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Evening star., 1943-10-25
Not impossible

Coupled with reports of a high
degree of cordiality prevailing at
the current tripartite conferences in
Moscow, Mr.. Andrei Gromykos first
radio address as Russian Ambas-
sador to the United States has added
appreciably to the general atmos-
phere OF good will among the key
United Nations.
Speaking directly to the American
people, Ambassador Gromyko has
quoted an old proverb to the effect
that real friends make themselves
known in misfortune" and he has
made point of thanking us for
having demonstrated this truth by
helping the Soviet Union not only in
the days Of its extremity, but now as
well, when the mighty and heroic
Red Army is engaged in vast Of
fensive whose victorious sweep seems
irresistible.
AS Mr.. Gromyko has suggested,
the terrifying Implications of Nazi
aggression gave to Russia, Britain
and the United States. along with
the other United Nations, a great
end that they could share in COM
mon-the joint desire and objective
to smash the forces of pillage and
enslavement running amuck in the
world. And since we have learned
the value of mutual friendship and
cooperation in achieving this end,
since we have worked so we'll to-
gether in the war, 1t would be a
sorry thing If after the final victory
is won and all our enemies put down,
we break ranks and march along
separate roads again.
There is note of marked sin
cerity in this passage from Mr..
Gromyko's address: Il hope that my
words-friendship and corporation
will be understood not as a mere
diplomatic gesture and expression of
diplomatic courtesy. I consider that
friendship and cooperation be-
tween our countries and peoples are
the expression of their basic inter-
ests." And few Americans will be
disposed to disagree with him on this
score, for it is fact that as the two
greatest continental powers in the
world. Russia and the United States,
have more things in common than
they have at variance, despite the
theological gulf separating their po-
litical systems.
Russia, IN fact, from the stand
point Of self-exploitation and self
development, is strikingly similar to
our own country, say, fifty or sew
enty-five years ago. 1t is so big and
so potentially rich within itself,
moreover, that it ought in the future
to feel no more inclined to imperial
lstic aggression than America.
1t appears certain, in any case,
that the world will benefit If Russia
and the United States continue to be
mutually friendly and cooperative
after the war. Must real friends
make themselves known only in mis-
fortune? Is 1t not possible that
when hardship passes and a good
day comes, they can still go on serv-
ing each other, making life better
for themselves and others?
To answer mo" to this would
seem to be talking senselessly.
Evening star., 1943-10-25
Wonders About Errors
In RatiOning Policies.
To the Editor of The Star:

70 Ute EuICOT ne Star.
After reading Dorothy Thompson in
The Star for October 20, I have decided
that it it not unpatriotic to complain
about low point values.
I live alone, hence have only one
book, and live so far from restaurants
that knew nothing Of what they have
to offer until I read her column.
Meanwhile, can get so little with my
stamps that it does not give me the
necessary strength for my work, and
when late in the day I see the butchers
cases full of meat that he cannot sell be-
cause people haven't points enough to
buy 1t wonder what's the matter.
CLARA MITCHELL.
Evening star., 1943-10-25

in mills, factories, mines and trans
portation to produce tho products
used"
Benefits Of home construction, the
Builder argues, thus would spread
far and wide" through American
industry. With regard to the social
aspect of the projected building
campaign, it is suggested that:
"Record-breaking numbers of people
are now reaching the ages of Is to
a.; the marriage rate is up, and SOL
diers returning from the war will be
demanding better housing" Also,
population movement, the growth
Of new communities created by the
war and the development of super
highways and air transportation,
will create new home building re-
quirements.
The Builder cautions against the
possible danger that private initia-
tive and enterprise may be stifled by
Government controls or competition
and likewise warns that financing of
private homes must be feasible of
arrangement in liberal enough
fashion, with low down payments
and interest rates" But these
potential perils are not absolutely
implicit in the problem. The fact
that must impress all classes of
people is that the population of the
United States is increasing and de-
cent shelter is wanted by a growing
number Of families. If providing
needed homes can help to prevent
postwar depression, so much the
better.
Evening star., 1943-10-25
New Line in Russia?

