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Evening star., 1944-03-11
Army Propaganda

Any suspicion that responsible
military officials were parties to
what seemed to be an implicit in
dorsement by the War Department
of a magazine article "smearing"
General Douglas Macarthur should
be dispelled by the steps which Sec
retary Stimson has taken to clear
up the incident.
The matter was brought to public
attention Thursday by Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan, who had
protested to the War Department
on February % without result.
The article. described by Senator
Vandenberg as "studious smear
of a great American" was pub
lished in January. His criticism
did not run to it's publication, of
course, but to the fact that a
bulletin published by the Army War
College Library listed the article in
such a way as to make it appear
that it was being sponsored by the
War Department for distribution to
the armed forces. Actually, it ap-
pears that the list was compiled by
a council of librarians, over whom
the department has no direct con-
troll, but the fact remains that the
War College Library bulletin de-
scribed the smear" article as "a
comprehensive and objective ap-
praisal of the general (MacArthur)
as presidential timber, with special
reference to the character of his
hackers and an analysis of his mill
tary reputation before Pearl Harbor
and afterWard"
Following Senator Vandenbergs
criticism on the Senate floor, his
principal point being that the War
Department had no business being
connected with an appraisal of the
presidential qualifications of any
one, Secretary Stimson was quick
to announce his agreement with
this contention. And he also an
nounced that the War College Lii
brary had been ordered to discon-
tinue its distribution of the list of
selected" magazine articles.
Mr.. Stimson's attitude, coupled
with the self-evident absurdity of
believing that the War Department
would knowingly be a party to such
an attack as this upon one of it's
top-ranking generals, is sufficient
evidence that the incident was
slip" which probably is more en-
barrassing to the Army than any one
else. 1t may be noted, however, that
this is not the first slip of its kind,
and the War Department would be
well advised to plug up all of the
leaks through which propaganda
disguised as reading matter" is
leaking out to the armed forces.
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Universal Soma

There is Dild and sWeet abandonment
In euerD little 1Oind that S1UeepS tree:
As though it held a secret, gay terment
Within itself, and must make jubilee.
There is q tdr-of chanting from the
hills
A melody that trees and brooks ac-
quire,
As though the poice OF gently purlinq
riNS
Were blended mith the cello, drum
and lyre.
There is q sonnet in the flight OF birds.
Where gray and crimson breasts beat
side By side
1OondrouS melody that needs no 1Oords
Within the silence OF pulseleSs tide.
The earth has praised the living Lord
so long
That e3ery reuerent soul can hear the
song.
HARRIET LYON LEONARD.
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Want Fares Reduced.

To the Editor of The Star:
Your editorial attacking OPA's effort
to secure a reduction in fares in the
Metropolitan Area made me wonder
whether you are really interested in
the welfare Of Government employees
and consumers in general or are merely
giving lip service to a noble idea.
You point out the need for cheap and
convenient transportation, but empha-
size the legal difficulties involved and
make no mention of the unconscion-
able profit made by the traction COM
panies and the fact that each days
delay means more profit for these COM
panies and greater hardship for the
passengers.
You say Senators McCarran and
Burton evidently find this matter too
involved for immediate legislation" and
then offer Congressional action as the
only way out! Will you then complain
"too little and too late?" War condi-
tions demand action now, not profits
and dilly- -dallying
LAWRENCE RACKOW.
To the Editor Of The Star:
AS a Government employe working
in Suitland, object to the criticism in
your editorial column of the action
of the OPAs investigation of the
transportation between Maryland and
District of Columbia.
Government officials Stimson and
Knox have pleaded that public utilities,
along with the rest of us, make sacri-
fees and not huge profits due to the
war.
The path should be cleared for OPAs
investigation, and your editorials
should help, and not hinder, this
agency's effort to reduce fares.
M. L. KATZ.
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gathering places of Japan by officers and
soldiers of the army to officers and
sailors of the navy? No very pro-
found knowledge of human nature is
necessary to guess the answers to these
questions.
What will be the outcome? 1t is hard
to say. The navy may be following
orders; possibly TOTO took over supreme
direction of military affairs in order to
be sure that the navy should not be
goaded into premature action. But re-
membering what every Japanese, and
particularly every japanese officer.
thinks of the subject of face one
would hesitate to be too sure that the
spark of resentment and Illustration will
not set fire to the powder-and then
anything may happen.
One thing is certain-the Japanese
Navy has lost face" to an extent that
no japanese could ever have believed
possible. The men of the navy will
sooner or later try to recover that face"
How and when remains for the future
to tell us.
(copyrisht. 1914. New York Tribune. Inc)
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Union Discipline

