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Evening star., 1943-03-24
Tunisiun Bio Push

There can be no reasonable doubt
that a big double Allied offensive in
Southern Tunisia is under way.
Winston Churchill's good-luck greet
Ing to General Montgomery in his
radio address last Sunday was
significant indicator, and it had been
preceded by several days of increas-
ingly intensified Allied bombings of
Axis positions not merly along the
Mareth Line but also of Axis ports
and airfields in both Southern and
Central Tunisia This is the same
pattern as that which preceded
Montgomery's epochal offensive at
Ell Alamein, hamstringing the en-
emy's supply lines and knocking out
aerial ground installations within
fighter range of the front.
With the Allied offensive SEEM
ingly in full swing and new develop
ments continually reported by press
dispatches and official communicates,
up-to-the minute editorial comment
is impracticable. Yet, whatever the
changing details, the basic features
of the situation have become clear
enough for analysis.
General Montgomery and his veter-
an Eighth Army have probably been
ready to strike for the past fortnight.
What held them up was primarily
an unusual spell of rainy weather
that flooded the normally dry terrain
of Tunisia's S extreme south The rock
and sand of this senai-desert region,
however, absorbs water so quickly
that two or three days of sunshine
makes good going for tanks and ar
tillery. So Montgomery has now
struck in force.
Meanwhile, some 100 miles to the
northwest, the American Army under
General Patton had concentrated
from it's recovered base at Gafsa
upon the belt of broken hill country
that bars the way to the coast at
the Gulf of Gabes. This operation
has synchronized with Montgomerys
assault on the Mareth Line. The
terrain over which Patton is moving
is bit heavier than farther south,
but is much easier than the gumbo-
like clays of the north, where pro-
longed rains bog down all major
operations.
The British Eighth Army, after
simultaneously smashing its way
through the Mareth fortified belt
near the coast and f1anking it by an
encircling movement far to the east
ward, apparently has been set back.
Pattons Americans, meanwhile, are
pushing through the hill belt with
surprisingly little resistance. The
purpose evidently was to cut off the
Axis forces in Southern Tunisia from
Won Arnim's army In the north. But
this has been forestalled, at least
temporarily, by Rommel's recovery.
The next few days should tell
whether the Allied reverse is merely
temporary turn in the tide of
battle, or whether Rommel has
the strength to hold his ground
Indefinitely.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce,Dell,

A new race of killer dogs may be bred
as result Of meat rationing.
1t may be that we happen to see the
beginning of it in terrible parade down
the middle of our street at 2 am.
Canine murder was committed that
night.
1t was night fit for murder, too a
dark, unhappy sort Of night, with
shadows thicker than usual and some
mist.
The dogs out our way lead happy life.
Aside from a brief squabble every now
and then, they got along marvelously
we'll together.
Big dogs respect little dogs, and little
dogs frisk and play, sometimes trying to
lure their elders into the fun, but never
succeeding.
Just how far the deprivation of meat
rations may lead is not known, but one
may wonder if it did not cause the
tragedy of that night.
What happened will never be known,
exactly.
one of the actors unknown.
Could it have been that he was just
plain killer dog, or may it not have been
that already the lack of red meat in his
diet had begun to stir something long in
allegiance in his brain?
The killer dog, of course, is not new.
The State of Maryland has had trouble
with them for many years, especially as
sheep killers.
Once a dog goes berSerk in this way,
it kills for the sheer enjoyment of killing.
Twenty or more sheep are killed in a
night by wild dogs, which leap the
fences, kill and then leave without eating.
Once a taste for innocent blood is
achieved, it is easy for the dog to keep on.
The night in question few dogs were
out since watchdog indoors is worth,
according to the police, 10 dogs outdoors.
This night a small dog, later discov-
cred to be a Boston terrier, was left out.
Whether he snapped at the large dog
as it came by in its rounds will never be
known.
Perhaps he tried to guard his home in
traditional fashion.
Maybe he was just stirred up by the
night, or something sinister in the great
shape which loomed up suddenly before
hirn.
No one will ever know.
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People slept soundly that night.
Not a window was raised, evidently.
People sleep with windows down, now
that their houses are cold)
Evening star., 1943-03-24

