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Evening star., 1943-06-10
marks that If they don't play his
game there may be something to

marks that If they don't play his
game there may be something to
fear"
"Broadcasters' fear of imminent
Government ownership, control or
domination is the fear of a reality
and not the 'hooey' Mr.. Fly so
lightly calls It," he continued. What
Hitler did to German radio is a
cause for fear in any language and
according to the Supreme Court
Mr.. Fly now has the power to do it
even here.
There is only one way to pre-
vent this serious threat to the free
dom of speech and our way of liv-
ing-that is for Congress to rewrite
the radio act in such definite terms
that 1t cannot be seized upon by
the party in power, no matter what
1t may be. for the chief purpose of
directing its propaganda and main
tanning itself in Office"
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regulation Of frequencies and very
definitely inserted the government
as a third party in the financial
program arrangements between
stations and networks" he said.
The Supreme Court decision, he
continued, mot only upheld the
right of the commission to put
these rules into effect but went so
much further in outlining the COM
missions power that the question
Of the rules themselves has become
very minor matter and instead
today the entire right of freedom
Of speech is threatened on every
radio station in this country,
whether or not 1t is afiliated with
any network"
Under the opinion, Mr. Hebert
continued, the administration,
through the commission, can tell
any radio station what its pro-
grams shall or shall not be.
Il leave it to you, gentlemen. if
this is not the most startling, shock
ing definition of the rights of our
Government to dictate to private
industry and private life that has
ever been granted in the history OF
this Nation?" he asked.
Fly's Statement CHALLENGED.
Discussing statements made by
Chairman James L. Fly of the FEC
in a recent press conference, that
any suggestion that the Govern
ment now controls radio Is "hooey," :"
Mr.. Hebert asked wasn't there a
broad hint in the chairman's re-
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Raj Keeps Up Attacks
On jap Bases in Burma

By the Associated Press.
NEW DELHI. June 10.-RAF
bombers maintained their daily as
saults on Japanese bases in Burma
by blasting targets at Kalewa on
the upper Chindwin River, a British
communique announced today. One
plane was reported lost In the raid.
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After Dark

News and Comment Of the Night Clubs
Rexistersd O. 8. Patent once
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nation backed by "turncoats"-
Chinese troops who had gone over
to the Japanese-started offen-
sive operations against Chiang,s
forces. 1t also appears that the
Japanese had calculated that the
bulk OF the generalissimo's forces
could be induced to put up only
a token fight and then disperse.
Supported by some of the few
American planes available, the
Chinese fought with determina-
ton. The "turncoats," confronted
with a real resistance, gave up.
Some went over to the generalis-
simo's forces while others melted
away, leaving the bulk of their
equipment in the field.
Japs Attempt Withdrawal.
The outnumbered Japanese
then attempted to withdraw.
Some succeeded, the others were
killed.
On the whole, however. it ap-
pears that the battle which might
have had serious repercussions on
Gen. Chang if it had turned
against him, was not as impor-
tant as it was believed at first.
Nevertheless, it did show one
fundamental thing-that when
ever the Chinese units are prop
erly supported, they can be relied
on to fight to the end.
No campaign to open the
Burma road is possible until the
end of the monSoons, and even
II an offensive is started in Octo-
Der or November, it will take some
time before the Burma road can
be freed and the Chinese begin to
get supplies of all kind.
The situation in Occupied
China is desperate not only from
a military but from an internal
angle as we'll. The Chinese
armies lack almost everything.
Get Supplies by Plunder.
The commanding generals who
still support Chang are con-
fronted with serious difficulties
from their troops who in most
cases must shift for themselves
for supplies. The result is that
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| he Great Game 6f Politics
Lewis Defiance Traced to Rooseveit's Pro- Union
Actions and Suppression Of Anti-Strike Bills

