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Evening star., 1943-05-16

gan a renewed campaign against
commercialized vice, encouraging re-
suits have been noted. But this
police activity even now is not sup
ported, in the opinion of authorities,
by concurrent sentiment in the
courts, or by laws strong enough to
deal with conditions as they are.
Amendatory legislation, for instance,
giving the police authority to make
arrests for soliciting in night clubs
and other resorts, as well as in the
street, is considered necessary.
The venereal disease problem, like
juvenile delinquency, is complicated
and aggravated by war. There is no
one solution, and efforts toward
remedy require the co-ordinated ac-
tivities of many different agencies.
Communities throughout the coun-
try are demonstrating the i'm
provement which is possible, how
ever, when venereal disease is
frankly recognized and dealt with
as public health problem. And it
is time that more effective steps in
that field should be taken in Wash
ingtOn,
Evening star., 1943-05-16
ChurchiII's Radio Chat

Winston Churchill's radio address
from the White House to his home
land was a British version of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's "fireside chats"
The occasion was a message of graft
tude and good cheer to the British
Home Guard on the eve of the ma
tionwide celebration staged on the
third anniversary of its impromptu
creation during the terrible crisis
which followed the Dunkirk disaster.
The Prime Minister emphasized
the almost miraculous change be-
tween that fearful spring of 1910 and
the present by noting that, at first,
the Home Guards, serving as volun-
teers in spare time from their
civilian occupations, were armed only
with "shotguns. sporting rifles, clubs
and staves." Not until July, 1910,
did the million rifles and the thou
sand field guns sent by America
reach Britain, with a supply of am
munition so scanty that I'VE hardly
dared to fire round for practice"
BY contrast, the Home Guard now
numbers nearly 100000 resolute,
trained and equipped men" ready to
deal with German invasion, should
the attempt be made when the bulk
Of the regular forces now in Britain
may be elsewhere. This is a reveal
ing gauge of Britain's growing secur-
ity and military strength.
As might have been expected, Mr..
Evening star., 1943-05-16
A Public Health Problem

News dispatches leading the reader
to believe that the Capital of the
United States has the highest rate
of venereal disease among the larger
cities of the United States have gone
out of Washington in the past few
days and have been widely printed
all over the country. The statistical
basis for this showing is highly
questionable. 1t has been referred to
as statistical nonsense" by others
familiar with the situation. Be that
as it may, Army and Navy records
give Washington disgraceful repu-
tation, as far as the source of infec-
ton among the armed forces is con-
cerned. The question is, what is
being done or can be done about it.
One thing that can be done. with
adequate backing from the police
authorities and the courts, is to adopt
the procedure followed with success
in other communities and to remand
for examination and treatment by
the Health Department those per-
sons brought into court for certain
offenses Thus far the Health De-
partment has not made any great
effort to regularize such system in
Washington because of the lack Of
clinical and housing facilities. But
the War Production Board has now
assured construction of v. D. ward
at Gallinger Hospital. to be COM
pleted in several months, providing
place for treatment hitherto lack
ing. There is little doubt as to the
adequacy of legal authority under
laws and regulations relating to So
liciting on the streets, vagrancy and
communicable disease. If these
laws or regulations are insufficient,
however, there should be no great
difficulty in remedying the deficiency.
This system, fully supported by
the police, would strike at merely
one source of infection, commercial
lied vice. But it would represent a
far more intelligent method of deal
Ing with this situation than is being
followed now. Since the police be-
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Berlin Home Front
From the Providence journal.

1ioH tae FloVloeHCe JouInAI.
When the air blitz hit London in 1910,
the British then had not begun to feel
the manpower scarcity and the war de-
mands had not gobbled up materials, Of
which there was quite a bit available.
Even so, the British had to work under
great difficulties. 80 ravishing were the
raids, to make repairs, evacuate families,
find new homes for people bombed out
and secure office space If 1t was so bad
In London then, one can imagine what
Berlin must be like today after the
three ferocious raids Of last month. Prob
ably the biggest problem Hitler has on
the home front is manpower. That is
why he is taking the people of occupied
countries in virtual slavery to help make
up the deficit. Every man who is taken
from his regular job to help dig out
Berlin and make repairs intensifies the
problem OF manpower. And so with
materials. Hitler needs all the materials
he can get his hands on for the war
machine; every bit that has to 60 into
repairs and reconstruction hurts the war
effort TO that extent.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

