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measure will begin hearings on
it next Tuesday. Officials of the
War and Navy Departments and
Of the Maritime Commission have
been invited to appear. Also in
vited are the chairmen of the
Democratic and Republican Ma
tional Committees, Postmaster
General Walker and Harrison E.
Spangler, respectively.
1t is obvious that much may
depend on whether these mil
lions of men are given the op-
portunity to vote in next years
national election-an election
which easily may be of tremen-
dous Importance.
No group of men has greater
right to vote The Senate COM
mittee and Congress, therefore.
should take every possible step
to give them the chance.
states Control Elections.
The election of public officials,
including the President, has been
left in the hands of the States.
Each State has its own election
laws. Each State has supervised
the elections within its borders,
whether it be for presidential
electors or for State Senators.
How far the Federal Govern
ment shall go, therefore, in the
conduct of the voting of the men
in the armed forces next year
becomes an immediate question.
1t seems pretty plain that unless
the Federal Government, through
military officials in large part,
is active in this matter, the
votes of the soldiers and sailors
Will be comparatively few.
The Green-Lucas bill sets up
the machinery for distributing
and collecting the ballots, and for
their distribution finally to the
States in which the men claim
residence. There is already on
the statute books a law enacted
IN 1912 to assist soldiers in vot-
ing. 1t was late of enactment.
Further, comparatively few men
IN the armed forces took advan-
tage of it, or were able to do so.
Hence the proposed amendment.
Under the new bill there is
created a United States War
Ballot Commission, to be located
in Washington. The commission
will act as clearing house. The
ballots will be distributed through
the commission, and after being
voted, they will be returned to
the commission and by it to the
States. The commission is to be
composed of five members, three
Democrats and two Republicans,
to be appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate.
All Would Get Ballots.
1t is proposed that all men of
voting age-21-who would be
eligible to register if at home,
and qualified to vote, shall be
provided with the necessary bal
lot to vote for Federal officials,
lie, President, Vice President,
Senator and Representative Reg
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Id Rather Be Rioht-

foreign policy, and as a serious
American f1are-up of anti-English
feeling. something that is only a
cynical chapter in domestic politics.
Look at that man, he hires a
dancer as an economist. Look at
that man. he lets England get fat
on our lease-lend. And the most
profoundly isolationist aspect of the
current debate about England is
that it really isn't about England;
those fomenting it haven't even
been thinking about England. They
have been looking inside, not out
side. They know what they have
been thinking about.
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This Changing World

Gen. Eisenhower that he hoped
these troops, the best he could
muster, would fight better against
the Germans than they fought
against the Allies. His hope was
not fulfilled.
The Italian troops in Southern
Italy may be used to form a
police force. but it is hardly con-
ceivable that they will ever go
back to the front and fight the
Germans. Their war weariness
appears to be beyond repair and
although the overwhelming ma
jority of the Italians have a deep
hatred for the Germans, it is
likely that it will remain mostly
vocal.
The Allies, however, may make
use of the Italian troops in Yugo-
slavia and Albania. Some of the
Italian divisions located in those
countries were disarmed by the
NaZis. Others, at loss as to what
to do and unable to cross the
Adriatic to surrender to the AL
lies, joined the Yugoslav fighting
groups.
Some Join Yugoslavs.
A few units went over to Gen.
Draja Mihailovich. The bulk of
the forces, being close to the
coast and in Croatia, joined the
Partisans commanded by Drug
Tito. They adopted the red star
and the hammer and sickle, tenn
porarily, when they decided to
fight on Tito's side.
Premier Badoglio hopes to re-
constitute these divisions to fight
again under the italian flag. The
men will have to receive supplies
and probably new weapons since
Allied ammunition does not fit
the Italian equipment.
The main arms factories which
supplied the Italians are in
Northern Italy, which now is un-
der the so-called Fascist repub-
lican regime of Mussolini.
And until the Allies are able to
eXpel the Nazis from Lombardy
and reconquer the Italian indus
trial areas, they will have to sup
ply the Italians with American
made equipment. Some training,
OF course, will be required to ham
die this new equipment.
On the whole, from the military
viewpoint, the decision of the
Italian government to declare
war on Germany is not consid-
cred an important asset to the
United Nations.
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Hope Of World Rests
On Merging Of Allied
Ideas, DR.. Mann Says

