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Evening star., 1942-10-23
This Changing World
Military Officials Stress Sevicemens Ages
In Any PIons for Offensive Wurfure

age of men throughout the
United States Army Is not below
~. This means that there are
too many "old men" in the
Army today. Such a compost
ton of our forces will necessarily
make full-strength offensive
across either the Pacific or the
Atlantic a difficult matter.
Besides the inevitable physical
drawbacks of men over 30, there
also is the psychological ques-
ton of the "elan" of soldiers who
have families and dependents at
home. They can be very useful,
as in the last war, in trench war
fare when it was necessary to
have steady nerves to withstand
artillery fire. But 1t is hardly
probable that this type Of soldier
will be very useful in so-called
commando warfare"
Would Delay Offensive.
On the other hand, unless we
can induct as early as possible
youngsters who have no depend
ents, the task OF providing inva-
sion forces for global warfare
will be made virtually impossible.
The Navy has done a splendid
job with highly-selected group
of marines at Guadalcanal and
Tulagi. According to reports, the
men who participated in the Au-
gust offensive had not received
more than six or seven months Of
training but, nevertheless, fought
like veterans. Their number,
however, was relatively small.
When 1t comes to organizing
an entire army for a task not
very different from operations in
the Solomons, there is no ques-
ton that we must have strong.
healthy and unincumbered men
in the Army. Even though these
youngsters are enthusiastic and
quick to learn there is no doubt
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Aegean Coast Reported
Fortified by BuIeors
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
ANKARA, Turkey. Oct. 81. (De-
layed).-A report through usually
reliable channels from Bulgarian.
occupied Eastern Greece said to-
night the Bulgars, assisted by Nazi
military engineers, were busy forti-
Tying the Aegean coastline and re-
inforcing their garrisons in the
Hinterland.
This news followed reports that
Greek guerrillas operating in East
ern Macedonia above the coast were
becoming increasingly troublesome
to the invaders after establishing
contacts with Serbian guerrillas op-
Grating IN adjacent Yugoslavia. It
also reflected German preoccupation
with Allied second-front possibilities.
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Intellectual at
tempt to per-
suade In d / a n
factions to ac-
cept the British
governments Of
fer of dominion
status. has given
me an interview
turning n e W
light on this
dispute, " hic n
involves the in
dependence Of
close to 400, ,000,-
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that Mr.. Roosevelt will stop turning
to this court for men to head other
commissions or boards. 1t is quite
certain that the stronger members
on the court echo that hope. They
know, as does every thoughtful man
who considers the situation, that if
the President continues his present
practice the stability and character
of the court will be undermined and
it's prestige in the country dimin-
!shed.
A certain damage has already been
done. No one criticizes Mr.. Byrnes
for responding to the Presidents
call. Considering all the circum-
stances in his case, it was too much
to expect him to refuse. Neverthe-
less, the drafting of him marked the
third time in nine months that the
President has asked a justice to
abandon his work on the bench to
do an outside Job for him. The first
time was when he made Justice
Roberts head of the Pearl Harbor
Investigating Commission. The sec
ond was when he invited Chief JUS
tice Stone to head the rubber in
vestigation-and invitation which
was firmly and properly declined
Mr.. Byrnes was the third.
Wants Man Public Believes.
If there were in the whole country
no one outside the court competent
to perform these important tasks
as well as members of the court,
then the President would be justified
in asking them and they would not
be justified in declining. But no one
contends that that Is the case. Very
clearly what the President is doing
is utilizing the prestige of the court
and the public esteem in which
Supreme Court justices are held to
commend his commissions to the
people. AS was said the other day,
he wants to get some one who will
be believed. .-.
This, of course, is.a laudable wish,
but it isn't necessary to go to the
court to fulfill it. Apparently the
President does not realize how much
he is furnishing the tradition of
aloofness which is so valuable a part
of its foundation and contributes
so much to the popular reverence
for this our highest tribunal, without
which reverence our system would
be in a pretty bad way. Nor can it
be said that the publicity which has
been reaped recently by two of the
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d lawyer Ol IeC-
ognized quality,
b u t on e W h o,
once sworn in,
will stay on the
bench until he
dies or retires
in the normal
way.
A n d, despite
the obvious Itch
ing of one or two
of the sitting
justices to be
called" it is to
be further hoped
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Three Red Cross Ships
Take Aid to Greece

