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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-25
ORDERLY RETIREMENT

In heavy fighting yesterday,
front dispatches said. the Ger
mans pushed the Russians back
only in one SubSector where
they occupied several villages at
enormous cost.
uatutin's nten retired Z 6od
order., denying the NaZlT the
break through for which they had
made Such lavish expenditure Of
men and machines for nine days.
The Russians emphasized that
after nine days Of inceSSant ham
mering. the Russian lines were
intact everywhere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-25
Hope for China Seen
In King George Talk

LONDON. Nov. "a (UP)-King
George VI. opening a new session
Of Parliament, said today he hoped
the United Nations Far East of
fensive soon would bring some re-
lief 10 China.
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Ask Stinns0n
To Furnish
Full Report

WASHINGTON, Nov. "a
(INS)-The Senate military
affairs committee voted unan-
imously today to ask Secre-
tary of War Stimson for a
complete report on the strik-
ing of an enlisted man in
Sicily by 1t. Gen. George
S. Patton, commander of the
Seventh Army.
Demands were also made on the
floor of the House for an in
vestigation into the incident by
the House military affairs COM
mittee.
MAY COST PROMOTION
The possibility also arose that
Patton's action may cost him a
promotion in permanent rank in
the regular army.
Senator Reynolds Cd Of North
Carolina, committee chairman,
said that members are neither
~ 3AaT57S Pat
tons action in slapping the sol
der until a complete study of the
whole matter has been made.
III feel. and most of the COM
mittee members feel. from what
we know of the incident, that
Gen. Patton may have been
victim Of the same battle fatigue
as the soldier" Reynolds said.
"MereIy because a man Is
general does not mean that he
may not also be a victim of
nervousness and battle fatigue.
His responsibilities are heavy
fT.-sgu.aA ~, Dona > Col o.
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INDICTED IN APRIL

They we're indicted last April %.
In imposing sentence, Judge
Picard turned 10 Abrah ham
Lincoln for a description of the
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THANKS TO HEARST PAPERS

CONMENDING William Randolph Hearst and the
- Hearst newspapers for being the first to pubicze
nationally the fight for aid for disabled veterans Of
World War H. California Department Commander Irwin
j. Lands and Adutant S. We're Bates of the Disabled
American Veterans yesterday issued the following joint
statement:
"One the obligations of citizenship the part of every
citizen United States is full recognition Of the rights
privileges their lives in defense
republic
THE Disabled American Veterans, an organization com
posed entirely those who have been wounded MANNED
disabled in line of duty in in which the
United America has engaged declared enemy, has
lis objective the proper rehabilitation and service OF
all wounded veterans.
Mr. William Randolph Hearst and the Hearst Publica-
TONS have hestaed to fight for the rights and prv
all Americans and particularly those who have barred
their breasts o the enemy in mortal combat.
THE Department of California, Disabled American Vet
Grams goes record approving heartily the actions of
Hearst Hearst Publications in always showing
much interest in behalf of wounded veterans.
THE Department of California Disabled American Vet
Grams hereby expressed sincere thanks to Mr. Hearst and
Publications for being the first to publicize
nationally the fight for proper public and congressional recog
milton wounded veterans of the present WARRIOR
those the will end in the matter of com
pensaion treatment from date of discharge to date
of rehabilitation into gainIul civilian employment.
IRWIN j. lands, Department Commander
IS WE'RE BATES, Department Adjuant'
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The American System Is BeSl

