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Evening star., 1943-09-04
Id Rather Be Rioht-

know, at least, that it isn't mir
age, that we do have of1icial dis
agreements with Russia.
The childrens hour is ended; it
is not going to be so simple as we
thought to win the war together
with our ally, and build the alliance
to follow. 1t Is going to be hard;
the long road Is paved with broken
glass.
Our governments are no longer
pretending it is all they can do to
hold themselves back, they are so
much in accord with Russia. Mr..
Churchill has, in effect, said frankly
that after having mastered the first
crises of extending aid to Russia, of
making a treaty with her, of setting
up lease-lend, we have at last come
to a troubled point, doubtful
pause. He has decided to let the
public know something about this.
And there, perhaps, may be the
clue to the future, to let the public
know, and to let it know more.
Perhaps we have gone as far as we
can 60 alongside Russia, on the
basis Of private decisions, necessar-
lily taken by few top men in Amer
lea and England, two countries in
which political life is free and in
which opinions about Russia are
many. We. have reached the point
where the leadership can perhaps
go no further without directives
and refreshment from down below.
Is there any way to go forward
now, except by a clear statement to
the American people of what, pre-
cisely, is Russia's price for CO.
operation and alliance, and how
much of the price our leadership is
ready to pay, and how much not?
Can we move another inch without
this kind OF discussion?
Two men have led us by the hand
as far as they can. Now, perhaps,
we must lead them. I am not sorry
for Mr.. Churhill's speech. There is
never any reason to be sorry about
growing up. I think it calls for
another speech, with more details.
Let us know just what Russia wants,
in the way of borders, lands and
campaigns. Let us talk and think
and decide.
The problem is real. Let us face
it, as adults, in daylight, not in the
moonglow in which we have lived so
long by hope and by hunch.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

the new moves as second front.
The invasion of Southern Italy
and the advance Of Allied forces
toward Central Italy had become
a foregone conclusion even before
completion OF the Sicilian inva-
sion. All reports received at
Allied headquarters showed the
italian and German troops in
Southern Italy were being moved
northward behind the Po River.
So were certain food supplies and
whatever rolling stock was avail
able.
Since the collapse Of the Mus
solini regime the Germans have
been sending strong reinforce
ments to Northern Italy which,
for all intents and purposes, is
now as much under German
control as Western France or the
Low Countries. According to the
Russians, these reinforcements
were not drawn from the western
front, but were taken from the
general reserve pool in the Reich.
Nazis Fail to Withdraw Division.
The fact at least IL divisions
had to be taken from the general
reserve may explain, up to a.
point, the withdrawal of the
Nazis on the eastern front to a
much shorter line. But the Rus
slams maintain, and the Allies
corroborate their contention, that
not a single Nazi division has
been withdrawn from the east to
meet the threat of an American
British attack.
1t is improbable that the Anglo
American forces will come to
grips with large German forces
in Southern and Central Italy.
In their northward withdrawal
the Germans left behind some
units to help the Italians oppose
the Allies. The Allies will en-
counter greater difficulties from
the unsatisfactory system of COM
munications than from the
enemy.
In the six weeks which have
followed the disappearance OF
the Fascist regime, the only
strategically important section
of Italy-the area between the
Pc River and the Alps-has been
SO well prepared to meet an
eventual Allied invasion that
even If Marshal Badoglio dis
appeared today and new Italian
government accepted the un-
conditional surrender terms,
peace with Italy would have
but little Importance. 8
Even If King Victor Emmanuel
were to invite us to Rome and
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Civic Groups 10 Hear
0PA Plans for D. T.,
Community Council

