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pernicicus as it has been, the influence
of the more violent German philoso-
pliers. for example, cannot be destroyed
by ukase or consumed in the flames of
a vast book-burning project.
Perhaps, when all is said and done,
the re-education Of the Germans and
Japanese will best be effected by what
is happening now-by the demonstra-
ton that their resort to violence has
brought even greater violence upon
their heads and that If they are super
men, then the world is full of super
supermen who are beating them to their
knees. In this way, their master-race
complex and their love OF might for
nights sake may be made to disappear.
And that development, together with
wise peace policies on the part Of the
victors. may one day make them At to
live - trusted members Of the family
Of etviltsed nations.
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The Italian Fleet

There is probably more than meets
the eye in the seemingly casual
announcement by the President that
there is to be three-way division
OF the Italian fleet, with Britain,
Russia and the United States re-
ceiving approximately equal shares.
1t is obvious that the Presidents
announcement was received with
surprise in London, and in stories
emanating from the British capital
there has been some speculation as
to possible adverse effects of the
disclosure. For one thing, it is
pointed out that most of the serv-
iceable units of the Italian fleet
that fell into Allied hands are now
operating in the Mediterranean. A
number are manned by Italian
crews and some have Italian officers
under British supervision. They
have been doing effective convoy
and patrol work, enabling the Brit
ish to release some of their own
ships for other duties. It seems not
improbable, however, that the Presi-
dents announcement, coming at this
time, will have an adverse effect on
their morale, particularly the sug-
gestion that some of the units will
be turned over to Russia. Some
question also has been raised as to
the reaction of the French, the
Yugoslavs and the Greeks, all of
whom have lost heavily in the Med
iterranean and who are reported
to have been cycling the Italian fleet
as a possible source of compensa-
ton.
At this time, however, there seems
more reason to be concerned with
the use to which the Italian warships
will be put than with the reactions
OF those who maybe disappointed
by the announcement. Mr.. Roose-
velt said that it is the intention to
run everything that floats for the
benefit of the war. Just how the
Italian ships or their equivalent, in
Russian hands, will be fitted into
this declaration is not readily ap-
parent to the laynan, but it does
follow from this that 1t cannot. or
will not be done.
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Cross of Red

The origin of the Red Cross as the
symbol of mercy is lost in the mists
Of history. It is not enough to point
out that it was the insigne of the
Canton of Geneva in Switzerland,
where the Red Cross convention was
signed in 1870. The question of how
that particular emblem first came
to have a kindly connotation is
much older than organized society
in the neighborhood of beautiful
Lac Leman. Perhaps it is as ancient
as the curse of war itself.
So confused are the patterns of
human experience that it is difficult
to develop any comprehensive theory
to explain the progress of organized
murder and destruction in parallel
to the advancement of lofty ideals
of cooperation. tolerance and fell
lowship among men. Yet that is
what has happened. The evolution
of the science of killing has been
accompanied by increasing mastery
of the art of protecting and saving
people from death. 1t may seem
incredible, but it is true that the
era of turmoil which started in 1914
and still continues has witnessed
both the most ruthless and shame
less slaughter of humanity that ever
was known in this world and the
most consistent, miraculous and
astonishing prolongation of the av-
erage duration of individual life.
Part Of the explanation of this
fact is to be discovered in the work
of the Red Cross. Regard it as a
paradox as one will, it is matter
of common observation that the
cruelest times are the kindest.
Notice, for example, how the con-
ception. of the purpose of the Red
Cross has grown with the passing
years: In the beginning, it was in
tended exclusively for the relief Of
those wounded in battle; now it
applies to everybody in distress,
everywhere, under nearly all con-
ceivable conditions. 1t replaces no
other agency; it is not dependent
upon any government: it represents
no class or creed: it serves no single
nation: it is universal. The ele-
mental logic of mercy dictates its
broad inclusiveness. 1t is one of
the magnificent realities of human
association. Recognized and ac-
cepted against any sky the Cross Of
Red shines through the darkest
darkness as promise of the ulti-
mate dawn foretold by the prophets
and the seers all down the ages.
There is an oft-recited fable
about man who, being in Jerusa-
lem when Christ was there. spent
the rest of his career lamenting
that he had not bothered to see the
Light of the World. 1t is fair to
speak of the Red Cross in 1914 in
much the same terms. The oppor-
tunity which it affords is like unto
that of the Saviour. To fail to sup
port it in the prevailing crisis would
be to fail a sacred privilege and
duty.
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Our Atlantic Victory

