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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29
Urednikoua
DO$StQ
IL urada Sansove podruzni-
ce st. 4S

Cleveland, Ohio. - Kot ste
ze citali objavo il glavnega sta
ma SANSa ter priporocilo "a
rabavo bondov V tretji kampa-
nji "a vojna posojila vladi. O
tenn je tudi nasa seja zadnjit
razmotriva!a in priporoca, glo-
boko priporoca nasim ljudem,
da Sc ten par dni, ko innate cas-,
da 2akupite kolikor pac emo
rete teh vojnih posojil.
Dale priporoeano tudi, da
vsi tisti, kateri ste nabavili te
tor dc tel kampanji (vemo da
vas je vcliko stevilo), da sporo-
Cite V kaki vsoti ste jih naku-
pill. Kot znano zdruzeni odbor
"a osvobodjtev nase domovine
je dal razglas, da bono Jugo-
slovani nakupili teh bondov "a
S25, 100000.
Zato to statistiko zbira "a
mas, Slovence, rasa organizaci-
ia SANS. In v vsakem lokalu,
kjer je podruznica te organiza-
CHE zbira te podatke, in oh
koncu kampanje, Sc DO te Ste
vilke poslalo ma glavni stan
SANSa.
Zato ste proseni, da "a okolis
Collinwooda in Euclida, sporo.
cite ma to podruznico. Prijavite
lahko ma tajnico te podruznice
Mrs. Frances Erzen, 1876 E. 154
St. Poklicite lahko telefonicnt
OBJ vecerih: Mulberry 1880 all
pa ma kor. tai. j. F. Durn
156O5 Waterloo Rd. KEN. $500
Torej sporocite in pomnite
da je vazno "a mas Slovence, de
zberemo slicno statistiko pro
danih bondov med nani, da ta
ko dokazemo, da ameriski Slo
venci tudi doprinasamo k mas
skupni zmagi v tel vojni. Ko1
ameriskih drzavljanov je dolz
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29
Poljubljanje rok je
starOdaVna navada

&c Sc vprasamo, kdaj Sc je
zacelo poljubljanje roke kot IL
raz posebnega spostovanja, mo-
ramo poseci dalec nazaj k azij-
skem narodom. Svoj izvor ina
poljubljanje roke v cisto ver-
skin obredih. Start >1ndi so ma
primer castili who'd sonca, me-
SEGA ali zvezd ma ia nacin, da
so pred svojimi hisami pogri-
Mali posebne z resami obroblje-
ne preproge, ma katerih so kle-
cali, dvigali pobozno roke k
ustom in 81 jih poljubljali.
Tudi pri Grkih naletimo ma
poljubljanje rok. Kadarkoli je
smatral Grk "a potrebno, po-
bctati Sc z razjarjenim bogom
ali pa 81 izprositi Cd MEGA po-
setno uslugo, je oznacil svojo
molitev S poljuhljanjem lastne
roke. Cd Grkov so prevzeli to
navajo tudi start Rimljani. V
prvih cash rimske republike so
san1o sunni poljubljali roke.
Rimljani sami so 81 izkazovali
spostovanje in prijateljstvo lie z
objemom. Toda prisli SO casi,
kc so smatrali Rimu vsako-
gar, kdor je sci Rimu mimo
kipa tega ali omega boga, ne da
bi mu poljubil roko, "a, javnega
gresnika. Pozneje so bile dolo'
Gene cello stroge kazni "a to DO.
gokletno preziranje kipov rim
skin bogov.
Med vladarji srednjem We
Ku je bilo poljubljanie roke *
vazen izraz spostovanja. Pre-
den je podloznik smell vladarjl
poljubiti roko, je moral poklek
niti predenj ali pa poljubiti MI
rob plasca. S krseanstvom j
presla ia navada tudi ma skoft
Y dokaz njihove svetosti in do
Estojanstva. Zanimivo je, da j
naletel ma obred poljubljanjs
rok ze Ferdinand Kortez, XII j,
prispel leta 1910 ma svojih voz
njah ma ameriska tia. Ondotn
Epoglavarji domacinov SO ga po
zdravili tako, da SO Sc prsti do
tikali zemlje, potem SO jih p;
dolgo poljubljali.
Ma TEN obieaju je poznej
delal cas-, ceprav vidimo, da j
bill prvotni pomen poljubljanj;
lanogo veeji, kakor je zda.
Ljudje. so pocasi prikrojili t;
obieaj po svoje. Zdaj je poljuh
lJanje rok brezpomembna nava
i da, XII 10 pametni ljudje cedalj
.lbolj odklanjajo.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29
Drustveni koledar
OCTOBER