Aii CopCullllS MellJOpOl ana IN con-
tlnuing to exploit key breakthroughs
across the Dneiper as far north as
Gomel, the seemingly tireless Red
Army appears to be driving the Nazis
to point where they must either
suffer vast entrapment or be forced
into pell-mell retreat to a new line
hundreds of miles to the west.
Along the Dneiper southwark to
the Black Sea, Hitler is said to have
committed armies numbering be-
tween 100000 and 100000 men,
with hundreds of thousands of these
IN the Crimea alone. With the fall
OF Melitopol the latter are imme-
dlately endangered, because Perekop
their last remaining land exit
from the Crimean Peninsula-lies
only some 100 miles from the ad-
vancing Red Army, and the terrain
is such that the Nazis can do little
to fight a good delaying action. In
short, the indications are that thew
may have to abandon this position
IN hurry or risk being bottled up
in it,
Similarly, to the north, especially
In the great bend of the Dneiper
where the Russians are sureinp
Southward toward Krivoi Rog deep
pehlnd the enemy, the choice facing
Hitler seems to be one between en-
trapment and retreat, il indeed he
still has time to choose. In fact
from Smolensk all the way down the
Dneiper, past Gomel, past Kiev, past
Dnepropetrovsk, his line has every
symptom of thing falling apart, so
that taken together with the grow
ing threat to the Crimea, the whole
picture suggests that he will not be
standing very long where he is
standing now.
1r anticipation of such situation
as this, military authorities some
time ago predicted that if Hitler
could not hold the Dneiper and the
Crimean Peninsula, he and his gen.
erals would probably be obliged to
make a full-scale withdrawal along
the entire length of the eastern
front, falling back even from the
Leningrad sector. And in the not
distant future, assuming that an en-
trapment catastrophe of the first
magnitude does not engulf the Nazis
in the meantime, we may see this
prediction fulfilled, with the new line
running from Riga down to Odessa,
bulwarked in the north by the Dvina
River, in the center by the Pripet
marshes and in the south by the
Bug.
A glance at the map will show
how vast retreat the establishment
Of this line would entail. 1t will
show, too, how it would represent
an open admission by Hitler to the
German people and the world that
his adventure in the east had at last
come to a futile end, despite the
rivers Of blood and the mountains of
wealth expended on it. The effect
Of this upon the steadily declining
morale of the Reich can only be con-
jectured, but its Importance as one
of the wars great psychological i'm
ponderables looms very large and
real. In this sense the full implica-
tions of what is happening in Russia
cannot be measured in military
terms alone.
Evening star., 1943-10-25
MONDAY, October rs, I94S
New Labor Crisis

After four relatively quiet months
on the industrial front, the country
Is faced once again with the pros
pect OF large-scale strikes that would
cripple activities essential to the
prosecution of the war. And once
again the disputes are between labor
and the Government, with the en-
ployers looking on from the side
lines.
The strike threat in the coal in
dustry is in the nature of a repeat
performance, the mines having been
shut down by a succession of strikes
last summer Money was the issue
then, and it is the issue now, no
formula having been evolved during
the four-month truce which can
meet the demands of the miners
without breaking through the ad-
mlnistration'S wage control plan.
There is one important difference
between the two situations, however.
Last summer John L. Lewis and the
other officials of the United Mine
Workers were openly encouraging
the strikes. Now they are endeavor-
Ing to persuade the UNIV strikers in
Alabama to go back to work and to
prevent the balance of their men,
bership from walking out of the pits.
Thus, an important question is
whether these leaders can, or will,
control the rank and file II the
leaders are unwilling or unable to
keep the members in line, it is diff
cult to see how the Government is
going to do so without capitulating
to their demands, and that is some
thing the Government cannot do
without abandoning its present
stabilization program. In this situa-
ton nothing is to be gained by an
ticipating trouble Nevertheless, the
developments of the next few weeks
will deserve careful scrutiny and
thoughtful consideration.
Money also is at the bottom of the
railroad dispute, with the adminis-
tration's stabilization officials trying
to stand their ground against pay
increases which would break down
the Little Steel formula and thereby
open the way to widespread de-
mands for higher wages. The facts
Of this picture are confused. There
has been much juggling of fact
finding boards, and the President,
apparently, has held out hopes of
higher pay to union officials which
are not in line with the views of his
subordinates, James F. Byrnes and
Fred NJ VinSon, who are directly
responsible for holding the stabiliza-
ton line.
In the railroad case, as in that Of
the miners, however, the funda-
mental issue is whether a powerful
union by a strike, or threat OF a
strike, can force the Government to
grant it preferred treatment. If
major strike should develop in any
one Of the important railroad unions
the effect on the war effort would be
disastrous, and for this reason it
may be doubted that any serious
strike actually will be called. But
the possibility is there, and this
threat also calls for the closest public
attention.
These labor Government conflicts
In the mines and on the railroads
have been brewing for a long time.
And the nature of their final settle
ment will establish a pattern which,
for better or worse, is going to affect
us all.
Evening star., 1943-10-25
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pseudonynl for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters ,pith
a uie1O to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-10-25
Says "Something Must Be Done"
In Behalf Of Uncared for Dogs,

