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RUSSIA:
Reds Tighten Moose

German armies fought desperate
ly to draw themselves from the
moose Russia's surging forces were
attempting to pull tight in the great
bend Of the Dnieper river.
To the south, the Reds spilled over
the flat steppes west of fallen Melito-
pol, and raced to thwart Germany's
withdrawal of its forces from the
Crimea.
Action along the whole southern
front conferred around the Russians
attempts to surround and smash the
German armies threatened with en-
circlement from the rear, and the
Nazis' desperate efforts to hold off
the Reds with heavy counter-attacks
while the bulk of their troops
dropped back to the west, on the
edge of the 1941 European border.
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CATTLE:
Ne1U Subsidy

To stabilize livestock prices at
present market levels, the govern
ment announced new subsidy plan
for professors and slaughterers.
Under the program, subsidies of
so cents will be paid on common
cattle selling between $40 and $11 per
hundredweight, and for cutter and
Gamer classes ranging from $7.45
to S8.45 per hundredweight.
For good grade cattle selling be-
tween SLABS to $15.25 per hundred
weight, Sl.45 subsidy will be paid,
while for medium class stock bring
ing from Sl2 to S13, a 80 per cent
grant will be made. To discourage
production of choice to prime beef,
subsidy of 81 will be paid on grades
from SIS to SIG per hundredweight.
To slaughterers who do not process
by-products, new subsidy of 30
cents per hundredweight was estab-
lished. Slaughterers buying cattle
below or above the stated prices will
have their subsidies reduced by a
similar amount.
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End of Conflict

Although none of the army or navy
officers of the top command will al
low themselves to be quoted as say
ing the war will end early in 1914,
a number of holder and less con-
strained military folk are willing to
say this is possible.
1t is interesting to consider that a
year ago this summer, when many
believed that invasion of northern
Europe by the Allies would be I'M
dertaken by the spring of 1913, few
people were predicting, even under
such circumstances, an end of the
war early in 1914. Take for instance
a typical comment in leading peri
odical (Harper's) written very little
over a year ago in which it was said
that Germany must complete the
conquest of key positions in Russia,
must halt or control the Anglo-Amer-
lean onslaught from the air, and
must hold northern Africa for a
sortie in the Middle East. When we
consider what has happened since,
we can see the progress which has
been made. Far from any action in
which the word conquest" could be
used, the Wehrmacht in Russia has
been driven beyond its last Russian
defense lines in many places. The
dream of an African empire has be-
come the reality of bitter defeat and
despite desperate defense measures,
the most powerful air blows are be-
ing struck against the Reich.
Japanese Situation
Within the year, Japan's power
has begun to crumble at a rate and
In a manner which makes it plain
that she will not have to be beaten
back island by island and every Jap
on foreign soil killed. The Mikado's
"unconquerables" have become ex-
ceedingly adept at getting away
from points once expected to be last
stands, with remarkable alacrity
and apparent satisfaction in their
own retreatability.
Therefore, it is not at all impos-
sible that the President, if he intends
voluntarily to retire with the end of
the fighting, means that he will be
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INSURANCE.:
Monopoly Question

With the controversy of whether OIL
not the insurance business consti-
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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Allies Prepare Heavy Blows in Italy;
Jugo Slav Guerrillas Threaten Nazis
Despite Outbreaks of fractional War;
New Cattle Subsidy Plan Is Announced

NOTE When opinions h they hOss q
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PACIFIC:
Ne1U Blo,Us

While Lieut.. Gen. George c. Ken
ney's air force continued pounding
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WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, D. C.

