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Evening star., 1943-12-30
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. D. C.
THURSDAY, pEcEMDER 20, 1919.

Fowler in the jail last month and
asked $e,666.66 damages. It also
asked for an injunction to require
James v. Bennett, director Of the
Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Ray
L. Huff, director Of the Board of
Public Welfare, who were named
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dictated only by opportunisn, ap-
parently born Of weakness Of the
German secondary systems between
the Dnieper River and the old
Polish and Rumanian frontiers.
Finding these lines crumbling
the Red Army generals apparently
agreed that the advantage to be
gained by exploiting the breaches
to move into positions flanking the
Bug and Berezina River barriers
fully offset the resultant shortening
of the time in which to mass men
and guns for the big 1914 push.
The relative weight allotted and
direction taken in these wedges
through the German defense sys-
tenn afford the best keys to the 1914
offensive plans.
Two great offensive fronts are
shaping up for the New Year-one
on beeline route for Berlin through
the middle of White Russia toward
Minsk, the gateway to Poland; and
the other, 500 miles to the south
through the middle Ukraine on the
shortest route to held
Bessarabia and the sidedoor to The
Balkans.
Menace to Backdoor of Berlin,
The White Russian offensive with
its direct menace to the backd1or
OF Berlin would engage vast Ger
man defensive forces from the Baltic
pawn states to the Pripet Marshes.
Three Ruseian arp,iac bove lo;d
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Mighty New Drive
To ExpeI Nazis Seen
As Reds 1914 Role

(This is the third OF series
OF articles by Associated Press
correspondents in London, sur
Deying the outlook OF ,uar in the
coming year,
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men is that la
Dor must put up
a strong battle
for the Presi-
dents re-elec-
ton, or someone
hostile to labor
will be in the
White H o u S e.
Looking over the
list of Republi-
can nominees,
nearly all of
them have the
blessing of the
business world
With the possible
eN Ncentinn of
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defendants in the suit, to require
them to transfer Ewing to the Re-
formatory at Lorton, Va.
Evening star., 1943-12-30
Labor Backs Fourth Term
Roosevelt Can Count on United Support
Due to Fear of Hostile COP Nominee
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Despite President Rooeves conflicts with
he can count the united support of the labor
fouh-tem campaign While labor leaders
rather harsh at times by the War Labor
sabzers Office they do not believe that the Republican nominee
uhotfor @lo,
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Author to Address
Women's Alliance

Miss Helen Nicolay, author of
"Our Capital on the Potomac" will
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Study of Hobbies
And Languages
To Be Offered

The study of hobbies, as we'll as
languages, will be offered by the
educat alton department of the YWCA
in its summer courses which will
be opened Monday at the YWCA
Building at Seventeenth and K
streets NV. Registrations are be-
ing handled this week
Instruction in dressmaking, con-
test writing, photography, creative
art and learning to make and play
shepherds pipes will be offered to
students wishing to learn hobby
during the summer months. Those
interested in languages will be af-
forded opportunity to study French,
Portuguese. Russian and Spanish
as we'll as to improve their English
by attending classes in vocabulary
building.
Shorthand and tipping also will be
included in the summer school, in
addition to classes in personality
development, voice and diction and
memory training.
Most of the classes will be open
to men as we'll as women and will
be held in the evenings in order to
accommodate employed people. Day.
time groups, however, will be in
cluded in the curriculum.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
COP Women Here
Cancel Garden
And Card Benefit

Planned before development of
the critical gasoline shortage, the
annual garden and card party bene-
fit of the League of Republican
Women of the District has been
Cancelled in favor of a phantom
party" according to an announce
ment by Mrs. Dolly Curtis Gam,
league president.
The benefit was to have been
held Tuesday at the home of Mrs
William S. Corby, In announcing
the change in plans. Mrs. Gam ex-
pressed the opinion that it was
the patriotic thing to do in order
to relieve the public transportation
system which already is over
burdened"
The garden party is the second
large social function Cancelled by
the league this year, the first be-
ing the annual Lincoln Day ban
quet which, heretofore, had been
given in cooperation with Repub-
Iican members of Congress.
League members traditionallv
have held the garden party to raise
funds for the maintenance of their
clubhouse and Mrs. Gam announced
that members wishing to do so might
make contribution by subscribing
to the phantom party" The sug-
gestion originated with some of the
members who already had made
reservations
Mrs. William S. Culbertson heads
the leagues Entertainment Com
mittee, which made the cancellation
decision at a meeting yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Mrs. Miller Heads
Women Shoppers

