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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Knowledge Test
By DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

y
What do you know about the
AloutianS tal What we're they
formerly called tbl How far
do they extend from the TIP Of
Alaska, ,cD What race Inhabits
them
What is the continent for ta)
Iran. b Portugal tcl TaS-
mania?
3 Choose the right answer CAV
Did CerberuS have TWO or three
heads th) Was Minerva wise
or beautiful; (c) Did Ulysses
live in Ithaca or Rome?
Finish this line about Amer
ica IA 20 Columbia the gem
Of the: lb) a m eric a.
America, God shed his grace
Jon; (c) IS " Q t land
of f"
Answer BY choosing one word
Ia Which Of these is cubl-
cal shape marbles, dice, rings;
Chl Which Of these is seen IN
color malaChite. ebony. ruby;
CC) Which Of these is cloth:
hickory. bunting, parchment?
5-~What president Of the United
states is this: Ca lie was a
Democrat from New Hamp-
shire. (a) He was A Republican
, from Iowa tcD He was a Wing
from New York?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
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Hearst History Award Widely Praised

We. OF the Department Of
Illinois Of the American Legion
heartily support the William
Randolph Hearst American His
tory Award because Of the
stand which We Of the Legion
have taken AZ the Kansas City.
Mo. convention in 1912. at
which time we passed the
following resolution:
Re il resolved by the Ameri-
can Legion In national COnNen-
tion assembled at Kansas City,
Mo, that each department Of
the American Legion use its
utmost efforts 10 influence aC-
ton 10 require the compulsory
teaching Of United states his
tory in the elementary and high
schools Of each state"
We are happy 10 have such a
vital force as your great metro
poltan daily lend It's powerful
influence 10 a movement Of this
type which IS so necessary 70
undlluted and robust Ameri-
CanlSm
This is not the first occasion
wherein YOU have demonstrated
your interest in the furtherance
Of tho AmerlCaniSm aims Of the
legion. and we are grateful 10
YOU for this fine display of
support 10 the AmericaniSm pro-
gram of the American Legion.
Sincerely yours.
ELLIODOR NJ. LIBONATI,
Chairman.
American Commission,
Department of Illinois.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Quick Questions

What former war correspond
ont during the Boer War;
became prime minister Of Eng
land
What is the first line of the
poem entitled The Oak
What name IS given 10 the
berry formerly called the love-
apple -?
What World War I pilot was
credited with the most VIC
torres
Where can 10 2-cent stamps
be bought for a cent and
quarter?
In the navy what is the rank
corresponding 10 a major gem
eT7l7
Who used the pen-name Ehar
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
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Office Of the Mayor,
City OF Chicago

lily OF \ lllCdEb
May % 1913
Mr. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon, Cal.
Dear Mr.. Hearst.
Kindly accept my hearty con
CALCULATIONS upon the establish
mcnt Of the William Randolph
Hearst A meriCan History
Awards for public and paroChial
high school students
At no time since the signing
Of the Declaration Of Independ-
enCe has a thorough under
standing m ong our young
people of the glorious achieve
ments Of the past l67 years
been more important than at
present. Such knowledge VIII
rye to stimulate national
unity IN thought and in action.
In com petln for these
awards the young people Of our
city will gain a fuller under
standing of the basic principles
upon which our country vas
founded. along with a greater
familiarity with IFS leaders and
their achievements They will,
through this knowledge be bet
ter equipped 10 cope with the
problems Of today
With kind good wishes, I am
Sincerely yours.
EDWARD J. KELLY,
Mayor
The American Legion.
Department Of Illinois
AmerlCanlSm Commission
May Is 1913
Mr. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon. Cal.
Ny dear Mr.. Hearst:
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
BAERlNG DOWN ON THE NEWS;
Ar Ideal Menu
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER

That food conference Virginia bobbed up with ideal
for a small family of 500000000.
That going to do plenty of those circular
caishenics known peeng potatoes We are going to
throw much bread the navy will aground
the labels.
Coupon.No. II viii whale bubbcr wolf sroins and
the sweetbreads Of the elusive gomsbok.
D.a-.sas by K.rs Features ssnd
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
u. S., Soviet Regimes
Same, ! Russian Says