The decision of high officials of
the United Automobile Workers,
CIO, to support the Ford Motor
Company in disciplinary action
against workers participating in
minor riot and an unauthorized
strike in the plant suggests that
there may be growing awareness
among union leaders that labor
must develop a higher sense of re-
sponsibility and a greater respect
for it's contractual obligations.
AS a result of the disturbances at
the Ford plant, and in the presence
of high union officers, ten union
employees were discharged by COM
pany officials and ten others were
suspended. At the same time R. J.
Thomas. UAW president, called
upon the officers of the Ford local
to take drastic and effective &C
ton" in connection with the riot
and the work stoppage, which he
described as being unjustified and
IN violation of the unions constitu-
ton and no-strike pledge.
The firmness of these union off,
cials is in marked contrast to the
prevailing labor practice of deplor-
ing illegal strikes and contract
violations without doing anything
effective to prevent them. Ford's
contract with the UAW has been
described by union men as one of
the best, if not the best. which has
been negotiated with the automo-
bile industry. Obviously, however,
employers will have little incentive
to negotiate favorable contracts
with unions if the latter do not re-
spect the contracts once they have
been signed. Apparently this is the
essence of the reasoning behind
the laudable stand taken by the
UAW, and labor as a whole would
be we'll advised to emulate this
example.
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and for the war in the Pacific.
If Russia could get a fleet into the
Black Sea or the Baltic Sea there would
be a valid reason why ships of the Ital-
ian, American or British naval forces
should be sent into those waters. But
the Black Sea cannot be reached be-
cause the Germans are still in posses
sion of the strongly fortified islands in
the Aegean and the neutral Turks con-
troll the Dardanelles. The same applies
to the Baltic, where German control
over the Skaggerak and Kattegatt
denies entrance from the North Sea-
Allied warships have been success
fully protecting the supply line to Muir
mansk and Archangel since 1941 and
transfer of fleet to the Russians would
in no way help the situation. Quite the
contrary Russian crews would have
to become familiar with the handling
of foreign warships and many months
would be required before Russian sail
ors and officers could use them success
fully.
It is true that the output Of the
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1886 campaigns N MadlSO1l Square
Garden. But in 1910, when he broke
the third-term tradition, Mr.. Roose-
velts concluding speech of the cam
paign was made in Cleveland, Ohio. He
did speak in Madison Square Garden
earlier in the week, and in Brooklyn
and Rochester. But the Garden was
left to Willkie and the Republicans on
the Saturday night before election.
This year the Democrats failed to OBJ
tain Madison Square Garden for the
close of their campaign. 1t has been
taken over by the New York County Re-
publicans, led by Tom Curran, secretary
of State and strong Dewey adherent.
Harold R. Moskovit, president of the
Affiliated Young Democrats, Inc, held
an option on the Garden for a year, but
gave it UP when he could not get assur-
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This Changing World

American Navy and private yards is
very large. But so are the requirements
of the United States Navy. We have
very strong feet in the Pacific. but
we still need many more vessels of all
types. The lines of communications to
Britain and the Mediterranean are more
important today than ever before. For
the time being the activity of German
submarines has been checked but naval
officers believe that they may resume
their offensive when the western in
vasion opens and the Allies must keep
a continuous chain of transports going
back and forth to England with REIN
forcements and supplies.
In some naval quarters 1t is believed
that the Germans may undertake sui
eide tactics with their U-boat feet,
which is reported refltted with special
instruments to offset the successful
antisubmarine operations Of the AL
lies. Under these circumstances the
Allies may need many more light war
ships and carriers.
Experiences in the Italian campaign
and in the Pacific show that cruisers
and battleships are Of vital Importance
to invasion forces because they are
more accurate than bombers in hitting
fixed defenses The British are anxious
to use the Italian fleet, manned by
Italian crews. in the Eastern Mediter-
ranean because they figure the bulk
of their naval strength will have to
be used in the Western offensive.
What will happen to the Italian,
German and japanese fleets after the
war is a matter which will concern
principally the policy-framers and
diplomats No longer will 1t be up
to the military men. But until the
war is over they can not subscribe to
any move which would change the
present disposition of Allied warships.
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mean a country in which not only the
ex-serviceman is economically secure,
but one in which there is also security
for his uncles and his cousins and his
aunts. Yes, and his sons.
Is Great Britain to have Beveridge
plan, while we have a soldiers bonus?
The homesteads are all given out, the
40 acres and mule" are gone. But
these earlier national gifts to our vet
erans had a higher-t -than-money value.
They were gifts of a way of life, gifts
of social security, in the form which
social security took In simpler days.
r. X X
The sum of $500 is no substitute
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Soldier VOTING

