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approved last week by the Federal

approved last week by the Federal
communications Commission.
On October II the Federal Court
dismissed a similar suit against the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
Both suits, filed simultaneously in
l94l, alleged that "by ownership of
key radio stations and by the use of
exclusive contracts" the NBC and
CHS chains controlled the broadcast
time Of 268 of the 800 commercial
broadcasting stations In the country,
and that so Of the 50 clear channel
stations were among the 268.
Mr.. Britt said the suits were filed
for the purpose Of breaking up the
system of ownership and licenses
through which the chains dominated
broadcasting"
The assistant attorney general said
the suit against Columbia was dis
missed because Of a Supreme Court
ruling which decided that the FEC
possessed the power to supply the
remedy.
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another prominent figure in
American business is being
trotted out quietly as a presi-
Dental possibility - Eric Allen
Johnston, pres ident of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce. Mr.. Johnston has denied
the soft impeachment. He is not
a candidate, he has said, either
for presidential nomination or
for senatorial nomination. He
was born in Washington, D. c.,
As years ago, but he is resident
OF Washington State. Republic
cans in his home State have sug-
gested he run for the Senate next
year. But men connected with
the 400 chambers of commerce
and 400 trade associations en-
braced within the United States
Chamber of Commerce are talk
ing about him as a dark horse
in the race for the presidential
nomination.
A story came out of Chicago
the other day to the effect that
Deneen Watson, national chair
man of the Republican Postwar
Policy Association, had folded up
that organization and started a
new one-bent on the nominal
ton of Mr.. Johnston for Presi-
dent. 1t brought into the open
a discussion of Mr.. Johnston's
qualifications and availability
which had been going on for
sometime, more or less privately.
COP Leaders Praise Him.
Here in Washington, Republic
can leaders in Congress spoke
admiringly of Mr.. Johnston, par
ticularly of his efforts to bring
about the utmost cooperation
between management and labor
and Government in the about
industrial war program. They
did not, however, place him high
in the list of presidential posi-
bilities. In the first place, they
mentioned that he has not been
a figure in American political
life. In the second place, they
had misgivings about being able
to translate a president of the
National Chamber of Commerce
into President of the United
States. Rather, they suggested,
Mr.. Johnston should run for the
Senate next year for the seat
now held by Senator Bone, DEM
ocrat. Washington, they said, is
good Republican hunting
ground. Last year the Repub-
licans elected a Republican Gov
ernor-Gov. Langlie-and three
of the six members of the House.
They said that the Republican
tide apparently was running In
Washington.
Mr.. Johnston is forward look
ing and successful businessman.
He was vice president of the
chamber in 1941, president in
1912 and reelected this year. He
has a record for speeches deal
ing with the war effort and with
postward industrial planning
speeches that are constructive
and impelling and eloquent. He
was a member of the Committee
for Economic Sterilization. AS a
member of the Management
Labor Policy Committee his views
have been heard by the War
Manpower Commission and War
Production Board. He has been
chairman of the United States
Commission for nter-American
Development, and early this
year, at the request of the State
Department and the Office of the
Co-ordinator of Inter- American
Affairs, he took 20,0O0-mile trip
by air around South America. He
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offensive would require, rein-
forcements are being dispatched
constantly within the measure Of
our shipping facilities.
The spectacular success of last
weeks air assault at Rabaul
caused the enemy serious losses.
and it is hoped that they will
turn out to be as heavy as the
original estimate from Gen. Mac
Arthur's headquarters indicated.
There are signs that the Japa-
nese intend to evacuate New
Britain, on which Rabaul is
situated, and that their most i'm
portant base in the Southwest
Pacific may fall into our hands
without severe losses to the
amphibious forces which will be
sent to occupy it.
Can Cut Supply Lines.
Inc american strategy Is real
ing a hard blow to the forces
holding the outer line of Japan's
main defense arc. Our naval
strength is so superior that we
are now in a position to inter-
fere seriously with the lines OF
communication between the
many Japanese-held islands and
their principal supply bases.
AS soon as the Japs realize
that a group Of nuisance island
fortresses" can no longer be sup
piled they withdraw their gar
risons to safer areas. Thus a
number Of advanced posts, which
would have required heavy
sacrifice of human life on our
part If they had to be taken by
force, have been abandoned by
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NBC Stuff Dropped
As Result Of Sale
|0f Blue Network
BY the Associated Press.

