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Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

Rationing is providing our people with
an educational program in dietary re-
quirements, food and other living values,
and budgetng of both standard money
and rationing-coupon money that will
prove an asset to this nations economy
long after history has recorded the com
plete failure of the AXis.-Henry H. Hei-
mann, National Association of Credit
Men executive manager
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
CURRENT QUOTATIONS.

In the past six weeks have talked to
men returning from all our battle fronts.
From all | learned | can say that our
equipment since last fall in some cases
and from early winter in others is supe-
rior to that of our enemies Ralph S.
Damon, president Republic Aircraft
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

The victory is not yet won, but none of
US is doubtful about the final result.
King HaakOn of Norway
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
DOCUMENTS OR GARBAGE
WRAPPERS?

Already ISSUED are the reports OIL
drinking near army camps, ON Tie
first year of the war, on the doc
tor shortage on the comparative
qualities Of U. S. and foreign mill
tary aircraft, and this latest report
on the food situation. -
Coming up are reports on trans
portation, on civilian economy, on
The quality and quantity OF the
stocking supply, on the Baltimore
plan for handling manpower and
related problems. on the wartime
status of air transport, AID others
II must be adm itted ut the start
that one of the reasons for setting
up Owl was TO create an agency
which would see that the people =
were given The facts. How owl
goes about presenting these facts
is subject for deba'e. Some OF
the i reSignin. star writers iiau
the theory ttat these reports
should be put i'm pamphlet form
10 present them as more or less
lasting dOcumen s that would
look well on the library table or
in among the sale literature in
the do tO''S fee and net Just
IS rer'shall lc s rff in newspapers.
hastily reruscd, then used to
wrap the garbage in. .4.
The pamphlet theory is pretty
weak. for the American people
aren't tract readers and so 600 OF
5Oc,OO3 copies of a leallet besides
costing a lot Of money. won't in
themselves put over a message.
Presentation through the news
papers and over the radio makes a
lot more sense.
The cast to The government of
1900 copies of a mimeographed
handout is around S25, and on 4
normal dis.ribu ion that will reach
very press association, every
Washington correspondent 5000
ountrv newspapers, 1000 trade
journals, 5.CC0 commercial outlets,
and $500 others. Redistribution by
these agencies will reach darn near
avery'one intereS'
NEWS OR HAY?
The question still remains, are
hese IeporS S necessary at ?lt? Most
}. the reports issued so far have
Seen too long-3,OO0 words and up
md full of hay. They repeat things
that have already appeared in the
newspapers and therefore may not
be news.
Take any one of these reports and
analyze it carefully and you will
ind that it is no hing more than
what good newspaper or maya
zine roundup of a given situation
food, for instance-should be.
Maybe the newspapers aren't
Going this job The way they
should. If so, then owl is per-
baps Justified in doing it for
Them. Maybe the newspapers
can't do the job. A lot of in
forma ion is now held back from
the newspapers under the guise
Of war secrecy. Much of this In
formation is available TO Owl as
another agency of the govern
n;ent. And when owl issues its
reports, they become a,thOrita-
tive, o ficial, government pro-
nOuncements, which makes them
news. 49,
The catch is that owl. being
enc government agency. can't
,riicize Department of Agriculture
y Office o, Price Administration
Cr any other government agencies
"r their food policies. III fact be-
fore owl can put out one of its
lcports, 1t must be cleared bv every
other government agency interested
IL the subject. Owl in that respect
is more censored than the press.
That's tn" basic difficulty or the
T eSent owl report s,'starl. 80
And the newspapers still have
inl Ia do
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

The common aims of the Axis powers
for the right of nations for free develop
mont were again confirmed.-Nazic COM
munique on tler-Mussolini meeting.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

The Italians are frank, for once,
when they say that the British
Eighth Army is the greatest fight
ing unit in the world today. 1t
and the British First Army de-
serve all the credit they have been
given for their work in North Af-
rica.
If General Eisenhower decided to
use his lest, most experienced men
for the break-through, and to as
sign greener troops for the equally
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
Capital Talk
-by-
Peter Edison
Peter Edison

the report was doctored. Owl
Director Elmer Davis has counter
ed that his organization deals IN
3rly one commo 'ity iacts the
people need to win the war. You
can take your pick. s
But there may he something
more fundamental TO pick up i'm
the wake of this handOut typhoon
than the differences OF opinion
over the details of accuracy in
the food report, and that is the
question of whether or not these
reports should be made at all.
If the reports aren't accurate, as
the Is resigning writer's contend,
then they shouldn't be made at all
II they shouldn't be made at all,
then Elmer Davis and Owl are
both better off for having had the
Is talented temperaments resign,
thereby having another govern
ment bureau eliminate itself.
So far, Owl has issued hall
dozen CT these reports to the nation,
but there are that many or more
coming up.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