8. oktobra, nedelja. - zenski
odsek Slovenskega delavske-
ga donna, pies v Avditoriju
Slovenskega delavskega donna
ma Waterloo Rd.
10. oktobra, nedelja. - zenski
odsek SID, pies V SID ma
Waterloo Rd.
II. oktobra, nedelja. - zenski
odsek SID Piles v SID ma
Waterloo Rd.
"a. .oktobra, nedeija. - Prize
ditev programom, priredi
podruznica st. 35, JPO-SS v
Slovenskem delavskem domu
ma Waterloo Rd. - Pricetek
oh 3. uri pop.
so. okt0bra, sobota. - Parker
Appliance pies v Sloven-
skem delavskem domu ma Wa
terloo Rd.
NOVEMBER
Ia. novembra, nedelja. V boi
st. So SNPJ - pies v Sloven-
skem delavskem domu ma
Waterloo Rd.
21. novembra, nedelja. - Mia
dinski zbor S. D. D. - kon-
cert in pies Slovenskem de-
lavskem domu ma Waterloo
Road.
%. novembra, nedelja. - Klub
Oreski - koncert in pies v
Slovenskem delavskem domu,
ma Waterloo Rd.
DECEMBER
5. decernbra, nedelja. - Zdru-
,zeni bratje, st. 26 SNIP -
pies v Slovenskem delavskem
domu ma Waterloo Rd.
rs. decembra, sobOta. - Socia-
/ listicni klub st. 40 - ples
| v Slovenskem delavskem do
mu na Waterloo Rd.
81. decembra, petek. - Jadran
i Silvestrov pies v Slpvenskem
1 delavskem domu ma Water
! loo Rd.
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29

most, da pomagamo in kupuje-
mo po svojih moceh te bonde.
Tudi zastopnikom te podruz'
nice priporocamo, da posamez-
no zbirate okrog svojih prija-
teliev in sorodnikov, koliko so
nakupili teh bondov, in sporoci-
te gori imenovanima.
Ia podruznico 48 SANS.
Odbor
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29
Amerika ina najvecjo mornarico, XII jo je
kdaj posedal kak narod zgodOvini sveta

