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Evening star., 1942-01-18
General Knudsen

William S. Knudsen, now lieu
tenant general by virtue of presiden-
tial commission, has been assigned
to a Job under the new war produc-
ton setup for which he is ideally
fitted by talent and temperament.
Mr.. Knudsen-it is little strange
to think of him as a three-star gen.
erals going into the field as
director of production for the War
Department, and in that capacity he
will be responsible for expediting and
directing production in the plants
where the tools of war are made.
It Is safe to assume that no one
will welcome this change of assign
ment more than Mr. Knudsen. In
his former role as director general
Of the Office of Production Manage
ment he had to contend with a mass
Of paper work which had never been
his speciality. BY and large he did
. good job, yet undoubtedly he made
mistakes, and these were seized upon
by numerous critics, selfish and un-
selfish, open and covert, who sought
to discredit him with every means
at their command.
All Of this must have been CALLING
and baf1ling to man who had been
described by Henry Ford as "a wizard
OF mass production" but who pre-
ferred to consider himself as simply
q good mechanic" Mr.. Knudsen,
after all, did not seek the Job as
o. p. M. director and never had laid
claim to abilities that he did not
possess. Mr.. Roosevelt asked him to
take the post and he handled 1t to-
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THE RED CROSS, A GREAT SYMBOL
Bv the RIGHT Rep james E. Freeman D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.,
Bishop of Washngton

To what are we to look for this deliver
ance? Can it come from our conceits Of
power, our ambitious designs, our selfish
ways? It must come from the deepening
Of our sympathies, the quickening Of
our good impulses, the broadening Of our
affections. In this the Red Cross seeks
to serve as q great example. 1t essays
the role Of Him who was no respecter
Of persons, whose deeds Of kindness and
good will were to all men under all con-
ditions. Following this high ideal 1t Is
calling men everywhere to a kindlier,
more generous view of life. This demon
stration of love. the greatest thing in
the world, is a noble expression of the
Christian religion. It must be main
tanned today, If out Of the wreck Of
war we are to preserve the vestiges Of
Christian civilization.
Deeds are stronger than words. selfless
service that costs sacriflcial giving is
better than well-wishing. Most Of us
are denied the privilege Of serving our
less fortunate fellows in the day Of their
dire afliction, We can do 1t vicariously
through those whom we send to places
where dark shadows have fallen. When
these shadows have been dissipated and
the guns are silenced, what has been
done through generous and kindly min
istry must mollify and mitigate the
terms of stern peace.
We may have long way to go before
we reach the goal that the gentle Christ
prescribed. but we can begin to move in
the direction He indicated. No man Is
SO poor. no life so humble that it cannot
do its part in fastening this greatly de-
Sired end. As Jesus Christ sought to
make clear the ultimate basis OF divine
judgment He pictured the nations rs
being gathered before God, seated upon
the throne Of His glory" Then shall
the King say unto them on His right
hand. Come, ye blessed of my Father,
inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation Of the world, for
I was an hungered, and ye gave me
meat; I was thirsty. and ye gave me
drink; was stranger, and ye took me
in; naked, and ye clothed me; I was
sick, and ye visited me; was in prison,
and ye came unto me- Inasmuch as We
have done 1t unto the least of these, my
brethren, ye have done it unto me-"
The ministry Of healing and kindness
is the standard by which life is to be
judged. The Red Cross is a noble ex-
emplar Of these abiding virtues
Evening star., 1942-01-18
Capital SideIights
By Will P. Kennedy.