FROM the Abilene, Kansas, Reflector.
Columnist Jay Franklin maintains
that the dither in Washington about
soldier voting arises because "the poll
ticians in Congress are opposed to let
ting the soldiers and sailors vote in this
election"
Which is what Alben Barkley calls an
insult to Congress. Not a member is
opposed to letting the soldiers vote. all
of them want the soldiers to vote. What
they object to Is having the ballots
handled by the administration, counted
by the administration and the whole
proceeding cluttered up with politics.
A law is now on the books providing
for legal voting by soldiers. The matter
of getting the ballots to the troops is
simple AS one columnist said the other
night. the plane that is to take Eleanor
on speaking trip to South America
could deliver all the ballots needed in
two trips-and trips are mighty short
these days. The obstacles imagined by
the bosses at Washington Just do not
exist
Evening star., 1944-03-11
A Woyword Proposal

1t is difficult not to suspect that
election-year politics has more than
a little to do with the bonus legisla-
ton just introduced in both houses
OF Congress. Nothing else, other
than lack of fiscal realism, could
account for such a overwhelmingly
lavish proposal at this time.
Sponsored by five ex-service
groups. including the Veterans of
Foreign Wars but not the American
Legion. the measure would give to
each Of the men and women in our
armed forces additional pay of So a
day for home service Cup to maxi
mum of $4,000 and 81 a day for
service overseas Cup to a maximum
OF S4,500). plus an extra credit of
$500 to every one wounded. All told,
paid out in the form of nonnegoti-
able Government bonds, the bonus
would involve an estimated Federal
expenditure of at least 80 billion
dollars.
1t is interesting, by way of con-
trast, to recall the adjusted compen-
sation received by veterans of the
First World War. To begin with,
not until months after that war was
over, not until the Nation had a
fair idea of where its economy stood,
did any group rise to propose a
bonus over and above the $50 hand
ed out at discharge time. Then,
after much controversy, legislation
providing for one was vetoed by
President Harding in 1922, and the
veto was sustained. In 1924, how
ever, overriding a veto by President
Coolidge, Congress granted extra
pay OF 81 day for home service
Cup to a maximum of $500 and
Sl.25 a day for service overseas (up
to maximum of S625). Finally,
after series Of liberalizations
passed over one veto by President
Hoover and two vetOs by President
Roosevelt, Congress in 1886 forced
immediate cash payment on certif1-
Gates issued under the 1924 law and
held by about 3,50O00O men. All
told, averaging approXimately ST.
600 per individual, this bonus
amounted to some 312 billion dollars.
II our economy was strained by
the additional compensation thus
paid to veterans of the First World
War, what is to be said for a pro-
posal that would be perhaps ten
times as costly? Leaving aside
the deeper principles involved. Or
dinary fiscal prudence, plain COM
mon sense, would seem to dicate the
answer that such lavishness. if it
were ever to make serious legislative
headWay, would be outlandish to the
point Of unreality, especially when
we consider that we are still far
from total victory over the NaZis
and Japanese, that we have no way
Of knowing what our situation will
be when the shooting stops, and
that, wholly apart from bonuses, we
shall probably have to make pro-
visions for things like veterans
educational programs and pensions.
Looked a in any light, therefore,
the 30-billiOn-dollar proposal now
being advocated seems wayward. to
put it mildly. We may assume, Of
course, that because of its very
prodigality-contemplating an out
lay roughly equivalent to the en-
tire national debt as Of l936-it
will die aborning. But, meanwhile
If it is not an expression of politi-
cal opportunism, it represents al
least a disturbing and discouraging
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Tells of Other G.. G. Work.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Your recent article on the "Unsung
Heroes of the United States Coast
Guard" was most gratifying, dealing as
1t did with those of the Coast Guard
who have been keeping our home ports
in top operating order
I do feel, however, that some mention
should be made of those other "unsung
heroes" who are doing more than dying
from the boredom of routine antisabo-
tage and harbor patrol work
These others are the ones engaged in
antlsubmarine patrols. convoy and es-
cort work, landing operations in all
major theaters, and the weather patrols
in the bleak North Atlantic.
There has been a general feeling that
the work Of the United States Coast
Guard has been "unsung" I wonder
If we could start to ''sing" It?
DAVID T. KIRBY,
1t Il O. IT G @
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York's M a d ! S o n
Square Garden. Par
ticularly will this be
true if the standard
bearer should be
Gov. Dewey or Wen
dell l.. Willkie. New
York State is the
great prize for which
the contending par
ties will struggle. Its
large electoral vote
is regarded as a sine
qua non for a Re-
publican victory.
President Roosevelt
closed his 1882 and
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attitude in congressional quarters
toward a problem that calls for
Judgment of the most responsible
sort. To be sure, America must do
everything it can for the members
of its armed forces, but that does
not mean skirting the edges of
bankruptcy, which would be good
for nobody-least of all for the vet
Grams of this war.
Evening star., 1944-03-11
Thinks Bombing Sows Hate.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
The destruction of great cities by
mass bombing, with innocent women
and children as victims, generates
hatred and revenge. Black seeds of
aninosity and despair, sown in bloody
soils, result in harvests of wars LAS
ye sow, so shall ye reap" If interna-
tional disputes can be solved only by
methods that would shame jungle peo-
pie, our so-called civilization appears
doomed
The dark scars resulting from the war
between ourselves Q861-1o65) have
never been eradicated from our South
land, as evidenced by former Confed-
crate States still rigidly supporting
Democratic candidates, even when they
personally are in disfavor
Wars, even when seemingly justified,
reveal our utter mental immaturity and
the fact that man still is immersed in
savagery. They may be expected to
end when the Golden Rule supplants the
rule of gold.
EDN6TJNrD II
Evening star., 1944-03-11