It has been clear for some time
that Hitler has lost the battle of
the Atlantic. If proof of this were
necessary, the story of our lease
lend shipments to Russia would be
sufficient, wholly apart from official
British American figures on the
decimation of Germany's once
deadly U-boat fleet. In 1912, out of
every 100 vessels carrying vital war
cargoes from Britain and the United
States to the Soviet Union, IL were
sent to the bottom by Nazi bomb
ers, surface raiders and submarines.
In 1943. only one out of every 100
was thus destroyed.
These figures, justrevealed by the
Foreign Economic Administration,
are, in their own way, as striking
a measure of the decline of Ger
man power as anything yet reported
from any battle front. For they con-
stitute conclusive evidence of Hit
ler's failure-after an all-out effort
on his part-to sever the ocean sup
ply lines of the United Nations. This
failure, this defeat, may safely be
regarded as one of the most signif1-
can't and decisive developments in
the war, for it was upon winning in
the Atlantic and thus isolating the
Allies one from the other that the
Nazis had pinned their plans for
victory. They had hoped-and for
time they seemed almost to be
realizing the hope-to cut of Eng
land from the United States and
Russia from both, and so to finish
us off one by one.
Exactly how close they came to
achieving this, if it will ever be
known, will probably not be known
until after the war. As far as Rus
sia is concerned, however, there is
good reason to believe that they
came fairly close to it when they
were sinking more than 10 per cent
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Stulemute in ItoIy

Oally HuctuatlOnS IN the dlngdOng
struggle going on at the Anzio
beachhead should not make us lose
sight of the larger strategic picture
in Italy. And there is no use blink
ing the fact that the campaign there
continues to be one of stalemate,
with the initiative in German hands.
The strategic key to the overall
situation is still Tire transpeninsula
front, some go miles south of our
beachhead below Rome. On that
mountainous line, stretching across
the narroweSt section of the Italian
peninsula, the strongly-intrenched
Germans have thus far foiled every
Allied effort to break through. But
1t was upon an imminent break
through at Casino that the Allied
high command predicated its "leap-
frog" descent upon the stretch of
coast which started the Anzio battle.
1t cannot be too strongly empha-
sized that this bold maneuver was
never intended to be the major
operation. Absence of port facili-
ties rendered it logistically impos-
sible to make it the base for a large
mechanical army. The idea was to
threaten the German coastal line of
communications and compel weak
ening OF their Casino front at the
precise moment when a decisive
stroke was delivered there by the
main Allied army. Those two ground
moves were Synchronized with an
intensive aerial offensive at German
communications all the way up the
Italian peninsula to the Alpine
passes, designed to paralyze German
reinforcements and supplies to the
south.
.Strategically the plan was sound.
and the indications are that it came
very near succeeding. But the Ger
man high command took an even
bolder gamble. 1t refused to weaken
the Casino front, and managed to
bring up troops and equipment
enough to pin our Anzio forces to a
narrow beachhead, within range of
their artillery emplaced on domi-
mating hills. From those vantage
points the Germans have launched
series of attacks which, though
they have failed to drive us into the
sea, have kept us strictly on the
defensive, with heavy losses not only
In ground casualties but also in
shipping and landing craft. This
unfavorable situation has now lasted
for six weeks, while the Casino front
continued deadlocked. The stale
mate thus persists.
One of our chief handicaps has
been bad weather. Perhaps when
the skies clear in the normally fair
Italian spring, this will make a de-
cisive difference. If not, large re-
Inducements for our armies in italy
may be necessary to gain a local
decision. But this might entail un-
fortunate diversions of troops and,
even more, of shipping and landing
craft, from the impending second
front" in Western Europe. Mean
while Germany appears to be reap
ing political and psychological gains
from the transaction which prob
ably outweigh the incidental losses
in men and materiel.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago a new Commissioner
for the District was confirmed by tn,