Washington and their White House
influence more potent than all
others combined. What they asked
for they got. What they opposed
was kllled-and always with pres
idential support.
Killed Anti-Strike Bill.
Look at the legislative record of
the last two years. just before Pearl
Harbor, the Smith anti-strike bills
were passed by the House. Had these
bills become law, there would have
been no strikes, many millions of
man days would have been saved
and the war closer to being won.
But, on the direct request of the
President, they were smothered in
the Senate Committee on Education
and Labor.
More than a year ago the Con-
nally anti-strike bill, on the point
of passage in the Senate, was re-
moved from the calendar at the di-
rect request of the President, who
said that its passage would be
harmful to the war effort" Two
months ago Senator Byrd of Vir-
ginia introduced work, or fight"
bill applying to strikers in defense
industries. Immediately various Gov
ernment heads opposed the bill,
saying it would be bad for national
morale" Finally, when the most re-
cent coal strike occurred, the Con-
nally Smith bills were revived.
Then Mr.. Roosevelt fatty contra
diets his words by his deeds. De-
ploring strikes in his White House
conferences and public statements
he simultaneously threw his whole
weight, exerted through his depart
ment heads, against the passage of
the bills to outlaw wartime strikes
and regulate unions.
House Approves Bill.
Despite the opposition of the Sec
retaries of Labor, of War and Navy,
all clearly White House inspired, the
House on Friday passed the Con-
nally-Smith bill by a vote of 231
to 141. But, against the Presidents
will, it can hardly get through the
Senate.
1t is an astonishing state of
affairs. Here is the President in the
middle of a great war, condemning
strikes and confronted with 1.-The
tragic failure of his own policy of
non-strike agreements with labor
leaders, refusing to permit Congress
to enact anti-strike legislation If
there is any way to reconcile that
with reason it has not been pointed
out.
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Gen. de Gaulle came quietly.
enthusiasm surrounds his person.
1t would be unfortunate for us
were this not so. No other French
leader has stood firm from the
beginning for the deliverance of
France, none other has had the
opportunity to reach the, people
for three full years.
Had ne failed to establish a
popular following, it would seem
sad proof OF the degeneration in
defeat of the French nation.
Gen de Gaulle has the advan-
tage Of having been right before
the war, during the war and after
the war. He has drawn the DO
lltlcal consequences of military
observations. These facts give
his person authority.
Other Leaders Also Stubborn.
That he Is a stubborn and
obstinate man; that he is not
surrounded altogether with the
Wisest advisers; that the Free
French movement is shot through
with dissension-these are also
facts. Yet, as far as personal
characteristics are concerned,
Gen. de Gaulle is not unique in
their possession.
Mr.. Churchill and Mr. Roose-
welt are also stubborn and ob-
stlnate men, and not every one
agrees that they have the best
possible advisers. All men of
stature have the faults of their
virtues. Joan of Arc was an eX-
cessively unpleasant and stiff
necked girl, heartily disliked by
the diplomatists of her days.
There were undoubtedly good
military reasons for the original
procedure in North Africa.
There are also good political
reasons for recognizing the fact
that Gen. de Gaulle is the po-
lltical leader of France.
There is great deal of con-
fused thinking about the ques-
ton of unity-as though the
creation of a committee repre-
sentlng diverse viewpoints Gre
ates unity. The only function
OF such committee can be to
facilitate transition to what
must, of its nature, be estab-
llshed. A nation that has suf-
fered disastrous defeat only
becomes unified around a trusted
leader and a clear set of ideas.
No Choice in Integrity.
There is no choice to be made
between the purity and integrity
OF Glraud and de Gaulle. No
one can accuse Giraud because
he spent the years when de
Gaulle was mobilizing France.
IN prison, escape from which
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to achieve a surface victory To
finch or yield publicly would have
been unthinkable. He did neither
and the Nation breathes easier.
Nevertheless, it is clear that while
Mr.. Roosevelt won the form, Mr..
Lewis has won the substance. The
fruits of victory are the latter's.
When the final accounting is
made, there is every reason to be-
lleve it will be found that Mr.. Lewis
has out maneuvered, out bluffed,
out fought Mr.. Roosevelt and gained
large part of his original demands.
This amounts to national mortifl-
cation. Already, with Roosevelt ap-
proval, concessions have been made
to Mr.. Lewis far greater than he
expected to get.
Instead of emerging from this
struggle beaten man, he will
emerge with greater strength and
increased prestige.
Great Cost.
This is not pleasant reading for
Americans, but the facts may as
we'll be faced Also, in this vital
business Of strikes, Walkouts, slow
downs and other forms of labor
trouble with which the country has
been afflicted since long before the
war began, it does seem that the
stage has been reached where all
save the most obtuse must perceive
that, to use a slang phrase of the
cities. the people have been two
timed by the Roosevelt admins
tratlon in shameful and shocking
way.
1t is not possible accurately to
compute the cost of this perform
ance in men, money and materials,
but it has been very great.
The other day Mrs. Roosevelt.
writing about the coal strike, said,
Perhaps, many of us have a share
in the blame This is a striking
understatement. There is not space
here to present full details of the
record, but it ought to be enough to
fix responsibility to recite a few
lrrefutable truths. The first is that
the power which these labor lead
ers have-a power which enabled
Mr.. Lewis to defy the Government
and wrest from it concessions that
undermine its anti-1nfation policies
and menace the national economic
health-Was given them bv the
President himself. This is the big
basic fact
Built Them Up.
1t is Mr. Roosevelt who built them
up. contracted political alliances
with them, permitted his name to
be used in their membership drives
and accepted from them huge cam
paign contributions.
In addition, he forced through
Congress a series of one-sided laws
and appointed arbitration boards SC
loaded for labor that the employer
is always wrong.
Much more could be added. For
10 years, these labor leaders have
| been the most powerful figures in
Evening star., 1943-06-07
Bogus Dollars Shatter
Rumanian Black Market
Nv tho Aesociotod prar