By the Associated Press
BERLIN (From German Broad
casts, October 23.-Three Swedish
steamers chartered by the Interna-
tional Red Cross arrived from over
seas" yesterday at the Athens port
of Piraeus with 1850 tons OF grain
and 5000 tons of clothing and other
supplies,
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On the Record
Smuts' Plea for Allied Offensive Called
Right Word at Right Moment
By DOROTHY THOMPSON

ny OOISO1H1 IHON1I SON.
The Trafalgar Day speech of
the South African Prime Minis
ter, Field Marshal Jan Christian
Smuts, must be regarded as one
of the great political documents
of this war. IL
The solemnity of it's delivery,
the scope of the ground covered,
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uOidlIiS Ol ~.
Thus the latest
announcement
that two mag
ni1cent battle
ships have been
commissioned by
the British Navy
c a n h We a
meaning ha t
has little to do
with the war In
European wa
ters. 1t may, on
the other hand,
h We tremen-
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By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Military quarters in Washing
ton have been worried over the
ly-dallying in passage Of the
bill drafting young men 1S and 10.
They feel that even in this diff
flcult and highly dangerous period
national defense requirements
are being subjected to the usual
peace time pre- election" po-
litical game.
On the one hand the armed
forces are likely to be called on
soon to start offensive operations.
The demand for action at any
price from Russia and to a lesser
degree from England is increas-
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news. For as fast as the British
can complete their battleships, may
be the time will be hastened when
the entire American Navy can op-
pose the japanese Navy in the Pa
cific as originally conceived when
the 55-3 ratio was proclaimed.
Reproduction Rights Reseryed.)
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Cfle Wal 10 oTlGdlIl immaculate
after the collapse of France-has
given us time; time to assemble
and consolidate the forces on
which we rely for an Allied vic
tory.
He expressed consciousness Of.
the Importance Of timing. Time"
he said, has so far been in our
favor" But he added that there
was point when the iron is
hot" and added, then it would be
folly to delay, to overprepare, and
perhaps miss our opportunity"
And the words were the more
significant coming from the only
political leader on our side who
is at, the same time a great mill
tary expert and the actual leader
Of the armed forces of his coun-
try-and coming also from man
whose own country, South Africa,
is more directly threatened by
Japan than by Germany.
There are two possible interpre-
tations that can be put upon his
words: Either he was announcing
a decision already taken-whlch
seems to be the case, for he said
that he feels satisfied" that we
will not miss our opportunity;
or he was doing some public prod
ding of military leadership.
Confidence Is Complete.
Marshal SHUTS was so conf
dent about our victory that he did
not even discuss it. On the con-
trary, in his opinion the war has
reached a stage where We must
begin to think of the coming
world to be created on our VIC
tory.
AS military leader and a per-
sonality, Marshal SHUTS Is not
the man to outline a Utopian
paradise Long intimacy with the
intricacies of international affairs
through the League of Nations
deters him from promising too
much after the terrible disloca-
tions and distinctions of this
war. There spoke through him
the humane spirit of a deeply
Christian man, and the empirical
and practical spirit which char
acterizes the English-speaking
world.
When, for instance, he replaces
in his mind the League of Ma
tions, he replaces a powerless ag-
glomeration of governments by
an alliance of peoples, who al
ready represent a colossal power
structure - East and West on
all the continents and seas Of the
world. and on that power struc-
ture he proposes to begin build
ing a new world.
And as for the enemy coun-
tries-he sees their eventual in
tegration through the provisions
of the Atlantic Charter that need
to be elaborated.
Rebuilding Job Ahead.
But he sees that international
alliances-for peace or for war
are not enough; we must rebuild
the social and economic struc-
ture of the world. And, again, he
approaches this question through
realism and reason. and not
through simple and universal So
lutions.
He is convinced that in this
Goth century all people can be
better fed, clothed and housed,
and that International institu-
tions are needed to further this
purpose-but institutions that
grow out of the accumulations of
our civilization and not by re-
bellious destruction of them.
Altogether, this great state
ment deepens every alliance; re-
calls all to fidelity; and leaves
open no hope of appeasement
with the war lords of Japan or
with Nazi Germany. 1t was the
right word at the right moment.
released by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
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a n d t n e
sigihcance of
the audience
"a j o i n t
m e e t i n &
of the Com
mons and the
L o r d s-the
p e S ence of
.DaVlQ LlOyo
George, who
led the for
tunes of Brit
ain through
the last war,
and the &C
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by aircraft. the entire Japanese
force would have been annihilated."
If we didn't have battleships at
Midway to confront the japanese
battleships which were there, that
deficiency may today have been
remedied elsewhere in the Pacific.
The British announcement is big
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HE opinions OF the writers this page oU
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions OF interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1942-10-23
BY FRANK r. KENT.

