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cannot hope to have precisely the
same national future II they make
the wrong choice or If they make
no choice at all, as that which they
might enjoy If they make the right
choice, and in time.
States Actual Fact.
We are entitled to say to them
that If the Nazi regime is allowed
to remain in power to the bitter
end, that may mean, conceivably,
the destruction of Germany.
This is meaningful hardness
not mere vengefulness. 1t merely
states, in heightened form, what
is the actual fact of the matter.
1t puts into words exactly what
every circumstance Of the war situ-
alton today must be saying to every
intelligent German.
But to tell the Germans, as some
would like to do, that we are going
to treat them gently. regardless Of
what choices they make, is mean
ingless softness, just as spirit of
mere revenge is meaningless hard
ness. Both attitudes are curiously
alike, in that they seem to indicate
that actions make no difference,
that events make no difference; in
fact, that differences make no diff
ference. Both attitudes are there
fore essentially unhistoric.
Choice Makes Difference.
The approach suggested above
simply puts into words the objec-
tive truth OF the German predic-
ament. The Germans are in trou-
BILE. They do have a problem to
solve. Their choice of solution will
make a difference; it will do so,
inevitably, even If we don't want
1t to.
Therefore, to adopt this approach
Is to ride with the current of his
tory, not against it, nor outside
1t; 1t means making ourselves one
with the forces inside Germany now
tending toward rebellion and peace.
1t involves a promise that decent
German regime will be treated in
better fashion than an indecent
German regime. But even here we
do not have to 90 soft. We can
say to the Germans: Make it
decent enough and we shall see"
Life is real, life is earnest. And
the problem is theirs.
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DIltlSll lCdu- CVhstAhtihc proWh.
ers. No decision, Of course, can
be taken as long as Premier
Stain still is several thousand
miles away.
But Russia's determination to
restore her old borders, and pos
sibly extend her influence to
areas beyond her borders, will
have to be taken into considera-
ton. So will the position Of the
United States and Britain In re-
gard to the minor members of
the United Nations whose ma
tional aspirations do not dovetail
with the Russian plans.
Questions Bear on Strategy.
These questions have bearing
on our future strategy. 1t is up
to the American Chief Executive
and the British Prime Minister to
analyze them carefully and pre-
sent to their technical experts a
clear picture OF what can be ex-
pected to happen politically in
Europe.
The fundamentals of the Allies
strategy have not changed much
since the last May meeting Of
the joint chiefs Of staffs.
The American strategists con-
tinue to put their faith in a pos
sible early action in Western
Europe. The British are said to
believe that our way into the
heart of Germany is through the
southern belly Of the German
fortress.
Each side has its strong points.
The American idea, of course.
Is expensive. 1t involves a frontal
attack of the strongly fortified
Nazi positions from Norway to
the Bay OF Biscay and is pred
icated on the powerful air force
which is now at our disposal. We
can throw an irresistible air
umbrella to support landing
operations.
The Germans cannot beat back
our air armada as long as the
Russian steamroller continues to
roll forward.
Moreover, our military men be-
lieve that Moscow's dissatisfac-
ton with our strategy is genuine.
Stain and his generals are dis
contented because the Red armies
must suffer the brunt of the war.
Their casualties are very heavy
and they believe that when the
Germans reach the positions
toward which they are retreat
ing the Job left for the Russians
to do will be even more costly.
Peace Rumors Discounted.
The only way to relieve the
situation Is for the Anglo
American forces to threaten the
Reich itself through Western
Europe. The moral effect on the
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one take toward building a house,
soft or hard? One takes an attitude
which will get the house built. Our
attitude toward Germany depends
on what we want from the German
people. Once we know what we
want from the German people, then
the question of whether our attitude
shall be soft or hard becomes mean
ingless. Is our attitude adequate?
VIII it get the Job done? These are
the tests.
Must Set Specific Task.
We must set the German people
specific task, and then we must
take an attitude which will persuade
them to perform that task.
The task is to liquidate the already
bankrupt Nazi regime. What atti-
tude on our part will persuade the
German people to do this? Why,
the attitude that it makes a diff
ference whether they do 1t or not.
In other words, we must make
articulate the relentless choice
which history now poses to the
Germans.
They must be reused from their
deep Fascist sleep. in which 1t may
seem to many of them not to matter
at all what they do.
We are entitled to be as hard"
as we like in the pursuit of this
enterprise. We are entitled to say
to the German people that they
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Entire Battalion
| Wins Morksmon
Rating on Ronqe
Sy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13.-The Army
was given something to shoot at
yesterday.
Maj. Gilbert F. Bell, commanding
officer of the 518th Military Police
Battalion, announced that during
recent maneuvers in Maryland, 1882
officers and enlisted men of the unit
marched to the rifle range and all
qualified as marksmen, sharpshoot-
ers or expert riflemen.
Maj. Bell said the unit now has
more sharpshooters and more ex-
perts than there are marksmen." :"
Firing 210 rounds, 242 qualified as
marksmen with 140; sos as sharp
shooters with 100, and 385 as experts
with 1870.
Leading the battalion was Pfc.
John P. Cuniff of st. Louis, former
policeman, who scored 1913 of a pos
sible 210.
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Wnlkie Republicans are laying
plans to nominate some other
candidate than Wendell Willkie,
whether 1t be Gov. Bricker OF
Ohio, Gov. Warren of California.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, Gov.
Dewey of New York or another.
As Of today, 1t looks as if the
anti-Willkie Republicans had the
better chance of succeeding in
their effort to nominate a new
candidate for the presidency,
For example, word received
here from Republican sources in
Indiana is to the effect that two
members of the Republican State
Committee and one of the two
Indiana members of the Repub-
lican National Committee favor
Mr.. Willkie. Two other members
OF the State committee are neu-
trail, but 18 Of them are against
Mr.. Willkie.
Those who oppose Mr.. Willkie
favor either Gov Bricker or Gov.
Dewey. These reports are to the
effect that the rank and file
workers in the Republican par
ty In the Hoosier State 60 along
with the 18 members of the
State committee opposed to Mr..
Willkie.
Farley Sees Politicians.
Former Postmaster General
James A. Farley, one time chair
man Of the Democratic National
Committee and at present chair
man of the New York State
Democratic Committee, has just
returned to New York from a
trip that took him to the Pacific
Coast and through parts of the
South. Mr.. Farley's trip was q
business trip. But it is under
stood that he was called on by
many Democratic politicians in
the States he visited and that
he was told there was strong
sentiment in the Pacific Coast
States against the denomination
and reelection of the President,
including California. That State
went strongly Republican in the
1912 election for Governor.
The New Dealers, anxious for
the denomination of the Presi-
dent, are particularly interested
In the activities of Mr.. Farley.
They wish to know whether he
actually will break with the
President and seek to bring about
his defeat, if the President is re-
nominated by the Democratic
party. Mr.. Farley, like Br'er
Rabbit, is at present laying
low" and saying nothing.
OF all the potential candidates
for the Republican presidential
nomination, Mr.. Willkie is today
the most vocal. He is demand
ing a liberal Republican plat
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The Political Mill

