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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-24

This is one Of the great advantages Of
military government.
Il is prevented by presidents. which are
well established in our history, and by the
nature Of the profession If arms from
attempting TO make any final solutions Of the
difficult issues that arise in regard to the
future Of territory occupied by war.
The very fact that this matter is still in
voved in the couded mind of the admnistra
ton, is still being contended for by rival
departments and agencies of our government
and still has had no definite solution, GIVING
to the commander Of troops the authority he
should have, shows that we are likely 10 20
right on and, still under more unfavorahIe
conditions, set up divided and antagonistlc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-24

authorities in enemy territory which we \ y
tend TO occupy.
I THINK it should be obvious to any one
who has had experience in the occupation
of hostile territories that Gen. Eisenhower's
task would have been made easier and, far
more simple If from the start he had had
control Of all the agencies of civil admins.
tration. -, b.
Take the matter of police and public order.
This in time of peace is civil function,
but for the commander Of troops occupying
territory where the political authority has
been destroyed the public order is a matter
of extreme Importance to the army.
For the protection of its own forces and
for the protection of the civilian population,
the army head must control this machinery.
He should not have to rely on agencies
which he does not control.
AS another example the operations Of An
army are vitality related to all agencies Of
communication-the ports and harbors, the
railroads, the vehicle routes, the telegraph and
telephone lines, the radio networks
These agencies cannot be handled by
authorities not subject TO the military COM
mander without causing him embarrassment,
delay and hazard.
The assurance that the needs Of the native
population are met; that restitution is re-
leved that markets are reopened; the popu-
lation re-employed are likewise matters OF
utmost concern in the operations Of an army
in a country where peace has not been re-
stored
HEN. EISENHOWER has made no com
VI plant of his difficulties. hut can 81,
that they must have been great and that ~ J
continue 10 be great
He cannot himself decide matters Of ad-
mnisration vital 10 his army and 10 the
native population
He must refer matters 10 the representa-
tive Of the President and the representative of
the prime minister. who. in turn, must refer
them 10 the state department and the score.
tary Of foreign relations AT Westminster. and
these must consult and resolve differences Of
opinion, even though far-removed and III,
advised
The commander Of our troops in Africa.
under the regime imposed upon him must
deal with the French administration that has
been extemporlzed there. by direction of the
President and the prime minister.
He can give no orders TO this admins.
tration.
He must petition for their aid
He cannot even resolve the personal diff.
cultes and rivaltries between them.
Thus. while the situation in North Afrc,
remains military one and dangerous II also
remains one which the military commander
cannot control.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-24

The World In ReUieU:
Military Government
And Wrong Alternatives Part
BY MAJ. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROWS
Military AUTHORITY President

ONCE the Allied occupation of North
- Africa, disposition has been manifest
at Washington not to give the commanding
general of the Allied armies proper author
ity over the administration of the territory
occupied.
Military government. headed by the COM
handing genera of the Allied forces, Gen.
Eisenhower, should have been set up inn
mediately.
II would have prevented the development
Of a difficult and unfortunate political situa-
ton.
1t would have held in allegiance all political
decisions with respect TO the future of North
Africa.
1t would have left this future entirely
TO the highest civil authority, and ultimately
but not Immediately, to reconstructed gov
eminent of France,
AS long as military operations are the es-
sential concern in foreign territory occupied
by our armies, the military authority should
be made supreme.
In North Africa this was not done, and
reports are coming from Washington that
the President does not intend to do So as
our armies progress in the occupation Of
hostile territory.
IN THE Allied occupation OF North Africa,
i Gen. Eisenhower was obviously not d.
rected TO proclaim military government Of
which he himself would have been the head.
Neither was the task entirely left 10 the
war department
The state department intruded.
Other agencies of the government insisted
upon sending their representatives.
Mr.. Murphy, of our embassy in France,
who had conducted negotiations with the mill
tary leaders Of the Vichy government. was
sent over 10 Algeria as the special repre-
sentative Of the President"
The British government then sent Mr..
Murray, as a special representative of the
prime minister
The effort was made 10 turn over the gov
eminent Of the protectorate Of Morocco, and
the French territory of Algeria, and now
the protectorate of Tunsia, to French leaders
They are still involved in the bitter and
passionate conflict of French politics, which
brought the Republic to disaster
We do not need to dwell upon the muddle
that has resulted and that continues 10 dis
play its awkwardness and its unsuitabity.
Nothing Of this kind needed to happen.
MILITARY government, by It's very nature
lVA and although it is complete and supreme
while 1t lasts is temporary, and it makes no
political commitments for the future
II scrupuIously leaves these commitments
10 be decided, when conditions are sufficiently
peaceful 10 permit by the civilian authority
and, in our own case by legislation of the
Congress
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Eviction Report Stirs
Protest Against Officials.