Mrs. Louise Miller has been elect
ed president of the Washington
League of Women Shoppers for the
coming year, according to an an
nouncement.
Other officers were elected as fol-
lows at recent meeting: Vice
president, Mrs Helen Rosenthal;
assistant to the president, Mrs.
Anita Nieto Sufrin; executive Sec
retary, Mrs. Kathleen Cliff; corre-
spending secretary. Mrs Florence
Wilson; treasurer, Mrs. Mary
Borders; publicity director, Mrs. Pa
tricia Marshall legislative chair
man, Mrs. Frances Garen; consumer
chairman, Mrs. Susanne Meyer; la
Dor chairman, Mrs. Bernice Isaac
son; membership chairman, Mrs.
Elizabeth French, and ways and
means chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth
Kalick.
These officers will form the Shop
pers' Executive Board, along with
three members at large, who are Mrs.
Dorothy Surrey, Mrs. Ruth Norr
and Mrs. Estelle Duke.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Arlington Council
Cancels Reception

Due to shortage of gas and diff
culties of transportation, the Re-
publican Women's Council of Airing
ton has found it necessary to cancel
the reception and tea which was to
have been held tomorrow at the
Washington Golf and Country Club
Arlington, Va.
The cancellation was an unusual
disappointment to members, as it
was sc duled to be the first
formal function of the group since
its organization early this spring
Representative Winifred STANLEY
was to have been guest speaker.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
War Fund of $4,000
Raised by Auxiliary
OF B'nai Birth

Members of the Women's Auxil-
iary of B'nai Birth raised $4,000 for
war activities and 20 angels con-
tributed a total of $500 to inaugu-
rate new project. "servicing Ship
at the organization annual lunch
con yesterday at the Statler Hotel.
Announcement also was made
that the auxiliarys sale of War
bonds now exceeds $950000.
Paul S. Van Auken. deputy ad-
ministrator of the District War
Savings Committee, was on hand
to explain that $750,OOO of the War
bond sales had been designated for
the purchase of two Flying Fort
resses, one to be named Spirit of
B'nai Birth. Mrs. Howard G..
Nichols. vice chairman of the wom-
ems division of the committee, pre-
sented a certificate showing that
every member of the auxiliary is
purchasing bonds.
The new "servicing ship" project
is part of a national B'nai Birth
program under which individual
auxiliaries agree to provide enter
tainment for officers and enlisted
personnel when ship is in port
Each "angel" makes a S25 con-
tribution.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Pen Women Told
By Mrs. Greco
Of Salvage Needs
Kitchens Called
Vital Source
OF Var Supplies

The organization of an army of
women in housedress' is .the OBJ
jective of the women's unit of the
general salvage branch of the War
Production Board, Mrs. Betty Bar
ton Greco, chief Of the unit, told
members of the District League of
American Pen Women yesterday.
Mrs. Greco pointed out that these
women don't need uniforms because
they have a uniformity of purpose:
To pass the ammunition from the
kitchens of America to the front
lines.
The talk on Little Things Are
Important in Winning a Big War"
was a feature of a tea held at the
home of Mrs. Ernest Humphrey
Daniel. The program also included
the reading of the Ruby A. Roberts
prize Victory poems by the league
president, Mrs. nellie Van D. Smith.
Describing Americas kitchens as
one of the greatest sources of raw
materials, Mrs. Greco said that the
program of collecting fats and tin
cans has become increasingly i'm
portant since the impact of the
rationing program.
The speaker also pointed out that
the glycerin which comes from fats
and the tin from cans are needed
for saving lives as we'll as for pur-
poses of destruction.
For instance, she said, two cans
have sufficient tin to make one of
the small hypodermic syringes called
"Syrettes," which are carried by
Army and Navy Medical Corps doc
tors, as we'll as by nurses for use in
controlling shock
Mrs. Greco also pointed out that
one tablespoon of fat is enough to
make the explosive in five cartridges.
so you see. every drop of fat and
every bit of tin counts in winning
the war; she added.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Mrs. Miles Wins
SIS War Bond
In Art Show
Prize Awarded
By Federation
OF W0men'S Clubs

