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Evening star., 1943-01-17
Catholic U. Professor
Urqes RELIGIOUS Unity

Asserting that wars suffering
makes men reahsts, the Rev. DR.
Joseph C. Fenton, professor Of dog
matte theology of the School of The
ology, Catholic University Of Amer
lea, yesterday urged religious unity
in the worship of Christ.
Where there is diversity of wor-
ship, there is either some error about
God or about His message, or there
is that discord which stands in the
way of Gods love" DIR. Fenton said
in broadcast over WJSV. The talk
preceded the observance by Catho-
lies throughout the world, beginning
tomorrow and continuing through
January IS, Of the Church Unity
Octave.
Exercises here will be held at .
o'clock each night at Catholic Uni
versity.
The nightly devotional exercises
will include brief sermon and
solemn benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament.
There may be some who will
think that the work of church unity
is something far too difficult to be
really practical. Frankly, those Of
us who will gather Monday night In
the National Shrine of the Immacu-
late Conception do not share this
pessimism. We know the infinite
power of God. Moreover, we know
that the times in which we live call
successfully for the abandonment
of old prejudices and old errors"
Evening star., 1943-01-17
Fuel Oil
Continued From First Pse,

probation, the OPA explained that
there has been some misunder-
standing" among dealers and sup
pliers concerning the extent of their
responsibilities under the order. The
purpose of the order, the OPA said,
as well as Of the new Interpretation
was to assure uniform treatment of
all fuel oil customers and ito OBJ
tain the unimpeded flow of supplies
to the ultimate consumer"
Accordingly, sellers are required
to treat all customers alike" the
OPA said, land to honor the ration
coupons Of a new customer under
the same conditions as those of a
regular buyer. Considerable dis
cretion is left to the individual
dealer or supplier in determining
these conditions. His main re-
sponsibility under the anti-favorit-
ism provision is to apply these
conditions across the board to all
customers"
Bar Certain Acts.
Six specific practices were set up
by the OPA:
1.sSales to customers may not be
Limited to a quota based On last
years purchases.
2. Sales of fuel oil may be limited
to a percentage Of the coupons pre-
sented provided the same percentage
limitation is imposed on all Gus
toners.
3. Oil must be sold to all eligible
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their sales on a uniform percentage
basis.
2. Customers located beyond a ra-
dius Of operations setup by the seller
may be refused deliveries.
3. Dealers and suppliers may
establish uniform credit standards
and may refuse to sell oil to Gus
toners who do not meet these
standards.
May Restrict Hours.
4. Hours of operation may be re-
stricted provided that notice of such
restriction is given and that the
same hours apply to all customers
of the same class.
S. Suppliers may compel dealers
to furnish written statements that
their customary suppliers are out of
oil before delivering supplies.
Although local dealers have not
been adhering consciously to per-
,centage system in spreading their
supplies, the method they used
amounted to nearly the same thing
Most dealers. since their supplies
ran low, have been restricting sales
to 100 gallons per customer, and
since most tanks are of 275-gallon
capacity, consumers were treated
proportionately alike. One dealer
regardless of the size of the tank,
was distributing Oil in quantities
of so, rs and 100 gallons depending
on the size of the area to be heated.
Lester Scott, director of the oil
heating division of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, said
the Interpretation would bring about
little practical change in dealers
methods, but would merely bring
them within the pale of OPA regu-
lations,
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customers within a certain area
served by the seller. Thus, a deal
er who delivers to customer living
10 miles from his plant may not re-
fuse to sell oil to some one living
the same distance away, although
it may be in another direction.
4: A supplier may not refuse to
sell to dealer on the grounds that
he is not regular customer or that
he has never dealt with him before.
5. A supplier may not refuse to
Evening star., 1943-01-17
'MiIe-o-Dimes Stand
Opens at New Site
On F Street
First Contribution Made
By Mrs. Roosevelt and
Commissioner Young

The traditional milk bottles were
in readiness for the Mile-o-Dimes
at its new stand on F street yester-
day, but some of the State signs
got lost between the sign painter
shop and the stand, and new ones
will not be available until tomorrow
The Washington Committee for
the Presidents Birthday, headed by
Commission Young, is looking for a
fourth cashier for the stand, which
is operated "a hours a day in g.
hour shifts.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Commissioner Young opened the
drive yesterday by placing their two
dimes on the line. Immediately
afterward they delivered brief ad-
dresses over five local radio stations.
