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Evening star., 1942-12-12
I'D Rather Be Riqht'-
CIeorest War Aim Of All Is to Promise Motions
Thut Well Rid Them Of Fascist Leaders

way for Europe to shorten the war
is to dispose Of these named men
itself. before We come.
We need to make it clear to the
people of Europe that they are
being used as living wall Of flesh
to protect these men; that without
these several thousands of men there
would be no war; that their enemy
is within.
This war is full OF battling SIM
plicities. but the simplest Of them
all has not yet been authoritatively
stated; that the war against Fascism
is war against Fascism.
We shall not separate the people
of Europe from their leaders, in fact,
unless we first do 1t in our own
minds, and we shall not do 1t in our
own minds unless we issue a general
irrevocable order of shoot on sight
against all consequential Fascists,
an order good through war and
peace, and executable by anybody.
No More Darlanism.
What on earth do these animals
have to do to us, beyond stabbing
us in the back. messing up the lives
of our kids and costing us 100 billion
dollars year before we come out
of the fog sufficiently to say that
every consequential member Of this
apparatus is through, finished. done
for and sunk of the stage of
history?
If this administration wants to tie
the hands Of any future administra-
ton against making a bad peace it
need only issue general prescrip-
ton against all important Fascists.
The price this administration must
pay for tying the hands OF future
administrations is to tie its own
hands against further adventures
in Darlanism.
1t Is no safer for this administra-
ton to reserve the privilege Of max
ing a mistake than for any other
administration to have that power.
The right of choosing among Fas-
cists and sub-Fascists is too dan
gerous right for anybody to have.
1t muddles our war. These privileges
are too expensive. Sometimes it
seems to me that the poorest patriot
In Europe has, by throwing away
seductive alternatives, made himself
the strongest and freest man in the
world.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

ernor. conduct budget hearings be-
gun by Mr.. Loomis.
Mr.. He'll. silent on his plans until
after Mr.. Loomis' burial, announced
Yesterday he had asked Attorney
General John E. Martin to petition
the Supreme Court for declaratory
judgment to clarity the matter.
Wants Court Decision.
II feel it is my duty as governor,
in protecting the interest of all the
citizens of this State, to have the
Supreme Court determine what the
law of the State may be, so that I
may be guided and proceed accord
ing to law" he said.
The governor added he hoped the
court would take action on his re-
quest before January /. The in
auguration date is January 4.
Mr.. Martins petition asked de-
termination of four points-whether
Mr.. He'll should continue in Office
for Mr.. Loomis' term, appoint a
governor for the period, call a spe-
cial election or whether the duties
of the office should devolve upon
Mr.. Goodland.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
RiverdaIe Resident, 81,
Critically Hurt BY Auto

Adam Lauer, 64, of 48O7 Riverdale
avenue, Riverdale, Md, was critic
ally injured last night when struck
by an automobile as he crossed
Bladensburg road in Colmar Manor,
Md. He was treated at Casualty
Hospital for fractures of the ribs
and hip, possible skull fracture,
and internal injuries.
According to Hyattsville police,
the driver Of the autombile, Henry
G. McVay, 80, of PAIL Pennsylvania
avenue NV, was released on 500
bond after being charged by Prince
Georges County police with reckless
driving by colliding.
In an accident early today, Pvt.
Joseph H. Mullins, %, of Fort Myer
Va, suffered cuts and bruises to
the head and face when hit by a
| Capital Transit Co. streetcar in front
of 1850 M street NV. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital and later re-
moved to Waited Reed.
George S. Rhoades, 80, of 1927
North Little Falls road, Arlington,
was the operator of the streetcar
police said.
A collision last night between his
automobile and telephone pole
resulted in cuts. bruises and inter-
nal injuries to Joseph Saunders. 26,
of 1903 Eleventh street Sc. The
accident occurred in the 800 block
of South Patrick street in Alexan-
dria when, according to Mr.. Saun-
ders, he was forced OF the road by
truck.
The injured mans condition today
was described as good by attendants
at Alexandria Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

