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Evening star., 1944-03-09
Two Key Problems

Postwar Oil arrangements and
postwar competition in the air are
merely two of the many problems
that loom large internationally, but
short Of building the peace struc-
ture as a whole, they seem in class
by themselves for complexity and
Importance. The reason for this is
that they are unique in the sense
that perhaps more than any other
question-certainly more than the
question of the Russo-Polish border,
for example-they cut across the
interests of virtually every country
in the world.
Thus all nations of any industrial
consequence, since they need fuel
and lubricants to keep themselves
going, have a stake in the way in
which petroleum resources are to be
controlled, produced and made
available in the future. Similarly
and even to greater degree in some
respects-they have a stake in the
development of an international air
system, since the sovereignty OF
each country extends as high as the
sky above it, and since tomorrow's
aviation, wholly apart from the
commercial factors involved, raises
security issues for virtually every
one OF the worlds peoples, all of
whom will have reason to be inter-
ested in the understandings estab-
fishing control over the network Of
globe-encircling airfields and in
agreements governing zones of
flight.
Viewed against this background,
the Importance of the forthcoming
Allied meetings on both subjects, as
announced by the State Department,
cannot be exaggerated. Joseph C.
Grew, former Ambassador to Toxic,
will be the chief American repre-
sentative at the aviation conference,
in which all Of the United Nations
are apparently scheduled to take
part. The oil parley, on the other
hand, with Secretary Hull heading
our delegation, will be limited at
first to talks between the British
and ourselves, but the door will be
left wide open to multilateral dis
cussions with other countries
notably Russia-having special in
terests in the petroleum field.
Since both subjects are so COM
plex and so open to differences of
opinion on the part of all parties
concerned, it is only natural that
the initial conferences on them will
be more exploratory than deflnitive
In character. Presumably the con-
ferees will succeed at least in estab-
fishing minimum areas of agree
ment, and on the basis of these will
be better able to tackle the areas
of dispute at later meetings. In any
event, there can be no doubt that
the time has come for the United
Nations to start trying to work out
reasonable solutions to these two
problems, for they are central to
the peace problem as a whole, and
upon the way we handle them now
depends much of the worlds hope
for a new era of international CO.
operation and collective security.
Evening star., 1944-03-09

One thing particularly stands out
and this will be true whether the con-
ference bill becomes law or whether the
1912 soldier vote law alone remains on
the statute books. That is a soldier to
vote in the coming election must ask
for ballot. Under the administrations
supported Green-LucasW Worley bill for
the Federal ballot, there was no compul-
sion on the soldier to request ballot.
The Federal ballot, bearing no names of
candidates but providing spaces in which
the soldier could write the names of his
choices for President, Vice President,
Senator and Representative, would have
been distributed to all soldiers indis-
criminately.
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1t does not seem great hardship on
a soldier to ask for ballot, especially
when it Is made easy by placing IN his
hands postal card on which he can
make his request, at no expense to
himself
How many soldiers will ask for ballots
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vote. Taking these results together,
with the COP gubernatorial sue
cesses in Kentucky and New Jersey
and the impressive victory of their
candidate for lieutenant governor
in New York, there seems to be more
than little Justification for the
optimism of the spokesmen for the
Republican party.
There is one factor, however,
which should not be overlooked. In
none of these contests has President
Roosevelt been competitor. In the
past he has demonstrated an ability
to run ahead of his party ticket, and
if he is a candidate for a fourth
term, the jubilant Republican fore
casters may find that the political
road to the White House is not quite
so smooth as it looks today
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remains to be seen. A civilian, whether
soldier or civilian, has a duty, as
well as a right to vote, If he has the
qualifications. No law has been passed
in this country to compel citizen to
vote.
What critics of the administration and
the Federal ballot plan have charged is
that the administration planned to hand
the soldiers the Federal ballots and vir-
tually compel them all to vote-in the
hope they in great majority would vote
for President Roosevelt, if he be the
nominee of the Democratic party. In
other words, what they feared was
forced vote.
Opponents of the Federal ballot plan
believe they now have prevented any
effort to vote the soldiers en- masse.
They also believe they have forestalled
any possibility OF a contested presi-
Dental election-which might have
grown out Of the use Of Federal
ballot which States might have been
unwilling to count, or, which, If counted,
might have been contested in the courts
as unconstitutional It Is the claim
of Representative Rankin, Democrat, of
Mississippi hat Congress has saved
the Constit Mon" by it's insistence on
giving the soldiers the State ballots.
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The conference bill provides for the
use Of the Federal ballot only in cases
where soldier swears he has asked
for State ballot by September / and
has not received it by october l. 1t
also provides that Governors of States
must certify that in such cases the
Federal ballot is acceptable and legal
in their States.
The conference bill still has to be
passed finally by Congress and ap-
proved by President Roosevelt before
it becomes law. It's acceptance by Con-
greSs is expected. Whether the Presi-
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against the Nazis, and strike talk in
Southern Italy, against ourselves.
Strikes against both the Nazis and the
Allies! On, weird, weird.
But this is only one item in cat
alogue of wonders We find ourselves,
for instance, denouncing the Italians
for being sluggish" and we find our
selves, also, having our hands full try
ing to keep them down.
We describe the Italians as inactive"
and as "uninterested" in the war for
democracy, and yet we need military
police almost all over the map in South
ern italy to prevent demonstrations on
behalf of freedom.
X X X
II WIG hold To nl1r theory that the
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lin and Prime Minister Churchill has
led the Polish government in London
to believe that it soon would be pre-
sented with take it or leave it" agree
ment between London and Moscow.
The Poles fear that this agreement
in fact will put an end to Poland's
independence. The Polish Americans
thus have decided to act.
X X
convention of the old-established
Polish fraternal organizations is sched-
uled to be held in Buffalo in the middle
of May. Some 5000 delegates repre-
senting Poles of the first, second and
third generations will gather to discuss,
as Americans, the plight of Poland. The
last gathering of this type was held
in Detroit in 1917 under the chairman
Evening star., 1944-03-09
Bloc Against Bloc
From the Baltimore Sun.


