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tratlon answer to every suggestion
that there are flaws in the war
management or that everything the
President does is not right, to ask
why Edward j. Flynn, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
should be given an important
diplomatic post upon his retirement
from the committee"
1t has been widely printed a num-
ber of times that Mr.. Flynn was
about to be made Ambassador to
Mexico-a very important post, in
deed. There he would succeed, it
was stated, Ambassador George S.
Messersmith, distinguished career
diplomat, who concededly has been
doing a good job.
When asked about this, Mr.. Flynn
made tacit confirmation by saying
Its all very indefinite. Let's let
it go at that"
Since then, one of the administra-
tion's inspired radio commentators
has asserted that Mr. Flynn will not
go to Mexico but will be given an
important diplomatic position. :"
There seems no room for doubt
that some such thing is being con-
templated by the President.
Why? What qualifications for a
diplomatic post has Mr.. Flynn?
What training? Who wants him?
Certainly not the State Depart
ment. Certainly not Secretary Hull.
Certainly not Undersecretary Welles.
Certainly not Mexico or, for that
matter, any other country to which
he could be sent. In what way can
the interests of the Nation be
served by appointing a politician
such as Mr.. Flynn to high post in
our diplomatic service at a time
when. above all others, politics and
politicians should not be considered
Mr.. Flynn became chairman OF
the Democratic Committee afte,
James A. Farley resigned, and he
conducted the third-term campaign
for the President. He is a wealthy
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say that both are reasonably sat-
isfaetory and encouraging.
Even more encouraging from
our viewpoint is the situation of
Nazi Germany. A series of mis-
calculations by Hitler are begin
ming to spell disaster. The time
is therefore ripe for confidence
and energetic action.
But the political situation is
getting entirely out of hand, and
If matters deepen into more pro-
found cleavages, we can lose this
war and we certainly will lose
the peace.
Split on Second Front.
The first rift in the coalition
a political rift-arose over the
question of large-scale offen-
slve this year. 1t is known that
Russia demanded it, and that
Britain, and finally America, be-
lieved that it was militarily i'm
possible to fulfill. Although there
is reason to believe that Mr..
Churchill and Mr.. Roosevelt were
not entirely in agreement, the
decision was left to the military
stats, where I believe there was
substantial If not complete
agreement.
This problem has not disap-
peared. There is a strong proba-
bility that we shall have this
offensive in suitable season, but
the issue is still pending.
Public opinion is divided, and
the articulate expressors of that
opinion, on one side or the other,
are taking their arguments
wherever they can find them,
And some of those who are crit
1cizing the military policy are
opening a political third front
and introducing another source
OF cleavage, namely, the present
and future Of the British Empire,
I cannot see how this political
third front is going to help solve
the first issue. I can see how it
can rock our coalition and lead
us into the most serious crisis of
the war.
Wilkes Speech Disappointing.
1t Is in the light of this gather
ing crisis that one must consider
Mr.. Wilkes speech.
The first disappointing thing in
the speech was that we all had
expected a report on a journey
a report that would tell us fac
tually of the situation on the
various fronts, throw light on
what is really happening in Rus
sia and China, reveal something
of how men like Stain, Molotoff
and Chang Kai-shek regard the
present situation, the outlook Of
the war and the future Of their
countries. The truth is that after
listening to Mr.. Willkie we know
nothing more, on any matters Of
fact, than we knew before. We
can, for instance, learn a great
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The Great Game of Politics
ACCESSIBILITY Of Appointing Flynn to Heh Post
In Diplomatic Service Is Questioned

