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Evening star., 1944-03-19
Greet Affirmation

The Commission on American
Citizenship of the Catholic Univer-
sity of America has issued a report
on its purposes and ideals which
should have the attention Of
thoughtful citizens of all denomi-
nations. 1t is entitled Better Men
for Better Times" and is the work
of two acknowledged scholars of dis
tinction-the Right Reverend Mon
signor George Johnson Of the
Department of Education and DR.
Robert J. Slavin, o. p, of the
Department of Philosophy.
But the volume is not difficult
reading. Very simply and plainly
written, it aims to interest the aver
age man or woman who has realized
the existence of dangers to "our
own democratic institutions" and
wonders confusedly what to do at
an obvious turning point in the
history of the world" The commits
sion, under the mandate of the
American hierarchy by which it was
instructed in 1889, answers in terms
of civics, sociology and economics
as we'll as in terms of religion and
ethics. 1t sets forth without
qualification:
Our Government and our insti-
tutions are based on the acceptance
of the fact that there is something
sacred about individual men and
women, that before the law they are
equal and are not to be deprived of
that measure of life and freedom
and opportunity for happiness and
content that is their endowment
from their Creator.
Political liberty, however, is not
enough. The commission calls il
"a hollow sham when it attempts
to function in the midst of economic
bondage" and declares:
Since the turn of the century, there
has been a growing realization on
our part that our zeal for the preser-
vation of individual liberty must be
matched by our devotion to the cause
of social security. These ideals are
not necessarily exclusive; as a matter
Ci fact, they complement one an
other and neither can be achieved
at the expense of the other =. We
are convinced that it is possible to
bring our economic system into con-
formity with the principles of sound
reason and justice without doing
violence to the essentials OF demo-
cratic government.
Certainly, the problem thus ex.
pressed is not new. It has been par
Evening star., 1944-03-19
The Magic Of the Red Cross
By Bishop Ed,pin Holt Hughes,
The Methodist Church, Washington Area

I cannot recall that I ever have
heard any criticism of the Red Cross
and its work. OF course, some cap
tious lips must have complained at
some time of a fragment of its
service-though I myself have not
the slightest remembrance of such
fault-finding. Evidently, the merci-
full efforts of the great Red Gross or
ganization have been so amazingly
successful as to make the greatest
natural objectors hesitate before ut
tering even tiny diatribe.
This is the more remarkable when
we consider that much of its work
is done when conditions make people
irritable and even bitter. If the
winds come and the floods break
loose, it is easy for the victims and
their friends to feel the need of
great haste and assured relief. I
moved into San Francisco not long
after her earthquake and fire. I
heard no 1ittle grumbling about the
failings of this institution or that;
but never syllable of blame for the
Red Gross!
In wartime, nearly everything else
is blamed for some delinquency-the
Nation, the church, the Army. the
Navy. But the Red Cross remains as
the one hundred percenter! There
lies on my desk a most enthusiastic
letter from an Army chaplain in
which he lauds its endeavors to the
skies. His praise could find thou
sands of duplicates. The men in the
Army or the Navy would make re-
sounding chorus of affirmative admi-
ration if the question came from
vast megaphone: whats the matter
with the Red Crosse" The hills of
the earth and the waves of the sea
would echo back grateful answer.
Whenever any organization gets
through the feverish wartime with
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Pentogon Communioue

