to offer
battle in the plain, where they could
use their elephants and their great
force OF cavalry to advantage. The
result was the destruction of the Ro-
man army and the capture of Regu-
lus. The elephants wrought such
havoc that the Romans did not dare
face them again for several years.
Meantime, their ignorance of nevi-
CATION lost them two large fleets and
thousands of lives. Disheartened for
a time, they were encouraged by
great victory at Panormus, in which
Caecilius Metellus captured 13 off,
GERS and 120 elephants. These huge
beasts he exhibited in his triumph to
the delight Of the curious Romans"
This passage relates to 260 BIC. It
is of interest when it is remembered
that in classic warfare elephants
were what tanks now are and that
great armadas were required in an
cient times as in modern for the
movement of troops in Mediter-
ranean war. ReguluS might have
been Rommel, and the $50 ships
which recently carried American SOL
diers and their equipment, including
bridges and locomotives, to the Sec
ond front" are descended directly
from the vessels of the Roman and
Carthaginian fleets Of long ago.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

pressed upon our Army and Navy
chiefs in October Of 1910 his convic-
ton that we would have to engage in
what might be decisive conflict in the
Mediterranean before the war was
over, and shaped our diplomatic pol
Icy with the sole objective of making
the best possible contribution to that
hight. One OF his methods was to
keep trusted agents in French terri
tory to gather important information
and encourage through personal
contact the development of leader
ship among Frenchmen on the spot
for resistance to the Axis.
Some of the concrete results are
becoming known now. For instance,
there is the story that came out
Thursday about how Major General
Mark w. Clark had secret meeting
with French officers at Algiers a few
weeks before our expedition started,
and made definite arrangements
that resulted in minimizing the re-
sistance to our forces when they
landed in Algeria.
It is not hard to imagine that
Robert D. Murphy. who ranks as
counsellor Of our Embassy -that-was
in Vichy, had something to do with
arranging that meeting with French
officers who could be trusted. And
Mr.. Murphy was sent to Algiers in
November of l940-long before our
entrance into the war, but with
accurate foresight as to what even
tually would have to be done in North
Africa.
Our arrangements for keeping
representatives. in French territory
were open and aboveboard, it should
be remembered. Our encouragement
Of resistance by Frenchmen to Ger
man demands - through Admiral
William D. Leahy as Ambassador at
Vichy in his talks with Marshal Pc
tain, for example-was frankly in
the open. There was no ground for
any one to assume that maintenance
of diplomatic relations with Vichy
implied any pretense of friendship
for the pro-Hitler elements at Vichy.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

to maintain a successful defense over
that whole area.
This is not to say that the task of
eventual defeat of Hitler is not to be
difficult. It is to be difhcult and costly.
The point is that the task, that seemed
so formidable only a few months ago
now appears to be much less formidable.
Some well informed officials here expect
that the German people, when they see
the odds against them, will tend in this
war as in the last, to crack under the
strain. A strongly held view of these
same officials is that the German crack
will come before the end of 1943.
Certainly the war outlook for the
United States is much improved by
recent events. Those events, both in the
Atlantic and in the Pacific, show that
the weapons that are being turned out
now in great quantities. will make them
selves felt in the war earlier than had
appeared probable only short time ago.
The length Of the war revolves around
the question Of how soon Americas war
production can b brought fully to bear
In actual combat.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Fifty Years Ago
in The Star

Fifty years ago. as now, new war
ships were being constructed. Then
-, details could be given
Worships Under and they were in
Construct;on The Star of Novem-
ber IT, 1892: Phil
aoelphla-Five warships for Uncle Sam
are in the course of construction at the
Cramp shipyard in this city. Two are
nearly finished-the New York and
Columbia-and the others will be ready
for launching soon after the armor-
plates arrive" There followed many de-
tails of construction; those were the
days when secrecy was not held to be
vital. War was not to come for six
years and there was little or no hint of
it at the time
That is to say. naval war with
foreign power. The Star of November
IA, 1892, suggested the i'm
'no'on minence of another kind OF
llnrsst war-namely, an Indian up
rising. Guthrie, Okla.-There
Is danger of an outbreak of the Arapahoe
and Cheyenne Indians, who, with winter
coming On, are on the verge of starva-
ton. This is said to be the fault of the
Government to great extent. The
rat.ons issued to the Indians have been
reduced and their money has been with
held. If something is not done to re-
lieve them, they will kill the stock
belonging to white settlers, then a war
will break out that the whites hope will
be one Of determination of the red men,"
Common sense prevailed and a general
revolt, which might have involved 1000
Cheyennes and 10000 Arapahoes, was
averted.
AS feature article, The Star of
Saturday November IL, 1892, gave an
account of Uncle
Library Of Congress Sans Library to
PLANNED be completed in
three years, mean
ing the Congressional Library on Capitol
Hill. A sketch of the projected building
headed the article: the artist must have
been well informed, for his picture looks
just like the building does today. Com
pared with all other great library struc-
lures in the world, this building will be
by long odds the largest, noblest and
most beautiful ever erected for the pur-
pose of national repository for books
and will in every way deserve to be-
come, as 1t doubtless will become, the
pride and ornament of America as a
treasury Of science, learning, culture and
intellectual wealth, inestimable in value
to the whole Englsh-s speaking race"
There followed a partial list of some Of
the priceless gems awaiting housing.
+*
There was also an account in The
Star of the same date of some less
tangible assets, if they were
Political assets on Capitol HILL THE
Ghosts United States Capitol is full
of ghosts. AT least three such
apparitions are familiar to the watch
men and attendants who guard the great
building and keep it in order" One of
these was named as Guiteau, the assas-
sin OF Garfield; another that of a janitor
who used to scrub the floors in life and
continued to do so after death. The
most prominent shade was that of Gen.
Logan, one time chairman Of the Mill
tary Committee, but there were many
other political ghosts as we'll All, ac-
cording to The Star, were harmless, and
many were rather pathetic-in particular
those made specters by their former
constituents, who slew them politically
ct the polls on gloomy Tuesday in
November
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Personnel Inouirv