Ia teden je mornarica ponosno oznanla, ola lmaJo
Zedinjene drzave zdaj vono brodovje k e vseJ sVe-
town. zgodovini najbo mogocno - l4O72 adij - in
"na isilnejs $50 monariSko silo sVetu preko
$4,000 mornariSkh leta.
To porocilo e velkim povdarkom poud admiral
Nimtz Pearl Harborju, ko je naznanil da so mocne
amerske mornariske se udalle dvojico urjenih oo
kov Tezoch ma obrambnem pasu Japoncev Them
anu, in scer japonsko zracno bazo Otoku TaraWa
severnem deu otocja Gilbert in otok Nauru k lezi "a
hodno cd otoCja Gilbert Mnistrstvo mornarice pa je
objasnilo neverjetno narascanje monarce Zedinenih
drzav porocilu gede produkcije skadu programom
zdanja, razteza jocim ma zadnja tri leta.
"Prav sredi vojne, pravi to porocilo so Zedinje-
ne drzave zgradile svoo mornalico najveGjo pomor
sko in zracno silo sVetu ter dodaje:
'Nien Obseg e vdeti mani isl e akO ga primer amO z
naogami, katere ina pred seboj' Ma morju prav mini
srstvo molnalice nahaja brodovje Cd 14O72 ladij
med mimi 613 vonih ladi. Pred tremi lett ne ko
maj 1O76 lad med kaerim je bilo lie 383 vojnih ladij
Zracna sila monarice ina danes $4,000 letal - str
mogavcev letal torpedovk lovcev stazarjev in eta
1azlicnesh vrst Pred tlemi lett smo ime koma 1744
molnariskih letal vseh vrst
Ministrstvo molnarce izjaVlja, da je sposobnost
Amerike da sezda to OgrOmno mornarisko sO, ''n ola
tudi nadaljuje to zdane sedanjm zamahom, eden Cd
"temeinh kannov> nase Vonske stategije
ma TEN teme.je nas amfibicni napad Pacifiku
ma Atlantskem in Sredozemlju. Tako tud Sci
tlmO SEOJ2 QOge ZQdIje QONOLue ZeZe, nj Sc
p1eko tsocev mill oceana.
'kar pa je najbolj vazno, je to- da moreno posvet
ii te sile srateg napadana kljub nevarnostm,
so MO zvezane NaSa sposobnost, da zdan1o ozilo
ma, ako potrebno, da nanovo sezidamo taken obse
gu e cd osnovnih prednosti, katere ina amerisks
mornarica mad vonim blodovji vseh osalih narodoV,
zatrjue porocil0
V teh treh etih "fenomanega" narascanja je na5e
vojno bodov]e glasom porocia mornariskega ministr
stva dozvelo tud prece resnh izgub. Il tega porocs
sedi da znaSae nas2 izgube moru SO vojnih adi
oklopno adjo sr matice letala, klizark, 81
rusicev in II podmolnic
Mornalica naglasa, da je najbolj pazla to, da S
cim htreje zgrad naVeGjo molnarco svetu, obenen
pa, da DO cim vec teh bojnih brodov posedao velik
udalno so, torej adij "a boj, XII bodo moge udart M
sovrazna brodova. Tonaza bojnh adij zgrajenih pr
viii Sesth mesech lea 943 prekasa 2Orat tomato zgra
jeno teku prvih sestih mesecev veikega obrambneg
prOgranla.
Gasom porocila mornarice je bia ista skrb posvece
tud gradb eta. "Produkcija mornariskh leta e on
del nasega programa gradnjo zracnh Sill XII napredu
je najhtrejse ritmu, pravi poroco. 'Nobena drug
panoga nasega programa etastvo nj sa naprej tc
liko brzno."
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Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29

Star samec pritece ma polici-
jo: "Gospodje, gospodje, nekdo
mi lie ukradel denarnico.'
Komisar: "Kaksna pa je BIZ
la?"
Samec: "No, vitka in svetlo-
"Cujes mozek," zaklice neje-
voljno gospa Klobustrinova svo-
il mocnejsi polovici, "steklenica
s slivovko je prazna. Kaj Sc nj
sva zmenila, da to steklenico
prihraniva "a primer, &c bi bill
kdo bolan?"
"Bil sem bolan, draga zenka,"
odvrne gospod Klobustrin, "pa
te nisem hotel po nepotrebnem
vznemirjati ."
Cost zapusti hotel in stisne
vratarju rogu "a napitnino en-
dollar: "Pa pijte ma mole zdra-
vje!"
Vratar Sc smehlja: "Hvala,
gospod! Toda kolikor Sc spomi-
njam, ste mi lani dali deset do
larjev."
"Res je," odvrne gost, "toda
letos je mole zdravje znatno
trdnejse -"
A: cali 81 prebral knjigo 'Ka-
ko postanem odlocen' ?"
B: "Seveda."
A: "Upam, da uspehom."
B: "ze, ze, toda moja zena jo
je re pref tudi prebrala.'
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29

