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Evening star., 1942-06-27

q whole which
Marshal ROM
mel's advance
presents.
In othe er
ds, " h a t
would the loss Of
E gy pit really
mean?
There can be
no question that
from the strate-
gic point of view
the most serious
threat would be
to tho Allied
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By GOULD LINCOLN,

by SoOLD LlNSOLN.
James B. Reston's Prelude to
Victory"-off the presses this
WEEKS q stark and arresting
volume. As the title discloses. it
deals with the war. 1t does not
stop there. 1t tears asunder the
illusion that wars settle nothing.
What this country and the other
countries of the world must do
if there is to be no third world
war a generation hence is still an
open question. Mr.. Reston, how
ever. without drawing blue
print. gives sound reasons for
definite action.
The author, newspaper man
who has seen the war first hand
in England. destroys many Of the
Illusions with which Americans
have surrounded themselves. IL
lusions that led them to believe
that this country could remain
aloof from the strife that has now
engulfed the world. illusions that
still clog the onward drive of the
United Nations toward the ulti-
mate defeat Of the Axis powers.
Mr.. Reston does not content him.
self with merely being critical.
He lays foundation. hard and
in some respects ruthless, upon
which victory in this war may be
obtained.
The story. If it may be called
so, bluntly shows the errors both
of spirit and of action which
have been the cause Of gains by
the Axis powers up to date. Lack
of understanding by England,
France and other nations which
have been overrun that this is a
war of survival is one of the
fundamental errors Of judgment
revealed. Until the United Ma
tions, including particularly the
United States, comes to a full un-
derstanding of this fact. the vic
tory which we seek will be as
Elusive as the will O. the wisp.
Fatal Waiting.
Always, until now. the So
called democratic nations-and
again particularly the United
States-have been unwilling to
move first. This Mr.. Reston in
sists is due to a certain softnesS
when it comes to political con-
siderations. For example, the
British and the French were un-
willing to move armed forces into
Norway-flrst. or to move into
the Netherlands and Belgium.
They waited until it was too late
just as this country waited
until Pearl Harbor. Errors of
judgment which have been terri
bly, costly.
With the fervor of a crusader,
the author attacks one after an
other the illusion that time
and money will save U.s." the
illusion that this Is entirely a
war of guns. tanks, planes and
ships" the illusion that we can
win the war with our second
team" All illusions that have
been with us from the start of
the war-and which unfortu-
nately still persist. Mr.. Reston
gives due credit to the leadership
of President Roosevelt, but he
also shows the failings of the
administration due to political
considerations on the one hand,
to unwillingness to take sound
advice irrespective of the source,
and to mistaken loyalty to in
dividuals who do not belong on
Americas first team. And while
he admits the willingness with
which Congress has appropriated
vast sums of money for the
prosecution of the war, he points
Evening star., 1942-06-27

for a While We
e n oye d t h e
thrill of being
a member Of
u lie S a m S
armed forces.
Shortly after
breakfast there
was a knock at
the door. We
opened it to find
a g e n I ! e m a n
standing ut
side. For per-
haps half a
<-,,A. ~ jiI~ff
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their diplomacy
and stra tegy
was in the last
few months of
l94l, culminat-
ing in the at
tack on Pearl
Ha rbor.
H e r e " e
have a docu-
ment released
to the Ladies
Home Journal
as a sort of
semi o fl c / a !
story of pre-
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AustruIiun Production
Chief Coming Here

By the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Aus
tralia, June 27.-Larry Hartnett,
Australian director of ordnance and
production. has gone to Washington
to discuss Australians war production
problems with American Industrial
lists, an official announcement said
today.
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was getting under way for the en-
larged program.
Militarists Gained Upper Hand.

