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Evening star., 1943-12-23
Most Exchanges Close
At Noon Tomorrow


The Chicago Board of Trade will
suspend dealings in the grain pit at
noon, CWT, on Friday, December
"a, and other principal grain ex-
changes will do likewise Business
on the New Orleans and New York
cotton and wool top exchanges also
will ring the final gong at noon
EWT, December "a.
The New York stock and curb ex-
changes will operate until the regu-
lar closing time the day before
Christmas. Canadian grain and Sc
curities markets will close at noon
EWT, December "a. The Winnipeg
grain market will also remain closed
on Monday, December 81, in observ-
ance of boxing day" All domestic
Canadian and London exchanges
will be closed on Christmas Day.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Vichy Reports Pope
Addresses War Coptives

A Vichy radio broadcast recorded
by the British Ministry of Informa-
ton said yesterday that Pope Plus
had addressed the following mes
sage to all war prisoners:
To our beloved prisoners-those
who wait anxiously for the moment
when they can celebrate at home
with their dear ones the Holy Feast
OF Christmas-we send our warmest
affection and paternal benediction
and we hope the feasts founded by
our Lord will be a comfort to all
those in distress and a firm hope
Tor a new era of Christian pros
Derity."
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Rotary Hears Talk on Need
|0f God in Daily Living

The Rev. Dr. John Cartwright,
pastor of Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, yesterday told the
Rotary Club meeting in the Willard
Hotel that people should return to
the recognition of God in their
daily lives.
There is need of God in mo-
ments of personal anxiety and
crisis" he. said. There also is
need of God in mans great collec-
tive experience. We need God in
business, God in government, God
in education, God in every form Of
public endeavor.
"We need God in war, as we all
now realize. Tomorrow we shall
realize that we need God in peace" )"
Albert Atwood, president of the
club, presided.
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Deferments
Continued From First Page

class IA or 2-B on the basis of
occupation alone.
In the new draft legislation, which
he approved on December S. he
went on, Congress made provision
for according maximum considera-
ton for the deferment of Pearl
Harbor fathers" under selective
service. He pointed QAt that the
selective service director has pre-
scribed the principles and policies
under which draft boards should
grant occupational deferment to
fathers.
The President instructed Mr.. Nc
Mutt to set up standards under
which agency committees which are
authorized to seek deferments for
Federal employees, may request oc-
cupational deferment for fathers in
Government agencies.
VINO Given Leeway.
The VINO chief was given some
leeway in prescribing standards,
however. The President said the
standards to be established should
Ito the extent you find appropriate"
authorize Government agencies to
file deferment requests for fathers
Fathers entitled to consideration
for occupational deferment, the
President concluded. should be men
who are necessary men in war pro-
duction or in support of the war
effort and who otherwise meet the
requirements of selective service
regulations and selective service
directives for occupational defer
ment laid down for fathers not in
Government service"
The letter to Mr.. McNutt is the
first draft action taken by the Presi-
dent since he approved the new
draft measure. Although he has
consulted with both Mr.. McNutt
and Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
selective service head, he has not
yet issued the executive order he
promised as result of the con-
gressional decision to divorce Mr.
McNutt from control over the draft
Evening star., 1943-12-23
School Bourd Elects

MANASSAS, Va, Dec. % (Spe-
eiaD .-Percival A. Lewis. Manassas
has been elected by the Prince Will
liam School Trustees Electoral
Board to serve as a member of the
School Board for Manassas District
Mr.. Lewis fills the vacancy created
by the resignation of David j. Ar
rington who has been a member OF
the Board for the last Is years and
whose term expires July /.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Bolivia
Continued From First Page.)