A $25 War bond was awarded to
Mrs. Walter Miles as first price for
her oil painting wild Flowers" in
an arts and crafts exhibit yester-
day featured at the opening of the
two day annual meeting of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation OF
Women's Clubs at the Gilbert.
The paintings and water colors
on display we're entered in the an
nual Penny Art Fund contest, one
of the activities sponsored by the
District federation to encourage
artists.
Mrs. Miles also was awarded hon.
orable mention in the crafts ex-
hibit, her entry being number of
hand hammered cups, silver-plated
over copper.
In the water color entries Mrs
Minnie Briggs won first prize for
group of wild flower etchings,
hand colored. A book of War saw
ings stamps was the award in this
entry.
Mrs. Charles S. Morgan received
honorable mention for her oil paint
ing, Still Life" and Mrs. Mabel
L. Gauss, honorable mention for
her water color, also a still life.
Pennies contributed by members
of individual clubs of the fedora
ton make up the Penny Art Fund.
Clubs turning in the largest num-
ber of pennies per capita are award
ed the prize paintings.
The Capitol Hill History Club re-
ceived Mrs. Miles painting, while
the Columbia Heights Art Club re-
ceived one of Mrs. Briggs etchings,
entitled Jack -the-Pulpit." Mrs.
James H. Underwood, chairman of
the fine arts department, was in
charge Of the presentations.
During the business session the
club voted approval of proposal
to appropriate District funds for
financing the training of housekeep-
ing aides at Gallinger Hospital, a
project started some time ago by
the Work Projects Administration.
The federation also voted to sup
port the Federation Of Churches in
developing its plan, washington
Welcomes You"
Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins, presi-
dent, announced that three scholar
ships had been awarded to student
nurses. In view of recent legisla-
ton, which will provide Govern
ment financing of student nurse
training, the federation plans to
contribute $3.50 to each student
nurse for personal expenses during
the training. The sum will be di-
vided into 30 parts, Mrs. Watkins
explained, a part to be sent each
month of the training period.
Approximately $4,000 has been
expended from the federation treas
ury for War bonds, it was an
nounced, while the federation men,
bership has purchased more than
$4,000 worth of bonds.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Stamps to Be Prizes
At Arlington Fete

A dessert bridge will be given by
the Clarenford Woman's Club of
Arlington at pm. tomorrow at the
home of Mrs. William J. Schock,
1929 Eighteenth street, North Ar
lington. Stamps and bonds will be
purchased from the proceeds and
War stamps will be prizes.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements includes Mrs. William
Marshall, chairman; Mrs. Julius
Wendell, Mrs. Kenneth McIntire
and Mrs. Kenneth Pearson. Mrs.
Marshall is State chairman of
stamps and bonds for the Virginia
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
Writer'S Group Plans
Poetry Festival

Mrs. Leila w. Marshall, recently
elected president of the Writers
League of Washington, will enter
tain members at a poetry festival at
8 pm. Saturday at her home, 37O3
Bangor street Sc. Original and
popular poems will be read by the
members.
Other new officers of the league
include Charles Cottingham, first
vice president; Miss Margaret Jean
Bailey, second vice president; Miss
Florence Jansson, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. John G. Kellar, CORE
spending secretary; E. w. Baker.
treasurer; Mrs. Eva Grant Mar
shall, historian, and Thomas A.
Simons, parliamentarian.
Evening star., 1943-05-27

address the Women's Alliance of
All Souls Unitarian Church at
meeting tomorrow at Pierce Hall,
Fifteenth and Harvard streets NV.
Her subject will be Early Washing
ton"
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an informal dinner tomorrow night
at the coffee shop in club headquar-
ters. DR.. Miller succeeds Mrs. John
T. Lucker, who recently was elected
club president.
Evening star., 1943-05-27
To Become Chairman

