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Evening star., 1943-07-26
The Great Game of Politics.

Sterilization, headed by Fred Vim
son, a New Dealer, aided by Edward
Pritchard, brain truster. There is
the Food Administration headed by
Marvin Jones, a New Dealer, aided
by Mordecai Ezekiel, a brain truster.
There is the Office of Civilian
Defense, headed by James Lands,
a New Dealer, and there is the owl,
headed by Elmer Davis, a New
Dealer and member of the American
Labor party.
Got Rise Out Of Press.
Add to these-and some others
that the BEW until week or so
ago was headed by Vice President
Wallace and run by Milo Perkins;
that Harry Hopkins, the New Dealer
closest to the President, is head of
the Board of Munitions Control and
also mixes in many other agencies,
and that Mr.. Ickes, a New Dealer,
is the petroleum administrator
add all this up and Mr.. Ickes' con-
tention that the businessmen are
running the war becomes ridiculous
Mr.. Ickes knows all this perfectly
well. He knows that New Dealers
are running the war, not the busi-
nessmen; that in all save the WPB
and the lease lend, the New Dealers
are in the key posts. Mr.. Ickes
knows, too, that it is not the fault
of businessmen that agencies such
as OPA and OWL are all messed UP.
But, Mr.. Ickes wanted to get a rise
out of the newspapers. He certainly
succeeded in that, though his repu-
tation for accuracy and fairness,
such as it was, has not been en-
hanced
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Armed Forces TO Get
Half OF War Fund
By he Associated Press.

By he Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Winthrop
w. Aldrich, president of the National
War Fund. said yesterday that one
half of the Sl25,OO0 900 which the
organization will seek in a country.
wide campaign next fall will be used
for the services OF the armed forces,
Budget figures presented by Mr..
Aldrich allocated $67,672 600 for such
services during 14-month period
ending October l. 1914. Other allo-
cations were $4O,O99, 600 for United
Nations Relief S3,621 900 for refugee
relief; S12,8O9.OOO as a contingency
fund for needs arising from chang
ing war conditions and $500 900 for
administrative and campaign ex-
penditures.
At the same time, the chairman
said that local Community Chests
and war funds must raise another
Sl25 900 900 at least to meet home
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front needs and to finance social and
health services.
The goal figure which. Mr.. Aldrich
said, was determined after examin-
ing the needs of the fund S member
agencies, was prepared by COM
mittee headed by Gerard M. Swope
OF New York. He said other mem
bers were c. M. Bookman, Cincin-
natl; Otto F. Bradley, Philadelphia;
Ralph Hayes, Wilmington, Del:
Sidney Hollander, Baltimore; Will
liam F. Montavon and Monroe
SWeetland, both of Washington. d.
c.; Mrs. Frederic M. Paist, Wayne,
Pa; Charles E. Spencer, Boston, and
Abraham Bluestcin, Henry Bruere
and j. Herbert Case, all of New
York
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changes.
The resignation" of II Duce
came as a surprise to everybody
here. 1t had not been expected
until some time after the Allied
forces invade the Italian main
land.
To military observers in Wash
ington the custer OF the father OF
totalitarianism in Europe has a
great significance.
1t is certain that at the last
interview between Hitler and
Mussolini early last week, II
Duce warned the Fuehrer that
unless greatly increased Nazi
aviation was placed in Southern
Italy he could stay in office no
longer. Hitler must have realized
the tremendous moral effect Of
Mussolini and Fascism's downfall
for himself and the Axis cause.
He realized that only a showing
of force in Southern italy could
prevent the Axis from falling to
pieces.
Nazis May Be Near Ropes End.
Yet in spite of these grave con-
sequences, Hitler was not in po-
sition to oblige his partner.
This is interpreted in most nil
itary quarters to mean that Ger
many herself may be at the
ropes end. She may still have a
sufficient force to hold out Mill
tarily for a while. but there is
nothing to spare-particularly so
far as air power is concerned-for
any other country.
The declarations OF the new
italian Premier, Marshal Pietro
Badoglio, that the war will 90 on
are taken with grain of salt by
competent military authorities.
A change of regime cannot over
come the war weariness of the
Italian people. And while it is
true that large number of gen.
erals who were willing to surren-
der to the Allies because of their
hatred for II Duce will now be
loyal to their monarch, the Ital-
ian forces are much too exhaust
ed and lacking in air defenses to
oppose determined drive of the
Allies.
The Italians refused to fight
in Sicily mainly because of their
hatred for Fascism. This is over
now. But the Italian military
might is too corroded to con-
tinue the battle.
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Hotel Accountant Held
For Action OF Grand jury