In paying tribute to the American
and is the unsung hero Of all our wars
Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri
recalls Private John Allen" one of the
unique figures in Congress, 1.-The only
private In the South who was nominated
and elected to Congress from Missis-
sippi." He quotes former Speaker
Champ Clark, father Of the present
Senator Bennett Champ Clark, in his
historic book on MY Quarter Century
of American Politics." where it is reported
that cited Private" Allen was among the
six greatest humorists ever elected to
the House. Allen "joked his way into
Congress" His opponent was Confed-
crate Gen. Tucker, who had fought gal
lantly and served with distinction three
terms in the House. They met on the
stump. Gen. Tucker closed his speech
by saying: Seventeen years ago last
night, after q hard-fought battle. I
bivouacked on yonder HILL" and then
appealed for the votes of those who
remembered his services in those days
that tried mems souls" But Allen ex-
ceded the general at his own game. He
praised the gallantry of the general and
confirmed what he had said, but pro-
claimed II was vedette picket and stood
guard over him while he slept" Then
he added: "All of you who were generals
and had privates to stand guard over
you while you slept-vote for Gen.
Tucker; all of you who were privates
and stood guard over the sleeping gen.
erals, vote for Pvt. John Allen" The
people sent him to Congress where he
served for 16 years, retiring to resume
the practice of law.
The page boys of the House have had
q very successful season. with Chief Page
Johnny McCabe as their patron and
Representative Gerald w. Lands as
their coach. The Congressman is an
old hand at the business, having been
athletic director of high schools in his
home town of Linton, Ind, IS well as
business and law instructor.
Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary Of the
Senate, is distributing copies Of a new
public document which soon will be
available in libraries throughout the
country. The volume contains papers
relating to the declarations of state
Of war with Japan, Germany and Italy.
together with addresses. messages and
proclamations of the President. 1t makes
q compact book of the historical ofhcial
statements regarding the entrance OF
the United States into the present World
War.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

We are all the followers of symbols
From childhood to age we respond to
those things that embody our ideals and
principles. Our nag Is . symbol Of the
Nations greatness and power. To 1t we
pay allegiance. The cross Is . symbol
Of Him who died that men may live. To
1t We pay reverent homage.
The Red Cross on its field Of white has
come to interpret to the world the high
claims Of humanity in their broadest,
fullest meaning. 1t follows with consis-
tent devotion wherever there is cry Of
need, wherever the distressed and af-
flicted call for succor In the day Of ad-
versity. In the terrible tragedy of war
1t is the one outstanding enterprise that
brings light to dark and somber pic
ture. It ministers to the wounded, 1t
feeds the hungry, it clothes the naked, 1t
houses those destitute Of shelter. It ex-
emplifies the parable Of the Good Sa.
maritan and refuses to pass by those
who have fallen upon adversity. It does
not minister impersonally but through
the hands Of those who give Of them
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who are forgotten Of their fellows.
Gifts to this great healing and CO.
operating agency are ministered through
Christlike men and women. physicians
and nurses. Protected by their symbol
Of hope they dare to enter fields where
perils attend them This symbol is rec
ognized by friends and cruel enemies
alike No condition is too bad, no situa-
ton too stern and forbidding to stay the
feet of those who carry its message OF
hope. The silver lining Of the black
cloud Of war is this beneficent agency
that interprets its work In terms Of hui
man hands that carry healing and re-
newal in their touch. 1t represents not
only the kindly side Of war; 1t is the in
terpreter Of the only way . lasting peace
may be secured.
The violence Of mortal conflict Is the
evidence of . deadly malady that makes
men british and inhuman. Where races
and peoples are divided by their am
bilious designs they commonly recognize
that which speaks Of international good
will. This the Red Cross represents
AS we look at our world today, there
is little to reassure us other than our
hopes OF better things to come. Despite
our fears and our confused minds there
is in the heart OF every man the belief
that new plan is being evolved, out of
which a new kind of world is to be born.
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claims Of q selfish world. All that
he asked was the privilege Of service
without intolerable invasion Of his
personal serenity. His spirit was
modest, generous, kindly. He might
have been king Of three or four
different countries. Instead, he
chose to be faithful to the profess
sion to which he was pledged from
the moment Of his birth, May /,
1850-the army and its welfare. He
entered Woolwich at 18 and was
commissioned a lieutenant Of ar
tillery a year later. His military
experience thereafter included prac-
tically every campaign for which he
was eligible during more than half a
century. The first of his medals
was gained in the suppression OF
the Fenian raid into Canada in 1870.
AS Governor General of the Domin-
ion from 1911 to 1916, he won many
American friends who still remem-
ber him with gratitude. Washing
tonians, meeting him at the White
House In 1912, recall his courtesy as
his outstanding quality.
At home the Dukes discretion and
tactfulness were legendary endow-
ments. Especially at the start Of
the reign of George v he was an
invaluable counselor to the throne.
His travels had made him ac-
quainted with the whole earth, he
comprehended- the pattern OF the
human mind and he was sympa-
thetic toward the noblest aSpira-
tions of the human heart. It was
said of him justly that he expected
the best of other men and earned 1t
by giving the best that was in HIM
self. To what extent he resembled
his beloved mother observers might
disagree, but there could be little
question about his likeness to his
father, Prince Albert. Tall, straight,
handsome, af1able, democratic, ear
nest in every effort of his long and
useful career, he leaves q name
which will be honored with the
brightest Of the age to which he
belonged.
Evening star., 1942-01-18

