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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
The Great Game of Politics
Chief Justice Stones Court Refusal to Make
Rubber Inquiry Hailed as Fitting, Solitary

court former Attorneys General and
thus disqualified to sit in certain
cases and with six, instead of five,
being quorum of the court, to de-
tach any member for weeks at time
might prevent the court from func-
tioning. In addition, while the i'm
portance of the Pearl Harbor investi-
cation and of Mr.. Roberts qualifica-
tons to make it were both con-
cerned, 1t was said that, once the
precedent of asking the Supreme
Court to provide man for such in
vestigations was established, inevi-
tably Presidents would be certain to
ask again and again.
Others Available.
The Presidents request of the
Chief Justice to head a rubber in
vestigation is complete evidence OF
the accuracy of this forecast. 1t
has happened twice in the last six
months and the declination OF Mr..
Stone ought to go long way to-
ward restoring a sense OF propriety
and good taste both on the court
and in the White House. At least, it
shows how the Chief Justice feels
on this subject of drafting men from
the Supreme Court for outside Jobs
with which they are supposed to
have nothing whatever to do. Very
clearn!y, the whole idea of this sort
OF draft is to use the prestige of the
court for an administrative purpose
In this instance there is no deny
Ing that the rubber investigation
should be made; that the whole
rubber situation is in an inexcusa-
BILE tangle; that no one knows the
facts; that 1t is highly desirable
that the mess should be Strengthened
out. But the Chief Justice OF the
Supreme Court ought not to be
asked to do the Strengthening. IT
there were no man in the whole
country other than he to do this
job, it would be different. In that
case the President would have been
justified in asking Mr.. Stone, and
Mr.. Stone, of course, in the national
interests, would not have refused.
But that distinctly is not the case
There are many men fully competent
and entl1 ely available who could be
gotten. The New York Herald Trib-
une has named one-President Co.
nant of Harvard And there are
plenty OF others. All of which makes
the Chief Justices declination not
only justifiable but salutary and es-
sential.
49,
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nized armies and air forces which
need gasoline. fuel oil and lubri-
cants. Indeed, they cannot oper-
ate without these petroleum
products.
AS to Germany's chances of
getting oil, even if she captures
some of the producing areas,
it is probable that the Russians
will have carried out such thor
ough demolition of wells, refiner-
les and pipe lines that it will be a
long time before the Germans
can get any oil for their own use.
However, it will be possible for
the German engineers to calcu-
late, after an examination on the
spot, the time that must elapse
before production can be re-
sumed. The knowledge that oil
will be forthcoming at known
date will enable the Germans to
make freer use of their reserves
and their present synthetic pro-
duction than might otherwise be
the case.
From the other point of view,
that of cutting off Russia's sup
plies of oil, it is to be observed in
the first place that the Russians
have considerable reserves of oil
in storage for their industrial
districts east of Moscow and in
Siberia and central Asia.
Baku Loss Serious Blow.
Next to be considered is the
production from the Ufa field,
which is growing in quantity but
is not altogether satisfactory in
quality. While the Russians prob
ably would be able to keep going
until winter, whatever happened,
there can be no doubt that for
them to be completely cut off
from the Baku oil fields would
be a serious blow to Russian in
dustry and Russian fighting pow
er. blow whose effects would be
increasingly felt with the passage
Of time.
There have been, however,
some misconceptions as to the
actual means by which Baku oil
moves to the industrial areas re-
naming in Russian hands. These
means are as follows:
/. Pipeline from Makhach KaIa
on the Caspian Sea to Armavir,
and thence to the Black Sea port
OF Tuapse.
2. Pipeline from Makhach Kala
paralleling the above as far as
Armavir, and thence to Rostov
and into the Donets Basin.
Both Of the above lines serve
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This ChongingWorId
All Noz Reserves Thrown Against Russio Believed
To Be From Pools Formed Lost Winter

