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FATHERS DRAFT
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creased use OF air power coulc
make large armies unnecessary.
With Wheeler's bill headed fol
a committee pigeon-hole or fla
Senate rejection, sponsors of two
substitute proposals con in uec
their efforts.
Senator Bailey D-NC) talked
with War Department officials
about his bill to deny government
employment to able-bodied draft
age non-fathers unless they are
indispensable and to curtail desl
duty for Army men fit for combat
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) worked
for adoption of his plan to have
fathers under 80 drafted before
those over 80 are called.
Just before the Senate recessed
for the day, a bipartisan grou1
headed by Taft introduced a pro
posed amendment broadly revis
ing draft regulations and tearing
down the state quota system.
Under it, deferment for occupa
tional reasons of non-fathers I'm
der 30 would be prohibited, ane
drafting would proceed on a ma
t1on-wide progress scale provid
ing for the taking of all men il
the first group before touching
the second, etc.
Also, the amendment would di
rect the President to appoint {
commission to consider lowering
physical requirements of tn,
armed services with a view O
taking some of the more than 3,
100000 men now in class AT b,
reason of physical disqualified
tons.
The categories for drafting mel
in the future would be set W
thusly:
l. Men with dependents othel
than wives and children.
2. Men married prior to Pear
Harbor, but childless.
3. Fathers under 25 years o
age.
4. Fathers under 80 years o
age.
S. Fathers from 80 to 38.
6. Fathers whose induction;
would cause extreme hardship tt
wives and children.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

New York at st. Louis-Fischer
$50 VS.. Gumbert t9-5).
Boston at Chicago-Barrett Q2-
I'D VS.. Passeau 15-12).
Brooklyn at Cincinnati (nighD
Head (8-10) VS.. Walters Q5-14.
Only games scheduled.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago 8; New York 3.
st. Louis at Boston, doubleheader
cancelled, weather.
Cleveland at Washington, night
game cancelled, weather.
Detroit 6; Philadelphia 0.
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THEY MADE GAME
OF MAN OVERHEARD

NEW ORLEANS. ARMY AIR
BASE P)-Lieutenant Harold M.
Frederiksen recalls that when the
Army first began training its own
Navy for transport and rescue
work here, "there seemed to be
two or three men overheard every
day"
"It developed, he said, that
they were throwing each other
over the ships rails. About the
only nautical term they knew was
man overheard and it seemed
they enjoyed using it to give
their outings an authentic air.
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CEILING PRICES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 80. - R -
All varieties of edible tree nuts
will be placed under ceiling prices
soon, the Office of Price Admins
tration announced today, at levels
about ten cents pound under
present prices for shelled nuts.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago 5; Boston 4 az innings.
st. Louis 1; New York 0.
Only games scheduled.
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Berlin's Industries Are
Heavily Damaged By
Raj In Past Months

LONDON, Friday, Oct. l. -(P)-
Enormous damage to Berlin's po-
tent industrial structure is shown
in aerial reconnaissance pictures
made public today, revealing that
at least 100 factories lie in vary
ing stages of destruction as a
result of the last three Raj raids
on the Nazi capital.
These raids on Berlin, which is
just as important for its industrial
output as for the fact that it is
an administrative and population
center, were made on August %,
August 81 and September 3.
The big concentration of bombs
was notably effective in Siemen-
stadt, an industrial community OF
$780, people where light and
heavy electrical equipment, OF
first Importance to the German
war effort, is manufactured. The
great Siemens electrical works was
partially wipe out
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REINFORCEMENTs ASKED

STOCKHOLM, Sep. 80. Up
DISPATCHES from Copenhagen said
today Nazi storm troop and Ges-
tapo leaders in Denmark had been
forced to appeal to Berlin for re-
Inducements in their attemts to
stamp out sabotage and opposi-
ton to German occupation troops.
Missouri has 256, 700 farms, con-
tanning "a, 739, 598 acres.
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st. Louis at New York-Sundra
(15-1W or Muncrief Q3-1D VS..
Bonnham Q4-8) and Donald 1874 j.
Bonham Q4-8) and Donald (6-4.
nings.
Clevelond at Philadelphia-Pat
2-5) VS.. Christopher $50.
Only games scheduled. =
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Decks of large warships are
made of Honduras mahogany.
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the New Hanover squad from Ne
braska.
With a forward wall averaging
1870 pounds and backfield of
1865 pounds, the Cats boast a team
able to give with much power as
well as deception.
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TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE

(Season won-loss record in par
The Wilmington morning star., 1943-10-01

The first census of England and
Wales was taken in 1901.
Evening star., 1943-07-02
more complex

movements against Rabaul. In
such quarters, a note Of caution Is
noticeable concerning the possi-
bility Of an early expedition
against that Japanese stronghold.
From indications, 1t appears
unlikely the Japs will repeat the
mistakes they made at Guadal-
canal.
1t is believed the Japanese will
allow their troops to shift for
themselves with whatever defense
facilities they have on hand.
The American navM power in
the South Pacific Is such that
the Toxic high command will
hesitate a long time before 1t
dares engage its inferior forces
in that area to protect the step
ping stones leading to Rabaul.
Until the American amphibio,is
forces reach the tiny Shorthand
Islands, there is little likelihood
that more than local combats will
take place. 1t is believed by most
observers that the Japanese will
adopt q strategy similar to the
one they adopted at Attu.
Airfields on Atolls.
In the past, the archipelago
south of Bougainville has received
much attention from the Japa-
nese commanders and is reported
to be we'll fortified. The atolls in
the Bougainville straits are re-
ported to have been transformed
into small airfields or submarine
bases.
But even these islands and
atolls will not constitute a serious
problem for the American forces.
Rabaul Is believed to be about as
well fortified and protected as
Truk, the principal Japanese
naval base above the Solomons.
The harbor is in the shape of a
crater and is bristling with
powerful air defenses. A large
japanese feet was reported based
there some weeks ago. Rabaul has
many modern airfields.
It is conceded here that the
battle for Rabaul will be major
operation requiring the bulk of
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Two 0verpower Deputy
And Flee; Both Recaptured

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Ind, July 2.-Three
young Federal prisoners en- route to
the United States Reformatory at
Chillicothe, Ohio, overpowered a
deputy marshal yesterday and two
of them escaped in his automobile,
even though still handcuffed, only
to be recaptured short time later.
The two were Harvey Walker, 81,
Fort Payne. Ala. and James Chris
ley, 20, Norfolk. Va. who were SEN
fenced at Indianapolis June % to
five years each on charges Of driv-
ing q stolen automobile across .
State line.
Chrisley and Walker were accused
of stealing 13 automobiles in Ohio.
Indiana and West Virginia. They
were arrested at Scottsburg last
April and subsequently identified.
Marshal Julius Wichser said, as
AWOL from an Army camp at An.
niston, Ala.
Robert Young, II, Hartford, Conn.
also sentenced to f1ve-year term
on auto theft charges. looped his
handcuf chain around his neck,
almost strangling him, Deputy Mar.
shal James M. Campbell said.
The deputy said he slowed the
car to reach for his pistol, but
Walker and Chrisley lunged over
into the front seat, thrust him from
the car and fed in 1t. Sheriff Ora
Wilson recaptured them south Of
Richmond.
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Indian Debutuntes Make Bow
In 96-Hour Cominq-Out Party

become a part of adult society
Into barbecue pits for the four
days and nights of feasting went
the Apaches' own sleek steers, NUT
ton and goats, and into ovens and
pots went the produce Of their own
fields.
Brought to the feasting and
dancing will be many expensive gifts
for the teen-age girls-saddles,
brides, fine blankets and even
dainty lingerie, for the Indians are
prosperous, with their fine forests
supplying war-busy sawmills and
their thousands of livestock bring
ing good prices.
There's one shortage common to
all debutantes, however, and the In
dians haven't escaped it:
Prospective husbands, almost to a
man, are in uniform,
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The Great Game of Politics