DR.. Thomas Mann, 1929 Nobel
Prize winner in literature, last night
told a capacity audience at the Lii
brary OF Congress that the concil-
iatlon Of Russian, English and
American ideas is the hope of the
world.
Speaking on The War and the
Future" he said the outlines of the
future are already taking shape.
Certain aspects of Communism, fear
OF which he described as "supersti-
tlous and childish" plus a re-estab-
llshment Of the demands of religion
and Christianity will form the mold
of the coming world.
In the IDEA of human dignity. hu-
manism transcends into the re-
llgious, he declared, explaining
that he would never accept a world
in which the idea of equality out
weighs that of freedom"
DR.. Mann said the Germans under
Hitler tried to make "a folk fairy
tale into reality" showing thereby
their natural weakness in political
character. He did not seek to DENY
their guilt or their future punish
ment, but suggested We look upon
Germany's present course "as mis-
fortune rather than guilt"
The author asserted "one must
hope that Germany will find its way
back to the old, real Germany,
citing recent student and faculty
uprlSlngs against national socialism
as proof that sound core remains
In the country on which to build
the future.
Defending his own ascent into the
arena Of political discussion, DR..
Mann declared there were certain
historical moments when it was the
duty of the artist to abandon his
"lronical objectivity" for the sake
OF freedom.
Archibald MacLeish, Librarian.
introduced DR.. Mann.
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| investments long ago 10 lBnC LniS
war, while some of us view this
war as a chance to acquire new
foreign Investments
We hear that the English resell
our lease-lend goods, in private
channels, at a profit. We hear that
English diplomats are smarter
than ours, and that they work
themselves into occupied terri
tories better than We do. These
critics seem to think that a display
of competence in this field is a
foul.
/ Some Secret Casablanca?
We hear that the British ought to
! give us, forever, the island bases
which they have turned over to us
for a mere hundred years. We hear
/ that the British are only half
/ hearted about the Burma offensive,
because they don't really want to
fight in Asia. We hear that they
are boarding millions of idle armed
men in England. because they don
really want to fight in Europe.
/ There is a flood OF this stuff now.
do not suggest that some secret
grand council of isolation has met
at its own Casablanca and decided
on an anti-English offensive Yet
/ the attack is insiStent. 1t has a
nervous, questing character, as If
many approaches were being tried
out, studied. then discarded for
others. The anti-English trend runs
through them all, and unifes them
all
Why England The attack on
England has been so consistent
| that it has forced one anti-admin-
iStration commentator, Mr.. Arthur
krock, to write two articles proving
that there is no attack on England
/ under way in anti administration
circles. If there were really no at
tack on England under way, one
should judge that single article
would have been enough to cover
/ the subject. or that even no article
at all would have covered it quite
adequately.
Again, why England? Can it be
that the isolationist press, which
has maze such eXtravagant use of
the famous five travelling Senators
and their farmers daughter stories
about lease-lend, really wants to
disrupt our relations with an ally?
But, come, that can't be true.
That's not subtle enough. It's too
ornery. It's unbelievable. It's too
raw, coarse and brutal.
| We've Been Had.
But, once more, why England?
! The English can't seem to under
stand why they have so abruptly
/ been picked out for attack; they
appear dazed. All of a sudden, the
American press is full of the sins
OF England, just as if England had
never been around before.
AT this point several strange
/ thoughts occur to me. That the
attack on England, which seems so
Irrelevant, really is Irrelevant. That
/ the motive behind it isn't even anti
English. That it is anti-Roosevelt.
That England is merely the John
Bovingdon of the moment. That
the search for spectacular anti
administration issues has moved
over, temporarily, into this area.
That we have all been misled into
accepting as a serious debate on
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Missing D. {. Bombardier
Now Reported Nazi Captive