that two of the cans sank without
further action. Maj. Gen. Roy S.
Geiger. commanding general of the
Marine Air Forces in the Solomons,
gave our fight full credit for the
two.
Zero Falls in Flames.
Returning to the field. we jumped
some Zeros just over the beach. I
made a run at one, and he caught
fire and crashed into the water. A
few seconds later, I found myself
head-on with another.
After a few rounds my gun
stopped. was out of ammunition
But I kept going at him, believing ]
might be able to pull my plane up
as he passed over me and chew of
his tail section with my propeller
His guns, firing tracers, looked as
though they were winking at me!
I must have been too excited, for
I pulled up too fast. There was a
terrific crash, and I started into a
spin.
My buddies, watching from the
ground, said I hit the Jap feet in
front of his tail, cutting his plane in
half. He didn't get out Of his plane
before he went down.
I tried to pull out, but it was
impossible. so I climbed out on the
wing and jumped. I was so low that
after my chute opened. my trip to
the water was only four or five
seconds.
The men at the field said hadnt
jumped when my plane went out oil
their view behind the trees that
frineed the shore. That would put
Evening star., 1942-12-12
New Fairfax Minister
Will Preach Tomorrow

81 ec,al Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. 12.-The Rev.
Albert Hayward will conduct his
first services as rector of historic
Truro Episcopal Church here to-
morrow.
Arriving last week from Wells
boro, Pa. where he had been Episco-
pal rector for five years, Mr.. Hay
ward will open services at 8 am.
with holy communion. Church
school will be held at GAS am. and
at II o'clock the rector will deliver
his first sermon.
A native of York, Pa, Mr.. Hay
ward graduated from william and
Mary College in 1881, and attended
the Virginia Seminary at Alexandria.
Following his graduation from the
seminary he served as pastor of the
Episcopal Church at Mount Joy, Pa,
later accepting q call to Wellsboro.
The Rev. and Mrs. Hayward have
two children, Marie King. 1, and
Otey Helm, : years old.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Substitute for Alarm Clocks
Sought as Stocks Vanish
Alarming Shortage Downs on Public,
But War Needs Bar Production

sides the domestic shortage, there
naturally are no longer any imported
models from Germany and Japan.
At any rate, Commerce Depart
ment officials said only one company
still Is in the slumber- busting busi-
ness-putting out an experimental
plastic-covered job-strictly for the
fighting men. 1t only needs little
steel in It's innards, they said, and
if 1t sounds slightly like tired trip
hammer, it's still a welcome substi-
tute for the trumpet's toot.
Move to Hotels.
In gentle tones the officials blasted
dreams of supposed supply OF
clocks on the civilian market.
There isn't any" they said. "In
fact, the situation is so bad in some
sections that folks are moving into
hotels where they can be called in
the morning"
Other areas are experimenting
with South American whistle sys-
tenn which rouses an entire neigh
borhood at an hour selected by vote
But they admitted this would not
help the night and graveyard shift
workers.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

exploiting her conquered posi-
tions in Burma, Malaga, the
Dutch East Indies, the Philip
pines. New Guinea and the Pa
cific islands depends entirely on
her ability to keep open long and
vulnerable sea-borne lines Of
communication. II these lines
could be cut permanently, the
whole japanese fabric of empire
would collapse like a house Of
cards. To cut them permanently
would of course, require that the
United Nations regain full COM
mand of the waters through
which the japanese ships must
pass; that is the waters lying be-
tween the main japanese islands
and the conquered areas. To do
this. 1t would be necessary to
have adequate bases for air
forces and ships, and to be pres
ent in those waters with a sur
face feet superior to that OF
Japan. In the last analysis this
means battleships, and 1t was in
appreciation of this fact that the
Japanese began their campaign
in the Pacific by their attack on
our battleships at Pearl Harbor.
Submarine Drive Effective.
Lacking the surface power
which is an essential element in
full command of the sea, we
have been compelled in the Pa
cific, like the Germans In the
Atlantic, to the less satisfactory
device of attacking the hostile
sea communications by means of
the submarine. The submarine
In the Pacific is just as impor-
tant to us as an offensive weapon
against Japan as it is in the
Atlantic to Germany against us.
We are, indeed, using it with
even greater effect; that is to
say, the record of our submarines
to date in losses actually in
f1icted indicates a considerably
higher degree of success than the
Germans have been able to at
tain in the Atlantic. Our sub
marine campaign against Japan
will be accelerated as new sub
maries come into service, as ex-
perience' is gained which will
heighten efficiency, and as new
bases are acquired which will
lessen the considerable distances
which now have to be traversed
between existing bases and the
Evening star., 1942-12-12