The Americans did not plough
through to the coast and CLOSE the
trap On Rommel, says Mr.. Slim
son. because that was not their as
sigament. A relatively small con-
tingent Of four divisions-three in
fantry and one armored-Was or
dered to hold a 100-mile flank.
pressing the Germans sufficiently
to divert as much Axis armor as
they could. so that General Mont
gomery's British Eighth Army
could plow through the Mareth line
and up the coast.
1t is the troops who break
through and capture territory, ma
terial and prisoners. to whom the
headlines go. But like the half
back who makes the touchdowns,
their success depends upon the SELF
effacing co-ordinated efforts of
linemen and of other backs whom
nobody except a few skilled ex-
perts ever notice.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09
- i.

The folks at home have been
worrying about our men in Tu-
nisia. From such scanty news as
we had received. a disappointing
inference had begun to build it
self. that American forces were not
measuring up to the Occasion-that
time after time our men were be-
ing saved from military Setbacks
because the British carried the
burden.
There was in this no implication
Of lack of courage or devotion. But
laymen-and a lot of military peo-
ple-have been worrying lest the
Americans just did not possess the
necessary training for the task that
had been handed them. If this was
true of the early contingents in Al
rica-presumably the best prepar-
ed-we wondered what would hap
pen in Europe when even greener
troops had to face the flower of
the Reich'S veteran fighters.
Secretary of War Stimson. with
a perspicacity which emphasizes
the wisdom of letting the public in
on war news, has gone far toward
setting our minds at rest.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-05-09

You will do the deciding.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Ex-Associate Wounded,
Office Force Gives Blood

Sixteen agents in the downtown
district Office Of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co., including one
woman. donated blood at the Red
Cross blood donor center when they
learned that a former associate,
Corpl. Henry c. Sanborn, U. S. Army
Air Corps, was lying wounded in
hospital in North Africa.
Corpl Sanborn, whose home is at
1915 Rhode Island avenue NE,
where his wife lives, was inducted in
February, 1912. and has been over
seas for several months. His former
co-Workers went to the Red Cross
blood bank last Friday.
Mrs. Mabel Bisel, Arlington, Va.
became the first woman agent of
the company in its more than half a
century in Washington when she
took the place of her husband. Eu-
gene w. Bisel, after he was inducted
last May.
Others in the group included
Philip Aurbach. Samuel Jaffe, Fran
els Moreland, George Kellner, Sid
ney Mindell. Walter s. Bentz, David
Cohen. william Wise. Dwight Denni-
Evening star., 1943-05-07
The Great Game of Politics
Roosevelt Might Bolster Political Position
By UnyieIdine Stond Against Lewis

form OF concession may be worked
out.
At least, these are the expecta-
tions and probabilities. If they ma
terialize, they will give Mr.. Lewis
the substance of victory. They will
increase very greatly his prestige
and leave the Government In the
humiliating position of having been
held up and forced to deliver by
labor leader, who first forced 1t to
take over the mines and then to
make concessions.
Whatever device is adopted to save
the administrations face, conces-
sions mean that Mr.. Lewis wins.
And concessions already have been
made. How under these conditions
that already wavering line, which
the President directed Sterilization
Director Byrnes to hold, is to be held,
Is anything but clear.
President May Be Unyielding.
There are those who think that
the President appreciates this dan
ger fully and that for a double
reason he will direct MI. Ickes not
to yield. First, because yielding
would open the door to the CIO and
AFL demands, which are being with
held until the outcome of Mr.. Lewis
hight Is seen; second, because he
cannot without loss OF personal dig
nifty and prestige permit Mr.. Lewis
to get what he wants, no matter
how disguised.
The Government, of course, does
not have to yield to Mr.. Lewis. The
administration is, or should be,
strong enough to play the winning
hand and not permit these labor
leaders. whom Mr.. Roosevelt, him.
self, has built up and clothed with
power, to make 1t retreat from its
announced policies. Particularly is
this so when Congress has already
made clear its readiness to support
The President with the enactment
OF adequate legislation, such as the
Connally anti-strike bill passed by
the Senate on Wednesday.
Into this critical situation no one
wants to inject politics. Yet, it is
impossible not to recognize that
there are political considerations.
Organized labor is and has been
the Presidents basic asset. As his
Attorney General once said: THE
New Deal is a labor party under a
skilled political leader"
To be ruthlessly unyielding with
any organized labor group, refusing
In the interest Of the whole country
all concessions. involves for Mr..
Roosevelt the risk of losing this as
set. 1t would be fine to see him
take it-and it might turn out DO
litically to be the best thing he ever
did. Certainly 1t would be a crush
ing and convincing answer to those
who allege that he Is the lackey and
not the master Of the labor leaders.
Evening star., 1943-05-07

