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The Political Mill.

mentioned and has no control.
Mr.. Tate was made president Of
both.
The question Of financing these
companies was raised and Mr..
slattery requested secretary
Wickard to have An opinion
prepared on the legality Of the
? use, for insurance purposes, OF
any Of, the funds the REA CO.
operatives borrow. In March the
officials of the association sought
to have Mr.. Slattery send out a
letter under his own signature
indorsing the insurance mutuals.
The director Of REA declined
to do so. Instead he sent out
letter to many co-operatives
which had appealed to him for
information telling them to stop,
look and listen" before going into
the insurance program.
Threats were made by the as
ISOLATION officials to drive Mr..
Slattery out Of Office. Up to that
time Mr.. Slattery had been per-
soma grata with them. But the
whole picture changed. The
charges of inefnciency against
the director developed.
The whole business may be
thoroughly aired in a senatorial
investigation after Congress re-
turns to Washington. Senator
Shipstead, Republican, of Min
nesota interested himself in the
matter and offered a resolution
calling for an inquiry into the
administration of the REA. A
subcommittee OF the Senate Agri-
culture Committee has charge
OF the inquiry. 1t is composed Of
Senator Smith of South Carolina.
chairman of the committee, and
Senators Bilbo, Democrat, of
Mississippi Gillette, Democrat,
of Iowa: Shipstead and Aiken,
Republican, Of Vermont
Was Aide to Pinchot.
Mr.. Slattery's appointment as
director Of the REA is for a 10
year term. He has a longtime
record as a progressive public
official, dating back to the days
when former Gov. Pinchot of
Pennsylvania was head OF the
Forest Service of the United
States. Before taking his posi-
ton as REA director Mr.. slattery
served as Undersecretary of the
Interior Department, acting as
Secretary 1ckes' principal aide
in determining conservation and
power policies.
During the Taft administra-
ton Mr.. Slattery was associated
with Gov. Pinchot in bringing to
light the Ballinger timber lands
revelations. Mr.. Ballineer was
then Secretary of the Interior.
At one time Theodore Roosevelt
dubbed Mr.. Slattery "the Irish
rebel from the South" He is q
native of South Carolina. At one
time he served as special as
sistant to Secretary of the In
terror Franklin K. Lane and
later he was counsel for the
National Conservation Associa-
ton. He also served as executive
officer and counsel for the Ma
tional Boulder Dam Association.
His long record OF successful
public service make the charges
against him appear fantastic to
say the least.
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I'd Rather Be Riqht-

only two years ago Mr.. Churchill
called Mussolini this great man."
and only later called him "jackal,"
and then said that one man, and
one man only, was at fault in Italy.
That is what Victor Emmanuel
whispers today to Marshal Badoglio:
only one man." And Badoglio
whispers reassuringly back to Victor
Emmanuel: "One man" Only 1t
isn't one man.
To make him the symbol of all
the iniquity in Italy ID only the
other side of what they were doing
a few years ago when they made
him the symbol Of all that was great
in Italy. We reject both symbols.
We have never believed in either
theory.
Game Of Names.
Watch out for any movement to
build Mussohni up, even in his
downfall, for the bigger some can
make his downfall look, the less
downfall Of fascism need there be.
Once it served special purposes to
paint Mussolini as the paragon OF
virtues. Today 1t may serve special
purposes equally we'll to paint him
as the one and only monster of vii
lainy.
Great man, jackal, beggarman,
thief; it is like game with buttons.
Let US who have hated Mussolini
most, forget about him the first. He
does not matter now. Let us watch
those who may tell us that Musso-
lini, and Mussolini alone, made fas-
cism in Italy. We also remember
hearing that Mussolini, and Musso-
lini alone, made the trains run on
time. In that case, too, the men
who were pointing to Mussolini 20
emphatically were hoping we would
take our eyes from them.
Is he to serve the same distract.
ing duty a second time, as a political
corpse?
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Franco Promises Release
10 1O,O15 Political Foes