Mllitarists Gained Upper Hand.
1t may turn out that the So
called liberal elements in Japan
were holding out for further par
leys with America, while the mill
tarists who were sold on the Hit
ler point Of view were planning,
through their control Of the navy,
an attack on Pearl Harbor and
the Philippines. When the strong
ly-worded November 26 note ar
rived, the militarists may have
gained the upper hand-using
the note to confirm their opinion
about Americas intentions-and
prevailed on the Emperor to let
them carry out their carefully
arranged plans of attack.
The evidence shows, however,
that. so far as America was con-
cerned, while our high omcialS
believed war might some time
eventuate, they did not expect the
sudden attack that came at Pearl
Harbor. The japanese knew, Of
course. that the United States
was sending heavy reinforce
ments to Hawaii and the Philip
pines and was already sending
substantial aid to China indi-
rectly, so it is possible that the
japanese authorities came to
about the same conclusion that
the American officials did. name
ly, that war was inevitable some
day. American strategy hoped
that Japan would take the in
itiative. The Japanese did so. and
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y
war diplomacy. admittedly taken
from White House and State
Department files, and it is evi-
dent that if the Japanese had
played their cards better they
might have enlarged their sphere
of operations in the Southwest
Pacific and yet kept the United
States out of the war.
The disclosure that Britain,
Australia and the Dutch tried to
get President Roosevelt to issue
an ultimatum to Japan to stop
her encroachments in Indo-
China and beyond and that he
declined to do so, preferring in
stead to baby Japan along, as
he is quoted as phrasing it, means
that Mr.. Roosevelt was not sure
Congress would have followed
him had he asked for a war dec
laration based on japanese op-
III
It is plain that Mr.. Roosevelt
told Prime Minister Churchill
last August that he could not join
in an ultimatum to Japan be-
cause that would involve COM
mitment that might bring auto
matte hostlities." Mr.. Churchill
is reported as having understood
that it was a risk but as believing
the bluff might work.
Why did the japanese, when
the American note of November
Is was received, consider it an
ultimatum and order the attack
on Pearl Harbor? They evidently
believed that America was going
to war any way to protect British,
Dutch and Australian intererts in
the Southwest Pacific, and that
we would enforce by arms the
warning originally given by our
State Department in 1899 that
the status quo in the Far East
must not be changed
Hitler Pressure Seen.
Had the Japanese known
American opinion better or at
least the hesitancy which Mr..
Roosevelt is now revealed by
MeSsrs. Lindley and Davis to
have had about issuing in August,
l94l. an ultimatum that could
be construed by Congress as
commitment to war, they might
never have regarded the Novem-
ber Is note as a final step. They
might have gone on with their
move to occupy Indo-China ex-
tenslvely and cut off the Burma
road. 1t certainly would have
embarrassed the American Gov
ernment and put it in difficult
position in seeking support for
entry into the war on what, up to
that time at least, had been re-
garded as an Asiatic question by
a considerable body of American
opinion.
Why were the japanese so stu
pid as to force America into the
war by an attack at Pearl Har-
Dor? Probably the answer will not
be known until after the war,
when some Japanese authors
write a white paper" from the
Toxic point of view, but it would
appear that Hitler may have been
pressing the japanese to get into
the war with a view to absorbing
the attention of the British naval
units and troops in the Near East
and at the same time causing
America to divert her armament
cargoes and fleet from the At
lantic, where a shooting war"
by submarines against lease-lend
shipping had all eady begun.
What is also difficult to under
stand is why Prime Minister
Churchill wanted two-ocean
war, when the war in the Atlantic
had not been Won. England GER
tainly ran great risks of seeing
American war material turned to
Pacific bases and away from Brit
ish and European areas if the
United States entered a war in
the Pacific Ocean A one-ocean
war would have been better for
Brltain-at least throughout 1912,
while the American war machine
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BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Optimism voiced by President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill to a select group of
Senators and Representatives ap-
parently was due to their belief
that the Axis gigantic effort on
all battlefronts will spend itself.
and that the Nazis and Japs will
lose their breath after few more
hard blows at the United Nations.
Then, they seem to think. the
Allies turn will come to drive the
enemy back.
The assumption made by the
trainers of Allied strategy Is that
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The Political Mill
American illusions Thot Must Go
As q Prelude to Victory