When the President appoints a
successor to former Justice Byrnes
on the Supreme Court it is to be
hoped that he will name not only
Evening star., 1942-10-23
Stand on War
Key India
Problem
Interview With
Cripps Turns New
Light on Issue
By Dewitt MACKENZIE.

LONDON, Oct. 23 P).-sir Stat
ford Cripps, leader of the House OF
Commons and member Of the war
cabinet who last spring made an
Evening star., 1942-10-23
New British
Ships Seen
Blow to Jups
Additional Croft
Will Relieve U. S.
Vessels in Atlantic
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The strategy of deception in naval
warfare may sometimes revolve as
much around the actual announce
ment of truthful news as the with
Evening star., 1942-02-01

Col. George Stuart Brady. materials
consultant, War Production Board;
February Is, Changing Military
Techniques," Col. Elbridge Colby,
National Guard Bureau, War De-
partment; February %, Lessons
From the World War Of 1914-1918," )"
DR.. Schuyler c. Wallace. professor
of political science, Columbia Uni
versity.
March z, Problems Of Demo-
cratic Government" DR. Lindsay
Rogers, executive of1cer of the de-
partment of public law and govern
ment, Columbia University; March
9, Cultural Relations in War Time, "
DR.. Robert g. Caldwell, dean Of
humanities, Massachusetts, Insti-
tute Of Technology; March 10,
Latin American Relations" DR..
Constantine E. MCGUIRE of Wash
ington, consulting economist; March
%, Far Eastern Relations, From
the Point of View of the United
States" DR.. william c. Johnstone,
jr., dean Of 1.-The Junior college,
George Washington University;
March 30, Far Eastern Relations,
From the Point Of View Of the Ma
tions Of the Far East" DR.. Tarak-
nath Das, lecturer on history and
international relations, College OF
the City Of New York.
April 13, Governmental Censor
ship" Byron Price, director of CEN
sorship; April 20, Constitutional
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Problems Affecting the Executive"
DR.. Edward 8. Corwin, professor Of
jurisprudence, Princeton University;
April ~, Constitutional Problems
Affecting Civil Rights" DR.. Robert
e. Cushman, head Of the depart
ment Of government, Cornell UNI
versity.
May I, Labor Problems" Right
Rev. Msgr. Francis j. Haas, dean
Of the school Of social science, Cath
olic University; May II, "Legisla-
tive Problems" Senator E. D.
Thomas of Utah, chairman of the
Committee on Education and La
Dor, and May 18, administrative
Problems" DR.. Louis Brownlow, di-
rector Of the Public Administration
Clearing House, Chicago, and for
mer president, District Board OF
Commissioners.
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been dabbling for some time with
copper houses, steel houses. balloon
houses and ones built Of glass and
rammed earth. Most Of those now
offered are fabricated Of frame,
plywood or several types Of compost
ton board.
The pre-fabricators are getting .
chance to sink or swim," Mr.. New
man says. He likes to think q new
industry is being created. II they
can convince the public they are
building a structurally sound home,
then maybe after the war we will
90 out and buy house like we
purchase q new suit today.
Largest ALLEGATION to Norfolk.
Before the war is over Washington
undoubtedly will see plenty Of de-
mountables. The largest alloca-
tion so far made was to the Norfolk,
Va, area, where 1850 will be as
sembled. Contracts have already
been let for 1880 houses, of which
5000 will go to Norfolk. When the
Government first started its pro-
gram for demountables the in
dustry's capacity was around 5000
to 1000 a month. In less than .
month, Mr.. Newman says, this Ca
pacity has been doubled or trebled.
The specter Of ghost" towns over
the country when the war is over
looms large before Mr.. Newman and
other Government housers. He
believes by using demountables they
are doing much to avert this posi-
bility. He doesn't know what will
be done with all these little houses
when workers start moving from
war to time pursuits. but says
the problem Is being considered even
now.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Pensions for Congress
Defended by Ramspeck