AS the political campaign, which
will be over in a short year, begins
to increase in tempo, it is interesting
to note that noticeable shock record
ed by the reporters at a recent White
House press and radio conference
when the President tossed off that
phrase when l am out of the
White House.
Taken in the context, it was i'm
mediately clear that the President
did not delimit the time element in
this statement and there was no real
justification for the startled pause
when pencils stopped scribbling and
heads and eyebrows went up at the
presidential remark. Mr.. Roosevelt
was merely pointing out, in connec-
ton with the postwar rubber situa-
ton, that he believed that any pro-
posed tariff to protect the synthetic
rubber plants after the war should
be vetoed, and he implied that any
President who vetoed such a meas
ure might stir up lot of opposition
from the synthetic rubber manufac-
turers.
But we have become so accus-
toned to the idea that Mr.. Roosevelt
himself thinks only in terms of his
own regime without time or other
limitations, that an expression which
seemed to indicate the opposite nat
urally caused a stir.
However, it is entirely possible
that Mr.. Roosevelt will not be a can
didate in 1914. There are even those
who enjoy making rash prophecies
who are already saying he has made
up his mind not to run at all under
any circumstances. This type of
prediction is accepted in Washing
ton as being in that class of guesses
which have about 40-60 chance of
being right.
But closer observers who do not
choose to guess the Presidents inner
thoughts but are thoroughly familiar
with his manner of thinking, deduce,
from what they believe is past ex-
perience, that he will not be can
didate if the war is over by next
spring. This is contrary to earlier
representations that his desire to be
President when the blue-prints for
the postwar world are being drawn
would incline him toward running
for a fourth term. The explanation
is that he will not run unless he has
more than an even chance of win
ming,
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FOOD:
Margarine Tar

Because of growing opposition
from the dairy bloc, a stiff fight
doomed in congress over the pro-
posal to eliminate federal taxes and
restrictions on margarine.
While more consumption of whole
milk was advocated, with good"
margarine substituted for butter,
Representative August Andersen
(Minn.) declared additional feed
would supply sufficient milk for all
purposes.
Consultant to the food and drug
administration, DR.. A. J. Carlson of
the University ofChicago, stated that
present "good' margarine has nu-
trltional values equal to butter, and
tax laws strike at the poorer classes
in most need of adequate nutrition.
When the margarine tax was first
enacted, he said, there was occa-
sional fraud in the sale of the prod
uct and there was less Information
on nutrition.
Because cotronseed oil is an in
gredient of margarine, there were
charges that the congressional cotton
bloc was interested in repeating the
tax and restrictions.
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ON THE HSSS
HOME 1i7I>SSSS
&FRONT<2
WIN RUTH WYEIH SPEARS
RUTH WYETH SPEARS

F YOU want to make a gift that
l really is different, try door
pocket planned for special needs.
Notice the laundry bag flat against
the wall on hanger with pocket
for handkerchief and fine things.
Also the shelf covers of bright oil
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Civic Group Protests Move
To Abandon Housing Site

Protesting the decision of the
National Capital Housing Authority
to abandon the Savannah street
(S.E) site for permanent war
worker homes, the Garfield Douglas
Heights Civic Association this week
urged the NCHA to reconsider its
decision, it was announced today.
The association also asked that
the 40 homes to be built on Twenty
nth street Sc. be occupied by
colored residents on the ground that
the proposed settlement Is within
the recognized limits of the Garfield
community which has been occupied
by colored residents since the 1870s,
Roy Garvin, president of the civic
association. asserted at the meeting
that the NCHA had acted hastily
without giving the association an
opportunity to express its views.
The association passed a resolution
urging that community leadership
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I II tHey Do'"tns Ahempsoh.
themselves could settle all the
questions of the globe.
For the first time in the history
Of western civilization decisions
about Europe have been reached
without the participation of 4
single continental European
statesman or representative by
three great powers, OF whom two
belong only in a geographical
sense, while the third participant,
the United States, does not belong
to Europe at all.
The fact implicit in the Moscow
conference. which must hit all
Europeans between the eyes. is
that the whole of Europe, Allied
or Axis, belongs, in effect. among
the defeated nations. That is
the result of the Nazi attempt to
make Germanized Europe domi-
nate the world.
Leaving Germany out of ac-
count, the rest of Europe, follow
ing this war, Is bound to ask
itself what its future status in
the world will be. Will Europe
simply be asked to ratify the de-
cisions of others, or will it have
opportunity to mold its future
destiny?
This leads us to the questions,
never offcially asked or answered
to the satisfaction of the in
quiring mind: What role do we
conceive for Europe in the future
constellation of power? And are
we capable Of imposing any So
luton, or are there limitations?
Balkanization Envisioned.
There Is q school of thought
which assumes that Europe is
finished and the future belongs
to the three or four great powers
of the earth. This concept en-
visages the Balkanization OF Eu-
rope, the restoration of numer-
Gus small, independent states
allowed, perhaps. to group them
selves regionally, insofar as
spheres of influence are not dis
turbed. All the strength that
might remain in Europe would,
in that case, be paralyzed by put
ting one part of continental
Europe against another.
In the long-lasting confusion
arising from such situation, the
three great powers. Britain. Rus
sia and America, or Britain and
Russia without America, would
play the role of arbiter and po-
hceman, jointly, or in agreed
upon areas.
The Moscow agreements, judged
wholly from the text, can
be interpreted to mean this,
although different interpretations
Evening star., 1943-11-12