reached this conclusion and then
proceeded to act on some Of the
sound advice for which he has
asked, but rejected, the whole out
look would be greatly improved.
However, II Mr.. Roosevelt con-
tinues to pretend that no mistakes
have been made, that all the men he
has put in key positions are COM
petent, that the resignation Of a man
like Mr.. Davis makes no difference
and that rebufYs from Congress are
due to Its own wrong -headedness
and not a reflection of public feeling
III this is to be his position. then
further disintegration is pretty sure
to follow.
For no matter how good the advice
Bernard Baruch gives James F.
Byrnes nor how anxious Mr.. Byrnes
is to act on 1t, nothing really can
be done unless the President is
willing to retrieve past errors and
make some drastic changes in poll
cies and personnel. On paper he has
delegated power to Mr.. Byrnes, as
director of War Mobilization, but
the delegation is unreal He stands
exactly where he stood before and
can be neither by-passed nor de-
toured.
There is still hope, but it must be
confessed the Presidential attitude
and acts since the Davis resignation
are not indicative of willingness to
recognize or to concede mistakes.
"DociIe" Successor.
Aside from the shabbiness with
which Mr.. Davis was treated, ap-
pointment as his successor of
docile New Deal ex-Representative
once chairman OF the House Agri-
culture Committee and later Fed
eral judge, has aroused no enthusi-
asm at all. Nor did his most recent
attack on the press on Tuesday
encourage belief that there is the
least disposition to admit flaw
either In his own handling of the
home front or in his subordinates
So long as that frame of mind per-
sists, there Is no chance.
AS TO his press obsession, that has
reached a ridiculous stage. Taking
advantage Of the perfection afforded
against the obvious retorts by his
White House occupancy and irri-
tated by the lack of results, his
slurs and accusations grow more
angry and more absurd. And,
through his own repetitions and
such silly limitations of his criticism
as given recently by the solemn
Elmer DAvis, they are becoming in
creasingly uninportant.
The Washington correspondents
do not take Mr.. Roosevelt seriously
on this subject.
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Parks Office Arranges 4
Activities for Sunday

Four activities are planned by
the National Capital Parks Once
Sunday.
A bird walk will start from Massa-
chusetts and Nebraska avenues at
7:30 am. with a representative Of
the District Audubon Society con-
Quoting the group about the campus
of American University.
From $50 to II am. a park nat
uralist will be on hand to show the
water lilies to visitors at the Kenil-
worth Aquatic Gardens, Kenilworth
and Polk streets NE.
A geology walk will start from the
Harvard street entrance to Che Zoo
at pm.
A historical tour of the new JEFF
ferson Memorial also is scheduled
for pm. A lecturer will give an
account of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence.
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Lewis, Pearson, Allen
Win Fraternity's Awards

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 2. - Two stan
members of the Chicago Daily Times
were among winners of Sigma Delta
CHS 1912 journalism awards, ma
tional headquarters of the profess
sional journalistic fraternity an
nounced today.
Jacob Burck of the Times was
winner in the editorial cartooning
division and Keith Wheeler in for
eign correspondence.
Other winners were Alexander
Kendrick, Philadelphia Inquirer,
editorial writing: Fulton Lewis, ir-
Mutual Broadcasting System, radio
newswriting: Jack Vincent, Inter-
national News Service, reporting
and Drew Pearson and Robert AL
len, writer's of washington Merry
Go-Round," Washington corre-
spondence.
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Ry the Associated PrASa