MEMBER II the Russian delegation to the recent
y United Nations food conference at Hot Springs, Va,
observed 10 Rep Frederick C. Smith, a member Of the
American Congress, that;
Prom what ! see here, YOU have the same govern
ment - have"
And that, IN the words of a recently popular song,
Amt So Very Far From Wrong
I'm fact as Rep smith remarked
.Maybe that Russian delegate wasn't far from
wrong when he that our goycrnment-as Ipifed by
its Representatives Hot Sprngs-and the Russian gov
eminent were alike.
r is not EXACTLY true, Of course. that the two
governments are as vet alike although the American gov
eminent is getting very nearly LIKE the Russian govern
mcut every day.
THE elements REPRESENTING the American govern
l ucnt at Hot Springs especially like the ruling
clements in Russia.
And since the members Of the American Congress
and the representatives of the American press were
EXCLUDED from the conference, it is natural for the
Russian delegation that what it observed at
Hot Springs is the real American government
However and fortunately, the true situation is not
quite what it appears to be at Hot Springs
The United States is still democracy, in theory at
least.
The agreements and commitments made at Hot
Springs will not necessarily bind the United States.
Congress still the legislative branch of the
American government, and is under no CONFUSION
delegate its powers yield its functions to the
tive branch.
The Senate is still the treaty making agency of
government il has the independence to insist upon its
constitutional right and exercise its constitutional
authority.
FINALLY, the American people still IN a the
/ masters of their destiny-n they choose to be
So They can vote the entire House of Representatives.
any part of it. out Of office every two years. They
completely change the membership of the Senate in
six years. They eject president, and thus
new executive branch of government every four years
1t is getting increasingly difficult for the American
people to do this because of the arbitrary assumption of
power by the incumbent administration and because of
the number of bureaucrats the administration pay roll
But there are still fundamental differences between
the American and Russian governments and ineradcabe
differences-let us hope
Nevertheless, the similartes ARE serious.
T IS dangerous to have international conferences con-
Quoted the of the United States with the real
government of the United States excluded and with the
free press of the United States excluded and the free
people of the United States thus unrepresented.
That is not the traditional democratic American
system.
1t is strkingly like the autocratc, tyrannical aud
totatarian Russian sysemas the Russian delegation at
Hot Springs has truthfuly observed
n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
Warren +. Bow
Superintendent Public Schools
Detroit, Michigan

Warren +. Bow
Superintendent Public Schools
Detroit, Michigan
May IS. 1913
Mr. William Randolph Hearst,
san Simeon, CAL
Dear Mr.. Hearst:
The Detroit Times is TO he
commended upon the plan 10
award prizes TO the Detroit high
schools and students that make
the best showing in American
history on the basis of a COM
prchenSIve examination. We are
glad 10 know that the award
Will be known as the William
Randolph Hearst American HIS
tory Award 1t should do much
10 encourage students IN all
schools TO know the history Of
America thoroughly II should
also focus the attention of the
public generally on the value
Of knowing the history of our
country
The Detroit schools have long
required study OF American his
tory as something that every
good citizen should know I
believe that this award VIII be
a help IN our program.
Cordially yours
WARREN +. BOW.
Archdiocese Of Chicago
School Board
100 North State Street Chicago
May -. 1913
Mr. William Randolph Hearst
san Simeon Cal
My dear Mr. Hearst
Please accept my sincere con-
Era'uiatlonS oR your plan go
award prizes 10 the students
IN the high school graduating
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-14
VERY REV. NSGR.
i. +. CUNNINGHAM,
superintendent Of Schools
Board OF Education,
EA,. % Cbi-oro