SAND DOLLARS must be invested in tools and
machinery for him Ia work with
MANY backward nations have resources
equal 10 ours and some other countries are
capitaiistic but SOMETHING NEW HAS BEEN
ADDED i'm America
THE factor i the INDIVIDUAL OP-
PORTUNITl for the laborer to grow into the
penny capitalist and then into the dollar
capitalist, according 10 his desire to rise and his
Willingness and skill to work and To accumulate
capital stocks and goods.
I'm brief, we have FREEDOM OF OPPOR-
TUNITY.
That does not mean there is anything free
about IL in the sense Of getting something for
nothing, hut in the sense that rise"
WHY should the American people EVER
W abandon their capitaliStic democracy to
experiment with a socialist ommunStic philoS-
obhy which. DR.. Alexander asserts. is the
oldest form Of society and the most diScredited
and unproductive and oppressive form of society
IN all human experience?
Capitalism has created WEALTH" said DR..
Alexander
Not until capitalAm came and freed the
individual 10 work ard save to the utmost, at
his DISCRETION and by his WILL did the
free SoCietv rise.
Capitalism created the middle class. the
MIRACLE or HISTORY, and the BACKBONE
OF FREEDOM"
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THE problem of the returning veteran is al
ready with us.
Every week, 5000 men are being dis
charged from the services and the total num-
Der released so far-for disability, age, and
all other causes-is nearing the million mark.
These are but the vanguard of the mil
lions who will follow, but already they are. of
sufficient number to pose the problem: What
shall a grateful nation do in appreciation OF
their sacrifices?
Are we going to give them the same
shoddy treatment their fathers received after
the last war?
Let's recall What-happened. When vet
Grams Of World War | were mustered out in
1918-19 they were handed 500 apiece and
train ticket home. Some Of them celebrated
and awoke next morning with little left but
headache and train ticket.
Even their uniforms did not help in find
ing employment, for the public had tired of
uniforms and jobs were not yet ready for them.
So they roVed the streets, sold apples in the
square, lived off friends and reatives-former
heroes, embittered, dsgruntled, and disil!u-
stoned
THEY went through the depression of 1922
without governmental assistance
In 1924 they received a sop in the form of
adjusted compensation certificates which were
nothing more than government promises to pay
they needed ii, but 20 years later in 1915.
The law provided they could borrow on these
certificates but only from a bank and at COM
pound interest that ate up the principal. This
the noerable situation which led to the so-called
bonus march.
When the depression struck, veterans de-
scended upon Washington.
AS author of the bill providing for full pay
ment, | appealed to them to stay away but they
came regardless. That sultry June day in 1882
when they were evicted from the nations capital
remains one Of the darkest days in the history of
the land
Their novels were burned by United States
troops. And the next morning. unarmed and I'M
protected the marchelsA -Eetreat.-+F-ef
miles around the city, veterans and their wives
and children were on the move. They slept in
parks, in fields and the grass by the side of
highways.
Eviction of the bonus marchers placed ire
mendous strain constitutional government. Tie
nation has lived to regret it.
This must never happen again.
INSTEAD of a bonus, the veterans of World
L War II want an opportunity to get jobs and to
create Jobs Instead of dole they want the
opportunity to make living
On July IS, President Roosevelt outlined
broad program of assistance to returning serv-
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Mallon Sees Red-Czech Pact
Multiplying Moscow Agreement

in Europe, up 10 the Rhine, al
least, and. in Wow of the RUS
sian SynrpathicS of the quar-
relinC French governments in
exile. what she may get there
also.
Likewise. she already mas
been promised sympathetic. rep
reScntation in whatever Italian
government is formed Marshal
SHUTS has inferred as much
publicly saying the United
States viii be the second world
power and Britain third
Fundamentally, this is why
Hull and the others here are
opposed 10 Stain action Such
alliances neceSSitatc counter
alliances, conflict and eventually
war
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strictly prohibited.
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Tan Relief Hinges ON Economy

THE public service intended by the House
/ Of Representatives IN holding down new
and additional taxes viii be vitiated unless
it is-fotiowod by far reaching economies on
the spending side.
For II the display Of tax forbearance while
the uBhridied spending continues merely
results IN charging the magnitude of the
growing deficits II will provide temporary
relief az an ultimate CHASTITY cost
The unwiHngness of the House to accept
Secretary Morgenthau's plan for additional
back-hrcakng taxes should be followed by
INSJSTENCE UPON REDUCTIONS or
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES ALONG THE
LINES WISELY DELINEATED BY THE
BYRD JOINT ECONOMY COMMITTEE.
The House bill provides S2139.3oo.ooo in
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additional revenues, instead of $4,000 O0O,-
000 requested by the treasury,
There was much wisdom in the statement by
Chairman Doughton oi the ways and means
committee 10 the effect that too heavy taxation
was AS great a danger TO the nations economy
as too large public debt.
The logical sequence TO this symbol of forbear-
ance must be a program for rigorous pruning
down in the forthcoming budget
While the American public wants 10 spend
what It will take to smash the AXIS II does not
wish to waste funds through administrative
Incompetence waste or extravaganza
The hope for holding the line on taxes cannot
be fulfilled unless there IS mandatory action in
behalf of prudence and restraint on the spending
side
is impossible, except for temporary inter-
ludcS, to put "A ceiling on taxes without similarly
Erecting ceiling on governmental outlayS.
Any failure to recognize this principle would
IN time open up the loodgateS Of unrestrained
initiation
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Quick Questions