BY the Associated Press.
MADRID, July 29.-The Spanish
cabinet last night authorized the
release Of 10,0l5 political prisoners
as part Of the campaign to cut down
the nations prison population. The
prisoners will be released under
certain conditions when their names
are published in the official bulletin.
The previous cabinet meeting in
June authorized the release of 1892
prisoners, of whom 87l3 already
have been named in the official bull
letin.
(The prisoners have been In
jails, concentration camps and
work camps since the end OF the
Spanish civil war in April. 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29

from 81. LOUIS, now the REA
misunderstanding Mr.. Stat
terry as saying he probably was
on the way out as director-was
read here on Tuesday. Indeed,
although the co-operatives asso-
citation has been cunning for Mr..
Slattery since last May, the belief
prevailed here that the issue was
quieting down and that 1t was
the desire of Secretary Wickard
Of the Agriculture Department,
under which the REA comes, that
this should be the case.
Mr.. Slattery, sound and
honest public official, has been
at the head of the REA for four
of the seven years the Govern
ment agency has been really
active. Under his direction the
program Of the REA has been
expanded greatly and with
marked success. Ever since this
country entered the war the ex-
tension of electricity to approx
mately $4,000 new farm customers
year has gone on.
This was despite the fact the
materials needed for extension
lines also are needed for war
purposes. Under the rule of the
WpB electricity can be extended
only to farms which meet certain
food-producing qualifications.
Operations Started in 1886.
The REA really got into opera
ton in 1896, although the agency
was created first in 1885. It has
financed s350,OO0,O0o worth of
distribution lines. 1t has made
possible the erection of 100000
miles of distribution lines and
brought electricity to 1000, 900
new farm users. which probably
means that 5000 900 of the farm
population now have electricity
who did not have it before. This
Is due directly to the efforts. OF
the REA. And that Is not all.
Private industry has been en-
couraged to play its part also in
rural identification in a big
way. So today nearly 2,50o,0OO
American farms are electrified,
or about 40 per cent OF all the
farms. In 1885, before the pro-
gram was begun, only 100000
farms, or about 10 per cent of the
total number, had electricity.
Congress has thought 50 well Of
the work done by the REA that
its appropriations for the admin
lstration of the agency have been
cut scarcely at all, especially in
: comparison to other comparable
agencies.
The National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association turned
its guns on Director Slattery in
mid-May. It's announced reason
for demanding his dismissal was
that he was inefiicient. Ofiicials
on the inside, however, attribute
the attack on Mr.. Slattery to his
refusal to indorse a cooperative
insurance program undertaken
by the association.
Mr.. Slattery apparently has
the same idea. The association,
of which Steve C. Tate is presi-
dent and former Representative
Clyde T. Ellis of Arkansas Is ex.
ecutive manager, was organized
In 1912. Today more than so per
cent of the 800 rural electric CO.
operatives are said to be included
IN the association.
Insurance Firms Formed.
In January two companies, the
Rural Mutual Casualty Insurance
Corp. and the Rural Mutual Fire
Insurance Corp. were incorporat-
ed in Maryland by two directors
and two attorneys Of the asso-
citation, acting as individuals.
The association per sc In not
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This Changing World