City Of Chicago
Mr. William Randolph Hearst,
San Simeon. Cal
My dear Mr. Hearst.
The William Randolph Hearst
American History Award IS
another excellent illustration Of
the great interest of the Ameri-
can press in the education Of
our young people for citizen
ship This award should prove
stimulating and inspiring 70 our
young students II has my
hearty commentator,
Sincerely
WILLIAM r. JOHNSON,
Superintendent OF Schools.
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(Answers on Opposite Page)
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William Green, president Of
the American Federation of La
Dor, attended and vas photo
graphed at a testimonial dinner
here for one of the most brutal
and dangerous Of the combina-
ton, William f.. Maloney. presi-
dent of the operating engineers
union.
Padway has been counsel for
three Of the most corrupt under.
world union rackets and never
thelesS is considered a fit man,
as no doubt he is, 10 represent
the labor policy of the Party Of
Humanity on a wartime mission
TO British labor.
MR.. BENNETT wrote in both
A'I letters that Bioff and
Browne were committed" TO
Leavenworth on Jan. 9. 1912,
but committed does not mean
delivered"
However, if we grant that
they were delivered" on that
day, we still find that he has
refrained, and l should think,
purpoSely from stating Just
when they We're released from
LeavenWorth 10 be returned to
New York
Why tins CopncSs Why this
unwillingncSS 10 tell two Citi-
zenS the whole truth about
these men?
Mr.. Bennett wrote in each
reply that Mr.. Pegler had not
10 the best Of the departments
knowledge endeavored 10 get
the facts. The Truth is that I
did endeavor TO get the facts
but got a blank refusal from
Mr. Correa's office in New
York. The further truth is that
two letters from the Milwaukee
Journal and one from another
citizen have elected statements
which, while elaborate. are in
complete and one Of which was
Enthusiastically evasive.
Mr.. BENNETT errs in stat
vi lng 10 the Milwaukee Jour-
nal that | said Bioff and Browne
had been IN the Danbury Coun-
Try Club | said Joseph Schenck,
an influential member of the
Hollywood propaganda chapter
Of the Party Of Humanity had
been bargained out Of two fed
eral convictions calling for four
years m prison with a Sojourn
of four months IN the country
club a. DanhurN
And the dangerous fact re-
mains that by tho precedent set
in the case Of Earl Browder.
who was released for political
reasons by President Roosevelt.
and according 10 the absolute
power and whimsical decision Of
the department Of justice, a
convicted political opponent Of
the New Deal Party can be sent
to Alcatraz with no announce
ment 10 the outwlse world.
while a political friend can be
favored with mere detention.
There is no law establishing
any particular set Of reasons
for transfer 10 that hell on
earth Alcatraz Prison II the
department Of Justice wants 10
send a prisoner there u lust
does i IS a power capable OF
the most fearSome abuse.
Copyrighted by tinted Features synd Ina
Evening star., 1943-05-23

worried life and he is quite indulgent
toward him.
The little engineer organized the
Dutch National Socialist Party in
peeve after finding that none of the
regular parties would accept him as a
candidate after his short-lived glory in
the canal scheme fight. He was ready
to cash in on this very small party, whose
platform was in part literal transla-
invasion came.
Mussert certainly doesn't look on him.
self as Charlie Mccarthy sitting on his
aunt-wife's knee-or even on Hitlers
knee. Just to save his self-respect he
even ventures to contradict the master
fuehrer now and then and gets away
with it-for Adolf seems to have
genuine fondness for the little fellow.
AS for the aunt-she is, say Dutch here,
probably rather kindly, old soul at
heart who doesn't approve of her bad
little boys fits of sadism. She wants
folks to love him as she loves him
and can't understand why they do not.
Thus far, with Hitler's blessing, little
Anton has managed to remain "feuhrer,"
although his position constantly is being
challenged by abler-at least more per-
sonable-men in his own party. BY far
the most serious threat is that of a. 48-
year-old, outhful-looking, boyish-man-
nered Dutch Indian half breed-Meinoud
M. Rost van Tonningen. He is branded
by the Dutch refugees here as traitor
No. l, enjoying the confidence and
friendship of his old Austrian associate,
Seyss-Inquart, now Hollands gauleiter
and wielder of all the real power.
Like Mussert and like Quisling, Van
Tonningen made brilliant start in life.
Shortly after his graduation from law
school he was named secretary of the
commissary general of the League of
Nations in Vienna and from 1881 to 1896
Austria. In this important job he built
up good reputation. A compatriot who
knew him intimately during those years
describes him as Intelligent, entertain
ing and outspoken.' Yet even then there
was something about him which led
many to distrust him and one descrip-
ton refers to the "complexity and tur-
bidity of his character
Resentment Is Evident.
Often during the Austrian sojourn he
complained of homesickness. His one
dream in the world, he told friends, was
prosperous law business in Holland.
Finally he got a job with one of the old
est banking firms in Amsterdan-but he
came back an embittered man who no
longer tried to hide his feelings of re-
sentiment which for years had smoul-
dered within him.
Shortly after his return he became one
of the principals in celebrated divorce
case which seems to be the most obvious
turning point In what hitherto, on the
surface at least, had been an honorable
life.
He began to express on every possible
occasion his hatred for Jews, democracy,
liberalism, and to proclaim his admira-
ton for Hitler and the Na1 platform.
Still Van Tonningen was too intelligent
and proud man willingly to become the
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Evening star., 1943-05-23

