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The Great Game of Politics.

either of these is equally uncom-
plimentary to Mr.. Davis.
From whatever angle it is viewed,
it does seem that the rather tattered
prestige Of the owl is not en-
hanced and that substance is given
the claim that the organization is
really of slight Importance. Ger
tainly, If the President does not
think well enough of it to take the
owl head with him to a confer
ence, to attend which the British
Minister of Information crossed the
ocean, one hardly can expect the
country generally to attach much
significance to what Mr.. Davis SAYS
or coes-even when what he says
is good-as it sometimes Is.
White House SaIve Urged.
In brief, whether the President
forgot Mr.. Davis Intentionally or
unntentionally (and it is difficult
to say which is worse) the latter is
left in painful positions. Perhaps
the President realizes all this and
perhaps he does not. At any rate,
some OF Mr.. Davis aides very
strongly feel that their chief has
been grievously wounded and that
the well-known White House salve
should be applied to his wounds in
wholehearted way-lest he begin
again to bleed in public.
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British Attorney General
To Be Honored Here

Wartime labor laws in the United
States and Great Britain will be
discussed at a dinner to be held
September 7 in honor of Sir Donald
Somervell, British Attorney General,
by the District Chapter of the Ma
tional Lawyers Guild.
Participating in the discussion,
which will take place in the Presi-
Dental Room of the Hotel Statler.
will be William H. Davis, chairman
OF the War Labor Board; Joseph
Padway, general counsel of the
American Federation of Labor, and
Lee Pressman, general counsel of
the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations.
Sir Donald is in the United States
as the guest of the National Law
yers' Guild and the American Bar
Association. He is expected to
make no other public appearance
in Washington. Last Thursday he
addressed the American Bar Asso-
citation convention in Chicago.
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Nazis Use Prisoners Mail
10 Communicate With Spies
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 3O.-The Germans
have been using letters from British
prisoners of war to communicate
with their spies in England, the
British censorship disclosed today.
The method followed was de-
scribed thus: A German camp OH
cial asks prisoner to write sup
posedly harmless messages to sup
posed friends of the Official repre-
sented to be respectable British citi-
zens. When the letter Is written it
passes to the Intelligence Bureau
which adds instructions in invisible
ink and the letter goes through with
the prisoner of war mail.
Spies in England also have been
addressing letters to prisoners un-
der the name which is code for the
German Secret Service Bureau.
The British censorship made the
disclosures in assuring those receiv-
ing letters from Germany that
chemical marks on them have no
significance-chenicals are now be-
ing used on all incoming and out
going letters to Germany to bring
out secret writing.
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per m nent Dorothy Thompson.
cooperation between Russia and
America in war and in peace.
The orientattion toward Amer
lea would, it was hoped, become
the main line in Soviet foreign
policy.
There were good historical rea-
sons for this. In the history of
both states there have always
been antagonisms regarding in
ternal administration, but never
conflicts in foreign policy.
OF all the people whom the
Soviet government could have
selected, Mr.. Litvinoff was best
fitted for the task. He is a genu-
Inc internationalist. He has been,
throughout the history of the
Soviet Union, champion of CO.
operation with the democracies
of the west.
Left Here Depressed.
1t is an open secret that when
he left he was thoroughly de-
pressed and felt he had failed in
his mission. He had been unable
to produce concrete results, either
regarding military policy, or in
the matter of Russia's western
frontiers and strategic interests.
Even more important was the
general atmosphere in Washing
ton, which appeared hostile to
Russian influence wherever it
might appear, and which seemed
to find 1t unimportant to take
account of the Russian attitude
This situation, which was un-
happy enough, has certainly not
been improved by the enforced
resignation of Mr.. Sumner
Welles.
When Mr.. Litvinoff left there
was an unclear situation in the
State Department. The domi-
mating position was occupied by
the Secretary, whose interests
have always been tariff questions
and free trade, and who has
displayed deplorable lack of
understanding of the larger
political questions of Europe and
the psychology of other peoples.
Favored Constructive Policy.
Mr.. Welles, as Undersecretary
of State, was neither pro nor anti
Russian, but acutely conscious of
the supreme necessity of reaching
basic agreements with all our
Allies. Younger and more versa
tile than his chief, he knew that
the time to reach decisions is in
advance of major operations, and
not after them. He was in favor
of pursuing a more energetic and
constructive policy. Or-to say it
all more simply-he was in favor
of a policy. He was not the man
to be discouraged by difficulties
that, frankly, were, and are, in
the way. BY that fact alone he
was bound to come into conflict
Evening star., 1943-08-30