form next year. both on foreign
and domestic issues. He has told
members of the Republican Ma
tional Committee who have Wis
tied him recently at his home
in Rushville, Ind, that he does
not care to be a candidate unless
the COP writes a liberal plat
form. Particularly does he lay
stress on liberal foreign policy,
committing this country to strong
international cooperation after
the war has been won.
He lambasts both the "Old
Guard" Republicans-the ex-
treme conservatives-and the
New Deal administration of
President Roosevelt. Indeed, Mr..
Willkie is out in front doing the
fighting today. He realizes that
he has strong opposition within
the Republican party itself.
In an address to Republicans
a score of them-from his front
porch, Mr.. Willkie claimed that
the COP can win the presiden-
tial election as we'll as carry
Congress in the elections next
year. He is of the opinion that
this is true, whether the war is
continuing at election time next
year, or whether it has been
won.
In order to bring about a Re-
publican victory, however, he in
sisted the COP must present to
the people a constructive, lib
eral domestic program of ex-
panding economy, developed pri-
rharily through the forces of
private initiative, with an equi-
table distributor of the profits
and social benefits among labor,
agriculture and industry"
Mr.. Willkie said that If the
Republicans are to win they must
get away from the idea that such
victory will come merely from
a union OF the "dissident groups
in America-the narrow nation
alists, the economically selfish,
who> think that government
exists merely for their own self
ish interests; the people who are
afraid to fight or are unwilling
to sacrifice unnecessary luxuries
and who refuse to endure in war
time, without complaint, the re-
strictions necessary for the COM
mon good"
Willkie Is Confident.
The friends OF Mr.. Willkie say
that he is the only man on the
horizon who really can stand on
the kind of a platform he advo-
Gates. The Willkieites insist that
their candidate will be nominat-
ed when the time rolls round.
Mr.. Willkie himself has a full
measure of confidence in his po-
litical future. AS of today, Mr..
Willkie seemed stronger in the
New England States, and in some
of the Pacific Coast States. than
he does in others. He has
tough fight ahead of him, but Mr..
Willkie has never been afraid CT
a fight.
Anti Roosevelt Democrats ad-
NIT that the war situation will
have good deal to do with the
political picture in this country
next year. They take the view
that If the war has been won in
Europe before next summer, the
chances of President Roosevelt's
being renominated and reelected
will diminish. The attention of
the country under such circum-
stances would be directed more
and more to domestic issues-and
there, they believe, the Presi-
dent will MT he co cfro,o
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-Four Navy Flyers Killed
In Two Plane Collisions
By the Associated Press.

