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said, the British could now meet
immediate German attack with
out great fear.
The British like ourselves, how
ever, are not yet ready for an
offensive on the continent Of
Europe.
Meanwhile, Russia needs our
support in war materials more
than ever, for the Russian armies
have all but exhausted their re-
serve stocks in resisting and
pushing back the Nazis. Wash
ington Is determined to send war
supplies as long as communica-
tions with the U. S. S. r. remain
open, and 1t Is believed American
and British forces in the Atlantic
can keep them so for long time
Whatever demands may be
made on us from that direction.
it Is recognized now in the high
est quarters in Washington that
our immediate task lies In the
Pacific and, according to these
sources, every effort will be made
to regain our supremacy th0e
as soon as possible.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Dry Leader Admits Using
House Minority Workroom

Edward Page CASTOR, director Of
the World Prohibition Association,
said today he had used the facilities
Of the minority workroom Of the
House once Building to mail out
copies Of a recent speech Of Rep
resentative Guyer, Republican, OF
Kansas, urging prohibition for the
District.
The dry forces leader, answering
charges of Representative Sweeney,
Democrat, of Ohio, that Mr.. CASTOR
was urging the Offices to disseminate
dry propaganda, pointed out that
his organization had employed the
House once on several occasions,
but that each time he paid for the
work done there.
Marshall w. Pickering, veteran
manager Of the workroom, en-
phatically denied yesterday that
Mr.. CASTOR was utilizing his Offices
for propaganda purposes. About 300
copies of Representative Guyer's
speech, made December II, was
mailed out to members Of World
Prohibition Association after postage
had been paid by Mr.. CASTOR, Mr..
Pickering said.
Representative Sweeney has de-
manded an investigation by Speaker
Rayburn and the House Once Build
ing Commission to determine wheth-
er prohibition propaganda is being
sent out from the Republican work.
room.
Mr.. CASTOR said he welcomed
any congressional investigation on
the matter.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

course, austerely and dauntlessly,
nothing can defeat this Nation.
If, then, I continue to warn
of the enemy inside America, I
do so in no hysteria whatsoever,
but only to make clear the thesis
that our procedure In >dealing
with this internal enemy is as
outmoded as cavalry against a
blitz.
This war has gone on for two
years and a half. In every new
area 1t follows a consistent pat
tern. That pattern Is: Attack
from without with inside collab-
orators. The collaborators with
in are organized. They are or
ganized in a mass espionage and
propaganda system. 1t is this
element Of mass that distin-
guishes the modern fifth column.
Citizenship No Test.
In the last war there were
spies and saboteurs. In this war
there are vast pro-Fascist organi-
cations that have been openly
and secretly organized under the
protection Of constitutional lib
critics. They are exactly similar
to the movements organized in
Austria, Czecho- -Slovakia, Poland,
Holland, Norway and Alsace.
Citizenship is no criterion. Seyss-
1nquart, Henlein, Quisline, Van
Tonningen were citizens of the
countries they conspired against.
This Fascio-NaZi organization
network Is in collaboration on
the West Coast with the Japs.
Though crippled by the closing
OF the consulates and the vari-
Gus libraries Of information" 1t
was prepared for both events.
On the German side, it follows
the pattern of the Nal organi-
zation from the cell to the troop,
to the group, to the region, with
a whole network of leaders. And
our native Fascists play their
game even without collaboration.
Now we are seeking to deal
with these organizations by try
Ing to pick up here and there
leaders against whom on one
charge or another a case can be
made in law. This will not meet
the problem. The problem is the
destruction Of the whole Or
ganization. Every member in it
is open to suspicion. Their lead
ers, from the lowest to the high
est instance, should be locked up
for the defense Of the land. Their
members should be blacklisted,
And all their Fascist associates
should be kept under observation.
What do we actually find? Col.
George E. Deatherage, who is a
raving pro-Fascist, his activities
thoroughly well known to or
ganizations like the Friends of
Democracy and the Dies Com
mittee, was executive engineer in
charge Of a naval construction
job at Norfolk, Va, until, under
pressure of public opinion, he was
removed by Col. Knox.
Evening star., 1942-02-27