Representatives Of leading civic
organizations will meet at pm.
next Thursday at the United States
Chamber of Commerce Building,
1915 H street NV, to hear discus
sion by Robert K. Thompson, Dis
trict OPA director, of plans for a
District OPA Community Council to
cooperate In advancing OPA price
and rationing programs.
Mr.. Thompson said today that one
OF the first activities of such a coun-
Gil would be discussion of the home
front pledge campaign, which is
planned for October.
1--WE plan to discuss in a prelim-
mary way the function of commu-
nifty councils" Mr.. Thompson said,
and all civic organizations, con-
sumer. industry, business, labor and
Womens clubs, are invited to send
representatives to explore ways in
which organized group can work
with the council in programs ini-
tiated by 1t.
Two-Way Information.
"The council will report to the
local OPA on the operation OF price
control and rationing programs in
the community" Mr.. Thompson
continued, after explaining that the
council would provide a two-way
flow of information between the Dis
trict OPA and the community, "and
it will carry away from OPA infor-
nation on these programs with spe-
cial reference to community partici-
patton"
AS outlined by Mr.. Thompson, the
Community Council will be headed
by a volunteer programs director.
who will work with an Executive
Committee. This will be composed
OF the chairman of the Information
Committee, the Industry Advisory
Committee, the Labor Advisory
Committee and the Consumer Ad-
visory Committee.
Sections for schools, speakers.
press, radio. advertising and direct
mailing will be included in the In
formation Committee. The Industry
Committee will embrace groups from
the food, restaurant, apparel and
other businesses while the Labor
Advisory Committee, which already
Is functioning. is made up of repre-
sentatives of the AFL, CIO and rail-
road unions. The Consumer Ad-
visory Committee, Mr.. Thompson
said will be composed of representa-
tlves of major civic organizations.
Objective of Campaign.
Community service members, to be
appointed by each of the 16 local
War Price and Rationing Boards,
will be included in the council, as
will representatives of the civilian
war services.
The objective of the Home Front
Campaign will be to obtain signed
pledges from consumers and retail
ers to support the OPA price and
rat1oning programs and is part of a
"neighborhood" campaign now in
progress all over the country.
Housewives will be asked to en-
list in the home front pledge army
and make it their individual re-
sponsibility to help keep prices
down. The pledge which consumers
are asked to sign states: Il pay no
more than top legal prices. I ac-
cepted no rationad goods without
giving up ration stamps"
The pledge for retailers is as
follows: Il charge no more than top
legal prices. / sell no rationed
goods without collecting ration
stamps"
Evening star., 1943-09-04

@. Who must file tax estimates
on September Is?
A. Only persons with income out
side Of wages or salaries, people
whose tax is not withheld at the
source or whose tax on wages ex-
ceeds the amount withheld.
@. How many of the $4,000, 900
taxpayers will be required to file a
declaration Of estimated tax?
A. Only about 100000. The
remainder will have their full tax
liability collected at the source.
@. How can I tell whether
must file a declaration?
A. If you are a taxpayer you will
receive a notice from your collector
Of internal revenue explaining in de-
tail who must file. Study it care
fully to see If you are one of those
listed. In general people must file
the declaration if they fall under
any of these three classifications:
l. If you expect your wages sub
ject to withholding this year to
amount to more than $2,700, if you
are single, or $500, if you are mar
ried, or If your wages exceeded those
amounts last year.
2. If you expect your income from
sources other than wages subject to
withholding to amount to more
than $100 this year, and your in
come last year was sufficient to re-
quire filing an income tax return, or
IyoII oyrect If to. ho S,1fHciert tbis
year to require filing return.
3. This year only, if your wages
subject to withholding are less than
the $2700 or $500 filing require
ment, but you were required to file a
return for 1912 and you earned more
in 1912 than you expect to earn in
1943.
@. What if I make an error in
calculating my September Is dec
laration?
A. Amendments or revisions of a
declaration may be made in any
subsequent quarter after the orig
inal declaration is filed. Thus, the
declaration of estimated tax for 1943,
to be filed September IS, could be
amended on or before December Is.
The declaration of estimated tax for
1914, to be filed March Is, 1914,
could be amended the following June
Is, September Is and December Is.
When a revised declaration of esti-
mated tax is filed the remaining in
stallment payments are to be rat
ably increased or decreased to re-
Evening star., 1943-09-04