ate employment and thus gradually
diminish the burden to continue
artificial employment. The tax
system of the last decade has done
everything which reformers and
class minded zealots could do to
break down the American system OF
private initiative.
Labor politicians IN America have
overreached themselves, and an
angry public opinion is beginning to
demand change. So also have the
reformers and left-wingerss inside
the administration overreached
themselves. The latest argument in
favor of cancelling taxes for some
but not for others reveals clearly
and persuasively that the tax policy
of the United States is being made
by those who still cherish punitive
ideas toward the successful men of
America.
The salary limitation bill was one
example. The attitude toward the
tax bill passed by the House as con-
trasted with the Ruml-Carlson plan
is another. Little by little, the ad-
ministration is proving its own in
eptitude-a regrettable state Of af-
fairs at a time when socialistic re-
Evening star., 1943-05-07

F o tunately, Dorothy thompson.
there are symptoms of good will
from both sides.
The attitude of the British
and American governments has
been to try to reconcile both par
ties, and, on no account, to drive
the wedge deeper.
From the Russian side, there is
lately distinct change of tone.
Stain, in his order of the day of
May /, accepted for the first
time, the Casablanca formula of
unconditional surrender"
He also, for the first time, has
changed his attitude Of denigrat-
ing the North African campaign
and the bombing raids over Eu-
rope and Germany, which, Of
late, have been costing us dearly.
He now appreciates both as sub
stantial contributions to victory,
and affirms unequivocally that
Russia and the western powers
are fighting a united war of coali-
tion.
So the atmosphere is not as
bad as might have been feared a
fortnight ago.
Basic Issues Not Settled.
But this does not settle the ba-
sic issues regarding the war aims
Of the several powers. There
have been apprehensions that
Russia might possibly get out of
the war and conclude separate
peace with Hitler. Stains latest
statements rule this out-and so
does Hitler's launching of the
story about the massacre of Pol
ish officers. For If Hitler were
thinking Of separate peace
with Russia. he would not have
launched his story at this mo-
ment.
He obviously launched it in
order to deepen the breach be-
tween Poles and Russians, whose
relations have been unhappy for
a year and half, and probably
with it, he hoped to make over
lures to certain sections of the
Polish people.
Hitler is forming new armies,
out Of such Eastern European
peoples as he can command, and
recently it became known that a
captured Red Army general is
recruiting an army of Ukrainians
from the territory occupied by
the Germans.
The German high command
certainly recalls that during the
last war, Polish legion was
formed on German soil out Of
refugees. and men from the ter
ritories occupied then, as now.
by the Germans. They were led
by Col. Pilsudski-afterward mar
Evening star., 1943-05-07

den explosion somewhere IN the
Pacific.
Those who follow the japanese
movements with intense interest
and some anxiety believe the
enemy is waiting on developments
across the Atlantic before he de-
cides to strike again in force.
Competent quarters here believe
the scale of the next Japanese
operations in the Pacific will de-
pend on how heavily we become
engaged in Europe and in the
Mediterranean area this summer
and whether our losses will be so
heavy that we can spare little for
the Pacific area.
In the meantime, some WELL
informed quarters discount the
idea that the Japanese might at
tempt a two-pronged offensive In
the North and South Pacific be-
cause Of the heavy punishment
the Japanese merchant marine
has taken from our submarines.
Shipping Held Key.
In these same quarters, it Is be-
1ieved our main trump card lies
in the Japs' lack Of shipping. So
long as this situation exists, the
possibility Of the Japanese army
making really-menacing moves is
discounted.
This optimism is not shared in
every quarter in Washington. The
Japanese are building large
fleet of wooden ships for coast
wise traffic. These slow boats are
hugging the coast of Asia in their
trips to and from the newly-con-
quered islands in the South Pa
ciflc. They are small and vul-
nerable but, because of their size
and low speed. they are seldom
bothered by the American sub
marines, which are after bigger
game.
The available merchant marine
is now placed at the disposal Of
the army as transports.
1t is safe to assume that in
spite Of the heavy losses inflicted
on the Japanese merchantmen,
a good deal Of shipbuilding is
going on In Japan. The Japanese
yards, like our own, are not sub
jected to air attacks They can
work "a hours a day .undisturbed.
Besides the yards we know exist
in Japan, accurate reports show
Evening star., 1943-05-07