New York machine politician, whose
publicity in the past two years has
largely centered around paving
block incident which narrowly
missed being a real scandal and of
which he was never able to make a
very convincing explanation.
AS a result, it was pretty generally
conceded that Mr.. Flynn would not
conduct the 1914 campaign. And a
year ago, before we got into the
war, there were newspaper state
ments that Mr.. Flynn would be
taken care of" by the President in
a way to save his face and enable
him to retire without seeming forced
out
Meany Case Recalled.
The idea that this meant making
him an ambassador to an important
country, however, is a recent devel-
opment-and not a pleasing one.
The naming by the President last
spring of Thomas Meany as Federal
judge to please the notorious and
unsavory New Jersey boss, Frank
Hague, offended a good many citi-
zens, who felt that so raw political
appointment at a moment when ap-
peals were being made to forget poll
tics during the war, was shocking
thing to do.
If, on top of the Meany appoint
ment to the Federal bench, Mr..
Roosevelt now puts Mr.. Flynn, cer-
tainly not man Of the highest
repute and with no fitness whatever
for such responsibility, into an "im-
portant diplomatic post" the effect
on the Nation will not be good. Ger
tainly, it will give substance and
weight to the Willkie criticism.
Nor will any one claim that that
sort OF thing is calculated to en-
hance public confidence in the
high-minded, non-political disinter-
estedness of the Commander-in-
Chief. 1t Is difficult to deter the
President from a course to which
he is committed. and opposition
generally serves to make him more
determined.
He Might Regret 1t.
Nevertheless, it is to be hoped
he will revise his plans for Mr..
Flynns future. 1t would be a fine
thing If he would prove the news
papers to be wrong about this. He
likes to show them up. Here is a
chance to do so and, at the same
time, himself avoid making a mis-
take which he might easily come to
regret good deal.
And, looking at it from the per-
sonal angle, there is not the least
necessity for doing this sort of
thing for Mr.. Flynn. Mr.. Flynn is
doing all right as he Is. n he must
have his face saved, it ought not
to be saved at any such price as is
proposed.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN

BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.
October q will be remembered
as the gloomiest Navy Day in the
history Of the United States. No
useful purpose can be served by
attempting to minimize our set
backs in the Solomons, not so
much because of the actual losses
which are inevitable in any
major battle but because Of the
far-reaching consequences on the
prosecution Of the war in the
Pacific.
There Is no doubt that our
forces in the Solomons are put
ting up splendid fight against
overwhelming odds. The old "too
little and too late" slogan has
come into play once more. We
lacked an adequate force to meet
the japanese onslaught and re-
gardless of the heroism of our
men human beings can do only
so much and no more when they
are confronted with an overall
superiority of at least to /.
Our situation, however, could
hardly have been otherwise,
what with our forces strewn over
the globe as thin as a pat Of
butter on an entire loaf of bread.
Many heads will fall as a result
Of the Solomons engagement.
But that is small consolation.
More admirals and generals will
be shelved. An unbiased analysis
will show eventually that it is not
so much the fault of the men in
command as the fault of those
who have failed to provide them
with the tools necessary to meet
a foe as strong and determined
as the Japanese.
Must Take the Blame.
Military men on active duty
must take the blame because they
cannot talk. But those who have
the supreme direction of the
global strategy are really in the
possession Of the secret of why
our forces are being defeated.
The operations in the Solomons
were we'll planned and prepared.
The Japanese were taken by
surprise and a force not suf-
ficiently strong enough to capture
the whole of Guadalcanal sue
ceeded in landing and capturing
the airdrome on the island.
Those who planned the attack
in Washington realized that in
order to make our position Sc
cure in that area the initial
success had to be followed up
energetically until a major stra-
tegic objective was achieved.
And such an objective was to
push the Japanese out of the
entire area as far back, if pos
sible, as Borneo.
When the attack on the Solo,
mons was made early in August
the Japanese were not prepared
for major operation. They
Immediately began to withdraw
number Of divisions from China
and concentrate the bulk of their
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contribution and he has, in effect,
challenged the administration to 60
boldly ahead to a global strategy
and a global peace with the con-
fidence that there will be millions
overseas as well as in America who
will fight all the more intensely for
human liberty because Americans,
irrespective of party, can still speak
the truth unhampered and unafraid.
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On the Record
Wilkes Much-PubIicized Report on Tour
Described os Just Another Political Speech