next spring. A number of arm
chair stratesists have picked Ia
ter dates, pointing out there are
no definite signs of . break in
the German morale 1T home or
At the front.
Some military men, when
asked to speculate on this matter,
say that as soon As the Nazi ar
mics are really beaten their pres
ent leaders will abandon ship"
and q rudderless Reich plunged
into chaos will disintegrate and
be ready prey for the Allied
forces. Under these circum-
stances the betting is that the
Red armies will be first to enter
Berlin.
Dramatic Change Possible.
Military men point out that
while it appears that the German
armies are retreating In good
order with their iron discipline
unaffected, we should not be sur
prised at any sudden and dra-
matte change.
Dlsintegrating Of an army's
morale is not always visible to
the eyes OF trained observers.
1t often starts with some small
incident such as a company or
a.battalion exhausted by contin-
uous lighting and lack of rest
losing its nerve and refusing to
obey orders. Military discipline
cannot always take into consider
alton conditions Of nerves" par
ticularly when a force is hard
pressed and reserves are not i'm
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On The Record
are equally possible.

Vic OAAAby ROocAOAC.
Yet We must by now have learn
ed from history that geograph-
ical, demographical. economic and
cultural facts transcend political
decisions. These facts of life
penetrate every political plan and
finally modify or dissolve it.
The main geographical fact
about Europe is that it is the
very center of the land surface
OF the globe. If we free our
selves from the conception of the
North and South Poles and the
equator and take the earth as a
ball that we can turn in our
hands, we can divide it into land
and water. If we do so, we find
that half the earth includes prac-
tically all the land except Aus
tralia and that its center is
somewhere on the Channel coast.
We can also find another
thing-that the population OF the
earth is concentrated to an amaz-
ing degree in its land center.
Europe, tiny peninsula of Asia,
Is the home Of about $50 900 900
people-more than in all the
Americas together.
Reasons Seen for Lead.
There are reasons why Europe
has been the center of western
civilization for centuries. 1t lies
wholly within the temperate zone,
and the fact that it is not a solid
mass, but surrounded on three
sides by ocean, which penetrates
1t deeply in Mediterranean, Baltic
and North Seas, has helped de-
termine its miraculous develop
ment from ancient Greece to the
present.
The variety of races and cul-
lures have not only resulted in
wars but have been immense
stimulants, nor have they ever
wholly obliterated European
unity.
To keep as a permanent satel-
lite OF three outside powers the
nerve center of the world, that
still holds within itself so much
life and intelligence, would pre-
sumo permanent unity between
the three great powers, which it
is folly to assume.
Europe will not, in any fore
seeable time, reconquer its old
dominating position. There will
not be Europeanized world.
Russia and America are the living
proof OF that. But all the more
reason why there must be a
Europeanized Europe, able to take
its place as an equal among the
other few great powers of the
earth. The achievement Of that
is the true liberation of Europe,
and all other liberations will be
Of dubious value and duration.
The future of Europe also holds
the answer to the German ques-
tion. There is no satisfactory
European answer to the German
problem unless 4 future Germany
can be 80 organized As to fit into
a modern European pattern. The
question Of whether Germany
must be persuaded or forced by
arms into such = pattern, or per-
manently held by force OF arms
out Of any pattern, cis second
rate. The leading question is the
future Of all Europe. No solution
can be found for the German
question until a European pattern
exists.