are wrong. Perhaps Mr.. 1ckes will
turn out a tougher trader than the
President, and Mr.. Lewis will get
set back good and hard. But not
many informed men feel that way.
At the moment, Mr.. Lewis seems
to have maneuvered the President
into a position where the UNIV chief
is likely to win pretty well all along
the line.
He will not, Of course, get the full
$2-a-day increase which he de-
mands. but he never expected to
do that. That was put out for an
obvious bargaining purpose and
everybody recognized that Mr.. Lewis
would accept less.
The inevitable end Of all labor
employer controversies is compro-
mise-and the compromises are all
one way. Invariably, they mark a
gain for the labor union, loss for
the employer. No one ever heard
of any other kind Of a compromise
and no one will.
Same Pattern Foreseen.
This labor employer controversy
appears to be like all the others
and the expectation is that the final
settlement will be in the same pat
tern. 1t will be recognized by the
new employer" that 'the miners
have a case" that something must
be done for them. Some sort Of
wage adjustment" will have to be
made
Perhaps there will be a six -day-a-
week guarantee, which, by moving
the miners into the time-and-a- half
pay zone, would mean substantial
wage increase. This Mr.. Ickes al
ready has inaugurated. and at the
end of the truce" 1t may be per-
manently provided as condition
under which the operators get their
property back. Or, perhaps the
portal to portal" pay, already in
dorsed by Philip Murray of the CIO
will be provided. Or some other
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Petroleum Director
For East Is Appointed
By the Associated Press.


The ofice Of the Petroleum Ad.
ministrator for War announced yes.
terday that H. w. Dodge, vice presi.
dent and general sales manager Of
the Texas Co., had been appointed
to the newly created position Of
director in charge of the agency's
New York ONCE. His Jurisdiction
will extend over all the Is Eastern
Seaboard States and the District
Of Columbia.
Deputy Administrator Ralph K.
Davies announced plans for vestins
larger authority in the New York
district office 50 that local prob.
lens may be handled directly un.
der Mr.. Dodge's direction without
reference to Washington.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Pi Gommu Mu to Hear
Lady Dill at Dinner

Senator Thomas, Democrat, OF
Utah and Lady Dill. wife of Field
Marshal Sir John Dill Of the British
Army, will be speakers at 7:3D pm.
tomorrow at the annual dinner Of Pi
Gamma Mu, national social science
honorary society.
The dinner will be held at Hotel
2400. Other speakers will be the
Right Rev. Msgr. Patrick M. Nc
Cormick, newly appointed rector of
Catholic University, and DR.. s.
Howard Patterson Of the Univer-
sity Of Pennsylvania. national pres
ident of the society.
Evening star., 1943-05-07

tween Secretary
Ickes, represent
ing the Govern
ment (tlle new
employer), and
John L. Lewis,
representing the
m l n e RS, M r /.
L e W is W i'll
emerge with the
S u b S t a n c e Of
v l c t ory a n d
the administra-
ton with the
shadow.
porho~. fLAy
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Russo-PoIish Split Opens Whole Question
Of Aims of USSR and Western Nations