MIL. Ell tenn pa Sc uoUIO LdVe-
dajo, da ne bodo mogli postati
izolacijonisti. Kultura
obsega en- del cloveskega zivlje-
MIA, oh katerem pa Sc ne sme
pozabiti ma gospodarstvo. To pa
sledi drugacnim zakonom, med
katerimi postaia sodelovanje
cim dalie 'bolj vazno. Kultura Sc
razvija v narodnih mejah, 60
spodarstvo pa zahteva CHM dale
sirse podlage. Kakor je velein-
dustrija izpodrinila malo roko-
delstvo, kakor so mali trgovci
postal lie agentje velikih trgov-
skin druzb, kakor so zacele O.
gromne industrijalizirane far
me tekmovati z malimi kmeti in
jih izpodrivati, tako je vsako
gospodarstvo v tesnih mejah
obsojeno ma zalostno vegetira-
ME in ma bankrot. Ma tenn polju
bo torej vsaka izolacija nemo-
COCA in tudi Slovenci morajo
biti pripravljeni zs, naJobsez-
nejso kooperacijo.
Pri tenn pa vendar hocejo-
kakor vsi drugi narodi-ohra-
niti svoj posebni znacaj, svoj je-
xix, svoje sege, svoje pesmi,
svoj nacin izrazanja it'd In da
morejo doseci to, potrebujejo
vse dele svojega naroda, med
katerimi so Primorci najvaznej-
81.
Toda kdo more biti tako ul-
ira optimisticen, da bi pricako-
val izpolnitev slovenskih opra-
vicenih zahtev brez della IN bo-
ia?
Dokler je vladal v Evropi mir
MISC imeli Slovenci skoraj nobe'
mega upanja. Edna moznost, ds
bi dosegli, kar jim gre, hi bila
V mirnem, toda temeljitem pre-
obratu, XII bi preuredil svet ir
ga postavil ma podlago pravic
; nosti in neskaljene demokracije
Toda tako upanje je bilo v pre-
teklosti iluzorno, kar pricajo do
godki, XII so dovedli do sedanj'
: vojne. V tel svetovni krizi isce
jo drugi svoje pravice in to j
tudi naloga Slovencev.
o bodocem svetu ne DO nihc
: sam odlocal, ne kak posamez
mix, ne kaksna posamezna via
= da ali drzava. To 81 je treba en-
;, krat "a vselej vtepsti V glavc
: Vse v vojno zapletene drzave
: XII stole proti osiscu, SO Sc zed
a nile kot Zdruzeni narodi in t
j deistvo sc "a nobeno ceno n
= sme pustiti izpred oci. Tudi Sic
: venci morajo racunati ten
: Enako gresi proti nasim zivljer
= skim interesom tisti, XII trob
: da ne vidi v Rusiji mic drugeg
h kot komunizem, kakor tisti, !
l. ronavlja stare frazo O "kramal
l. ski Angliji.
e Vsaka drzava je xiv organ
l. zem in zakoni razvoja veljal
O zanje kakor "a posameznik;
~ *kakor "a zivalska plemena, k;
n kor "a rastlinske skupine. D;
nasnji clovek nj vec brlogal
Z sedanja Russia ne zivi vec V i
a tn 1919 in sedanja Anglia
;e vcc Chamberlainova.
81 Ameriski Slovenci Sc mora.
Ii v prvi vrsti,, kar Sc tice slower
al skin opravieenih zahtev trudi'
ia prepricajo Ameriko o tel
e pravicenosti. Tudi &c ne najde,
e takoj popolnega razumevanj
lr ne smejo izgubiti zaupanja
s. morajo nadaljevati svoje delo
se namenom, da Sc vodilni krogi
ID novi domovini uverijo O pravi
10 nosti in vaznosti slovensk
a. aspiracij. Ker pa je Ameril
tlanica Zdruzenih narodov,
IN treba iskati dostopa do vse
n da bodo vsi vedeli, "a kaj dopl
je nasajo Slovenci v start domo'
ct nj skoraj nadcloveske zrtve
se podpirajo vojna prizadevan
I'll Zdruzenih narodov v TAXI me
ii da je Nemcija podvzela pre-
- n -
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29