Fifty years ago a new Commissioner
for the District was confirmed by the
4, Senate, after hav-
rev commissioner ing been appoint
Tokes Over ed by the Presi-
dent, just as he
left for trip. As printed in The Star
Of March S, 1894: THE nomination of
Colonel George Truesdell to be Commits
sioner Of the District was confirmed by
the Senate this afternoon. Colonel
Truesdell will enter upon his duties as
soon as he can qualify" The connrma-
ton was a foregone conclusion, as the
colonels background and experience
were ideal for the position. He sue
ceeded Myron M. Parker.
President Cleveland was back In town
after a cruise down the Chesapeake Bay
to North Carolina wa
he PRESIDENT ters. Said The Star of
Retu,n. March 6, 1894: THE
presidential cunning
party returned to the city at / :35 this
afternoon The lighthouse tender vio-
let, which has Of late blossomed into
such distinction as an administration
favorite, was sighted OF Indian Head
at II o'clock this forenoon. The news
that she was passing the proving
grounds was electrically heraided to the
world" The first part Of the trip had
been rough, but most Of it was in mild
weather, weather too mild, 1t was said,
for one purpose Of the trip, hunting wild
ducks. Other game. principally snipe.
were obtained. Highly dubious praise
was given to the Presidents prowess.
One observer said that he shot we'll for
q man who had had no more experience
than he had" while another said diplo-
matically that the President was "a fine
shot If the game would only stand still
long enough"
"Will Man Ever Fly?" inquired The
Star Of March 3, 1894. An unidentified
scientist, in answer to .
Speculation Star writer who put that
n, El;oh+ question, said: Il myself
am disposed to answer in
the affirmative. Man is wonderful ami
NAL. Until he has accomplished this
ambition he will never rest content. 80
There is no doubt in the minds of ad-
vanced thinkers on this subject that
man must initiate the birds. He will
never get very far toward the solution
of the problem by the use of balloons.
1t is evident that man must initiate the
large soaring birds, which have mod
crate strength in proportion to their
size" The notion of flying with an
engine does not seem to have occurred
to this particular scientist, and he sug-
gested top speed for flying man of 80
miles per hour.
The Star Of March 3, 1894, carried .
long account Of the preparations for the
forthcoming Walter
Attic Wellman Arctic expedi-
Exn.d;t;on ton. He expected to
penetrate the polar re-
gions and perhaps actually reach the
Pole itself, but the best he could do was
to reach latitude 81 degrees, on longi-
tude east Of Spitzbergen.
X X
A dispatch from Annapolis, printed in
The Star of March 5, 1894, said: THE
=. :, celebration today in
0'ee"te""'o' honor of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the removal Of
the capital of Maryland from Saint
Mary's to Annapolis will color current
literature. Palmer than ever will
be brought before the public the leader
ship of the Maryland colony"
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woman weeping In a garden at the
dawn Of day: when she dared to look
up by the sepulcher, that woman
found the very Presence for which
she had mourned. st. Paul had q
way Of saying that he never could
lose heart, for he kept his eyes on
what Is eternal"
> ~
There is kind of selfish necessity,
too, for the upward look. An ancient
story tells that the great matheme-
tician Archimedes was so engrossed
in his problems that he did not know
the nearness Of an invader until the
shadow OF his spear fell across his
work. To be bound up in oneself
may lead to the bitterest personal
disaster. Even q tragic destiny can
be endured by the power OF an up
ward look. Early Christians con-
demned to the mines Of Numidia were
forced to be oarsmen in the galleys
bearing them to their fate; over the
desert, like flaming furnace beneath
the relentless African sun, they stag
gered on their way; into the sitting
tunnels they went-dark passages
from which there was no escape.
But they left for later centuries a
record Of their undying hope, the gift
Of an upward look, as on the tunnel
walls they carved the symbols Of their
faith and the one word: Vita
Life! In an upward look may be
the power to become ones best at
life's worst.
1t is the upward look that generates
a greater power to work together
In life. The upward look toward the
conductor makes possible the har-
monies Of symphony orchestra, the
magnificent teamwork from a diver
sity Of instruments, talents and per-
sonahties. Out of the upward look
is the hope of humanity, for to
worship the same God is to recognize
the possibility Of the healing OF the
worlds hurt-together. That is the
revelation Of the Epistle of Diognetus,
telling Of Christians In the I'd CEN
tury, they hold the world together"
This Lententide is time for an up
ward look, that ours may be the OBJ
legation to live together and work
together and hope together and build
together.
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Time for an Ub1Vard Look
By the Reu. L. Ralph Tabor, D. D.,
Pastor of Luther Place Memorial Church.