~
whether Axis sympathizers inspired
the revolution.
Knows U. S. Attitude.
DR.. de Lozada accepted repre-
sentation of the new government
with full knowledge OF the State
Departments attitude and with the
feeling that the sooner he acted the
sooner he could put an end to what
he termed "a complete misunder.
standing of the principles of NMH
(National Revolutionary Movement)
According to DR.. de Lozada. the
NMR deserves support, If only fol
the fact that it is the first gov
ernment in more than so years OF
Bolivia's history which has come into
power without the support of the
big tin" mining interests.
Il realize" he said, that some
members OF the movement have had
Fascist leanings in the past, but
this is merely an expression of lib
eralism gone sour. They have had
to wait overlong for the coming of
democracy to Bolivia
Is Former Diplomat.
DR.. de Lozada himself is a Boliy-
ian and former first secretary of the
Bolivian Legation in Washington
during the period of the Chaco War
Resigning from the diplomatic
service, he became a member of the
faculty of Williams College and Har-
ward University. He has served as
an adviser to Mr.. Rockefeller since
shortly after the formation of the
co-ordinator's omce.
The decision to accept the new
post was made. according to DR.
de Lozada's associates. on the ad-
vice and approval Of Mr.. Rockefeller
as well as Vice President Wallace
who has been interested in the b.
livian political situation since hi.
visit to Bolivia last spring.
Conferred With Guachalla.
News of the appointment arrived
here from La Paz earlier in the weel
and put DR.. de Lozada in the posi-
tion Of superseding Ambassador Lui
Fernando Guachalla. He promptl,
conferred with the Ambassador ans
expressed the hope that he woule
remain to represent the new govern.
ment.
Thus. DR.. de Lozada effectu.
ally eliminated himself from 9
job at both ends. He had re-
signed from the co-ordinators of.
flee, and apparently he does not
intend to take the ambassadorshir
permanently. He remains at his
home in Chevy Chase, where he
lives with his wife, Carmen de Lo-
zada, and three children.
His association with NMR has
placed the movement in a new
light, in the eyes of Washington
observers, for DR.. de Lozada is
known here as an active liberal
who has been fighting the Fascist
theology in Latin America all his
life. 1t was believed that his in
huence on the leaders of NMR, who
are his contemporaries and friends
would, If given friendly support
from Washington, encourage that
government to follow democratic
principles,
Evening star., 1943-12-23
By the Associated Press


SNAKE RIVER, Wash, Dec. 23.-
It's Mrs. Titus, telling in the Idaho
County Free Press at Grangeville
about the mule and carburetor trou-
bles of her rancher husband Jack:
Jack sawed wood for the ranch
across the Snake River. Preparing
to haul it home he found the motor
boat wouldn't start. He finally got
carburetor of, but in three pieces -
He was not discouraged. He de-
cided to make gentle old mules out
of his four young mules.
He told our hired man to take
the four young mules down river to
the old bridge, up the mountainside
to the wood pile and load them up
with IA poles a piece.
This was to be done with a GER
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versity, Miss Bondy was an expediter
in the Office of Imports. Board of
Economic Warfare, until her Red
Cross appointment. Her parents
make their home at TOTO Fairfax
road, Bethesda. Mr. Bondy was for
merly the Districts director Of pub
lie welfare.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Weather Report

District of Columbia-Fair with
below freezing temperature today
colder with lowest temperature neal
II degrees tonight. Tomorrow fail
and continued cold.
Maryland-Fair and colder to-
night. Tomorrow fair and con-
tinued cold.
Virginia-Fair and much colder
tonight. Tomorrow fair and con-
tinued cold.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
clear at Harpers Ferry. Potomac
clear at Great Falls.
Evening star., 1943-12-23