1t. Richard V. Loveless. reported
previously as missing in action over
Europe since September 6, is now
reported to be a German prisoner
Of war. the War Department has
notified his wife, Mrs Mary Lu
LovelesS, 65l5 Utah avenue NV.
The War Department said re-
port from the International Red
Cross disclosed the 23-year- old bonn
bardier was being held at Stalag
Luft Prison Camp III, Germany,
and that ne is uninjured. Hope had
been held out by 1t. Loveless' wife
and parents since a colleague of
the flyer cabled them he had seen
his friend jump from a disabled
plane during raid over Europe.
1t. Loveless is the son of Mr.. and
Evening star., 1943-10-14

Mrs, John P. Loveless, 2613 North
Capitol street A graduate of Nc
Kinley Technical High School, he
attended Columbia Tech and was
employed by an electrical contract
ing concern here before his induc-
tlon into the Army last November.
He was commissioned at Kirkland
Field, N. Mex. in January. A brother,
Capt. John R. Loveless. is with the
Air Transport Command, Home
stead Fla
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probing in this
field with their
lon G, delicate
fingers, looking
for a weak spot.
We hear, sud-
denly, that the
E n G Ii S h are
burning up our
oil in the war,
but h ar d i n g
their own. eve
are not remind
ed t h a t the
English b urn t
up their foreign
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while she lay in
a N orW e G i a n
harbor are en-
titled to special
tribute from the
United States.
For these ven-
tureSome sailors
did something
very substantial
by their exploit
to help Amer
lea S war against
Japan.
During the last
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Woman Leaps 7 Stories
10 Escape Fire.; Spine Hurt

Mrs. Minnie Lilly, %. of 826 Duke
street, Alexandria, was injured yes
terday when she jumped from the
window Of her second-story room
after an oil stove exploded and
caught fire.
She was treated at the Alexandria
Hospital for burns and a minor
spine injury.
Mrs. Lilly said she jumped after
making unsuccessful efforts to put
out the blaze.
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tLlC aSNoNSS
long controversy with the
French, who at the end of the
war will have a greater claim for
support from us than the
Italians, it is believed in diplo-
matte quarters here that Italy
will not soon become a full
fledged member of the United
Nations.
The very fact, however, that
she is fighting the Germans
places Italy on the list of those
countries entitled TO receive
lease lend aid from America. Up
to now the Italian people in areas
occupied by the Allies could hope
to get food and other necessities
of life through the generosity of
the American Government.
The collapse of Italy was due
mostly to starvation. The country
is not able to produce sufficient
quantities of food for her own
population and the Germans
took large share of the scanty
rations for the people in the
Reich. 1t is hoped that when the
malnutrition of the Italian people
has been taken care of the
country's soldiers might be able
to fight better than in the past.
Failed TO Oppose Nazis.
From the military point of view,
1taly's action brings only little
assistance to the forces of Gen.
Eisenhower. That the Italian
troops are uttery demoralized was
shown in Rome. where about four
divisions were left to oppose the
Nazi occupation when Badoglio
and King Victor Emmanuel went
south. Badoglio remarked then TO
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the neighborhood and promised to
support the organization.
Two new members were voted into
the association, bringing the total
active membership to $50. They are
Mrs. Lillian FelmiSter and Henry
Turner.
Members present voted their sup
port of special two-week paper
salvage campaign in the Woodbridge
area.
Miss Susan Watwood asked the
association to give its support to
the Community War Fund cam
paign.
The meeting, held at the Wood
ridge Branch of the Public Library,
was presided over by Charles F.
Green.
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Barber Boqs Silver Fox