Shal-and fought the Russians.
Late in 1917 Pilsudski broke with
the Germans when they tried to
set up a Hohenzollern prince as
king of Poland, and he was ar
rested and interned in the Fort
ress Of Magdeburg.
The policy of Pilsudski, as head
of the Polish state was to try
consistently to avoid either a
clash or a union between Ger
many and Russia, both OF whom,
from a Polish viewpoint, and
from Polish history, were poten-
tial enemies.
Neither Liked by Poles.
Since Russia and Germany
have both, in the past and during
this very war, collaborated to de-
stroy Poland. neither country Is
beloved by the Poles, and there
is always the possibility that
one branch of Polish opinion and
leadership might be exploited
against the other. Hitler OBJ
viously Is trying to do this now
to WOO those Poles who might
so greatly fear Russia as to for
get what the Nazis have done.
So far, it is the glory of Poland
that she never has had a Quis-
ling.
In this situation, it is unfor-
tunate that the question of from
tiers was ever unrolled at all.
Nothing Is more dangerous than
to start dividing the spoils Of
war before the war is won. Both
Russia and Poland have signed
the Atlantic Charter, which con-
tains three pledges. First, no
aggrandizement, territorial or
otherwise: second, no territorial
changes that do not accord with
the freely expressed wishes OF
the people concerned; third, the
right Of all peoples to choose the
form of government under which
they will live.
Expansion Barred.
This bars enlargement Of the
territory Of any ally at the ex-
pense of another, and even en-
largement OF territories at the
expense Of the enemy, unless the
peoples themselves desire it.
1t is possible that the Russians
date their acceptance of these
principles from the time they en-
tered the war, and thus find It
compatible with the Atlantic
Charter to claim the Baltic
States and Eastern Poland. But
I think this is stretching the
Atlantic Charter very danger
ouSly. l believe that what con-
Germs Russia is frontier security,
and that depends upon the sort
OF peace organization that we are
able to create after the war.
On the other hand, many
spokesmen for the Poles, and even
the Polish government in exile,
have advanced claims for
greater Poland which are Ger
tainly incompatible with the
charter.
In war of coalition, where
there are divergent interests
amongst allies. the only safety
lies in sticking to clear principles,
and not departing from them by
an inch. For every departure,
by one nation or another, opens
a breach into which the enemy
moves with the greatest expedi-
ton.
Released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine.)
Evening star., 1943-05-07
This Changing World
Scale Of New japanese Drive Will Depend
On Extent Of U S. Involvement in Europe

that new ones have been devel-
oped in the newly-conquered en-
pire, either by restoring the old
ones or by creation Of new ones.
Scrap Iron Limited.
1t is likely the japanese are
somewhat short of scrap iron, but
1t is doubtful that it Is very seri-
Gus. They have all the other ele-
ments to build warships and mer-
chantmen.
Under these conditions, 1t is
doubtful whether the losses suf-
fered through the action OF our
submarines can be Of such great
Importance that they can be
stymied In their major military
plans.
There seems to be a somewhat
unjustifiable optimism regarding
the ability of the United States
to destroy the Japanese mer-
chant marine.
The highest American officials
say that within few months we
shall be able to overcome the
NaZi submarine menaces in the
Atlantic. Their optimism is fully
justified in view of the prepara-
ton being made to combat the
U-boats.
The situation in the Atlantic Is
this: The Nazis have on station
between $50 and 200 subs at
time. Yet We expect, with full
reason, to destroy so many of
them that by the end of the
summer the u boat menace
might be far less virulent.
The Nazis are operating In a
smaller ocean and they have to
deal with conveys sometimes
having as many as 100 ships.
Fewer American Subs.
The number of American sub
marines in the Pacific is neces-
sarily far smaller than the Nazis'
force. Our Navy and private
yards must build all types of
ships from the 45,00O-ton battle
wagons to the small escort vessel.
Only limited attention is given to
the submarine.
Hence, our submarine force is
much smaller than that Of the
Nazis. The American submarines
in the South Pacific, or in the
Japanese waters, must operate
from distant bases. This Is not
the case with the U-boats Of the
Nazis.
1t is doubtful whether we have
on station in the Pacific even
half the number of the Nazi force
in the Atlantic. And our under
sea craft must work under much
more difficult conditions than the
Germans.
Under these circumstances, 1t
Is felt that our military leaders
are over-optimistic when they
predict our submarine action will
do great harm to the Japs In the
near future.
All things considered, the
American submarines are doing
a more remarkable job than the
Nazis, but their number is much
smaller and, as consequence
4le;. L.
Evening star., 1943-05-07
Charles County Urged
To Boost Egg Output
BY the Associated Pres

BY the Associated Press.
LA PLATA. Md. May 7.-Poultry.
men OF Charles County have been
asked by the Government to in
crease egg production this year to
$4,000 dozen, an increase of 81
per cent over 1912. in order to help
in the war food effort.
Leon Todd. managing director of
the Northeastern Poultry Producers
Council. said the goal could be
reached provided enough feed sup
plies and farm labor were made
available.