well welcomed, according to Pvt.
Mccullough. The Pennsylvanians
outfit remained in Oran all night.
Then 1t was sent to guard an air.
port. A tour of duty at another
airport followed. Then came
period OF training and the OUTFIT
moved off for Tunisia.
Pvt. Mccullough by this time had
become an aide to the company
commander, with the walkie-t -talkie
as his especial ward. The COM
pany's first attack was against hill
which was to be taken by surprise.
the earlier artillery preparation
having been devoted to every other
hill in the area but it.
carpet of small pines covered
the ground about the Germans DO
sition, and Pvt. Mccullough at one
time crawled with his company
commander to point so close that
they both could hear the Germans
talking. 1t was at this point that
Pvt. McCullough's company COM
mander performed an act which
came very near to being his last.
Stuck His Head Up.
He stuck his head up to see what
he could see. He evidently saw
plenty, but the Germans saw twice
as much. Before the official head
could be withdrawn, and it was
withdrawn quickly, two bullets went
Whizzing by on either side. The
officer and his walkie- talkie staff
wasted no time in seeking a less
congested area.
After action in the Tunisian
passes and participation in the fall
OF Gafsa, Pvt. Mccullough engaged
in the attack which was to send
him to the hospitals.
on this occasion, Pvt. McCullough
was serving as a messenger between
the commanding officer and one of
the platoons. On one of his ex-
peolt1ons he was hit by shell
fragment. 1t was a minor wound
and he got up again. AS he was
stlll leaning over, another shell
burst nearby and Pvt. McCullough
was struck more severely.
L was bleeding so badly that I
thought I was through" the soldier
said. Il got into a slit trench and
lost quite a bit of blood. The
sergeant gave me his sulfanilamide
and bandaged me up. About 9
o'clock that night the sergeant and
two other fellows started to take
me back, but the enemy opened up
with machine gun fire and 1 told
the boys to take off and let me
alone, since I was going to die any,
way. But they said they had
promised to take me back and
weren't going to let me down.
They took me to the stretcher
bearers who gave me a shot of
morphine and I woke up in an
evacuation hospital. I had been
unconscious from Sunday night to
Tuesday morning."
An airplane carried the wounded
soldier to hospital at Oran and
a ship returned him to the United
States and Walter Reed.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

armiStice or peace with the en-
emy nations.
Obviously, the wording of those
pledges aptly describes the task
which the committee keeps per-
forming with the support of the
Washington Government. Incl
dentally, the equipment of an i'm
portant number of French divi-
sions now proceeds on a quicker
tempo than formerly.
Recognition Limited.
In the case of the United
States, as is we'll known, the dip
lomatic recognition of August Is
was hemmed in with many reser-
vations. The question arises
whether those reservations are
so far-reaching as to make re-
lection of the committees even
tual demand a practical Ger
tainty. Fortunately, indications
are at hand which would seem to
justify the expectations enter
tanned in Algiers.
The stumbling block, at first
sight, is that the United States
has reserved its right ito deter
mine, in each case as it arises. the
extent to which it may be pos
sible to give effect to the COM
mittee's desire" to be regarded
"as body qualified to insure the
administration and the defense
of French interests"
But, against such a restriction
must be set the fact that French
armed forces are participating in
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Senate Group Called
Thursday 10 Weigh
Manpower Needs
Ry I. A. QIEARY

Manpower needs on both the home
and fighting fronts will be reviewed
before Senate Military Affairs SUBJ
committee at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning, as prelude to the recon-
vening of Congress five days later.
In announcing the hearing last
night, Senator Downey, Democrat,
of California, chairman of the sub
committee created to study the man.
power shortage in Western States,
said he would invite Maj. Gen. Lewis
B. Hershey, director of selective
service, and officials of the War
Manpower Commission and War
Production Board.
Opening Chapter in Debate.
While the subcommittee specific
task relates to the West Coast labor
shortage, the hearings are expected
to become an opening chapter in the
broader debate due to start when
Congress meets September IA, over
the general policy of drafting fathers
for military service, and whether a
labor draft is necessary.
| Commenting on the Wheeler bill,
to postpone the induction of pre-
Pearl Harbor fathers, Senator
DoWney said he would not feel justi-
fled, with his present information,
in voting one way or the other on
that measure, adding:
Before the Senate votes on that
bill, I think we ought to know what
we are doing-how many men we
have abroad, how many at home and
how many more we are going to
need"
Senator Wheeler has announced
his intention of raising the issue
the day after the Senate reassembles
Tells of Coast Study.
Senator Downey who has been
studying the need for workers in
the aircraft factories and other war
plants Of the Pacific Coast since
adjournment, said he does not be-
| lieVe passage of national service
act would help on the West Coast
at this time, because everybody in
that area who is able to do so, is
working now
Airplane producers have told him,
he said, that they can trace most of
the designations of workers to hous-
ing, food and transportation prob
lens. The workers, he indicated
seek change of jobs in search of
| better living accommodations.
AS the war shifts from Europe to
the Pacific theater, Senator Downey
said, the already acute manpower
problems of the West Coast will in
crease. There will have to be a
step-up of 25 to SO per cent in wal
activity on the West Coast, he said
and that cannot be accomplished
without further planning.
In the hope of finding the best
solution, his subcommittee will try
to have a report ready for Congress
when it returns, Senator Downey
said.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
This Changing World

