Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1943-06-11

1HE hEG1SIEh mas puDuSneQ
the letter which the association of
Lithuanian clergy, the Kunigu Vie
nybe, has sent to President Roose-
welt in regard to Lithuania's future.
The letter asks the President "to
defend Christianity and guarantee
the God-given rights of life, liber-
ty and the pursuit of happiness to
Lithuania".
THE NAZI mouthpiece in oc-
cupied Lithuania,' the Zeitung i'm
Ostland, was in the throes of agony
the other day because of the pecul-
lar habits of Lithuanians. 1t
seems, according to Nazis, that the
Lithuanians instead of looking for
ward to the GLORIOUS" New Order
Tin which they will be slaves to the
master" race) are forever barking
backward-to the time when they
were free and independent. To the
Nazi spellbinder this is evidence
that the Lithuanians are "slaves to
their stomachs". In other words,
Lithuanians remember the juicy
"kumpis" and the delicious "svies-
J tas" they had when they were free,
and don't wish to die of hunger for
the Third Reich.
THE LITHUANIANS of Water
bury, Conn.,, decided to do a bit Of
work one day: they did-and sold
100000 worth of War Bonds for
Uncle Sans Treasury.
WHEN the Brazilians want to
| Brazilianize, they go at it in big
way. Therefore, they forbade the
| printing of any foreign language
(including American) newspapers
in their. big realm. Thus, the Lith-
uanian Sviesa and several other
Lithuanian publications were fore
ed to cease.
OCCUPATIONS by "big broth
| ers" don't pay. Reports from Lat
via says that the Nazis have done
| away with at least 10000 Latvians
and $4,000 Latvian Jews. And a
publication of the Latvian Minis
ter, "Latvia in 1939-1942", states
that during the Russian Soviet oc-
cupation $4,000 Latvians were kill
ed by tbs secret police, $4,000
| wounded or manned, and $4,000 sent
to Siberia.
IF WE ARE to believe a writer
in the Lithuanian Tiesa published
somewhere in Soviet Russia, a
school was established for some of
the evacuated Lithuanian children
| in Udmurtia, wherever that is. The
instruction, according to the news
item, is in Lithuanian, but they
have to attend all Official ceremo-
nies", whatever that is.
THE LITHUANIANS of Roches-
ter, N. Y, under the leadership of
patriotic Father Baksys, have sub
scribed $104,725 to the War Loan.
THE, OFFICE of War Informa-
tion reports how four German at
tempts to create a Lithuanian Le-
gion" to fight against Soviet Rus
sia all failed. The Lithuanian un-
derground newspapers urged Lith-
uanian young men not to respond.
The Germans found only one Lith-
uanian general who would cooper
ate. The others refused point
blank zen masse". Therefore, the
Nazis decreed a forced mobilization
for war work. Lithuanian opposi-
ton. it is said, encouraged the Lat
vians and Estonians, and forced the
Germans to give up their attempts
to create quisling governments in
the Baltic States.
THE TREASURY Department in
it's recent Second War Loan drive
used a poster by Left in the Gam
erican Heroes" series which depicted
Lithuanian pilot, 1t. Clarence
Lipsky, of Great Neck, l.. l. N. Y.
A replica of this poster appeared
in the Bulletin of the Holy Name
Society published by the Lithuan-
ian St. Joseph's parish, Waterbt-
ry, Conn. april, 1943).