products must be consumed, otherwise
production will again fall away.
How to expand consumption, there
fore, becomes at once of vital Importance.
In the final analysis it comes down to
the ability of the masses of the world
to purchase food The answer to this
problem of ability to pay, the delegates
say, is full employment. Employment
today, in those nations, which have not
been overrun by the Axis powers, is on
tremendous scale-as in this country
and Great Britain. This employment,
however, is for war production in the
main When the war ends this en-
ployment must be changed into produce
ton Of consumers goods and durable
goods and services, and employment must
be revived in all the countries which have
suffered from invasion.
The chairman of the Norwegian dele
CATION, Anders Fjelstad, in a statement
setting forth the position of his govern
ment, deals concretely with these COM
prehensive problems-and the methods
by which they may be tackled. He said: :
1T seems to me necessary on the basis
OF international understanding and COL
laboration, to try to establish a United
Nations organization with powers in
political, economic and social fields. We
must further try to set up within this
Continued on Page B-3 Column ~
Evening star., 1943-05-23

HOT SPRINGS, Va.-The United Ma
tions' conference on food and agricul-
ture, called by President Roosevelt and
attended by representatives of "A nations,
is completing its first week of work on
the vast and intricate problem of ade-
quate nourishment for all the peoples
of the world.
The one concrete proposal to date,
into which the ordinary man may sink
his teeth, is the establishment of per-
manent international commission on
agriculture Just what will be the duties
of this commission are still to be deter
mined. No one so far has been either
able or willing to define them, except to
assert that the commission will be COL
lector of all kinds of information regard
ing agricultural products and a clear
ing house for the dissemination of this
data.
Obviously such a clearing house of in
formation will have its value But unless
the commission. once it has been set up,
Is empowered to take other steps. the
results will be small when compared to
the aims of this food conference These
aims are to bring about expanded pro-
duction, distribution and consumption of
foods throughout the world. Presumably
the proponents of the permanent COM
mission have other ideas for its use,
particularly the formula ton Of recon-
Evening star., 1943-05-23

engineer was forgotten. The brief taste
of fame had been fatal.
His aunt had watched with glowing
pride the career of the friendless boy
she had sponsored. And some wild
dreams were seething in her breast, ap-
parently quite unbeknown to Mussert
just about this time the woman, then
twice the age of the young engineer,
proposed that he marry her. Her word
was law to her nephew who was de-
pendent on her both emotionally and
financially. She was his only truly hu-
man contact.
A marriage between aunt and nephew
had never occurred before in Dutch his
tory. The very possibility of such an
event had never been recognized. So it
happened there was no specific provision
in the laws banning such union 1t
was so irregular, however, that it was
necessary to obtain the consent of the
crown. Just how this was done nobody
here knows. 1t seems unbelievable that
Queen Wilhelmina or any of her min
listers would knowingly have sanctioned
so revolving marriage The records are
unavailable but the general opinion here
is that some careless clerk stamped the
signature of his department head on
the order without realizing the nature
of it.
Pictures Cause Ridicule.
Mussert, those who know him say, was
scared to death when his aunt told him
what she proposed to do He was up
held, however. with the certainty that
the authorization never could be OBJ
tained. He had rude awakening when
she presented him with the signed docu-
ment and took him by the arm to the
office of Dutch equivalent of justice
Of the peace before he had time to think
Of any way out of the mess
There was, of course, temporary
scandal about it, but 1t was hushed up.
Mussert is quite sensitive over the whole
affair. He likes to picture his home life
as ideally happy and has pictures made
OF himself and his wife seated in do
mestic bliss by their fireside, model
for all good, home-loving Aryan couples.
Evening star., 1943-05-23