The drive was given impetus last
year by on-the-spot radio talks by
donors. This year censorship au-
thorities have prohibited the use of
open microphones on streets and
thoroughfares, lest saboteurs use
them as means OF conveying infor-
nation to enemy agents.
The stand was donated by Atchi-
son &. Keller, heating engineers,
who have renovated and redecorated
it, since it was used last year on
Fourteenth street, between H street
and New York avenue. The stand
is SO feet long, with grooves for
dimes, quarters and half-d dollars. 1t
will accommodate $4,000 dimes. 1t
takes 1882 dimes to make mile
long line. Last year $4,000 were
collected in the Mile-o-Dimes cam
paign alone in the District. Proceeds
are used to combat infantile
paralysis
Fred Warnings Band and Choir,
an organization of go musicians and
singers, will appear on the Presi-
dents Birthday program on Satur-
day, January 30, it was announced
yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-01-17

sell to a dealer merely because the
dealer has previously promoted an
other brand of oil.
s. A supplier may not refuse to
honor the coupons of any dealer be-
cause he is saving his stocks for de-
livery to his own regular customers
in the near future.
Similarly, the OPA set up a list
of business practices which dealers
and suppliers may use:
/. Dealers and suppliers may limit
Evening star., 1943-01-17

OPEN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN-Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Commissioner Young chairman of the Washington Committee
for the celebration of the Presidents birthday officially opened
the twoweek Mle-oDmes campaign yesterday by putting
their Decent pieces the collection stand the
told Theater Many other donors had already preceded them
1t takes 5000 dimes to make mile Proceeds
combat infantie paralysis. Star Staff Photo
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tionary, the job will be unsatisfac-
tory. It's no cinch to put foreign
policy into words, or domestic policy
either, for that matter.
The Republican leaders faced an
unusually tough job at Mackinac.
In the first place, no one can pre-
dict what Russia or even Great
Britain will be willing to do after
the war. We can only anticipate
Mr.. Stain by differences drawn
from hints and from a recollection
of the age-old ambitions Of Russia.
Great Britain's foreign policy has
always been deeply affected by bal
ances Of power in the European con-
tinent, and no one knows what
these balances will be.
The other factor which suggests
wary commitments on our part is
that no one knows or can know.
until long after the war, just what
the British Empire will be. OBJ
viously there will be important re-
adjustments in colonial affairs and
In England's relations with her self
governing dominions, especially
Canada and Australia. 1t may well
be that as we undertake guarantees,
we may be willing to 60 further in
matters relating to Canada and
Australia than in those affecting
India and the Middle East.
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fences in the draft were allowed to
60 out as his own. He properly
disowns them now so that foreign
governments will not quote that
language as an official expression,
indeed, that they may know that
the President believes our Govern
Mountaineering both the Executive
and the Congress-will decide at a
later date what shall be done about
the lease-lend accounts.
Under the Constitution, the Con-
.gress alone can appropriate money
or lend money or dispose of the
property Of the United States Gov
eminent or Of the people. Hence
foreign nations are now on notice
that lease lend accounts have not
been Cancelled and will not be, but
will be subject to a complete and
comprehensive examination. Doubt
less the whole accounting will some
day be submitted to Congress for its
approval just as were the refunding
debt agreements after tn World
War.
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Agreement at Muckinuc

A disposition to help in three ways
is about all we can promise now
First. to win the war and its imme-
date aftermath. Second, to give
material aid to distressed popula-
tons and. third. to cooperate In
some form of organization to keep
the peace. No one can predict what
that organization will be.
The suggestion Of a military ALI
ance with Great Britain is not q
foreign policy. 1t is the confession
of a lack of foreign policy. Some one
said the other day that when a
nation has no foreign policy 1t goes
in for alliances. They are easy to
make and hard to interpret. They
are an invitation to defensive alli-
ances on the part Of other nations
and, in a world in which the power
for evil Of Germany and Japan Is
removed and In which Russia Is
friendly, such an alliance is I'M
necessary.