by what president was
L, $ army general Bon
Butler proclaimed an out
law, a fclon and an enony
of mankind?
2 DeprIving Japan Of all pos
sessions taken from other
countries Is war aim pro-
claimed at Cairo What IS
Japan'S oldest possession,
which she took from China
30 years FormoSa. Man
churia, Korea?
3-Know the Bible? When.
as still often happens, a
younger, prettier Michal dis
placed her sister in King
David's affections. what price
did her father exact for her
hand9 "a
Whose signature is most
often forged by interruptions
dealers: Shakespeare. Co
lumbus. StradlyariuS or Ma
polcOn? y
) The offcnse for which most
criminals are imprisoned the
first time IS which assault
and battery petty larceny
speeding or arSonP
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-20

A LADY scientist employed by
n General Electric has meas
ured the sound made by a
rattlesnake three feet seven
inches long and presumably in
4 bit Of temper, as rattlcrs
uSually are
Having noted which fact I
will inquire, in the words Of
Nolan and Mack. who cares
about that. and state that it
is not the loudness but the sig
nificanco Of the rattlcsnake s
rattle which counts. The rattle
is commonly understood 10 mean
that the rattler is feeling some
what petulant but the trouble
is'that sometimes he forgets to
rattle first and may be so small
that his warning cannot be
heard.
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FAIR ENOEIGgH