"a S(1SA " -
Bondy. Ameri-
can Red Cross
administrator Of
services to the
armed forces,
has arrived safely
in North Africa
to serve as a Red
Cross staff as
sistant, it was
announced this
week.
A graduate OF
Bethesda Chevy
c h a e Hi g h
School and Ohio
Wesleyan Uni
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900 900 from its debt estimate. the
committee continued:
This reduction is due in a large
part to the lowering of estimated
Government expenditures in certain
lines of war goods These stoppages
OF output cannot free resources i'm
mediately for other types of produc-
ton and there are instances of at
least small-scale unemployment of
both men and resources. In view of
this, it would appear that income
payments in 1914 will be lower than
the s156, 900 600 900 estimated by the
treasury. If any amount of steel
ana other metals is released for
UNITED civilian production, as now
appears inevitable, the total amount
OF civilian goods may be greater than
In l943. Together these trends would
leave the inf1ationary gap smaller
than was estimated"
New Revenue Sources.
The committees final figures on
where the new revenue will come
from are: From increased excise
taxes on goods and services. ST.
OIL ,1OO0 900; changes in individual
income taxes, s664 300 900; new
corporation taxes Gncluding raising
the excess profits rate from 80 to 95
per cent?, $500, 700 900, and postal
increases, soc, 600, 900.
The committee said Secretary
Morganthau indicated in his testi-
mony, that "the Treasury Depart
ment preferred a bill raising onlv
81 ,oO0, 900 900 or $4,000, ,O00, 900 to one
which would include more by resort
to general sales tax"
Aside from its merits, about
which there was some difference of
opinion, the Treasury's position in
this matter weighed heavily in the
minds of committee members" the
report said, referring to the discard
ing OF general sales tax.
The committee explained in detail
It's narrowing down the field of con-
tract renegotiations by exemptine
construction work competitively
awarded, articles made by direction
OF the War Production Board. con-
tracts for standard commercial ar
ticles, and by lengthening the list of
agricultural exemptions by including
canned, bottled, packed or processed
dairy products.
Other Changes in Bill.
The Senate bill retains for indi-
viduals the Victory tax, but at a
f1at per cent rate. Present law
makes it per cent gross rate, but
with credits that work out to BIS
per cent for single persons and 3
per cent for married couples, with a
further reduction of OIL per cent for
dependents. Both the House bill and
the Senate committee draft repeals
the 10 per cent earned income credit.
Defending the freezing of social
security payroll taxes, the committee
declared the present reserves are far
greater than will be required to meet
the test laid down by Congress in
1889 as the definition of an adequate
reserve. That test was three times
the highest estimate of annual outgo
! IN the next five years.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
New caledonia
Continued From First Page

Iowa, commander Of American forces
on the island, declined comment.
Offlcers who have been here since
the first American forces arrived
in March, 1912, agreed, however, that
most of the friction points were
minor ones and that relations be-
tween civilians and American troops
were generally good
| Gov. Laigret, who leaves soon to
accept another post with the Fight
ing French in Algiers, said in reply
to questions that 'one situation
which has become quite intolerable
is the American colored troops. We
have many proofs of lack of dis
cipline among them"
Informed Americans declared the
behavior of the colored troops has
been generally excellent and equal
to that of the whites. They pointed
out that the American Negroes have
full citizenship rights and can't be
given treatment such as the French
accord their native blacks.
Wants Negroes Restricted.
Gov. Laigret said he had asked
that the city of Noumea be desig-
mated as "out of bounds" for colored
soldiers and that they be restricted
to camps outside Noumea.
Your colored problem in the
States is a very difficult one and
what an example your colored troops
are to the colored population of this
island" the French Governor added.
The colored troops are the terror
of the white women of New Gale
donia. They have attacked them
even in the company of their hus-
bands and brothers. Our women are
afraid to go out of the house after
nightfall, though recently Gen.
Lincoln took action and the situa-
ton is better"
Illegal Labor Recruitments.
Gov. Laigret. citing the islands
labor shortage, accused the Ameri-
cans of illegal recruiting of native
labor by paying beyond regular
rates. The Americans replied that
every known case had been corrected
as soon as the French reported it.
But with the frequently shifting mil
itary population it has been difficult
to prevent such occurrences entirely
they said.
The Governor declared the French
were suffering from American mo-
nopolization of the docks and ware
houses. "The Americans have been
here long enough now to build their
own warehouses;" he said.
Americans pointed out that when
they arrived, Noumea had dock
facilities for only four big ships.
Now it can accommodate 10, and
Americans built the new docks. The
American sources said the wars
movement northwestward made it
inadvisable to build new warehouses
High Prices Cited.
Gov. Laigret also complained
about establishment of American
canteens in Noumea buildings
which had been assigned to Ameri-
cans for strictly military use in view
OF the housing shortage. Asked ii
he had taken measures to protect
Americans from extortionate prices
he said investigation showed prices
were no worse than in New Zealand
and Australian stores.
Americans pointed out that nom
profit canteens were allowed United
States troops elsewhere. In Noumea
before the canteens were opened
the French charged 40 cents for q
coke" and rs cents for a small ice
cream cone. One French woman Il
reputed 10 have cleared 500, 900 II
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Tanker Scores IS Wins

