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Evening star., 1942-11-02

plans, or as an American First
war.
Actually, it is being fought as
an Anglo-American war. Mr..
Willkie wants it fought as
United Nations war. But putting
the onus upon the British does
not contribute to making 1t a
United Nations war, but to pro-
ducing a rift even in the Anglo
American war, and pushing us
toward the third alternative, an
America First war. Thus, instead
of broadening the Anglo o-Ameri-
can alliance, we weaken even that
unanimity which already exists.
And this can be disastrous. For
there is only one war in which
there is certainty of victory,
and that is United Nations war.
In Mr.. WILKES speech, how
ever, there are other statements
which are true. and which were
crying to be said.
Mr.. WILKES statement that we
have, up to now, only 40 per cent
war effort is, as I feel after trip
to the Middle West, a correct
statement. 1t reveals itself in the
attitude toward the 18 and 10
year old draft, In which question
Congress is recording correctly
the pulse of the country.
A week ago I enumerated the
technical reasons for following
the Army recommendations in
this respect. But the spiritual
resistance against the mobiliza-
ton of this youth is proof that
the Nation as a whole still does
not understand the character of
this war. If every American
realized that we are in a life-and-
death struggle for existence and
that there is no exemption from
the most bitter sacrifice, the
whole discussion would cease.
Must Fight Way Out.
Assisted by the leaders of both
parties, we have had for years a
doctrine of escapism. We
thought we could buy our way
out of the war or lease-lend our
way out, or, finally, produce our
way out. We are going to have
to fight our way out! And we
are going to have to fight our
way out with a young Army.
Geographically, ours is an old
nation. We have serious short
age of young men. Yet every
where, on every front, it has been
the young men who have won the
battles. In Russia children of IL
are working in factories under
bombardment. In Germany boys
of IA have been awarded the Iron
Cross-as revealed in Goebbels'
Ufa palace speech to youth few
days ago-for their heroic serv-
ice" on anti-aircraft guns In
target areas.
If the draft of 10 and 10 year
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Red Cross Official Tells
Of Scope Of War Work
Special Dispatch to The Star,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, Nov. 2.-Work
of the Red Cross and it's great task
during the present world conflict
were described by A. I. Chamber
lin, director of fund raising in the
Eastern area, American Red Cross,
at the annual meeting of the LOU
doun County Chapter, ARC, held in
the Leesburg High School.
Mr.. Chamberlin said there are
now Red Cross workers in 1900
posts, camps, forts and cantonments
and that the number of such places
will be increased
The chapter directors elected in
cluded Mrs. c. Oliver Iselin, jr.,
Middleburg; Douglass Myers, Wa
terford; H. T. Pancoast, Purcell
vile, and WE. Sparrow, jr, Blue
mont. Directors reelected were
Miss Irene Harding, H. c. T'homp-
son, Mrs. Jack Potterfeld. Mrs.
Carroll Hirst, Mrs. R. S. Bready,
Mrs. RAYMOND Case, Miss Mary
Pierce, Mrs. Robert Nix, jr; Mrs.
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submarines gradually increase their
activities in the China seas.
Japan has no such advantage as
has Germany with internal rail lines
to her occupied areas. Japan must
transport by water to China and to
all her naval and air bases every bit
OF the gasoline, bombs, shells and
munitions. Time and resources are
on our side as we overcome the fac
tors of distance and build up our
supply bases overseas.
In the end, the war against Japan
will be won by the attrition that has
already begun by MacArthur,s planes
and men moving north from Aus
tralia and New Guinea, by naval
and Marine forces moving up north
to strategic islands protected by our
feet, and by a. host of Flying For
tresses operating from China.
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This Changing World
HoIsey. Fighting Admiral Soon Moy Press
Advantage Won by U. S. in SoIomons Area

