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Evening star., 1943-06-03

auXlliary Serylce' which. will be conducted
at the S. H Hines Co. funeral home. I4th
and Haryard sts. NV, Thursday evening
June g. 1943, at O. clock 3
REED. BARBARA. Departed this life
Tuesday. June !. 1873, at Children's Hos
pitai. BARBARA REED, daughter of War
nraan Een and LILLIAN Reed sister Of Dolores and
Maude Lawson and Mrs. Naomi Ashton
Other relatives and friends also survive
Funeral Saturday, June 5, at pm
from Eugene Fords funeral home. 1900
South Capitol st. Interment Payne's Gem
etery.
RICHARDSON, IT. HARRY D: On Wed
ARDSON. devoted husband Of Mrs. Grace
A RichardSon; char son OF the late William A:
Mrs. Mrs. Sadie Malore, Mrs. Berniee ouillin,
Brown Of Washington. d. G; Mrs Hattie
Barr Of New York City. She also is sur.
other relatives and friends. Remains may
be viewed at his late residence. 500 4th st.
ne. after / l am. Friday, June 4.
Solemn high mass at Holy Redeemer
5. Interment Arlington National Gene
tory. ARRANGEMENTS By Thomas Frazier
Co.
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1t took time to transform the first fragile,
risky open air" Wright-style plane in
to the modern, powerful trans Atlantic
flyer. 1t takes time and perfect timing
to brew that brisk tang and taste live
illness into Senate Beer and Ale i. . Small
bubble earbonation was developed after
long years as special process in the
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The Greet Come of Politics

local fields even more "informa-
tional" gentlemen will be needed
now than before.
This Is In strict accord with ad-
ministration practice. Wherever
Congress has made a cut in bu-
reaH board or commission, neces-
stating the discharge OF useless en-
ployes, these have merely been
transferred to some other board,
bureau or commission. No matter
how heavily the ak falls, the payroll
always goes up, never down. How
ever, this is the first time that an
agency Of the Government itself has
rather boastfully proclaimed the
fact. In this case, there will be con-
siderable disappointment In Congress
to find that its owl cut has been
nullified in such a manner.
May Follow Through.
1t wasn't very smart Of the owl
to publicize the suggestion. For the
proposed transfer has not escaped
the attention Of the Joint Economy
Committee, which. 1t is said, will try
to check up on these transfers this
summer with a view to following its
cut through. Interest in the subject
Of curtailing these field informa-
tional forces" it is declared, will not
be lost.
AS for Mr.. Davis, at the moment
no one is urging him to resign. But
neither Is any one urging him to
remain. AS Palmer Hoyt, the new
director Of the domestic division, is
to have full control and free hand
in that field, and, as Robert Sher-
wood, head Of the foreign division,
always has functioned with complete
independence of Mr.. Davis in his
field, it does seem that if Mr.. Davis
decided to leave it would hardy be
an irreparable loss.
What there is left for him to do,
except to channel to the press the
news the Army and Navy decide to
give out, is difficult to know. And
the Army and Navy would be de-
lighted if he ceased to do that. The
contention Of their very efficient
public-relations division is that the
only thing Mr.. Davis accomplishes
in this channeling game is to slow
down publication of the news. Their
view Is that he clogs the channels
rather than clears them.
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D. {. Licenses Are Granted
4 Dentists, IS Hyqienisfs