The new retirement law which
gives members of Congress the right
to obtain annuities was defended
yesterday by Chairman Ramspeck
of the House Civil Service Com
mittee, co-author of the measure,
despite a protest that many men,
bers where caught mapping" when
it was passed.
Denying it would give Senators
and Representatives preferential
treatment" Mr. Ramspeck de-
clared:
The system will not provide more
than a moderate annuity for the
vast majority of the elected officials.
The average service in Congress is
not long enough to provide any large
amount except in a very few cases.
The vast majority of the member
ship will have to serve many years
before they can attain even a modest
annuity under the system, during
which they will be paying into the
Civil Service retirement fund per
cent of their salaries"
Members of Congress were
brought under the retirement law
for the first time when the system.
which heretofore has covered only
employees in the classified service,
was revamped. Sponsored in the
Senate by Senator Mead. Democrat.
of New York, it has drawn the fire
of Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia and Senator Capper. Repub-
lican, of Kansas. while in the House,
Representatives Wickersham, Demo-
crat, of Oklahoma and Hoffman,
Republican, of Michigan, have filed
bills to repeal it.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Series Of Lectures
On Wartime Problems
Planned al {. j.
Speakers Will Include
Byron Price and
Senutor Thomas

Byron Price, director Of censor
ship, and Senator Thomas, Demo-
crat, Of Utah will be among promi-
nent speakers heard In q series Of
Is two-hour lectures on Government
problems in wartime at Catholic
University, beginning tomorrow.
The opening lecture will be de-
voted to a preliminary outline by
DIR. Herbert Wright, head of the
department Of politics at the uni
versity, and DR.. Robert H. Connery,
associate professor Of politics. Each
lecture will be given in the music
building auditorium from 4:l0 to
6 pm. on Mondays. Subjects and
speakers in the full series follow:
February 8, Governmental Con-
troll Of Raw Materials In Wartime" !"
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Y. w. A. Official Tackles Job
OF Buying $4,000 Houses
Newman Acquiring
DemountobIes for
$50, 900 People
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

With all the talk about the great
housing shortage and moving par
asites" out of town, there is one
man in Washington who is be-
sieged by people literally begging
him to buy their houses.
He is Rufe B. Newman, jr., to
whom the Federal Works Agency
turned over $153,OOO,o00 they got
from President Roosevelt with in
structions for him to go out and
buy $4,000 houses in a hurry. The
houses are the pre-fabricated, de-
mountable type which can be as
sembled quickly at critical defense
points and moved just as fast when
the war Is over.
This placed on the shoulders OF
Mr.. Newman, a plain-spoken Ten
nessee construction man now spe-
cial assistant in charge OF con-
struction at F. w. A., the greatest
immediate mass-buying house job
in the history of the country. He
Is proving equal to the task, how
ever, and says he will have made
his final purchase by February Is.
This would give him a record of
having bought accommodations for
more than 10000 people in just
little over month.
March on Capital.
So far Mr.. Newman has inter
viewed at least one builder or pre-
fabricator from every State In the
Union. When word was spread that
the Government had $153 100000
and was in the market to buy $4,000
houses quickly the builders start
ed their march on the Capital.
They range in size from the big
firms who can supply 1000 houses
Immediately to the carpenter who
can put up one every three months.
Many are builders faced with loss
of business by priorities. Others
represent allied trades who wish to
convert their business to home
building to keep going.
Mr.. Newman has his desk in front
of the fireplace in the living room
of an apartment in the Dupont
Circle. Yesterday he peered out at
the long line waiting to see him and
admitted that most of his callers
had "a CLINT in the eye and that's
about all they have got" He added
something about having a lot of
money to spend.
The program, Mr. Newman feels,
is giving the pre-fabricated house
industry the chance to show their
stuff" He pointed out they have
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ought to be able to take care Of
themselves.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee said:
Maybe we need a curfew law-I
don't know, yet. Certainly we can
not be too careful of the girls who
are working for the Government.
They are the backbone of the war
work. I believe that as a whole
they are not only loyal but eff
cient. Without them there would be
complete breakdown in some Of
the agencies most vital to national
defense. But we cannot put people
in a straight jacket. These young
Evening star., 1942-02-01