to operate against individual and
unprotected planes. But losses
suffered by the Japanese avia-
ton In the last 10 days have
been such that the American
air force-the Flying Fortresses
from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
command and the Navy and Ma
rine planes of Admiral Halsey-
now has air supremacy.
Guadalcanal itself is breathing
much more freely. Ordnance and
supplies are pouring in daily and
in some quarters the opinion is
expressed that it would not be
surprising If the force under Maj.
Gen. A. A. Vandegrift could re-
sumo full offensive operations
against the Japanese force which
has been landed In the last 10
days.
This enemy force-estimated by
some to total $4,000 men-has
been badly damaged in the Japs'
frantic efforts to rush our Marines
off their feet without regard to
losses. The situation, which only
a week ago was considered as
close to desperate, has changed
in the last four days into one
which can give us a legitimate
hope for victory.
Japs Still Strong.
The high command is, of
course, still keeping it's fingers
crossed. 1t is realized that the
Japs still have many ships and
transports which could be thrown
into the battle should the Toxic
high command decided to play
"banco" in this most important
engagement.
In operations extending over
hundreds of miles and with an
enemy as able and persistent as
the Japs are, there is always the
possibility of lightning opera
ton with an overwhelming force.
These considerations justify the
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mean that these other methods have
been exhausted and the shortage is
so critical as to leave the admin
istration no alternative.
But the truth is that there is an
alternative which they do not men,
ton and there are means of vastly
increasing manpower from which
the administration shrinks. If
these were used the labor shortage
would almost Immediately disap-
pear and the necessity for another
great bureaucratic board with an
other army of jobholders would cease
to exist. Refusal to consider these
means in the forthcoming bill means
an utterly unrealistic approach to
the problem-a deliberate refusal
to adopt the clear, logical and ef-
fective steps for its solution.
There is no mystery as to what
these are. Every thoughtful person
knows them. First-and chief
there is the lengthening of the
basic working week from 40 to 48
hours. This, at once, would in
crease the available labor supply, at
existing wages. 20 per cent. A pro-
posal to do this has recently been
made by Representative Ramspeck
of Georgia, who is a real friend Of
labor.
If he were given White House
support, the shortage could be
wiped out almost over night. The
average work week in Great Britain
is Sc hours. Here, counting over
time, 1t still is under 43. In face
of that comparison, it is certainly
difficult to defend the wartime con-
tinuation of the 40-hour week.
Many Ready to Work Longer.
If, in addition to lengthening its
week to 48 hours, labor, during the
war, would give up the rules and
practices which create non-essen-
tial jobs and force industries to
carry useless men, who not only do
not work themselves but who really
restrict the efficient use of other
men and machines-if these prac-
tices could be prohibited, produc-
ton would leap and the whole labor
shortage situation be completely
changed. With many thousands of
men willing and eager to work
longer, with the Government about
to lower the draft age to 18, with
Mr.. McNutt about to present a
compulsory national service bill, it
does seem that we cannot longer
afford to let these labor luxuries
continue solely through fear of the
professional labor politicians.
It is clear that these are not going
to relinquish voluntarily their 40
hour week or anything else. They
prate about their sacrifices, but make
none. The suggestion that any of
their social gains" should be sus-
pended while the war lasts-and that
is all that is suggested-evokes such
howls from the labor lobbyists that
all the rabbit politicians run for
cover. Yet, the continuation dur
ing the war of these Gripping laws
and rules has greatly retarded our
war production and vastly increased
its cost. There is no possible de-
nial of that.
Rather than grapple with this
reality, we find the administration
about to launch a compulsory ma
tional service law, under which the
whole population would be regiment
ed in way never dreamed of before.
From the advance publicity on the
subject it is clear that there is only
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Members of D. G. Club
To Mark Optimist Week

The Washington Optimist Club
will open international optimist
week. locally at a luncheon meeting
at 1890 pm. tomorrow In the May
flower Hotel. Addresses by j. K.
Walters, past international optimist
vice president, and Thomas F. Boyle.
jr., of Roanoke, Va, governor Of
the 10th district Of Optimist Inter-
national, will feature the occasion.
Mr.. Walters will speak on THE
Meaning of Optimism Under War
Conditions"
Optimist International sponsors
and supports an extensive program
for boys through Junior Optimist
Clubs and has increased its budget
for that work during the war period,
1t was announced. The Boys Club
Of Washington receives a large por.
ton of funds and leadership pro-
vided by local Optimists.
Evening star., 1942-11-02
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.