BY the Associated Press
STOCKHOLM, June 7.-Diploma-
tic quarters reported yesterday that
speculative bubble in counterfeit
American dollars in Rumania has
burst, causing the bottom to fall out
of the black market and stopping
the flow Of smuggled goods from the
Middle East.
AS traced by diplomatic sources,
the story involves high Rumanian
officials who saw a chance to get
rich on the black market, supplied
by legal and illegal connections
with the Middle East Middle East
tradesmen, however, delivered goods
Evening star., 1943-06-07
Hero Of Pacific Marries
Girl He Met on Shipboard
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
STUTTGART, Ark, June T. - A
shipboard romance that started in
the war-clouded Pacific was cli-
NAKED today with the hometown
church wedding of 1t. Elbert Scott
(Go-Get- EN- McCuskey, Navy ace
and Miss Yvonne Hudson of Los
Angeles.
1t. McCuskey, who shot down
seven Jap planes in the Navy's at
tack on the Gilbert and Marshall
Islands last year, met his bride
when the two were en- route back
to the States. she from Honolulu
and he after his carrier, the York
town, had been sunk.
Following a reception. the couple
left on honeymoon to Asheville
N. C. They will make their home
at Norfolk, Va, where 1t. McCuskey
is stationed.
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1S Soldiers Killed, 8 Hurt
In Army Truck Crash
BY the Associated Press,


NASHVILLE. Tenn, June T.
Eighteen sololers were killed and
eight others injured late Saturday
when an Army truck in which they
were returning to maneuver area
after a week end leave crashed
through bridge rail and down a
30-foot embankment, the I'd Army
public relations office reported yes
terday.
The accident occurred, the an
nouncemenJ said, when the truck
left the road on curve leading
to one-Way bridge spanning a
railroad track.
Several of the occupants of the
truck were pinned beneath the We
hicle. Sixteen were dead when the
bodies were removed from the
Wreckage, two died later at hospitals
and the condition of two of the
remaining injured was reported still
critical
Those killed include Pvt. Forest F.
Merritt of Preston. Md, and Corpl.
Cecil S. Dennis of Princeton, w Va
Evening star., 1943-06-07
French Political Developments in North Africa
Show Thot Free People Want Own Sovereignty