A number Of years ago statisticians
estimated that there were approxi-
mately 600 ,00o, 900 Christians on this
planet. Immediately a popular
journalist remarked caustically that
If indeed this were 50 he wondered
where in the world they lived. Per-
haps the fact that relatively few of
the many millions frequently look
upward toward their God in length
ened periods of alteration and wor-
ship accounts, at least in part, for
this critics difficulty.
When we are SO preoccupied with
the pursuit Of daily labor, money and
pleasure that we give, perhaps as a
maximum. five minutes of our waking
hours each day to prayer and
thoughts of God, 1t is no wonder, as a
modern writer suggests, that business
seems two hundred times more real
than God. The right use of the
Lententide, indeed, can make vital
and relevant the sense of Gods
presence.
X
Christendom looks many ways dur
ing Lent: Backward, to contemplate
the events Of the Passion of Jesus
Christ: inward, to stir the conscience
with an awareness of personal fail
ings; around, to acknowledge the
present needs Of humanity and the
challenge OF tasks yet to come; up
ward, to share the ancient urge
toward worship and knowing that
God ever is revealing His presence.
Yes, Christendom looks upward, for
the remembered Christ has pressed
on before our race; He is found in
the upward look. AS in the midst of
back-breaking physical labor an up
ward look brings relief and fresh
vigor, so the crowded life OF be-
wildered humanity finds a spiritual
lift in the upward look of Lenten-
tide.
The gift of the upward look Is de-
scribed many times in the Holy Scrip
lures. There was that disheartened
servant Of the prophet, ready only for
utter defeat, until an upward look
brought him the knowledge that more
real than the mountains which hem
med IN his valley Of dependency were
the hosts OF the Lord. There was a
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which experts still very seriously
disagree. Accordingly. 1t would
seem to need considerably more
study and discussion before being
put into effect, which In turn sug-
gests that 1t should be made the
subject>of careful and level-headed
congressional investigation, leaving
no essential details in the dark as
far as the general public is con-
cerned.
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Blood-and-iron thinking of much the
same sort-but without the touch of
warped genius characterizing such Ger
man philosophy as that of Nietzsche-
has likewise exercised a profound in
fluence in Japan, and 1t has done so for
a much longer time than in Germany,
so that to re-educate the Nipponese, to
get the poison out of their system, will
probably be even more difficult than in
the case of the Germans. Americans
may find it hard to imagine the degree
to which both countries have been sus-
ceptible to the doctrine of violence, but
there are few students of the subject
who are not agreed that the two have
made that doctrine key part of their
historic national policies. This does
not mean that all the Germans and all
the Nipponese are congenital fire.
eaters, but it does mean that they have
seemed peculiarly prone, by and large,
to follow those who glorify the uses Of
the sword and preach mystically Of pre-
destined racial rights to dominate the
world.
When peace comes, therefore, the
question will still remain whether the
beaten enemy has been mentally dis
armed as we'll as disarmed physically.
Certainly an effort will have to be made
to this end, but it is doubtful, as some
American educators have pointed out,
that control program like that sug-
gested by DR.. stoddard could be made
to work even If it were clearly desirable.
For wholly apart from the fact that
nothing could more effectively embitter
a nation than a severe outside super
vision Of its schools. the mere mechanics
required to operate such . plan would
b peohlem q tho nrst oedsf, 1eGdes,
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Your j. 5. Income Tax
This Is No. . of a Series. J