Certainly we should not proceed in
any spirit or with any policy Of building
power bloc against power bloc on a
basis of division or balance of power.
We should try to find basis for collab-
Grafton with Russia, as with China and
all other willing powers, for the pres
ervation OF peace A strong and vital
democracy should strengthen the chance
for success of international collabora-
ton with Communist Russia as with
other powers. We have a stake in the
strength in the world order of the polit-
ical theology which is based upon the
civil and property rights of the individ-
ual. We ought to see our common in
terest with other democratically minded
peoples in fortifying and strengthening
the doctrine of the rights of man as we
interpret them in matters material and
spiritual.
Evening star., 1944-03-09
Letters to The Star
Reply to Clergymen's Protest
From One Addressed

To the Editor of The Star:
The Star for March carried under
an A. P. credit line a protest against
"obliteration" bombing of German cities.
This protest was issued by "2S clergy
men and Others" calling upon Chris
tians Ito examine themselves concern
ing their participation in this carnival
of death"
AS one of those thus addressed, I
emphatically protest against this doubt
less well-intentioned but unwarranted
and unwise, attempt at interference in
matter concerning which the pro-
ponents are not competent to pass
judgment.
Fortunately for us (and them), our
conduct of the war is intrusted to loyal
men who know what we are fighting.
how to fight, and why They should be
free from annoyance by snipers.
E. H. DE GROOT, Jr.
Evening star., 1944-03-09

a bill which provides
for State ballot vot-
ing, with the So
called "bobtail" Fed
eral ballot to bs used
only when a soldier
swears he has tried
to get a State ballot
and it has not been
delivered to him. The
conference report is
due to come up in
the Senate Mon
d ay, and If ap-
proved there. soon
afterwards in the
House
Evening star., 1944-03-09
Agrees With Mr.. Haskin
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
In your paper of February 20 you
published letter from M Spurgeon
contradicting Frederic Haskin's transla-
ton of the word "Isvestia" as The
News" and asserting that 1t means Ger
tainty.'
But the definitions given in all the
large Russian-English dictionaries I
could lay my hands on-six to be exact
are: "1sVestia-information, intelligence,
adVlce, lntlmation, piece of news, tidings,
warning. bulletin, war news"
L. LEBUS
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appearance OF any
thing tn a t could
have been planned
by reasonable states
men. 1t seems more
like an invention Of
the three witches in
! Macbeth, an exer-
else in the grotesque,
or variation on a
bad dream.
I give you the SUI
ficiently preposter-
Gus fact that, last
week, t h ere were
b tn stri k es in
Northern Italy,
Evening star., 1944-03-09