To the Editor Of The Star:
In my many years living in and near
washington, never heard of such a
time as they are having with dogs.
The recent case of Mrs. Kirby near
the Shoreham Hotel suggests that there
must be some cause why so many dogs
are going on the rampage in these
days.
Many dogs recently have been shot
In the nearby counties OF Maryland. It
cannot be within the law to enter
mans property and shoot his non
Evening star., 1943-10-25

@. What do termites eat?-P NJ
A. Termites are able to live on q dtaf
OF dead wood. This is made possible by
the existence in the alimentary cana4
OF minute one-celled parasites which
digest cellulose.
Evening star., 1943-10-25

Q. Do moro people wear eyeglasses
than formerly?-T. 8. r.
A. For the decade 1s31-le4o, opticians
reported an increase Of so per cent in
the number Of glasses ordered Some
Of these were. Of course, replacement
orders.
Evening star., 1943-10-25

Q. What is the yearly interest on
War Savings bond?-C. u.
A. The average annual interest k ~
per cent year.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
Petoin Quits, Is
News from vi civ

LONDON, Nov. 20 CUP)-Usually
reliable quarters in Spain received
reports from France today that
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain, 81
year-old chief of staff, had resigned
but Pierre Laval and the Germans
were urging him to reconsider his
sudden decision.
Madrid relayed what appeared to
be the most authentic of several re-
ports regarding a government crisis
in Vichy, several of them saying
that Petain had stepped down and
some that he had been imprisoned
i'm a French villa.
Francisco Pietro, French am
bassador to Madrid, was understood
to have been out of direct COM
munication with Vichy for the last
48 hours. Hence he was unable to
shed any light on the uneasy Situa-
ton. Madrid dispatch said.
Spanish quarters receiving French
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21

JllDeTJ lSldllQS.
On land, battle was. raging out
side the enemy's stronghold at
Satelberg, near Finschafen where
Allied forceS-the Tokyo radio said
they we're American-were attack
ing to crush the last resistance
pocket on the New Guinea Huon
peninsula.
A carrier force on Thursday sent
planes on a raiding mission over
Nauru, phosphate island 500 miles
west of the GilbertS, where 80 tons
of bombs were dropped The same
day carrier-borne aircraft joined
American Liberators to end a series
of raids on the Marshall and Gill
berts through the sixth day.
ROUND OUT ATTACK
Tokyo radio reported the bomberS
had rounded out full week of at
tacks by hitting the Gilberts Friday.
A broadcast said 20 of several
score" attacking planes were shot
down.
The fliers met enemy fighter op-
position over the island bases for
the first time on the Thursday raids
but none of the army aircraft was
shot down. 1t was indicated the
attacks may presage blow to crack
the mid Pacific outposts.
On New Guinea, American planes
aided the attacking troops with a
"A ton raid on enemy positions
! Thursday. The troops were within
mile of Satelberg township,
where the japanese hold positions
on high ground. Tokyo said 5000
American troops attacked last
Tuesday with tanks and were re-
Continued on page 6, col. a.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
UNRRA Passes 1st
important Hurdle