Louis Charles Drago. %, account
ant for the Mayfower Hotel, was
held for grand jury action under
$500 bond today when arraigned in
Municipal Court on charges of en-
bezzling $225 from the hotel.
Drago was arrested yesterday at
his home, 1901 California street
NV. by Detective Sergts. Dewey l..
Guest and David Higgins on a COM
plant filed by Dalton Cook, assistant
auditor of the hotel.
The detective said an auditors
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Immediately, various newspapers
and public men leaped on Mr.
Ickes, disputed his facts and de-
nounced him for partisan dema-
goguery. Attention was called to
the fact that Mr.. Ickes' speech had
violated the Presidents instructions
that no Official in his administration
should criticize any other official
unless he accompanied his criticism
with a letter of resignation.
This point could attain force only
| if one of the drafted businessmen
criticized by Mr.. Ickes should resent
it, resign and reply. But, none of
these businessmen is going to do
any such thing Even if any did
Mr.. Ickes is sufficiently solid with
Mr.. Roosevelt to make it certain
the latter would inconsistently ig-
more his own ruling, as he has done
before, rather than discipline Mr.
Ickes.
AS to the merits of Mr. Ickes
allegations, it is possible that he
deliberately made his attack with
the purpose of prodding the press
into giving him publicity: that he
had his pointed tongue in his cheek
when he made his statement and
| that he is chuckling now at the
manner in which the newspapers
responded.
Poses as Newspaper Halter.
For some years Mr.. Ickes has
had a reputation as newspaper
/ hater. Actually. he does not hate
newspapers at all. No one in WASH
ington daily pores over the press
as does Mr.. Ickes. No matter how
| obscurely hidden, no mention of
| his name ever escapes him and he
misses few opportunities for writing
| to the editor
Since the war began 1t has been
said number of times that Mr.
Ickes was somewhat disappointed
at not having been given a more
important post in its Washington
management, feeling - and with
| good cause-that the President was
putting inferior men in key posi-
tons for which he had a much
better equipment.
In any event, Mr.. Ickes has had
nothing like the newspaper notice
that has come to many others in
the war agencies, and the conten-
ton is that this attack on the
| drafted businessmen was designed
to restore the publicity balance so
far as he is concerned. 1t is the
most reasonable explanation.
Overbalanced by Others.
For example. 1t is impossible that
, Mr.. Ickes should not know that
/ though the War Production Board
and lease-lend are run by business
men. these two agencies are far
overbalanced by the other vital
agencies, manned almost exclusively
by New Dealers and filled with brain
| trusters and bureaucratS.
There is the War Mobilization
Board, headed by Mr.. Byrnes, q
/ New Dealer, aided by Ben Cohen, a
| brain truster. There is the OPA,
| headed by ex-senator Prentiss
Brown, New Dealer, guided by
Richard Gilbert, brain truster, and
surrounded by New Dealer profess
sors and economists" with whom
Mr.. Henderson loaded down the
pay roll.
There is the Office of Economic
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"appeasers, has
now introduced
a new epithet-
american Fas-
cists." Possibly
in preparation
for the 1914 cam
paign, he says.
1T ere are
powerful groups
who hope to take
advantage of the
Presidents con-
c e n r a tion on
the war effort to
DESTROY eVerV-
Evening star., 1943-07-26
Movies Bur Children
In Oklahoma Epidemic
BY the Associated Press

b5 lHe HSSoCIaIed Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 26.-Ten
Oklahoma City motion picture the
aters have closed their doors to
children under IL as a safeguard
against spread of a Statewide epi-
demlc of infantile paralysis. Thus
lar l35 cases have been reported.
Officials of the Theater Corn. or
dered the attendance ban, of indefi-
mite duration, after consultation
Yesterday with DR.. Grady F.. Ma
theWs, State health commissioner.
The kids are taking it better
than some of the parents" said Jack
Swiger, public relations director for
the theaters.
Evening star., 1943-07-26
Southern Society Awards
Annual Scholarship
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 26.-The New
York Southern Society announced
Yesterday its annual scholarship for
l943 had been awarded to Robert
Lancaster Folger of Winter Park,
Fla. who is now studying at the
University of Illinois and has ex-
pressed hope of becoming a research
organic chemist.
George A. Sloan, president of the
society, said the grant was $500
for a years advance study and was
awarded annually to some person Is
to Is years old who was a relative
Of a member or former member of
the society.
Evening star., 1943-07-26
This Changing World

