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Evening star., 1943-06-19
I'D Rather Be Riqht'
U. 5. Foreign Policy Is Book Thot History
Made Necessary for Nations Guidance

Mr.. Lippmann points out that
these opinions, on both sides, have
rarely affected policy. Russia helped
us by armed neutrality In our Rev.
olution and again by naval DEM
onstration during the Civil War.
Each country has always needed the
other, in spite of theology, as "a
friend in the rear Of its enemies"
You can keep your coat on while
reading all this; for it is a some
what chilly book, ard Mr.. Lippmann
has obviously kept his coat on while
writing it.
But the books low temperature is
exactly what gives it its curiously
valid historicity. Mr.. Lippmann has
looked upon the hot debate Of the
last four years Cor 40) between isola-
tionists and interventionists, and he
has blinked, and ne has said in a
low voice that this has not been a
debate over foreign policy at all. 1t
has been debate brought about by
the absence Of foreign policy. We
have had commitments, such as
those toward Latin America and the
Philippines, without feeling it neces-
sary to have weapons. We have also
wanted to keep war far away, with
out feeling it necessary to set I'D
alliances which could prevent any
possible mobilization against our
selves.
Bridge Between Two.
This has not been policy, in the
sense that policy must be a SOL
vent, going business, precise
matching of commitments against
resources, both material and politi-
CAL We have not been close traders
in foreign affairs at all, but, in a
sense, playboys, spendthrifts, round
ers, high tippers and irresponsibles.
We have hoped it would come out
even, without counting.
Mr.. Lippmann, as you see, is quite
practical and utterly detached. He
operates in the middle ground, be-
tween isolationists and intervention
lists. He thus becomes the bridge be-
tween them. He does so at the right
historical moment, starting out in
Wheelers mood and turning up at
Wilkes door.
That Is why I say this is not
merely contribution to the debate
but new stage in the debate. 1t is
the stage of synthesis, after the fac
lions have each made their own
particular offerings. The synthesis
OF conflicting ideas is genuine his
torical process. For that reason this
short volume is real occurrence In
the war, like an air raid or an in
vention.
1t is not that q book has been
written. Something has happened
and this book is the visible sign of
1t, and this author the almost auto
matte agent OF II Something has
ended, and something has begun.
1t Is Mr.. Lippmann's high honor to
have been selected to draw the
chalk line between the two.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

known to follow its own policies
and on several occasions has at
tempted. to provoke a war be-
tween the U. S. S. r. and Japan.
The appointment Of the man who
is considered in Japan as the
best strategist of the imperial
army is not interpreted in Wash
ington as a definite indication
that we may expect a conflict at
the Manchurian- Siberian border
in the near future, although the
Nazis are pressing their Eastern
allies to attack Russia now.
Japan. it is believed by compe-
tent observers here, is not suffi-
ciently sure of herself to attempt
to fight war on two fronts.
Vessels Are Captured.
In recent weeks, however, the
relations between TOXIC and Mos
cow have been more strained
than in the last few years. This
diplomatic misunderstanding is
due to the fact that, in spite of
the existence of a number of
treaties and pacts governing Jap
anese-Russian relations, the Jap
anese Navy's North Pacific patrol
has captured a number of vessels
flying the Soviet flag plying be-
tween the West Coast of the
United States and Siberian ports.
The Japanese apparently had
agreed early in 194l not to inter-
fere with shipments of certain
lease-lend goods sent from this
country to Russia over the Pa
clflc route. The quid pro QUO of
this agreement is not clearly
known here, but it is assumed it
was based on certain reciprocal
concessions including an ex-
change of goods between the two
countries.
Whether the Russians have not
kept their pledge or whether the
Japanese military again has
played its own game and ignored
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Summer Program Opens
For Boys Club FRIDAY