cnce or pretends that They arc
as harmless as The h>hWoun
They just say that yes there
are lot, of ra'tlcrS around and
you had better wear boots and
watch your step, and always
carry a tlaShliehi at night.
oar neighbor Mr. Scany saw
two fairly biz ones around his
stable one day which got away.
however before he could find a
rock OF stick That night one got
in the mancer and stabbed his
little boys painted pony right
on The nose.
The pony head swclled enor-
mou,ly and Mr.. Scany went
looking for the rattlers very
earnestly and killed one hiding
behind the door. and the other
somewhere else. and poultIced
he pony which presently got
well Mr. Seauy is a straight
Chamber of Commerce man but
he didn't Try 10 say II was hor-
nets, as any true-believing Flor
idian would have
TIVE Floridians are extremely
i sensitive about their reptiles
and their more unpleasant
types Of fish and insects
Once as I was crossing the
causewav 10 Miami Beach with
Steve flanagan, who was run
ming q local enterprise roughly
equivalent 10 our present Owl.
We saw some awfully big fish
cruising in the bay. exhibiting
LARGE triangular fins.
sharks" | exclaimed.
Perch" flanagan retorted.
"Sc perch. Very edible"
And il was The late Jimmy
lIusseV,' an Irish comedian en-
ployed by the ShubcrtS in their
series Of passing shows TO do
dialect. who told Of the troubles
of a northern man who tried TO
raise turkeys around Home
stead Fla. but had to give il
up because Of the mosquitoes.
He said the bull mosquitoes
would invade the turkey pre-
serve, drive off the tom tur-
keys and breed 10 the hens.
producing very G,aunt and
stringy bro0dS of \ ahptentiSe
turkeys N
"And flat-footed. too" Hussey
said Ilussey told the story at
the 9 O'Clock show al the night
clNbN where he was employed
but. in Difference 10 certain rep
reScntationS made by a COM
mlttce of real estate men,
dropped il from has act there
after.
'op5usht 1913. by United Features sypA
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icemen. Once more he assured them that the
American people would not let them down."
After that speech | discussed the veterans
problem with the President, and drew up a bill
which incorporates the six points which he sug
gested That bill, introduced on September II
and known as the Rehabilitation and Surplus Prop
erty Act H. r. 320O) provides:
IA three-month furough with full pay and
allotments to dependents whether or not the vet
eran is privately employed upon his return. This
avoids the mistake made last time when the 500
severance pay was made in lump sum-
2-Ef the veteran has not landed job within
the thrce-month furfough period, he will be en-
titled to unemployment insurance for six months
10 give him a further chance TO locate himself.
If still unemployed at the end of that period, he
will enjoy unemployment compensation, which
will be paid by the federal government through
existing state machinery.
:l-The war has interrupted the education of
millions of fighting men. | propose they be
given an opportunity TO complete their education
and obtain vocational training This will have the
added advantage of Withholding veterans from the
labor market until reconversion of industry is COM
plete.
f-Upon entering the armed forces, millions Of
men and women were deprived of credit toward
their old age benefits under the Social Security
Act. My bill proposes TO give them credit based
on the amount of S1,700 year from the time
5-Homecoming veterans will need legal aid,
insurance counsel and assistance in numerous
ways The measure would authorize such appro
priations as the veterans administration may need
6-Disabled veterans will have particularly
hard time getting jobs but have suggested that
every large employer be required TO hire at least
disabled veteran out of every 100 employees
THE foregoing provisions embody the six points
L suggested by the President in his July % speech
If enacted into law these benefits will prevent
the apple selling and establishment that caused
the nation so much concern during the 1920s and
1930s. They will aid veterans in finding their
rightful inches in the community
Tradition to all this, heWever, propose that
VIC regard these men and women as something more
than just potential employees who will return TO
work for somebody else rather than for themselves
We must take cognizance of the fact that many of
these veterans are fully capable OF becoming their
own employers if given the tools and the means Of
entering business in their own right.
TOR that reason l have gone beyond the Presi
L dents six points to add to my bill three other
provisions.
These three provisions are based on the sober
ing fact that the federal government now owns
and will have on hand at the end Of the war
veritabe mountain of materials supplies, tools,
airplanes automobiles and plant facilities.
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If this material is dumped on the market, as
II after the last war 1t can cause serious
economic disturbances To the salvage dealers
who would like to buy it up and to the large con-
Germs who would like to get it for song 1t VIII
bring golden profits.
But TO the small businessman who does not
have the cash to purchase II in large quantities II
will mean economic competition and perhaps dis
aster.
My BILL therefore provides that this property
be made available on easy payment terms to vet
Grams who want to set themselves up in business.
The property would be sold-not given away.
1t would be disbursed with view to building more
local enterprises and decenraizing business activ
ties Of local character.
This would create more employment. 1t would
assure use of the governments stock pile for pro-
ductive rather than competitive purposes.
A LREADY have received letters from veterans
"A over the country asking how they can buy
machine tools and equipment TO set up garages
after the war; how they can get restaurant equip
ment TO open restaurants
My bill calls for establishment Of an agency
headed by the custodian OF surplus war property
to dispose of such SURPRISES
Many veterans will want to go back TO the
farm whence they came Naturally, they will
want TO own their own land l have added Sec
ond provision 10 the Presidents original program,
authorizing an appropriation Of SlO0,O00,0OO year
up until the end of the war and Sl,000,0OO,0OO
year for five years after the war TO be used ex-
clusvely to enable qualified veterans to purchase
farms under terms Of the Bankhead-Jones Farm
Tenant Act.
The farm tenant act, passed in the peaceful
thirtes has demonstrated that the government VIII
be repaid for money advanced 10 make landowners
out of landess tenants and sharecroppers.
THE third additional provision Of my bill would
/ give veterans 10 per cent premium on all war
bonds they have purchased, If used to buy farm
lands, property and equipment under terms Of the
act.
"But what about the cost?
This question is already being asked by
few among the many Of Us who can't 20 10 war
"a few who stayed at home 20 profit and whose
greatest sacrifice was TO forego pleasure driving
To them say that veteran benefits are now
a settled national policy. The bonus march, born
though it was of desperation and dangerous as
il was to stable government settled that issue.
But the advantage Of the bin | have intro
duced is that it is not dole. II will further free
enterprise. 1t will foster productivity. 1t will
offer freedom Of opportunity.
If veterans are given the chance 70 establish
their business they will generate the profits
and the taxes to pay their own way And those
who succeed Will help pay the way Of those who
Will never be able 10 work again.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-20
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