nominally Minister Of War OF the
YugoslAv governmental -exile.
AS such he is an omcial person.
age recognized by the American
Government.
Sought to Edit Talk.
It happened that at the time
the broadcast was to be made the
conflict between the Serbian gen.
eral and the Communist "parti-
sans" supported by Moscow, was
at its height. The New York OUT
TT Of the owl decided that the
few sentences referring to MI
ha.lovich should be deleted. The
Yugoslav diplomat stood his
ground and threatened to appeal
to everybody, including the White
House. He finally was allowed to
make his speech in its original
form.
Formal apologies from WASH
ington headquarters of the OWL
followed and the usual explain
alton was given that the whole
thing was q mistake on the part
Of ill-guided underlings in New
York. Attacks on the Serbian
guerrilla leader followed, how
ever, until recently, when it
appeared that the "partisans"
were working in better harmony
with the "Chetniks," a national
istic organization composed over
whelmingly Of Serbs and Mon
teneerans. But until this hap
pened the owl foreign branch
described the Serbian general as
4 Fascist.
Italian Calm Wanted.
In the case of Italy, the Ad-
ministration, while insisting on
4 complete surrender Of the
Italians, does not wish civil strife
promoted in that former Fascist
country. Nobody here wants a
political upheaval, and If King
Victor Emmanuel and Marshal
Badoglio can handle the stu
alton and get Italy out Of the
war our policy will be to
strengthen their hands and keep
order ms that country.
The tone OF the owl broad
casts since Sunday has given no
such indication. The New York
short-wave broadcasts in no way
tally with the policies of the
American Government. The owl
camouflages It's political COM
ments as coming from an Amer
lean political commentator, John
Durfee who, 1t is explained at the
Washington headquarters. is only
. pen name. There seems to be
no reason whatever why a reg
ular commentator discussing
foreign affairs from the American
angle should have q nom de
plume"
There is q feeling in many re-
sponsible military and political
quarters in Washington that the
foreign branch Of the owl Is "a
State within the State" which
follows its own policies.
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a balcony since
w. Shakespeare
t h o u 8 h t up
Romeo, has re-
linquished h is
power over the
Fascist party.
It was VIM
ston Churchill
who first tagged
M u s s olini q
jackal. It was
England's dead
g me little
Prime Minister
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29

Henry McLemore. who, when his
coattails were being singed by
bombs, pegged or Lantern Jaw as
lightweight trying to make q 80
of it in heavyweight company. 1t
was Churchill who saw through the
uniform Mussolini had designed for
himself, saw through the medals
Mussolini had given himself, and
said tas nearly as he could in diplo-
matte language that here was
full-time phoney, time-and-a-
half-overtime jerk, who not only
had feet of clay but head that
was in complete harmony.
Thought of Churchill.
All I could think of when 7 read
and heard that Mussolini had quit
under fire was Mr.. Churchill. I
thought of him sitting in No. 10
Downing street, If that is where he
heard the news, and taking pull on
his cigar and saying, What did I
tell you, boys? Was I right or was
I right?" The man is too human
not to have said something like
that, or felt something like that,
deep inside of him. For just mo-
ment or two before he weighed the
collapse of Mussolini and what it
meant against a background Of total
war, he must have heaved q sigh
of happiness, of personal gratifica-
ton, and said to himself, Winnie,
you had that bum pegged dead
right"
If I had one wish right now I
would come close to making it this:
That within the next day or two
Churchill and Mussolini could stand
face to face, and that I could be
there to see them face to face. I
would like to see Mr.. Churchill
measure his man (if a thing like
Mussolini can be called man with
out outraging every one of us from
Adam down and ask this question:
What was it you said, Benito, from
that balcony in Rome on June 20,
1910? Did you say something about
infiaming all the land between the
Alps and the Indian Ocean? Did
you say that there was but one Or
der of the day for your cut-throats.
and that order was conquer? Did
you? Is that what you said? Say
it again, this time without any bal
cony. This time without a fallen
France and battered England at
your feet" 80
Urges Lead for Hitler.
I'd like Mr.. Roosevelt to have q
look at Mussolini after Churchill
had finished with him. I would like
our President to remind the mouse
hearted Benito that he. too, saw
through him years ago, and to ask
him how 1t feels to throw the knife
in the back of q friend-and then
find out that the knife was a
boomerang?
Id like to have seen King W.T.
VIVIAN &SAAoAiNNiC WllEil Ilc kOL
solini's walking papers. He must
have been the happiest little mon
arch in all the world.
He must have spent a busy hour
or two throwing out those rubber,
stamps he has been handling for
Mussolini for so many years. He
must have ransacked closets getting
rid of all the left-handed medals
that Benito had patronizinsly
handed out to him during the past
two decades.
The beginning of the end is In
sight. After Mussolini, Hitler. And
he'll quit just as quickly as his jack
al pal. I only hope-and there are
millions who feel the same way I do
that the decent nations of the
world won't let him quit too quickly,
He and his legions should be paid
OF in full-and there is only one
way to pay them. That is with
lead in their hearts.
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tic side, but
with the'sudden
elimination OF
Mussolini, the
opportunity to
discuss interna-
tion al affairs
and weave fn a
strong plea for
support on : eco
homie issu e 8
within America
seemed almost
made to order.
The President
sets his hippest
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Rural Elec.
trifca t ! o n
Adnlinistr a.
ton, Is re-
garded b y
officials / n
Washingt o n
as another
attempt Of a
1 Q o o u ! 2
group to rule
or ruin.
n. wac with
surprise that
an Associated
Press report
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Tues d ~ to
minor ON
ciak Of the
owl foreign
pro- asandA
branch may
calm down
the hotheads
In that or
Ga MIA ton
and induce
them to get
into step with
those respon-
sible for the
for mutation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29