Our military police successfully
resisted efforts by small force of
newspaper reporters to obtain infor-
nation for publication on a bus &C
c1dent along the south front of the
Pentagon fortress. A Well-executed
disengagement maneuver followed a.
hanking threat from the Office of
Censorship. News was kept from
the public in accordance with our
plans. All our MP's returned safely.
Visibility limited.
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Yearbook He was pioneer In de-
veloping the surrounding territory and
was territorial commissioner to the
Crystal Palace Exposition in New York,
where he exhibited famous bull and
displayed products impressive Of the
opportunity for agricultural develop
ment in Minnesota.
He also pioneered in railroad building,
constructed the first bridge over the
Mississippi River, developed West st.
Paul, and in his flour mill at Hastings
was first to manufacture and introduce
on the markets flour made from Minne-
sofa spring wheat.
In 1862 he entered the Union Army,
serving as lieutenant colonel under Gems.
Mcclellan, Hooker, Sherman and
Thomas, and was brevetted brigadier
general Of volunteers.
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out being called often upon the green
carpet for scolding, we are allowed
to believe that its work belongs in
the super class.
There are two tokens Of the Red
Cross importance that appeal to me-
Several years ago 1 sought Chief
Justice Charles Evans Hughes, asking
him to speak on a most signal occa-
sion. His gracious refusal was ac-
companied by the statement that his
duties on the Supreme Court de-
manded all his time and strength;
and that his one yielding to call for
public address was when each year
he spoke for the Red Cross We all
can applaud this decision of a Chief
Justice Of great tribunal!
The other token came recently.
Friends Of mine had lost one splen-
did son, an Army officer, "in action"
They soon afterward were informed
that their only other son had been
killed. After few days this latter
oficial report was changed-and the
parents were informed that the son
was living, but a prisoner Of the
Germans. The frantic parents ap-
pealed to me to secure further in
formation. This I did through the
Red Gross, which, without trans
crossing any Of the canons Of war,
was able to give most comforting
knowledge to an afflicted father and
mother
Personally, have long been sensi-
tive about keeping the sacred symbol
Of the Cross only in the noblest as
sociation. Yet I always am pleased
when I see it's holy sign over the
doorways or on the ambulances of
the Red Cross!
I simply do not see how any one
with even a meager pocketbook, and
kindly heart, can fail to respond
to this challenge of mercy.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Moscow Looks at japan

In the Soviet Union the printed
word is never without significance.
The press is not merely subject to
censorship and direct governmental
inspiration; it is, in the last analysis,
part of the official setup. This is
especially true of the newspapers
and periodicals published in Moscow,
the Soviet capital. Those organs
are, in effect, specialized, each COW
ering certain fields of public interest.
The publication called War and the
Working Class devoteS itself largely
to the field of foreign affairs. It's
articles are, to be sure, not official"
announcements, in the sense that
they announce governmental deci-
sions, but they reflect official trends
in foreign policy and are sometimes
used as trial balloons" to elicit re-
actions abroad.
A recent article on Japan, promi-
nently featured in War and the
Working Glass, is therefore note
worthy both for what it actually
states and for what it may imply.
The article, from the pen of the
publiciSt, E. zhukoff, reviews at some
length Japan's general situation and
prospects in the war which it is
waging against the western powers.
1t should of course be remembered
that Soviet Russia is neutral in that
conflict, having nonaggression
treaty with Japan from which Rus
sia profits in many ways, especially
by being able to get supplies from
America via the Pacific through it's
great Far Eastern seaport of Vladi-
vostok, the terminus of the Trans
Siberian Railroad. The article is
couched dispassionately, with no
intimation that Soviet Russia en-
visages entering the Far Eastern
conflict. It's conclusions are, however,
not optimistic regarding Japan's Sit
uation and prospects. Indeed, it
states that the Japanese people, as
we'll as it's leaders, now realize the
futility of the alliance with Hitler
ite Germany in an adventurous i'm
perialistic policy of conquest.
The grandiose military successes
of the months succeeding Pearl Har-
bor gave an illusion of invincible
power which intoxicated and misled
the japanese people. This was sue
ceeded by the belief in a limited
victory whereby the western powers
would be compelled to make COM
promise peace, leaving Japan in
possession of most of her conquests.
Now, however, the article declares,
few persons in Japan longer believe
that victory is possible, and the Jap
anese government has not succeeded
in hiding from the public the disas-
ters of recent months and the in
creasingly grave strategic situation.
Even under present conditions Japan
is unable to replace her attritional
losses. After the defeat of Germany,
the western powers will be able to
concentrate naval, military and air
forces against Japan which will give
them an overwhelming superiority.
The article does not specify either
the time or the scope Of the Japa-
nese defeat which it forecasts.
Neither does it speculate on Soviet
Russia's attitude in such an eventu-
ality. But the fact that so pessi-
mistic an estimate of Japan's posi-
ton and prospects should appear at
this time in the Soviet organ de-
voted to discussions of foreign prob
lens cannot be without meaning.
Evening star., 1944-03-19
Suggestion Spurned
From the Topeka Capital.