DR.. Margaret Miller will be in
stalled as chairman OF the Junior
Guild Of the Womens City Club at
Evening star., 1943-09-03
Wheeler Asks President
To Clarity Peace Terms
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
HELENA, Mont, Sept. 3.-Sena-
tor Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana
last night called on President Roose-
welt to define unconditional sur
render" for the people of the Axis
nations.
In telegram, the Senator said,
in part:
"As a on-Catholic I want you to
know that I am hole-heartedly in
accord with the statement of Pope
Plus XII that the soul of all people
is revolving against violence and
that people who have suffered SO
much do not ask for anything but
peace, bread and work The Pope,
as you know, is in position to have
knowledge of the sentiments of the
people in enemy countries as we'll as
Allied countries.
The above statement coupled
with the Russian offer of peace in
the event that the people in other
totalitarian countries of Europe
throw out their dictators and all
that they have stood for, leads me
to respectfully suggest to you that
the time has now come for you to
| define unconditional surrender and
appeal to the people of Europe to
abandon the false path of mill
tarism, intolerance and brutality. -
Evening star., 1943-09-03

words, but the Russians will un-
derstand exactly what he meant.
1t is important that he referred
to the Western democracies as
the two great powers Of the
sea and of the air." and added
that our armies have only been
created since the outbreak of
war. He did not need to under
line the fact that in this they
differ greatly from the Russian
armies, which have been re-
cruited by universal service for
20 years.
To underline his fairness he
said that the Russians are en-
titled to ask for a second front,
that it is thoroughly understand
able that they should. but he
hardened on the proposition that
we shall make a major opera
ton only when we are reasonably
certain of its success, and-to
put it bluntly-that our own mil
itary chiefs, and not the Rus
slams are going to be the Judge
of that moment. That grandiose
front across the Channel will be
opened was promised again. But
the indication Of the speech was
that it will not be done. now. In
this connection the opening of
the assault on the italian main
land today is significant.
Reds See Victory Soon.
1t is clear that the Russians
believe that Germany can be
cracked this year by joint mill
tary and political offensive. Up
to now our leaders have been
consistent in assuring us that we
must expect a long war before
Germany collapses. Mr.. Church.
i'll, summarizing recent events in
Germany, the occupied countries,
and the Balkans, the Russian
successes and the effects of the
Anglo American bombings, ad-
mitted possibility. But he ex-
pressed himself unwilling to base
Western strategy on such specu-
lations and declined to discuss
the length of the war, from the
viewpoint of German mass psy-
chology.
On this question there are real
Emergencies of viewpoint not only
between the Russian analysts and
our leaders, but in our own camp.
Some of us believe, for instance,
that the Casablanca formula of
unconditional surrender has been
an unfortunate impeachment in
cracking the German home front,
and the German domestic propa-
ganda justifles this opinion. This
point was not touched upon by
Mr.. Churchill, nor could he touch
upon it until after a conference
with Stain. For the postwar
German question is obviously
concerned in peace planning. Mr..
Churchill wisely left it open.
I got the impression from the
speech that we are reversing the
policy of postponing postwar
questions until after victory, and
that sincere attempt will be
made to find a compromise with
the Russians. Apparently we
have postponed political discus
sfons because the Russians made
a second front according to their
own specifications a condition for
opening them. The speech left
the hope that this condition can
be lifted and that we can begin,
at least, and soon, to reach post
war agreements.
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to theological discussions Of how
democracy should be firmly es-
tablished in the world after the
Axis has been defeated, but will
turn around realistic matters
such as boundaries.
Heretofore Russia has placed
herself on record with a frank
ness which alarms some Of the
governments-in-exile regarding
her western frontiers.
The Turks are concerned over
publication of an article in the
latest issue of the Moscow
magazine, War and the Work
ing Classes" in which Turkey is
accused of delaying victory of
the United Nations by her con-
tinued neutral policy.
Such an article published in
London or Washington would
mean little. But all newspapers
and magazines in Russia repre-
sent exclusively the views of the
Soviet government and are used
by the Kremlin to fire a much
needed shot across the bow.
The independence of Turkey
and the brilliant successes of
Kemal Pasha were made possible
in the darkest hours of Turkeys
history by the support in money
and war material from Moscow.
But after the Turkish republic
became we'll established her re-
lations with Russia were not
always entirely satisfactory.
Sought Nonagression Pact.
When the war broke out and
; Russia was on the side of the
Nazis in the fall of 1899 the rep
resentatives of the border states
rushed to Moscow to negotiate
nonaggression pacts. Repre-
sentatives of Finland and Turkey
were there. Foreign Minister
Saracoglu was present as
Turkeys representative. After
cooling his heels for a few days
he was received by an assistant
commissar, Comrade Potemkin,
who presented him with per-
fectly acceptable agreement.
1t contained one worrysome
clause, however. In order to en-
able Turkey to maintain her
Complete neutrality, the Soviet
government indicated that it
would send one or two divisions
to help the Turks resist any pos
sible breach of neutrality by any
nation. Rightly or wrongly
Saracoglu saw in that definite
clause indicating that the Rus
slams were attempting to obtain
Evening star., 1943-09-03