Levi Keziah, proprietor of a bar
Der shop at 1910 King street, Alex
andria, bagged a 35-pound silver
fox Monday night without using a
gun or dog. Mr.. Keziah was driv-
ing from his shop to his farm in
Prince William County, and on the
road between Dumfries and Ma
nasSas the fox struck the fender OF
his car and was killed.
Evening star., 1943-10-14

become more
than a co-bel-
ligerent does
n O t S e e m
clear as yet.
In view of
the fact that
s o m e o I
I t a | y , S
African Ter
ritOries re
earmarked to
be taken away
from her and
b e c a u S e OF
tho dora6pS-
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no hesitation
whatsoever in
finishing this
column in the
quickest way I
k n ow h wv,
W h / C h " ould
simply be to
write Now is
the time for all
good m e n to
come to the aid
Of their country"
about 20 times.
1t seems a very
Evening star., 1943-10-14
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Approximately 100000 men
in the United States armed forces
will be given opportunity to vote
in November, 1914, for President,
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Vice Presi-
d e n t a n d
members of
Congress un-
der the latest
draft of the
Green Lucas
bill now be-
fore the Sen
ate Commit
tee on Privi-
l e 6 S a n d
Elections.
A Subconl-
nj i t t e e in
charge OF the
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The Political Mill

istration is waived, and also the
bill specifies that the men shall
not, during time of war, be COM
PEELED to pay a poll tax, even if
their States require the payment
of such a tax. The ballots are to
be sealed and returned to this
country, if the men are overseas,
by airmail.
If the men wish to vote for
State officials as we'll, they must
obtain from their own State
officials the necessary absentee
ballots provided for by State
law. Some States do not permit
absentee balloting. If the State
absentee ballot is used, the Fed
eral war ballot cannot be voted,
or if it is, it will be thrown out.
Provision is made for sending
post cards to the men telling them
they may seek absentee ballots,
and how to get them, if they de-
sire to vote for State as we'll as
Federal officials.
Two classes of voters in the
armed forces, therefore, are to be
set up. Those who use the Fed
eral ballot, so-called, and those
who use the State ballot. 1t is
noticeable, however, that the
emphasis is placed on the Fed
eral ballot. Those are the bal
lots which will be used to help
elect President and a Congress.
Vigilance to Be Needed.
Since the registration laws are
to be waived in the case of the
men in the armed forces, it is
clear that officials in the States
will have to be vigilant to see
that the men actually are resi-
dents of the States and districts
they claim, that they are of the
voting age and that they are
citizens of the United States. How
many of the ballots will be chal-
lenged on the ground they are
not cast by properly qualified
persons remains to be seen.
The Green-Lucas bill carries
a provision which is likely to
cause controversy before it be-
comes law. 1t demands that
the executive of each State, in
certifying the election of presi-
dental electors. also shall certify
that the officials of the State
have complied with the provisions
of the proposed soldier voting
law. If no such certification is
made or if the War Ballot Com
mission certifleS that there has
not been substantial compliance,
then Congress is empowered to
throw out the electoral of the
State. Under such a law, in a
close election for President, a
partisan commission, backed up
by partisan Congress, might
decide the issue.
Senator Lucas, Democrat, of
Illinois, who sponsors the bill
along with Senator Green, Demo-
crat, of Rhode Island, is to ad-
dress a meeting of the secretaries
of States in St. Louis on Monday.
They are the officials who will
have most to do with the pro-
posed law. He hopes to be able
to convince them of the sound
ness of the bill and to get their
support for the measure. 1t has
been indicated, however, that
some of the secretaries of State
will take issue with various pro-
visions. They do not like also the
emphasis placed on the Federal
war ballot.
The Democrats are anxious to
have the measure written into
law, believing that the great ma
iority of the men in the services,
most of them young, will vote the
Democratic ticket. Whether the
Republicans believe this or not,
they cannot afford to oppose any
step that will make it easy for
q Snldiar or q col ilar To xnta
Evening star., 1943-10-14
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

There may be some propaganda
value in the fact that Italy has
declared war on Germany and
thus joined the United Nations.
Whether she will eventually
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opinions OF the Driter this page on not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
stars effort to gUe all sides OF questions of to its
readers although such opinions may contradictory anono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1943-10-14
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON,