the latter with German markings
still on it.
He said he had been recommended
for Distinguished Flying Cross be-
cause OF successfully plotting a plane
under adverse conditions without
the use OF instruments.
With IS to 100 hours of civilian
flying to his credit before Joining
the Air Forces, 1t. Brookhart was
commissioned second lieutenant in
October, 194l, and was promoted to
flrst lieutenant in September. While
in the Solomons, he was credited
with SO missions and was attacked
by enemy pursuits IS or 20 times
without injury. From Is to 10 men
were killed in the fights in which he
participated, he reported, and some
OF the gunners were wounded, but
kept on firing.
Sometimes we few in bombing
formations and sometimes alone" he
said. I'VE were alone when we
bagged the four enemy planes"
1t. Brookhart, as co-pilot. flew
Gen. Macarthur to New Guinea lit
tie more than month ago.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
State Supreme Court
In Wisconsin 10 Rule
On Governorship
Retiring Chief Executive
Calls High Tribunal
For Unprecedented Action
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, Dec 12.-Lt. Gov.
Walter S. Goodland was busy today
conducting the financial affairs of
state. a gubernatorial duty, but the
Wisconsin Supreme Court was even
buster completing preparations for
legal action to determine whether
he, Gov. Julius P. He'll or neither
should serve as chief executive the
next two years.
The high court was asked to as
sumo original jurisdiction in determ-
lining who should be Governor and
Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberg
announced last night the tribunal
would hold hearing Monday to de-
eide why 1t should not act as re-
quested.
Unparalleled Event.
The uncertainty surrounding the
governorship, unparalleled in Wis
consin history, developed when Gov
elect Orland S. Loomis. 49-year-old
Progressive who defeated Mr.. He'll
died suddenly early this week. Mr.
Loomis' death marked the first time
Wisconsin Governor ELECT died be-
fore assuming Office and the manner
OF succession is without precedent in
law.
Mr.. Goodland, without waiting for
an official opinion. Immediately had
himself sworn in as lieutenant
governor. a post to which he was
reelected for his third term, anc
announced he would, as acting gov
Evening star., 1942-12-12

was Cne nrSC Constantine Brown.
definite sign that the old Prus-
sian officers were on the way out
as far as the party" is con-
cerned.
Since last spring, a fight de-
veloped between the Gestapo and
high-ranking officers regarding
the policy toward the remaining
unoccupied portion of France.
The Gestapo insisted that the
last vestiges Of independence be
removed from Unoccupied France
and gauleiter in the person Of
either Marcel Deaf or Jacques
Doriot be placed in charge.
The high command opposed
this policy. maintaining that the
Reich-having to fight soon on
more than one front-needed all
its forces and could not spare
the four of Ave divisions needed
to complete the conquest of the
entire French territory.
Hitler Went Into Rage.
Field Marshal Karl Gerd Won
Rundstedt, who at about that
time was placed in command Of
Western Europe, supported the
views of his colleagues Of the
general staff by pointing out that
while the French Army could be
easily disposed Of. there was a re-
calcitrant and embittered French
population which might start
such a strong homeopathic
movement" that the Nazi di-
visions would have to be changed
into a police force to fight guer-
, rillas. And the Wehrmacht was
not organized for such a purpose.
The quarrel, in which joachim
Won Ribbentrop was drawn in on
the side of the army's arguments,
was presented to Hitler, who re-
fused to take a definite stand.
But it was known by some
high-ranking officers In Vichy
late in October that the Gestapo
was having its own way. The
infiltration of Gestapo agents
into Unoccupied France was a
clear indication that the Fuehrer
Evening star., 1942-12-12