The presence Of a substantial
German occupation force in
Northern Italy might make it
difficult for the italian high
command to surrender immedi-
ately. But the situation there is
watched with keen interest and
may lend itself to unexpected
and spectacular developments.
King Victor Emmanuel is
known to dislike intensely the
Germans. So does Badoglio.
Both men, who led the armies in
the last war against the Aus
trlans supported by Germans,
have never overcome their in
tense dislike for the new al
lies Of Italy. The only real
showing of military virtues made
by the Italians in modern his
tory has been the resistance to
the Austrio- o-German invaders on
the Fiave in 1918 when thev
fought with their backs to the
wall.
1t is too early to predict the
next move of King Victor EN-
manuel, but it is possible he
might decide to expel the Nazis
from Italy by force if properly
backed by an Allied air force.
For the time being these mat
ters are sheer speculation. Wash
ington and London are consider
ing the situation from both
military and diplomatic angles.
At this time the belief that Italv
can get out of the war by COM
plete surrender prevails in dip
lomatic circles. Any other policy
would be contrary to the deci-
sions taken at Casablanca and
would have detrimental effect
on Allied war policies.
Collapse of Limited Importance.
But in some military quarters
1t is believed that if the Italians,
under their new constitutional
government, were to turn against
their former war associates and
actually fight the Nazis the situa-
ton would be completely changed
and our policy toward Italy might
be revised.
Mllitarily the collapse Of Italy
has only a relative importance.
The American and the British
strategy trainers have never been
worried about the Italians. Their
performances in Greece, Egypt
and TuniSia led Allied military
commanders to say that a SQUAD
of military policemen could easily
arrest the whole italian Army.
The army's lack of enthusiasm,
however, was due mostly to dislike
Of Mussolini and conviction that
there is no reason to fight.
Italy is strategically important
to the Allies only so far as it
offers way into Germany.
Should some Italian divisions
there still are a few good ones
which could be put in a fighting
trim-come actively to the Allied
side there is a possibility their
collaboration might be accepted.
For the time being, however,
the Casablanca policy of complete
surrender stands even if the
Italian government sues for
peace. What changes may have
to be made in that policy depends
entirely on the developments dur
ing the next few weeks.
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sisted that if
the program has
broken down at
any point it is
t h e fault of
drafted business
men and not
chargeable to
N e W Dealers,
brain trusters"
and bureaucrats.
These business
men, he says,
are running the
war and, in his
opinion, not do
Evening star., 1943-07-26
ClO Annual Convention
To Be in PhiIudeIphio
By the Associated pres,

HSSUCIdGbU FrFSS,
PHILADELPHIA, July 26. The
Congress of Industrial Organizations
will hold its annual convention here
during the first week of November,
James B. Carey, national secretary.
treasurer, said yesterday.
Philadelphia was chosen. Mr..
Carey said. because of it's impor-
tance as war industry center and &.
its proximity to Washington, CIO
national headquarters.
Evening star., 1943-07-26
BY BERNARD NJ. BARUCH.