oS Lne ASsOClAted PreSs.
PENSACOLA, Fla. Aug. IA
Naval Air Station officials last night
announced the death of four navy
flyers in two accidents Wednesday
night.
Three were killed In a collision
OF two planes Is miles northwest of
Elgin Field. They we're 1t. w. A.
Kreutz, New Orleans, Aviation Ca
Diet D. L. Natapow, Rochester, NY.
and w. P. Keane, yeoman third
class, Boston. The pilot of one OF
the planes parachuted to safety.
His name was not disclosed.
In the other collision, which oc-
CURED three miles east of Oyster
Bay, Ala, Aviation Cadet Melvin
G. Carr, jr, West Roxbury, Mass,
was killed.
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Ex-PoIiceman Executed
For Killing Third Wife
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SAN QUENTIN, Calf, Aug. IA
In the San Quentin gas chamber
yesterday John Lawrence Coleman,
81, was executed for the Staying in
194l of his third wife, Myrtle.
The bartender and former Chi
cago policeman was calm as he
stepped into the death cell. He had
slept well Thursday night after writ
ing several letters.
The condemned man told Warden
Clinton Duffy that he would rather
die than have a communication Of
sentence.
I'm not altogether innocent, but
I'm not guilty OF first-degree mur-
der" he said.
Coleman was convicted of shoot
ing and killing Myrtle Coleman in
her beauty shop at Coronado, near
San Diego, in June, 1941.
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EoqIes Name Hansen

CHICAGO, Aug. IA (P.-The Fra
ternal Order of Eagles at it's 45th
convention today nominated for its
presidency Robert w. Hansen, q
Milwaukee attorney. Mr.. Hansen
now Is vice president and editor in
chief of the Eagle Magazine. Nom
ination is tantamount to election,
members said.
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plausible z explain
ations Of what
Is happening.
When Presi-
dent Roosevelt
told newspaper
men earlier this
" eek that no
representative Of
Russia would At
tend the Quebec
conferences but
he wished very
much that they
could, the infer
AncA lAft WAS
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This Changing WorId-