Before the war is over great battles
may have to be fought in it, and
its queer place names-Maingkwan,
Nritu Ga, Wa Gahawang, ETC.
may yet become as familiar and
grimly meaningful to us as any of
the names we have come to learn
in reading about the other, more
active theaters.
Evening star., 1944-03-09

And there is plen-
ty of disheartening
evidence that there
is little, if any, CO.
ordination of po-
litical purposes. Yet
the two must march
together, hand in
hand; the more
closely, because we
are now on the Of
fensive, with posi-
tive accomplish
ments just ahead of
us which must be
foreseen and pre-
pared for. We must
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land which now ap-
pears to be more
threatened than ever
since 1899.
The Polish gov
ernment in exile is
beginning to feel
that the British gov
ernment is abandon
ing its stand of last
January when it
took a strong posi-
ton favoring the re-
public's sovereignty.
The private ex-
change of notes be-
tween pra,1iar Cta
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What Negroes Seek.
To the Editor of The Star

Laura K. Pollocks kindness is sur
passed by only ner blindness. Negroes
of vision are not appeased by the illusory
advantages in job opportunities that
segregated institutions offer. They con-
tend for freedom Of society that i'm
poses no mean restrictions. In such a.
social order, schools would be open alike
to deserving students and qualifying
teachers.
In short, they seek the greater, more
genuine, more godly democracy for their
children's children.
j. w HAYWOOD Ii
Evening star., 1944-03-09

Monte Carlo is reported to have
been closed tight by the Nazis, as
invasion draws near Rather a stu
pid move, this, on their part; Monte
Carlo wide open has always been
one of the toughest places in Eu-
rope to take
Evening star., 1944-03-09

With income tax day at hand,
now is the time for all good smoke
house poets to get busy rhyming
"soak" with broke" and apparel"
with barrel"
Evening star., 1944-03-09
Political Planning Needed Maj George FIELDING Eliot

There is plenty of heartening evi-
dence that the military policy and pur-
poses of the United Nations are being
very we'll co-ordinated, indeed,
Evening star., 1944-03-09

It must be extremely difficult for
a teacher Of any natural history
class in Germany to convince his
students that bears actually go to
sleep in the winter.
Evening star., 1944-03-09
I'd Rather Be Right

Why does 50 much that is going on in
Italy today look like twisted reflections
in distorting mirror? The present
situation in Italy does not bear the
Evening star., 1944-03-09

According to derivation, the word
sergeant means servant" If
sergeants only knew this, think how
1t would help the servant problem
in the Army.
Evening star., 1944-03-09
The Political Mill

The row over the soldier vote law,
which has run on for months, is
headed for final showdown. House
and Senate conferees have agreed on
Evening star., 1944-03-09
This Changing World

American citizens of Polish descent
have decided to enter the international
political picture in an attempt to save,
as Americans. the sovereignty of Po-
Evening star., 1944-03-09

If we hold to our theory that tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Good Weather Friday May Provide
 S6O, 900 Pep-LuIu Fight ''Gate.

Ticket sales et Waterbury 4. C headquarters continued today te give keen indication that the Willie Pep-Iailu costaptino ten round bout at Municipal Gtadiu snIFlday night will eftract s0plwhere between ea0.- 000 and t60 0000 worth Of fight fans from Connecticut, New York and Massachusetts, Promoter George Mulllgap counted np more than el2,s 00o in loeai safes yesterday, with finanelat reports t0 be beard from Bgagtford ybleb has se900 w0Tlh of tickets; Middletown, MeFidep, Mes Haven and Bristol.
 CostaDtiDO, who must scale lSs pounds for Pep was expected lp Waterbury tbis afternoon, wtfb hf manager, Charley Johnston 0f eey York. Plans have been made for hlal to Eay "heliov % Waterbury fsfls oyeF 6tetiaD WATls, 5:S0 ?, ips 1lbarsday ngibt, following iptFodues ti0p by John A, clu0ey, sports eds tor of Tibe Democrat, Lulu has several relatives tfl tbss ejty, ills elllaing bis brother, Jimmy cosiapy the. West MaiD stFetR gestsufapi Ow1ef.
 GeseReFelAan
 Ekcellept eo-0IAeTati0D ly0w tle eity paFk depa1tiDept, police eDe fire 0ffleials elld city electFlelal Marty oil0llIke haS helped speed ap Hlany eTTaDgenleOis fOg t9e sllow; witb Tjngslde seats 70 be lad out and marked today,
 baliltoD's Ailerleap liagld bak see cured to ellteTialp eagjF eoDlere 70 tlle llght show, from ( o'clock Flts day evening at flae staditDk kpeelal bsas service, agTpese te the stadium from EKehaflge Place, Q sik lllllete giin Ilas beep set by GlfL officials which B1il glye local auto owners ' ellanae 70 leave tlleir ears home 0g uptoHD, @ tllst tue 0pt7ofsioyn OwpeTs gill heye 2 chance io psTk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
CheotuHs Stopped By PotsersOn