BY the Associated Press.
MESCALERO, N. Mex, July a.
Clad in unrationed splendor. Mes
calero's newest debutantes are
making their marathon bows-in 4
coming out party that lasts 96 hours
The girls are three Apache Indian
debs and the sacred ceremonies, be-
ginning at sunup yesterday high in
the Southern New Mexico Sacra-
mento Mountains, are centuries old.
Wearing buckskin which they
tanned to snowy whiteness and dec
GRATED with beads so fine that spe-
cial needles were required, Althea
Naiche, Eula Tortilla and Vera
Shant-all of the tribes Oldest and
richest families-are celebrating
their arrival at an age deemed to
qualify them to take husbands and
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antistrike bill veto, the resignation
Of his food administrator, the un-
holy row between his Vice President
and a member Of his cabinet must
now be added the action Of Congress
in all but unanimously passing a
bill directly aimed at his IL
week-old "hold-the line" anti-infla-
ton policy. And there were other
things, such as the trimming of the
owl and the wicked amendment
requiring appointees above the $4,-
500-a-year class in II war agencies
to be confirmed by the Senate.
A little Of what was done is in the
national interest, much Of 1t dis
tinctly is not But the whole con-
stitutes a breach between the execu-
tive and the legislative branch not
pleasant to contemplate.
"No Confidence" Vote.
For example, congressional action
in passing the antistrike bill over the
veto and the resignation Of Chester
Davis are blows such as no leader
can take without some damage. The
veto vote was essentially a vote of
no confidence. 1t showed distrust
Of both the judgment and intent Of
the President by the legislative body
in both branches Of which his own
party has decisive majorities.
AS has been pointed out, had such
a vote occurred in the House of Com
mons. Prime Minister Churchill
would have resigned and new
government been formed With us,
of coure, no such physical change is
possible, but SO striking a rebuff
does affect things in other ways.
The retirement of Mr. Davis has
shaken the Administration up pretty
badly. For he is no dollar-a-year
businessman quitting because he
can't have his own way. On the
contrary, he is an old friend Of the
President and New Dealer. Also,
he is an able and honest man. He
resigned because Mr.. Roosevelt's
failure to give him promised au-
thority made it impossible for him
TO do the job to which he had been
assigned and he could not stay and
retain self-respect. --. -...
Could Prove Beneficial.
Whatever the merits Of the Wal
lace-Milo Perkins attack on Jesse
Jones land it is certain that Mr..
Jones is neither as wicked nor as
stupid as portrayed In the statement
Of the Vice PresidenD, the exhibi-
ton of disunity and disorder within
the Administration is slngularly
unedifying to the public and, one
would think, distressing to the Pres
ident.
Now If the effect on Mr.. Roosevelt
of all these things should be to
compel 4 realization Of the truth,
the results, instead of being bad,
might be very good, indeed Ger
talnly it would be beneficial to the
national interest If they induced
some degree Of humility in the
President, if they brought recogni-
ton that vital domestic problems
have been bungled, that 4 state
bordering on demoralization exists
within his administration and that,
partly at any rate, he Is responsible
for these conditions.
II on reflection the President
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each detail Of Government policy.
That has never existed among
a free people.
The unity which we hope to
create is based on discipline, and
good will. It implies that we
acvcept errors in policy as inevi-
table, but that we look at the
overall picture, rather than the
details. 1t implies that we seek
agreement, and never rejoice at
riffs.
The conversion of Nation of
132, ,oo0,o 900 people, with all its
industries, farms, mercantile
establishments, employers as
sociatjons, trade unions. educa-
tional systems, public activities,
and private activities, to total
war footing, is a task of i'm
measurable difficulties, involving
uncountable sacrifices, disloca-
tions. shortages, and even In
justices. There Is no genius. with
suficient intelligence to foresee
how a policy taken in one direc-
ton may produce a chain Of
events in = different direction,
requiring new policies to meet
new situations.
Mobilization Accomplished.
If We look at our country
after 10 months of war, we have
no reason to regard our Gov
ernment with distrust.
None of us is satisfied with
every detail Of the picture. But
this Government has modified,
in a remarkably short time, the
mightiest power on earth, and
done so without establishing die
tatorship. In spite Of all the in
convenience, there has been no
serious drop in the standard Of
living, and in some quarters the
standard has actually risen.
In the whole world today, no.
body eats as well as Americans.
And, although all individuals
and organizations have been re-
stricted in their activities, none
has been restricted in his basic
rights.
Reason for Gratitude.
Add to this that not bomb
has destroyed an American home
and that unique among the peo-
Piles engaged in this war, We do
not live under a constant terror,
heralded by the demoniac whine
OF the prophetic siren, and every
living American has a, reason
for humility and gratitude.
When we look back. also, on
the state OF our cause two years
ago, on the might of the enemy.
his uninterrupted expansion, the
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apprehension and malaise that
filled every conscious mind, ana
consider how, In these few
months, fortunes have changed,
We have again = reason for the
deepest gratefulness to God. to
history and to destiny.
And even, may I add, to the
Government Of the United States.
Why, then, do we discourage
our weary and long-suffering
Allies and hand our desperate
enemies new ammunition for
their political warfare7
DO We not know that every
rift, every partisan fight, Is seized
by them as 4 new sign Of hope?
The last card in the hands Of our
enemies Is the profound faith Of
the dictatorship that democratic
governments will lose the war and
the peace because they cannot
forego partisan quarrels among
themselves.
Hitler Awaits Election.
. DO We not know that Hitler
places more hope In the 1914
elections than in any other one
thing?
It is not the decision that will
be taken in these elections that
interests him. It Is the election
campaign itself; the fiourishh'g
Of violent and prejudicial fac
tionalism, to which he looks for
ward. It Is the realization Of
the despots that the near enemy
maybe that man in. the White
House"-can be made the emo
tional center, DETECTING from
themselves the energy of wrath.
The rift between Congress and
the President Is a national ca
tastrophe. It contributes nothing
to the overcoming Of this catas-
trophe to assess the blame for 1t.
The President may be right, or
Congress may be right the Presi-
dent may be wrong, or Congress
may be wrong. But 1t would be
better for the country If they were
both wrong together, on innum-
cradle details of our war plan,
than If either were right sepa-
artely.
Unity Is Key.
There is not. ,or instance. one
way to avoid or mitigate inf1a-
ton. There are \ number of
ways. But one course must be
chosen. It Is better to tread 4
stony path together, than to run
of in q dozen pleasant paths
leading in different directions.
In the last weeks. the rift has
been broadening every day, and
a large part OF the press has
greeted it as though 1t were some
triumph of democracy.
No one asks for a rubber-stamp
Congress. But a Congress whose
chief object Is to defeat the
executive is q menace. 1t can,
and will, II things 30 on as they
are going, prolong the war, cost
innumerable young lives, and
make a decent peace impossible.
The business Of Congress and
administration, in the greatest
crisis of our history, is to seek
agreement, eschew partisanship.
practise generosity OF mind and
soul, and try for compromise In
every single situation that con-
fronts them. We are all Ameri-
cans, and all in the same stormy
sea together-along with every
; friend We have on this earth
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port landings than they might get
from prolonged dependence on air
power alone.
These, at any rate, are the under
lying factors in the invasion prob
lem in Europe. and it is encouraging
that the high command in the Pa
cific finally moved in with surface
units to attack Munda. Similar tac-
tics inevitably will be used to acquire
other Japanese air fields and bases
In the Pacific, at least, wishful
thinking has not superseded realism.
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accompanied by
naval units to
make q landing
in the Munda
area in the Gen.
trail Solomons.
This Is men,
tione d not to
disparage in any
tense the claims
which have been
made that air
power can win
the war, but to
nut In perSnr.
tive the value of
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This Changing World