Spect or MS 1Op. some take one
view; some the other. On the one
hand, it is held that, on his return,
the President will take some step
to restore the damage done to Mr..
Davis. He is extremely adept at
that sort of thing. Some way or
other, it is felt, he will find way
of soothing the naturally rufhed
feelings of the Owl director.
On the other hand, it is contended
that, coming on top of lot of other
things mistakes, designations,
presidential spankings, congress
sional kickings around, etc.-this
final and public humiliation may be
a little more than even the some
what impervious Mr.. Davis can
stand and he will be glad to get
back to his radio-commentator field
with slightly diminished prestige
and after q rather rueful expert
ence.
Likely NOt TO happen,
However, the betting in Wash
ington is rather against the Davis
resignation. For one thing, 1t is
said, Mr. Davis is not an easy man
to offend. For another, while he
resents criticism, nothing diminishes
his finer consciousness of righteous
ness. He loves the imelight and, it
is held, would stand good deal
more pushing around before moving
out.
OF course, the thing that made
the Davis absence in Quebec con-
spicuous was the presence there of
Brendan Bracken, head of the Brit
ish Ministry of Information, who is
the English counterpart to Mr..
Davis. Every other British official
brought over by Prime Minister
Churchill was matched by his
American counterpart except Mr..
Bracken.
AS the Quebec conference had
more publicity and was attended by
a far larger number of newspaper
men than any previous Anglo
American conference, the attend
ance of the heads of the informa-
ton services seemed particularly
timely and important. The British
head was very Importantly there,
but the American head was not on
hand.
Hardly His Own Choosing.
Instead, his place was taken by
the Presidents secretary, Stephen
Early. Able and affable as Mr..
Early is, this just was not his job
and it very distinctly was Mr.. Da-
Wis. The incident is regrettable and
the flimsy excuses made to cover
it up in no way alter the fact that
Mr.. Davis, fresh from trip abroad
and personally knowing Mr.. Brack-
en-, was left behind.
1t is not reasonable to ascribe Mr..
Davis absence to his own volition.
Either Mr.. Roosevelt just forgot him
or purposely ignored him. There
seems no other explanation and
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with the people who apparently
believe that policy is a luxury
not to be afforded in wartime.
Now, it has not been amusing
to see how this difference of
opinion and temperament degen-
Grated into bitter personal fight.
To put it bluntly, it has been dis
gusting.
Through different channels,
personal smear campaign was be-
gun against Mr.. Welles, much of
it a whispering campaign irrele-
want, untrue and completely libel
Gus in its nature.
And whatever Mr.. Welles did
caused suspicion in Mr.. Hull's
bosom.
Welles Held Irreplacable.
For instance, Mr.. Welles was
accessible to top-rank journalists,
writer's and editors, who have
spent their lives in study of
foreign affairs and other coun-
tries and peoples. Alwavs dis
Greet, and impeccably loyal to
his department, he felt the neces-
sity of understanding what was
going on in other peoples mines.
He was profoundly concerned
about the political position of
America in this war and in the
world to come. And there is ex-
actly no one who can take Mr..
Welles' place and enjoy equal
prestige amongst knowledgeaole
people in this country, in South
America and abroad in general.
The situation was critical
enough, and this move makes it
more critical. 1t will cause dis
trust amongst the Russians, the
French, the Latin Americans,
the British, and the best informed
Americans.
1t is of no use to explain to
other nations that there were
domestic necessities impelling
this move. If the Presidents all
thority with his own party is so
weak that he must take move
which he well knows is, to say the
least, internationally unfortu-
nate, in order to hold majority
in line, what confidence can any
nation have in the continuance
of any policy? Other nations,
fighting for their very lives, sim
ply cannot understand such friv-
olity.
Russian Relations at Stake.
1t has been proposed, as a way
out, to send Sumner Welles as
Ambassador to Moscow. Some
body of the caliber of Sumner
Welles certainly should have
been sent there a long time ago.
But this indecorous affair makes
that impossible. 1t is not ques-
tion of finding a face-saving de-
vice for Mr.. Wenes. Mr.. Welles
can save his own face.
What is at stake is our re-
lationship with our strongest
ally on the European continent.
One cannot denote an under
secretary to such an ambassador
ship, nor would he have the
slightest authority in Moscow or
anywhere else on earth, as long
as he was subordinated to Mr..
Hull. No one would believe that
his reports would find a sympa-
thetic ear.
What is needed is for the
President to cut through party
politics with fortnight policy
ana mobilize the forces he can
control and influence behind it,
instead of pickering for a ma
jority and adapting policy
accordingly.
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SLIGHTLY Off Bose