-Four dentist and Is dental hygien-
lists have been granted licenses to
practice in the District, the Board
Of Dental Examiners announced YES
terday.
The dentists who passed the June
examination are Drs. Thomas H.
Forde, George w. Christensen,
Stanley Levin and Bruce H. Rob-
erts, all of Washington.
The hygienists are Nancy G.
Blunt Of Baltimore; Elizabeth Helen
Brooks Of Johnstown, N. Y; Mabel
]. Bush of Arlington, Va; Anna
S. Demaree of Philadelphia; Betty
c. Johns of Washington; Shirley r.
Kliman of Philadelphia; Eleanor
Kuwash of Washington; Dorothy
Lacatell of Pittsfield, Mass: Hazel
v. Lee and Celeste v. Matthews, both
OF Washington; Gloria O'Connell of
Philadelphia; Virginia F.. Olmsted
and Konnetta E. Putnam, both of
Washington; Helen r. Schrum of
Spring Grove, Pa, and Mary Linda
Wolfe Of Towanda, Pa.
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Congress, unterrified by the Davis
resignation suggestion, did cut S.
600, 600 out of the nearly $9,O00, 900
which MIR. Davis contended was
essential to keep the people in
formed about their domestic affairs
and to stimulate their morale. 1t
seemed a large sum indeed when
one considers that the owl has
nothing in the way of information
to offer not earlier available to the
people through the newspapers and
radio.
As for morale, there has been con-
siderable evidence that many of Mr..
Davis aides believed the way to
build public morale was through
New Deal propaganda. This, when
objected to, Mr.. Davis generally
and lamely--explained was either a
mistake or something he Just did
not know about, or both.
Not . Bad Saving.
At any rate, Congress made so
"crippling" cut that day or so
ago, for lack of funds, the numerous
Owl international field agencies"
scattered all over the country, were
closed and some 300-odd men,
mostly press agents, were dropped
from the rolls. In addition, it has
been announced that no more owl
pamphlets will be issued.
With the movie division also out
Of business, it would appear that the
action Of Congress not only had
ended the activities of the New Deal
owl propagandists but had stopped
the waste of at least a few million
dollars-not bad thing in these
days of steadily mounting taxes.
That is the way it should be, but
evidently that is not the way it is
going to be. A faw days ago there
appeared in the press a news story,
clearly inspired by the owl, to the
general effect that the dropping of
the 800 and more press agents, etc,
from its rolls instead of saving
money really would add to the gov
ernmental costs.
Shift to Other Agencies.
Instead Of going into the armed
forces or defense work or private in
dustry or on the farms, where help
is badly needed, all these owl 'in-
formational" gentlemen will stick in
the Government service. They will
be absorbed, it is said, by WPB, OPA.
WLB, ODT and other agencies,
which feel that the public must be
informed of their activities through
a field force"
1t is further said that because the
Owl can no longer function in the
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front to see the war ended.
Grumblings caused by shortages,
casualties and other war dis
comforts" are inevitable every
where during . war.
But German grumblings easily
were drowned by reports Of VIC
tories which, to the public, ap-
peared decisive.
The conquest Of territories,
coupled with the announcement
that large bodies Of men have
been taken prisoner and the dis
play in every town and hamlet
Of war trophies, are the best
means OF sitting dissatisfaction.
The public believes that VIC
tories come from such factors
and does not stop to think that
whole countries can be conquered
and large numbers Of prisoners
taken without victory being near.
People Disappointed.
In the summer Of 1910, the
Nazi population was jubiIant;
bells were tolling the fiag-be-
decked cities and the fanfares
over the radio were announcing
almost daily new and shatter-
ing victories.
Any one in the Reich would
have been considered a traitor
had he doubted that by fall Hit
Ter and his marshals would be
debating the terms of surrender
in Buckingham Palace.
The disappointment OF the
German people was great when
final victory did not come. But
the German propaganda machine
had many trum cards to appease
its people.
Proud France lay PROSTATE at
the feet Of the Fuehrer and Nazi
planes were ravaging Britain's
capital and the principal ports
and cities Of the United King
dom. The explanation that it
would be less costly to force
Britain to her knees by air bonn
bardments was freely accepted
by the German people.
The blitz on Russia obliterated
in the minds Of the people the
failure of the Luftwaffe to de-
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Civil Service Commission
Service Flag Dedicated