sign any terms we might I'M
pose, We would have little to
gain from such a peace so long
as the Nazis are firmly estab-
lished in the North.
Site for Back Door" Thrust.
Nevertheless, the invasion and
eventual conquest of Southern
and Central italy should not be
minimized. While it does not
constitute second front of the
type sought by the Soviet high
command, because 1t has not
drawn those 60 Nazi divisions
Russia wants to get rid Of from
the eastern front, 1t places the
Allied armies in an ideal posi-
ton should we decide to enter
the Reich by the back door.
The presence of the Allied
forces in Italy will form a real
threat to the Nazi rear. British
and American troops, relying on
their enormous air superiority,
could launch an offensive across
the Adriatic and march from
Trieste to Vienna.
1t is hardly conceivable that
we will start such an operation
this year. Although resistance
OF the Italian rearguards will be
weak, 1t will require several
weeks before we can establish
ourselves on the Western Adri-
attic shore. Even if everything
goes faster than provided in
Gen. Etsenhower's schedule, it
is not conceivable that we will
be firmly set up on the Adriatic
before the end Of October or the
beginning Of November.
1t will be too late then to
undertake an invasion of the
Eastern Adriatic coast with the
view of advancing northward.
Such military operations are not
feasible in the winter.
Occupation Now Vital.
But the occupation Of Southern
and Central italy at this time
when the political situation is
muddled, is considered by the
Allied military men to be Of the
highest Importance. They can
not afford to be swayed in their
Judgment by the general public
optimism. All the reports which
have reached the Allied general
stats so far do not indicate a
serious erosion of German
morale.
Hence. for safety's sake, they
must look to the war in Europe
as a long and costly affair. I'm
der these circumstances, the
parts of italy occupied this fall
and winter will have the same
Importance to the Allies as Spain
had to the Duke of Wellington
in the Napoleonic wars.
They will serve as an addition
al jumping board into Germany
after we have started our major
operations across the Channel.
Italy also will serve as an added
strategic insurance. Should we
miss fire in Western Europe be-
cause the Nazi defenses are too
strong, or because the Germans
might be able to transfer more
troops to that area than we an
ticipate, we shall have Italy as a
point from which we could hit at
the heart Of the Reich.
Italy may not be as ideal q
foothold as France for the Allie.
in their plans to invade Europe
but it Is much better than moth.
ing.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
.WPB Orchestra Plans
Concert Tomorrow

The War Production Board SYM
phony Orchestra will present con-
cert at the Sylvan Theater tomorrow
at $50 pm. Miss Frances Mohan,
singer, will be the soloist.
This is the last Sylvan Theater
program for the season and is spon-
sored by the District of Columbia
Recreation Department in co-opera-
tion with the War Hospitality Com
nittee.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Mrs. De Marigny Charges
Forced Search of Home
BY the Associated Press.


NASSAU, Bahamas. Sept 4
Nancy Oakes de Marigny said yes
terday that police forced their way
i'm without showing a search war
rant when Alfred de Marigny's home
was searched Wednesday.
De Marigny is awaiting trial on
charges of Staying Sir Harry Oakes.
Mrs. de Marigny's wealthy father.
Il was home alone and they
forced their way in," she said. "It
was my understanding that under
such circumstances representatives
of the defense should be present.
I asked for time to telephone my
lawyer, but the request was disre-
garded."
She said she did not know if Po-
lice Maj. Herbert Pemberton and
detectives took anything from the
house. Charles O'Malley, New York
handwriting expert here to assist
the crown. did not accompany the
officers.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
CzechosIovuk Center
To Open Tomorrow

The American Czechoslovak Cen
ter will hold its opening meeting of
the fall season at 4 pm tomorrow
in Pythian Temple, when members
and friends will be urged to buy War
bonds to make possible the purchase
of bomber.
The business session will be fol-
lowed by an entertainment.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

You feel he is
not ashamed Of
it.
He said, in al
most so many
words, that he
is not going to
make g. second
on t for the
purpose of salts
f y in G Russia.
He will make one
when it can sue
C e e d, without
squandering life.
A n d he S a j d
Evening star., 1943-09-04

the same.
You can't 60
very wrong TAX
irg the sam 9
side that Peg
does, b eca us Q
" h e n he in
dorses something
1t has to be as
sound as mother
love, the closed
season on does,
vaccination and
honest butcher
scales And. in
rox,orSo u,t,cp ha
Evening star., 1943-09-04