IN some bar
rooms Of Man
! haitian, this may
appear to be the
great moment,
t h e big thing.
the mighty CHI
max W ar d
which our war
was heading.
But in Victor
Emmanuel's pal
ace in Rome, So
p h is ticat tie d
minds are well
aware that. real
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BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

The smaller the mind, the greater
the sensation which will be pro-
duced upon 1t by the downfall of
Mussolini.
In the peasant huts of italy and
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BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The efforts of the National
Rural Electric Cooperative As
ISOLATION to bring about the GUST
ing of Harry Slattery, head of the
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McLennore-
Sees Mr.. Juekul'
Become Mr.. Hide
BY HENRYs McLEMORE.

NEW YCRK.-Mr. "Jackal' has
become Mr.. Hide" which is another
way of saying that Benito Mussolini,
for 81 years the hottest thing to hit
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Sincerity
OF Allies
Tested
By DAVID LAWRENCE,

President Roosevelt had been
planning for some time to make a
radio talk to the Nation to bolster
up his political stock on the domes-
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HE opinions OF the wrters this page their o not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented N The
Stars e6ort to gtue oil sides OF questions OF interest to It's
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29
Lions Schedule Set

The Uptown Washington Lions
Club will meet at 1915 pm. every
Friday at the Broadmoor Hotel, 3so1
Connecticut avenue NV, 1t was
announced today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29

High military ana political
authorities in Washington are
hopeful that the public disavowal
given by President Roosevelt
Bradley beam., 1943-11-13
NMAX and BUDDY BAER SCORE BIG HITH

The former World Heavyweight Champion, Max Baer and his bro ther, Buddy, invaded Bradley Field last Monday and won the friend ship of everyone they met.
 From arrival until departure, the two heavyweights were kept busy signing autographs. Their first stop was at the Base Hospi- tai, where the breeziness of Max lifted morale to a peak. Each ward was visited, not as sightseeing trip but as a personal visit with each patient. Their good nature, broad grins and willingness to fur nish autographs produced phenom- enal effects. .. .... .@=.# :.
 Ut. Col. F. R. Fleming remarked, "The patients received the Baer brothers in an exuberant manner and it is considered one of the best morale factors experienced in the Station Hospital.
 The WAC mess hall, which was serving a delicious repast of Moun- tain Rations, was the next stop for the two sergeants. -
 Max and Buddy pitched in with the WAC KP's and, after a short series of antics, the WAC's were completely won over by the two personalities. There were more au- tographs and the Baers were off to the Gym for the Physical Fit ness talk.
 It. Henry Bresky introduced the unparalleled Max to the crowd which lined the side of the Gym. For few minutes Max Baer be- came a plain G.I. sergeant. He stressed the importance of physical fitness, citing the case of Sgt. Bar ney Ross, U.S.M.C., the former World Lightweight and Welter- weight Champion. Sgt. Ross, as we all know, was victim of Jap bullets and malaria on Guadalca- nal. Were it not for his Al physi- cal condition, in all probability, he would not have survived. Max Baer then mentioned the experience of It. Thomas Harmon. A few years ago, Tom Harmon was the Pigskin Totin' Pappa of the strong Uni versity of Michigan eleven. Ut. Harmon is listed among the miss ing in action today. Last April It. Harmon was missing in the jungles of South America. Physical fitness brought Tom Harmon through the dense unexplored jungles; we are counting on repetition of hls bravery that his name may once more be taken off the "missing in action" list.
 Max, the soldier, concluded his brief address with an excellent re- hinder, "get fit before going on ship" After more autographs, the two boxers escaped the throng to start on another morale building tour.
 The men and women of this sta tion salute you, Max and Buddy Baer! The welcome mat is always out for you at Bradley Field
Bradley beam., 1943-11-13