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ping, vacillation and yielding to
pressure. The final mortificati tion
came in the abject capitulation to
John L. Lewis and. the United Mine
Workers. The length Of the negoti-
alton, the camouflage of the 15-
minutes-fo lunch agreement, the
fact that the decision WAS made by
a cabinet oficer (Mr. Ickes) and
was concurred in by q reluctant
War Labor Board, which, without
presidential support, was left with
no .alternative-none of this passing
the buck to his subordinates OBJ
scures the reality that the surrender
was by Mr.. Roosevelt-the COM
mander in chief himself.
Surrender Through Fear.
Moreover, 1t was a surrender
through fear. Distinctly, it was not
forced by public opinion nor made
necessary through lack OF power.
The truth, which no one will dispute
| is that the overwhelming mass of
American men and women (particu-
larly those in the armed services
here and abroad would have en-
Enthusiastically supported Mr.. Roose-
welt had he stood up and made a
fight. And, with Congress behind
him (as unquestionably it would
have been), they would have given
him 4 support which Mr.. Lewis and
his organization could not have
resisted.
But the President made no real
fight. Actually he made no fight at
all. He gave way and his underlngs
naturally gave in and Mr.. Lewis
proved himself bigger than the
President and stronger than the
Government. 1t was a sickening per-
formance. And worse is yet to come,
for it Is perfectly clear that further
surrenders are contemplated, which
will knock the whole wage -stabili-
zation program silly and make the
anti-infiation fight futile.
Mrs. Roosevelt's recent press
conference remarks foreshadov
these other surrenders and present
the administration alibis. Partly
the blame is to be put on Congress
for not providing farm subsidies;
partly on public negligence" and
partly on employer profiteering-
not one Of them sound. Resentment
Of Mr.. Lewis holdup of the Govern
ment Is fully justified. Undisgus-
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This Changing World

mediately available. This Is es-
pecially true under the rigid mill
tary system Of the Germans.
Such an incident, which Is pos
sible under the present circum-
stances on the Russian front,
would call for immediate repri-
sails. Refusal of relatively small
unit to obey orders would be
considered Is mutinous and a
larger unit would be called to
deal with the situation. When
soldiers lose hope they become
thinking citizens again. 1t is
quite conceivable - there were
several such instances In the last
war-that the larger unit would
refuse to shoot the mutinous
"ringleaders." In fact there sell
dom are actual ringleaders and
the high command chooses one
man out of 1ive or ten for the
firing squad.
Now Afraid Of Russians.
The fire of characterization
spreads rapidly and out Of what
may have been 4 relatively small
incident . real mutiny might
spread through divisions, army
corps and eventually 4 whole
army.
There is no question that. the
morale of the Nazi soldiers on
the Russian front has been badly
shattered. All the plans of the
German general staff to hold the
Russians in check at Kiev, which
is one of the most important
strategic points in the Nazi de-
tense lines, seem to have gone
wrong and the German troops
are now afraid of the Russians.
The pressure OF the Red armies
On the Nazis has been relentless.
Under these conditions it would
not surprise top-ranking mill
tary men in Washington to hear
earlier than is generally antici-
pated that a mutiny has broken
out in the German forces now
being driven towards Rumania
and Poland.
This may occur next month or
sometime next year. 1t all de-
pends on how carefully the Nazf
high command is handling its
men at the fronts and how well
the reserves and supply services
still function.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Episcopal Conteen
Visited by 800 Guests