deal more about the military and
morale situation in Russia by
reading Mr.. Leland Stowe.
What we heard from Mr.. Will
kie was that the nations of the
East are against colonial imperial
ism. That is about as much news
as that Russia Is a Socialist
state and that Americans favor
private enterprise.
India Another Problem.
So what we did hear was Mr..
WILKES opinion of the British
Empire, and in particular his
opinion Of India, one country
which he did not visit. We did
not receive on India any COM
prehensive view. We learned
that it is a problem, a fact with
which we are also familiar. But
not the slightest light was thrown
upon how to solve the problem,
beyond the statement, which is
new-that India is more an
American problem than a Brit
ish, with the inference that we
ought to step in and solve it.
Now that inference is one
which will be passionately resent
ed by any proud people. Fur
thermore, there is not the
slightest reason to believe that
America can solve a problem in
volving innumerable conflicting
elements, where Britain cannot.
Mr.. Willkie himself called at
tention to the mediocre level of
our diplomacy throughout the
East. He mentioned the Ameri-
can diplomatic representative to
"a great power" who, in 20
years, has not taken the trouble
to learn the language of the
people among whom he has
lived. I doubt whether there
. we have a single trained diplo-
mat who speaks Hindustani or
any of the various Moslem
tongues. We have not hun
dred Americans who speak Jap
anese. The same cannot be
said of the British.
And the fact that American
motion picture stars are dearly
beloved throughout the world
seems really beside the point.
We have tried using few of
them as emissaries to South
America and the result has not
been satisfactory.
Plainly q Political Speech.
What is most disquieting In
Mr.. Wilkes speech is that it
was plainly a political speech,
one fears, with an eye on the
1914 elections, perhaps a ma
neuver to steer away from the
President his chief following
the progressive workers and mid
die classes.
But if the British Empire is to
become the chief issue in the
forthcoming campaign for Amer
ican leadership, then God help
the United Nations!
The position Of our world is
perilous. The whole power struc-
ture of the United Nations in the
Far East is perilous. The posi-
ton of Western civilization is
perilous.
And if ever there was need for
care, for reticence on problems
where no immediate construc-
tive solution can be presented,
for foundations in which every
word is weighed for its exacti-
tude, that time is now. We
must not make statements that,
after the trouble is, done, require
qualification and explanation.
Mr.. WILKES speech suggests
nothing specific. But 1t opens
the way for all sorts of specula-
ton and distrust.
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Alaska Military Highway
To Open November 30
Nv the Assorieted p-.

By the Associated Press.
WHITEHORSE, Y. T., Oct. 2s.-
The Alaskan Highway, connecting
the interior of North America with
the heart Of Alaska. will be opened
formally with a ceremony on the
Alaska Yukon boundary November
80, Brig. Gen. James A. OConnor
said yesterday.
The commander of the northwest
service command said crews working
from north and south were ex-
pected to cut the final barrier of
trees and rock ridges on that date.
The ceremony will be held in the
vicinity OF the White and Donjeck
Rivers in the timbered wilderness
near the international line.
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denly McLemote' ana Oc WAes
Mackenzie.
From the prominent editor OF a
prominent paper in Prominent,
Ohio, came this message: "Congrat-
ulations on your war analysis. Keep
it coming. It's the best stuff on
our classified ad page"
Time Magazine Il was tipped
was tempted to say: Noteworthy,
not worthy and lousy"
Neither Harpers Bazaar, Vogue,
Atlantic Monthly, True Detective
nor Youths Companion criticized
as much as one word of my first
venture in the field of global STRAIT
egy.
If the old adage that "No news
is good news" is true, then Gen.
Marshall, the staff Of the War COL
lege, the President and Winston
Churchill, by their very silence, ap-
proved of my Interpretation of cur
rent events.
So, thus established as an expert,
I feel perfectly free and secure in
answering the scores of knotty war
questions that have come to me
since I hung out my shingle, so to
speak.
Here are a few of them:
@. Who is Pierre Laval?
A. Sounds like Frenchman to
me, though it may be an assumed
name.
@. What is the insignia of rank
worn by a second lieutenant?
A. This is a silly question. No
civilian need know this. All lieu
tenants are called lieutenants. You
might just as we'll eat lemon me-
ringue pie with your fingers as to
walk up to an officer of that rank
and say, Hello, second lieutenant"
You get me?
@. What rank in the Army COR,
responds to captain in the Navy?
A. Quit worrying about this. If
you're in the Army you're in the
Army and if you're in the Navy
you're in the Navy. The President
is the only person who has ranks
in both. And if you have your eye
on the Presidency you might just
as we'll get ready to deal with the
Messrs. Wallace, McNutt, Willkie,
Stassen, Douglas and some dark
horse who right now is practicing
speechmaking in some obscure spot.
@. How do you pronounce Dar-
Ian?
A. D as in dog, A as in acquiesce,
R as in rat, L as in lousy. A as in
acquiesce, N as in never will he do
anything but collaborate with Hitler.
@. Is the snow in Russia the
same sort of snow that falls in the
United States?
A. Yes. Put little sugar and
vanilla and cream on it and you
couldn't tell it from the snow you
raked off the fence and ate when
you were boy.
| X X
@. What is good game for
adults to play at a Halloween
party?
A. You're writing to the wrong
man, but as long as you have, I'll
suggest pinning the tail on the
donkey. Be sure to use good,
strong blindfold on your guests, else
they'll peek and spoil the fun.
@. Can you explain in full the
tactics of full-scale pincer move
ment?
A. No.
Q. Who makes the Flying For
tress?
A. Sir, you are Boeing me.
@. What is meant by the term
"Two-ocean navy?"
A. Offhand, 1t would seem that It
means one navy on two oceans, but
it is probably lot more complicated
than that. That's too easy.
@. Is the Presidents dog, Falla,
interested in getting in Dogs for
Defense?
| A. You'll have to ask some other
falla.
| @. What do you think about Chile?
A. Crazy about 1t If it's home
made.
'Dlstributed by McNaught Syndicate, Incy
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to the m e a n
c h a r a c er of
S m e Of tn e
re p resentatives
we h We been
sending to for
eign countries.
In view of this,
perhaps it will
b e poss / b | e,
without appear
ing to be "im-
peding the war
effort" W hic h
has become the
routine adniniS-
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1Ol uOU SlllCC
n e d avs of
Woodrow Wilson
has a discussion
of international
policy been ex-
pre- SIS e d on a
plane so high
and yet so close
to the aspira-
tions Of millions
OF human beings
abroad W h o S e
cooperation is
vital to victory.
N~o ~oo,, lo
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This Changing World
Too Little and Too Lote' Applies Again
As U. S. Is Outnumbered in SoIomons