The problem is his, and his only
In this, as in practically every
thing else, everybody is limited by
the limitations Of the President
And in the matter Of labor demands,
Mr.. Roosevelt's political alliances.
obligations, leanings and commit
ments are such that he Is not In
position easily to deal with them on
their merits. The hope is that this
time he will cast of the strings
that bind him, live up to the brave
words Of his speech about not per-
mitting any group to gain advantage
at the expense Of us all and not
put forth one Of the compromises
for which he is famous and under
which the labor professionals Will
get enough Of their demands now
to enable them to renew pressure
for the rest q little later on.
That has been the administration
formula In the past, and the results
have been bad. II 1t is adhered to
now, they may be disastrous, because
hovering over the Nation is the
sinister threat Of uncontrolled infia-
ton. Nothing could contribute more
to make that threat q reality than
TO acquiesce In the plans Of these
labor lobbyists now. For. war or no
war, their purpose is to drive toward
their closed-shop ideal. which will
impose upon the Nation a labor
tyranny impossible to resist and
which will carry wages and prices
to q perilous height.
Push to Closed Shop.
Though In his speech Monday
night the President reiterated again
and again his promise Of "uninter-
rupted production" production con-
tinues to be interrupted by strikes,
walkouts, tieups and jurisdictional
controversies. In other words, the
breast-beating proclamations of
their passionate patriotism by both
A. r. L. and c. I. o. leaders have
not been sufnciently implemented
to induce their followers to work
without interruption in the defense
the output OF which will
determine the outcome of the war.
There are the facts. Yet, to read
the bombastic utterances of William
Green and Philip Murray. one would
gather that the forces which they
command are completely united
behind the President, permitting no
selfish consideration to diminish
effort to win the war.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

the ships 1t needs to fight In the
four corners Of the earth, we
must concentrate on two definite
objectives; to retain certain po-
sitions in the South Pacific
whence we may eventually oper-
ate to recover key points lost to
the Japs; and to prevent the
enemy from operating success
fully against objectives on the
United States coast.
These objectives are no secret.
Following Adolf Hitler's policy of
candor, the Japanese have told
us for years that they intend to
attack Hawaii, the Panama
Canal and Alaska after they
have consolidated their gains in
the South Pacific.
Y. s. Position Difficult.
Japanese military writer's and
spokesman-the only ones in
Nippon whose utterances could
be taken seriously-have en-
phasized that In order to main
tain their new empire In the
South Pacific the might Of the
United States must be cut down.
This, they said-both openly and
In confidential studies which
have been known in Washing
ton for some time-can be
achieved only by striking as close
as possible to American shores
and preventing Americas sea
and air forces from taking the
offensive.
Our position, at best, Is diff
cult. We must operate in the
Pacific thousands Of miles from
naval and air bases. The Japa-
nese, who at all times have had
the advantage Of greater proxi-
nifty to their objectives, are now
in far better position than we
had anticipated.
In the Pacific as well as the
Atlantic we are suffering heavy
losses in merchantmen, which
are rs important as warships and
planes. Without these vessels we
cannot hope to move armies. nor
be Of real assistance to our asso-
ciates fighting Hitler in Europe.
Our production program calls
for q huge tonnage Of ships and
IN due course we shall be able
10 fulfill It, but II the rate Of
Evening star., 1942-02-27
This Changing World
US. Expected to Concentrate War Effort
In Poeifie-From Alaska to AustroIio

sinkings continues Is high as in
January and February, the mer-
chantmen we are producing will
bring only q small net increase
In our merchant marine, for a
good portion of the new ships
will be requirements.
Our aircraft factories are de-
hvering satisfactory number Of
planes, both for combat and
training and by spring 1t is hoped
their output will be 100 per cent
of requirements. But while
bombers can be ferried to the
most distant destinations under
their own power, the vital pur-
suit and intercepter ships must
be Grated and shipped.
Despite these difficulties, the
military and naval men who plan
our strategy are not worried over
the final outcome. But they in
sist that for the time being we
must devote all our energy to
the West Coast and Pacific, re-
gardless Of what happens else
where.
Britain In Fair Shape.
Britain is in pretty good shape.
She has been spared major air
raids for many months. During
that time she has been able to
readjust her industries and re-
store them to more than 30 per
cent efficiency in war produc-
ton.
The British Army now is said
to number more than 2,500 900
men, Of whom more than half
are trained troops. This is in
contrast to last year at this time,
when not more than 100000
could have been regarded as fully
trained, the balance being home
guards who had not yet been
hardened to modern warfare.
Re-inforcements for the threat
ened Mediterranean area have
been sent from England in re-
cent months. Thus, 1t can be
Evening star., 1942-02-27

