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Evening star., 1942-02-07

the political angle. the Demo-
Gratis have resented the conduct
Of affairs, Just as everyday
American citizens.
Representative Cannon, Demo-
crat, Of Missouri, chairman of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee, paid Mrs. Roosevelt a
splendid tribute, for her cour-
age, ability and devotion, and
spoke of her as one of the most
remarkable figures of these re-
markable times. He did say,
however. that covering as much
territory as she does, interested
in a great variety of activities, it
was only natural she should oc-
casionally do something that
would bring criticism.
He made no effort to defend
the employment Of the persons
criticized and said that when
another appropriation bill comes
before his committee, the appro-
priation for the Office of Emer-
gency Management, out of which
these salaries are now paid. the
whole matter will be given most
careful scrutiny. Furthermore,
he offered and had adopted an
amendment which would prevent
the payment Of these salaries out
of the appropriation carried in
the deficiency bill. All Of which
speaks for itself.
Evening star., 1942-02-07

by Hitler" was meant the entire
Axis gang, coupled with a loan Of
a half billion dollars, has some
what nlended the situation.
The Chinese generalissimo Is
still worried by the possibility of
the fall of Burma and an upris-
ing of the Burmese. 1t seems to
be too late now, even If Gen.
Wavell accepted the Chinese offer,
for the Chinese divisions to reach
Burma in time to save the sit
uation. Upper Burma might be
saved, but Rangoon and its adja-
cent territory must henceforth be
defended by imperial troops alone.
And military experts wonder
whether there are enough troops
there to meet the expected jap
anese onslaught.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Just to say that money-public
money, out Of the pockets Of the
taxpayers or their savings-is
being expended for national de-
fense is no longer enough. The
American people are going to de-
mand the details. They are
going to demand an accounting.
All the more because Of the
revelations in recent days of the
fantastic use Of money by the
Civilian Defense setup, Of the
staggering profits made on some
war contracts by those fortunate
enough to have them and Of the
extravagant gains made by some
labor unions.
With March IS and heavy in
come taxes staring them in the
face and every prospect Of addi-
tional taxes soon to be levied,
the men and women Of this coun-
try, who are perfectly willing to
put up their all to win this war,
are showing that they are not
willing to have their dollars
wasted or taken by prof1teers,
whether the proflteers be man
agement and owners or labor.
No more money down the rat
hole is the slogan.
With a drive on to convince
the people that they should make
every possible sacrifice to win the
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Sullivan Is 0usted
As Tammany Chief
By Only One Vote
Abandonment Of Name
And Removal From Hall
May Be Outcome
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Tammany
Hall has lost its No. l tiger. Chris
tcpher D. Sullivan, who guided the
city's famous Democratic Commit
tee since 1887. He was ousted last
night by slightly less than a full
vote after a bitter battle.
The 72-year-old chieftain fought
his foes to the end. Then, when
the IL 1/12-to-11A vote by the Is
member Executive Committee was
announced, he walked out with the
simple statement:
Its all right with me-"
Mr.. Sullivan was the second lead
er to feel the ak since the Repub-
ncan-Fusion organization headed by
Mayor F. H. La Guardia swept the
once mighty Tammany forces from
power eight years ago. John r.
Curry was the first.
Name May Be Abandoned.
Failure of the machine in recent
elections, plus Mr.. Sullivan's in
ability to get patronage in Wash
ington or Albany, was blamed for
his downfall. His custer probably
will mean abandonment Of the 150-
year-old name and removal of Man
haitian Democratic headquarters
from Tammany Hall.
Charles H. HuSsey, chairman Of
the Executive Committee, will serve
as leader pending q meeting Febru-
ary 27.
II the attempt to remove Mr.. Sui
Ivan had failed, the Hussey faction
was expected to start an anti Tam
many movement which would have
split the Democratic party in New
York-always a potent power In city,
State and national politics.
Walker Case Recalled.
Tammany Hall, for many years
the one and only controlling factor
in New York City politics, reached
the heights of power many times
during its long career. The most
recent peak came during the mayor
atty of James j. Walker, who re-
signed while the then Governor Of
New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Seaman Commended
For Rescuinq Another