mathematical futility of the Nazi
program, he answered by pointing
abroad. So, little by little, he did
what the Kaiser and the two Napo-
Icons and Julius Caesar and Alexan-
der and countless other would-be
conquerors had done-misled, de-
ceived and prepared for war multi
tude of ordinary people who were
susceptible OF being fooled by
promises.
Of course, such trickery is bound
to succeed in part. Even now Der
Fuehrer undoubtedly is popular with
considerable numbers of Germans
who, having been persuaded to en-
brace his doctrines ten years ago,
still hold to them despite their DEM
onstrated fruitlessness. The gains
he pictured have not been obtained.
Instead, the wealth-producing facil-
tiles of all Europe have been de-
stroyed in the conflict which he
sponsored. A century at least will be
required to replace the treasure
wasted.
Meanwhile, a miracle of a sort Is
occurring in the countries allied
against the Axis. Millions of men
and women and little children who
otherwise never might have had
opportunity to contribute to the
maintenance of freedom in the world
now are enlisted to that sacred pur-
pose. Some of them are in uniform,
some are not, but few indeed, is the
number that stands aside, idle and
unconcerned. Tyranny has become
a reality to the average citizen He
knows what it looks like, how it
speaks, how it operates; and he hates
1t with a compelling passion accord.
ingly. Perhaps Benito Mussolini,
Hitler's unhappy colleague, was iusti-
fed when in 1923 he declared: Man
kind is tired Of liberty" Times, how
ever, have changed since then, and
his gibe currently is contradicted by
uncounted multitudes. If any skeptic
desires enlightenment, just let him
eavesdrop where plain, garden variety
Americans discuss their present ex-
perlence and determination.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Miracle

The average citizen more or less
cheerfully will accept the necessary
coercions of wartime, but it does not
follow that he will lose interest in
the preservation of his integrity as
an individual. One of the strange
contradictions of present times is
that of the failure of tyranny to i'm
pose theological slavery on the masses
through the use of methods of in
struction which hitherto had been
regarded as infallibly effective.
For example, the theory of eco
nomic determinism once was so much
an accepted dogma that nobody
dared to challenge it. Every con-
structive activity of man, it was sup
posed, was prompted by the profit
motive. Nothing existed outside the
market. Even honor had its price.
Such persons as strove to live exclu-
sively for ideal ends-as Henry David
Thoreau did-were regarded as men,
tally sick. Hence Adolf Hitler, seek
ing control of the machinery of the
government of the Reich, deliberately
planned to correlate the cupidity of
the German people to his scheme.
BY processes which traditionally were
efficient, he involved the insurance
companies, the banks, the business
organizations, the professional soci-
eties, even the workers unions in his
own peculiar brand of state capital
ism. Gradually, he made every Ger
man a partner In his plot. When
questions were raised about the
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Popularizing Of Rationing
Resisted In Name Of People,

To the Editor Of The Star:
I have kept quiet now for sometime
but cannot do 80 any longer. Tonight's
Star carries the story that OPA will
"popularize" rationing by sales drive
tactics, employing l.. r. Maxon, former
head Of well-known Detroit advertis-
ing agency, for the purpose OF all pre-
posterous performances this come near
to heading the list! If the Government
could only realize that 1t is not dealing
with morons!
I can account for the administrators
distrust of the people in only one way,
namely, that we people by our votes
declared that there was only one man
in the 13o0Oo,oOO capable of running
this country for three consecutive terms.
However, when we have sons in the
service, we are eager to 60 without any
thing that will speed the end Of this war.
We need no prodding to tell US why.
MRS. q. B. W.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Beggars Accused
OF Avoiding Work.
To the Editor Of The 81

To the Editor Of The Star:
Recently there has been more and
more talk about working or starving.
Some countries have gone so far as to
come right out with the statements that
even beggars would have to work-or
receive no ration books.
My idea, along with Webster's, of
beggar is a person who habitually begs,
Sometimes he begs because of lack of
work, but mostly because he gets hungry
running away from it. In times like the
present a person has to run mighty hard
to get away from work. However, the
beggars we have right here in Washing
ton are veritable marathon runners.
These men with little persuasion
could be made into competent farm help.
Some Of them could be drafted for mill
tary service. Others could be put into
factories. 1t is only fair to the working
people that these men do their part to
help win the war. There is work to do
and some one should see to 1t that they
do some Of It, FRANK z. DIXON.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Foremen and Unions

