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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-10-30
|AEF Commander
to Come Back
for ConeIave |

WASHINGTON, Oct. 80 Up
Lieut.. Gen. Dwight D. Essen
hover, commander Of u. s.
Army forces in the European
theater, will be in this country
within q week" for important
conferences" with the High
Command, q reliable source re-
vealed last night.
Speculation over the prospect
Of q second front" followed Inn
mediately on the heels Of news Of
Gen. Kisenhower's recall, but
whether his return Is associated
with plans for . new United Ma
lions offensive In Europe was
not stated.
The trip, II actually ordered.
will Be Gen. Eisenhower's first
Whit q the United States since
bsing placed in top command Of
American troops In Europe
four months ago.
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Expetied 10
Strike Soon
Americans Cling
Grimly 70 vite1
GuedalcanaI Aispess
BY JOHN 3: wI0Gns

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 90
- Stubbornly batterina 80
more Japnaese attacks, Anf
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priced Guadalcanal air15e1d I ~
day as IN ominous lu11 80
to envelop operations az ~ 1
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eastern Pacific. 4 ~
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against admittedly inter1ot y -
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planes. troops and inGtnIl6 YEA
over the wide battle 4Fco ~
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will not be able to handle tele.
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Men in Uniform Will Each
Get Carton Of Smokes
GoodfsIlows leuneh Spseiel
War Prosrom for Sevvieemsn .

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Wounded Marines Enroute
to Hospital Win New Fight
Forced Down on Peeifie Yenks
Survive 10 Dogs on Tiny AtolI

saying their position. Meantime,
of course, the plane was report
ed missing, and hope for it had
almost been abandoned, as by
this time it was nearly 10 days
overdue.
But a message got through and
Henry was at the field when 1t
was received. Swift land planes
set out, speedily found the dis
abled transport, and dropped
food, water, medicine. One or
two on the transport retained
sufficient strength to swim aft
er the supplies.
The slower naval seaplanes
came soon afterward, but even
then the ordeal wasn't at an
end. A storm rose as the sick and
wounded were being transferred
and the seaplanes couldn't get
off the water. The arrival of a
u. S. destroyer solved the new
difficulty, however, and in q
few hours the Marines had land
ed and hospital surgeons had the
situation in hand.
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| LOS ANGELES, fIov. 5 Up,
- The story of how 20 Ameri.
can Marines, sick, wounded and
tired to their core after weeks
Of soul : wrenching battle on
Guadalcanal, started for temper
airy peace and safety only to face
and win a new struggle for life
was related today by a news
correspondent home from the
South Pacific.
They were in bad shape, all,
or they wouldn't have been leav-
ing the battle zone, but none
theless they managed to survive
10 days in q wrecked Army
transport plane, awash on q
shallow Pacific atoll, living on
scant rations of food and water
until u. S. naval seaplanes and
a destroyer teamed up to take
them off.
And most of them - perhaps
all - will live, which the cor
respondent, columnist Bill Hen
ry of the Los Angeles Times, &C.
cepts as a tribute to the tough
ness and endurance of American
men and warplanes alike.
The men were Sitting cases"
some of them wounded, some ill,
some both, when they set out
from Guadalcanal Oct. 10, Hen
ry relates, in an Army Douglas
transport. The plane was man.
ned by 1t. Cecil Petty, pilot;
Eugene Ecklund, co-pilot; Corp.
Larry ingalls,, radioman, and
Corp. Roy Meuret, engineer.
Those were all the names the
military authorities made pub
lie, and they announced no ad-
dresses at all.
ENGINE TROUBLE
They were bound for a hos
pital somewhere in the Pacific,
but few hundred miles out
from Guadalcanal ran into bad
weather which forced a hasty
revision of plans. Pilot Petty de-
cided he had the alternative of
turning back to Guadalcanal or
seeking landing elsewhere out
of the storms path.
A look at his gasoline gauge
furnished the answer -. there
wasn't enough fuel to get back
to Guadalcanal. At this point
Petty recalled a coral reef not
too far away, which he had no.
ticed on his milk run" - that's
the prosaic name these island to
island journeys are called by the
men who make them.
Petty headed for it, and soon
sighted the little atoll, a rocky
bit of coral which always was
partially awash. In a maneuver
described by Henry as combin-
ing almost incredible skill and
lot of luck, Petty brought the
big land plane down in three feet
Of water, and it skittered across
the calm sea like flat rock
hurled by playful boy.
No one was hurt in the land
ing, but the radio was broken
and the crew set to work to re-
pair it. Food and water were ra-
toned, and a lookout posted
atop the plane.
After long hours Of work the
crew got the radio into some
kind of shape, and began mes
Evening star., 1942-12-28
Synthetic Rubber