Churchill said little that was unex-
pected. He indicated the imminence
OF real second front" in Europe
when he stated that I'VE must pre-
pare for the time which is approach
ing and will surely come when the
bulk Of these armies (now in Brittany
will have advanced across the sea
into deadly grapple on the CONT
nent," but he naturally gave no
inkling as to where the blow would
be struck. This emphatic statement
indicates that there has been no
change in Allied grand strategy and
that the Hitler first" formula still
prevails.
This does not exclude the posi-
bility, however, or even the prob
ability, that, within this overall
strategic framework more emphasis
will be laid on the war against
Japan. The presence OF British and
American military and naval heads
OF the war theaters in the Middle
East and the Pacific at the current
White House conference is merely
one bit Of evidence that the struggle
against Japan henceforth will be
more aggressively waged. Mr..
Churchill's assurance to "long-tor-
mented China" indicates that its
pressing needs are not forgotten in
the discussions now going on here.
The Prime Minister emphasized
the truly global character of the
current survey conducted by himself
and President Roosevelt with the
highest professional authorities in
all the fighting services of the two
great Englishspeaking nations, to
plan we'll ahead of the armies who
are moving swiftly forward" It is
indeed obvious that so notable
gathering OF Allied leaders should
result in long-range strategic and
diplomatic decisions which will be
revealed by the course of events in
the months to come.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Gen. Anderson's Reverence

Beginning today services of
Thanksgiving for the victory of the
United Nations in North Africa will
be held in all the civilized countries
OF the world. The instinct to &C
knowledge the common obligation to
Providence was expressed by Lieu
tenant General K. A. N. Anderson at
British First Army Headquarters in
Tunisia, Proposing a religious OBJ
servance in the field next Sunday. he
warned that: When success comes
our way we are inclined to place too
much emphasis on our own skill and
power and not enough in the
strength which comes from beyond
human limits"
Only man of noble character
could have wished to say anything of
that sort. But General Anderson did
not speak for himself alone, nor even
for the troops under his command
particularly. He represented for the
moment the spiritual aspect of the
Allied cause, the basic principle of
righteousness and justice for which
the democracies are arrayed against
the Axis in the prevailing struggle.
The challenge of the dictators spe-
clfically was launched in defiance of
Christian ethics. In no other mod
ern conflict has the moral issue been
so definitely established. Hitler and
his partners would be satisfied to
win, if they could, by any ruthless
eXpedient procedure. They have
denied the sovereignty of divine law;
they have fouted the authority of
the Creator and Ruler of the Uni
verse. For a while they fourished.
Now, at long last, they have begun
to suffer the correction of their
crimes
But the United Nations are not
unworthy of their triumph. When
news of the surrender of the German
and italian legions in Africa was re-
ceived in London and Washington,
there was no savage display of Joy
In the tidings. Men and women
whose sons or brothers had shared
in the battle went quietly about their
work, their faces calm, their eyes
perhaps trife too bright, their
hearts undeniably full. Many of
them, certainly. remembered that
page in the Prayer Book in which it
Is printed: 20 Almighty God. the
supreme Governor of all things.
whose power no creature is able TO
resist to whom it belongeth Justly to
punish sinners, and to be merciful
to those who truly repent; save and
deliver u.s. we humbly beseech Thee,
from the hands of our enemies: that
we, being armed with Thy defense,
may be preserved evermore from all
perils, to glorify Thee, who art the
only giver of all victory. +"
The end of the great contest NAV
be distant, but General Anderson's
reverence is a symbol that prepara-
ton for it is not far.
Evening star., 1943-05-16