German population and on the
army might be sufnciently power
full to bring about . collapse Of
the Wehrmacht before it begins
to disintegrate by the slower
process Of q long siege.
The rumors that the Russians
may be willing to discuss peace
terms with the Germans in the
event Hitler is overthrown and
the German armies are with
drawn to the 194l borders are
necessarily being discounted by
American high officials. 1t would
be unpolitical to do otherwise.
But they believe the best way
to dispose Of any such thought
which might exist in the minds Of
the Soviet political and military
leaders Is to convince Stain and
his generals that we are not
letting the Russians bleed heavily
while our own forces confine
themselves to inexpensive oper-
ations such as those in Sicily and
eventually in Southern Italy.
Such criticism has come to our
ears repeatedly in the last II
months.
In the past the British have
not shared our point of view.
First Of all. neither Mr.. Churchill
nor Anthony Eden believes there
is any basis for the talk that the
Soviet government might con-
template fighting only its own
war and might be willing to call
1t on the day all the Russian OBJ
jectives are reached.
Their belief that the Rus
slams will continue to fight on our
side to the bitter end is unshak-
able. although Moscow never has
Endorsed the Casablanca "uncon-
ditional surrender" slogan.
Expect General Revolt.
Militarily, the British believe
the arrival Of q strong Allied
force in Italy will be the signal
for a general uprising of the
Nazi-subjected nations in Europe.
Italian troops garrisoning the
Balkans and Southern France are
being Withdrawn and they must
be replaced by German troops.
This will compel the German
high command to take men away
from the eastern front to send
them as replacements to the
Balkans. This very thing, ac-
cording to the British strategists,
should relieve the eastern front
because the Germans do not have
sufficient reserves.
These results will be greatly
enhanced the day Allied troops
enter Southern and Central Italy
and begin moving eastward
across the Adriatic. The military
operations In the Balkans will
prove more costly than the
Sicilian campaign. but they will
be far less expensive In men and
war materials than q cross Chan
mel offensive.
Hence 1t is believed the British
general staff is strongly in favor
OF continuing the operations
which were started 50 success
fully in Africa last year, because
they will bring the same results
as an attack against Western Eu-
rope, although 1t may take more
time to defeat the German
armies.
These two strategic concep-
tions which, Of course, have a
political background - Russia 5
attitude-will have to be recon-
ciled at the Quebec conference.
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IA Soldiers Sworn In
As American Citizens

Seventy-four soldiers became Amer
lean citizens late yesterday on being
sworn in before Justice T. Alan
Goldsborough of District Court.
The majority of the soldiers were
from Fort Belvoir, Va. Others were
from Camp Ritchie, Md. Alexandria,
Va, and posts in the Washington
area
Evening star., 1943-08-14
British Ship Survivor
Reported in Portugal
By the Axsoeiated press

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. IA. - The Rome
radio reported in a broadcast re-
corded by the Associated Press today
that 46 survivors of the British ship
Armonic, torpedoed and sunk in the
Atlantic Ocean July %, have been
landed at Lisbon, Portugal.
The ship, carrying grain from
Argentina to Freetown, Sierra Leone,
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e linn / mated
fro m tn a t
meeting.
The posi-
ton Of Russia
in the war,
and her hopes
and aspira-
tions af ter
the defeat of
the Axis, un-
q u estionably
will hA ran.
vassed by the
American and
british lead
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In, or the love
seat that Albert
courted Victoria
on, or B e n
Franklins writ
ing desk.
No. the piece
Of furniture I'd
have my agents
out trying to
purchase would
be the chair that
Joseph 8 talin
has not sat In at
the half . dozen
conferences be-
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supposes we can
pick attitudes
out of a hat:
that we have a
right to COM
plete free will in
the matter; that
a foreign min
lister may sum-
mon his secre-
tary and say:
Miss B r o W n,
take an atti-
tude."
What sort of
q Z I t1iS a SCar
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dental can
di d q es of
1910. A n t j.
N W De a ]
a nd an t l.
fourth-t e r m
D e m ocr ats
are figuring
W VS. a n d
m e q n S t o
prevent the
denomination
of President
Roosevelt. On
t the tn er
n nd anti.
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0PA Gives Formal 0. K.
To hewsprint Price Rise
By ths Associated Press

~ the Associated Press.
The once of Price Administra-
ton today issued formal orders per-
mitting q 44-a-ton increase in the
manufacturers price OF newsprint
September /.
The boost, raising the base price
Of standard newsprint to $50 a ton,
was jointly announced by OPA and
the Canadian Wartime Prices and
Trade Board on July %. The usual
zone differentials will prevail in the
various geographic regions.
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BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Large groups In the Republican
and Democratic parties today are
seeking to head off the renomi-
nation of their respective presi-
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BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