been much greater than is gen.
orally known. and the loss OF
heavy mechanical war material
Is having telling effect on
Marshal Timoshenko's forces.
Military experts in Washing
ton believe Marshal Timoshenko's
forces can avoid a major engage
ment with the Nazis if he feels
the forces opposing him are
overwhelming. He has plenty OF
room in which to withdraw with
out risking complete enlightenment
and humiliation.
The darkest part of the Rus
sian picture is the severance of
the Soviet Union from its main
oil and gasoline supplies. There
are. of course, important oil
fields in the Urals and north OF
the Caspian Sea, but they are
not sufficient, and supply only
20 per cent of the needs of the
Russian forces.
The principal objective of the
NaZi high command is to destroy
the Soviet armies. This can be
done in two ways: Physical pull
verization of the men and their
equipment, or rendering them
powerless as organized units by
cutting them off from their oil
supplies and manufactured goods,
without which no army can fight
these days.
Would Be Made Guerrillas.
The considered opinion Of mill
itary men is that the Nazis can
not wipe out the enormous mass
of men which Russia has at her
disposal. The Soviets have I'M
told reserves Of manpower, but If
Stalingrad Is captured and the
pipeline from the Caucasus is cut,
Russian military power will be
reduced to guerrilla operations
until such time as the Allies are
able to revitalize the Red Army
with accelerated shipments of
tanks and planes.
Although the prospect is dark
for the near future, there is no
all-ambracing gloom in Wash
ington. The fact that Russia's
manpower is well-nigh indie
structible as whole, and that the
Nazis will be compelled to keep
very large number of troops
on guard against even a disor-
gained force leads American
military men to believe that while
the second inning of this war
may be lost, the ultimate results
be in our favor.
The opinion of Allied STRAIT
egists is that, considering our
state of unpreparedness, second
front in Europe now will help
nobody, but when 1t is opened
later. after the Nazis are ex-
hausted and the Allies are better
prepared to press for victory, it
will have telling effect on the
Axis.
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Russian Oil Outlets Many
Seven Routes Leod From Boku Fields, but
Cospion Haul Is Factor Of Weakness

the Grczny and Maikop oil fields
in the North Caucasian area as
we'll as the Baku fields. Because
of the fall Of Rostov and the oc-
cupauon of the Donets Basin.
they are of little present use to
the Russians.
The following lines, however,
remain open:
3. Pipeline from Guryev, at the
head OF the Caspian Sea, to the
Magnitogorsk industrial region.
4. Railway paraueling the above
pipeline and connecting by rail
to all parts of Russia.
S. Railway northward from As
trakhan, at the mouth of the
Volga.
6. River shipping on the volga
itself.
7. The ans-Caspian railway
from Krasnovodsk, on the eastern
shore OF the Caspian, to Tash-
kent, where two rail lines connect
with European Russia and Cen
trail Siberia, respectively.
In addition to these, the rail-
way through Stalingrad is still
open and can deliver oil received
from the pipe lines mentioned
under one and two above as long
as the Germans are held in their
present positions; but a COM
paratively small German adj
vance would cut it,
Confront Difficulties.
For the Germans to cut the
Volga River line, they would
have to take Stalingrad or reach
the river somewhere in its
vicinity. To interrupt the Astra-
khan railway, further advance
through almost roadless country
of about 100 miles would be
necessary. To reach Guryev and
cut the rail and pipe lines from
there would mean another 200
mile advance eastward across the
Kirghiz steppe. And even then
the Trans-Caspian railway would
remain, though 1t is long haul
and the capacity of the line
would unquestionably have to be
increased.
One weakness common to all
these routes, however, is the fact
that they are dependent on ship
ping on the Caspian Sea for the
movement of oil from Baku to
the rail or pipe line termini. If
the Germans reach the shore of
the Caspian at any point they
may be able to carry out air
operations, which would seriously
interfere with the shipping.
Losses would be practically ire
placeable, as the shipbuilding
facilities on the Caspian Sea
are of very low capacity. There
are probably about 100 tankers
available now, none Of them very
large.
AS against this possibility, it
should be noted that the Russian
Air Force could do a good deal
toward giving fighter protection
to the tankers, as no part Of their
route is outside fighter range
from the eastern shore OF that
sea. 1t is curious reflection that
this war has taken such a course
that we may have to think in
terms of conveys and air and
naval operations on the largest
land locked sea in the world-an
ocean In miniature.
Copyright. 1912, New York Tribune, Inc
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Bolt Skaters Yorktown
Liberty Monument
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YORKTOWN, Va, July 31.-The
Yorktown monument, which has
stood for more than a half century
as symbol of the liberty Americans
solidif1ed in this village 161 years
ago. has been damaged badly by
lightning.
The head of Liberty" atop the
95-foot shaft was knocked of and
both arms were splintered The
impact of the heads fall cracked
the veil, hanging from the shoulders
to the feet of the figure, and
damaged steps leading to the monu-
ment.
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Allied Ship Grew Saved
After Collision SINKING
BY the Associated Press.