make 1t an effective medium for treating
disputes and differences between the
worlds peoples through methods that
would preclude resort to arms.
Bringing the Christ ideal of neighbor-
illness closer to our own life we are having
here in America, even in time of great
crisis, evidences Of disunity and lack
OF a willingness to be cooperative when
the most sacred interests we cherish are
actually imperiled. Repeated evidences
OF strife in our industrial workroom grow
apace, and men holding responsible posi-
tlons in both management and labor
press their selfish claims and refuse to
sit in conference to discuss and ulti-
mately adjudicate the differences that
divide them.
A situation somewhat analogous shows
itself in the churches, where more stress
Is placed upon party passwords and de-
nominational shibboleths than upon the
major teachings that alone make for
cooperation and unity of action. It
would appear here that to maintain a
traditional position and to follow course
and practices" transcended in impor-
tance any effort that is made to knit
more closely in comradeship the several
religious bodies that commonly acknowl-
eoge and respond to the high claims
of Christ. Surely this is time to re-
define the term "neighbor' We of this
Western World have stressed what we
call the goodneighbor policy but this
is not broad or comprehensive enough.
Mr.. Willkie, in his remarkable book "One
World has caught vision and given
forceful expression to what he believes
must be the high aim of the United
Nations. 1t is broad, all-inclusive and
statesmanlike view OF what must come
to be, If this world in which we live is
not to become battle-ground with blood
shed and devastation for all the peoples
and races that cover the face of the
earth
Evening star., 1943-05-16
NEIGHBORS
BY the Right Reu. JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop OF WASHINGTON

1t was not without design and purpose
that Christ, in giving summary of the
law. gave as the second great command
ment, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself." In one of His notable parallels,
namely, that of the Good Samaritan. He
graphically Illustrated what true neigh
borliness really means. It is clearly evi-
dent from all His teachings that He con-
ceived of a world in which men and
women were to live together, not as
strangers separated by racial or other
barriers, but as neighbors. He knew,
and history has proved it, that the only
possible means of securing to humanity
the blessings and privileges of peace was
so to organize human society In its every
part that ultimately races and peoples
OF every sort and kind and in every place
should be motivated in all their relations
by the law OF kindness, mutual good will
and understanding.
There Is no more tragic illustration
of the violation Of what constitutes right
and benefcent human relations than the
terrible war that literally has engaged in
fierce and mortal conflict the nations of
the world. True, efforts of one kind and
another have been made by high minded
statesmen and diplomats to bring about
conditions that would insure amicable
relations between nations and peoples,
but the long, long story of their tragic
failure constitutes dark and somber
spot on the pages of history No plan
as yet has been evolved that would make
it possible for the diverse peoples of the
world to live in harmony and peace. It
is true that, in this present generation,
more sincere and earnest efforts have
been made to effect right neighborly re-
lations between the peoples OF the world
than In any period in human history.
Apart from some of the methods pre-
scrlbed and advocated by the late Presi-
dent Wilson in his League of Nations, it
was sincerely designed by its author to
Evening star., 1943-05-16

and that thus standing upon the
apostles and prophets in the highest sense.
it was not likely he intended to insult
them by standing on them in a different
sense"
DR.. Glendy had courtly manners. He
was confidential friend of the leading
statesmen OF his day. After retiring from
the pulpit because of infirmities of age.
he moved to Philadelphia and died there,
October 4, 1s32-at the age Of r. His
remains were buried beside those Of
his wife and child In the cemetery In
Baltimore purchased during his pastorats
and named after him.
Evening star., 1943-05-16
Billions for Our Now