The Associated Press reports that
Swing" has invaded the sacred
realm of Indian music. At Fort Hall;
Idaho, it is said, young Hiawathas
and Minnehahas now flock to Give
Joints" to "cut a rug" with their
white contemporaries. The cultural
gain thus achieved undoubtedly Is
one of the symptoms of "the new
order" in the ancient art Of cere-
monial dancing.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
Tires for Toxis

Leon Henderson, testifying before
the House District Committee, has
made it quite plain that in his opin-
ion the day is coming when taxicabs
will be withdrawn from the streets
Of Washington for lack of tires.
Mr.. Henderson started with the
premise that the rubber shortage is
critical and is not apt to be mate
rally improved in the near future.
ut may we'll be-" he added, that the
functions performed by the taxicabs
in the District of Columbia are Of
great convenience and perhaps i'm
portance to the community and the
Nation. That, however, is not the
decisive question. The question is
what are the most important funda-
mental uses which must be contin-
ued with our sharply limited supply
Of tires" Clearly, he concludes. the
operation Of taxicabs is not one OF
them. : - : atrQ'sH 4.
There seems to be no reasonable
: basis on which exception can be
taken to this line of reasoning. But.
If Mr.. Henderson's forecast be ac-
cepted, it becomes increasingly
urgent that every effort be made
to enlarge the city's mass trans
portation facilities-not after pri-
vate cars and taxicabs are driven
from the streets, but now.
In a recent address E. D. Merrill,
president Of the Capital Transit
Company, submitted some significant
figures. The transit company now
has in service during rush hours a
peak of 1898 vehicles-streetcars
and buses. These vehicles, Mr.. Mer-
rill said, carry so per cent of the
riders in the District, while the re-
manning so per cent ride in $4,000
automobiles. During the coming
eight months, he said, the company
expects to put in service 472 new
vehicles, but these obviously will not
be sufficient or anywhere near suffl-
cient If by that time all or most OF
the riders now using automobiles,
plus newcomers to the District, turn
to buses and streetcars for trans
portation.
This is a matter which requires
much more serious attention than
it seems to be receiving. Only last
week the Public Utilities Commission
rejected a transit company request
to convert a number of two-man
streetcars now in service to one-man
operation. Under the circumstances
this ruling seems to have been justi-
fed, since there was no evidence
that the company had equipment on
hand to which the drivers released
by one-man operation could have
been assigned. The commission,
however, based its action on the
failure of the company to show that
it had exhausted the local labor
supply-a point which hardly seems
germane to the basic issue.
AS the picture shapes up at this
point, the question Of equipment is
going to loom more Importantly in
the future than that of securing
operators. If private cars and taxi
cabs are forced from the streets by
lack of tires, the transit company is
going to need 1000 or 1,500 new
vehicles instead of the 472 presently
on order. And, since the need for
the greater number is apt to be
temporary, it is only reasonable to
suppose that the company will ex-
pect financial assistance in their
procurement, assuming that they
would be available under. any cir
cumstances. Certainly, these are
matters to which Congress and the
P. U. c. should be giving most
earnest consideration now.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
LocoI Housing Crisis