1t will cost money to defeat
the Axis. Your Government
calls on you to help now.
Buy Defense bonds or stamps
today. Buy them every day,
if you can. But buy them on
a regular basis.
Bonds cost as little as $18.75,
stamps come as low as 10
cents. Defense bonds and
stamps can be bought at all
banks and post offices, and
stamps can also be purchased
at retail stores and from your
newspaper carrier boy.
Support your Government
with your dollars.
Evening star., 1942-02-01
Tile Setter Is Charged
With Theft of Puy Roll

Samuel Scarlato of 63l Eighth
street NE, 26-year -old tile setter,
was arrested yesterday and charged
with the theft of $153 pay roll of
the Ascosi Tile & Marble Co., his
employer.
Detective Sergt. E. L. Dalstrom
said the man had signed a state
ment admitting the theft.
Evening star., 1942-02-01

women workers must have recrea-
ton and relaxation necessary to a
persons existence. We cannot ex-
pect them to hurry home from their
work and look at the four walls of
their room in which two or three
Of them are living together"
Evening star., 1942-02-01

The United States Coast Guard
needs men between the ages Of 10
and 81.
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Hardin on Wednesday.

Hardin on Wednesday.
Last week was a busy one for
those who are late threShlng,
because of the inclement wealth
er we have had this fall. Kobolds
threshed for two days, Persons
followed them for a day, and
Riggs and Helveys had some to
finish up, with dehorning to do
at Amos Helvey's. Joe Rugg was
home on leave from the Navy
to help with this fall work, and
will leave for Camp Farragut,
Occur d. Alene, Idaho. this week.
Mrs. H. H. Jones and Mrs.
VIM v Johnson prepared the log
school house for the Thanks
giving season The annual COM
munity dinner will be served on
Saturday evening, at 7 P. M.
Nov. 18th.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Jones spent
Thursday in Hardin on business,
and Mrs. VIM v johnson drove
the school bus for MI. Jones.
Thursday was a bad day for
driving on our roads. A car slid
on a turn just above Riggs
ranch and overturned and rest
ed on the stumps of some box
elders, that had been sawed off
to clear the view. No one was
hurt, but the car was demolished.
Mr. John D. Helvey is visiting
with his nephew, Amos Helvey,
and building some kitchen cab
inetS for Mrs. Helvey.
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Torrey johnson has been rid
ing the country over, looking 1or
his fathers red durham-guern-
sey COW, which disappeared
Wednesday morning early.
Bradford johnson Spear en-
listed in the navy last week and
left on Thursday for Cheyenne,
where he will take examinations,
and if accepted, will be sent to
Camp Farragut, Occur d. Alene,
Idaho for preliminary training.
He expects to be in the radio
division of the Air Force.
Charley Helvey is taking his
preflight training at FIT. Logan,
Colorado.
Miss Ruth Ferguson is in
Cheyenne preparing for defense
work.
Second Lieutenant William
Caddell Anderson is stationed at
FIT. Bliss, Texas, and is in the
18th G.. M. Squad, First Cavalry
Division.
Victor johnson reports that
he has been advanced to the
10th Battalion from the 18th at
St. Mary's College, Calf, U. S.
Navy AIR Corps.
Mrs. Cliff Randall is spending
the week at the home ranch
preparing for the Thanksgiving
vacation of her daughter, Pat
ricia who is a trained nurse in
Miles City
Frank Harvey has been SER
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ganized groups"
Mrs. Littlefield pointed out
that Girl Scouts have always
made service to community an
important part of their pro-
gram. They have organized play
groups for younger children, to
free parents for defense work,
helped in hospitals, nurseries,
and clinics. Nearly every Girl
Scout has had an opportunity
to learn first aid, home nursing
and the use of simple tools.
Training in health and safety
measures has been supplanted
by study of nutrition and the
preparation of meals both in
doors and out, with and with
out standard cooking equip
ment. THE most important
training which the girls receive
in their troops" Mrs. Little
field said, "is learning how to
work together, to delegate auth
ority and, in turn to assume
responsibility"
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REWARD

mechanical columns in Tunisia
and drove them back, the war
department announced. Gen.
MacArthur'S headquarters re-
ported November 81 that Amer
lean and Australian forces are
driving hard against the Japan
ese, who are pinned along the
nt-:heGstcrr coast of New
Guinea between Buna and Coma
on a narrow beachhead eX-
tending 20 miles along the coast
and s miles inland.
THE ARMED FORCES
Navy Surgeon General NC
Intire said Navy fatalities among
the wounded at Guadalcanal
re less than one per cent, COM