Advocates Of an alliance with
Great Britain now have a curious
way Of distorting history to prove
their case. It Is not true that we
have enjoyed the substance Of such
an alliance since 1872. All that is
true Is that we have not fought q
war against each other since then.
But our interests have frequently
been at odds, and our relations have
been strained over and over.
It is to the credit of both coun-
tries that disagreements were ami
cably settled And 1t is q blessing
to both that they remained friends.
But to say that de facto alliance
has existed or that we have enjoyed
independence because Of the protec-
ton Of Great Britain is to distort
the facts.
When the adjustment Of power is
made after the war, the cornerstone
Of peace should be the four great
powers-the United States, Great
Britain, Russia and China. TO talk
of a two-party alliance is to assert
that agreement with Russia and
China is impossible. It is far too
early to say that, particularly since
Russia was a full partner in the
granting OF an armistice to Italy.
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The Post Office Department
which employs a third of the Fed
eral workers in its fourteen-b billion
dollar business, plans to take care
of all its own disabled and as many
others as it can find a place for
The department has so many differ
ent services that 1t believes it will
have no trouble placing the disabled
Each case will be handled indi-
vidually.
The disabled veteran will report
back to his old job, according to
present plans. If his disability in
terferes with carrying letters OF
working in the mail truck room, he
will be put in the directory service
or the motor vehicle collection serv-
ice. If he has lost his legs, he will
be given f1rst-floor job or put in
a post office with elevator service.
They're still post ONCE employees, >
said a department spokesman. 1--WE
will take care Of our own"
omorro,D-Trdintngt for disabled
DeterdnS
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The World Todov-

become French citizens. But the
grandson cannot escape the
change Of status. In Tunisia, the
italians have been permanently
exempted from the operation Of
French law.
Italians Had Own Schools.
Moreover, the Italian govern
ment, always under the treaty Of
1896, was at liberty to main
tain schools of It's own C"royal
schools') for the Italian popula-
ton, to build and endow hospi-
tails, etc. Lawyers and medical
doctors, with degrees won in Ital-
ian universities, were able to fol-
low their calling untrammeled.
They did not even have to apply
for any license from the French
authorities.
The trouble was that never did
the government in Rome entirely
resist the temptation to turn an
Italian population numbering
more than 100000 people into an
aggressive vanguard Of It's Afri-
can policy. And, of course, what
the pre.Fascist government had
done with restraint and modera-
ton became, under Mussolini's
rule, a kind Of frantic venture.
Fascist agents and Fascist ora
tors were regularly sent from
Rome to keep the italian colony
In chronic ebullition. On Sep
TENDER 3, 1887, an italian train
Ing ship cast anchor In the Bay
OF Tunis. A party of cadets was
landed. 1t went straight to the
club where anti-Fascist Italians
used to meet. Two of those were
shot dead in the ARRAY. Within
the French-Tunisian state, a
Fascist state was steadily com.
ing into It's own.
Treaty Was for 10 Years,
The 1896 convention was con-
cluded for 10 years only. From
1909 onward, it has merely been
reconducted from year to year.
an unmistakable sign that the
French government was de-
termined to have done with 1t at
the earliest date. Mussolini. In
his January, 1885, agreement
with Pierre Laval, conceded that
all Italian privileges would
gradually wane within 80 years,
but, in December, 1898, he finally
refused ratification. The week
before, the Fascist chamber had
noisily clamored "for Nice, Cor
sica and Tunisia" In the presence
OF the French Ambassador.
Such is the story at the back
OF the initiative taken in Algiers.
Italian privileges have been torn
up by Italian hands.
released by the North American News.
paper Alliance, Inc)
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Germany, which is now alone,
cannot face this situation. Her
generals are fully aware that they
have neither the ground forces
nor the aviation to oppose the
combined forces Of the United
Nations and the Reich will be
crushed In the long run.
Although 1t IS admitted in re-
sponsible quarters that the Ger
man military power is by no
means near destruction as yet
and there are no indications Of
a breakdown Of the Reich's home
front, there Is q $3.50 chance Of q
cessation Of hostilities In Europe
before the year is over.