Primorsko vpraSanje in SANS

Najdejo Sc rojaki, katerim Sc
primorsko vprasanje ne zdi ia
ko vazno, da bi sc zanje .vlozil
YES trud, Xxi mu ga posveca
SANS. Vcasih Sc slisijo cudne
n. pr. da Sc Primor-
Gem samim mic ne mudi v Jugo-
slavijo, ampak da bi najrajsi O.
stall tam, kjer so, to Sc pravi,
pod Italijo.
Menda je malo takih cudakov,
toda tudi &c sta lie diva, sta pre-
vec in treba ju je prepricati, da
sta ma zelo napacni poti.
Pisec ie v start domovini incl
priliko, govoriti z mnogimi Pri-
morci, najvec delavci, kamno-
seki, zeleznicarji, predilnicarji,
kmeti, takozvanimi intelligent,
nasel pa nj ne enega, XII ne bi
bill z vsem srcem zelel v skupen
dom z ostalimi Slovenci.
V Zedinjenih drzavah je DIR.
COX kot zastopnik organizacije
Jugoslovanov v Italiji, a poslali
so ga sem "a osvoboditev izpod
Italije. Pa vprasajte tukajsnje
Primorce in verjetno nj, da bo-
ste nasli lie enega, XII bi Sc ogre
val "a Italijo.
Temu pa Sc nj prav mic cudi-
ii po vseh izkusnjah, XII so jih
Slovenci imeli ne lie pod itali-
:ianskim fasizmom, ampak Sc
pref pod takozvano liberalno
vlado. Teh izkusenj nj treba tu'
kaj ponavljati, ker so predobrc
znane.
Najbrze bodo sedanji gospo
darji Italije skusali prepricat
zaveznike, da DO nova 1talijs
bolj pravicno ravnala S Sloven
ci.
Toda takim obljubam nobel
Slovenec ma Krasu, noben Hr
vat Ist1i vec ne more zaupa
ii, kajti enakih obljub so incl
v preteklosti vec kot dovolj o
stalo pa nj Cd njih mic drugeg;
kot zalosten spomin. In gro
Sforza, XII skusa sedaj glumit
demokrata, je pri gazenju tel
obljub zelo prizadet.
Toda tudi "a yes slovenski ma
rod je primorski problem mad
vse vazen. Edino vprasanje dc
mokracije je enako vazno.
V povojnem svetu bo marco
most pomenila kulturno zivlje
ME. Kdor koli bi jo skusal zlc
rabbit "a sovinisticne namenf
DO naletel ma odpor vseh demo
kraticnih elementov. Ia kultul
no produkcijo in uzivanje p
mora vsak narOd imeti dOvo
noci in Slovenci SO tako mal(
stevilni, da Sc morejo ma ku
turnem polju uveljaviti le tt
daj, &c SO zedinjeni. Sc tedaj b(
do morali doprinasati vecje zr
We kot veliki narodi, toda Mi
kulturni napredek teku zat
njih dvajsetih let prica, da lal
ko dosezeio resnicne uspehe,
: bodo resent dosedanjih ovir. S;
mo naciji morejo blebetati
nen1ski superijornosti i'll ON
=. CeVatl druge narOde "a MIKE
J kulturno nesposobne.
I kar so Slovenci najteza'
neiSih razmerah ustvarili I
i kulturnem polju, postavlja W
take trditve ma laz in mno
naSi kulturni delaVci bi uziVs
veliko slavo, &c bi svet pom
4 njihova della.
: Ta trditev he izvira liz mob
: no narodne prevzetosti. Zav
q den Slovenec Sc ne be nikd
bahal, da je njegov narod boil
cd drugih, ne trpi pa, da bi r
:. ponizaval. Sal Sc dogajajo PR
IL nasimi ocmi reci, XII dokazuje
l. piskavost bahaskega nacijon
a LIMA.
j. Crnci v Zedinjenih drzav'
so dali tel dezeli velike zna
stvenike in umetnike. v Aziji
rekolik republik, kjer pred p
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1943-09-29