priation bill for the next fiscal year,
might have saved itself some as
troncmical calculations had it ex-
pressed the bills terms by some
formula such as letting x equal the
amount of money needed to build
and maintain the Navy necessary to
fight this war to an end. That would
have been unorthodoX, but it would
amount to about the same thing as
the actual bill reported. For the
total recommended in this bill
$29 ,463 ,687, ,198-is so far beyond
human comprehension, as to its
meaning in dollars and cents, that
the figure is of value chiefly as
symbol.
Some comparisons, of course, en-
phasize the amount. For the fiscal
year 1910, the bill passed in May Of
1889 called for S773,0O0,0Oo. For the
fiscal year 1941 Congress appropri-
ated Sl,473,756,000 for another great
building program for an enlarged
Navy. But before the bill Just re-
ported left the committee it had been
cut by s2,000,0O0, 0,OO0-cut by almost
as much as the Nation appro-
priated for the Navy in the two years
Immediately preceding the war.
Since 1910 some $4,000, 100000 have
been appropriated for the Navy.
1t is doubtful, in fact, highly i'm
probable, that all this money ever
could be spent within the limits of
any war. But the policy already
adopted by Congress, having the
full support of the American people,
simply means that we shall build and
keep building ships and planes and
everything else we need as fast as
we can and as long as we need to.
The stakes are so high that what
ever we put out in money expendi-
lures are Insignificant items.
Some interesting observations were
made by Vice Admiral Horne in dis
cussing the types of ships we must
build. The carrier, he said, has be-
come 'the backbone of the fleet"
for the side which gains control of
the air has an almost overwhelming
advantage" That, from an "old
Navy" man a few years ago, would
have been rank heresy. But other
conceptions also have changed. The.
fleet, as known in the past, exists no
longer as an operational unit. There
is the task force instead. with the
carrier and its planes, protected by
swift, heavily armed cruisers, to
carry out specific missions that, in
other days, would have been the
fleets job. The battleship is still in
the picture, but not the old battle
ship. Captain Thomas L. Catch,
commanding one of the new battle
wagons" has written two extremely
informative articles in the Saturday
Evening Post describing the battle
ships modern role, first, in protect
ing the carrier against attack from
enemy planes, and, second, destroy
ing by its superior weight Of fire
other surface ships. The battleship
we know today is faster, more maneu-
verable and more heavily armored
than her sisters of the past. Admiral
Horne revealed the encouraging in
formation that six OF these new,
powerful vessels are in service, with
two more about to be commissioned.
The Navy used to warn our people
that the cost of it's maintenance and
development was pretty cheap in
surance. The argument was sound.
But the insurance was inadequate
for the risks involved, and we were
hard to persuade concerning the
risks.
Evening star., 1943-01-10

Moster minds Of the western holt Of the Squeeze poy"
oeoinst the Axis in North Afeo It. Gen. Dwight D. Essen
hover left and It. Gen. Mark Clark smile FOR the news
oomeros otter the Amereon commanding hod deco
roted Gen. Clark for distinguished
the eompoien Londne three weeks oheod Of the invasion
force Clark prepared the ground for quick French omce
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28

Nearly Over

The peak OF the housing short
age in Ypsilanti and its enyirons
will have been passed within a
week. according to Guy Larcum,
management supervisor.
With space available in federal
projects and quarters being listed
at the Federal Housing Centers
here. It is expected that sufficient
rooms will soon be available to &C
commodate immigrants as rapidly
as they arrive to work at the Ford
Bomber plant.
A thousand family units OF one
general purpose room and some
with one bedroom are being made
available and fifty families have
already moved in. The townsite
already has a population Of 500.
West Lodge, a dormitory with
facilities for 1000 persons may
be opened soon.
Population OF the entire federal
housing project in East Ypsilanti
H now 5000. 1t is expected that
the eventual total will be $1,000.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28
Sales of Auto
Licenses Slow

Applications for the second hall
OF the 1919 automobile license
plates are coming in slowly with
approximately 150O persons hold
ing half year plates which must be
renewed by August 81, according
to Paul Ungrodt. secretary OF the
Board Of Commerce.
Office OF the Board Of Commerce
will be open evenings until S p. m.
through Tuesday. Aug. 81. to &C
commodate persons wishing to pur-
chase the plates. Although usually
closing on Saturday afternoons. the
Office will remain open this Satur-
day until s D. m
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28
Maj U-Boats
Fight Planes

Washington, Aug. 2S-UP-Ger.
man submarine anti-aircraft arma.
ment has been heavily reinforced TO
meet vastly expanded Allied air pa.
trolls over the Atlantic, and IL ap-
peared today that new aerial tao.
tics or armament may have to be
developed To combat the U.boats.
There have been numerous re.
ports in recent weeks OF increas.
ing aggressiyenezs on the part OF
l.boats against our anti-subma-
rine air patrols. Several weeks
ago. one OF them shot down a Navy
blimp.
Only yesterday. the Army Air
Force snti-submarine command re.
vealed how one OF 10 U.boats re.
Gently sunk by our patrol planes
elected 10 fight Il out. Its heavy
shellfre damaged half the crew
OF an attacking heavy bomber.
Although wounded. the bombardier
managed TO straddle the sub with
depth charges and sink Il.
Until recently. the standard ar
mament Of C-boats included two
all-purpose deck guns. one or two
so cslibre machine guns mounted
on the coming tower and subma-
chine guns brought on deck by
members OF the crew.
Now. reports indicate. the Ger.
mans have added at least two 20
mn. anti-aircraft cannon TO the
submarine armament. Thus, the
U-boats are able 10 throw up a
fairly heavy curtain Of fire against
aerial attackers.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28
Dinner Will
be Tuesday