Reports from Germany say that
the old-line military party is get
ting much stronger since Hitler
has Topped in both the military
and diplomatic fields.
The generals are believed to be
willing to present Moscow with
concrete peace proposals based on
the complete evacuation by the
Germans Of all territories claimed
by Russia and on a switch from q
national socialistic government to
= military democracy"
American military observers APP
pear to have little doubt that the
continued hasty but orderly re-
treat Of the Germans from Rus
sia Is caused not only by the
desperate need Of shortening the
front In order to have more troops
available for. the more exposed
posts Of the European fortress,
but 1t also conceals a political
reason.
The German high command
wants to place before the nation
this picture-the total evacua-
ton Of all prewar Russian terri
tories. When the evacuation is
accomplished it can turn to the
Germans and tell them that since
the Ukraine and Eastern Poland
are already in the hands of the
Russians the continuation Of the
war on that front is useless.
What attitude the Kremlin will
adopt to peace overtures from
Berlin Is q matter of specula-
ton. Premier Stain has stated
that Russia does not aim at the
destruction of the Reich, but only
at its present regime. He also has
said that Russia does not covet
any territorial expansion, but
wants to reintegrate her borders.
His declaration has led many
observers to believe that If peace
approaches were made by nom
Hitherto government at the time
when all the German troops are
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CONCERT.
Soldiers Home Military Band
bandstand, 6 o'clock tonight.
DANCE.
United Nations Victory Girls, Ma
tional Press Club Auditorium, 9
o'clock tonight. Men and women In
service invited.
Capital Hiking Club, moonlight
I hike through Rock Creek Park, meet
at Sixteenth street and Spring road
NV, 8 o'clock tonight. Nine-mile
hike to Kensington, Garrett Park
and Self-He Exchange Farm, meet
at Chevy Chase Circle, 9:45 am.
tomorrow.
National Capital Parks bird walk
in upper Rock Creek Park, meet at
Sixteenth and Kalmia streets NV,
7:30 am. tomorrow.
Wanderbirds Hiking Club: District
Heights, Md, to Kenilworth, D. c.,
meet at bus terminal on Northeast
side OF Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, 8:45 am. to-
morrow.
Potomac Hostels bike trip to
Great Falls through Old Dominion
drive, meet Key Bridge, Rosslyn,
$50 am. tomorrow.
MOVIE.
climbing Mount Mckinley, Alas
ka," in technicolor, sponsored by
National Capital Parks, at Rock
Creek Park adjacent to Sixteenth
street and Colorado avenue NV,
8:l5 o'clock tonight.
RECREATION.
Walsh Club for War Workers, 5
pm. to midnight tonight. Dance,
$50 o'clock tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco The
alter, tonight: Pete Macias' Band
and Military District of Washington
Dance Band.
Tickets to shows and sports
events, 1.-The Hut" E street at Penn
sylvania avenue NV, pm. to $3.50
o'clock tonight.
Pepsi-Cola Center, $50 m. today
to 1890 am. tomorrow. First three
floors open to serviceWomen.
Masonic Service Center, pm to
II o'clock tonight. Dance, 8 o'clock
tonight.
Arlington Recreation Center, 3140
Wilson boulevard, l pm. to mid
night tonight.
Officers.
Officer's Club of the United Ma
ton, Burlington Hotel, 10 am. to
1890 o'clock tonight. Introductory
cards to entertainment.
Dance, Mayfower Hotel, 8 o'clock
tonight.
Servicemen.
Church Door Canteen, Calvary
Baptist Church, 6 o'clock tonight
Dinner dancing, Foundry Metho-
dist Church, Covenant Presbyterian
Church, $50 o'clock tonight.
| Stenographic service, 7 o'clock to-
night; dance, 8 o'clock; YMCA
| (USO).
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comes to settle a Secure peace
the United States Government will
wish to express few thoughts about
the bases which lie in the Atlantic
and the Pacific and which belong
to Great Britain. 1t may be that
some of the islands now belonging
to France in the Pacific or the At
lantic may be thought desirable for
our air defense of this continent in
the future.
s. Bargaining Power.
Certainly to pass up all. leverage
and to foreclose now any repayment
OF lease-lend money or goods would
be to damage the interests of the
United States in negotiations with
the foreign governments. Mr..