Ameriski delavci nakladajo ma cone municJo, ka-
tero bodo zavezniski voaki sestre aponske parnlke
Zabo vsebujeo muncijo "a puske "a protl-zracne ma
pade Vedno vec prsk cd strani zaveznikov porva ia
ponce proti niih dezeli.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

The divisions pocket guides for SOL
'diers. dealing with all the countries to
which Americans have been sent, from
China to New Caledonia, Northern Ire
land to Iraq, are models of compactness
and common sense. For the soldier in
China, India or any one of dozen other
lands, simple language lessons are ap-
pended, giving the words and phrases he
will most need and telling him how to
pronounce them. With each packet of
500 booklets containing such lessons 60
five phonograph records to aid the print
ed word. Twenty-seven languages and
dialects are being taught in this way.
Extensive use is made of the radio. 20
original programs being turned out each
week from the divisions two production
centers on the East and West Coasts.
Both these and numerous commercial
programs, stripped of advertising, are
sent overseas on discs for rebroadcasting.
Though the radio is employed primarily
for entertainment, it plays part also in
the educational work of the division.
Anthony Eden and Eduard Benes have
Evening star., 1943-05-23
BY John Clagett Proctor.

One of the most noted parts of
Washington is what the early residents
still refer to as the Arsenal for which
purpose it one time served. 1t is located
on an 87-acre stretch of land, also still
referred to as Greenleaf Point, named
for James Greenleaf, one of the largest
and earliest spectators in local real
estate, and, like others who attempted
to increase their fortunes when Wash
ington was only a city on L'Enfants
map, he was one of the heaviest losers
The early history of this section of
land, which extends southward from P
street to the Eastern Branch and from
Third street S.W. to the Potomac River,
is traced back to 1873 by the late Hugh
T. Taggart, vino says that it was origi-
!. nally called Turkey Buzzard Point" and
&sthat the Eastern Branch is referred to
as Turkey Buzzard Run on a map pub
lished in 1878, as prepared by Augustine
Hermon, Bohemian, one of the early
settlers of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land.
Turkey Buzzard Fort was also an early
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Old Penitentiary Building.

About 10 years ago the writetswent
to the old Arsenal grounds for the pur-
pose of trying to identify one of the
two old buildings still standing there at
the time. And to his satisfaction he
concluded that one of those remaining
is one of the end buildings of the old
penitentiary, authorized by Congress
back in 1926, for the incarceration Of
Federal and local prisoners, and which
was nearly all removed in November,
1867, and here, most likely, was held the
military trial of Mrs. Surratt and those
accused with her of conspiring to as
Evening star., 1943-05-23

sassinate President Lincoln, and nearby
took place the execution of those ad-
judged guilty of the conspiracy. In the
floor of the prison was buried the body
of John Wilkes Booth.
Excursion Days.
To the older Washingtonians who
spent their childhood days in this city,
the Arsenal grounds has special ap-
peal, for it carries them back to their
early excursion days, when they went
down the river on the Lady of the Lake,
the ArroWsmith, the Jane Moseley the
Excelsior George Leary, w. w. Cor
coran, Armenia and the never-to-be-
forgotten Mary Washington of the older
vessels, and the St. John, Charles Mac
alester, River Queen and Samuel J.
Pentz Of the late-comers to these waters,
and, of course, number of others which
took in all the excursion resorts along
the river almost to the bay, and some
even continued on as far as Fort Mon
roe and Norfolk
Happy days? Yes, they were our real
happy days, when others bore the bur-
dens and cares later to be placed upon
our own shoulders. Our griefs were few
then and soon forgotten; but not so as
we grew older, when the splashing of the
waves along the Arsenal wall had lost
much CT the earlier charm and attrac-
ton; when the steamers searchlight
did not seem to be quite so brilliant and
penetrating as formerly in helping the
pilot find his mark to keep in the chan
mel as we neared home late at night;
nor were the willow trees that lined the
harbor nearby as green and picturesque
as they once appeared to our childish
eyes. And, above all, we shall never
forget the band and the parting air it
played as the boat neared the wharf,
and every one sang:
Home again, home again, from for
eign shore!
And, oh, it fills my soul with Joy, to meet
my friends once more.
Here I dropped the parting tear, to
cross the oceans foam,
But now I'm once again with those who
kindly greet me home
Evening star., 1943-05-23