A service flag, paying tribute to
1,240 former employees of the United
States Civil Service Commission now
serving in the armed forces, was
dedicated yesterday in the Depart
mental Auditorium by Mrs. Kath-
leen Bird.
Mrs. Bird, 1915 irving street NV,
has two sons in the Navy and one
in the Army, according to C. C.
Hathaway, chief of the Information
Division. Mr.. Hathaway was sched-
uled to dedicate the service flag. but
finding that Mrs. Bird is a Three
Star mother, the commission pressed
her into service.
Commissioners Harry B. Mitchell,
Lucille Foster McMillin and Arthur
S. Flemming paid tribute to the serv-
Ice men and women, four Of whom
have given their lives.
David F. Lawton, director of per-
sonnet, acted as chairman for the
meeting and introduced the speakers,
The flag will pe flown over the
entrance to the commissions build
ing at Eighth and F streets NV,
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holm, two capitals recently visited
by this correspondent, there is a
refreshing indemnity of interests
among the various agencies con-
cerned with overseas business
the foreign service, the owl, the
BEW, the OSS and the Army
and Navy intelligence services.
The men work as a team. The
lone wolf departs. The OSS was
represented in Stockholm by the
brilliant Harvard historian, Bruce
Hopper. He did not see eye to
eye with the other foreign policy
men there and he left Stockholm.
Now he is in London, the histor-
ian of the 9th Air Force.
In London the BEW and State
Department representatives work
closely together. Our chief BEW
representative in Britain, VIM
field Rief1er, Princeton economist,
has the rank of Minister at the
Embassy. In Stockholm the
owl outpost Is an integral part
OF the Legation.
Potomac Tug Of War.
In Washington a dozen
branches of the Government pur-
sue independently their own aims
in foreign affairs. The White
House has always had a DISPOSE
ton to 60 its own way in this
field. President Roosevelt, for
instance. personally invited Gen.
Henri Giraud to the United
States. There are important Of
f1cials in the State Department
who think it was an unwise move
and would have advised against
1t had they been given an oppor-
tunity.
The State Department often is
blamed for every failure of omis-
sion and action in our foreign
policy. The traveller newly re-
turned from abroad wonders how
an adequate foreign policy, ade-
quately expressed. ever can be
developed as long as so many
persons are at cross purposes on
foreign policy. If the State De-
partment were perfect in itself,
it could make small progress.
Foreign policy in the United
States is like a river. 1t is fed
by many small streams of ideas
and hopes and opinions held by
the people and by their officials.
But like river, the policy is
spilled out through a delta
crossed by many more streams
running in different directions
from one another.
The BEW and State Depart
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tivtties he would
r e s ! gn W as a
thre t or q
promise, o b v l.
ously he does
not intend to
make good on it.
Hardly any one
t h o u 6 h t h e
would. Instead,
1t is now said
that he believes
his presence in
London Is re-
quired and soon
will fly over for
a short Stay.
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somewhere in the files of the Gov
eminent and made accessible to
congressional committees for their
review.
II this were not the rule, Congress
would be compelled to write into a
general statute a provision barring
secrecy for any documents except
with its approval-which has been
the principle behind the disclosure
of income tax returns to committees
Of Congress and the publicity that
may be given such returns.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
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Cross-Purpose Diplomacy