With summer vacations for chill
dren curtailed this year and beaches
inaccessible, the Boys Club of Wash
ington, headed by Charles M. Fyfe,
managing director, is expected this
summer to fill genuine need in the
Nations Capital.
Copies Of the clubs summer pro-
gram are now available at the
Georgetown branch, 2726 M street
NV; Central branch. 23O c street
NV, and at Seventeenth street and
Massachusetts, avenue Sc. Member
ship is open to boys between the
ages of 6 and 18.
The club will have a complete
program, indoor and outdoor,
throughout the summer, beginning
next Friday. Hours will be 9 80 m.
to 6 pm. Mondays through Fridays,
and from 9:3G am. to l pm on Sat-
urdays. The outdoor program will
be conducted at Eastern High School
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Dorden States Meetinq
With Board of Health
BY the Associated Press

oS tle Associated Press.
RICHMOND, June 19.-Gov. Dar-
den will meet with the State Board
of Health Wednesday for a discus
sion of plans for full operation of
the States hospitals for tubercular
patients.
The problems of personnel have
been such that the hospitals have
been able to fill only about 100 beds.
although there are more than 200 on
the waiting list.
The Governor did not say what
his recommendations would be, but
he did say that he had gained a
considerable amount of information
from his recent conferences with the
institution heads-Dr. J. Belmont
Woodson of Piedmont. DR.. w. E.
Brown of Blue Ridge and DR.. j. B.
Nichols OF CataWba.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

CONCERTS.
Soldiers Home Military Band. up
per bandstand, $50 o'clock tonight.
Victory musicale, Washington
Chapel, Sixteenth street and Colum-
bla road NV, 8 o'clock tonight.
Tour through chapel will follow
concert.
Roof garden dance, Jewish Com
munity Center, Sixteenth and @
streets NV, o'clock tonight.
DINNER.
Stephens College Alumni, May
flower Hotel, o'clock tonight.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Variety show, Sylvan Theater, on
Monument Grounds, o'clock to-
night.
HIKES.
National Capital Parks bird walk
through Kenilworth Aquatic Gar
dens, meet at Aquatic Gardens,
reached from Kenilworth avenue and
Polk street NE, 7:3O am. tomorrow.
Potomac Youth Hostel, 26-mile
bicycle trip to Greenbelt, Md, meet
at Dupont Circle and New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, $50 am. to-
morrow. Swimming at Greenbelt.
Wanderbirds' Hiking Club, along
Patuxent River near Laurel, Md,
meet at northeast corner of Twelfth
street and New York avenue NV,
to leave on 9:30 am. bus tomorrow.
LECTURE.
Rock Greek Park Woodland
Scenery With a Story" by Donald
Edward McHenry, sponsored by Ma
tional Capital Parks at Rock Greek
Park, adjacent to Sixteenth street
and Colorado avenue NV, $50
o'clock tonight. Technicolor slides
will be shown to illustrate the talk.
Brazil" technicolor film in Good
Neighbor" series.
RECREATION.
Home Away From Home" Ii
brary, games, music, dancing, radio
phonograph, Walsh Club for War
Workers, 1923 Twenty second street
NV, 4 pm. to midnight tonight.
FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco The
ater, Pennsylvania avenue and Mad
ison place NV. Tonight: Madrillon
Orchestra, Margaret Penn White,
Ida Clarke, Wilson College variety
show and Casino Royal show.
Tickets to show, "The Hut" E.
street at Pennsylvania avenue NV,
II am. to $3.50 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

sary by recent events.
1t was inevitable that some one
should do this job, sooner or later.
1t has happened to be Walter Lipp-
mann. I am sure Mr.. Lippmann
will not mind, and will fully under
stand what I mean when say that
that is q kind of accident. What
this book says is so much "in the
air." and was so close to crystalliza-
ton, that any of 100 men might, and
ought to, have written it.
1t Is, in fact, book made neces-
sary by history, and Mr.. Lippmanns
high distinction is that he has be-
come the instrument of that neces-
sity. That is higher distinction
than if he had composed wildly
original plan of foreign policy,
dreaming it up out of his own head.
Willkie Said 1t.
The burden Of the book, not to
make any further mystery OF it, is
that the United States must become
a member of an alliance, of which
the other parties must be Britain,
Russia and China. Well, Wendell
Willkie has said that, too. The i'm
portant thing is that while Mr..
Willkie came to it as the result Of
wonderful, warm emotional re-
sponse to the worlds outcry for a
future, Mr.. Lippmann has come to
it on the basis of scold. meticulous
examination of the facts.
1t is as if an theological bank teller
had audited a poem and had found
that it added up.
Thus, while Mr.. Willkie and his
friends would say hotly that it does
not matter if the Russian govern
ment is Communist, Mr.. Lippmann
says coolly that Americans have
disliked every government Russia
has ever had. GA favorite isolationist
argument in the first World War
was that free America should not
ally itself with an autocratic CzarD
Russia diSliked us, too, considering
us dangerously radical after our own
Revolution. and was the last power
to recognize us, waiting until 1909.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Girl Scouts Collect Hose