The House Civil Service Committee
VIII De warranted in dealing sternly
with the offenders if it finds that
tnere is substance to rumors that
some supervisory officials are threat
enlng reprlsals against employees who
may bare wasteful practices at the
committees forthcoming personnel
inquiry. Chairman Ramspeck has
received reports of two or three"
instances In which coercion is al
ieged, and has promised to institute
contempt proceedings where such
charges are borne out. The matter
is too serious to rest there, however.
should 1t be determined that there
are on1cials so lacking in a sense of
responsibility that they would de-
lloerately sabotage the committees
attempt to bring about employment
reforms, they have no place in the
Government service.
The committee is undertaking a
task for which there is crying need
IN seeking to insure that the Govern
ment makes most efficient use of it's
civilian force. Ever since the war
program was started, the emphasis
has been on hiring, with the result
that today more than 100000 men
and women-double the figure of the
last WARFARE employed in the field,
while in Washington, the total of ap-
proximately 100000 is two and one
half times the size of the 1918 force,
1t should be remembered, too, that
about $4,000 employees have been
moved from Washington In the de-
Capitalization program, which means
that the departmental force actually
falls little short of tripling that of
the first World War. 1t is difficult
to Justify showing OF that sort,
especially when it is recalled that the
armed forces right now are not far
above the level of the earlier war
period. Yet hiring continues un-
abated. 1t was to get at the reasons
Tor this condition and to determine
whether such mass employment was
necessary that the House ordered the
committee probe.
1t seems likely that the mushroom
Ing war agencies will get the most
attention, but 1t is to be hoped that
the committee also will scan care
fully the other establishments. With
SO much of the American economy
turned to the war effort, it is simply
inconceivahle that the ordinary
peacetime activities of the Govern
ment should maintain a status quo,
and where units can be diverted to
more important work, that should be
done.
Minority Leader Martin has made
1t clear that House Republicans will
take advantage of their newly won
strength to demand reductions in
non-war expenditures, and Repre-
sentative Dirksen of Illinois is pro-
posing that the Appropriations Com
mittee equip itself with staff of
experts to keep constant check
on departmental needs. The Ap-
preparations Committee is in
strategic position to enforce econ
o,nies-whatever the nature of the
machinery that may be employed
and it is hopeful sign to see the
strengthened minority looking to-
ward retrenchment. Meantime, the
thought suggests itself that by close
cooperation with the Civil Service
Committee the Appropriations Com
mittee can give prompt effect to any
improvements proposed by the
former.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

American forces are reported to
have occupied the Algerian town OF
Bone virtually unopposed. Evidently
1t was not q Bone Of contention.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

The Italians probably would rejoice at
chance to get out Of the war. They are
to have that chance during the winter
If only they can throw off the control Of
German troops. If the Mediterranean
can be opened and If Italy can be driven
from the war, or enticed out Of the war,
in the months just ahead, Hitler would
be LIFT rather alone in the world to face
terrific onslaught by air and land.
The Germans already have lost any
chance that they ever had to make
juncture with the Japanese. They have
lost the best of their troops in Russia.
They have had their air forces severely
damaged. Their home industry is be-
ginning to crack under the strain. They
face highly difficult job in attempting
to supply troops either in Italy or Africa,
If the pressure by the Americans and
British is as great as 1t apparently Is
to be-
All of this suggests that Hitler's goose
is about cooked. He now will try to
fight defensive war to hold the loot
that he has conquered. Two things will
interfere with defensive strategy. One
is the immense fifth column that will
rise to plague the Germans in every part
Of Europe. The other is the air attack
that sooner or later is going to blast
German industry in way that will
interfere with its ability to supply forces
scattered along thousands and thousands
Of miles of front. Hitler Is vulnerable to
attack all the way from Finland to
Spain and from the French Mediter.
ranean coast to Greece. He cannot hope