AN EAST COAST CANADIAN
PORT. July 3l.--An Allied ship has
been sunk in collision in the North
west Atlantic. but all her crew OF
more than 80 seamen have been
rescued and brought to this port.
In dense fog, the vessel collided
with another United Nations craft.
The second ship was able to proceed
under her own power.
Further details Of the collision
were not made known here.
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any burden that
the war effort
might place on
h i'm. ere
should be an
unwritten law
ag ain st old
friends meeting
after years OF
separation.
Let them keep
in touch with
one another by
letter or mes
sages from mu-
tual acQuaint-
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citizens is fragrant example OF
Encouragement of the economic af-
fairs OF the Nation by the admins
tration and 1t is one OF the reasons
why political proflteering is being
so widely denounced as factor dis
turbing to national unity.
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and his sense OF
fitness Of things
u n m p a ! r e d.
Such a man is
the Chief JUS
tice of the Su-
pre- m e G gu r t
Harlan F / ske
Stone.
zee N tt y II
was announced
that the Presi-
dent would ask
Mr.. Stone to
head a commits
sion to inveSti-
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word wherever
it appears in the
tax bill recently
passed by the
Sc. That
word is excess"
and it is used
many times in
the phrase lex
cess profits"
AS a matter OF
fact there are
no such things
as excess profits
viewed from any
.fo~ID0iy,f to-
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v l e W p o j n [ s
from " h | c h
this objective
may be exam
ined. The first
is Germany's
need for oil,
and the second
is Germany's
in t e Mt ion to
deprive Russia
of oil. B o t h
countries have
huge industrial
S y S t e m S and
highly mecha-
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THE opinions OF the riers this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars EFFORT to gue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
BY FRANK r. KENT.

In torn, twisted and confused
world it is relief to find man in
high public position who keeps his
head clear, his feet on the ground
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McLemore-
He's OF Old Friends
For the Duration
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

During these strenuous times
when every one wants to feel and
needs to feel that he is as fit as
possible and capable of assuming
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Data Show
Deep Cut in
Profits.
Excess Returns
Seen as DeIusion
Of Politicians
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Some one in the Senate can earn
enduring fame as an exponent Of
truth in legislation by offering a
simple amendment to eliminate one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-07-31
BY MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

If we are to assume that eau
casian oil is one of the major
German detectives in their pres
ent operations, there are two
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right. 1912, New York Tribune, Inc J
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30

find the kids. He looked at her
with his head on one side and then
he took out across the street.
He brought Billy home by nip
ping him in the rear, and when his
mother sent him in the house,
Artie took out after Alec. He was
gone a long time, over an hour,
and he come back with Alec hold
ing onto his collar and crying TO
beat the band.
She took him in eher arms and
cuddled him, thinking he'd got
scared because he was lost until
some neighbors told her the rest of
the story.
Alec was walking down the
main street the way he always
walked--in the middle of the road.
And just about that time. some
thing scared a team of fool horses
that were standing hitched in front
of Mrs. Murphy's saloon.
They snapped their tether rope
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and took out down the main street
hell-for-leather.
They didn't see Alec and il
wouldn't have made no difference.
He saw them, though, and he tried
to get out of the way. But he
couldn't. His legs wouldn't move.
So he just stood there watching
them two wild horses and the
heavy wagon bearing down on him.
They must have looked as big
as mountains to baby. They got
nearer and nearer.
They was right on top of him.
And then a red furry ball with
steel under it hit Mr.. Alec in the
side so hard that il rolled him g.
9 feet to the side. And the fool
horse went on til somebody
caught them.
Harry Minnegerode got b a X
about a week after that and right
away he come after his dog. He'd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30