I n ! n gS de-
velop rapid
ly.
t2) G O m =
petitive bid
ding among
the procure
ment agen-
cies of Gov
ernment and,
in the last
war at least,
o t h er pro-
c u 7 e m e n I
a G e n c S
1~I f@~ h4
Evening star., 1943-07-26

check Of the account Of Mrs. Helen
Hamilton, owner of the Club Troika,
Tor her apartment rent. uncovered
the alleged shortage Although Mrs.
Hamilton had a receipt for 1925 paid
OH June 18, he said, the money was
not entered on the companys books.
Evening star., 1943-07-26
IA Go Into Army, IS
Into Navy Tomorrow

Seventy four District selectees
will begin their Army service
tomorrow. They were inducted
July l3, and are reporting at the
end of the usual furlough, which
will be extended from two to three
weeks for those inducted on or
after July 10.
The District will furnish 35 other
men to the Navy tomorrow. The
list follows.
Evening star., 1943-07-26

Italy and the
United Ma
tions m u S t
be preceded
by the un-
c o n ditional
surrender of
Italy's armed
forces. This
is the opin-
ion in COM
petent circles
in Washing
ton at the
present time,
but circum-
~ oAr nNy1lS
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lar values. In the inevitable
postwar deflation, the debt, of
course, remains at the inflated
figure.
When we entered the World
War, the frantic demands and
unco-ordinated counterbidding of
our future associates in war al
ready had distorted our own
price structure out of any SEM
blance of it's normal scheme. In
other words there was a robust
imitation here before we ever en-
tered the war.
Furthermore, nearly IL months
elapsed after our declaration be-
fore we had evolved controls and
organization capable of co-ordi-
mating our own and our asso-
ciates procurement activities
and Of controlling price. Not
withstanding this delay and the
dimness with which controlling
principles were at first perceived,
we did, in 1918, arrive at
method which checked the proc
ess Of imitation in America and
kept it in check until all con-
trolls were released in November,
1913. 1t is to this experience
that refer when I say that we
have proved in practice a method
to control imitation. That proof
convinces me that it would also
prevent imitation if applied at
once on the advent of war and
before the inflationary process
begins.
Must Freeze Price Structure.
To measure imitation of price
and profit, we must have some
norm. The obvious norm is the
whole price structure as it existed
on some antecedent date near
to the declaration. of war on
which the normal operation of
the natural law of supply and
demand can be said to have con-
trolled price That determined.
We need method of freezing the
whole price structure at that
level.
The obvious way to do this is
simple: BY proclamation to de-
cree that every price in the whole
national pattern As of that deter
mined date shall be the maxi
mum that may thenceforth be
charged for anything - rents,
wages, interest rates, commits
Slons. fees-in short, the price
for every item and service in
commerce.
In these few words reside the
basic principle of war control of
national industry and of the
present suggestion for elimina-
ton of war imitation in America.
The superficial objection is. "Yo
propose to repeal the law of sup
ply and demand" We may as
we'll take this bull by the horns.
In modern war, administrative
control must replace the law Of
supply and demand.
Demand Shifts.
When war appears, the whole
tempo, volume and quality of the
force of demand become dis
torted. Things that were of no
great Importance (e.g., toluol.
plcric acid and sodium nitrate)
suddenly become the aim of all
endeavors. AS to these as we'll
As to all other fundamental COM
modities there is an almost in
stantaneous shortage.
Now, in peacetime shortage,
the highest bidder takes all.
That is the law Of supply and
demand. In war-at least In
major modern war-we cannot
permit this. The Government
must assume control of the whole
supply and ration and apportion
lt-not to the longest purse but
to the most neceSsitous use.
released by the Bell syndicate)
Evening star., 1943-07-26
Light Reading Preferred

Soldiers and Auxiliary Territorial
Service girls on lonely antiair raid
watches in Britain prefer light fic-
ton as their reading, about 10 per
cent borrowing wild West" and
detective stories from travelling
libraries.
Evening star., 1943-07-26
BY FRANK r. KENT.

In recent address, Mr.. Ickes
rejected the idea that New Dealers
are in the ascendancy in the WASH
ington war management and int
Evening star., 1943-07-26

people. They all
seemed to be
sincerely inter-
ested in what
answers I could
give them, and
so. on the off
C h a n &c that
you'll be inter-
ested. too, here
are a few SAM
pies OF them:
Do the English
people really ap-
pre- C ! ate what
ho Tnit @ n
Evening star., 1943-07-26

HE opinions of the 1uriter this
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort all sides of questions 81
readers although such opinions contradictory among
| themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1943-07-26
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