If Senator Gillette is correct in his
assertion that the synthetic rubber
program is two or three months be-
hind schedule, the Agriculture Sub
committee which he heads can rem
der real public service by ascer-
tanning and publicizing the reasons
for this delay.
1t has been asserted that the syn
thetic rubber plants slated to come
into production during 1943 can be
in operation in time to meet the
Nations rubber needs-provided the
materials for the construction of
these plants are made available.
Hence, the natural inference from
Senator Gillette's comment is that
the necessary materials have not
been forthcoming, and If this is the
case there is ample reason to de-
mand a public explanation.
Asserting that the "over-all situa-
ton" is a desperate one, the Iowa
Senator said the thing that disturbs
him Is the apparent "complacency"
in bringing synthetic rubber into
production. At the same time, how
ever, he expressed the belief that
Rubber Administrator William M.
Jef1ers Is doing his best to get the
rubber program under way This
points to the conclusion that the
complacency which disturbs Sem
ator Gillette IS to be found in the
War Production Board, presumably
on the part of those who control the
ALLEGATION Of materials.
In this connection it should be re-
called that the Baruch report de-
scribed the rubber shortage as our
number one problem, and recent ex-
perience with localized curtailment
of private transportation because Of
a temporary depletion Of gasoline
stocks serves to confirm this estimate.
There are two basic aspects of this
matter, and neither complacency
nor anything else should be per-
mltted to obscure them. The first is
that the breakdown of private trans
portation which surely would follow
a failure to meet our synthetic rub
Der schedule would be a major dis
aster. The second is that the sched-
ule can be met II the officials in
charge OF the war program want to
meet it,
1t Is to be hoped, therefore, that
Senator Gillette and his subcom-
mittee will go to the heart of this
matter, and that full explanation
will be demanded If 1t is found that
there is a disposition on any ones
part to push the synthetic rubber
program down to secondary status,
Evening star., 1942-12-28
The Right Approach

Secretary Wickard and Elmer Davis
did good job last night of talking
to the American people about the
food-rationing program. Their ap-
proach is the right one. Rationing
will be easier to enforce and easier
to accept when it's purposes are
frankly explained and the people
are asked to cooperate, instead of
being threatened with the penalties
OF non-co-operation.
There is small proportion of the
people who are "chiselerS" and
hoarders and who will do everything
that ingenuity can devise to circum-
vent the various war restrictions.
But the great majority of people will
be ready to do whatever is asked,
and do it cheerfully, provided they
understand the reasons and the
necessity for compliance. In their
radio conversation with the people
last night, Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Wick
ard were frank and convincing in
their explanation of why the forth
coming point system" of food ration
must be begun BY taking the people
into their confidence, so to speak,
they undoubtedly succeeded in en-
listing much support at the outset
that otherwise would be lacking.
This is an approach to the whole
program of restrictive measures that
should be thoughtfully developed as
the war progresses. Rationing can
not be altogether voluntary. But
voluntary compliance with obliga-
tory measures can be gained by
properly appealing to the good sense
and patriotism OF the people.
Evening star., 1942-12-28

of the world have heartened the soldiers
and the chetniks in Yugoslavia, a cam
paign has been started against Mikhail-
ovitch, the Yugoslav national hero, the
general who has become legendary all
over the world. The object of this prop
aganda is to discredit the Yugoslav hero
by claiming that he Is cooperating with
the Axis.
Many Americans already have fallen
victims of this satanic propaganda My
colleague and countryman by extrac-
ton, Louis Adamic, we'll known author,
is one of those victims He has shown
his will to be impartial, but he is handi-
capped because he was only boy when
he left his native Slovenia which at the
time belonged to Austria Hungary.
Therefore, he practically lost all contact
with country which was incorporated
into Yugoslavia after the victory of 1918.
I am sorry that Mr.. Adamics writing
about Mikhailovitch in the Saturday Eve
ming Post of December 10 has spread
much confusion among the people of
America. Undoubtedly Mr.. Adamic is
speaking with sincerity, but he has put
too much trust on the information, writ
ten or verbal, which was furnished to
him. Some Of this information came
from reliable, impartial sources; other
information given to him was inten-
tionallv wrong. 1 think that Mr.. Adamic
himself is not prejudiced He is only
victim of those by whom he is informed.
Gen. Draja Mikhailovitch is the living
spirit OF our people. This spirit has
lived for centuries. 1t Is the spirit that
gave us our national heroes, our national
martyrs, our national kings. Mikhailo-
witch is only symbol of this deathless
spirit, and if Mikhailovitch should hap
pen to die, hundreds would rise to re-
place him. 1t was this spirit that led
him to fight after our national disaster.
Mlkhallovitch went on with the struggle
in those hours which were so trying for
all OF the Allies, at time when doubt
had begun to invade the hearts Of many
OF our friends. Mikhailovitch, man
OF iron will, never lost faith in our Allies,
In the same way as he never lost faith
IN his own people. At that time, when
Great Britain was suffering under the
ruthless blows Of the Teutons, when
defeat was met, first in Greece and then
in Crete, and also later when the Rus
slams had to retreat deep into their
country, abandoning their richest and
most fertile lands under the violent
pressure Of Hitler's war machine at that
time there stood only one isle of freedom
on the entire European continent This
isle was kept safe by Mikhailovitch and
by the Yugoslav people.
This man who, with the Yueoslav
people, strengthened the morale Of all
the Allies and who aroused admiration
in the then neutral America, is now the
object Of reckless attacks of enemy
propaganda.
DR.. sVETIsLAv-svETAP PETROVITCH.
Evening star., 1942-12-28
Wartime Food Problems