DALLAS P.-A toy glider alight-
ed on the runway Of the Hampton
Airport, with this inscription on its
side: "If found notify M. A. Ten
nison, Harligen, Tex"
Airport Manager r. B. Millsap
blinked. Harligen Is about 500 miles
from Dallas.
In Harligen, the telephone oper-
ator said Mr.. Tennison had moved
to Dallas.
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the statute is championed by rail-
road labor.
Clearly, the AFL and CIO "Po-
litical Action" Committees are
poorly advised in their tactics for,
taken literally, their position
amounts to a continued demand
that the right to strike be unlimited
in wartime and that labor unions
be permitted to use their dues for
political purposes. On neither of
these issues, when thoroughly de-
bated, would the labor politicians
find themselves commanding public
support.
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our Owl, and
there again is
speculation as to
whether, having
been pointedly
and publicly left
out of consider
alton, Mr.. Davis
will continue at
his Washington
post.
l t S e e m S a
question as to
which he would
rather hold on
to-his self = re-
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Cn T o n liz ed Constantine Brewn.
tends to show that the matter
had been discussed at the Quebec
conference and the Secretary of
State and the British cabinet
undertook to fire a warning shot
to those who were believed by
the two governments to be pro-
voking disunion among the
United Nations and thus playing
Hitler's game.
Mr.. Hull's statement at his
press conference was cautious
and dealt in generalities. Tho
Secretary is intimately acquaint-
ed with the American press and
realizes that with the exception
of few trouble makers whom he
suspects Of having espoused
causes alien to the real interest
of this country the rest of the
press and radio commentators
are keenly interested in seeing
this country come out of the war
with its skin as intact as possible.
Hence, he did not call attention
to any specific incident, but said
that "a few OF the writer's and
commentators whose utterances
are easily distinguishable from
those Of all others in excess of
zeal for one theory or another
have dealt carelessly with the
facts and have lent aid and COM
fort to the enemy"
Whether he referred to news
papermen and commentators who
have espoused certain ideologies
or with those who have spoken
about matters which some peo-
pie would like to have hushed up
is a pure speculation.
Germany Seeks the Peace.
Mr.. Bracken was much more
specific in his talk to the press
in New York. With typical Brit
ish frankness he labeled as "un-
conscious fifth columnists" those
who fostered Nazi propaganda by
spreading rumors that Russia
might seek separate peace with
Germany.
In supporting his theory he
made a couple of probably in
voluntary errors. He mentioned
that rumors were spread in this
country-assumedly by press and
radio commentators-that Rus
sia was seeking separate peace.
The truth, as far as it Is known,
Is that hard-pressed Germany is
seeking a separate peace with
Russia.
This is natural since the Amer
lean and the British governments
have adopted the dogmatic policy
of unconditional surrender"
while Moscow is willing to nego-
tiate with government which
has no trace of Nazism in it.
But in his anxiety to show how
absolutely false these rumors are
Mr.. Bracken forgets recent his
tory. He states with the full
authority his position gives him
that Great Britain and Russia
have . treaty governing this
point "a separate peace) and
Soviet Russia has never broken
Its word"
Evening star., 1943-08-30

Connally law,
these union S
have strangely
enough ignored
the fact that
President Roose-
velt said pub
licly he would
sign the meas
ure if it were
confined to the
first seven sec
tions.
This could
mean that the
n.eol nhianfinY, of
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World