war to enforce
unrea S o nable
and dangerous
labor advances,
these lobbyists
present W h q t
4 amounts to a
demand upon
the President
that no restraint
be imposed.
1t is a situa-
ton which calls
for courage and
frmness from
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

responsibility, indeed a time for
fervent prayer that God will guide
the President to make himself ac-
cessible to all kinds of opinion
without resentment and to do his
duty no matter what the cost either
to pride or to hurt feelings. For
this is war, and the mothers and
fathers of the 2,340, as we'll as the
mothers and fathers whose sons
are about to face the enemy, are
entitled to that kind of a solemn
pact between the Government and
the people.
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Evening star., 1942-02-27
The Great Game of Politics
Threat Of Disastrous InfIotion Seen Unless
President Puts Brokes on Labor Demands

The truth is that. despite the ex-
treme gravity Of the situation, no
opportunity is being overlooked to
push toward the completely closed
shop, which is their most dearly
cherished ideal.
The Presidents new War Labor
Board has expressed o desire for at
least q partial restraint of rising
wages and apparently realizes the
danger. Yet it has not taken an un-
equivocal stand, and the feeling Is
that 1t is apt to yield to labor pres
sure in the Little Steel fight,
which will reduce 1t to much the
same state Of impotency as its de-
funct predecessor, the Mediation
Board, and precipitate Q state Of
affairs very bafding, indeed, to the
price administrator, Leon Hender-
son.
Price and Wage Race.
1t is not surprising that Mr.. Hen
derson is appalled, at the prospect.
A general rise in wages at this time
means a general rise in prices which
he cannot control. 1t means that
the race between wages and prices
would be on, with first one ahead
and then the other, and with little
or nothing to stand in the way of
that runaway imitation which nearly
everybody breads and Of which 80
many have warned.
1t is still possible for the War
Labor Board to halt this fatal race,
but 1t cannot do it without presiden-
tial support. 1t is still possible for
Congress to enact restraining legis-
lation, but 1t has heretofore found
that impossible without presidential
support. Mr.. Roosevelt has taken a
f1rm stand against the latest farm
bloc demand and, despite Senate
action, If he stands hrm will gain
his point. II he is equally Arm
about the labor demands, he can
be sure Of overwhelming public
support. The fear Is that, in re-
turn for agreement by the labor
leaders, with patriotic fiourishes, on
uninterrupted production" he will
yield to them on the main points
and thus, unrestrained, they will
proceed in their plans-which, If
successful, will make Of this Nation
after the war a very different and
infinitely less desirable America for
everybody than 1t is now.
(Copyright, lp42)
Evening star., 1942-02-27
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Unless unforeseen develop
ments occur In the next few
months. the principal war effort
Of the United States will be
exerted in the Pacific, from
Alaska to way down under"
The hesitations which were ap-
parent In the first few weeks Of
the war-when those responsible
for our strategy talked about
fighting wherever the enemy
could be found and emphasized
the struggle in the Atlantic.
Africa and Near East-have given
way to q more definite and clear
cut attitude.
1t is realized that until our
production reaches its peak, our
Army Is developed to striking
strength and our Navy receives
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Good Neiqhbor Fellowship

Miss Nancy c. Nesbitt. daughter Of
Capt. and Mrs. D. w. Nesbit Of
the Navy Supply Corps, will leave
Washington early in March for
Buenos Aires where she will study
under good neighbor fellowship
at the University of Buenos Aires.
1t was announced today. She is .
graduate Of the University Of North
Carolina and has taken o year Of
graduate study there.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

his dreStde chat
recently, when
he said:
In a democ-
racy there Is al
ways q solemn
pact between
Government and
the people: but
there must al
ways be full use
OF discretion -
and the W ord
discretion ap-
plies to the cri-
tics of Govern
nAnt aS Ue11 -
Evening star., 1942-02-27

1t could not
be otherwise.
But what will
determine the
eventual out
come will be
the internal
situation in
this country.
If in loyalty
and unity,
W it h COM
plete courage
and determi-
n a t ion we
Evening star., 1942-02-27

ready had disap-
peared through
the W ard room
door and gone to
get q copy Of
one Of the men,
tai tests that
every applicant
for the Naval
Air Corps must
pass. I had VOL
unteered to take
the test, not In
an effort TO be-
come q cadet, be-
Evening star., 1942-02-27
America Seen as FoiIing to Act TO Prevent
Inside Job Victory by Axis Powers