Announcement of the plan to ra-
ton all canned, dried and frozen
fruits and vegetables. following the
suggestion from Donald Nelson,
chief OF the War Production Board,
that consideration should be given
the advisability of storing large
stocks Of food, clothing and other
necessities near the big civilian con-
sumlng points, is indicative of the
critical conditions that will be faced
, IN this country during the coming
year.
Neither Mr. Nelson's proposal nor
the ratiOning announcement was in
tended to alarm the people, however,
and they should not have that effect.
On the contrary, there is ground for
reinsurance in the fact that top off,
cialS are taking steps to safeguard
civilian Supplies-food in particular
before the problem reaches an
acute stage. 1t is unfortunate that
this task was not tackled seriously
been done, the probabilities are that
there would be much less deprivation
this winter. But it was not done.
and this past opportunity cannot be
recaptured. 1t is possible, even at
this late date, however, to guard
against real breakdown in food
supply, and this is what Mr.. Nelson,
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
and others propose to do. They be-
lieve that while shortages in many
lines Of food are inevitable. no one
actually will go hungry because of
any distribution failure. And this,
under the circumstances, is about
the most that can be expected.
Mr.. Nelson's recommendation
closely parallels the program being
devised by Secretary Wickard, as
food administrator. The objective
apparently is to maintain, under
Government control, reserves of food
and other essentials. In event of
emergencies, such as that which
stripped the East Coast of fuel oil
few days ago, these reserves would
be made available to consumers until
such time as normal operations could
be resumed Had something of this
sort been in effect with respect to
fuel, for instance, 1t probably would
not have been necessary to invali-
Evening star., 1942-12-28
The Single Objective

While General Henri Giraud
seemed the logical successor to
| Admiral Darlan, there was room for
disturbing doubt whether he would
inherit the political support of the
elements in French North Africa
whose allegiance to Darlan stemmed
from their loyalty to Marshal Petain
This doubt now has been temporarily
resolved by the prompt and unani-
nous action of the French Imperial
Council, dominated by the Governors
of French Morocco, French West
Africa and Algeria-men whose sup
port gave Darlan his power.
But General Girauds ability to
hold what he has gained will depend
largely upon the unanimity with
which his own statement of objective
is adopted by his countrymen-and
| by the friends of France in Great
Britain and the United States. only
one thing counts: France and her
empire; there is but one aim: Vic
tory If Frenchmen everywhere
can unite behind that rallying cry,
forgetting other things until victory
is secure, the dramatic course of
events which led to Giraud's aSsump-
ton of command will have been
providential, indeed. The inability
in France to forget other things
while remembering only the single
aim of victory was a cause of her
undoing.
But there already are those who
will want to tell General Giraud to
occupy himself immediately with the
removal of some of the incidental
results Of Germany's subjugation of
France before proceeding directly to
the main job of removing France
from that subjugation. He is being
advised to release political prisoners,
remove refugees from concentration
camps, abolish the laws dictated from
Vichy, establish freedom OF the press,
call the Arabs and the Jewish leaders
into his councils and by other geS-
luI hlII oCFlCtS W utlllOHSbTdIe MS
utter reputation of Nazidom and
Vlchy. Some Of the Free French in
London are reported to be at work
already on a "four-point" program
for French unity-When the need is
for one-point program. And it
Is to be assumed that the same
elements in America, comfortably
distant from the scene of action, who
bitterly criticized Darlan will be as
quick to criticize General Giraud for
any delay in proving to them his
sympathy with their assorted ideas
of what should be done on various
political fronts.
For Americans, as we'll as for
Frenchmen, Secretary Hull gives
sound advice in emphasizing that
now "the all-important consideration
Is that we be not diverted from the
SSupreme objective for control
Of the African continent and the
Mediterranean" Let other desirable
steps to efface Nazi influence from
North Africa await the first and
essential step-the removal of the
Nazis from North Africa. General
Glraud is a soldier. Let him act as
! soldier, not a politician.
Evening star., 1942-12-28
Nimrod in Reverse