oS tic nSeoSidtcQ fresA.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-On motion of
the Governments Antitrust Divi-
sion, the United States District Court
yesterday dismissed a civil suit filed
in 194l against the Radio Corp. Of
America and the National Broad
casting Co., through which the Gov
eminent sought to break up MICS
red and blue networks.
Daniel B. Britt, assistant United
States attorney general, said the
suit was dismissed because NBC had
compiled with the Governments de-
mand that one of the networks be
sold. Sale of the blue network was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19

setting and It's
occasion?
We sent ship
loads of Gen.
Sherman tanks
to the British in
Egypt last fall,
and only just in
time. These were
lease lend trans
a actions. Senator
Butler wants to
investigate all
lease-lend trans
actions. Can he
investigate these
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19

HV'' "cAemote. isn't In the
Army long enough to be scared Of q
top sergeant before he realizes that
his welfare depends on how well he
pulls with the fellows.
Take Hut 5, for example. Most
Of the happiness and most Of the
sorrow that those of us who share
its 10 double decker hunks will have
at Camp Blanding depends on how
we cooperate in Hut S. Let one Of
us fail to keep our share of Hut 5
in order and all of us get the gig"
which is the term we old Army
veterans use for punishment. If
my barracks bags aren't on the
proper hooks, I am not the only
one to get the works. If Miguel
Garcia leaves his shoes under his
bed, he alone isn't restricted to the
company area. If George Bishop
doesn't have the U. S. on his blanket
squared and facing the foot, he Is
not the only one who forfeits q
chance for a weekend pass. Let
one man fail and every one in the
hut gets the gig" We all stay In
the area. We all bid farewell to q
chance to get out Of camp for q
week end.
Interested in Each Other.
Az a roc,,1t ue,,r, NE,r no.ar> a..
powerfully interested in Miguel
Garcia, and Miguel Garcia in Henry
McLemore, and George Bishop in
Samuel George, and Samuel George
in Joe Good. You should see us
strangers not many days ago-work-
ing on that hut so that it can stand
the inspection of noncoms ana
officers who are blessed CD with the
power to see wisp of spider web
from so PAGES, and who can divine
a bunk whose mattress hasn't been
shaken, beaten, aired and smoothed
until it is even firmer than the day
it left the boiler factory where it
was made.
Miguel Garcia saved us from dis
aster only this morning when he
discovered that my shoe polish did
not occupy the extreme left corner
Of my shelf, but was between my
writing pad and my toilet articles.
The Army won't stand for this mad
arrangement. It demands that shoe
polish have the place Of honor on
the left.
A 20-Man Check.
redeemed myself by spotting
bit of lint under bunk and giving
it the old heave-ho with the broom
as I tore out of the door to stand
formation. 1t wasn't a very dis
tinguished bit of lint, but If left on
the floor it would have been enough
to cause me and my brethren to
live under the shadow of K. P. duty
"a lovely assignment which requires
that those who draw it rouse them
selves from slumber at 4 am. and
join the jolly walkers at the mess
hall.
Every bit of the hut gets a 20
man check. There is no arguing
over who will sweep, or who will
empty the graceful ash trays which
are so exactly modelled after tin
cans that they are tin cans, or
who will see that every button on
every bit of clothing hanging up is
buttoned, or who will check the
corners and the crevices for dust.
We sweep and search and button
and pray that all will be all right
all together.
Every other hut in the COMPANY
is driven by the same spirit. This,
mind you, after only a few DAYS.
and over what may seem a trivial
cause. But it is the beginning of
the spirit Of teamwork that will
endure when the time comes to
stand inspection against the attack
Of the enemy.
(Dsstributed by McNausht Syndicate. Incl
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BY SAMUEL GRAFTON.