The board Of directors Of Gil.
bert House have arranged for a
cooperative dinner at Gilbert
House. Tuesday evening at $50
as a farewell for Miss Martha Bu.
chanan, who has served az direc.
tor during July and August. Al
the dinner. which is open to every
one interested IN Gilbert House.
Miss Mary IIeitsch. Pontiac. the
new director. who will assume her
duties. Sept J. will be welcomed.
Miss Buchanan. who has con
Quoted very successful program
at Gilbert House this summer, viii
return TO BEDFORD where she
teaches Latin ana is girl counsel
lor in tae BEDFORD Union High
School.
Miss Heitsch will come Monday
and look over the work with Miss
Buchanan before beginning her
duties Wednesday. She has taught
home economics ard relative art
at Michigan State College and Al
the Connecti,ut State Teachers
College. She has also done OK
tension work in rural home eco
Monies clubs in California.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28
Conferences on
War Will be
ResurnedSoon
Washington Will
be Location of
Discussions

Washington. Aug 2S-INS-Tne
tangled picture Of international
politics in the midst OF global war
II is believed today, will come un.
der further scrutiny when Presi
dent Roosevelt and Prime Ministe
Winston Churchill resume theil
discussions in Washington some
time next week
That the talks would be resumed
was announced from the Citadel in
Quebec. Canada. scene OF the re-
Gently completed War Strategy con
ference between the two Allied
leaders.
Further, it was announced that
a speech Churchill was to have
delivered on sunday had been post
poned until Tuesday. indicating
that the radio address TO the Brit
ish and American people would be
made from Washington, rather than
from Quebec as originally planned.
1t Is obvious now that the Quebec
talks dealt almost wholly with mil
itary and naval matters-largely
Ringing around the war in the Pa
cific and the task to be performed
by Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mount.
batten, Allied commander-in-chie
of the newly-created Southeast Asia
theater OF operations.
Due 10 the time-consuming dis
cussions on the military phase OF
the war it is considered likely that
the two men would want to delve
deeper into the diplomatic and in
ternational political aspects in in
formal and private meetings.
For this type OF conference,
Washington would be much more
advantageous location. it is pointed
out. as both Britain and the United
States have their foreign experts
within easy access. while such talks
summoning OF many officials from
at Quebec would have entailed the
the United States capital.
Any political discussions between
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.. Churchill
obviously would have as their prime
purpose the fui ,-ier exploration OF
Russia's position in the war and in
the peace talks to come.
Despite many official denials and
efforts to minimize the Russian
position with respect to the other
United Nations, there have been
continued. strong indications that
differences do exist. In the minds
OF experienced observers, the basic
difference between Stain and the
other United Nations leaders stems
from the military fact of the failure
to establish a second front" in
Europe-long advocated and agitat-
ed for by MOSCOW.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-28

general served on the Roberts
board which Investigated the
Pearl Harbor attack and was re
sponsible for the streamlinIng OF
the Army last year.
lie is a champion OF air power
and sponsor OF the movement TO
put younger men in key positions.
Gen. McNarney was called upon
several months ago TO testify be-
fore a Senate Appropriations Sub
committee as an authority on the
war against the Japanese.
McNarney began his military
career in the infantry but trans
ferred 10 the Air Corps within a
year. His subsequent work. was
bound up 'entirely with the Air
Force until he was appointed to
the war plans division OF the War
Department in 1889
McNarney's reported appoint.
ment as aide TO Lord Louis Mount.
batten is in line with recent devcl-
opments which have placed air.
minded officers in far eastern key
posts. II should insure smooth
workings OF the intercommand
British and American officers OF
Mountbattens staff.
Mountbatten yesterday CONFER.
ed with General Marshall. General
Arnold and other high army Off.
GERS His next stop will be Lon.
don where he will conduct supple
mentary strategy talks with Brit.
ish chiefs Of STATS.