A new problem is developing in
labor relations as the result of the
growing unionizing movement among
supervisory employees in industry,
which is encountering some de-
termined opposition from manage
| ment.
The matter has been brought to
the attention of Congress and the
National Labor Relations Board.
The latter has held in the past that
the Wagner Act gives supervisors the
right to organize, but the board is
preparing to study the question once
more on the basis of applications
from three unions to represent as
many different classes of foremen
and assistants employed by the
Boeing Aircraft Company
In contrast to the Railway Labor
Act, which recognizes subordinate
officials as employees, the Labor Re-
lations Act is silent on this point,
and labor board rulings granting
bargaining powers have been the
product of a divided vote, with DR..
H. A. Mills, the chairman, and DR..
William M. Leiserson in the majority,
and Gerard D. Reilly dissenting. Be-
cause the membership of the board
has been changed by the appoint
ment of John M. Houston to succeed
DR.. Leiserson, it was decided to ex-
plore the issue anew.
Representative Smith, Democrat,
Virginia, is proposing legislation to
deny supervisors the protection of
the Wagner Act. Congress has heard
also from Charles E. Wilson, president
of General Motors. who is challeng-
ing the organization of some 400
supervisors in the Foremen's Asso-
citation of America, and telegraphed
House committees that to permit
unionizing in this field would mean
"the complete breakdown of author
ity and internal plant discipline" :"
Stressing that supervisors represent
management in plant operation, Mr.
Wilson said organization for bargain
ing would create a dual allegiance,
and he also emphasized a point
raised by Mr.. Reilly-that organized
supervisors might interfere with the
rights of self-organization to which
their subordinates are entitled, and
thereby involve employers in unfair
labor practice charges.
These are forceful arguments.
Union rivalries are quick to blossom,
and it requires but little imagination
to picture conditions in any industry
with foremen fostering one union
or more-and workmen another.
Defending it's position, the Fore
mems Association says that super
visors were becoming the forgotten
men, of industry in the absence of
organization, and that their concern
is for themselves alone-not man
agement or the other wing of labor.
Whether so detached position is
tenable is highly questionable, but
at any rate, the status of supervisors
is important enough to be spelled
out in the Wagner Act, and not left
to interpretations by the Labor
Board which may vary from time to
| time.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

The noise began with q snap and a
bark, and then settled down to all the
well-known sounds of dog fight.
At first there are barks, erowls,
rumbles, sharp yips.
Just how many dogs were~ involved is
another mystery.
That there were more than two is sure,
because at least three were seen.
The fight began far away, and came
nearer. and when a block away settled
down into what turned out to be murder
The cries turn into yelps and the yelps
into screams Of anguish.
The big dog had the little one down,
and was tearing the life out of him.
1t must have been horrible spectacle,
one which ought to occasion no surprise,
because nature is wild, as is being shown
all over the world.
Soon something began moving around
the corner and up the street.
Out our way lights are few and far
between.
A dim shape appeared.
and long ears, projected forward.
1t was dragging something.
smaller shape ran in and out, as II
worrying the downed object.
No sounds were to be heard, except
the steady dragging.
The creature doing the dragging came
under light, but this light was far up
street and it was difficult to make out,
through distance and the effects of being
aroused from sleep, just what sort Of
dog it was.
1t was dragging the object backward.
That is, it was pulling the prey, with
it's head faced in the direction from
which 1t was coming.
The next day ali the dogs in the
neighborhood were laboriously to go
over the same trail, nose to the street
surface, but this night nothing else
stirred
1t was impossible to see just what it
was the creature had.
A terrible thought came:
Could the creature be a wolf?
Certainly, it looked very wolflike.
Could it be a German police dog?
They are just one jump from wolfdom.
It might have been that lack Of meat
had driven it to desperation.
II this were the case, such nocturnal
tragedies will increase.
Men and animals do not like to GO
hungry.
They will stand anything. apparently
except that.
Then they 20 mad.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Turnover in Personnel
Discussed From Experience.

To the Editor Of The Star
Much has been said about the rapid
turnover of personnel in Government
agencies The average Government
worker does not have to look far to find
plenty of reasons for 1t.
To begin with, many personnel experts
fdrawing generous salaries) do not have
the tact, knowledge of human psychol-
ogy or ordinary horse sense that are re-
uuired for a housewife to retain the
service of housemaid or laundress. No
account is taken of differences in per-
sonality, job preferences or varying de-
grees of conscientiousness. II your work
is poor or your record does not show as
good an output as that Of the girl across
the aisle from you, you hear about 1t. II
you do job we'll, you hear nothing. You
are a cog in a machine and If you don't
like it, you can get another job-if you
can get release!
Who gets raises IN Federal agencies?
Ask any clerk, and she will tell you that
any Office politician, who gets on the right
side of the right people, can do rings
around the quiet, efficient worker so far
as the getting of raises is concerned.
have a friend who works well and
uncomplainingly at routine work, sur
rounded by youngsters who consider
their jobs a sort of extended vacation at
Government expense. After year, she
is still working at her starting salary,
with no hope Of advancement.
Volumes could be written about the
subject of supervisors. Many Of them are
efficient and conscientious. There also
are others. I know of supervisor who
habitually reduces her subordinates to
tears over triflng matters. She still is
drawing a comfortable salary in one of
the oldest agencies in the city A petty
Official in another bureau who f1agrantly
insulted a woman subordinate still is
doing nicely. thank you, since nobody had
the nerve to report him.
How do these people get into these
positions, with plenty of others available
with more intelligence and knowledge OF
personnel methods? Nobody knows!
Give the average worker real incen-
tive to work her best, treat her as an in
dividual, make her feel that her job is
important and her work is appreciated,
and you will be amazed at the amount of
work she will do. A kind word, an ap-
preciative look, an understanding ap-
proach to a reasonable request, take no
more time than terse, cut-and-dried
command on the part of one in author
ity. Everybody knows this-except some
Government straw bosses, miscalled
experts"
AN Ex-GOVERNMENT WORKER.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Shadows in March