: Senator Butler of Nebraska pro-
poses to investigate" lease-lend.
Just lease-lend? All by itself? Does
the Senator intend to pluck lease
lend out of the war, like an eye
from q head, so that he can hold
it in his hand and look it over?
But does lease-lend have any
meaning standing by itself, ex-
tracted from the war which is its
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ness, but who
h a d n e er
held political
Office Wen
dell l.. Willkie.
Mr.. Willkie is
still a DOM
inant figure
in the COP.
To all intents
and purposes,
he is a candi-
date for re.
noninationin
1914.
A i
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OF Japanese
domination
has q good
c h a ce Of
materializing.
Although 1t
is n o t yet
p o. S ible to
send to the
. y v v II W CSt
Pacific COM
mander tn e
n u m b e r Of
m e n q n d
p ] a n e S a
large . scale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
The Political Mill

has been a frequent visitor at the
White House. He has had high
praise from President Roosevelt,
William Green, president Of the
AFL, and Edward A. O'Neal, pres
ident of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, because Of his
leadership in industry and his
attempts to bring about national
unity Of all groups.
Opposes Conservatives.
For years Mr.. Johnston has
trod on the toes Of the ultra
conservatives In the Chamber Of
Commerce. He believes firmly in
private enterprise and private
initiative. He insists, however,
that the capitalistic system in
this country cannot survive mass
unemployment. Indeed. as he
sees it, mass unemployment is
the root OF war. His plea is that
industry do everything in its
power against mass unemploy-
ment, both in this country and
In other countries.
You can't eat freedom" he has
said. If private enterprise can't
give employment to people, then
the masses will turn to the State.
And the State will dominate the
citizen in his expressions of eco
nomic and individual liberty. We
would then win the war, only to
lose the peace for which we
fight"
If private enterprise is to give
employment to the masses, then
1t must not be hamstruns by
Government, in the opinion of
Mr.. Johnston.
Mr.. Johnston visited war Eng
land not long ago and talked
turkey. He told the British that
we wanted to cooperate with
them after the war to make a
better world. He insisted, how
ever, that Americans were not
going to give up their ideas.
They do not" he said, Intend
to practice or to promote political
dominance or economic domi-
nance by people over people any,
where" He said that Americans
have no inclination to revise Eng
llsh economic and political meth
dds, and that Americans did not
intend to revise their own. They
want to start with the situation
as it is" he continued. only our
extreme and unrepresentative
theorists want to start with a new
heaven and new earth"
Policies Outlined.
In the field of American enter
prise, Mr.. Johnston stands for
better understanding and better
relations between management
and labor. In the foreign field,
he favors international co-opera-
ton, but also he believes this
country must for long time
maintain strong Army and
Navy.
"A strong prosperous, self-re-
liant America can serve as a
mighty bulwark of world peace
and progress" he said in another
speech. Its new readiness to
collaborate with other great ma
tions to safeguard the peace must
be an expression of strength and
not Of fear or weakness or panic.
Beyond that I bring no tailor
made plans for any new world
order. My surmise is that the
methods of collaboration will
emerge slowly, painfully, on the
basis of evolution. My fear is
that in undertaking too much, in
promising too much, and in set
ting up complex machinery, we
may confound and defeat the
primary purpose Of discouraging
and preventing aggression"
Mr.. Johnston served in the Ma
rine Corps in the World War, and
retired from the service In 1923
with the rank Of captain.
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900 to build a
synthetic rubber
industry and the
executives and
stats of these
organiza tons are
expected to work
with maximum
effort and en-
thusiasm to give
the American au-
tomobile driver
some tires soon
the discouraging
news is given
them that they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
Rubber Move
By President
Is PuzzIing
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Alst why President Roosevelt
raised at this time the question of
scrapping the synthetic rubber
plants rather than give tariff pro-
lection after the war is a puzzle.
Here the American taxpayers have
just paid out approximately $3.50 .OO0.-
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one a n o t h e r.
N ow we are
thicker than 40
t h YES In a
phone b DOT h.
Why? I'll tell
you. Simply be-
cause the Army,
when 1t comes to
teaching team
work, can spot
the best football
coach who ever
lived aces and
spades. A man
isn't In the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
BY GOULD LINCOLN