A Norwegian tanker has made
As Atlantic crossings, transporting
to Britain 150,000,OOO gallons of
fuel, enough for 100 thousand
bomber raids.
Evening star., 1943-12-23

Blood plasma saves those fighting
to save you. Brother, can you spare
> pint? Call Blood Donors, District
$500, for an engagement to give your
6lood.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
GombIe on Planes Lost

At an inn in Chadwen Heath
England, gambling pool is con-
Quoted daily on the number of Brit
ish planes reported missing in the
previous nights raids on Berlin,
Evening star., 1943-12-23

Housewives - Save your bacon
drippings and grease the skids to
launch the Axis on the sea Of
oblivion.
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Makeup of Rail Unions.

The operating group Is made up of
five unions, or brotherhoods, whose
members are directly connected with
the operation of the trains-engi-
neers, conductors, f1remen, trainmen
and yardmen. All other rail workers
fall into the incorporating class.
They are organized into Is different
unions, 13 of them AFL afI1liates.
Among the operating groups. the
|Swithchmen Union of North Amer
lea Is an AFL affiliate. The other
four are independent.
Evening star., 1943-12-23

terminals away from home. They
estimate these run as high as $25
a month.
The National Mediation Board
headed by Chairman William M.
Leiserson, reported it had consulted
the White House about the non-
operating wage dispute and would
not take jurisdiction until the Presi-
dent or his stabilization aides
authorized mediation.
The incorporating unions, whose
members perform the Office, shop
and track work, signed an agree
ment with the carriers last August
for an increase of cents an hour,
but Sterilization Director Vinson
refuses to approve it. He has au-
thorized graduated increases of
to 10 cents which the Is unions have
ro iocfaS
Evening star., 1943-12-23

Gin Montevideo, Uruguay, Vice
President Alberto Guani, chairman
of the Inter-American Committee
for Political Defense, said he was
considering suggesting that all
American governments act In
agreement before recognizing any
new regime created by force in the
Western Hemisphere)
Evening star., 1943-12-23
River RepOr'
Report for Last "a Hours.
Record for Last "a Hours

Record for Last "a Hours
lFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, As, 4:20 pm. Year ago, Az.
Lowest, 10. 9:45 am. Year ago. 33.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 90, on August 10.
Lowest, g, on February Is.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
fFrom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, A per cent at $40 am,
Lowest. 1S per cent. at $50 pm
Tide Tables.
Evening star., 1943-12-23
Legal Rules Decreed
For Conduct of Nation

LA PAZ, Bolivia, Dec. 23 (P.-Maj
Gualberto Villarroers new regime
today decreed legal rules" for con-
duct of the government pending ar
election, including a guarantee OF
Bolivia's international treaties and
respecting of foreign nationals, con-
cessions and contracts.
1t declared the constitution OF
1898 in force, with the sole restric-
ton Of the present decree. It said
the government junta would COM
ply with "the laws of the political
organization and its special de-
crees," respect the authority of the
judiciary and dictate and decree
such laws as were within the legis-
lative and constitutional authority
The Bolivian Minister at Quito
Ecuador, sent word, it was an
announced, that Ecuador had ac-
knowledged that the new Bolivian
government CONFIRMED to q
straight doctrine" and had made an
excellent impression" there.
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Ruth Bondy Of Red Cross
Arrives Safely in Africa

Miss Ruth E. Bondy, daughte
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Railroads

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the past year operating fruit juice
stand
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The Sun and Moo
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which fringe Formosa proper.
Hence the stipulation that the Pes
cadores should be coded to Japan in
the peace treaty which closed the
short but bloody war with China
in 1894-5. The Formosan gold mines
have been exploited consistently
since their acquisition, and repeated
endeavors to locate further deposits
in the Pescadores have been reported.
What the fate of the archipelago
will be after victory over Hirohito
has been achieved is suggested in
that portion of the Cairo COM
munique of President Roosevelt,
Prime Minister Churchill and Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek which
reads: "All the territories Japan
has stolen from the Chinese
shall be restored to the Republic of
China"
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Defensive Propaganda