naval forces from the Indian
Ocean and from home waters.
They even had to shift q large
portion Of their aviation from
the Aleutian Islands.
Reinforcements Inadequate.
This explains the lack of re-
sistance offered our air forces at
Kiska. But an amphibious con-
centration is a lengthy opera
ton and had we rushed the nee
essary reinforcements to develop
our initial success in the Solo,
mons it is highly doubtful
whether the Japs could have
massed enough forces for an all
out counterattack. They would
have had to concentrate their
forces to defend their more i'm
portant objectives west of the
present battle zone and so much
nearer their lines of communica-
tion with Malaga and the
Netherland Indies.
But the necessary reinforce
ments were not dispatched. In
order to prepare our offensive we
were compelled, according to re-
ports, to slow down somewhat the
transportation of war materials
across the Atlantic. 1t is safe to
assume that soon after the bril-
liant victory at Guadalcanal the
old tempo of rushing war ma
terial across the Atlantic was not
only resumed but greatly in
creased.
American forces were sent to
the four corners of the globe and
while the men were available the
shipping situation remained pre-
carious.
The American victory in the
Solomons made deep impress
sion in the United States and
throughout the Far East. 1t was
the first time American and Jap
anese forces of almost equal num-
bers had come face to face and
the Japs got the short end of the
stick. It was assumed in many
military and naval quarters that
this victory would be fully ex-
plotted.
Pacific on Short Rations.
Unfortunately the pressure Of
public opinion here and abroad
for second front to save Russia
and defeat Hitler was great and
all available ships had to be used
to send men and material across
the Atlantic.
The problem for the responsible
civilian authorities who have the
overall direction of the war was
difficult. To follow up the SOL
onions victory we had to send a
large number of transports and
cargo ships across the Pacific.
Hence, since one war area had to
be slowed down, it was the Pacific
area that was placed on short
rations. The tempo was later in
creased, but it was too late. The
Japs, who have no commitments
had rushed a force far greater
than we were able to muster
The consequences are visible
today.
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ter, at this
writing, tn a n
any one could
have hoped for
a year ago. Our
ow n produc-
ton situation
is better than
one could have
e x pc c t e d on
the day after
Pearl Harbor,
Neither is as
good as we
CO Id W i S h.
YnE- one ran
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! tuIllO1y WIOG0
my first article
analyzing t h .
war and already
in my own
home, at least
I am as well
known as such
veteran strate-
gis is as Maj.
George Fielding
Eliot, Hanson
Baldwin, Kirke
l.. s ! m p S o n,
Louis Keenle
opd ne Witt
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CuIifornio's Governor
Asks MeutIess TUESDAYS