TIANTIC CITY, N. j., Nov. 20
(UP) The United Nations Relief and
rehabilitation conference passed its
first major hurdle today when a
finance subcommittee approved
unanimously the United States plan
for raising the needed S2,500,00 100000
operational fund,
As approved by the subcommittee,
each nation not occupied by the
enemy would furnish one per cent
of one years national income. An
opening was left for nations such
as some of the poorer Latin Ameri-
can countries to pay less, in a
clause which says that where the
recommendation would be "exces-
sively burdensome" the amount and
character of the contribution would
be subject to such conditions.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
Fishing Industry
Is Sfrike-Bound

BOSTON, Nov. 90 CUP) New
England's $2O,00O,OO0 fishing indus
try was strike bound today as 1900
members of the Atlantic fisher
mems union (AFL) refused to leave
ports because of a dispute over
UPA price ceilings.
Trawlers and draggers swung
idly at the docks here and in New
Beford after conference between
fishermenIs Representatives and
OPA officials in Washington broke
down without solving the problem
of increasing the price of fish
caught in New England waters.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
Loss Of zhitomir
Of Little Import.
Declare Russians
Air-BOrne Troops Used
By Reds to Achieve
New Western Victory

MOSCOW, Nov. 20. (UP)
Russian forces paced by
air borne troops battered
westward through the Uk-
raine today and military
sources said the loss of Zhitomir
was only temporary setback in
cidental to the Red army plan to
hurl the Germans back across the
border.
Official accounts of yesterdays
action--the Withdrawal from zhito-
mir, the capture of Ovruch to the
north, and new crossing of the
Dnieper at Cherkassy-referred con-
fidently to operate in the Pole
sia direction" the area between
the present front line and the
borders.
TEMPORARY RESPITE
In pulling back the southwestern
tip of his left flank from Zhitomir,
Gen. Nikolai F.. Vatutin gave the
foe only temporary respite, au-
thoritative information said.
For a whole week seven German
armored and infantry divisions
potentially more than 100000 men
had been hammering the Soviet
flank in desperate effort to force
Vatutin to reduce his pressure to
the west where his spearheads were
within some so miles of the old
Polish frontier.
Besides taking Ovruch, the first
Ukrainian army's right wing forced
the Germans back along a 5Imile
stretch between that rail Junction
and the lower Pripet river.
CROSS RAILROAD
AT many points the Nazis we're
showed across the Ovruch- -Cherni-
Continued on Page 6, Col. ID
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
British Make New
Gains as Italian
Front Activated
Eighth Army, Yanks of
Gen. Clark Advance in
Face of NaZi Resistance

ALLIED HEADQUAR-
TERS, .Algiers, Nov. 20.
(UP)-British Eighth army
troops stormed forward in
hard fighting to capture the
town of Perano, five miles north
west of Atessa, on the eastern end
of the Italian battlefront, Allied
headquarters announced today.
Official reports said the Ger
mans suffered many casualties try
ing vainly to halt the Eighth army's
thrust, which represented a five
mile advance. On the western end
of the battlefront, Fifth army
troops scored slight gains.
BREAKS LULL
The successful attack, breaking
a long Weather-enforced lull on
the wintry front, took place II
miles inland from the Adriatic
while at other points on the Eighth s
line patrols made thrusts across
the Sangro river into the strong
Nazi defenses northWard.
The advance was the first in
seven days for Allied armies begged
down by mud and stiff enemy op-
position some 80 miles below Rome.
Capture of Perano gave Gen. Sir
Bernard l.. Montgomery's forces
control of 12-mile stretch inland
only a mile from the Sangro from
which they can harass enemy posi-
tionS.
Vigorous patrol fights took place
between Eighth army forces and
enemy units north of Rionero, fur
ther inland, and the Nazis were
bested several times in skirmishes
which cos! them casualties.
In the sudden renewal of fighting
Continued on Page 6, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21