To the Editor OF The Star:
news item on page B-3 of SATURDAYS
Star told of the summary eviction of So
persons from their homes in Ninteenth
street NV. The story also indicated that
two days after the eviction some 49 of
these unfortunate people had not yet
found shelter for either their belongings
or themselves. Their eviction was in
stigated by the District Health Depart
ment whose officials admit that even now
they do not know where the evicted men,
women and children can find housing
accommodations.
To all but few people in this teeming
war busy Capital, the fate of these 49
individuals will go unnoticed; yet to the
victims the result Of being thrown into
the street must be most terrifying and
frightening.
The most alarming feature of the in
cident, however, is not the inconvenience
of the 40 persons-though that is seri-
GUS enough-but the apparent attitude
of the benevolent social workers who
brought about the evictions Why did
they take this action? What did they
think the consequences would be? Or
did they think?
One benign health worker" stated
that evictions were made In the interest
of puhlie health. When asked what the
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Letters to the Editor

Things Not Always What They Seem
In Time Of Many Economic Changes.
To the Editor of The Star:
Discussing legislative trends with a
friend who comes from a State some $50
miles from Washington, we reached the
topic of labor legislation. That was what
he wanted. Look" he SAID, "look what
we did for tine working man at the 1943
session."
We'll" asked "just what did you
do; as If I didn't know. Why" he con-
tinued proudly. I'VE increased the max
imum weekly allowances to widows from
$l8 to s21 per week" But" countered,
Just what did that accomplish"
why" declared my friend, cts as
plain as the nose on your face, we in
creased the allowance for fatal injuries
by more than Is per cent"
yes" I said, that's what YOU think
you did; but let's analyze that change
Before this amendment, if a worker was
drawing $50 or more in wages per week
and he was killed while at work, his
widow would receive $18 per week for a
certain number of weeks supposedly for
$50 weeks. Your amendment didn't
change that number Of weeks; neither
did 1t change another item, the limita-
ton to a maximum amount of $4,000.
Before the change, the widow, and no
matter how many children she had de-
pendent upon the deceased husband and
father, couldn't get her full allowance
for $50 weeks, because $50 times $18 is
$1,000, and the limit is s6,0O0 She could
only draw $18 per week for 1888 weeks
shortage of 1877 weeks. Since the
change of which you are so proud, the
widow is likely to lose compensation for
643 weeks, because $50 times $21 is $3.50,
and the limit is still $1,000. She will
reach that limit after she has drawn s2l
per week for 2857 weeks. So, tell me
frankly, my friend, just what did YOU
accomplish"
You see, Mr.. Editor, things are not
always what they seem. 1t takes laboring
people long time, sometimes, to find
out about these things; and when thev
do, you and I wonder why they get so
excited. F1CTION-FACT.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Reconstruction Pamphlet