Kenneth Lee Martin, seaman. first
class, who saved fellow sailor from
drowning at Pearl Harbor l3
months ago, was formally COM
mended yesterday by Secretary
Knox.
Seaman Martin leaped from q
dock to rescue william T. Hess.
seaman, second class, who had Slip
ped from gangplank and fallen
into the water, striking his leg as
he fell. His rescuer supported the
injured man In the water and fixed
a rope about him 50 he could be
pulled to safety.
A native of Nebraska, Seaman
Martin is Il years old. His action,
Secretary Knox said, was "in keep
ing with the best traditions Of the
naval service"
Evening star., 1942-02-07

war, including the purchase Of
Defense stamps and bonds. the
publication of the fact that SAL
aries ranging up to $4,000 are
being paid by the ONCE Of Civil
ian Defense to moving picture
actors, dancers and others en-
gagged in promotional programs
that not by the widest stretch Of
the Imagination have to do with
gas masks, bombproof shelters
and fire fighting to protect the
civilian population in case Of
attack by the enemy, is not going
to help. The people are begin
ming to feel that there is too
much attempt on the part Of the
administration to stress the
movies, to spend money to jazz
up the situation and to spend
money lavishly in so doing.
Resentment Grows.
A feeling OF bewilderment-and
resentment - against such q
course is growing-not confined
to any particular group, nor to
Republicans or Democrats. The
people want to win this war.
They have sons, brothers, hus-
bands engaged in it. or in the
armed forces ready to engage.
They are willing to go the limit
in their aid to the Government to
win the war. But they want to
know that the administration is
acting effectively.
This feeling is reflected in the
debate in the House yesterday on
the 500, 10000 appropriation for
the Civilian Defense Office. There
was condemnation on both sides
Of the chamber for the employ
ment of dancers, movie actors
and others in the volunteer
Participation division of the
o. c. D., headed by Mrs. Roose-
welt, at considerable salaries. The
charge was made that this divi-
sion was being used to pay polit-
ical and social debts. It was
charged, too, that the kind of
work that was being done was
not for national defense against
enemy attack, but that 1t was just
another social experiment by the
New Dealers. 1t was not only to
the personnel that objection was
made, but to the character Of
work which was being undertaken
Evening star., 1942-02-07

powers. In ourCsI. Frederick Palmer
outlook. we do hot want to fool our
selves, as we have had q weakness
for doing in our military policy in
the past.
In this connection, I revert to q
talk which I had with Gen. Doug
las Macarthur in 1885. when he wa,
Army Chief Of Staf1. In answer to
question, he said that he had not
10000 men ready with ships avail
able for them for an overseas ex-
pedition. He agreed with me that
we should fight overseas again II
and when we went to war.
Feared Arousing Congress.
When I suggested was about to
advocate q cessation Of plans for
hugging trenches in home defense
and actually preparing for an over
seas expedition, he said:
Such talk will arouse congress
sional reaction that We aim at for
eign conquest. Just now I am work:
ing to get two divisions motorized
with enough tanks and planes to
be up to modern standards. The
only argument which will win ap-
proval is that they are strictly to
repel invasion"
In February, 1912, some elements
inside and outside of Congress are
still subject to this tradition.
After the talk with Gen. Mac
Arthur sought the view OF some
key naval officers in war plans az
to the advisability of fortifying
Guam while we could and while
Japan was not ready for war. AL
agreed that this would be invalu-
able If the country expected the
Navy to carry the offensive beyond
the Hawaiian defense line.
But all also agreed that at the
time such a proposal would be re-
jected by Congress as a threat to
Japan and just as prejudicial to
strengthening the Navy as preparing
for the eventuality of an overseas
expedition would be to strengthen
ing the Army.
I go further back to 1t. Gen.
Arthur Macarthur. the father Of
Douglas, who won the Congressional
Medal of Honor and led his Mich
igan regiment in battle in the Civil
War before he was Of age. have a
youthful memory of his saying:
Here We soldiers are fighting In
the Philippines to suppress a native
rebellion. We 60 where the country
sends us. and 1t is bound to send
us somewhere overseas. In peace we
are in defensive mood and remain
20 for q period in war. Then, after
setback, we settle down to business
to win the war with offensive blows"
Defensive Mood Clings.
After the Pearl Harbor setback, too
many of us have still held to the de-
Evening star., 1942-02-07
The Political Mill
O. c. D. SoIoy Issue Dromutizes PubIe's Growing
Demand Thut Defense Funds Be Effectively Spent