To the Editor of The Star:
Probably there is some justification for
the criticism that has been directed
against American labor during the past
few months. But the fact should not
be overlooked that American labor has
produced every gun, shell, plane, battle
ship, garment and bit of food used by
our soldiers in this war, as we'll as the
tons upon tons of food and war ma
terials furnished our Allies through
leaSe-lend.
And if President Roosevelt was right
when he said that all taxes finally are
paid by the sweat of labor's brow. then
American labor has big job ahead in
taking care of the huge indebtedness we
have incurred from this war
! ! SPFRPv
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proposal. favored by
the President, to
give eX-servicemen
special ratings in
competitive civil
service examinations
also seems to me a
curiously shabby ap-
proach to the prob
lem of demobiliza =
ton.
We have only one
gift in our power
worth giving the re-
turning soldier, That
is the gift of a secure
country BV that, I
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two opposing stra-
tegic theories in Jap
anese upper circles.
One, held by most of
the officers of the
army (but especial
ly those of the So
C a IL e d KWantung
a r m y, lie, the
troops in Manchu-
kuo, Korea and the
Port Arthur region)
might be called the
continental theory.
The other, held by
the officers of the
navy and by some
army officers might |
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major political prob
lem unless all par
ties concerned agree
to let the matter
drop.
Examining the sit
uation fro m t h e
purely pract i c a |
point Of view, re-
sponsible military
authorities say Rus
sia at present does
not need additional
warships, while her
Allies require every
unit afloat for the
invasion of Europe
Evening star., 1944-03-11

Several war plant workers were
discharged recently for smoking
persistently in restricted areas. This
brings new meaning to the old adage
that where there is smoke there is
fire.
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wrote, he talked and, now that he
is dead and his dogwood soon will
grow over him, he will have the fair
fruitage of his living and his labor
in the gratitude of "you-allo for
whom at the last he prayed: God
bless you and prosper you"
Evening star., 1944-03-11

A strike of janitors closed public
schools in Pittsburgh for a. day.
Really thoughtful pupils, it is sur
missed, showed up next day with an
apple for the janitor.
Evening star., 1944-03-11