Once again the old controversy
has risen as to what attitude we
should display to the German peo-
pie, soft or hard.
1t is an idle debate, because 1t
Evening star., 1943-08-14
By CONSTANTINE BROW,

The Roosevelt Churchill con-
ference at Quebec will concern
itself with purely military matters.
All political questions have been
Evening star., 1943-08-14

THE opinions OF the Ders this page their o,On not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars eort to giUe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1943-08-14
Stain KEEPS
Jops Assured
|Of fNeutruIity
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Relations between Russia and the
British-American alliance seem to
be more mysterious than ever-and
yet, Washington has q number Of
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Africa, had a crew which included
British. Americans, Canadians and
Spaniards
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McLennore-
Wants Chair Stolin
Didn't Sit In
BY HENRY McLEMoRE.

II were . collector Of historical
bits Of furniture, I know what I'd
have my eye on now. It wouldn't
be the bed that washington slept
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-01-28
Engagement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs Winfield Augustus
Worth, Of Elizabeth City, N. c., an
nounce the engagement of their
daughter, Virginia Etheridge, to
Richard Johnson Condor, United
States Coast Guard Reserve, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Gender, of
Oakland.
Miss Worth is a graduate of st.
Malw's School, Raleigh, N. c., and
received her bachelors degree from
Mary Baldwin college, Staunton, Va.
She did graduate work at the Uni
versity of North Carolina.
Mr.. Gender attended Duke Univer-
sity, West Virginia University and
was graduated from the University
Of North Carolina with a bachelors
degree in journalism. He was city
editor of newspaper in Elizabeth
City when he volunteered for serv-
ice and is now an aerial photographer
for the Coast Guard
The wedding will take place in
early spring
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-01-28
GARRETT BAPTIST FIELD
Rev. Il. Finney Bragg. Pastor.

Mountain Lake Park Sunday school
at 1000 A. M. The Worship Service,
11:15 A. NJ. Subject, Christ the Di-
WIDER" Prayer meeting, 1870 P. M,
Tuesday, at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond g. Paugh, opposite the
church. Tuesday, February ,, bust
ness meeting. All members urged to
be present. Friday, February 5, the
monthly meeting of officers and
teachers of the Sunday school, at 1870
P. NJ. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
R. G. Paugh.
Ferndale. The Worship Service at
1000 A. NJ. Subject, "To Whom shall
we go?" The Sunday school at HOO
A. NJ. Prayer meeting, the January
business meeting, Wednesday, 1880 P.
M. The place Of meeting to be an
nounced.
Deep Greek. Sunday school, 1:45 P.
NJ, The Worship Service, 300 P. NJ.
Subject, PASSED from Death unto
Life" Monthly Sunday school officers
and teachers meeting, Monday. 1870
P. M. Place to be announced. Prayer
meeting, Thursday, 1880 P. NJ, the
January business meeting. All mem
hers are urged to attend. Youth choir
and Bible study groups, Saturday, at
2:30 P. NJ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-01-28
Cautious Use Of
Medicines Is Advised
Careless Or UNIFORMED Use
Causes Some Deaths Yearly

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Navy Wants More Recruits For
WAVES Immediately

Plans for immediate expansion of
the Women's Reserve of the United
States Naval Reserve have been an
nounced with the stepping up of the
monthly recruiting quotas.
At least $4,000 volunteers are
needed by the WAVES and SPARS
this year, to replace men in certain
departments and bureaus, relieving
The men for active duty Women may
train for a number of occupations.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-01-28
Civil Service Representative
To Seek Recruits Friday

f. jerome Kearful, civil service
representative, will conduct a pooled
interview on Friday afternoon, from
1880 to 5, in the postoffice building,
it has been announced by the U. S.
Employment service.
Mr.. Kearful will interview persons
seeking positions in all branches of
the civil service, stenographers, typ
lists, skilled tradea~etc.