Although the Finance Flashes were quite brilliant Monday night at the gymnasium, the sheen of the quintet will be dimmed by the loss of Max Ward to the Finance School.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-13
FINANCE FLASHES

Good luck to you and to George Boerke, who will accompany you. Several boys, upon returning from the show Tuesday night, seemed i to have been innoculated with Y"Jive juice" and as a result went into terpsichorean gyrations with energetic gesticulations at the of flee, to the accompaniment of some hot jazz via adio.
 The migratory adventures in the last fortnight we hope are no har- binger of what the future holds.
 We don't know whether this sit- uation goes for every night, but the last few Saturday eyes one of our members received rations at the Union Station at Hartford coffee (not G.I.), and cookies and cake dispensed by pleasant young lady who asks you to have another cup. Can you imagine! This caravanserai is known of- icially as the Rolling Kitchen Re freshment Bar. We boys really ap- preciate your offerings-so, thanks a million.
 Some of the Financiers are at tempting to show the rest of the world that they are men. To in- dulge in this hallucination they have gone to the length of culti- vating moustaches-Victory Gar den, eh boys?
 The change in editor of this col umn has caused curtailment in output, which unhappy event will be alleviated by the next Beam.
Bradley beam., 1943-11-13
NOTICE

In current issues of TANK, The Army Weekly, considerable space has been devoted to the special feature, "What's Your Problem ?" The column reprints letters from servicemen in all parts of the world and answers their questions on personal problems involving taxes, dependency allotments, OCS, various military regulations and other matters of vital concern to men in the armed forces.
 The TANK staff has attached ln- creased importance to this feature because of large volume of mail on the subject received at publica- tion headquarters.
 Servicemen with unusual prob lems are urged to contact TANK, 2O5 E. 42d Street, New York 17, N. Y., since members of the staff have been assigned to do a thor ough job of research on questions submitted and authoritative an- swers are invariably given.
 "What's Your Problem?" is of interest to others who may have similar difficulties or questions. Complete answers, containing val uable information for all mem bers of the armed forces, are printed beneath each letter.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-02-12
Mrs. Bernd Hostess
To w. S. c. S. OF
Methodist Church

Tne Momaus Society ii the
aseagoDia Methodist church met
Monday afternoon at the home u9
ME A " Befnd for an after
ats1n oi study and discussion Tine
f4def tot the program wa Mrs
x i MahaileE and the topic was
aiIRt0us aua cultural conditions
- the different countries ~ Lat
~ America The topic was re-
vealing ia is many aspects ~
ignorance. paVerty riches and ~
difference eli the upper Glasses
and the great hold superstition
mi has on many
the devotional was under the
direction of Mfs } II Wen. cir
Gle leader. and she chose t. read
verses from Third John
There was some discussion 81
circle affairs and o simple salad
course was served. with Mrs 3.
y Bryant assistant hostess The
ooms were decorated with mar
eis and giadiolt
The next meeting OF Circle
Number ]. MaFy Reed viii be at
the nome al Mrs S F Warden
with Mrs Bryant study leader
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-02-12
Odd Fellows
Are Sponsoring
A Boy Scout Troop

3 caRoula Lasiee SO IS Inde
penaeni Order IF Odd Fellow
rs taken the sponsorship # a
Heap ul baN Scouts ul America
II Inc FedetaI Housing Project
~ wil do ~ IL its power g.
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meeting called IL ergausau me
tfgop Nill be held IN the uefre
llanal hall - tue housing pm
pet ou Tenth street. a. 80 =
m ou Monday February Il
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aEes 81 l2 ana IS a. eo WltH the
hays to this meeting and mot
merely send Tie bows 1Ia aa
maHiuon i intended iog falHees
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tIaneo FOE tie Isfss to commence
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oeaesied m tie 0elEaie ~ auf
aass Wilf be present 10 saaaes
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The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1943-02-12
New Coses OF 7. B.
Found in Field
Clinic Examinations

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