The Republican nominee for Presi-
dent, whoever he may be, will probably
wind up his campaign with speech
Saturday night, November 4, in New
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Japanese Face
The sum of $500 is no substitute

There is an underlying situation, in
ternal to the Japanese armed forces,
which has explosive possibilities of an
unforeseeable character
For MANY wears naSt there have been
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I'd Rather Be Right

The new scheme to give veterans Of
this war bonuses ranging from $500
to S4,50O seems to me the worst kind
of bad economic housekeeping. And the
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The question of Russia's being given
a third of the Italian fleet or the equiv
alent tonnage from the United States
or Great Britain may develop into a
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umbrellas to Go Up" reads a
headline on an article on price rises.
Don't worry: umbrellas always come
down again in fair weather.
Evening star., 1944-03-11

There is no happier sight these
days than pile of anthracite in the
cellar.
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Says Labor's Job Is Big"

1t. q. g., U. S. c. G.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25

The 72-year-old Wright sue
ea#hed IN = 10 Jolla. Cal. hos
'pitsl late yesterday TO bronchial
pneumonia. after the most spec
tacular literary career--fnancially
speaking in American history.
Funeral services Will be private
for the house painter turned
preacher. who wrote his first book
because the v'orkinEncn al Pitts
hureh. Kan, IN 1909 were more
warmly welcomed IN the saloon
than m the churches.
That book was called That
Printer Of Udell s. II preached a
strong moral lesson hut the critics
said II was vapld. II was an inn
mediate success.
Wright abandoned the pulpit
for the pen and for two decades
turned out AT least one novel a
wear. They all preached moral les
sons. The intelleCtuals lambasted
every one, and Wright waXed rich
No other books. aside from the
Bible, sold as well as his.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Obituaries
Joseph Miller

Services for Joseph Miller, 70,
Tor more Than 40 years owner OF
Miller's Roadhouse on Windmill
Poin,e. will be held at 2 p. m.
Saturday at his residence, 96S
Darlington, Crosse Pointe Park.
Burial will be in Grand Lawn
Cemetery.
MIR. Miller, who died yesterday
at his home. spent his entire life
in the Detroit area. He retired
from business in the early Dos.
He rs survived by has widow.
Ida. five sons. Joseph R.. Lloyd G..
Norman A.. Wilbert +. and Alton
M a brother, Louis: two daHgh-
tiers, Mrs. Ida Rose and Mrs. Pearl
Heys; and a sister. Mrs. Clara
Nichols.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Yanks Near 7
Jap AirfieIds
GEN. MacARTHUR'S No

GEN. MacARTHUR'S no
NEW GUINEA. May IS (INS)
American infantryn'en. advancing
through the Dutch New Guinea
iIngles in The face % heavy enemy
artillery and machine gun i1Te.
threatened the two japanese air
strips in the Sarmi area today.
Having crossed the Tor River.
the Yanks advanced 10 within
three snd one-tlah miles west ID
the party complete Manin air
field and The adjacent Sewar air
dronne.
The determined American adj
ysnce was supported by artillery
batteries. landed at the Sarm
heacnhead. and by guntre from
Allied naval vessels lying oftshore.
As result n this cover and
that provided by Allied aircraft
operating from the newly captured
Wakde sirStrip, American casual
ties were comparatively light. In
the cloSe-ouarter struggle which
continued. the japanese known
dead was officially placed al 9OS.
American infantryrnen working
east from fallen Aitape toward
the Isolated enemy base of Wewak
were counterattacked Monday by
a jap force of unknown size.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
HOSIERY
kERN's BAsEMEsr

FULL-FASHfONED HOSE.
fine rayons. sec onds, wanted
shades. ga 20 1914 in lot.
nov . $50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-25
Mrs. Grosfield

Services for Mrs. Elizabeth
Grosfield. az. wife Of the late
Anthony GroSfield, pioneer Detroit
real estate and insurance man, viii
be held Saturday al the Verheyden
Funeral Home. 1890 Mack, at 9
a. m. and Al $50 at st. Clare OF
Mnrtifalco Church.
Mrs. Gresfield, who died yester-
day at her home, 3446 Harvard,
after a long illness, was lifelong
Detroiter. She is survived by two
sons, Frank r. and Fred A.; a
sister. Mrs. John PETE, five grand
children and seven great-grand-
children,