made him also national hero.
Yet it is also true that, how
ever advised, Gen. Giraud made
unfortunate choices, unfortunate
from the standpoint of principle.
Gen. de Gaulle may have some
incompetent advisers, but he has
no advisers who f1irted F'ascism.
1t is beside the point to say that
M. Peyrouton, who has stepped
out as Governor General of AL
geria, is an able administrator.
So, for that matter, is Mussolini.
This is not war in behalf of
good administrators, but in be-
half of freedom.
M. Peyrouton is intelligent
enough to see the popular trend.
In asking to be relieved of his
post and assigned to the armed
forces, he has done his country
his first political service. That
resignation is a real step on the
way to unity.
Giraud Americas Choice
The lesson we have to draw
from the situation in North At
rica Is primary. 1t is to know
the limits of our power.
1t is an open secret that Gen.
Giraud and not Gen. De Gaulle
was the American choice, and
that Mr.. Peyrouton was brought
to Africa with full American con-
sent.
Yet not all the prestige of the
United States Government, and
of our arms could determine
French choice of political lead
ership.
And this ought to restore not
shake, our confidence in nations
and peoples. A free people do not
put their trust in leaders who
are primarily dependent on for
elgn aid. They wish leaders who
symbolic their own sovereignty.
The fact that Giraud was so OBJ
vlously favored initiated against
him, in all probability, with the
people of France.
There were times when Gen. De
Gaulle was too obviously favored
by Brltaln-and that initiated
against him. too. The people of
France have lived three years un-
der foreign rule or a puppet gov
eminent, supported against all
: corners by the Axis. They are
tired of foreign rule and puppet
governments. They want our
friendship, our alliance, our sup
port, and their own political free
dom. And they will inevitably
follow man who represents, un-
equivocally, these three things.
Danger in Dictation
The lesson to be learned from
this is that wherever our armies
enter a country, they must enter
as liberators or conquerors, con-
fining themselves to strictly mill
tary affairs. Political action must
be allowed to develop. And we
must not forget that we have
come to extinguish Nazism and
Fascism.
If this column is correctly in
formed regarding procedures de-
signed for many countries, in
cluding Germany and Italy, it
would be we'll to revise them in
the light of the experience in
North Africa. All foreign rule
and puppet governments, as the
Nazi experience has taught us,
can only be maintained by force,
which inevitably turns the peo-
piles against it.
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Girl and Youth Found Shot
In Car by Swimming Pool
BY the Associated Press.

/
PORT ALLEGANY, Pa, June T.
Coroner Thomas r. Clark reported
last night the bodies of Joan Herger.
%, of Port Allegany, a member of
socially prominent Northeastern
Pennsylvania family, and Vern
Thorem, 81, of Two Mile, near here,
had been found in a car near a
swimming pool.
Mr.. Clark said the girl had been
shot four times and that the youth
had shot himself with the fifth and
last bullet in 33-caliber gun. which
he still grasped in his left hand.
He said the tragedy was murder
and suicide" and that an INQUEST
would not be necessary.
Miss Herger was an expert horse
woman and had won numerous hunt
club prizes in Pennsylvania. She had
attended Marymount and William
Smith girls schools at Tarrvtown
and Geneva, N. Y.
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This Changing World
Chinese Victory Viewed as ShoIIow, With jap
Pressure Continuing to Weaken Heroic Foe