But showing Of these pictures lately has
been prohibited in Dutch movies, the
audiences made too much of a demon
stration with their cries of "auntie dear"
In the dark it was impossible for Mus
sert's police to spot the offenders and
in this case it was not practical to drag
out fair sample of the pictures goers
and shoot them as examples. The Ger
mans wouldn't have stood for it-for
even they enjoyed shouting dear
auntie"
In appearance Nine. Mussert seems
far from dominating personality She
might be any elderly Dutch village
housewife. She is inordinately proud of
her little boy" but has somewhat bet
ter sense of proportion and calls him
to account when his exhibitionism gets
too ridiculous. Stories that she some
times takes him over her knee and
spanks him, they say, probably are en-
tlrely apocryphal. But, after all, he Is
the focus of her own thwarted, twisted
life, her vicarious substitute in the re-
alization of her own girlhood dreams of
glory. So, to this poor woman, her
nephew-husband probably is less ridicu-
lous than to anybody else in the Nether-
lands except himself-and including, of
course, the Germans. The conquerors
naturally don't take Mussert seriously
and pass around the latest dirty stories
about him with as much relish as the
Dutch themselves. 1t is a crowning in
suit to vanished people to set up this
little man as their leader. But he has
only an empty title. 1t would be entirely
empty If the Germans did not with
malevolent humor indulge his sadistic
1diosyncracies up to the point where
these begin to interfere with their own
administration.
Mussert Suspects Ridicule.
Even Mussert suspects from time to
time that he is being laughed at and in
great indignation takes the train to Ber-
lin to complain to Hitler. Apparently
his fellow fuehrer is one of the few
comic reliefs for Adolf's more and more
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Russian Situation Different

Continued on Page B-4, Column s.
Evening star., 1943-05-23
Army Seeks to Teach Troops
Problems of War and Peace
Average Soldier Found UNIFORMED About Basic
Causes of Conflict and Problems of
Various Involved Nations
By Charles c. Ross
By Charles G. Ross.

what Is the average American soldier
thinking about the war and the place of
the United States in the world after the
war?
The busy and competent Special Serv-
ice Division OF the Army Service Forces
could give an Illuminating answer if it
would. 1t has probed into the soldiers
MIND on matters ranging from war and
peace aims to the cut of his pants But
the division considers that the informa-
ton it has gathered on the Army's think
ing is confidential. If the ban is ever
lifted, the results of it's surveys will
make fascinating reading.
Meantime. one gathers from talks with
the heads of the division, and from un-
official sources, that stupendous job of
education needs to be done.
Drew Middleton of the New York
Times overseas staff recently sent a dis
patch to his paper which has attracted
widespread attention in Washington.
Middleton said the one peace aim of the
average American soldier abxoad was ito
get home to his job and his family and
forget about the rest of the world and
the war This burning desire to return
home, he said, was by no means limited
to Americans, but it was only among
them that he encountered the idea that
the war is tremendous football game,
and that, somehow, after it is over and
won, the soldiers can forget the war and
the conditions which caused it."
He found the British and French
troops much better posted than ours on
the causes of the war, and with a clearer
idea cf the kind of world they wanted
after the war.
"Only few (of the Americans" he
reported, read anything in the news
papers except the comic strips, the sports
page and the gossip columns. Officers
have often lamented to me the lack of
current-events discussions like those in
the British Army, which keeps every
Tommy, no matter whether he is in Eng
land or in the desert, informed of the
course Of the war and problems arising
from it, and, what is most important, his
own place in the war and the postwar
world. When a radio is available jazz is
the objective Of every dial twister. Re-
broadcasts of important speeches run
second to jam sessions.
Russia Little Understood.
"Our Army, unexcelled in bravery and
ingenuity, thus is neither politically ma
ture like the British Army nor politically
fanatic like the German. There is pres
ent the deep, abiding love of country
from which political interest springs, yet
1t has not been expanded"
Again: "Russia's position in Europe
both now and after the war is little un-
derstood either by American or British
soldiers, although the latter have a bet