From The Topeka Capital
The Buffalo IN. " Courier EXPIRES
proposes "a complete holiday from ma
tional party politics in 1914" and sug-
gests this could be achieved by the
expedient of both parties nominating
Franklin D. Roosevelt for a fourth term
and an outstanding Republican for Vice
president.
That would be no holiday. 1t would
be a give-away.
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been consistently and phenomenally
wide-a fact meriting emphasis as
one of the supremely significant
characteristics of the war in the
Pacific, presaging rather hopeless
future for Tojo's armed forces once
our total Allied strength can be
brought to bear out there.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Emil Ludwig, native German, has
written recently at length on what
sort of people the Germans are and
how successfully to deal with them
once you have licked them. And it
all sounds very much like what
Tacitus and Germanicus said about
them two thousand wears ago.
Evening star., 1944-03-19

Jap island outposts no longer eff
GENTLY protect them against ship
borne American planes. In other
words, the carrier is the answer to
the barrier.
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Fully as significant as the crash
Of bombs on Berlin was the loud
silence created by Hitler when he
failed to make a pep speech on the
Nazis' Heroes Day.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Russia
Continued From First Page J

bombers and Stormoviks started an
attack on the four to five Nazi divi-
sions surrounded in the region Of
Brody, east of Lwow, after the cap
ture of 1900 prisoners.
The Germans were losing heavily
in trucks, automobiles, locomotives
and cars in which troops were
tightly packed, under constant at
tack by the Russian flying artil-
lery."
A correspondent for Pravda. tell
ing Of the Bug crossings, said that
Russian cavalry had seized two
bridges west OF Lubmol before the
Germans had time to destroy them.
During the capture of the bridges
and heavy fighting that followed to
keep them, Soviet engineers strung
dozens Of pontoon bridges across the
Bug.
One Of the first groups to cross
the Bug employed American made
Iamphibious vehicles, which the
Russians are using now in large
numbers.
Other front dispatches. describing
the four-day tight for Ostrov. said
not a single German was left alive
after the artillery and bomber at
tack on the panther line" which
took the Todt organization six
months to build from the Pskovskoe
Lake southwark to Ostrov.
The Germans set Ostrov ablaze,
the diSpatcheS said.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Warm Tribute Paid
Harry {. Davis, by
Dr. Joseph McCarfney

The Rev. Dr.. Joseph Albert Nc
CARNEY. pastor Of First
Presbyterian Church, yesterday
praised the late Harry c. Davis,
secretary Of the board Of trustees
of George washington University,
as churchman and educator
whose life should be an "inspira-
ton" to others.
Speaking at funeral services for
Mr.. Davis at the church, the pastor
declared he had been gentleman
of the old school = :" adding
few fthem are left. Their men,
ory is an inspiration to all of U.S."
Aided Many Youths.
Mr. Davis exquisite, "copper"
plate handwriting" was character
lied as typical of his "meticulous
and beautiful character" Paying
tribute to his service to the church
and to the presbytery. DR.. Nc
Cartney asserted: "Out Of my heart
I thank God for his friendship
and his counsel"
No one will ever know, the pastor
declared, how many young people
he had helped to obtain their edu-
cation, through his own private
school at Wilkes Barre, Pa, and
through GWU.
Declaring there was pathos in
the fact that nc immediate rela-
tives survived, Mr.. Mccartney said
Mr. Davis was the last of his tribe" :"
But, he added. there is something
triumphant about our gathering
here. At the end of such career
there is so little to regret, so much
to remember as an inspiration" !"
He proposed as an epitaph these
words from the 18th Psalm: Thy
gentleness has made me great"
Noyes Tribute Read.
At the grave, in Oak Hill Gene
terry, DR.. Mccartney read a tribute
written by Theodore w. Noyes, a
boyhood friend, which said:
The passing of Harry Davis
brings deep grief to those of us
who knew and loved him. We have
been close, loyal and devoted friends
from boyhood's early school days
into old age He was sound of body,
mind and soul. He lived a long and
useful life. and will be greatly
missed in his community, hts church
and in George Washington Uni
versity to which he contributed SO
much as teacher, trustee, and as
secretary to the board of trustees,
position which he held at the
time of his death. OF a CHEEKY ma
ture, and with a true love for and
abiding faith in his fellow-men, he
was an inspiration as teacher, CO.
worker and friend. With the end
of this life-marked by the death
of his body-God takes his soul into
eternal life in Heaven
Evening star., 1944-07-22

Col. Rothwell. matched rifles and
knives against an enemy attack with
tanks and mortars on a grassy plain
in the southeastern sector of Saipan,
which the marines have dubbed
Death Valley" because the GRIM
son-spotted foliage marks one Of
the fiercest and bloodiest battles
ever waged against the japanese
Sergt Ruder reported
The correspondent said one unit
Of marines was wiped out but other
units rallied to beat of the enemy
and break the back of the thrust,
he reported.
Many marines met death, Serst.
Ruder said, but never yielded an
inch OF ground. And Col. Rothwell.
together with Maj. Robert N. Fricke
Of Santa Monica. Calf. sent a
message out Of the valley.
1t was mot a call for help, but a
two-word message reading, Lines
holding"
Col. Rothwell, born in Washing
ton. attended Eastern High School
and was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1896. He served in
Shanghai and the Philippines be-
fore the war began. and had been
at kwajalein before participating in
the battle Of Saipan.
His wife and two sons, one 1 years
old and one 2 months old, rive at
4276 Hortensia street, San Diego,
Calf.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Child Hangs on Pole
As Nail Pierces Finqer