all in the name Of national
defense.
These charges did not come
from only one side Of the cham
ber. They were voiced both pub
licly and privately by Democratic
members. 1t is true that the
Office Of Civilian Defense has
been under fire for months, in the
House as well as outside, which
may have been responsible for
the wholehearted way in which
the speakers yesterday attacked
the conduct of thsG agency. or
at least the volunteer part of 1t
under the direction of Mrs.
Roosevelt. 1t has been urged for a
long time that both Mayor La
Guardia Of New York and Mrs.
Roosevelt should disassociate
themselves from the organization
the first Is its head and the
other, the second in command.
The Mayor has stated he would
resign from the o. c. D. within
a few days and give his whole
attention to running the affairs
Of New York City-a consider
able job, for which he was re-
elected last November. In the
House yesterday 1t was frankly
stated that Mr.. La Guardia had
been unable to cope with his
assistant, Mrs. Roosevelt; that
she had made appointments to
her division and paid salaries to
persons the Mayor would not
have had on the rolls. Indeed. 1t
was declared that it was for such
reasons that the Mayor was really
taking himself out Of the o. C. D.
Representative Marcantonio Of
New York, who Is an affiliate Of
the American Labor party, as Is
the Mayor. asserted on the floor
yesterday that the Mayor was in
no way responsible for the employ
ment of the dancer, Mayris
Chaney; the movie actor, Melvyn
Douglas, and others whose Jobs
with o. c. D. have brought so
much criticism.
Tribute Lacks Defense.
From a political point Of view,
the Democrats felt that these
revelations have done them no
good. But entirely aside from
Evening star., 1942-02-07

the British Far Eastern Gibraltar
may be made principally with
planes, of which the japanese
continue to have an overwhelm-
ingly superior number, the drive
in Burma will see the deployment
Of important Japanese mechan-
lied and foot forces. The British
Army In that region Is inferior
to the Japanese both In numbers
and equipment.
A number Of military experts
regard Burma, which contains
the only remaining road linking
China with the outside world, a.
even more important than Sing
spore. The Singapore naval base
has floating docks capable Of re-
pairing large ships, but 1t was
rendered useless as far as the
Allies are concerned when the
Japs conquered the Malay penin-
sula and began to besiege Sing
apore Island.
The continued occupation of
Singapore by British and imper-
ial troops is Of consequence only
In preventing Japanese use Of it
Is q base for their own battle
fleet. which for the time being
remains in its home ports, await
ing the fall Of Singapore. When
Singapore falls the Japanese feet
Is expected to move into the base
and operate from there.
Chang Concerned Over Burma.
Singapore also is important for
the defense of the Netherlands
Indies, but with fighting in the
Far East going as 1t Is, the United
Nations high command has rec
onciled itself to the idea that
sooner or later the fortress island
will fall into the hands Of the
enemy.
The Allied command hopes to
hold Singapore for q while, but
preparations have been made to
render its expensive establish
ments completely useless so that
during the time the Japs are re-
pairing its facilities United Ma
tions forces may attempt to re-
capture 1t. .
Burma is Of even greater i'm.
portance, however, both from the
strategic and political point Of
view.
The Chinese government is
firmly determined to play along
with its allies and Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek has not been
unduly worried over British
American reverses in the Pacific.
He has the Chinese philosophy
that time Is a great healer and
that In the end the forces Of the
British Empire and United States
will get the better of the enemy.
He Is greatly concerned, however,
over the fate of Burma.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
u. :. Can Lose War,
Says Bait; Smugness
Called Unjustified
Foes Steady Progress
Against Our Outposts
Is Emphasized
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.-Wilnam L
Bait, chairman Of the combined
Inter-Allied Raw Materials Board
declared last night that the United
States had q chance Of losing the
war and should not kid" itself.
II find all around me q smugness
and satisfaction which to my mind
are entirely unjustified," Mr.. Bait
asserted in an address before the
annual advertising award presenta-
tions banquet here.
America is engaged In hfe-and-
death war. This Is nothing new fol
us. But, not since the days Of the
Revolution, have we ever had much
Of q chance to lose . war.
And we have q chance to loss
this one"
Cites Foes Steady Progress.
Mr.. Bait, director Of the War Pro-
duction Boards materials division
asserted that 1T seems to me that
too much attention Is being paid to
minor air engagements in which
American flyers down two Jap
planes and lose one, and not enough
attention is being paid to the en-
emy's steady progress against our
vital outpOsts."
He made these observations:
III Singapore goes down, the
Evening star., 1942-02-07