new Bedford, Mass, July e - U. Pe - Verne Patterson. il5. of W0r- eester today held bis 2sEb ring tTi- nnpb in 1S professional fights after the surprise knockout ef willie Cheatiisll, i12, of Trenton, q. z. lp the fourth round 0f their scheduled so-gonnder ct the Bristol Arena last night.
 St wag the llrst tine the SeTsey hattler he'd been aoored in i6o fighte.
 ID prellminaTies, Mike Lucas, gl6. Providence, E F. technically knock ed out FeFnan6 Glerw0nt g66, M0il- fEeal t3Ds Gene Boulder, aa0, prOyis denoe, R, l. knocked out Johnny Nara, abs, Boston l2); SohpDy PaFT l59, Hew BedfoEd Aeeisi0ned Al HaI- lie, lle, Worcester it); and Waller G0mes. lso. heg Bedford technically knocked out Joe Jackson, tSf, Prov idence. B, ], f2),
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Reddiek, WeIch In Moine DT0w

Portland. Me. July % - OUP0 = For the second time in three weeks. New England MiddieWeight Cham pi0n coley Welch Of Portland has heen osIt-fought by the rugged Joe Reddick of Elizabeth. N. J.
 Beaten by Reddick in Providence, R. l.. Welch gave a eolorless exhibi- ton in a return bout iH his home city last night in 8 iO-round match that ended in a draw before 2.50o fans.
 SleW Ge
 Welch. leo. started at a fast pace but vas forced to give ground tO the tnfighting of Reddick.t { i6l. who kept the champion from landing any really effective blows. It was a slOH fight that was featured ip the final round by Welchis wild efforts te land a knockout punch.
 En preliminaEies. Larry vllleneuye. ge5. Berlin. N. H.. drew gith Ralph Walton. isD. Montreal l6l: Young Miehand, lS3. Lisbon decisione6 Eddie Berry, i30, Portland l6D; billy Constance. l2s, Dover. N. H., deci- stoned Battling Komatz. l25. Port. land (sD; BilI Webber, lel, Portland knocked cut Young Kinney. ls3, Bafh llD: Leo Nnciccl, i2D, PoFtland dreg with Young Murray. aSs, Bid def0rd 60,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

ard applause. while he listens in- tently as his boyh0od friend John J. HoEan. well-known reaitor. eE- plains the action in the ring. which Mr. Burlington cannot see. Far from being crazy. as he put it. the friendly ard humorous ID. IT. never missed a big fight in New York. Chicago oT Philadel- phia. when Dempsey, Tunney. Sharhey. Louis Gchmellng and other top-notchers fought. With hiS friends Art Lunny and Joe Mclean, both now deceased; ME. Burlington enjoyed every minute O. his trips to . boxing arena for, in his younger days, he could use his hands Q bit. and loved to put on the gloves. Since boyhood, he has appreciated the manly art Of self f-defense; and today believes that the Pep and CostantinO bout Is the best in Connecticut for years.
 D. T. and his boyho0d chum Johnny Horan will b. in the thiFe row, ringgide. Scores of their friends will be there, too. IL will be like ''0ld times"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
S. Peter And pswI |SoetboDI Leeewe