Charles Secrist, 7, of the 5000
block Of Nichols avenue Sc, who
yesterday hung for over half an
hour with his hand impaled on a
nail on pole until police freed
him by cutting the nail, was re-
ported in good condition today.
The child was injured when he
fell from a camouflage netting over
an abandoned antiaircraft emplace-
ment near Boiling Field, where he
was playing with other neiehbor-
hood children. A nail protrudine
from pole pierced the middle finger
OF his hand as he fell and he hung
suspended about a foot from the
ground.
His playmates tried unsuccessfully
to release him and then appea led
to neighbors, who summoned police
A police car, Casualty Hospital
ambulance and q truck from the
Fire Department rescue squad re-
sponded.
Police sawed the nail from the
post and took the boy to Casualty
Hospital, where the nail was re-
moved from his finger. He was later
sent home. His parents said TODAY
ne was well and had been allowed
to 60 out and play.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Single Bridge Still Favored
By Planners, Grant Saws

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission today declined
to comment directly on the action of
the Commissioners yesterday in sp-
proving plans for two bridges to
replace Highway Bridge, bit made
1t clear it still favored d single
bridge.
Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III head
OF the Park and Planning Commits
sion, said that unless some new
facts or reasons arose to cause the
commission to change its mind, it
still favored one six-lane bridge. He
said it was the obligation of the
commission to make recommends :
tions on trafic, highway and bridge
plans and that thesNCPpC had dis
charged its responsibility in careful
consideration Of the problem.
Two four-lane bridges are favored
by the Commissioners, the Highway
Department and the Public Roads
Administration, and are agreeable
to the Fine Arts Commission. The
NCPPC. the National Park Service
and Secretary of Interior Ickes IA :
vor d single bridre.
Evening star., 1944-07-22

tering effect on his already Jared
nerves. The thought will haunt him
that this or that man whom he
trusted may be carrying q lethal
weapon.
1884 Purge Recalled.
The 1884 apurge" resulted from 4
tight within his own ranks. It was
strictly party affair. Ernst Roehm
and his brown-shirted SA desired
to take over the Army. Hitler at
that time had not yet armed his
SIS and made 1t the efficient mill
tary instrument that 1t now is. He
could not afford to risk q coup
d'etat against the Army. So. to
keep himself In power, he .lioui-
dated" hts best friend, Roehm, and
hundreds Of others whom he had
called his comrades.
The junker class thought they
were sitting pretty. It irked them
that one OF their own number. Gen.
Kurt Won Schleicher, the last of
German chancellors before Hitler
also had been purged. But they
forgot the incident when Hitler gave
them everything they wanted and
more, to build up q modern con-
script army. They did not know
Hitler. They did not realize that
his loyalty was not to the army
or the fatherland, but only to him.
self
The payoff for the military old
guard came now Hitler and his
henchmen, especially the unspeak-
able Heinrich Himmler, seem to
have the upper hand.
This time, however, it is more
than a factional party fight. The
German nation is split wide open.
The attempt upon Der Fuehrer,s
life and the hysterical acts which
have followed 1t are bringing the
day OF Allied victory just SO much
nearer. When whole army divisions
revolt at a critical moment, the
twilight of the gods has begun.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Hitler
Continued From First Page