contributed recordings and there are reg
ular programs intended to foster better
understanding of our Allies.
The Special Service Division, on its
purely educational side, maintains at
Madison, Wis, the Armed Forces Insti-
tute, through which correspondence
courses can be had in subjects ranging
from English to welding for a nominal
fee-$2 for each course-or arrangements
made for extension work given by $50
participating colleges and universities.
Under the latter plan, the Army pays
half the cost up to total share Of $40.
Thirty thousand men are now doing
correspondence work of one kind or an
other and others are enrolling at the
rate of around 1900 a week. Half the
enrolled men are overseas.
Voluntary study clubs are encouraged.
One which the Special Service Divi-
sion particularly likes is the Railroad
Club at Camp Lee, which, like other
such clubs over the country collects
railroad time tables and uses them as
texts for studying geography and eco
nomicS.
In providing books and movies for
recreation, the Special Service Divi-
sion operates on a mammoth scale. 1t
maintains 1000 libraries, with some
100000 volumes. The largest exhibi-
tor of motion pictures in the world,
it has about 1000 theaters and changes
i+- a,,o
picture service, incidentally, costs the
taxpayer nothing, but finances itself
out of admission fees-15 cents cash,
II cents through coupons Twelve mo-
ton picture libraries are scattered over
the world; each of them has so feature
programs for 16-millimeter projection
and each gets three new releases a
week. Some Hollywood pictures are
first seen by the troops overseas.
The Special Service Division fosters
dramatics in the camps; encourages
soldier art in the decoration of service
clubhouses; puts out each week, for
the boys who want to harmonic,
hit kit" containing the words and
music of six popular songs; maintains
liaison with the Red Cross and the
USO; routes the shows that visit
the camps. To units overseas it sends
compact kits containing athletic equip
ment, small games such as checkers,
chess and darts, radio sets, phono-
graphs with records of all varieties
from grand opera to jive, and an as
sortment Of paper-bound books Books
for replacement are often sent by air.
Mobile recreational units equipped to
furnish entertainment themselves and
assist the troops in providing their own,
work close to the battle zones. Each
of these has five officers and 1O9 men,
all specialists. In each there is an
exchange" platoon which handles
toothpaste, razor blades, refreshments
and miscellaneous items. There will be
48 of these units by the end of the
year.
Such an outline is the contribution
Of the Special Service Division to the
all-out war effort.
printed b. special arransement with the 81.
Louis Post Dispatch.)
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Americans Urge DO 1t Now

area were difficult and slow because of
the resistance of the enemy, substan-
tial number of Nazi divisions and even
a more substantial air force will have
to be withdrawn from the eastern front
to meet a determined Allied effort to
crack the so-called European fortress
from the west.
Moreover, many competent observers
maintain that the opening of front In
Western Europe would deprive the Rus
slams of any well-founded excuse that
they are compelled to talk to Hitler since
we have not kept our solemn pledges to
relieve their plight by an attack in
Europe this year.
There is no question that this pledge
has been given to the Russians. After
Casablanca they were told that we will
open the road to Berlin. and time limit
was set.
No American military man has any
illusions as to what the Russians under
stand to be the second front in Europe.
1t must be Norway, the Lowlands or
France.
Much as our strategists sympathize
with the British point of view that we
must not be overlavish with their man
power, since the burden of the initial
operations across the Channel must fall
on the British, they have strongly main
tanned the point of view that we must
act quickly. Maintaining Russia in the
war demands it.
Our own security il. the Pacific de-
mands it. And what ic more important
and is not being overlooked by our mil
itary men is the fact that the people of
the United States, on whose shoulders
the principal war burden is being carried,
will soon recognize that much publicized
and spectacular victories in fundamen-
tally unimportant areas do, not shorten
the war. And they wart to get on with
other business as soon as possible, even
If high price must be paid for a speedy
victory.