BILE from where he was and he
must have lay down and went to
sleep.
The missus turned the two kids
loose while they were still blubber-
ing and went on with her work.
Billy didn't want Alec tagging
after him so he shooed him away
and ducked across the way TO play
with another kid.
Alec did what he always did. He
went on a hike. He was 3 then
and a good sturdy walker and he'd
covered a lot of distance before
his mother missed him and Billy.
When she did, she dried her
hands on her apron and went to
the door and called them. She
called and called and neither one
answered And then she remem-
bered Artie.
She went TO the woodshed and
let him out and told him to go and
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30

heard how smart he was because
everybody was blowing about him.
l told him 1 admitted the dog
was his but / told him about Alec
and l told him I'd pay him as
much as 500 for Artie.
But Harry says, no. II was his
dog and he wanted it. So 1 give
Artie back to him and you coulda
heard Billy and Alec bowling for
a mile. A lady from Californy
stole Artie the next week and /
was damn glad of it.
THE END.
Tomorrow's short story: cover
the Bumps" by Paul Ellerbe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30
10 so

the head of a setter but he wasn't
Istreamlined. He was sturdy, like
a Llewellyn.
He liked me we'll enough anc
the missus, too, but he worshipeo
the two kids. ! amt much foi
Icuddling a dog. / don't think its
any better for a dogs respect
than it is for yours. |
Me and Artie understood each
other. l started in on him early.
1 had him houSe-broke in a day
and fetching in three. I'd tell him
something and he'd listen with his
head on one side.
Then I'd repeat time or two
with the thing / wanted him TO do.
And he'd be doing it himself like
an old veteran.
And he never forgot. Once he
learned a thing, il was sunk in
his mind and you could never get
it out again. l heard a professor
explain what he had once in eX-
pensive words.
He said Artie had intellectual in
tegrity. That's right. / wrote IL
down and committed it TO my
memory.
That spring, ] broke him into
hunting prairie chicken. OF course,
I'd started him when he was a
pup by teaching him TO fetch. But
he took TO retrieving like he'd
been all setter. He learned in a
day and, like l say, he never for
got.
He was a good camp dog. too.
When we'd 60 into camp, Id say
to him, Go get some wood" and
he'd bring in the forest if / didn't
stop him.
The kids found this out and
whenever Id tell them TO 60 and
git some firewood they'd turn the
job over 10 Artie. We used that
mountain mahogany for burning,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30

an it's so tough that you can't
split it.
You got TO break it. Artie'd 60
and git that wood and he wouldn' t
lleave it on the ground at their
feet. He'd put it smack in the
woodboX and he wouldn't quit till
the woodbox was full.
HE GOES AFTER HAT
I'll never forget the day / lost
my hat. We was driving over the
mountains in a wagon and a wind
got under my Stetson and carried
it a mile. l didn't want TO lose
that hat because it cost me $25.
Artie was sitting right behind the
high seat that was on old wagons
like that and / says to him, "Artie,
go git my hat
/ didn't have to say it again. He
took out with the wind and he
was gone about half an hour.
When he got back, the hat was in
his mouth and il wasn't hardly
damp from his carrying it.
Now, none of this would have
happened if Harry Minnegerode
had come back in the two months
he gave himself on the outside. He
had a lot OF gold in his poke and
he got mixed up in New York
which, they say, amt a stones
throw from New Jersey.
He got back in IL months ex-
'act1y, and by that time the big
thing happened to Artie and Alec
and me.
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WANDERING YoUNGsTER