He made a survey of the war
situation as a United Nations
statesman, and spoke politically
as the mouthpiece of America
as well as Britain, indicating
complete Anglo American agree
ment.
His speech confirms that there
are major differences of opinion
between the Anglo American
powers and Russia. Fortunately,
it was full of hope that the re-
lations between the Western de-
mocracies and D.. our continental
ally may be clarified. But there
was no indication of the basis on
which such agreement might be
reached. There was only an ac-
count of a proposed procedure,
namely a meeting of the three
foreign ministers, to be followed,
in case an agreement is thus
reached in principle, by meet
ing between Stain, Churchill and
Roosevelt.
In such a situation it is a most
unhappy incident that one COM
mentator, Drew Pearson, should
have made the utterly irfesponsi-
BILE charge against the American
State Department, that it desired
to see Russia bled white. The
most consistent critics of the
State Department are Mortified
by such an allegation. Mr..
Churchill rightly pointed out that
Russia has been the recipient,
from both America and Britain,
of enormous amounts of NUM-
tions, and it is we'll known that
the President and Mr.. Churchill
have pushed through priorities
for aid to Russia, often over the
objections of their own military
staffs.
Candor Is Welcome.
Mr.. Churchill presented the
case between Russia and the
Western democracies with fair
ness and candor-and for the
candor especially. we must all
be immensely grateful. 1t is bet
ter for all concerned to recog-
rize that there are issues, than
to be led to believe that no diff
ferences exist.
The differences to which Mr..
Churchill devoted so large.
part of his speech. do not arise
out of i'll will, as Mr.. Pearson
suggested. They arise, chiefly,
out of disparities between Rus
sia and the West concerning,
first, what is militarily possible,
and second, what is to be ex-
pected in Germany.
Mr.. Churchills speech was
made with a subtle choice of
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phrase OF his ghoSt writers, know
nothing about "the ethics of
humanity"
But now, astonishingly, Mr.. Roose-
velt is being assailed not by his
opponents but from within. Re-
Gently he has been savagely at
tackled by one of his long
time journalistic admirers for not
standing by his friends" and
around Washington one hears New
Dealers bitterly muttering along
similar lines. Their complaint is
that personal loyalty and devotion
are not rewarded by Mr. Roosevelt
and that he has sacrificed" some
of his best friends for unworthy
political reasons. This is strange
talk, indeed, to come from men
who have spent the last 10 years
picturing Mr.. Roosevelt as the
embodiment of all wisdom and
virtue.
Yet, this is exactly the way a
lot of them are talking and some
of them are writing Specifically,
the grievance seems largely to rest
upon the forced retirement of
Sumner Welles as Undersecretary
of State; upon the now somewhat
remote scuttling of Leon Hender-
son, the more recent liquidation
of Milo Perkins and the brush
| off" given Elmer Davis in connec-
ton with the Quebec conference
and in other ways.
Irony in Charges.
In all justice to the President
there seems mo foundation for
these allegations. They seem IRON
ical and somewhat ridiculous in
view of the fact that one of the
consistent charges made by his op-
ponents has been that Mr.. Roose-
welt stood by his friends so long
and so strongly that costly mis-
management resulted.
That charge has been made fire.
quently in connection with Frances
Perkins, with Harry Hopkins. with
Henry Morgenthau, with Paul Nc
Mutt, with Aubrey Williams, with
lame ducks such as ex-senator
Prentiss Brown and ex-senator
Clyde Herring, with many, many
others some of them good but
many plainly middle-aged mishts,
unqualified for the positions they
had been given. A justified case has
been made against Mr.. Roosevelt
Evening star., 1943-09-03

high time that
he ran for some
h igh political
Office. He ex-
planned that he
had been read
ing up on the
magazines a d
papers and felt
that. he had the
proper back
ground to win
over any politi-
cal opponent for
nv Office for
which he chose