HuIltAIlS areas Wnere our SUB.
marines find their prey. This
latter consideration is one of the
main reasons why we are trying
so hard to drive the Japanese
out Of the Solomons and New
Guinea.
1t may be added that once we
have driven the Germans from
North Africa so that Axis ship
ping targets in the Mediter-
ranean become of less impor-
tance, British submarines may
become available for use against
the Japanese.
Under present conditions no
nation is more vulnerable to sub
marine attack than Japan. This
Is not only because of Japan's
utter dependence on merchant
shipping, but also because Japan,
lacking the necessary resources,
both material and industrial,
cannot make the answer to our
submarine campaign which we
have made to the German sub
marine campaign-increased pro-
duction both Of merchant ship
ping and escort vessels. Thus as
our submarine efforts increase,
the proportionate permanent ef-
feet on Japanese fighting power
at the outer periphery of her area
OF conquest becomes greater and
greater. In this manner our sub
marine campaign hastens the day
when it will be possible for us to
move other forces into that area
for decisive attack.
More Men and Bases Needed.
But in order to increase our
submarine effort in the Pacific
more submarines and more bases
are not the only necessities. We
also need more men-the young,
tough, highly trained men which
the submarine service demands.
1t takes longer to produce fully
trained crew for a submarine
than it does to build the sub
marine itself. Men for the sub
marine service must not only pass
very rigid physical examinations,
but they must be temperament
ally suited to live as part of
small group bottled up in the
interior of a steel hull and cut
off from every contact with their
world for weeks at a time. Yet
under the existing conditions Of
submarine warfare in the Pacific,
not even aviation offers the naval
recruit such opportunities for
service and for adventure as does
the submarine branch OF the
Navy.
All men serving in submarines
receive so per cent additional pay
just as with flying personnel:
These are opportunities and ad-
vantages which cannot fail to
appeal to the Young man enter
ing the Navy with a desire for an
early opportunity to see real ac-
ton against the enemy. 1t is
upon the quality Of these young
men and their ability to stand up
under the heavy strains which
are unacceptable in submarine
warfare that the Nation must de-
pend for the weakening Of our
japanese foes against the day
when we shall be prepared to
strike at them in deadly earnest.
Copyright, 1912. New York Tribune. Inc.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

Inc urSC ana simplest war aim
is to promise the people of the
Fascist countries that we shall rio
them of their Fascist leaders. Why
do we overlook this clearest war aim
of them all?
A quart of milk a day is good, but
no Fascism is better.
We ask the people OF Europe to
rise, but in the absence of a pledge
to remove the top Fascists forever,
revolution becomes doubly unsafe
The pledge to put top Fascists on
trial for murder and arson is not
enough. Suppose there is a hung
jury, and they are acquitted? What
happens then. on some dark night,
in some little town Of Germany, to
some little democratic revolution
ary?
Will we check each town carefully,
and II We do. for how many years
will we do it?
The Atlantic Charter Is a pledge
to install the four freedoms. But
it suffers from an old fault of
political promissory notes; it prom
ises too much, too vaguely. The
smaller, narrower promise to de-
stroy Fascist organizations, and then
let the people install four freedoms,
or five, or six. If they like, would
carry more conviction.
The great danger is not that we
will deliver pint Of milk a day
instead OF quart, but that we will
leave Darlans all over Europe in
stead of democrats.
Better Than Mere Talk.
The specific pledge to destroy two
specific organizations-the National
Socialist Party Of Germany and the
Fascist Party of Italy-and to re-
move from power even their more
respectable adherents, from, say
DR.. Schacht in Germany to Italys
miserable, unheroic king, would be
worth more than a year of con-
versation about general principles.
We need Book of Impossible
Men, and we need to announce to
the people OF Europe that we are
conducting our war as a police
operation against those named men:
that they are wanted, dead or alive:
that their numbers are up; that
there is no way in which they can
rehabilitate themselves; that the
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Virginions Commissioned
From Camp Lee School

Four Northern Virginians were
among 1,l00 cadets who became sec
ond lieutenants at graduation exer-
cises yesterday for the eleventh class
at the Camp Lee Quartermaster
School.
They were listed by the Associated
Press as Ted Maynard, 504 Russell
road, Alexandria: Carl Franklin
Muse, Charlottesville; Kennet h
Charles Patton, Winchester, and
Stewart Watson Pierce, 1902 West
Broad street, Falls Church.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
BY the Associated Press.

by tHe AbsOCldLeO fIeSb.
Sooner or later, some smart-aleck
is sure to say the alarm clock situa-
ton is alarming"
Since it is, Federal officials beat
punners to the punch today and
hinted that folks should not kill the
old red rooster. He may be needed
to wake war workers up in the
morning.
Some such solution, or perhaps a
more practical one, is being sought
to shake the Nations sleepy-heads
out of it when the sun begins to
shine, for not only are no more
civilian alarm clocks being made,
but also the supply is gone from
almost all markets.
The alarm clock had (past tense,
please a lot of brass. 1t also con-
tanned much copper. Both, quoth
the War Production Board recently
are needed to fight war. So they
stopped the clock-making of copper
and brass.
Imported Models Out.
Wide-awake clock makers prompt
ly began to build little gadgets like
bombsights to help put the Axis to
sleep.
But the public yawned, not waking
up to the truth until 1t tried to buy
a new clock. Came the dawn. Be-
Evening star., 1942-12-12
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