Two members of the Intermediate
Girl Scout Troop of Chevy Chase,
Lois Robinson and Cynthia Jones,
have collected 288 pairs of silk hose
for war use as their contribution in
the field of Girl Scout community
life activities, Mrs. Harold Hollands,
leader, said today. Other girls in the
troop folded newspaper bags used in
hospitals, and others sold defense
stamps as their contributions.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

about the most complicated trans
portation system in the world and
says, We'll, lemme see," he has
been here at least two years.
If he throws up his hands and
asks for help in getting out into
the daylight-he hasn't been in
town long enough to know better
than to brave the mystic maze that
is the underground and tube.
One of the big sellers at the Army
post exchanges here is snuff yep,
just plain, old, dipping snuff and
the biggest buyers are the men affd
officers of the Engineers Corps.
incidentally, the officers Exchange
here, which is housed in two rooms
no larger than the average sitting
room, is one of the most f1ourishing
stores in the country. 1t did more
than $l,000,000 worth of business
last year and the average cost OF
the items sold didn't run more than
so cents.
English Interpreted.
There is such a tremendous diff
ference in the terms used by the
British and American Armies that
one of the important departments
whenever the two armies work to-
gether is the Department of No
menclature. Two officers, one Brit
ish and one American, sit side by
side to serve as interpreters for
the clerical workers.
| What American would know that
| the British wanted hot-water bot
ties when an order came through
for gross of stomach warmers"
and what Britisher would know that
| the Americans call press studs
snap fasteners and mean a "span-
! ner" when they ask for a monkey
wrench and want "lie low" when
they request sleeping bags?
Lots of Londoners with broken
watches rejoiced today over the news
that in the future the time required
for watch repairing would be re-
duced from five months to three
months.
If there IS any British resentment
over Americans commanding the two
major theaters of war-MacArthur
in the Pacific and Eisenhower in
Africa-we haven't heard it and the
papers have already mentioned as
a strong possibility that when the
second front is opened, Gen. Mar
shall will be the supreme COM
mander The British won't object
/ to this either if one is to judge by
the tone of the stories in the papers
and the comment of the man in the
/ street.
. Haw Haw Means.
There is nothing quite so delight
full as to tune in on a short-wave
radio here and listen to the German
and Italian radio commentators
howl and squeal about the dreadful
destruction being wrought in their
countries by the British and Ameri-
can air forces. Even Lord Haw Haw
has developed fondness for moan
ing low. Whenever you are inclined
to feel sorry for the pasting the
Germans are getting now, just re-
member the hit-and-run raids the
Huns are making on English coastal
cities these days. The planes come
over and strafe streets, shops and
hotels with but one aim-to kill
civilians.
A big crowd of folks followed a
man along Piccadilly the other day,
watching him as if he were a man
from Mars. The reason was the
fellow was bouncing three new te1-
mis- balls as he walked and a new
tennis ball hasn't been seen over
here since Wimbledons hallowed
turf was turned over to the raising
Of pigs.
Grapes are on the market now and
you can get a nice bunch for the
reasonable price of between four
| and five dollars
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Evening star., 1943-06-19
This Changing World
Russo-Jop Relations Now More Strained
Thon at Any Time in Lost Few Years