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 28.-Gov
Olson called on Californians to OBJ
serve voluntarily meatless Tuesdays
for the duration of the war begin
ming next Tuesday.
1t will be all right, his proclama-
Evening star., 1942-10-28
BY FRANK r. KENT.

In Nts radio address Monday
night Wendell Willkie declared that
one Of the leaks in the reservoir of
good will'' toward us abroad is due
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ton said, to eat such less demanded
meats as liver, heart, kidneys, sweet
breads, tongue and cuts from the
head and feet of animals on Tues
days, but not other kinds.
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HE opinions Of the wrtters this page their oD
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
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., 1942-10-28
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

1t can't 60 on like this. It
really cannot.
The military situation of the
so-called United Nations is bet
Evening star., 1942-10-28
WiIIkiie Turns
Spotlight
On Aims
Message Pertinent
To Moses Abroad
And Administration
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Wendell WILKES outline of new
1nternationalism may have thrilled
the peoples overseas even more than
1t did the people of his own country.
Evening star., 1942-10-28
|McLennore
Scribe Is Right Up
In There as Analyst
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

am glowing like q lightning bug,
folks. Success has come to me like
a bolt from the shelf.
Scarcely a week has passed since
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outposts. But no one can consider these
raids as major operations. The destruc-
ton of japanese bases in the Gilbert
Islands was an interesting and skillful
operation, but it did not make dent in
japanese progress in the Southwest
Pacific.
The British also are dispensing their
forces They have battleships in the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic. They
have heavy cruisers, and probably battle
ships by now, in the Indian Ocean. These
various groupings Of few ships here
and there may be described as defensive
as long as the enemy does not appear in
full strength.
Forces Widely Scattered.
In the 18 months since we decided to
build for ourselves a real fighting Army
Gen. George C. Marshall and his COL
leagues in the War Department have
done wonders. But we do not yet have a
large enough trained force to be able to
disperse our fighting men to the four
corners of the globe.
We have American troops in Northern
ireland, Australia and the Near East
and we had them in Java. There are
not many, just few thousand here and
a few thousand there. But these men
were taken from our well-trained force,
and what is more important from those
which have full military equipment.
Those on Java can now be written of
tafo al 4fh
ably will contribute to the fight against
the enemy But military experts main
tain that it is not by scattering forces
in all directions that we shall be able
to undertake an offensive soon. These
token expeditions, which were intend
associates, may achieve this task, but
they cannot contribute to any extent
To the offensive for which the Russians
and British are calling.
Our fundamental weakness with re-
spect to an offensive-which now seems
certain to take place in Europe-is the
lack of ships.
Token offensives can result only in
the sacrifices Of men and material. This
was proved by the British expeditions to
Norway, Greece and Crete. If an Often
sive is to be successful it must be with
an army of hundreds Of thousands as
fully equipped as our enemies We have
the men. and the engagements in which
they have figured so far prove their su-
periority to anything the enemy can offer
We will also have the equipment in a
few months, but shipping, which is as
vital as men and equipment is still the
weak spot in our armor.
Until the powers in Washington have
taken this matter seriously in hand it is
doubtful whether the much demanded
and much-needed-o offensive can be un-
dertaken by the United Nations.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
u. S. Church Donors
Aid China Relief

Since 1888, American church donors
have sent total of sl,000,00O for relief
work in China through the Church
Committee for China Relief.
The actual church distribution of re-
lief has covered $50 cities and towns
in China by more than TOO missionaries
of all denominations who have remained
at their post since the outbreak of war
in 1887. Wounded civilians have been
cared for in mission hospitals and thou
sands Of children have been fed and
educated.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

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