Shadows IN first spring are never
static
But boto to ,otnd-mdde music in
the sun;
Shadows In first spring are lono and
loUely,
Rejoicing that the colder days are
done.
Shadows In first spring are branched
and budded
IN 1rdgsle patterns OF siluer fhoree,
Awaiting AprtPs bits OF bright mosaic
TO fH each argent creuice color
fully.
VIOLET ALLEYN STOREY.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Policing Responsibility
Derided and Protested.

DerIded and Protested.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t has been said that peace is the
natural order and will prevail of its own
accord whenever the causes that give
rise to war are abolished.
The idea that permanent peace can
be established by the Allies policing de-
feated or disgruntled nations, compris-
ing several hundred million souls, is
visionary to say the least, when sub
jected to the light of reason.
Human nature is the same the world
over Does any sane person believe that
the United States of America perma-
nently could be policed, assuming that
we lost the war? In what sense is Rus
sia superior to her European neighbors?
And yet we are told that Russia, aided
and abetted by Britain, China and
America, will be committed to the stu
pendous task of maintaining global har-
mony when hostilities cease. Russia, we
are informed, will be the cornerstone
of the new order
We cannot bomb our way to brother
hood: nor can universal unity be ac-
complished by one-haf of the globe po-
Icing the other half. The idea far from
being democratic, savors OF the Maxi sys-
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Older Men Urged for Army,
Younger for Industries.

Younger for Industries,
To the Editor Of The Star:
Why should so many people hesitate
to discuss the postwar plans for perma-
nent peace and progress? Are not our
sons sacrificing themselves in deadly
combat for these very things? Is there
anything to lose by reasonable debate?
We have given notice to the enemy
that nothing short of unconditional sur
render will be acceptable, so he knows
that whatever may be the postwar set up,
we are determined to fight it out with
him.
Let us get together and talk freely Of
these things, but make no promise In
q specific manner.
One Of the most healthy signs OF a
resolution to make q more happy and
lasting peace is the present agitation in
Congress for q more fair distribution OF
manpower. We cannot have it fairly
distributed without making use OF the
services OF those who are best fitted for
the respective duties. Under present
conditions, skilled farmers, skilled men
OF the various trades, professional peo-
pie, urgently require that we must place
first and most emphasis upon fitness for
the job at hand.
This means that boys 18 or 10 years
Of age must be spared from the armed
forces until all others who can be spared
are first 1nducted. Married men up to
As years of age who have no children
should be first inducted. Young boys
should be permitted to remain In school
or work, whichever they may choose, and
the teen-age law should be repealed, and
those already in the service at these ages
should be released.
The big Allies Of this country could
supply manpower. All they need Is more
weapons Of war. This country could help
more in supplying much more food.
clothing and so forth, sending to fight
only men between 20 and As years of
age. We could better aid our Allies by
shipping them more of the essential
supplies Of life. To do so, we must get
more people back on the farms, and we
can only induce them to go back there
by providing them exemption from war
service until a better balance in food
supplies is obtained. ANONYMOUS.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Intent Of CONGRESS

The Senate, by the surprisingly
one-sided vote of 74-to-3, has
approved legislation nullifying the
executive order under which the
President sought to reduce and limit
salaries to a net of 5000 year.
Since the House. by margin OF more
than two to- one, already has ap-
Evening star., 1943-03-24

The Army Quartermaster Corps
has purchased 100000 pairs of dice
for our fighting men. "Our Job is
to supply little things that keep
morale high" is the explanation
All that can be said is that when
these cubes get into action, some mo-
rale will be lot higher than some
other morale.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

There seems to be some dispute
over the correct pronunciation of the
word Reich" After the RAF has
worked on it a little bit longer, why
not call it the Wreck?
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use OF
a pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reserDes
the right to edit oil letters Nth
a Uie1D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

The capture of Dmitriev-Lgovsky
Is hailed by the Russians as pro-
nounced succeSs-and no doubt this
is true, if any one can pronounce it.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
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Evening star., 1943-03-24

One of the greatest sales points in
favor of fresh vegetables is that in
the rationing setup they are point
less.
Evening star., 1943-03-24

Ethylene gas is said to vitamize
vegetables. There is no doubt that
little more ethyl gas would vitamize
many a dormant automobile.