the owl and State Department.
The Ofiice Of Strategic Services,
with Its super intelligence facili-
ties, has been an unsatisfactory
creation for Army and Navy in
.telligence. The OSS and the
owl are almost rivals rather
than collaborators.
British Reform Service.
Americas approach to foreign
policy Will have monumental i'm
portance when it comes time to
make the peace, for the peace
viii be the guidepost of the
worlds and our own immediate
future. Some prcpeace agree
ment on the nature of foreign
policy, its aims and its mechanics
Of expression might be helpful.
The British government at
the moment is going through the
agonies Of reforming its foreign
service. I sat in the House Of
Commons and heard the MEM
bers debate this question. There
are many who argue that our
aown foreign service should be
reformed, but to change the
State Department without giving
the State Department the au-
thority it lacks now might be
no more than token reform.
The British already have a
close integration Of operation in
foreign policy among the inter-
ested Government agencies. Many
British freely grant that in tn,
consular service the United States
Is superior to Britain. Over after
dinner drinks at Boobies Club
in London one night, a Conserva-
tive M. P. who had been attached
to the British Embassy in Madrid
praised the work of American
consular oficials during the try
ing days Of the period early in the
war when consuls had to protect
their nationals investments in
countries in and on the edge Of
conflict.
Units Merged Here.
Almost 80 years ago the United
States merged the foreign service
and the consular service. A
similar amalgamation in Great
Britain is the principal aim Of the
foreign service reform bill pend
ing over there. So far as the
relative abilities of the diplomatic
service of the State Department
and the Foreign Once are con-
.cerned, the debate could be end
less.
A memorandum submitted to
the House of Commons by
Foreign Secretary Eden is the
basis Of the British reform plan.
His finual paragraph tersely sums
up the grave Importance of
foreign affairs, and popular con-
sideration OF that Importance
might save headaches over here.
Mr.. Eden wrote:
The problems dealt with by
the foreign service are far-reach-
ing. They often involve issues of
peace and war and other national
interests of the greatest i'm
portance. The results of a mis-
take or even Of inadequacy may
involve a costly disaster. Di-
plomacy is but one of the wea-
pons Of which His Maiesty's
government dispose for the pro-
lection Of British interests. It is,
however. a weapon which, If
effective, may make unnecessary
the resort to other weapons"
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lision on the
subject Of the
power Of a con-
gressional COM
nittee to ascer-
tain facts from
the records Of
the exc C utive
branch of the
Government.
The President
h a S declined to
permit certain
officials to tes-
tify efore a.
House investi-
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ever done any hunting, old boy?"
I said, "Sure, used to hunt quail,
snipe, doves and wild turkeys ever
since I was knee-high to grass
hopper"
That's shooting" he said.
That's hunting in Georgia." 7
said.
This led to a very tiresome dis
cussion. In England hunting means
jumping over fences with horses
that can't quite get over the fences.
In America hunting means knocking
down game with gun. When we
hunt, they shoot and when they
shoot, we hunt. ANY reader who
would like more particulars must
send a self-addressed envelope be-
cause I am not over here to give
free lessons. My name happens to
be Henry McLemore, not Interna-
tional Correspondence School.
Fox Seldom Wins.
But to get back to the English
man. He started talking foxes to
me, If that is the plural of fox. He
described the glortes Of the chase,
the glories Of the hunt breakfast,
the glories Of the pink coat, the
glories OF the crisp morning air, the
glories Of the first call of "tally-ho"
and the glories Of the master Of
hounds. But, above all, he described
the glory of the entire sport Of fox
hunting. It was a great sport, he
said, because the fox nearly always
won. He said the fox would win
nine times out Of ten.
AS he talked, 1t was the first time
IN my life that I ever doubted a fox
Or an Englishman at the same time.
How can there always be an Eng
land when dozens of people on
dozens Of horses wearing dozens Of
expensive clothes can't catch sin
gle fox who has not one single road
map to his name? At the same
time, how can you respect fox,
who, by choice, runs through just
the countryside that dozens OF
Englishmen on dozens of horses
wearing dozens of expensive clothes
want him to go.
Fox's Wisdom Doubted.
The fox is supposed to be very
smart and very willy. He can't be.
If he were smart he would 60 to
the nearest paved highway and trot
| confidently down it. No fox hunt
ever has been conducted over a
paved highway, so he would be
very safe. All he would ever have
to do as soon as the hounds bayed
their first silver note would be to
seek refuge in the mems or women's
room in local pub and let the
Englishmen run their ears off. In
all English history there has never
been fox. captured in the mems
room. That dispenses with the fox
and hope that it finishes once and
for all the belief that Renard Gf I
may lapse into my fluent French
Is a smart animal.
Now we will discuss the English
man who chases the fox and who
hasn't got sense enough to catch
the fox who hasn't sense enough to
run into the mems room. At the
risk of endangering Anglo-American
unity, and at the risk of jeopardiz-
ing Lease-Lend, told my English
friend this as the sirens moaned:
Brother, I can thank you very
much. You have provided me with
story and a man who provides a
columnist with a story is one who
flies high above, dropping mama
left and right"
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Petillo Sued for Divorce e

LOS ANGELES, July 16 R-
Kelly Petillo, Al, veteran automobile
race car driver, Is being sued for
divorce by Mrs. Valentine Petillo.
charging cruelty. Mrs. Petillo asks
for custody of their two children,
and said an agreement has been
reached for their support. They
were married here March 7, 1924.
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tugs at the
American OBJ
server abroad,
tn at many
persons with
opposing in
! terests have
t h e ir hands
in the admin
tstration of
A m e ri c q n
foreign af-
fairs on the
Potomac.
In London
ond Cfaak-
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that the mo-
rale Of the
German home
front Is de-
clining.
u nti1 re-
Gently, the re-
ports " e r e
discounted. It
W q s pointed
out that in
all countries
the hom m e
front Is more
e q 6 e r than
tn e fighting
Evening star., 1943-07-16

HE opinions OF the rtters this page their ow
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to all sides OF questions of interest
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1943-07-16