Sheer heroism and abnegation
on the part of the American
land, air and sea forces have pre-
vailed so far over originally over
whelming Japanese superiority in
the waters around the Solomon
Islands.
The celebration in Toxic early
this week over the rosy news
from the Japs' official sources
was, to say the least, premature.
While the reticent and cautious
naval high command in WASH
ington wisely follows a policy Of
not shouting victory until there
can be no doubt of it, there is
every indication that the Japa-
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Resistance to Mobilization Of Youth
Shows U. S. Not Fully Attuned to War

OlQS Is SO RESTRICTED as 70 require
a reorganization of the present
system, we shall have to call up
another half million older and
skilled men from factories and
farms, disorganizing productive
system already inadequate to the
demands upon it.
We are fighting the worst war
In the history Of our civilization
against terrible odds. This state
ment is not effective until the
realization becomes part of ones
nervous system, ones very bones
and it is not felt that way by
most Americans.
Intellectually, the workers in
our factories realize that we must
make every effort. But in my
trip to the Middle West I spoke
to young worker who does
realize the war in his bones, and
he was in despair, telling me that
work in his factory-a great air.
craft producer-is still tuned to
. a low individual rate, which is
kept low Systematically in order
that the workers should receive
bonuses when they speed up to
what they normally can do easily.
Hurt by "Not Enough" Talk.
Mr.. Willkie said he did not
feel proud, coming from the most
famous producing area of the
earth, to hear on all the fronts
that we are not delivering
enough. The pride of every
American must be hurt, because
for a generation we have over
topped every nation in the sphere
of production.
But our war economy is not
yet properly organized either at
the top or at the bottom. We
admired the rapid change in
Britain in the production spirit
and effort after Dunkerque, and
the phenomenal mobilization of
Russia under invasion. Our own
cannot compare with either. And
1t will be too bad for the United
States If we, suffer such losses
that we have to mobilize our
selves, eventually, under the
same conditions. Then it will
not be question of 18-year-
olds serving, but a question of
2year-olds being massacred from
the air.
Mr.. Willkie criticized the in
formation we are getting from
the armed forces, and his criti-
cism was more than justified.
For weeks the people of the
United States have been trying
to find out what really has been
happening in the Solomon
Islands. What we have heard,
by way of the communiques, has
not been Illuminating. On the
contrary, if one can make guesses
from numerous clues, it has been
highly misleading.
There is no good telling the
American people to trust their
military leaders without criticism.
At Pearl Harbor it was impos--
sible to disguise the serious
rivalry between Army and Navy
which contributed to that awful
catastrophe. There are signs
that that disunity has not been
resolved in a common war plan.
And the people of the United
States are not going to risk the
issue of the war without opening
their mouths.
There are always only two
alternatives with a lively public
opinion in time of war: Present
the people with a brilliant mill
tary and civilian performance, or
expect an impassioned demand
to know what is wrong.
fp.l..ead hr N. nslt avp dicoto In,A
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The Great Game of Politics
4S-Hour Week. Ousting Unneeded Workers
Would Obviote Need of Munpower Druft