I suggest that wide search is
under way in this country to find
an anti-English issue. A number
of administration forces are
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ATTACKS Show
|A|Iied Unity
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Those heroic men of the British
Navy who with their midget sub
marines crippled the big battleship
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McLemore-
Now Is the Time
For All Good Men,
BY HENRY McLEMORE

If all the editors of the papers
who use this column. and all the
readers who read it, were daily
columnists themselves. I would have
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phrase at the moment, and heaven
knows I can write it faster than
anything else. But I just can't do
that. 1t would be very boring read
ing for any one to have to read over
and over again, Now is the time
for all good men to come to the
aid of their country. Now is the
time for all good men to come to the
aid of their country. Now is the
time for all good men to come to the
aid of their country. Now is the
time for all good men to come to
the aid of their country"
would be the last man on earth
to subject my editors and readers
to half page of nothing but Now
is the time for all good men to
come to the aid Of their country.
Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their country.
Now is the time for all good men 10
come to the aid of their country"
A Ride for Uncle.
In 80 minutes I have to catch
bus. The bus belongs to an uncle
of mine. His name is Uncle Sam.
He's a relative of yours, too, and
you know him we'll enough to know
that when Uncle Sam asks you to
take a ride you are not going to be
late getting there if you know what's
best for you.
Uncle Sam is taking a bunch OF
his nephews over to very popular
winter resort, Camp Blanding, and
when the bus driver calls AL
aboard" or "All on bus" or what
ever bus drivers leaving Daytona
Beach for Camp Blanding call, it
is my definite aim to be there.
All have to do in the next 30
I mean the next 25 minutes-is
finish this column, call my mother
long distance, kiss my wife good
by, pat my dog on the head, find out
if 1 have enough money in the bank
to cash check, pack a bag and
get across town to the bus station.
Excuse me minute, folks, there's
long-distance telephone call.
Well, I'm back again, and it was
my mother. When she asked me
what was doing I told her I was
trying to write a column, but that
all that I could think of at the
moment was the old typewriter
practice phrase, Now is the time for
all good men to come to the aid Of
their country" She said, Son, you
can't send out a column that SAYS
nothing but Now is the time for all
good men to come to the aid of their
country!" I said, Il know I can't
mamma. wouldn't think of writing
a whole column which said nothing
but Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid Of their
country"
Evening star., 1943-10-14
Only 20 Minutes Left.

Only 20 minutes left now. Thank
goodness, somebody is packing for
me. Ill have time to write a decent
column yet. All I've said so far is
that Now is the time for all good
men to come to the aid of their
country What I had better do is
to start all over and not write Now
is the time for all good men to come
to the aid of their country" a single
time. Just forget that phrase. Act as
If 1 had never heard Now is the
time for all good men to come TO the
aid OF their country"
Whatever possessed me to even
think that I could get by with q
column that had nothing in it but
Now is the time for all good men
to come to the aid of their country"a
Even my mother, who is slightlv
biased in my favor, said even she
wouldn't read a column of mine II
all it had in it was Now is the time
for all good men to come to the aid
of their country"
Holy smoke! Five minutes to get
on Uncle Sans bus.
Good-by. I'm off now, you know
Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their country.
Distributed by McNaught SYNDICATE. Inc,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1943-02-05

uncover more of the hot and lasting
fuel. The only difference between
him and modern strip miners is that
with steam shovels we can 60 deep
er after the coal-60 feet down if
necessary. Instead of bringing the
coal to the surface, this method OF
mining carries the surface down to
the coal.
Surface earth is piled up in steep
banked hills with intervening val
leys. The valley at the end usually
becomes, in the course of nature, a
lake storing run-off water.
Public Does Not Understand.
The public fails to grasp the pos
sibilities of such land. It sees a big
mud-bordered pond surrounded by
devastation. John @. does not re-
call, If he ever heard, the state
ment of the u. S. Bureau of Mines
that ''strip mining is means of
preventing waste Of natural re-
sources that can never be replaced"
John @. is no geologist, no engineer.
He does not know that most of the
strip-mined coal veins are less than
three feet thick, so there would not
be room for men to burrow through
them if they could go underground !;
and that they can't 60 underground