Chairman Lanham of the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds was thoroughly justified in
declaring yesterday that something
will have to be done" about the
housing crisis confronting lower
salaried defense workers in Wash
ington. The last hope for some
measure of relief under the Lanham
Defense Housing Act went glimmer-
ing Friday when House and Senate
conferees eliminated from that act
q provision which would have made
its provisions applicable to "all en-
ployes of the United States whose
duties are essential to the national
defense" That language was in
serted in the original bill by the
Senate, after Federal and local au-
thorities pointed out that only
workers at military and naval sta
tions, like the Navy Yard and Boiling
Field, would be eligible for relief
under the bill as first drawn. Shorn
OF the broader phraseology, the new
legislation offers no assistance to
thousands of Government workers
employed in the departments and
other agencies.
In view of the fact that Congress
had before it impressive data on the
gravity of the housing shortage in
Washington, it is difficult to under
stand why the Nations Capital, CEN
ter of Americas wartime activities,
deliberately was barred from par
ticipation under the Lanham Act.
Federal housing experts repeatedly
have stressed the necessity of Fed
eral action to meet the growing
shortage of living quarters here.
During the eighteen months ending
July 1 next. it is estimated, more
than 10000 additional employees will
have crowded into the city for war
work, not counting perhaps $4,000
others employed on non-govern-
mental projects. Many OF these
workers are bringing their families
to Washington with them. Yet re-
cent surveys have shown that rental
vacancies here have declined to an
all-time low of fraction of one per
cent, despite achievements during
the past year of private builders and
the Federal Government.
Under the stepped up program ar
ranged comparatively between the
Government and private industry, 1t
is expected that 1880 housing
units may be produced during the
next fiscal year. supplemented by
$500 family units and 1,500 single
units to be built by the Defense
Homes Corporation. In addition to
these units, however, there still re-
mains an urgent need for about
$500 dwelling units in the lower rent
category. Housing Of this type can
be supplied only by the Federal Gov
ernment, as it is not economically
feasible for private builders to un-
dertake this type Of construction. 1t
is perfectly obvious that some pro-
vision must be made for all the
workers who require shelter while
serving their Government in Wash
ington. Congressional action is the
only hope Of these newcomers. spe-
cial legislation to afford the relief
to which they are entitled should be
introduced and enacted into law with
q minimum Of delay. The emer-
gency is real, immediate and de-
serving of quick action.
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The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to
credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this
paper and Also the local news published herein
All fights Of publication Of special dispatches
herein also are reserved.
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the center Of initiative.
The possibilities are revealed by the
experience of one group of American
flyers, with few rather out-of date
American planes. These flyers had
reached Burma just q few days before
the war broke out with Japan. The fact
that they we're there was due. largely to
the enterprise of Lauchlin Currie, an
administrative assistant 10 the Presi-
dent who was interested in getting aid
to China. After much time and effort
he had succeeded in inducing the Army
to release some older model P-40's and
some volunteer pilots to fly them for the
Chinese.
These flyers. and there are only a very
few Of them to fly Z very few planes,
have knocked of Japanese bomber and
fighting planes in q surprising manner.
They have shown that when the United
States can bring adequate air forces to
bear the Japanese are going to be in for
q tough time. That is the one encour-
agenent in what has been . drab pic
ture since the war started in the Pa
cif1c. It shows what the Army might
have done If 1t had built up even q
modest-and adequately protected-force
of fighter planes in the Philippines. Mr..
Currie, who is an economist and not a
military man, had recognized the need
for these planes In China. The British
didn't have them in any force In Malaga
and this country didn't in the Philip.
pines Planes that were there were In
adequately protected due to lack Of
Evening star., 1942-01-18

role of Judge. The decision went against
Argentina, but 1t was cheerfully accepted
and the issue has never risen again. The
next boundary dispute came in 1899,
when Chile and Argentina became con-
tenders for bleak plateau lying between
the two countries. A joint commission
was appointed by the contenders with
this country's representative in Argentina
as q neutral member and 1t was his vete
that gave the claim to Chile.
The lack of full friendship between
the United States and Argentina in re-
cent times is easy to understand. Neither
country stands blameless, for both have
made errors Of judgment and psycholog-
ical mistakes. Argentina, ever increasing
in wealth, and with an enhanced national
self-consciousness, has felt that 1t should
be the spokesman for all Latin America.
On the other hand, the United States
has presumed upon It's importance IN the
Western Hemisphere, even to the extent
Of acting as spokesman for all the ma.
tions in North and South America. r''
Other differences between the United
States and Argentina have come about
In recent times, tariff on wool being an
example. Then came the canned beef
episode and, finally, when the Argentine
government set up . restaurant at the
New York Worlds Fair. 1t was not per-
mitted to sell its own meats.
The recently signed trade agreement
between the United States and Argen-
tina has helped to smooth out difnculties,
but these incidents have left the i'm
preston In Argentina that the good
neighbor policy is only q matter OF words.
Obviously, Argentinas attitude in the
auti-Axis+ parley now In session win b
watched with interest.
Evening star., 1942-01-18
Member Of the Associated Press,

a. second-class matter post ON
Washinston. D. c.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
SOIdier-KiIIer
Guilty; TO Hang