adviceS described as usually trust
worthy said that crisis had been
brewing in Vichy for some time,
and now appeared to have come to
climax.
They described Petain as always
contempltuouS of Laval, the chief
of government long regarded as the
actual leader of the Vichy French
The Morocco radio broadcast one
of the reports of Petain's resigna-
ton, terming it an "abdication."
after the early news bulletin on
the Vichy radio this morning" radio
Morocco said. "a womans voice was
heard announcing that Petain was
abdicating and appealing to French
men TO remain calm.
mo further mention of the abb
dicatiCn was made on subsequent
broadcasts."
GA London broadcast heard by
NBC said Petain was confined to
his bed with heart conditionD
PROVOKES SITUATION
The French crisis was provoked
by the Germans refusal to permit
Petain to announce by radio resto-
ration of constitutional govern
ment for France and the Marshal'S S
own refusal to read a NaZi sub
stitute speech inviting the Germans
to cooperate with French police in
putting down sabotage and unrest.
Petain was said to have been
placed under Nazi guard in a pri-
vate villa while the puppet premier
chief of government, Pierre Laval,
took over his functions. Reports
that Petain has resigned were
doubted here. Rather, observers
said, he considers himself a prison.
er of the Germans like King
Leopold of Belgium.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
More Food for
HOLIDAYS Promised

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. (UP) =
The war food administration an
nounced today that additional Sub
stantial' quantities of government
held canned vegetables, fruits and
fruit juices will be released for
civilian consumption-much of it in
time for the holidays.
Adding to the release of about
100000 cases of canned food pre-
viouSly announced, the VIA said
grocers' shelves soon will be stocked
with $4,000 cases of pineapple and
7,OO0 cases of figs previously con-
signed to the government.
Considerable quantities of aspara-
gus, corn, pumpkin, and spinach
also will be released soon.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21

In exchange for permission to
pull out of Russia, Antonescu was
understood to have committed Ru-
mania to hand over to Germany
large stocks of grain and petroleum
which had been earmarked for Italy.
Antonescu went to Hitlers head .
quarters to bargain for the privilege
of Withdrawing from the conflict in
the east, for which the Rumanians
have shown no stomach, according
to advices described as of excel
lent" origin.
IN FULL SWING
The Rumanian evacuation from
Russia was understood to be in full
swing todaT. The first of seven
Rumanian divisions which had been
stationed in Russia were reported
moving westward. One already had
arrived at Odessa by the Black sea
after running the dangerous Rus
sian blockade of those waters
The evacuation reports followed
Balkan advices of wholesale
flight of Rumanian civilians from
the Bessarabian area toward which
the Red army was moving in Its
Ukrainian drive. ,a..--,. .s..,o ....-
Can Istanbul dispatch said panic
had broken out in Rumanian finan-
cial quarters as a result of Sovie,
gains, and Rumanian business mer
were trying to dump their stocks
and merchandise in Istanbul a,
any price.
PORT EVACUATED
(The Cairo radio said the Black
sea port of Varna just south OF
the Rumanian border had beer
evacuated, German troops replacing
Bulgarian unitS)
The Rumanian divisions in Rus
sia were reported to comprise ont
cavalry, one armored, one tank, two
infantry and two light mixed divi.
SionS.
About half of the men were un.
derstood to be in the Crimea, trap.
ped save for whatever evacuation
they can carry out with strictly
limited facilities.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-11-21
County
Backs /
LID. v
Supervisors Pass
Resolution Here
Regarding Dispute

Let law and order prevail
in Imperial county, let not
one right be taken from (irri-
gation) district employees, or
one legal duty be shirked by
the (districtp board of directors" +"
the Imperial county board of super
viSors said in resolution passed
Saturday morning.
The resolution concluded with this
statement THE Surrendering of
the duties of the board of directors
in this case will open up the flood
gates throughout the nation and will
be cited as a precedent in all future
disputes" Four supervisors passed
the resolution in connection with
the I.ID.-labor union dispute. They
were I. Schlatter of Calexico, A. Y.
Preble of Imperial, H. T. Osborne
of Ell Centre, and B. M. Graham
of Brawley. Supervisor Dave Ven-
Gill of Holtville was too i'll to at
tend the meeting.
SENDS REPRESENTATIVE
Meanwhile Lit. Gov. Fred HouSer
in telephone conversation with the
Post-Press said that since the labor
union had called off the proposed
strike of district power employees
Internationally" at his request, he
hoped to have a representative in
Imperial ValleT Sunday to repre-
sent him in an investigation of the
dispute and attempt to reach a
settlement.
In their resolution the county
Continued on page 6, col. a.