to the unwilnngness of that body
to lay aside political and per-
sonal considerations and to
measure every act by the single
ysrdstick-will it help to win the
war.
Lack of faith Is one OF the evils
that still besets this country, and
yet faith is the basic element Of
victory. This lack is at the very
heart of all the problems. Mr..
Reston contends. The Presidents
hesitancy to give full authority
to strong men n'his Government
or out of his Government" he
says, "the shocking lack Of CO.
ordination between the Army and
the Navy at Pearl HORROR and the
endless disputes between the
heads Of various departments are
fundamentally the result of lack
Of faith in the abilities and in
tentions of Government onicialS."
There is another that
we are fighting to get back to
normal" Bluntly. Mr.. Reston
points out that we are not fight
ing for an idea-for the idea OF
democracy. We are fighting first
because We were attacked. That,
too, Is the reason that the other
democratic nations are fighting.
But that is only half the reason.
We are fighting for a purpose. ito
make sure that we create a world
order in which we can never be
attacked again" Mr.. Reston
makes 1t clear that when this war
is over conditions will have so
changed, are changing now. that
it will be impossible to return to
the old order even. If the Ameri-
can people desire to do so. One
fact alone would make this i'm
possible. The war has tremen-
dously developed the industrial
capacity Of the nations involved.
This individual capacity will
eventually be turned from the
production Of munitions to the
production of the peace-time re-
quirements of the peoples. That
being the case, it will be much
wiser to sit down with these ma
tions and plan just how COMPETE
ton throughout the world must
be reorganized, with justice to
all. There is 4 great opportunity
in using these machines wisely"
Mr.. Reston writes. There are
countless men and women in the
world to be fed and clothed and
housed who have never had
proper food. or clothing, or
housing before"
In his prelude to Victory" Mr..
Reston has shown himself able to
relate cause and effect, and to
link past history with the events
Of today. If he is impatient with
the faults and failures of those
who direct the political and the
military forces OF the United Ma
tions. it Is not for the sake of
criticism. 1t Is because OF an
abounding desire that this war
shall be won. II he paints a dark
picture. and he does, in which the
selfish hopes Of individuals and
OF governments prevail. 1t is in
the hope that there will be a cure.
There is food in his book for the
heads Of governments, for the in
dustrialists, for the worker, for
the newspaper publisher-and for
the military leader.
Mr.. Reston is a thorough and
thoughtful observer. He has been
trained in the business. He served
for four years in London as a cor
respondent for the Associated
Press and later the New York
Times, Of whose Washington bu-
reau he is now a member.
Evening star., 1942-06-27
Tomuro Gevo Will Marry
John Emery, Film Actor
u,l a..;,+ed pra.,

BY the Assoc iated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. June 27-Tamara
Geva. screen dancer, and John
Emery, film actor, will be married
tomorrow at the home of Mrs, Reata
Kraft in Beverly Hills. Mrs. Kraft
will attend the bride and Glenn
Anders, actor, will be best man.
Miss Geva, former wife of George
Balanchine. choregrapher, recently
finished The Pied Piper Mr.
Emery, ex-husband Of Actress Tai
lulah Bankhead, is appearing in
Eyes Of the Night"
Evening star., 1942-06-27

THE opinions OF the Ders this page their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to glue all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-06-27
Jops' Attack
On Hawaii
Called Stupid
Possibility Seen Toxic
Could Have Coined
By Keeping U. S. Peoee
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY this time-if they can read
In Toxic the recent Lindley-Da-
Wis white paper"-the Japanese
must realize how utterly stupid
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By MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.

While the military situation In
Egypt remains critical. it may be
we'll to examine the exact nature
of the threat to the Allied cause as
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McLemore-
Double Chin Found
No Aid in Suivuoe
By HENRY McLEMORE.

For the space of S or 10 minutes
this morning we thought we were
in the Army.
1t was all understanding but
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in the Pacific Ocean between
Panama and Cape Horn. will be
considered as affecting the security
of the Chilean nation"
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thus enabled a united America to
respond not only to a war in the
Pacific, but to war with Hitler.


Pacific, but to war with Hitler.
1t Is interesting to speculate,
however, as to what might have
happened If the japanese had
maintained the status quo in re-
lation to the Philippines and even
the Dutch East Indies and had
confined their operations to Indo-
China and the Burma road.
Would America have been drawn
into the war? Historical docu-
ments some day may throw
light on that question when the
Japanese records of the secret
parleys that preceded Pearl Har-
Dor are made available to the
public.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1942-06-27
Opens Rueeer Season

Santiago. Chile, opened It's 1942
Rugeer football season with a two
day tournament of contests,
Evening star., 1942-06-27

Don't let the Axis make you a
bond slave-buy a bond and save.
Evening star., 1942-11-21

public-ownership projects. In dol
lar volume, nop-residential building
increased 70 per cent over the first
10 months of 1941; residential build
ing volume declined 13 per cent;
heavy engineering construction in
creased AZ per cent.
The October contract total, $780,
100000, was 8 per cent greater than
that Of the previous month, and %
per cent greater than the October,
1941, figure. The current program
of the War Production Board calls
for emphasis on end products in
1943 rather than on creation of more
new facilities and indicated that
construction volume will taper off
considerably from the 1912 peak.
Evening star., 1942-11-21
By MARGARET NOVEL;,