Paul Rao, q lawyer denounced
by many bar associations, Is as
sistant attorney general in New
York In charge Of customs. Rao
was the lawyer for Fritz Kuhn,
for the outright Nazi publication,
Deutsche Weckruf und Beobach-
ter, for the German-American
front, the Deutche Konsum
Verein and for Willie Luedtke,
accused Of kidnapping some secre-
taries of the bund, and Walter
Leiste, who assaulted an Amer
lean Legionnaire for making .
patriotic protest at hund meet
ing.
Wed Niece Of Propagandist.
Rao also headed q committee
that sent q medal and . check
to Mussolini on the occasion OF
the 10th anniversary Of the
Fascist revolution. And he mar
ried the niece of Generoso Pope,
italian language publisher, who,
until the outbreak Of war was
making Fascist propaganda con-
tinually.
Recently two Of Popes editors,
Vincenzo Gioffre, furious Italian
Nationalist and founder Of the
Fascio San Eufemia d'Astro-
monte, and Francesca Panciatichi,
Fascist and correspondent Of
Popolo dItalia, were casually re-
leased from Ellis Island and re-
stored to their newspapers.
Herbert r. Oettgen Is the
president of Radio -Rundfunk,
which produces and sells phono-
graph records In German. He
recorded the speeches of Kuhn.
and widely advertised and sold
records Of Hitler, the Horst
Vessel and other Nazi
marching songs. He has boasted
of friendship with Bund leaders.
And he is still, as I write these
lines, speaking over the German
language hour broadcast spon-
sored by German furniture stores.
There are only q few isolated
instances that happen to have
come to my attention. But
since 1910 and preceding the
Normandie there were . whole
series Of explosions and fires in
armament plants and inevitably
they have been written down as
accidents" One can only ask
whether 1t was also an accident"
that among the employees Of the
Hercules Powder plant, that ex-
ploded in September, 1910, IN
New Jersey. were three men who
only a short time before had
taken part in the drills OF the
German American Bund In
Andover, N. j.; or whether it was
also lust an accident" that five
other men who participated in
these drills were employed in the
great Picatinny arsenal. which
suffered q blast about the same
time.
Inside Jos" for Axis.
The Axis has always said that
America would be "an inside job"
Holland, Belgium, France and
Norway were also all. to . great
extent, inside jobs" Cecil
Brown has reported from Malaga
what an inside job" was done
there, and we all know OF the
inside Jobs" in Hawaii.
And so one asks: When will
this country wake up and make
war on its enemies right here?
Intelligence Is the capacity to
learn from experience. If there
are no adequate statutes to deal
with a reality, then the statutes
should be made. Civilian defense
means protecting civilians-from
the enemies who may come and
the enemies organized to assist
and welcome them.
CHeleased By the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Maryland Notes Rise
In ChiIdren's Ailments
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Fress.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 27.-Dr. G. H
Halliday, State health department
epidemiologist, said yesterday there
was a seasonal increase Of measles
mumps, scarlet fever and other
chIdren,s diseases throughout Mary.
land.
He added that reports received
in his office indicated prevalence Of
the diseases "is nowhere near cpl
demic proportions in any part Of
the State"
Evening star., 1942-02-27
|McLemo,re-
Tukes Air Test for
Fun, and FIunks
BY HENRY McLEMORE,

NAVAL AIR BASE, Near Atlanta,
Ga.-The moment I said "Yes" I
knew I should have said NO"
But 1t was too late.
Ensign John w. Gittinger, psychic
logical oficer of the base here, al.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
War in RETROSPECT
By the Associated Press.
One Year Ago Today.

One lear ago looAy.
British air raiders blast
Cologne; report $50 fires started
In factories, warehouses and
oil tanks. Germans bomb Lon
don by daylight. Japan de-
mands Thailand accept plan to
end border war with French
Indo- China.
Two Years Ago Today.
r. A. r. planes fly over Ber-
lin on scouting trip. German
aircraft touch on AFRAID alarm
in Paris.
Is Years Ago Today.
British report additional pro-
gress in Ancre sector of western
front; capture two villages.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

HE opinions OF the wres this page their otp not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In
Stars effort to gDe all sides OF questions of interest its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-02-27
Critic Has
Duty in
Wartime
Proper Assay Of
PIuints to Correct
Mistakes Urged
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

What is the duty of the critic
Of government in wartime? Presi-
dent Roosevelt In a sense raised
this very question by q passage in
Evening star., 1942-02-27
By FRANK r. KENT.