MusSolini and Fascism's down.
fall may make peace conditions
for Italy somewhat easier, but
any peace negotiations between
Evening star., 1943-07-26
New Epithet
OfFuscist
MisuppIied
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Vice President Wallace, who
began the name calling in the 1910
campaign BY labelling opponents as
Evening star., 1943-07-26
McLemore-
Reports Britons
Appreciotive Of U. S.
Ry HENRY McLEMORF

Dy
Since New York suffered that
staggering blow-my return from
have been asked the
same questions by many different
Evening star., 1943-07-26
Preventing War Inf|ution-

I'm this article. second OF a
series, Bernard M. Baruch, dd-
piSer to War Mobilization Direc-
tor Byrnes, giUes his uieUs on
preventing tDar imitation. The
article 1uds compiled from, Mr..
Rdrnch's book, american Indus
try in War;
BY BERNARD NJ. BARUCH.
The following sequence has
attended every major conflict in
history:
% Shortages Of services and
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While sitting in stunned contemplation of my in
juries heard noise and looked up to amazing
looking in the family lighted doorway. He wasn't
a big man, but he gave the impression of
strength He up and stood there looking down.
Me Charlie" he said
broke out in rash of garbed questions but Charlie
just stared back blanky Finally mentioned Chungking
and Charlie nodded vigorously. "Chungking CO.
CO." he said.
DOC tor" said Charlie understood that. "Doc-o
ne repeated. Then he held up three fingers and added
Day"
Three days! And needed one this instant.
We talked Charlie with words and gestures nearly
DRAWN nv
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sea hares in Florida and the tropical
Pacific furnishes a great number
belonging to many general and spe-
cies. Some of them are among the
most beautiful Of the invertebrate
animals.
A. Wilcoxii is the sea hare found
In Florida. Sometimes the sea
seems alive with them. They are
about inches long and appear at
flrst to be a notified purple jelly
mass. A closeup shows a small
erect head on a long neck. If you
use your Imagination and see the
animal from the front the head
does resemble the hare's.
The sea hare is a graceful SWIM
mer. 1t spends most of its time
among the seaweeds, using the broad
side flaps as propellers. There are
two flexible prongs which stand out
from the head and two smaller ones
from the neck.
The shell is really nothing more
than a transparent, flexible rudi-
mentary plate. 1t has ceased to be
of use as a protection and has lost
all resemblance to the ordinary gas
tropoid shell. 1t is believed that in
time it will disappear entirely.
The sea hare lives at different
depths at different ages. When ma
ture it has passed through several
zones and it sometimes wanders
back to where the water is less deep.
Closely initiating the seaweeds
and anemones in color, the sea hares
take on their hues as they feed on
them. Knowing it has only one form
of defense, the creature is taking
no chances.
During the mating season there
are many. many sea hares gathered
together. They no doubt have in
some instances come a long distance
The eggs are in gelatinous, thread
like cases. They are found, after
careful inspection, among the sea-
weeds.
AS far as is known sea hares have
no commercial importance. They
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all that night Then he left assuring he would be back
soon. He said Boat" many times.
talked about him for a while wondering who he
was and what our chances We decided that the
Chinese who had found fishermen and that
Charlie kind of official.
And we talked about the crash. to what must
be the only When the wheels caught top of
that the plane stopped If it had hit wall The
shock ripped seat by its roots and cataputed
strapped in-through the windshield The others
thrown out in the managed to
Chamber from the wreckage.
1 began to shake with the cold. The quilt with which
I was covered had turned icy. Outside the rain
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Uncle Roy's Corner

Cats with weight of from ITS TO
zoo pounds live on the western side
OF North America, from British CO.
lumbia down into Mexico. They are
known as "coguars" or "pumas."
They also have the name Of noun
tain lions" but they are not true,
lions.
A cougar is strong, fierce bundle
OF flesh. 1t seldom attacks human
beings, but can do a great deal of
damage If it does fight a man.
Cases are on record where a cou-
gar has followed a man for some
distance, but has run away when the
man suddenly turned around and
faced it.
Sheep suffer from cougar attacks
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Natures Children

BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY.
SEA HARE.
(Aplysid depilans.l
Sea hares have only one way OF
defending themselves. They pour
out a fluid that dyes the surround
ing water. The name Aplysia means
indelible
While this member Of the strange
and fascinating clan Is the Mediter-
ranean one, once charged with be-
ing responsible for badness, we have