the cloudiest idea of how so COM
prehensive and drastic law is to
be administered, and that those
charged with its sponsorship are,
themselves, somewhat afraid of it
as well they may be.
What the Nation has cause to
fear is the creation of another
great governmental agency, headed
by politician, with power but with
out capacity, who will add thou
sands more civilians to the swollen
Federal payrolls, and produce little
beyond confusion.
OF the actuality of the labor short
age there is no doubt. Nor is there
any doubt that If the administra-
ton fails-as 1t almost certainly
will-to do either of the two things
it should do to solve the problem
to wit, first, change the 40-hour
week to 48 hours-and, second, elm
mate the vast number of useless
men among the 100000 civilian
employees now on the Government
payrolls-if it fails to do these things,
then some such law as Mr.. McNutt
is drafting becomes essential. But,
an effort to get action along the
lines urged by Mr.. Ramspeck, be-
lieVed in by plenty of his col1ea o,1es
and desired, as the polls show, by
large majority of the people, should
be made first. If that cannot be
done, Congress, at least, can insist
on national service law that will
be soundly conceived and non-po-
litically administered. This seems
the sort of fight to which, now he
has made his report to the people"
on his foreign travels, Mr.. Willkie
might we'll devote himself.
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American high commands plans
to proceed cautiously.
But considering that we now
know more about the terrific
losses of the enemy than we knew
a few days ago, it would seem
that resumption of a large-scale
offensive by the enemy is highly
improbable.
Admiral Halsey, who is known
to be a hitting admiral is be-
lieved to be making dispositions
which might make the picture in
the area of his command even
roster in the near future.
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acted until all
other methods
Of meeting the
acute la b or
shortage have
been exhausted.
This Is sound
reasoning a n d
the announce
ment by Mr..
McNutt that a
national serv-
ice" bill will be
submitted with
in two weeks
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the heads of the Japanese Navy
find themselves unable to give the
Japanese Army either the munitions
or the airplanes needed there for a
continued offensive. The bottleneck
Is shipping, and the Japanese ton
mage is going down steadily as our
submarines take mounting toll,
but particularly as Japanese mer-
chant ships find their tasks in
creased by the need to supply all
the garrisons in an area equal to all
Of Europe.
Technically we are on the de-
fensive in the Solomons Island zone
but actually in a strategic sense we
are on the offensive. The naval war
Is war of attrition so far as Japan
Is concerned. The Solomons thea
ter wasn't selected by us as in itself
preferable to any other, but when
the Japanese began building an air.
field for large air operations from
Guadalcanal, we were compelled to
take the offensive whether we were
or were not amply prepared. Had
we not done so our whole line of
bases for airplanes and ships
stretching from Hawaii to New
Zealand would have been open to
Japanese attack by air and sea and
then we would certainly have been
on the defensive.
Japan Was Not Ready.
Conversely, the japanese were not
ready. They had not recovered from
the battle of Midway. Their time
tables and calculations and strategy
we're upset by our attack on the
Solomons. The surprise move we
made caused reverberations in ia
pan. The japanese Navy had to
move everything it had available to
engage us in the Solomons area.
Each side really had to throw in all
It had in the vicinity. Navy chief
tains cannot wait till they have
adequate forces for decisive bat
tle-they figure every battle to be in
some way decisive and when the is
SUE is Joined they must fight it out.
Now that the first round of what
may prove to be a series of sea
battles around the Solomons has
been fought. we can appraise the
situation objectively. Here are the
facts:
l. The japanese fleet has retired.
It has not dislodged us from the
Solomons or driven our fleet away
from any of our bases in the South
Pacific.
2. All the sinkings of American
ships have been announced The
damage to some of our finest ships
will deprive us temporarily of their
services but the damage is not ir-
reparable in any case and we have
other ships available to reinforce our
Pacific fleet.
g. The work of our Army, Navy
and Marine Corps aviators has been
superb and we have inflicted heavy
damage on the enemy-far more
than we ourselves suffered
Again, however. 1t should be
emphasized that the Importance of
what has happened in recent weeks
cannot be measured by box score
of ships sunk or damaged on either
side. The big fact remains that the
United States Navy dominates the
sea areas we invaded; that we are
fighting in enemy territory, not in
our own, and that Japan cannot
replace losses as rapidly as can we.
Not is to be assumed that we plan
to win back the Far Pacific for the
United Nations by an island-to-
Island attack. That would mean 10
years OF fighting. Instead, we shall
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Stirling M. Harrison. Mrs. Thomas
M Fendall, Miss Elizabeth White,
Mrs Alfred McGeath, Holland Pot
ter, Mrs j. Holmes Thomas, Mrs.
Henry Fairfax, Miss Irene Wright,
William P. Hubert and Roscoe B.
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zled I would
have to return
to my former
occupation, that
of understudy to
. sharecropper,
It was not un-
til I hlled out
my S e e c tive
service occupa-
tional question:
naire tn a t !
fully realized
that I was a sort
of final home
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d u l z a s Z I W o
years or possibly
three. But the
facts at the mo-
ment need to be
interpreted with
in the perspec-
tive of such a
period.
Thus it is evi-
dent that Japan
Is retrenching in
G h l NJ a, reluc-
family drawing
In her lines. It
is apparent that
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fought in one
Of three ways:
AS q United
Nations war,
with a COM
m o n W a r
plan, strategy,
a n d pc &C e
aims; as an
AASlO.Aulcl1-
can war, with
aid to or from
the other Al
lies, accord
ing to Anglo
A m eri C a n
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j. S. Patterson, Mrs. T. U. Dudley,
D. C. Sands, Mrs. Jack Skinner,
Mrs. Amory Perkins, Col. w. H.
Clifford, Sterling B. Lacy, j. T.
Hirst, Mrs. Grace B. Popkins, Will
liam J. Donelan, jr.; the Rev. j. S.
Harry I. Tiffany. Mrs.
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CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Chairman United States War Saw
ings Staff for Frederick UNITED States
War Bonds);
Former President Federated Chari-
ties;
Former Director Children's Aid
Society;
Chairman Frederick City Housing
Authoritys
Chairman Frederick City Planning
C0mmission;
Secretary Board of Trustees Fred
erick City Hospital;
Red Cress Worker.
All Of these Communities activities
are without any c0mpensa toni
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McLemore
Arnold Picks Tough
Opponent in A. P.
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

Naturally, am for freedom Of the
press. Not only is 1t one Of the
bases on which the United States
stands, but If the press were muz-
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By FRANK r. KENT.