the agreements made by the
Toxic foreign Office is not clear.
The fact Is a number of trans
ports have been captured by the
Japanese and taken to Japanese
harbors. These ships. the Japa-
nese claim, are, in fact, American
vessels transferred to tie u. S.
S. R. under lease-lend agree
ments. The American origin of
these cargo boats apparently is
the official reason advanced by
Toxic when it explained to Mos
cow the reasons for seizure.
Believed Needing Ships.
American observers, however,
suspect that Jap losses in mer-
chantmen, due to sinkings by
American submarines have been
so great that the navy has
decided to take over whatever
modern ships it can lay hands on.
Moscow obviously does not like
this. Foreign Commissar Molo-
toff is reported TO have spoken
sternly to the japanese Ambassa-
dor at Moscow, while the Soviet
Ambassador in Toxic placed a
strongly -Worded protest in the
hands of Premier TOTO.
Bitter words are said to have
been exchanged between Moscow
and Toxic. The decision of the
japanese government to place the
conqueror of Singapore at the
head of the japanese forces on
the Siberian border is considered
here as bluff by Toxic to give
Russia the impression Japan will
not take any back talk and that
unless the Russians quiet down
something may happen this sum-
mer.
Bluff May Succeed.
The Russians, who are as good
at diplomatic blufhng as the
japanese, are aware that the
NlpponeSe are no more in a po-
Sition to fight a tWo-front war
than the Russians themselves.
Although a number of Siberian
divisions and airplanes have been
ordered to the European front,
the Soviet army in that area is
sufficiently strong to make things
very difficult even for the fire.
eating Kwantung army.
But there is no question that
an attack against the maritime
provinces would be most incon-
venient for the Russians at this
time when the Allies have con-
centrated their main effort in
Europe. Under the circum-
stances, it is assumed here that
the japanese bluff will be sue
ceSsful in that the Russian diplo-
mats will be compelled to aban-
don the vessels captured by the
japanese Navy.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

renee, a happen
ing.
I do not say
this b e c a u S e
there is anything
very extraordi-
nary in the book.
(There Is often
nothing very ex-
traordinary in
events, either.)
I say it because
this book does a
certain historic
job of work, a
Job made neceS-
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Nine District Area Men Win
Commissions at Camp Lee

Nine men from Washington and
vicinity were among the 1853 soldiers
commissioned as second lieutenants
yesterday in graduation exercises at
the Camp Lee (Va) Quartermaster
School.
They are: Emanuel Atlas, TIT
Seventeenth street NV; Carl c.
Cook, 26l9 Forty-second street NV;
Vincent F.. Corrado, 1905 Kenyon
street NV; Carl H. INLAY, 1925
Livingston street NV; Robert H.
Melvin, jr., 1909 Holbrook street
NE; Alexander Meyers, jr., 1888
Montello avenue NE; Alan Chris
tian Puryear and Jack S. Silver, Ar
lington and William r. Carrick,
RiVerdale. Md.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
The Political Mill
Effect OF Elmer Duvis Statement Is to Reduce
Peoples Confidence in News From Wushinaton

w SSs WI
according to Mr.. Davis, so that
conflicting reports on the same
subject shall not 60 out from
several Government agencies,
thus confusing the public. The
newspapers which criticized the
frequent conflicting statements
put out by the various agencies
should, Mr.. Davis held, be
pleased now that these steps
have been taken to prevent con-
flicting statements. But appar-
emily they are not.
AS a matter of fact, newspa-
pers and reporters prefer to get
the news themselves rather than
to have it passed out to them by
Government officials. They pre-
fer to be able to interview the
officials Of the Government i'm
mediately concerned. They do
not like to have the news chan
neled" to them through a Gov
ernment agency-the Owl in
this case.
Could Channel Activity.
There is, of course, another way
to avoid conflicting statements
by Government agencies. One
would be to place control of one
activity entirely under one agen-
cy-as, for example, the food
problem-instead of having it
under many.
This idea of "channeling" the
news to the reporters and to the
newspapers Is not new. The ad-
ministration set about to do just
that at the recent Hot Springs
United Nations Food Conference
denying newspaper reporters at
the start easy access to the dele
gates themselves. There was such
an uproar that this policy was
abandoned to great extent be-
fore the conference got under
way.
The hostility Of the adminis-
tration to the newspapers has
been demonstrated on numerous
occasions. Many newspapers
have been extremely critical and
hostile to the administration. No
administration likes to be criti-
cized. No administration likes
to have its mistakes shown up to
the public. Many administra-
tions have been forced by news
papers in the past to correct mis-
takes in judgment and admin
1stration. Certainly the news
papers of today have been active
agents in showing both where
mistakes lay and in bringing
about their correction.
$50 Cover Washington.
An examination of the big
daily newspapers of the country
will show that many hundreds
of columns have been devoted to
stories of the great achievements
of Government, industry and
labor to fit this country for war.
Series of stories have been car
rled, written by special corre-
spondents who have visited the
great war plants, Army camps
and Shipyards.
There are $50 members of the
press galleries at the Capitol.
This army of newspaper report
ers covers Washington. The As
sociated Press alone has a staff
of 81 reporters here. The New
York Times staff in Washington
numbers %. Local newspapers
have large numbers Of reporters.
The press services and the in
dividual daily newspapers send
to Washington the pick of their
reportorial staffs. Mr.. Davis
comment on Washington news
coverage, therefore, seems all the
more unfortunate. Mr.. Davis
seems to have become more Of
propagandist than a newspa-
perman. He lays open to sus-
picion the objectivity of news
reports which emanate from the
Owl.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
3 Cadets Die in Crash
OF ; Planes in 7 Hours
By tire Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press
SHAW FIELD, S. c., June ls.-
The Shaw Field public relations Of
nee said yesterday the crash OF three
planes within about two hours cost
the lives of three Shaw Field avia-
ton cadets while on routine training
flights Thursday afternoon.
The victims were Frank H. Quer-
termous, rs, East st. Louis, ILL.,; Rob-
ert H. Stinson, 81, Hattiesburg, Miss,
and Malcolm D. Carnahan, 20, Lin
coin, Mich.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