1t is possible to find place to live
in Washington. Time and patience
are both necessary to accomplish It,
The place you find may not be your
ideal home, but old residents are
leaving every day, and If you go
about it the right way you will find
place to live within week or two.
Government agencies, real estate
offices, newspaper advertisements
and your friends are all sources for
investigation. After a week of get
ting acquainted with the city, most
of these contacts will begin to pay
dividends.
You would not dream of going to
a town close to an Army camp with
your family, two dogs and a van
load OF furniture and getting settled
within "a hours. The Federal City
is the biggest and busiest army
camp in the country right now, and
it Is not fair to demand the i'm
possible.
Machinery in Operation.
However, machinery for housing
is in operation here, and it is oiled
well enough to bring results in time.
In the meantime, all reports to the
contrary, it is not necessary to take
up quarters In telephone booth.
Best plan is to leave the family
the pets and the furniture where
they are until proper quarters are
found in Washington. This permits
family life, school and the regula,
routine to go on uninterrupted. II
also permits the head of the house.
hold to find quarters unincumbered
by having to make arrangements
for the whole family.
On arrival in Washington plan to
stay at hotel or take a room in
private residence for a week or
two. The War Housing Center has
list of available rooms in all parts
OF the city. These are known to
be clean, comfortable and within
the proper rent levels as set up by
the Rent Control Board.
The War Housing Center is
located at Fourteenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. Tele-
phone Executive AGO. More than
$500 rooms are listed. These range
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D. {. Building Permits
Total $279,385, Rise
From Previous Week
Set Of 81 Flats to Be Built
In Southwest Section
Is Largest Project

Building permits issued last week
amounted to $279, 1886, as contrasted
with $33 $3.50 the previous week and
$685. $40 the week before that.
The largest project this week Is a
set of 80 two-story brick and cinder
block flats, four units each, to be
erected from 2 to 81 Galveston
street SW. at cost of $256, 900.
Constructor, Inc, 1927 I street NV,
and the architect is George T. SAINT
myers, 1410 H street NV.
Other permits issued during the
last week above 5000 include the fol-
lowing:
Louis Nathanson, 1904 Seventh
place NV, owner and builder; j. H.
Abel, 1886 Connecticut avenue, de-
signer: to erect % two-story brick
and tile fats a units each), II to So,
101 to 153 Galveston place NV; to
cost $4,000 each.
Peter Pan School, 8O1 Fern street
NV, owner; Jaffe Dove Construc-
ton Co., GIL Thirteenth street NV,
builder; P. S. Dove, designer; to
make repairs, inclose front porch,
801 Fern street NV; to cost 81 900.
Laurence E. Gichner, 418 Sixth
street NV, owner and builder; D. T.
Langhorne, designer; to make re-
pairs 418-420 Sixth street NV; to
cost $500.
Pioneer Laundry Corp, 92O Rhode
Island avenue NE, owner; Pringle
Construction Co., Bond Building,
builder; A. M. Pringle, designer; to
make repairs 920 Rhode Island
avenue NE; to cost $4O0.
Laurence E. Gichner, 4l8 Sixth
street NV, owner and builder; Don
T. Langhorne, designer; to erect
addition, 418420 Sixth street NV:
to cost $500.
John P. Martin, 461S Ninth street
NV, owner: Federal Contracting
Co., 9l5 New York avenue NV,
builder; John Marcus Hallett, 6525
Plney Branch road NV, designer:
to erect addition, 4618 Ninth street
NV; to cost $2,585.
j. A. MeSser Co., 1906 K street
NV, owner: King Delawder, 722
1ngraham street NV, builder: R.
w. Ross and T. M. Walton, designers:
to make repairs, 1206-8 K street
NV; to cost $1,100.
Capital Transit Co., Thirty-sixth
and M streets NV, owner; Fred
Drew, builder; O. L. Meigs, designer:
to erect one 1-story brick addition,
52l Maine avenue S.W.; to cost
$4,000.
Lee On Dong, GIT H street NV,
owner and builder; j. M. Hallett,
designer; to rebuild area, steps, con-
crete floor, replace wood in base
ment, GIL H street NV; to cost $47O.
Consolidated Improvement Co.,
1909 Girard street NE, owner and
builder; Leslie Bransom, designer; to
(See PERMITS, Page B-3.)
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Finding Home in Washington
Demands Planning, Patience
War Housing Center and Realtors Offer
Solution to Homeseekers' Problem