There were non n-aggression
pacts between Russia and Fin
land and Russia and Poland and
while 1t is unpleasant to recall
that both pacts were broken by
the Soviet government they. un-
fortunately, are historical fact.
There is as much danger in
minimizing the possibility Of
German-Russian peace as there
is in exaggerating it.
Fight for Russia.
There is q strong tendency
among those who present the
situation to the American public
to stress the view that all mem
bers of the United Nations must
be brothers in the war and be
moved by the same emotions. For
instance, they want to picture the
Russians as following the same
pattern as ourselves. The fact is
the Russian soldiers and their
leaders are fighting primarily
for Russia.
II by the success of their arms
they destroy Hitlerism SO mucn
the better for. all concerned But
we must treat our association
with Russia as q business tie-up
in which the Soviet government
must seek and obtain what Is
best for the country.
There are few If any Americans
who do not hope and pray that
the present association among
the United Nations will remain
and lead to establishment Of q
real world peace. The American
public has subscribed genero lsly
to the large sums which we are
spending to help our Allies and
will not grumble when the casu-
atty lists from Europe become
heavy.
In the last war, whereas the
allied nations with the excep-
ton of the United States OBJ
tanned territorial advantages for
which they actually fought, the
people of this country wanted
nothing; they fought for the
slogan in which they believed
to make safe for democracy.
Twenty -one years later they dis
covered that democracy, or what
appeared to be democracy from
a distance, was in jeopardy
again.
Seek to Inform Public.
Britain and France took up
Hitler's challenge to save the
territorial integrity Of a ques-
tiQnably democratic republic,
Poland. The American people
and the Government did all they
could within the framework Of
the Neutrality Act to help the
hard-fighting dem ocracies
against the totalitarian states.
When the war is over the peo-
Pile OF the United States will not
wish to be faced with another
conflict. 1t is admitted In the
highest quarters here that some
surprises might be forthcoming,
although our high-ranking OH
cials believe that negotiated
peace between Russia and Ger
many is an extremely remote
possibility.
But since it Is unpolitical and
undiplomatic for the Govern
ment to mention the possibility
1t is necessary for the free press
in this country to draw the at
tention of the public to the fact
that, remote as it may be, such
a possibility exists.
If the possibility does become
a reality the reaction of the
American people might have a
serious effect on the outcome of
the war.
This effort to keep the Ameri-
can people informed OF even a
vague possibility does not mean
1t Is playing into the hands OF
Herr Hitler and Herr Goebbels.
Quite the contrary.
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deeply d ! s.
couraged. He
h a d b e e n
sent not as a
mere ambas-
sador, but as
a great Soviet
S t a t e S man,
W h o S e mis-
sion was to
inaugurate a
new polio y
and establish
the basis of a
S o u n d and
% erD1 a nnnt.
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d ay voicing
their utter
dissati S I a c.
ton with the
written and
spoken COM
ments of cer-
tain members
of the news
paper pfOIeS-
sion.
The fac t
t h q t b 9th
state m e n is
" e r e syn
Evening star., 1943-08-30

HE opinions OF the criters this page their
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to gUe all sides OF questions OF interest its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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Berlin as long
ago as 1886 when
thousands Of us
went there for
the Oily m pic
6 a m e S. r .
memory of how
the Americans
took charge of
the city during
the games un-
doubtedly will
make the Ger
man hold out q
little longer than
Evening star., 1943-08-30
BY FRANK, r. KENT.

Attention has been called by sew
eral newspapers to the strange
absence from the recent Quebec
conference of Elmer Davis, head of
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On the Record.
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON.

When Mr.. Litvinoff left WASH
ington last May, informed per-
sons knew he would not return.
They also knew that he was
Evening star., 1943-08-30

Rubber may be synthetic, but the
Will to victory must be genuine.
Have you bought any War savings
stamps today? -
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This Changing
By CONSTANTINE BROWN

Secretary Of State Hull and
Brenden Bracken, British Min
lister of Information, issued ST.
multaneous statements last Fri
Evening star., 1943-08-30
Union Fight
On Law Falls
On z Issues
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Although political action COM
mittees of the AF'L and CIO are
urging the defeat of members of
Congress who voted for the Smith
Evening star., 1943-08-30
Mclemore-
Americans in '36
'Softened' Berlin
BY HENRY McLEMoRE.

Berlin Is about to be leveled by
the British but the Americans de-
serve an assist. q
Americans started to soften ,up
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