How long will it take to rebuild
Europe? Hiram MotherWell, former
correspondent of the Chicago Daily
News, now consultant on the staff
of the Columbia Broadcasting System,
answers: Five years." The modern
world, he says in a Public Affairs
Committee pamphlet on "Rebuilding
Europe-After Victory" just pub
lished, "has everything it takes
wealth, experience, science" for such
job.
If this sounds overly optimistic, it
nevertheless is worth thinking about.
Mr.. Motherwell argues: The new
Europe can easily become capable of
producing twice as much wealth as it
could produce in 1897 In aid of
that development, he mentions the
creation of what Undersecretary of
State Sumner Welles called "a United
Nations organization for the relief
and economic reconstruction of the
postwar world" The Office of For
eign Relief and Rehabilitation Opera
tions, the British 1nterallied Bureau
on Postwar Requirements and the
International Food Commission re-
Gently outlined at Hot Springs, Vir-
ginia, are gestures toward the desired
objective.
A single agency probably will be
devised to deal with the whole prob
lem. Different aspects of it include
planning physical reconstruction,
converting war industries to peace
time production, fixing rules for the
conduct of business, supervising
credit and banking facilities, con-
trolling transportation. Mr.. Mother
well insists that German brains, ~
Evening star., 1943-06-10
"JENNIFER STREET.

OcdI
'"The other morning, early, heard
strange noise coming from the street,
it sounded like squirrels. but much louder
than it should be.
Il went to the window and looked out
and there were II squirrels, all of them
making the queer chattering noise they
make when angry.
Il had never seen so many OF these
animals at the same time. Three of them
were walking light wires, throwing their
shadows on the ground.
There were half dozen in the street,
and there were two or three more on
fences; in fact everywhere I looked I
saw squirrels.
Il could not see anything for them to
be angry at, and wondered If some Of
the creatures could not have been in
vaders, and the rest of them had re-
sented their intrusion
Il like squirrels, but 1t is not often
that I have seen this many at one time
IN practically the same place.
Each squirrel seemed to be chasing
another one. so perhaps my idea about
the matter is correct.
Sincerely, L. H. D."
This Is squirrel weather.
Dwellers in the suburbs In time come
to realize that these are interesting wild
animals.
Their wildness, 1t is true, is not such
as to make any one fear, but they are
wild, just the same, although now and
then one will become very tame.
1t is the wild nature of the gray
squirrels which makes them interesting
Reports come In Of black squirrels, and
even few reports Of white forms
Most persons will be acquainted only
with the gray one; there are not many
red squirrels hereabouts.
Most nature lovers will be perfectly
satisfied with the grays, and the occa-
sional blacks, and now and then an
albino.
Sunflower seed and peanuts are the
perfect squirrel foods The year around.
AS long as these are put out, one may
expect to have plenty Of these rodents,
as well as most Of the songsters.
As far as we know there has been no
particular shortage of either at this time.
Blue jays are about the only birds
which like peanuts IN the shell Many
| OF the wildbirds like peanut hearts, which
are incorporated in most good seed mix
| lures. few ounces Of peanut hearts give
| seed mixture a very fine aroma.
The squirrels. however, like whole pea
nuts best. They will eat few, but bury
most OF them. That is one reason, per-
haps. why persons who want to feed them
should also use sunhcwer seed. The
latter is liked by squirrels better than
anything except nuts.
| X
Usually the first inclination Of persons
interested in birds IS 20 resent the pres
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Believe 1t or Not

In the nineteenth century DR..
Jakob Ludwig Grimm began telling
fairy tales to Germans, with such
success that to this day Grimms
fairy tales are world classic. The
success was merited. Not only did DR..
Grimm have what it takes to pro-
duce fantasy; he covered the right
territory for it-Germany. In the
twentieth century DR.. Joseph Paul
Goebbels is having equal success-at
home-for the same reasons.
A Nazi prisoner taken in Tunisia
the other day fully believed that Mo-
rocco was held by Germany, and that
the Jap fleet had entered the Medi-
terranean and wiped out every YES
sci OF the American navy at Casa
blanca. Another Nazi captive, upon
landing in New Jersey and looking
over at the Manhattan sky line, was
f1abbergasted to find New York still
standing. 1t had long ago been
f1attened by Goebbels in fairy tale,
together with Chicago and Holly
wood. Another Goebbels fantasy,
now hot off the press and destined to
be big seller, also concerns bomb
ing. It tells all about how illegal
and atrocious it is for the United
Nations to bomb German cities, and
explains that the destruction OF
Warsaw ct al. was o. K, because there
the Luftwaffe was merely acting as
mobile artillery" in legitimate at
tack. Goebbels, in fact, makes
Grimm take back seat. Grimm,
like Ripley, gave his readers a choice
OF believing, or not; in the Germany
Of today it is considered unhealthy
TO TAKE that choice, In the noeative.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
How to Treat Ticks
Explained by Expert.