The attitude of the President and
his manpower commissioner, Mr..
Paul McNutt, is that no compulsory
labor draft legislation should be en-
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On the Record
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

If I may 60 back to Mr.. Will
kie's speech, 1t seems to me that
he was aware of a basic issue.
That is, that this war can be
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THE opinions OF the wrers this their not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort gpe all sides OF questions OF interest
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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u. S. Bestinq
Jops but War
Will Be Lonq
Foe Is Seen Loser
In SoIomons Group
Engagements
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The overall picture of our war
with Japan is decidedly hopeful.
This does not mean that victory
will be easy or soon. 1t may take
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-19
His Uniform Can't
Hold All Medals
Of Veteran Soldier
BY NEA SERVICE

FORT SAN HOUSTON. Tex. Feb.
Eff First Sergeant COrbett Meek
wanted to wear all his medals a.
the same time, there wouldn't be
room enough on his uniform Goa.
The 49-Year-old native of Jack
son. Ky. who enlisted in the U. S.
Army in Januarr, 1912, has won 81
decorations during his % year
Of active service.
Between battles in Mexico and
in Europe during tic World War
thc collection has crown 10 the
point that even on dress occasions
MeekS could only pin on few
fayorites
Among the decorations are tee
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver
Star, French CroiX De Guerre, Yer
dun Medal. World War Campaigl
Medal, Mexican Campaign Medal,
Distinguished Marksman Medal,
and small wheelbarroWful OF 9TH
erS.
After his first e-enlistment.
Meeks saw action in the battle o.
Aqua Prieta. Mexico in 1915. When
this country entered the World
war, he was among the first to 9
serving with Company H OF the
llth Infantry in the trenches.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-19
Bunbino at Bot,
But for Movies

camera. which followed Cooper
Gehrig in the enactment of the
first homer he ever hit fer the
Yankees.
Five hundred fans cheered 81
lently in the stands so they wouldn't
interfere with the microphoneS
They earned their So SO per day
per each, because they had to look
like 10000 Whichever way the
camera turned, they had TO run
to be in the scene.
Ruth received $25 900 for his NOV
lie acting chore and said he eX-
pected to earn every cent of it He
acts throughout the picture, and
according to Wood, is performing
like a veteran: Years ago. Ruth
said he starred in two silent eplcS
of the diamond and made five two
reel comedies. Movie acting doesn't
scare him. He doesn't even mind
the paint and powder. Just shuts
his eyes and lets the makup man
do his stuff.
He looks about like he always
did, too, except that right now he's
get a bad cold. Caught it on the
train coming west. A couple more
days of batting practice and he
figures he'll be feeling better.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-02-19
Fiiipinos Pledge
Fight to Death

SALINAS, Cal, Feb. 10 OPP
Filipinos will fight to the death. tCE
most of them believe that occupa-
ton of the islands by the japanese
would mean ultimate extinction o,
their race according to Carson TaN-
lor, publisher of the Manila BulIe-
tin.
Taylor came to thiS country 10
give the commentary on color
film just completed before the Jap
aneSe attack. The film shows NOW
the civilian population was cooper
ating with army defense pIaIi''
Made with the cooperation ol Pres
ident Que2on and Gen. MacArthur'
it shows part of the island delehStS'
Taylor, a tall, white-halred span
ish- American War ve,>!an has Dee'l
a publisher anC student OF PhiIlp-
pine conditions for the past ~
years. He believes pressure by 'ile
Na2is caused the japanese at'aC :.
Taylor ranks Corregidor as l'r'
strongest fort in the world. but Sa.u
that reiniorcementS for Gen. M'c-
Arthur are wholly dependent upon
ability to take command OF the a'''