/ n v q S / o n
echelon COM
p o S e d o I
Am e ric n
forces Is ex-
pect e d to
move against
other sections
of the main
ldDQ LII IuC
near future.
1t Is highly
doubtful that
o ur Russian
assoc ! q t e S
will regard
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Sweden Bans Dromu
On Conquest of Norway

STOCKHOLM, Sept. 4-The stage
play, Norwegian Rhapsody" telling
the story of Nazi occupation in Nor
way, was banned by Swedish au-
thorities yesterday after a two-day
run.
A government spokesman said the
action was taken on Swedish initia-
tive because OF disparaging remarks
about the Germans which Sweden,
as neutral country, could not per-
nit He added that the German
Legation did not protest.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Gen. AppIeyord in U. S.
For Mining Machinery

BY The Assoclated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 4-Maj. Gen. K.
C. Appleyard, who was chief engineer
to the British Army in France, is
now in the United States negotiating
for strip mining machinery by which
Britain hopes to obtain 100000
tons of coal from open pits next
year, it was disclosed today.
The present annual pit output is
about $500, 1000 tons.
Evening star., 1943-09-04


attacks. the target of his portable
panzer unit must be as unsound
as a project for belling mica or
drafting all the Typhoid Marys"
as kindergarten helpers.
But even If Peg hadn't tapped
Mr.. Kelland for Republican knight
hood, I would have strung along
with him (Mr. KellanO just the
same AS a matter of fact, my sus-
picions as to Pegs sincerity were
aroused by the way he spelled Mr.. -
Kelland's middle name. 1t is Bud
ington, with one ID" and Peg put
in two Ids" Is
Next to the New Deal land hasn't
1t been with us long enough to,
warrant being called the Old Newss
DealO Mr.. Kelland hates having
two Ids" put in Budington. On his
ranch in Arizona, a State from
which he is national Republican
committeeman, Mr.. Kelland holds"
in reserve a vicious bronco for the :
| use of those who insist on miss
spelling his middle name. I rode'o
that bronco once, and since that =
time have had slightly game leg,0
and a tremendous respect for the
spelling of Burlington. "a
Hasn't Read Plan. ol
But to get back to Mr.. Kelland's,a =
postwar plan. I haven't read itsti
any more than have read the Bev-,o
eridge report or the Henry Wallace, ,
report or the John Doe report.
There are too many postwar plans
being written these days. If a
man read them all he wouldn't
have time left for the comics or
the weather reports or Mr.. Ickes'
latest statement on everything from ,
petroleum to fish conservation. oH
Before I die, or my last type
writer ribbon runs out of ink, I am
going to write column on Mr..
Ickes, and in the column am going .
to express amazement that in a.
country with a population of some :
140, 900, 600, Mr.. Ickes has to handle,
something like SIS jobs Surely there
must be someone with enough
gumption to relieve Mr.. Ickes Of
part of his burden.
But to get back to Mr.. Kelland's
postwar plan. am for it. I am
for it without reading 1t, because,
I know and like Mr.. Kelland. He
Is perhaps the most honest man I
know. Things are black or white
with Bud. He has never recognized
gray as color.
He has tremendous talent. He Is
the best professional writer In the
United States and the day he wants
to quit pleasing editors and the pub
lie he will be just about the best
any -kind-of-writer In this country.
Prepares Guest Column. &C
He is the best host in the country,
to newspapermen anyway, because
when he meets you at the door he
shoves guest column in your hand
and says, Relax"
He has perhaps the most acid wit
of any man in the country. He came
up the hard way, and has the back
ground of hard knocks to go with
his material success. He Is a tough
little Yankee, and you couldn't fool
him with a gold brick, even If the
brick were made of solid gold. m
know that he has this country
at heart. I know 1t from hours of
beating around this country with.
him in company with his dearest
friend, Grant Rice.
This country could do lot worse
than listen to the words of Clarence"
Burlington Zone d. Kelland. After
all. he has made words pay, and :
half the dreamers who are spouting >
them like geysers today, never have. p,
I'll get shot in Georgia for sup ,,
porting Republican, but I'll have
to take my chance
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