1t is significant that the Berlin
propagandiSts have pulled out all
the organ stops in an effort to coun-
teract, ahead of time, what thew
expect to come out of the momen-
tous Roosevelt-Churchill- Stain con-
ference. Ostentatiously and with ex-
aggerated calm, they are predicting
that the Allies are about to launch
a war OF nerves without parallel
against Germany" and they go on
from there to disparage the whole
business as if it were nothing but
a bluff.
Thus Hitler's own newspaper, the
Voelkischer Beobachter, reporting
that the Big Three will probably
appeal to the masses of the Reich
to dlsoWn the Nazis, declares that
the German people have only
shrug of the shoulders for such at
tempts and remember only too we'll
how twenty-five years ago they let
themselves be caught by the rat
catcher Wilson and laid down their
arms in the face of a relentless en-
envy" Similarly, DNB, the official
German news agency, forecasts "a
gigantic propaganda campaign" to
undermine the Hitler regime, and
numerous other propaganda outlets
are harping on the same theme,
making a special point of anticipate
ing and discrediting all possible Al
lied promises" and threats" Even
the German Foreign Office has had
something to say on the subject,
using spokesman to declare that
Germany is proof against all siren
songs"
Yet, if that were true, why then
the sudden Towering of effort to
offset the possibility that the Big
Three will sing such songs? Clearly
the Nazis are not nearly so unwor-
ried or so much at ease as they pre-
tend. They do protest too much. If
they did not feel the presence Of
weakness in the morale of the Ger
man people, there would be no rea-
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Fishers Islands

Among the ill-gotten gains which
Japan is destined to lose are the
Islands known as Pescadores. They
lie about thirty miles west of For
mosa, number forty eight, have a
coast line of approximately a hun
dred miles and a total area of
eighty-five square miles. Only
twenty-one of the group are in
habited, the population being pre-
dominantly Chinese. The principal
industry may be guessed from the
name of the archipelago-the Fish
ers. Other productive activity is
restricted by unfriendly weather.
Meteorological observations made by
japanese scientists show that the
average number of stormy days in
a year is two hundred and thirty
seven.
Yet the expansionists of Japan
wanted the Pescadores enough to be
willing to fight for them. The ex-
PLANTATION is to be found in their
association with Formosa, occupied
by the Chinese in 1890, colonized by
the Portuguese in the sixteenth CEN
tury and by the Dutch in the seven
tenth. A legend to the effect that
gold was plentiful in the neighbor-
hood was the lure for all the early
attempts to subjugate the native
Formosan race. The same observa-
ton applies to the four dozen isles
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son for their current home front
propaganda, all of it obviously cal
culated to minimize the effect of any
political warfare that may be start
ed as result of the Roosevelt
Churchill-Stalin meeting.
Actually. in view of the character
OF their present tightly controlled
newspaper and radio comment, the
Nazis seem almost as if they were
whistling to keep up their courage
or at least to cushion beforehand
whatever war Of nerves may be in
store for the Reich. This is under
standable, for the time is nearing
when direct appeals to the German
people, over the heads of their lead
ers, must have a telling effect, par
ticularly when punctuated with
such air raids as those devastating
Berlin and such battles as are now
being fought in Italy and Russia.
The masses Of Germany have been
at war long time; they have been
giving up butter for guns since 1888;
physically and emotionally, seeing
their armies desperately on the de-
fensive, their homeland battered by
bombs and their whole future offer
ing nothing but black defeat, they
must be more than a trifle fatigued,
and promises" threats" or siren
songs" addressed to them now or in
the near future are likely to serve
US as potent weapons.
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Trees in q Walnut Grove

Nurtured against the tranquil breast
OF earth,
We haze become tall monuments of
peace.
TO US the sons of men from tal:c.c
dearth
Haze fed to find for their sad hearts
release
In spring-rain dripping from nc;o
leaUes, in song
OF summers thrush, In coppery
Dough and flame,
And in 1Dhite silence OF the sno,o
1Dhere long
Blue shadows letter 1pinter's crystal
name.
To be strong shielding holding ro,o
OF friendly books, to be mans rest
tul bed,
His table ,Dhere the evening lamps
bright glotU
Blesses the loaf, the cup and each
bo,Ded head 80.
These are the things that light the
ultimate goal
OF each tall height, OF each great
oirth OF bole.
ROSE MYRA PHILLIPS.