Take last night
for example. I
was sitting with
an Englishman,
a very fine, love-
ly blueblood, and
the atr-raid
siren sounded. I
expected him to
say, Here come
the Jerrie e 8
again."
But, he didn't
say anything Of
the sort. H 9
Is fsrr~- -
Evening star., 1943-07-16
This Changing World

otAOy SA AASAAAs Ab00e hAAo tAAAO
In 1911 the Nazi forces were roll
ing ahead and 1t looked as II
Moscow would become the win
ter headquarters Of the Fuetrer
and that Hitler would dictate
peace from the Kremlin.
Doubt Appears at Last.
This hope also was frustrated.
A certain amount Of doubt Of the
Naz military machines prowess
began to be noticeable for the
first time in the Reich.
There were some among the
subjects of Herr Hitler who shook
their heads and began to feel
that, after ali, q Nazified Europe
might be only a pipe dream. Ex-
plantations by the Goering- -Goeb-
bes team Is to why Moscow and
Leningrad had not been captured
explanations which had a ring
Of sincerity and truth-kept up
the morale OF the German
people.
In the summer of 1912, re-
ports from Germany that morale
was shaken were received with q
grain Of salt by those in WASH
ington whose job 1t is to make
a factual estimate Of the situa-
ton in the Reich.
Our entrance into the war was
somewhat Of q blow to residents
of the Reich who remembered
1918. Later we suffered some
unpleasant blows at the hands Of
Japan, Germany's ally in the
Far East, and the Dieppe affair
was q great morale-booster for
the German people because it
showed conclusively they thought
how impregnable the European
fortress was.
At the same time, the Nazi
armies, supported by a hetero-
geneous force Of satellite troops,
were rolling toward the rich oil
fields of Russia in the Caucasus.
Moscow had lost its importance.
Russia, the Germans were told,
could not last another winter If
she was deprived OF her oil.
RommePs Men Now Farm.
The Americans and British,
according to German propa-
ganda, were impotent. Nazi sub
marines would see that no i'm
portant body of American troops
would cross the Atlantic and
the British had no strength with
which to hit the Reich.
The forces Of Marshal Rommel
were at the gates Of Alexandria
and Cairo, while the Nazi forces
were almost at the gates of
Stalingrad. The Axis was on
the offensive everywhere despite
the entry of the United States
into the war.
The summer of 1943 catches
the Axis on the defensive on all
fronts. Rommel's fighters have
become farmers in Britain, Can
ada and the United States. Al
lied forces are hammering at the
gates of Italy and the offensive
in Russia-which the Nazis have
not oficially announced as a
real offensive-is begged down.
No longer are there blares Of
trumpets over the Nazi radio.
AL the German communicates
speak Of valiant defensive fights
and counterattacks.
But there are maps in Ger
many and Goebbels has not been
able to suppress them. And on
these maps the German people
see that more ground is yielded
after each counterattack.
They hear admissions about
overwhelming Anglo Saxon
forces" and feel the impact of
the Allied air forces.
Under these circumstances, the
reports from Germany about the
morale Of the home front take a
different significance. They
mean something now.
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Hosiery Grading Order
Is Revoked by OPA

The Office Of Price Administra-
tion announced yesterday that SELL
ers of women's rayon hosiery no
longer will be required to mark
hosiery as grade A or gradeB. The
hosiery grading order was one of
the agency's actions to which Louis
R. Maxon, resigned OPA informa-
tion director, took particular excep-
tion.
The change in the hosiery regu-
lation will not, however, prohibit
any person from marking the hos
iery with grade symbols, or from
continuing to sell hosiery so
marked, but will leave the choice
in the hands of the seller. All
other marking requirements, in
cluding ceiling price and gauge or
needle count will continue in force.
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BY FRANK r. KENT.

Whether Elmer Davis awful inti-
nation that II the appropriation for
the domestic branch of his owl
were cut so as to cripple" Its ac-
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BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

For the first time in three
years, responsible Washington
quarters are taking seriously the
reports from neutral border states
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Discovers Hunting
Is Really Shooting
By HENRY McLEMORE.

LONDON--Unless you are an
Englishman, Englishmen are bound
to astound you. They say the darn
est things at the doggonedest times.
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fritth OF a Sertes.) J
By BLAZE BoILEs

Men in Washington who for.
mally are charged with the con-
duct Of American foreign policy
corroborate the suspicion which
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Inquisitionoi
Rights at
Stake
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Congress and the President have
been at loggerheads on a good many
issues but when the session recon-
venes there will be a dramatic col
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Red stamps are not rationed. II
they are War Savings stamps. Hclr
yourself and your country.