MELBOURNE. Australia, July
II (UP).-Pvt. Edward J. Leonski
"a, the former New York grocery
clerk who strangled three women
because he could not resist the
softnes Of their Threats and the
beauty of their voices, was found
guilty by court-martial today
and was sentenced to be hanged.
LeonSki confessed he had killed
the women and medical commits
sion reported to the court-martial
that he was not insane and never
had been.
a defense pSychiatriSt. however,
testified that Lconski had a pSy-
chopathic personality a buddy
who shared a tent with him in the
American army camp told the
court LeonSki once told him he
had two personalities.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
OPA Stondordizes Soap
WPB Permits Unlimited Output Of Other Toilet
Goods but Clamps Down on Bubble Baths

WASHINGTON, July II CUP)
The Office of Price Administra.
ton today SET the standards or
size and quality of all soaps in
order to maintain the effective.
ness of price ceilings over the
American housewives $500 600, 0OC
annual soap bill.
The regulation applies to manu-
facturers, who are ordered to keep
products at their present size and
latherability. The benefits will be
passed on to consumers through
price ceilings.
The War Production Board gave
the go-ahead TO unlimited produc-
ton Of baby powder, shaving
cream, tooth cleanser and several
other articles providing they do
not contain certain critical ma
terials. II curtailed the number of
containers which may be used for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
.MikhdiIOvitCh
Battles Italians

LONDON. July II CUP).-Re.
liable sources said today that Gen.
Draja Mikhailovitch's Yugoslav
.guerrillas were engaged in two
battles with the Italians along the
border, six miles from Fiume,
Italy. and that his men had car
ried out three night raids against
garrisons near Trieste, Italy.
Trieste is p miles from the
Yugoslav border at the nearest
point. Both Fiume and Trieste
are in northeastern Italy. The
Italians, according to report S
reaching London. have increased
their army of occupation in
Croatia, along the Italian frontier,
TO we'll over 100000 men.
Polish guerrillas were said 10
have killed Franz Wald, the local
gestapo chief of the Lublin dis
'trict, in a battle on the outskirts
of Lublin. Guerrillas stopped his
automobile with a barricade, and
shot him and the gestapo agents
with him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
Moury Paul, Writer, Dies
Covered Social Activities of New York and w. S.
Under Name Of 'CholIy Knickerbocker'

NEW YORK, July II CUP).-
Maury II. 3. Paul, 81, better
known as Cholly Knickerbocker,
society editor of the New York
Journal-American, died Of a heart
ailment at his hone today. He
had been i'll for 10 weeks.
Paul was born in Philadelphia,
the son Of William Henry Paul
and Eleanor Virginia Biddle.
After graduating from the Episco-
pal Academy there in 1910, he
attended the University of Penn
sylvania and began newspaper
work on the Philadelphia Times
In 1914, leaving that year TO be-
come society editor Of the New
York Press.
He worked subsequently for the
New York Pest, the Evening
Mail, the New York American and
eventually the New York Journal
American. His daily society col
umn was syndicated He wrote
numerous magazine articles.
In addition to his New York
home, he maintained an estate,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-07-17
Chutists Near Hyde Park
Roise 8-Stote Alarm

RHINEBECK, n. Y. July II
(UP).-Heavily armed federal,
state and local authorities
searched the woods and brush of
Duchess County today for six or
seven parachutiSts reported to
have been seen dropping near
President Roosevelt's Hyde Park
estate.
The army announced it was
investigating. but did not reveal
the extent and nature of its
inquiry.
Reports circulated that fire.
works and balloons, which might
have been taken for parachutes.