Alec always was wandering
youngster Even before he could
walk, he'd git himself lost crawl
ing farther than any baby should.
And when he could walk, he'd git
as far as four miles in a day.
/ had another house in Goldfield
beside the one in Tonopah and
every now and then I'd have to
60 over there to look after my
property.
Whenever I did, Id tell the
miSSus to keep Artie outside the
house. l never told her why. 1t
was because she could never put
her hand on one of the kids. Artie
would have took il off.
Well, this day, / went over TO
Goldfield and before l left, / told
the missus TO keep Artie outside.
l kissed everybody good-by and l
told Artie to watch the house and
| went on my way.
So ] never knew nothing about
what happened until ] got back
and then il was too late 10 do
anything about it. Not that
could have done anything if l was
right there.
The missus didn't do what
told her. But l don't blame her.
Kids can git pretty ornery. That's
what Billy and Alec did right
after left. There wasn't nothing
two kids could think up that them
two laddybucks didn't do.
They had their mother about
crazy and she decided that a good
switching would do more than
anything else 10 quiet them down.
So she went and cut her a switch
and then she put Artie in the
woodshed. .EN.>.
And then she took her two
young men into the house and
gave them a larruping that they
both remember even TO this day.
After the storm was over, every
body forgot about Artie. He
couldn't hear nothing OF the trou.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30
By Walt Disney
A Pretty Face!

TO be done; (c) day of wrath.
3-(a) beast; (b) bird; (c) fish.
IA ape; OBJ Tibet; (c) shut
tlecocks.
5-(a) onion skin: (b) parch-
ment; (c) pearl.
6-(aD muskrat; (b) dacty-
lology; (c) Absalom.
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So they went after him gentle
and the first thing you know the
three of them was rolling all over
the floor. I didn't know which
one of the boys named him Artie
and / don't know where he got
the name. But Artie il was after
that first evening.
Artie grew up showing both
breeds-and nothing else. He had
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Quiz Answers

IA contraction of God be
with ye."
2-The cataract.
3-Ycs. II was transferred to
Newport, r. l., in 1861, but
was returned 10 Annapolis
four years later.
1.-The laughing jackass, OF
Australia. ~.
5-Moulding.
GA trains trucks are its wheel
carriages.
7-Truckle beds are low beds
with wheels.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-10-30
Connolly Answers

l-(a) Rumania; (b) Russia;
(c) Germany.
2-(a) officer attached to gen.
eral TO assist him: (b) things
Evening star., 1942-09-30
August Traffic Toll
Lowest on Record
For That Month
Sofety Council Credits
Reduced Mileage. Not
More Careful Driving
z, the Associated Press.

| z, TIE Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Sept. 30.-Fewer lives
! were lost in traffic accidents in
the United States last month than
in any August on record, the Ma
tional Safety Council reported to-
day.
Fatalities dropped 40 per cent be-
low the same month a year ago.
and the total of 23l0 was lower
than in any August as far back
as 1925, the earliest year for which
| national monthly totals are avail
able.
The council said the reduction
represented a saving of 1850 lives
1t reported the downward trend was
general throughout the country. and
| that for the first time not a single
State reported an increase for Au-
gust.
Lower Mileage the Cause
But the American motorist wasn't
credited for the life-saving. Sid
ney J. Williams, director of the
councils public safety division, ex-
/ planned:
The reduction in deaths is.
mathematically. exactly what it
should be in terms of the decreased
mileage now being driven. In other
words. our surveys of accident ex-
! perience throughout the country
/ during the last few months show
( that while there has been a de-
cided decrease in the amount of
/ driving here has been no change
! in the quality of driving.
The effect of lower rates Of
/ speed has been offset by such factors
as the deterioration mechanically OF
/ automobiles, tires in progressively
! less safe condition, reduced person
mel in traffic police forces and con-
scious or subconscious war jitters
which distract and preoccupy both
drivers and pedestrians,
The council reported the traffic
toll for the first eight months OF
this year dropped 81 per cent from
the same period of l941. The figures
were 1880 deaths against PATIO
last year.
Sectional Records Vary.
Motor vehicle deaths in the gas
rationed States were down As per
cent in August" it said, Not only
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created the fund before her death in
1910. but named no beneficiary.
Lady Ribblesdale is the mother of
Vincent Astor
The courts ruling disestablished a
similar claim filed by Princess Fran
ces Lawrence Ponistowska, formerly
of Paris. also cousin of Mrs.
Pendleton.