certain-there is more than one
Stauffenberg. Stauffenbergs are here
in the thousands"
Goebbers Tells of Assaults.
Whether the speaker actually was
broadcasting from Frankfurt or
from an underground station posing
as frankfurt was uncertain, but the
Associated Press listener in London
said it sounded authentic
Propaganda Minister Paul Goeb.
bells put out story last night that
insurgent generals attempted to
grab vital lines Of communication
at the height Of the plot-including
lines direct to the front-and troops
actually marched on government
buildings in Berlin under false"
orders. According to Goebbels, the
Intervention Of Hitler himself was
necessary to calm the crisis.
The whole German press this
morning, Berlin broadcast said,
carried stories declaring steps were
being taken so that such an at
tempt Ton Hitler's life) of July 20
will in the future be an impossi-
bility"
And in a succinct warning to the
strife-ridden Reich, Hitler's own
Voelkischer Beobachter asserted
that Himmler's appointment as
commander in chief of home front
forces guarantees that this task
will be accomplished
Here in London, after nearly two
days OF sitting and examining a
furry of Nazi reports, there seemed
to be general agreement that there
was no question but that Germany
was in the throes of a crisis-al-
though every new report was treated
with careful reserve.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
Eric Johnston Gives
Dewey 'Preview' Of
u. S..Russian Trade
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated fresS.
PAWLING, N. Y, July 22-Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey is spending the
week end at his farm near Pawling
after a busy week climaxed by a dis
cussion of conditions in Russia with
Eric A. Johnston. president of the
United States Chamber OF Com
merce.
Mr.. Johnston, Gov. Dewey's dinner
guest at the Executive Mansion in
Albany last night, returned July 13
from Russia where he talked with
Premier Stain, visited factories, and
observed the Russian Army in
action.
He said he told the Republican
presidential nominee the United
States had great trade opportuni-
ties with the Soviet Union" but that
granting of long-term credit to
Russia will be essential"
BY long" credit terms. Mr.. John
ston explained, he meant Is to 80
years.
Mr.. Johnston said that both as
Republican and as businessman"
he would support Gov. Dewey and
added that he conferred with the
Governor because Il think he
should have a report on things I
found in the Soviet Union" MI
Johnston said he already had
talked with Secretary Of State Hull
on his observations in Russia.
Mr.. Johnston told reporters he
neither sought nor obtained any
reaction from Gov. Dewey on his
views but found the latter much
interested In Russian production,
the attitude of Russians toward the
American people and my impress
sions of the Red Army"
Stain told me their progress
was made possible only by the as
sistance from America Mr.. john
ston said. adding that ell Russians
with whom he talked, down to the
humblest factory worker" were
most appreciative" Of Americas
help.
The Governor left Albany for his
farm Immediately after Johnston's
departure last night.
Evening star., 1944-07-22
HIT @rmurtant

COLEMAN, RUTH J. In loving memory
of our dear mother. RUTH J. COLEMAN,
who left us seven years ago today, July
22. 1887
Always fond and true;
That we ". DO not think q you;
CoNTEE. WALTER ,. In loving trib-
ute to the memory -, q % our beloyed ,,I, son
who departed this life nine years ago
today, July %, 1885.
We know not why we. all must part
And suffer heartaehes. cares and pain;
We only know our Saviour cares,
And our loved ones we'll meet again.
MAMIE F. CARTER AND FAMILY.
DAVIS, RALPH J. In LOVING, memory. of
RALPH j. DAVIS. who passed away ten
years ago, July 81, 1894.
A face that is ever before me,
A voice that I canno: fonet;
smile that will last forever,
In memory I see him yet
FIGUERAs, ROSE MARIE. In memory
Of our bsloysd ,,1I ds1shter and sister, ROSE
aso today, July 22. 1885.
In silence you suffered.
In patience you bore;
DEVOTED Tq bsp sntiey MoTHER nS Rasrs snp .,,rxss
DAfoAED 0hDb NM hDfk hfNh cAol h16.
RICKS. SARAH v. In loving memory
of our devoted wife and mother, SARAH
v. RICKS, who passed away one year aeo
today. July -, 1g43.
The love you gave US many years
Will never from us depart;
Though you have zone beyond our reach,
HUSBAND, ALFRED JAMES RICKS, AND
DAUGHTER. HELEN WALLACE.
SHERRY, WILLIAM f. Sacred to the
memory of our dear husband and father.
WILLIAM E. SHERRY, who de parted this
lie four years ago today, July 90, 1910.
Faithful and honest in all his ways,
Devoted and true to the end of his days;
Loving and gentle, patient and kind,
What beautiful memory he left behind.
HIS DEVOTED FAMILY.
TAYLOR. THORNTON E. A tribute of
THoRSToN Z. TAYLOR, WI Who al entered 'hst, inso
eternal rest seven years ago today, July
-, 1887.
In eternal sleep, sadly missed.
LOVING DAUGHTER, IDA MAY BOARD
LEY.
TAYLOR. THORNTON E. Sacred to
the memory Of my dear father. THORN
TON z. TAYLOR, who passed away seven
years ago today. July %. 1887.
Loved in life. remembered in death.
oone, but not foreotten.
DEvoeT e1 n DAUGHTER. MILDRED T.