the American feet to protect
landing forces.
So far ~ i known, the Japa-
nese have between $1,000 and TO-.
900 men garrisoned in New Brit
ain. Gen. Macarthur Is believed
to pin his hopes on his aviation.
Hence, 1t is logical that he should
wish to occupy all available ter
ritories which would bring his
aviation closer to New Britain.
Fsrces StrSagthened.
The Allied forces In the South
and Southwest Pacific have been
strengthened in the last few
weeks. While the amount Of war
materials, planes and men Is,
naturally. . military secret, 1t is
evident from the fact 4 local Of
fensive has been started by Gen.
Macarthur that he considers the
reinforcements sufficient for the
preliminary work. There is no
question that much more war
material-particularly planes Of
all types and transports-will
have to be dispatched before the
major blow at the Japanese In
Rabaul can be undertaken.
Naval men hope the Japanese
leaders in Toxic will not wish to
lose face and will order their feet
to engage us. This, Of course, is
mostly wishful thinking. The
japanese have made many MAJ jor
mistakes in the Pacific campaign
which are not clearly understood
by our military men.
For instance, last year they
could have occupied Port Darwin
without much trouble and thus
made our position in New Guinea
untenable. They did not do 50.
They also could have taken in the
islands south Of Guadalcanal and
cut of our vital communications
with Australia. They overlooked
that bet, too.
Pride Ruled Actions.
In some instances. it has been
evident to our strategists that the
Japanese high command has
acted emotionally and that its
military actions were determined
by pride rather than good, sound
strategy. Such was the case re-
garding the three of1ensives In
the Guadalcanal area.
But from available reports 1t
appears that Japanese naval
forces in the areas in which we
are operating are weak and COM
posed mostly Of light mobile units.
Most of the carriers which Japan
still possesses after the heavy
losses Of the last 10 months have
been Withdrawn. And 50 the pros
poets of a major naval engage
ment are remote.
Competent Washington observ-
ers are pleased with the reports
received so far from the new
theater of operations. But they
point out that these are mere pre-
liminary operations.
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Of more impor-
tance than the
political effect.
With the right
effect, 1t is con-
ceivable the net
result may be to
egain control
over 4 domestic
situation which
is deteriorating
very fast.
The record, to
put 1t mildly, Is
unusual. To the
overriding of his
Evening star., 1943-07-02

economic infor-
m a tion and I
planned to pre-
sent to my read
ers q clear, con-
else picture Of
Southern Ireland
as she Is today.
Now I have
abandoned q !
such plans and
Fire will have to
find an OF h e r
man to interpret
1t to the world.