Nlmrod is described as a mighty
hunter, his prowess recorded for all
time in the Scriptures. The impress
sion is created that he never missed
a shot, and always got plenty of
shots. When he went out after
feathered game, for instance, he got
the bird in the field, instead of from
his scoffing friends upon returning
home Skunked If he ever did come
In mpty-handed, he must have
sneaked in the back way and not
been caught, which is all that counts.
1t is interesting, then, to speculate
how the mighty Nimrod would have
made out the other day if he had
been with party of his devotees on
lake at Carrolton, Missouri. The
conditions looked ideal for a field
day, even for Nimrod. A swarm OF
large Canadian geese descended, ripe
for the slaughter. But something
went haywire: these silly geese did
not play according to the rules.
Dropping on the hunters with a rush,
they attained a position too close for
anti-aircraft fire, and dive bombed
them nearly to extinction 1t was
all the hunters could do to beat them
off with gun butts; not a shot was
fired. 1t was too dangerous. The
navy department., consisting Of the
man at the oars, fortunately was
able to evacuate the trio from the
danger zone by pulling for shore in
a hurry. The geese occupied the
lake and honked in derision, perhaps
mixed with mild regret that they
had been unable to follow up per-
fectly and get their game bag limit
of three hunters in one day.
Evening star., 1942-12-28

was set up in August, 1914, and "the
cabinet decided upon a rationing
scheme under which each
householder was invited to register
with a particular retailer" in June,
1917. Some 1900 food control COM
mittees" were appointed and on
January l, 1918, "the rationing of
individuals began" covering tea,
margarine, bacon and cheese, then
meats and fats. Each person re-
ceived two cards with numbered
coupons. This procedure was SIM
plified when single book was issued
to each individual on July IA, 1918.
BY the end of the restriction in May,
1919, it was agreed that it had served
its purpose-"the prevention of in
justice, waste and fraud"
Evening star., 1942-12-28
Discusses Influence Of Assassinati ton
On the Course Of Political History.

To the Editor of The Star
Benjamin Disraeli, speaking in the
House of Commons about the death of
Abraham Lincoln gave it as his decided
opinion that: Assassination has never
changed the history of the world How
right or wrong he was probably itself is
merely a point of view. There have
been occasions when the sudden de-
struction of an important personality
has had vast and cataclysmic effects.
The murder OF Admiral Jean Darlan.
ernment of France, is potentially, if not
already in terms of established fact. an
incident of tremendous significance.
President Roosevelt's comment on the
news suggests the seriousness of its i'm
plications.
The truth about the admirals elimi-
nation from the troubled European and
North African scene perhaps may not
be disclosed for years to come. His part
in recent events has been a matter of
bitter controversy-so much so that
there undoubtedly are many individuals
DOIu SlucS VI tllC AIldllllC "llO Will
rejoice quite frankly and openly that he
is gone. But the Government of the
United States dealt with him in a crisis
of Importance to the whole of civiliza-
tion and, though the arrangement ad-
mittedly was temporary and expedient,
now is not the time for any American
to speak i'll Of man who has paid with
his life for an action helpful to the
United Nations in their struggle with
the Axis. Darlan probably was Quis-
ling of sort. but it was not for that
reason that he was assasSinated. In
deed. if his murderer, as Mr. Roosevelt in
dicates. was an agent of the Nazis or
the Fascists, his status in history will
be clarified by the circumstances under
which his career has terminated.
French politics have been mysterious
ever since 1889, and this latest tragedy
seems to be related to tendency to
seek expedient means for not always
honorable ends. The list of Gallo poll
ticians who have been assassinated in
cludes President M. F. Sadi-Carnot,
1894; Jean Jaures, 1914; President Paul
Doumer 1882 Foreign Minister J. L.
Barthou, 1884 But 1t is fair to admit
that the murderers of the last two of
these were not Frenchmen. X. w.