ny NONC 0HOWN.
Military and diplomatic observ-
ers In Washington are following
with keenest interest the "revo-
luton" in Germany, where Hit
ler's old guard, headed by Ges-
tapo Chief Heinrich Himmler,
has come to the fore again and
intends to eliminate the influence
Of the Junkers in the army.
The appointment of Infantry
Gen. Kurt Zeitzler as army chief
Of staff brought to the surface
the deep cleavage between the
aristocratic German generals and
the roughnecks who were asso-
ciated with the Fuehrer before
he took over the reins of the
Reich.
There have been even stronger
indications than the change in
the high command to show the
Evening star., 1942-12-12
This Changing World
Ascendoncy Of Hitiers old Guard in Army
At Expense Of Junkers May Have Deep Reactions

was leaning more toward his Ges-
tapo gang.
The arrival of American forces
in North Africa, together with
the "desertions" Of Gen. Henri
Honore Giraud, Admiral Jean
Darlan and the entire military,
naval and civilian hierarchy in
Algeria and Morocco, provided
the straw that broke the Nazi
military's back.
Hitler, who had on many oc-
casions been lrked by the some
what condescending respect" of
the professional field marshals
and generals, went into one of
his studied RACES and decided
that those elements of Germany
which were of his own brand
the Gestapo crowd-were the
only ones to be relied on and
made up his mind to purge the
high command as quickly as
possible.
May Have Deep Reactions.
In fact, he never cared much
for those thin-lipped aristocratic
generals who looked on him as a
standard bearer but never cared
much for his policies at home.
But they had won spectacular
victories for the Reich and natu-
rally were extremely popular with
the men at the front and the
populace at home.
When things began to be sour
for the Reichs armies because OF
the catastrophe setback to Field
Marshal Erwin Rommels forces
in Africa, the failure of the cam
paign in Russia and the arrival
of the Americans in North Africa,
Hitler is reported to have decided
to throw the Junkers overheard
in favor of the roughnecks.
In most competent quarters 1t
Is believed that this rather un-
spectacular outward change in
the high command may have
deep reactions among German
fighting men.
It is pointed out that the mere
fact that some leaders of the high
command had to be changed
could not make much difference
to an army. Such things always
happen during military cam
paigns. But when the army
begins to see definite indications
that the change is due to deep
political motives the situation as
sumes a different aspect alto
gether.
Will the "vons" who have been
running the forces of the Reich
continue to take orders from the
much despised Gestapo, and for
how long? Will the populace,
should the entire political issue
come to a head, side with the
dreaded Gestapo or with the
German aristocracy which con-
trolls the army?
Most observers here believe We
are likely to witness in the COM
ing months some spectacular
struggle for predominance within
the Reich, the results Of which
cannot be sufficiently weighed at
this time.
The German military machine
is still very powerful and unit
recently was considered unlikely
to break up. But recent develop
ments have changed the point OF
view Of many military observers,
who believe that the battle be-
tween the old-guard Nazis and
the old-guard aristocrats may
come to a head and maybe we
shall reap the advantages Of that
rivalry.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

y q 5 e p II w .
Brookhart, son
of former Sem
atOr Smith w.
B r o o K h a r t
OF low a, re-
turned yesterday
a t t e r nine
months Of COM
bat duty in the
Solomon Islands
with praise for
the Japs' flying
ability, but not
for their marks
manship.
The Nip boys
Evening star., 1942-12-12

end In the world
in this magnih-'
cent residence.
This Is a story
that belongs to
j ack Westland
and j o h n n y
Dawson.
In the early
sos or perhaps
the late '20s they
went to Scotland
t o play golf
against the Brit.
ish as members
Of Am eric as
Evening star., 1942-12-12

most llnpOr-
tant effort Of
all--now be-
ing made in
that theater
by our naval
forces is the
work of our
submarines.
From t h e
beginning, it
has been plain
that Japan's
s u c c q SIS ! n
holding a n d
Evening star., 1942-12-12

CoulpeCeHt a ii q
inefficient ad-
nniniStrators in
Washington.
The fuel heat
Ing problem is
the worst scan
dal Of them all
far worse than
the mixups over
the draft or gas
oline rationing
People who do
not live in the
areas rationed
for fuel oil for
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Postal Nominations Mode

President Roosevelt yesterday sent
to the Senate these Virginia post.
master nominations: Elkton. J.
Miller; New Market, Miller A. Price:
Strasburg. Richard S. Wright; Up.
pervtlle, John H. Tyler and WASH
ington, William A. Miller.