CTRANGELY. although Arr
- iona Is host 10 q larger
variety and greater number of
raltlei, than most other states.
including the Sdew.ndCr which
goes SidewlSc and the Chamber
OF Commerce spirit IS by no
means dead among the people
nobody ever denies their pres
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knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA CONNOLLY

/ What is his first name ta)
Senator Connally (bl PrcSi-
dent QucLon; tcl Gen dc
Gaullc2
. Who was called ta) the
Corsican upstart, Cbl the
lady of the lake, Cc) the
founder Of the QuakerS
g. say II another way; tal the
alleged victory tb) rejected
by the Allies. tcl his AFRO
giant boasilncS.
4 Choose your answer: (a)
was Minerva the goddess Of
love or wisdom CO. vas
Diana the goddess of the
sun or moon, CO.. was Ner-
curry the god of mischief or
medicine
5 Name the three important
countri es that coion1zed
America.
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nR. RUTH ALEXANDER Of Chicago, emf
~ nent economist writer and lecturer was
presented 10 a nationwide radio audience
recently in discussion of the meaning and
merits of capitalism
Dr. Alexander is amply qualified to con-
duct such a discussion. as she had demon
strated on an earlier occasion in a newspaper
interview in Los Angeles
Thousands of persons in countries that
long have Sneered at Americas capitalistc
system now LOOK TO THIS NATION for
food and liberation from dictatora slavery"
she had said on that occasion.
This 10 me is proof sufficient that our
economy, based upon the principle of free
enterprise, is best"
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WASIIlNGToN, Dec. 20 No
than casual diplomatic polite
ness to conceal the dlSplcasure
Of state secretary Hull and our
foreign policy makers possibly
includ ing Roosevelt humSelD
over the treaty Stain has con-
Guided with Benes OF Czecho-
Sloyakia.
The state department gave
out innoCuouS comment saying
the treaty was not understood
10 be IN conflict with general
postwar security.
Truth is, before Teheran, Hull
interviewed and held up conclu-
sion OF the treaties, IN view OF
his assurance 10 Congress after
his Moscow conference, that
there would be no alliances and
no spheres of influence or bal
ance of pow er IN the future
world.
The agree m en- {, therefore.
cannot be interpreted as one 81
the deeper meanings. OF the Ie-
hcran pact, but II must be ac-
cepted AS the first public indlca-
ton of what Russia wants for
poStWar-Europe.
INDEED. the treaty itself says
Il IT is offered as a pattern 10
other adjoining nations, mean
ing certainly Poland mot this
eNlled Polish government, how
ever hungary even Austria
and possibly Rumania bat not
the Baltic states which Stain
intend, 10 take over
The very act iof the treaty it,
self establishes eastern Europe
as the Russian sphere OF lnilu-
encc. although, literally the
treaty is aimed at mutual pro-
lection against a future Ger
many in which Russia will insist
upon a similar "non-aggresslve
government
DUSSIA then evidently wants
IL lots of little states in Eur
Ope Not with SocialiSt-COllec-
twist governments, but within
a Russian sphere of Influence.
Weak demo6ratic governments
mighty serve y her purpose, be-
cause y strong SoCiahSt-Ccllec-
twist government IN Germany
for instance might soon be a
government working tor an
other war and redemption
Already some great authori-
ties arc interpreting this as
meaning Russia already has be-
come the worlds greatest
power. The Czech treaty fore
casts what she expects to get
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MYTH this expression Of FAITH in the
w American capltalistic system as a back
ground, her subsequent analysis of the system
itself became an important contribution to
current understanding of the subject
Under the influence of the high priests
Of state socialism-and particularly of Karl
Marx, the father Of modern communion
word capital IN the conception of unthink-
ing people. has come 10 be- as Dr. Alexander
said, "a bad word the very mention of which
calls up Nightmares OF greed and exploitation
exactly as Marx MEANT IT SHOULD"
But the proportion Of the American
people that has been influenced by Marx has
always been very small
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Nations Duty Is to Take Better Care
Of It's Returning Veterans

Ia/ r. WRIGHT PATMAN Z - -
Act 1886
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