To the Editor of The Star:
Working in the Rockies, I recall see
Ing fewer ticks than here in Maryland
and Virginia. where they are in the
home gardens as we'll as the woods.
There are many this year and, as many
Victory gardeners are not familiar with
this danger, I add to your recent article:
Jiggers and ticks seldom attack If one
lightly dusts with powdered sulphur or
rubs the body with half mixture of kero-
sene and water. Never pull tick from
the body after it has fastened its head
into the skin. The jigger and tick Sc
crete an aneSthetic so their entering the
skin is not felt and cannot be wholly
extracted by force.
Ticks can be seen, jiggers cannot, so, if
one is exposed, he should bathe in warm
water to which small amount of germ
icide is added. Ticks and jiggers will
not burrow into the skin for several
hours, thus a bath insures protection
of possible oversight of the presence
If the tick is detected before it attaches
to the skin. it can be brushed off with
stick. If, however, it has burrowed its
head into the skin, place turpentine,
kerosene, alcohol iodine. ETC., on the tick
and wait for it to withdraw its head
from the skin and drop off.
If the tick is pulled off, the head re-
mains in the skin and is the cause of
various forms of infection. Never pull
off tick. If it cannot be lightly re-
moved with stick, get germicide to
place on the tick, saturate the tick, and
it will drop off with it's head free from
the bite. GEO. B. KISSINGER.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles +. Tracepell.
ence Of squirrels at feeding stations de

ence Of squirrels at feeding stations de-
signed for the songsters.
Often much time, thought and money
is put into trying to outwit the squirrels
Mostly it is loves labor lost
The squirrels devise new ways of get
ting to the food.
Even charged electric wires will not
keep them away
In most cases, the persistence and in
genuity Of the rodents win the admira-
ton of all, in the end.
1t is realized that few squirrels add
a touch Of the real wild to any small
garden. Not even an occasional rabbit Is
more wild, in the best sense
Wildness, as exemplif1ed by birds. rab-
bits and squirrels Call of which come
freely to suburban gardens) is not some
thing to be afraid of, but to cherish, and
thousands of persons are finding it so,
especially in these days when some men
tai relief is necessary from the high
tension of the news.
Combined acrobat and comedian, the
squirrel is able to entertain any one who
Is willing to be entertained.
The audience has to be willing, of
course.
Granted this proper meeting of minds,
the squirrel makes the most of it at all
times, seeming to be a bit of "show-off," ;"
as all good entertainers must be.
Certainly nothing on legs is more agile.
1t Is thing to marvel at, not lust
once, but for lifetime-the way the
squirrels can run up and down trees,
make prodigious leaps from one to an
when they have fall
1t Is not hard to believe that SQUIRRELS
smile.
Certainly they smirk. The very con-
struction OF their faces and laws permits
this.
Closely related to the rat, the squir-
has divine something or other which
takes him completely out of the classi-
dcation
The only viewpoint which gives him an
evil look is directly from beneath
One got caught in the garage one day
and sought refuge on one of the upper
beams
Looking up at him, we got an entirely
new viewpoint.
He had an almost shark-like appear
ance, no doubt lent to him by the terrible
dilemma IN which he fancied himself.
He needed have no fear, of course, but
he did not know that, although we
rather felt that he should
The obvious reflection was: How often
in life. whether man or squirrel, there
Is no need to be afraid, but fear assats
one.
The idea Of freedom from fear" is
another experiment, noble in intent
which must be expanded to include the
| animals, fishes and birds. Too long have
the creatures suffered from fear, much
| of 1t caused by two-legged creatures with
out feathers.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
Homes of Miners Cited
For Consideration of Board.
70 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Where are the men of size in the
boards and bureaus-and men of FORE
sight? And do the miners fail to see that
we are all in this war together and,
sink or swim, that we are one?
Well, some Of the miners fail to see it,
no doubt, but others make atonement,
for their sons are on the firing line.
But do the business -is-business" opera
tors ever look around them to see what
era we are living in, and have the cau-
tious board members ever seen the shape
less, sooty, comfortless company shacks
that thousands of miners live in? If So
they might ignore that so cents per day
they say now at last holds up the min
ers' case, and give the men an extra bath
= day-a simple human right.
SAMUEL IRWIN.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
What Strange Reluctance?