Three years ago the Repub-
lcan party took as its presiden-
tial candidate a man who had
been identified with big bust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19

HE opinions of the ters page are their o,on not
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented The
Stars effort to giue all sides OF questions interest to its
readers although such opinions contradictory oono
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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McLennore-
Finds Teamwork
Comes of Necessity
" PVT HENRY McTrMopr

BY PVT. HENRY McLEMORE.
CAMP BLANDING. Fla.-Thers
are 20 of us in Hut S, Company c,
and until few days ago none of
us had even 50 much as heard of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

For the first time since 1912
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's most
cherished hope-to land in the
Philippines and free the islands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19
BUY WAR BONDS

Today, under wartime restric-
tons, more and more men are
buying for quality and are
learning the advantages and
economy of custom tailoring
-. the careful drape of choice
woolens, the attention to de-
tail and fine needlework that
make clothes lastingly smart
and unbelievably durable. To-
day, Kassan-Stein invite your
inspection of new fall and
winter suitings, top-coatings
and over-coatings for apparel
with the promise of a long
wearing future.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-10-19

Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1943-12-06
5th Army Captures
New Italian Heights;
MarshoNs Hit Aqoin
100 Corrier-Bos
Planes in Roid,
Toxic Reports
B. the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. GA Toxic
broadcast quoted japanese I'M
perial headquarters today as
saying that a fleet of 100 car
rier-based Allied planes had
raided the Japanese-held Mar
shall Islands yesterday morning
and admitted that the attack
had caused some damage.
The broadcast, recorded by Fed
eral Communica tions Commission
monitors, declared that 20 of the
raiders had been shot down.
The Navy Department announced
last night in Washington that Army
Liberator bombers had raided Mill
Atoll in the Marshalls and Nauru
Island Saturday, but it was not i'm
mediately clear whether the Japa-
nese were referring to this attack.
The fact that the japanese said
the raid was carried out by carrier
based aircraft, however. indicated
they were referring to a different
operation or that they were mis-
taken about the type of planes in
volved, for Liberator bombers are
too large to operate from carriers.
The Toxic communique also re-
ported that japanese naval airmen
had pursued the Allied task force
and had sunk one medium sized air
craft carrier and large cruiser. A
large aircraft carrier and a cruiser
were damaged, the bulletin added.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Mrs. Roosevelt Plans to Check
On CoIored Housing Situation

Mrs. Roosevelt is worried
about spread of both disease and
immortality this winter among
the colored people living in
crowded Washington slums, she
said at her press conference to-
day.
The Presidents wife said she in
tends to make personal tour OF
colored slums soon to check on re-
ports there was a larger colored
population and at the same time less
colored housing than ever before in
the District.
She had been told, she said, that
extensive public building in colored
slum areas has cut living facilities
for colored people so much that as
many as 10 families are living in
some homes intended for one family
Although she knows that plans
for additional housing projects are
underway, Mrs. Roosevelt added, sh.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Reds Near Moei|ev,
Key Railroad Center
In White Russia
Other Soviet Forces
Squeeze Nozi Defenses
In GomeI Sector
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 6.-Smashing
ahead northwest OF Propoisk,
the Red Army today was threat
ening Mogilev, one of the last
important German-held rail
centers in White Russia, as
other Russian units squeezed
the NaZi defense lines near
Zhlobin and Rogachev in the
Gomel area.
A Soviet communique said the Rec
Army hurled back German counter
attacks and swept forward north
west of Propoisk to capture the
heavily fortified strongholds of Var
odol, Bahki and Zabluka.
Front dispatches, telling OF deep
Russian penetra tions virtually from
one end of White Russia to the
other, said the Germans were be-
ginning to show signs of lack OF
reserves and were using engineers
as first line troops in some sectors
of the snow-swept front.
To the south in the Kremenchue
area. the Russian war bulletin said
Soviet units captured several strong
points after fierce engagement.
which often developed into hand to.
hand fighting. Large losses wer,
declared inflicted on the Germans
Nazis Attack Near Cherkasy.
The communique said the Nazi
were continuing to attack in thu
Cherkasy area, between Kremen
chug and Kiev, but all their assault!
were repulsed. Four hundred Ger.
mans were killed at one point. tn,
bulletin said, after a tank and in.
fantry smash was beaten back.
The German radio, in a broadcas
recorded by Reuters, said the Rus.
SLAMS had broken through the Naz
line south of Cherkasy, but "tht
! greater part of the penetrating force
was wiped out"
A German communique said yes.
terday that the Russians hae
launched fierce new attacks in thu
Crlmea from their bridgeheae
northeast of Kerch, but were hurled
back. Rumanian satellite troops, the
Nazi bulletin said, broke through
Soviet positions south of Kerch ane
dashed for the coast The Russian.
lSee RUSSIA Paoa Al
Evening star., 1943-12-06