whole Far Eastern theater may be
lost"
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces
in the Philippines are desperately
outnumbered" and 1t will be ~ex-
tremely difdcult" to relieve him.
IF the Burma road Is closed. Il
will be next to impossible for us
to continue 10 help the Chinese;
the Nazis are ON the Offensive again
In North Africa: and. while Russia
has regained some ground. me still
has long way to CO."
Suppose We do lose the whole OF
the Far East and all the critical sup
plies we need from that area" Mr.
Bait continued. Suppose the Ger
mans finally succeed In Africa and
take Suez, which would be tanta-
mount to taking the whole Middle
East. Suppose Hitler does start q
new and successful offensive In Rus
sia In the spring. 80
Suppose all Of these things hap
pen, and all Of them can happen
Where would We be? do not like
to think about the answer to that
question. But I feel that I must
think about it. And so must every
other American. We must think
about it lest We lose sight of the
importance Of seeing to it that we
never get In that position.
I'VE must think about these things
20 We don't kid ourselves. This Is
no time for self-hypnotism. We're
strong. We're tough. Yes, but %
II the other fellow"
Paul West, president Of the Asso-
citation Of National Advertisers, New
York City, was awarded gold
medal for distinguished service to
advertising at the dinner. Eighteen
bronze medals were awarded in
seven other claSsificaitons.
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Wife Sues Copt. Boone
For Custody of Children

Capt. Daniel F. Boone, U. s. A.,
stationed in the quartermaster
generals office here. was sued in
District Court yesterday by his wife,
MS. Martha Lghtner Boone, Tryon,
N. c., who is seeking custody Of
their two children.
Mrs. Boone told the court in a
habeas corpus petition that Capt.
Boone was holding their two chill
dren contrary to an order by a North
Evening star., 1942-02-07
This Changing World
Allies ReconciIed to Loss Of Singapore;
Burmu Held Of Greater Strategic voIue

Gen. Chang has been worried
about China's lifeline ever since
the Jap attack on the United
States began. The Chinese gen.
eralissimo. who has the best in
telligence service in the Far East
Che warned Washington Of the
German attack on Russia five
weeks before 1t occurred, miss
ing the exact time Of the attack
by only q day., has known for
a long time that the japanese
would make a major effort to
cut the lines Of China's COM
munication with the western
world.
The very day Gen. Waven was
appointed Allied commander in
chief in the Far East Gen. Chang
offered him three Chinese army
corps for the defense Of Burma.
1t is true that the equipment Of
these divisions was not what
modern armies consider neces-
sary, but 1t was adequate.
The Chinese generalissimo, who
has been fighting the Japs for so
many years, believed numbers
would compensate for material
deficiency. Moreover, he hoped
that much of the material which
had reached Rangoon and other
points north, but had not yet been
delivered to China because of the
transportation bottleneck, could
be used by his three army corps
(about nine divisions) of good
fighters.
Resolved to Fight Japs.
Gen. Chiang's surprise and
chagrin were great, however,
when, for undisclosed reasons,
Gen. Waven thanked him for his
kind offer, but said he did not
need Chinese troops-yet. This
refusal, coupled with statements
in Washington in January that
Hitler was the principal enemy to
be defeated, created somewhat Of
a depressing effect at the Chung
king headquarters.
Gen. Chang Is q determined
man, however, and has not been
deferred from his resolve to
fight the Japs to the bitter end.
But there were other other ele-
ments in China who might have
been willing to lend a friendly
ear to the peace and friendship"
whispers-of1cial and otherwise
from Toxic and Berlin. These
elements have now been elm
mated, but they gave some un-
comfortable moments to British
and American diplomats and SOL
diers stationed In China. The ex-
PLANTATION from washington that
Evening star., 1942-02-07
Australia Is Pacific Verdun
Observer Sees Down Under Country as Main
Bose for Offensive Against Far Eost