in many cases there is great deal
of plunder reminiscent of the
days when the war lords were
roaming the country and feeding
their soldiers on the land.
Imitation in China has devalu-
ated the country's currency to
such an extent that Confederate
money would look like gold
backed currency. Prices have
skyrocketed. For instance, meals
which used to cost 81 now cost
$50. Some articles not necessarily
luxuries have disappeared alto
gether from the market and no
amount of gold can purchase
them. Even the black market,
which has been efficiently organ
lied, is now disappearing.
The remaining goods which
could be obtained until a few
months ago from Shanghai and
Nanking are no longer available
because the Japanese have de-
cided TO forbid all smuggling. The
order was made to put some more
pressure on the Chinese generals
and officers and make them more
amenable to bribes in the shape
of luxuries.
Civilians Face Starvation.
The coolies and the other Chi
nese civilians are facing early
starvation. The Japanese propa-
ganda works overtime, telling the
Chinese in Free China that those
under Japanese rule have all the
rice they need to go on living.
Travellers from the occupied
areas go across the lines and con-
firm the tales of the Japs. The
truth is that the Toxic govern
ment has transported to China
large quantities of rice and is
providing the civilian population
with a bare existence, which is
not always the case in the area
under the control of Chungking.
The japanese high command
appears convinced that after so
many years of war the Chinese
will not be able to resist much
longer. They exploit to the best
advantage the failure of China's
Allies to start a serious drive
against the Nipponese forces in
emma and Burma. The failure of
the British to do more than DEM
onstrate with small force on the
Burma-India border has cause
encouragement in Chungking.
where the precarious situation of
the civilian population is fully
realized.
The japanese have used old
type planes and antiquated tanks
IN their operations in China dur
ing the last 18 months. But it
is feared in competent quarters
mere that If the Toxic high COM
mand feels that a real push is
necessary-With some sacrifices
the Japs will be able to send out
a modern air and mechanical
force to finish off Chiang's resist
ance.
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far and how
long a cry 1t
Is than I.
Almost t h q
first money 7
ever e arm e d
was at Fort
Valley, packing
peaches. 7 can
still feel the hot
summer sun on
my boyish back.
I can still feel
the itch that
the peach fuzz
Evening star., 1943-06-07
Barclays Condition Good
After Minor Operation
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 7.-Edwin Bar
clay, president of the African Re
public of Liberia, was reported in
good condition here yesterday after
an operation Saturday for an Or
thopedic condition
Authorities at the Hospital for
Joint Diseases said the operation
was a minor one and that President
Barclay would be discharged in a
few days.
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only against dollar payments. Great
ing a huge demand for dollars.
The bogus dollars, ordered printed
by the high officials, flooded the
Bucharest market. For time, those
connected with the scheme reaped
huge rewards. Then the Turkish
partner of a Bucharest dealer who
had been smuggling coffee into Ru-
mania against dollar payments dis
covered the currency was counter
felt when he attempted to pay off
an American firm with it.
Alarmed, he and his colleagues in
similar deals rolled a flood Of
counterfeit bills back to Bucharest
with demands for restitution. The
bubble burst.
There are more than 10 conven-
lent branch Offices for Star Want
Ads located throughout the city.
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y
your collar and under your cuffs.
There was no end to the peaches
in Fort Valley. They came in by
the millions and were dumped like -
coal by the growers who brought
them in. A peach that had even
the slightest little spot was Gull,
to be thrown away or given to any
one who would bring crocus sack
to haul them away. You might
even say that peaches are in my
blood. In my veins runs the taste
of Freestone and Clingstone.
When I passed Fortnum and
Mason's the other day and looked
in the window and saw two or
three crates of peaches, my taste
buds jumped like frightened larks
from a nest. Fuzz itched on my
back all over again and I said to
myself, Listen, Georgia Cracker,
you had better have a peach"
Standing there on Piccadilly. all
memories of Georgia came flooding
back. I remembered what 7 had
done with the money I had re-
ceived for packing peaches. Being
a minister's son, the first thing I
took out was my tithe. Then I
bought myself a little overcoat--
this was during the first World
War-it was khaki and had SER
geant's chevrons on it. l bought
little wrist watch, some shirts
and shoes for school.
At What Price.
But that was Georgia years ago.
This was London today. I went
into Fortnum and Masons and
said, Give me a dozen peaches
The 'clerk-pronounced clark
looked at me as if I were a mad
man. How many peaches do you
want" he said.
oh, give me bagful-give me
just a lot of peaches I said.
DO you know how much they
cost?'' he asked.
Then he told me. The cheapest
singfe~ peach they had was SITS.
For a peach that looked like a
peach-one that was slightly larger
than a Walnut-the price was Just
few pennies under 81.
do not need to tell you that
fell back against the fruit bin
and shook like an anemic aspen
leaf. I came very close to calling
the clerk or clark a dirty liar. But
he showed me the price tags pinned
to each peach, the same sort Of
little price tags you see hanging
on prize rubies in Black, Starr,
Frost & Gorham's window in New
York.
Then the clerk showed me a
melon-a tired sort of pseudo
cantaloupe with bags under its
eyes. / inquired as to the cost
of this melon. We are having a
special today on these he said.
and our old customers can get a
melon each for 1925.
Great Woman Buys.
1t was not until I priced a bunch
of grapes that I knew what a bar
| gain I could have gotten in the
peaches and melons. For only 81
1 could get bunch of grapes no
bigger than mans fist.
While I was pricing the fruits a
woman came in and told the clerk
that she would like to have enough
fruit for fruit salad for IL per-
sons. Being a poor and humble
boy and awed by wealth, I followed
her around the store. This woman
either had to be Barbara Hutton,
Doris Duke or the daughter of
successful International counter
feiter. She paid for this fruit in
cash and so, even if I go to nv
grave tomorrow I will carry with
me the memory of having stood in
the presence of the richest woman
in the world.
Oh. to be back in Fort Valley,
Better still, oh, to be II wears old
again!
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Evening star., 1943-06-07
Swedish Colony in Rome
Decides to Evucuote
BY the Associated pre.s

~ 'i1o HosotidbSu tTeSS,
STOCKHOLM. June 7. - The
Rome correspondent of the Dagens
Nyheter reported last night that
swedes in the Italian capital had
decided to evacuate their families.
apparently fearing Allied bombings.
The decision was made as the
Swedish colony in Rome met yester-
day to celebrate Sweden's Flag Day.
the correspondent said. Since the
evacuation is to start Immediately.
the colony also observed the 85th
birthday anniversary Of King Gustaf.
which Is June Is.
The Swedish diplomatic staff will
remain IN Rome. the dispatch said.