believes these will not be ready until
spring. Thus the overcrowding will
continue throughout this winter. she
said,-"the worst period for sick
ness"
These colored slums are danger
Gus to the entire District" she con-
cluded, because disease cannot be re-
stricted to the area in which it
originates.
Turning to her domestic affairs,
the Presidents wife disclosed that
she is for the first time entertaining
within the White House the military
police and antiaircraft detachments
which have been guarding the ex-
ecutive mansion since Pearl Harbor.
She is showing movies of her South
Pacific trip tonight. Thursday night
and Saturday night
TT will be the first time that many
OF our guardians have ever been in
side the White House." Mrs. Roose-
welt commented.
Evening star., 1943-12-06
Axis SpecuIotes
On Turks Future
Role in War
Conference Reported
To Hove Followed
PorIey in Iron
81 the Associated Press.

~ tHe n hs"ONlAtv0 IIess
LONDON, Dec. 6.-Turkey's s
future role in the European war
was the subject OF ysna3ous Akin
speculation today after an as
sertion by a German news
agency yesterday that Turkish
President Ismet Inonu had con-
ferred with President Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Churchill in
Cairo Saturday.
The conference. about which a
communique is expected Wednesday
or Thursday after the return of the
Turkish statesman" followed the
hlstory-making Iran conference of
the chiefs of staff OF Britain and
the United States with Russian
Premier Stain, the Nazi news
agency Transocean said, quoting
Ankara dispatches.
See No Change in Policy.
The Germans said Inonu was ac-
companied by human Menemen-
cioglu, Turkish foreign minister. and
the general secretary of the Turkish
Foreign Ministry. They asserted also
that Emir ManSur, son of King Ibn
Saud OF Saudi Arabia. and Imir
Fahad, nephew of the King. arrived
IN Cairo Saturday. presumably TO
take part in some Cairo conference. "
the German news agency DNB
said no change in Turkish policy
was expected as a result of the re-
puteo conference, but the Nazi-con-
trolled Vlchy radio, significantly per-
haps, quoted Franz Won Papen Nazi
Ambassador to Turkey. as saying on
his arrival at Istanbul from Berlin
that Germany is anxious to con-
tinue its friendly collaboration with
Turkey so that this country can be
saved the horrors of war"
A Turkish declaration of war
against the Axis, which would af-
ford the Allies new air bases for
operations in the Black Sea, The
Balkans and the Mediterranean. has
been believed by some to be increas-
ingly possible since Menemencioelu
conferred with British Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden after the Mos
COW conference
Closer to Decision.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Ankara, written last Friday. said
that each day and each political
event in the United Nations wal.
planning was bringing the Turkish
nation closer to decision as to what
part she will play in the war.
Asserting that it could no longer
be denied that the Allies wanted
turkey to participate in the war,
the dispatch said both Allied ma
tlonals and Turks in Ankara were
agreed that Turkey was rapidly ap-
preaching the point where she must
say definitely to the Allies that she
is IN the war on their side or that
she plans to remain rigidly neutral
throughout.
Cairo dispatches. meanwhile. dis
(See TURKEY. Page A-16C