fenSive mood. I don't think the peo-
| pie Of the Pacific Coast are Of the
scary kind. Left to themselves, they
would have accepted President
Roosevelt's word that there might
be some suicidal bombing, but we
could take it.
Agitators, recruiting their cohorts
from the sons Of gloom, pictured the
Pacific Coast as at the mercy Of q
terrific Jap Luftwaffe. We rushed
troops to the Pacific Coast for local
defense, throwing war industrial
transport out Of gear. We rushed
planes to the Pacific Coast and Ha-
waii-planes which had better been
bn the way to the Far East. Mean
while. the Jap aircraft carriers were
5000, 5000 or 1000 miles away.
A few Of our fighting planes.
which had TO 60 by ship. have now
Joined our bombers In the Malayan
area. But are there enough, with
Gen. MacArthur's little army al
ready contained" to prevent Singa-
pore being contained in an equally
tight siege?
Enough to prevent the loss Of the
Dutch East Indies by sinking Jap
transports? For among the huge
native population, few are armed
and trained as an auxiliary to the
meager Dutch garrison. Once the
Japanese can begin landing in large
numbers the little defensive force
will be overwhelmed.
China, whether the Burma road
Is cut or not, Is too short Of arms to
immobilize more than q portion Of
the whole Japanese Army. Support
China, defend to the limit the Ma
layan bases we still hold. but in the
long view Australia must be the
main base for future offensive op-
erations in the Far East. It's part
will be that Of They shall not pass"
Of Verdun, which held this rampant
as an aid for Allied drives Of 1918,
which ended in the capitulation Of
the German armies.
A Fighting People.
Australia has room and facilities
for q great base, and Is inhabited.
not by such unarmed masses as
those Of Java or Malaga but by a
fighting people. And in a glance
down under" do not overlook New
Zealand in memory of the fact that
In World War I the New Zealand
division never failed to take an OBJ
jective.
Surely no one doubts that Russia
Is the mighty European stronghold
for our side. The Russian Army has
been true to the faith Of They shall
not pass" Hopefully, it has prevent
ed huge German offensive across
Arabia to the Suez Canal and on
west to India. Russia wants to know
that we are back OF her in more than
lip service, or even arms. when she
hears that We are worried lest we be
bombed at our distance from enemy
bases.
1t is armies. with adequate equip
ment, supported by huge naval and
air power, which will win this war.
Britain has not yet suffered one
sixth of the casualties she did for
the same period in World War I. Her
home army should not always be
immobilized by threats of invasion.
We are making a great army. 1t
is time for all Of us to settle down
to business, as Gen. Macarthur has
on Bataan. Smile. since a sense Of
humor goes with a sense Of propor-
ton, but smile with glitter in the
eye in fighting offensive spirit back
Of every one Of our soldiers, seamen
Evening star., 1942-02-07

a I ter counsel
with experts OF
sound opinion.
Primarily, ia
pan has fully
disclosed her
plan and objec-
tives. Attention
centers on Aus
tralia for the
long pull against
Japan, and Rus
sia in turn
against the Eu-
rop an Axis