armies ON the
Russian-Jap-
anese border.
In this COM
mand is in
cluded the ia
nous autono-
NOUS arm y
Of Kwantung
composed OF
the worst and
toughest ele-
m e n t 8 in
Japan. TIL e
K W a n t u ng
Evening star., 1943-06-19
z From D. 6. to Attend
Osteoputhic Meetino

DR.. c. D. Swope and DR.. Riley D.
Moore will participate in the war
service program of the American
Osteopathic Association and allied
societies to be held July le to 20
in Detroit.
DR.. Swope. chairman Of the De-
partment Of Public Relations Of the
association, will address the general
assembly and also serve as a mem
per OF the House of Delegates, the
associations legislative body. DR..
Moore Is an alternate in the House
of Delegates.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

Jority. w h a t
they do not re-
alize is that a
new majority is
being developed
which is rapidly
turning against
labor unions.
The issue will
become concrete
in the next cam
paign if Presi-
dent Roosevelt
should veto the
bending labor
dispute bill. This
Evening star., 1943-06-19

in the world
today. 1t looks
as If Mr.. Da-
Wis was tax
ing in a great
deal of terri
tory.
F. u r t her
more, it looks
as II Mr.. Da-
Wis d ID not
a p prov e Of
the way news
is written in
the Capital
W h ! h h a S
Evening star., 1943-06-19

long an Amer
lean has been
in London Is to
a SIX h i'm for
directions on
the underground
and tubes. If he
Is able to answer
your questions,
he is almost Ger
tain to h ave
been here since
the last war.
If he acts as
IL he knows a
Evening star., 1943-06-19

HE opinions OF the rtters this page their on
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented
Stars effort to gue all sides OF questions of interest to Its
readers, although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1943-06-19
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

Elmer Davis, head Of the owl,
considers Washington news COW
erage less adequate than the
coverage of news anywhere else
Evening star., 1943-06-19
By CONSTANTINE BROWN,

Gen. Yamashita, the con-
queror of Singapore. is reported
to have been appointed COM
mander in chief of the Japanese
Evening star., 1943-06-19
BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

Walter Lippmann's new United
States Foreign Policy: Shield of the
Republic" is more than book. It
Is an event of this war, an occur
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Strikes Nav
Be Issue in
Campaign
Labor Leaders Fail,
Apparently, to Note
Public Reaction
BY DAVID LAWRENCE

Labor union leaders are still under
the illusion that their political
strength, plus that of the party
in power, gives them ma
Evening star., 1943-06-19
.McLemore-
Pens q Few Notes
On Things British
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

LONDON.-Little notes of q big
city, written in the shade of q bar
rage balloon? 40
The quickest way to find out how
Evening star., 1943-06-19

orchestra and smokes, Leisure
Lodge. l439 U street NV, 8 o'clock
tonight.
WAR workers cordially invited.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

stadium in cooperation with the
Recreation Department.
Evening star., 1943-06-19
Sole Of Furniture

There is big demand for used FUR
niture. Nov il the time to turn into
cash that which you are not using
An "Ad" in The Star with full descrip-
ton and price will sell it.
Evening star., 1943-06-19

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