from small single rooms of minimum
standard at $25 a month to large,
luxurious rooms with private bath,
private entrance, and possibly
fireplace at higher prices.
Houses Inspected.
They have expanded their service
lately by contracting about $50 real
tors and developers every other day
to acquire lists of apartments and
houses which are available. Two
men on the staff cover the District
constantly inspecting houses and
apartments which are, or will be, on
the market.
There is no doubt about the fact
that there is a great demand for
quarters. 1t is equally true that
there is a great dearth of the ideal
homes which we all prefer. But it
is possible to find place to live,
and be adequately housed for the
duration.
Most Of the grousing emanates
from those who have come from
uncrowded parts of the country with
dream of the ideal house they
would like to have in Washington.
One young woman wanted an apart
ment on hilltop overlooking the
city, with a view of the river, if
possible, and wood-burning fire.
place for $50 month. She finally
achieved two-room apartment in
Southeast Washington. Neither the
hilltop, river nor the fireplace was
= r s
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Construction Awards
In 81 States Exceed
Any Previous Year
Dollar TotuI for 10 Month.
Is Above Entire Spon
p Of 1923, Former Hiqh

Total construction contracts award
ed in the 81 Eastern States during
the first 10 months of this year have
exceeded the total 12-month volume
OF any previous year, according to F.
w. Dodge Corp. The dollar total
for all building and engineering
work started from January l through
October 81 was $6,892 161 900. The
previous record year, 1923, had So
628 ,285, 900 in contracts awarded
during the entire year. This years
10-month total was IS per cent
greater than the figure for the cor
responding period of 1941.
The 1942 record volume is COM
prised principally of the construc-
ton of war facilities; IS per cent of
the total dollar volume represented
Evening star., 1942-11-21

ton has purchased the George Will
son property of 80 acres in upper
Loudoun County, adjoining Harvey
Fields place. A handsome old stone
house and number of farm build
ings are on the place The sale was
made through C. c. Elsea, Blue
mont, Va.
John c. Campbell, Washington
and New Jersey contractor, has pur-
chased from the Slentz heirs the
426-acre farm near Hillsboro in LOU
doun County. 1t is understood Mr..
Campbell plans to occupy the place
about January /. Sale was made
by Mr.. Elsea and the Buell. Farm
Agency, Herndon, Va.
DR.. L. Beverly CLANCY, New York
physician, has purchased Spring
Hill, former home of the late Col.
Letcher Hardman, at Rapidan, &C
cording to report from Orange,
Va. Spring Hill was bought last
year by Randolph Scott, movie
actor.
Evening star., 1942-11-21

(See NOVEL;, Page B-3D
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(See PERMITS, Page B-3D
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Family Dwelling
Still May Be
Built, Says MIA
New Standards
Of WPB Designed
To Save Materials

Despite the restrictions imposed
by new war housing standards re-
Gently announced by the War Pro-
duction Board, family dwelling
still may be built with sound, COM
Portable construction" according to
John B. Blandford, jr, administrator
of the National Housing Agency.
This agency he said, collaborated
with the WPB in preparing the new
limitations which are applicable
alike to private and Government
financed housing for war workers
and their families
Savings in Wood, Metal.
"Our purpose in fixing such
standards was to provide a basis
for private enterprise to continue
to produce large part of the essen
tial war housing. These standards
reflect our efforts to produce hous-
ing where and when needed with
progressively smaller amounts OF
critical materials.
"The regulations as to design and
material consumption he con-
(See MIA, Page BID
Evening star., 1942-11-21
Several Estates Sold
In Northern VIRGINIA
Snecial DiSnatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, Nov. 21-
John C. Gall, Washington attorney,
has purchased Amandale. one of the
fine estates in upper Loudoun Coun-
ty, from Mrs. Thomas c. Holiday,
it was learned today. The 400-acre
tract, with mansion house and fine
buildings, is west of Upperville. adja-
cent to Brook Mead, the extensive
estate of Mrs. Dodge Sloan
Mrs. Grace Harwood Of Washing