A total of 800 guests have visited
the Episcopal canteen for men and
women of the armed forces, which
opened Saturday, october l6, in the
parish house of the Church of the
Epiphany, Douglas S. Brinkley, cam
teen chairman, announced today.
Mr.. Brinkley asked that men or
women who can assist at the can
teen on Saturday from 2 to II pm.
telephone him or Miss Miriam Olsen
parish secretary, at District 1855.
There has been an increased at
tendance Of service personnel at
other church functions since the
canteen was opened. Mr.. Brinkley
said, renewing an open invitation to
a young peoples meeting at 8 pm.
every Sunday.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
The Great Game Of Politics.

edly, he takes advantage Of the ma
tional crisis to gain his ends, But
at least he is an open fighter and
free from the hypocrisy OF the
Philip Murrays and William Greens
who, hot after the same ends,
camoufiage their sabotage with
pious pratings about their personal
patriotism and solemnly repeat
their "no-strike" pledges while
strikes of all kinds are in progress
or threatened.
Old, Vicious Circle.
Mr.. Lewis is an open political
opponent of the Presidents, while
the Messrs Murray and Green are
his personal friends and political
allies. Yet, on Monday, the Steel
workers, directed by Mr.. Murray,
denounced the Little Steel formula
which is the base on which the
whole DECENTRALIZATION fabric
rests, and, opening up 1900 COL
lective- bargaining contracts, now
demand more money. This Is just
as much of . holdup as Mr.. Lewis
The difference is that there is no
threat Of a strike. But that does not
conceal the fact that, should the
Government stand by its Little
Steel formula, strikes which Mr..
Murray. the great no-strike pledger,
allegedly could not control, would
occur and the war effort suffer.
Naturally, Mr.. Roosevelt, having
accorded Mr.. Lewis. his political
enemy, practically everything he
asked, cannot refuse the demands
OF his political allies, whose support
of his fourth-term candidacy-if he
decides to run again--is indispen-
sable. So, already the Presidents
underlings are making statements
to the effect that the workers are
entitled to better treatment and
Mr.. Roosevelt has named COM
mittee to discover whether the rise
in living costs does not leave wages
out of line.
And already. Mr.. Murray, the
great patriot, is denouncing Con-
gress. and Mr. Byrnes and Mr..
and the War Labor Board.
and everybody else who has tried
to carry out the Presidents orders
and hold the line" But. there is |
no use for the subordinates to try
to hold the line II the Chief" isn't
trying to hold it. And the Chief" |
just isn't. So, unless somehow.
some way, somebody at the top
shows = courage and determination
not now noticeable, another upward
surge Of wages is scheduled, which
will mean An upward surge of prices,
and then more wage demands. It's
the old vicious circle-and, with no
one to stand up and fight, the
reality OF runaway imitation gets
closer.
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Parent Teacher Unit
Will Meet TONIGHT

The Fairfax County Federation
Of Parent-Teacher Associations will
hold its flrst meeting Of the current
school term at BIS o'clock tonight
in the auditorium Of Fairfax Ele-
mentary School, with Mrs. r.. A.
Osborn, president, presiding.
The guest speaker will be Pfc
Harvey King, Marine Corps, who
will tell how his life was saved by
blood plasma acquired by the Red
Cross.
Following the regular business ses-
sion the various committees will
hold group panel discussions.
Evening star., 1943-11-12

long before Pearl
Harbor to the
present time Is
t he ter RI b ] e
feebleness of Mr..
Roosevelt's labor
policy-or rather
his lack of any
labor policy at
all.
When the full
record is written
1t will tell a story
Of almost in
credible and in
defensible fun.
Evening star., 1943-11-12

Mr.. Church.
Ill and many
other respon-
sible leaders
say that We
must not ex-
pect a COM
plete German
defeat until
sometime in
1914. SO m z
w as hington
political men
believe he
Nazi collapse
" i'll com
Evening star., 1943-11-12

be consulted before new housing
sites are determined.
The association also expressed op-
position to building a new school or
Stanton road Sc. contending that
the site does not allow for necessary
play space. The association advo-
Gated an addition to the Garfield
School, to be built with FWA funds.