Roosevelt is too shrewd q person to
allow himself to give away a piece
of bargaining power especially for
the coming days Of peace negotia-
ton.
Mr.. Roosevelt's explanation, there
fore, may be accepted as an under
statement of his feeling Of disap-
pointment that the original SEN
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Hull Pledges U. 5. Help
To Jews In Europe
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, Sept. Ii
Secretary OF State Hull said yester-
day the United States Government
would take every feasible step to
ameliorate the wretched plight of
the Jews in Europe"
In a message to the 46th annual
meeting Of the Zionist Organization
Of America, Mr.. Hull asserted:
Il am sure that no gathering of
persons Of the Jewish faith can or
will fail to express their reaction to
the stupendous crime which the
Axis powers have perpetrated against
the Jewish people, and 1 can
assure the delegates that this Gov
eminent will take every feasible step
to ameliorate the wretched plight
Of the Jews in Europe
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j, Dance. entertainment, Service
mems Club No. l, 8 O'Clock tonight.
Discussion, broadcast, John s.
Bennett Memorial Service Club, 8
o'clock tonight.
Dances, hostesses, St. Margaret's
Church, o'clock tonight.
Dance, Friendship House, $50
o'clock tonight. .., b.
Games, hostesses, drawing for two
free phone calls and trip to New
York, Salvation Army USO), Eighth
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
o'clock tonight. F"oi 80
| Dances, hostesses, Noes (USO,
918 Tenth street NV, 1914 N street
NV, YWCA USO), Jewish Com
munity Center (USO), 8 o'clock
tonight.
Dance, NE. USO, 1912 North
Capitol street, 8 o'clock tonight.
Organ music, Reformation Lu-
theran Church, 8 o'clock tonight.
FOR COLORED SERVICEMEN.
open house, Hearthstone War
Workers Club, 1703 Eleventh street
NV, 4 pm. to II o'clock tonight.
Dance, o'clock tonight.
Dances, YWCA USO) and
Leisure Lodge, $3.50 o'clock tonight.
Dance, Banneker Service Club, Q
o'clock tonight.
Fall frolic, YWCA (USO). 8
o'clock tonight.
War workers welcome.
For details call USO information
booth, National 1881.
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dent and others wondered at the
time where the idea had originated
that Congress intended to cancel
OF the lease-lend indebtedness. The
word now has come that Mr.. Roose-
welt didn't intend to do 1t either,
and. as for attributing to Congress
such a desire, the President says it's
q mistake and that the sentences
will not appear in the actual docu-
ment he does transmit to the Senate
and House.
Here are the sentences that were
In the original statement as given to
the press:
THE Congress in passing and
extending the Lease-Lend Act made
1t plain that the United States wants
no war debts to jeopardize the
coming peace. Victory and a secure
peace are the only coin in which we
can be repaid"
Explains Action.
The President explains that while
he was at Quebec word came to
him that a draft which he had
approved was being given to the
press. Mr. Roosevelt says there were
several drafts and that when he
got back to Washington he found he
had not approved the one which
members of his staff thought he had.
Anyway, the official text will delete
those sentences, and Mr.. Roosevelt
declares that what he has in mind
about the lease-lend settlements has
been overcondensed by the fore
going sentences, that, in fact, they
represent only about quarter OF
the truth. Thus he feels that a
debt can be paid in money or goods.
He believes that other nations will
repay us so far as they possibly can,
hut not necessarily in dollars. Most
people in this country, Mr.. Roose-
welt added, think of the word coin"
as something tangled in ones
pockets and he would not have ex-
pressed the idea that way if he had
seen the report which went out to
the public In his name.
Now there is real significance in
this correction and the mistake. of
course, is regrettable. But with the
thousand and one things our Presi-
dent has to do every day, slip of
this kind will occur. The Importance
Of the disavowal is that Mr.. Roose-
welt does two things: First, he avoids
q controversy with Congress as to
what was meant by the words of
the statute which permit the Presi-
dent of the United States to accept
In payment whatever he deems
satisfactory that is of benefit to our
country; and, second, he leaves the
way open to determine at a later
date what the nature of the pay
ments are to be.
1t may be that when the time