As once more there arises In
Congress and in the country a de-
mand for some restraint on the
labor lobbyists, who are using the
Evening star., 1942-02-27
On the Record
By DOROTHY THOMPSON.

Since the Pearl Harbor disas-
ter there has been no doubt that
the year 1912 would be one Of
the darkest In our history.
Evening star., 1942-02-27

nehrv MeLsmors' cause at my age
the Navy wouldn't trust me with
anything Of q more valuable vintage
than Q Wright brothers' plane, but
becauase-well, II you want the truth
Il got smart-alecky and thought I'd
make a whacking good grade and
show of a little.
While Ensign Gittinger was gone,
Comdr. Harrigan, 1t. Mann and sew
eral Of the flying instructors ex-
planned to me the Importance the
Navy, the flying end Of it, anyway,
attaches to these tests.
The Navy has found, through the
years, that by various written and
oral tests, 1t is possible to come close
to determining mans ability to fly
plane before he ever gets into the
cockpit. These tests save o lot of
wear and tear on planes, instructors
and pupils.
Ensign Gittinger arrived at this
point, bringing with him o mental
test.
Sorry, Ensign" I said, having
heard enough Of what constituted
these tests to scare me OF. Sorry,
but have to be back In town In an
hour or so. Some other time, old
fellow"
No. You've plenty Of time" the
Ensign said. 1T only takes Il min
utes."
It'll take me more than Il min
utes," I answered briskly. Haste
only makes waste, and wouldn't
like to do 1t unless I did 1t right"
Twelve minutes is all the time
you are allowed on this test" the
Ensign answered somewhat testify.
There Is q time limit, so you have
plenty Of time to do It,"
He led me into a little side room
and showed me to a desk. He laid
down the test and Q pencil. As he
shut the door. he clicked q stop
watch.
trust that what 7 scored On
the test will ever remain a secret be-
tween Ensign Gittinger and me. En-,
Ensign? BY the way, what sort Of
cigarettes do you smoke, OIL bow
And do you like brownies? Ny wife
cooks a mean brownie.
The test did one thing for me,
though. 1t gave me a tremendous
admiration for the men who fy
Navy planes. The fact that they
fly them means they passed this
monster and others Like it. It means
that they can figure out how far
John can run in an hour If Bill can
ride bicycle Is miles in As minutes;
how much milk is needed for 1000
men If one Of them doesn't like milk
at all; which of the following sub
stances have no relation to one an
other: Coal, Melvin Douglas, butter
orlckle Ice cream, hatbands, tea
kettles; If It's false or true that most
Republicans wear dark suits and
long faces so every one who wears
dark suits and long faces Is q Re-
publican?
Unless the Navy had brought these
tests into use, men of my tnteln-
gence might possibly have been al
lowed to fy, and think Of the harm
that could have been done. Turned
loose in the air, might have been
the first American to become an
Axis ace. The chances are that 7
would have cracked up so many of
my own country's planes learning to
fly that the Axis nations would have
felt called upon to decorate me as
an ace-as the flyer who had
brought down more United Nations
planes than any other man.
Distributed by McNsuTht Syndicate. IneJ
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-07-02
Rural Education Progress
Will be Conference Theme

Progress in Rural Education
will be the theme OF the Rural Edu-
cation Conference planned Thurs
day, July l6, at the Michigan State
Normal College. T. L. Stearns,
head Of the rural education depart
ment at the Normal is arranging
the sessions.
Demonstration lessons by teach
ers OF Roosevelt School will start
at 8 a. m, and tickets for admis-
sion to the room in which guests
wish 10 observe may be secured at
the desk in the foyer OF the school.
At 1915 a m, John c. Watson,
of the department of research and
finance OF Illinois Agriculture AS
ISOLATION, Chicago, will give the
main morning address, using as his
topic THE Influence OF Current
Social and Economic Trends in
Rural America on Rural Educa-
ton.
His talk will be followed by a
forum discussion on improved
Practices in Rural Schools by Miss
Fern Bickford, county commits
sioner Of schools, Branch County,
Miss Gertrude Eastman, Mason
County commissioner OF schools;
John r. Francis. Sanilac County
Commissioner Of Schools; Miss
Gladys McCallum. Livingston Coun.
ty Commissioner OF Schools; and
Miss Ethel O'Connor. OF the Nor.
NAL College.