A Federal income and victory tax
return is a report to the Govern
ment Of taxable income for the past
year.
The declaration OF estimated, in
come and victory tax filed by many
taxpayers in 1943 was a report OF
estimated tax liability for the year
The actual tax liability based or
complete figures for the year will
be reported In the income and VIC
tory tax return for 1943, due on OF
before March Is, 1914.
Individual returns need not be
sworn to, but in each the taxpayer
must sign the form under the penal
ties Of perjury. They are kept con-
fldential by the Government and
their contents cannot be disclosed
to any person outside the Federal
Internal Revenue Service, except to
certain officials authorized by law.
The law permits inspection OF re-
turns by certain congressional COM
mittees, law enforcement officers,
and certain State officials who ad-
minister State income tax laws.
After a return has been filed, 1t is
associated with the declaration of
estimated tax, If any, filed for the
same taxable year, and checked for
accuracy by the Internal Revenue
Service. The taxpayer may be sub
ject to examination or inquiry rela-
tive to matters connected with the
return, or his income, and he may
be as ked for further substantiation
of statements made in the return.
II the estimated tax reported in the
declaration as payable directly to
the collector of internal revenue
was substantially understated, a
penalty for understatement may
have been incurred.
Estimates could, however, bo
amended once in the last quarter of
1943 on or before the installment
date, and only the final estimate for
the year will determine whether a
penalty is due.
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Police Investigate Death
OF Friends School Teacher

The death of Earl L. Daley, 49,
mathematics teacher at Sidwell
Friends School, 1901 Wisconsin ave-
nue. NV, whose body was found by
a park policeman yesterday in
Georgetown Channel at the foot of
New Hampshire avenue NV, is
being investigated by police today.
The coroners Office announced
that an autopsy was to be performed
today.
Mr.. Daley left his home at 2O24
Haydn road in Avondale, Md, police
said, to meet his classes yesterday
morning, When his body was dis
covered by Pvt. Robert Howell of
the Park Police, his books we're found
nearby.
Mr.. Daley came to Friends School
last fall after serving a number of
years an an instructor at West Vir-
ginia University. He is survived by
his wife and l3-year-old son.
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~ REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Munsey Trust Company

OF washington, IN the District OF Column
81. io43. published in response TO call
made by Comptroller of the Currency,
under section 5211, United states reserve
Statutes.
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Carl {. Rabbit, Sc, Dies;
Active in Masonry

Carl E. Rabbit, 56, died yesterday
at his home, 524 Eighth street NE,
|of = heart attack. He was q native
|of Washington and had conducted
his own plumbing business here for
IS years.
He was member of Hope Lodge,
No. 20, Masons; the Master Plumb
ers' Association and was q charter
member Of the Angle Club of Mas
ter Masons. Mr.. Rabbit also was
active In the Westminster Church.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Minnie M
Rabbit, he leaves a son, Chief Petty
Ohicer Charles e. Rabbit, Coast
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WPB Suspension Order
Curbs D. {. Heating Firm

The War Production Board has
directed the American Heating Co.,
55 X street Sc, to halt sale or de-
livery Of plumbing and heating
equipment except on orders bearing
high priority because Of allegedly
having sold such equipment to per-
sons not authorized to buy.
The suspension order, which was
issued by the WPB compliance de-
partment In Philadelphia, also with
holds ALLEGATION of materials to the
firm and prohibits 1t from using
priorities assistance.
Other phases Of the company's
operations will not be affected by
the order, WPB said.
The company has participated in
the construction of several large
housing projects, WPB said. Albert
Mergardt is listed as its owner.
Materials involved contained sub
stantial quantities of metal and the
alleged transactions were found to
have impeded the war effort, the
agency reported.
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Grain Chief Renumed

CHICAGO, Jan. II lP.-Members
OF the Chicago Board Of Trade yes
terday elected p. r. O'Brien to serve
as president for the fourth succes-
sive term. The first four-terr
president in the nearly 100 years
history OF the board, OBrien was
|unopposed.
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Guard; . brother, Joseph W. Rab-
bitt, and three grandchildren, all Of
this city.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
Thursday In the Lee funeral home.
Burial, with Masonic services, viii
be In Congressional Cemetery.
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British Import Woods

Most Of the wood used in the con-
struction Of AL types Of British
aircraft comes from the United
States and Canada.
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BETTING Record Set

Bets placed at an Australian race
track IN "a days last season totaled
nearly $4o,000,000, said to be a world
record.
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The sooner you get that War Saw
ings Stamp In your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.