WHAT strange reluctance SilenceS mn
Uoice,
When on n1y lips the words, tunsul-
tuouS, press?
Too much feel this beautv-it is
too deep
For any human being to cypress
There IS the scent of Macs, shade of
amethyst;
A cool a0ind. pregnant pith tho
coming rain:
The golden horns of sunset, callino
The evening star; and there Is
soeet pain
Where, in the dusk, Is music
Like the flight OF Je,Del-throated
birds
Whose poignaney brings sudden tears
OF Joy
Beyond the scope Of common pords.
CORNEL1A B. IURBISH.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
President Morinioo

General Higinio Morinigo Presi-
dent OF Paraguay, is the latest of
number OF distinguished Latin Amer
lean leaders to visit Washington.
That he is welcome here need not be
repeated. Both as the representative
OF his country and in his own right
as distinguished soldier, he will be
accorded the sincere hospitality of
the United States. His wife and son
already are known and appreciated
In the local community.
What Paraguay means in the
Western Hemisphere at the present
critical time is indicated by the
friendllness of President Morinigo's
attitude. He is an associate in the
struggle to preserve the principles of
free civilization in the world. Well
acquainted with war from his ex-
periences in the Gran Chaco, he is
familiar with the demand which such
an effort inevitably makes upon
industrial and economic life.
In just which ways Paraguay best
can help the United States in the
prevailing struggle is a matter which
can be decided in conference. The
American public realizes that Presi-
dent Morinigo speaks for a land
10000 square miles in area, much of
it admirably suited to pastoral pur-
poses. Cattle raising is one of the
main resources of the people. Other
interests include the cultivation of
oranges and grapefruit, tobacco,
sugar cane and cotton-all commodi-
ties now needed in international
trade as never before. Equally i'm
Evening star., 1943-06-10
portant is the fact that iron, manga

portant is the fact that iron, manga
nese, copper and other valuable
minerals are available in abundance
in the neighborhood of Ibicuy.
The United States probably will
wish to purchase quantities of these
products, especially meat. But the
concern of President Roosevelt and
Secretary of State Hull is not selfish.
Talking with President Morinigo,
they will leave him in no doubt that
the good will of Paraguay is desired
for reasons not limited to any
single government nor to any single
emergency.
Evening star., 1943-06-10

well as the intelligence of all other
nations, must be enlisted Ito the
utmost" in the task. "Reconstruc-
tion." he believes. should soon be-
come not United Nations economic
dictatorship, but cooperative effort
on the part of all European peoples
to redeem their future.
The pamphlet is worth reading, not
because it will convince everybody,
but because it is stimulating of con-
structive independent cogitation.
Evening star., 1943-06-10
New Role for Potatoes

Prom the Arkansas City Traveller.
= The humble potato stands as a good
example of what happens when war puts
the squeeze on food supplies.
Until this year potatoes have been
outstanding on the list Of surplus foods,
present in such great abundance that no
one could conceive Of their being Of more
than minor valao.
Evening star., 1943-06-10

poor people would do, she blandly said
that they should move to the country,
Such a supercilious attitude demon
strates an irresponsibility that should
not be tolerated.
One would think that the Health De-
partment at least might have ordered
the place cleaned up and permitted the
occupants to remain in the building until
other quarters were found for them. The
failure to do so is convincing evidence OF
their general incompetence.
LOUISA B. EGBERT.