Th0llgb eFOW1ea ~ ihe Kal, VT z Eafflyae and matRe came flVeaell wllb aD 2 70 [ Nan eyer tlip tlts' nlaairiee team last nlEbt lp tlle ssA Peter and pRln n0ltAeil leAglle iA0ugll khe sinners naadad . f0ui Tii1l rally Co tte aigtb whielp proved llist elloligh to sin aa wliE pieke0 fbem up 1 ntlle aKth a1le seventh GqulEas nnd Carey weFe sienoQafi 0f ille game, E1aFTtgee'e teafp hai Det beep beaten itl Hiisf sifalsf' games.
 fsFeBnan and Cavanaugh teams ere haired TlDuFadav nielSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
This Sporting World
Where There's a Will. There's e WOy

" suppose people wtll think I'm crazy to be going to the Pep and CoStantlno fight Friday night" said the lovable. CHERRY voice Of D. T. Burlington, ST.: over the phone this morning. but, you know how I love the boxing game, and s1l have fine guide with me in Johnny Horan. who understands boxing since we were young men. and put on the gloves for exercise . good many years ago"
 It was with anxlet. that 1 as-
 sured the great and grand old D. T. that all of us who have known him over the years would Ike nothing better than to see him at
 the ringside Friday night: and, despite his lack Of eyesight. he
 viii be there. to hear the cheers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
Fg. Shes League

Results of the baseball games played tn the Rev. Thomas Shea league yesterday showed . nO-bit pitching effort by 6teck, in the Laneers lS-2 Wan oyer Eagles.
 Tigers w0p . 25 run game IS to J2, as Gebuster hit 6 home run tp the eighth against the Naugatuek Aces. Abg1gadOrs gOD easily from R0gers 20-a, 0TeDlck getting l2 Etrikeouts; While the HilltOps won l2 to 1 from the Porter Streets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26
BENRUS GIRLS ASSURED NEW
 LEAGUE TITLE

Going into the last two weeks of regular play. Benrus looks like q sure cinch to win the I. R. A.. league championship crown. All they have to do Is break in their two remain ing games. one Of which is against Waterbury companies who are tn last place and without a win to date.
 The seoyill combine, last year's champions. have been handicapped all season by injuries and the lose through illness Of their star Mary Coffin. leading pitcher in the league last year. Tn spite of all that they have remained near the top since the start Of the season. At present. they are tied for second place with U. 6. Time each team showing c wins as against 2 losses. Coach Nel- son SqniFes reports that Coffin will rejoin the ScoyiIl team for the series Of playoff gainse which will conn nenee weeks hence.
 Tn a well-piayed game last week. U. s. Time was fortunate in eking out . one to nothing victory over an inspired Metal Hose team. The con- test featured Q pitchers battle with Times Esinice Bradley missing . no hitter by the marrow margin of . lonely single hit by Peg cllsone in the last inning.
 Captain Adele GouFdealt Of Amer ican Metal HoGe, who switched from behind the plate at the start of the season. allowed only four scattered hits.
 The feature game for tosnoFTow night wtll pit U. S. Time against Waterbury Mfg. in q fight for the second place spot. Although they are out Of the running for the top spot, Coach Joe Cavanaugil's Time charges are determined to win the three way battle for Tunner-up hons 0rs with the S. D. R. 4. and Water bury Mig. combines. But Captain Tessie Jacobs of Mfg. has other ideas. she Will eall on the bats Of Sis MastFlanna and Betty Payilaitis, and the pitching of Marge connoFs t0 bring home the bacon for her side.
 6eoyill remains Idle this seek sl. though they will probably he sched. uled to play Wat. Mfg. in . post p0aed game at . time and place as set undetermined.
 After next weeks game the five league umpiEes will meet with league director I'd Ne0Fath. i0 select an all star team. Selections wlll he made on Q point basis. The ten players re- eeiying the most voted wlll comprise the first team, The next ten players voted for will ae the second team, Much interest and speculation in the possible selections hes arisen tn league circles.
 Games starting at s'l6 ?, mp the complete schedule Of games t0T to' morrow night is as follows
 Schedule
 Hopevllle, Chase Office vs, u. 2, Rubber Go, lRaiDyilleD
 Hamilton, Brass Mill, Farrell Poup' dYy VS, Wat. Tool Co, lgAtanzl0D
 Fulton, U, s, Time Corp, ys. Wat Mig, fkenneyl
 WRfeFville No, l, 0akVllle Go, gS, American Metal H0ae liilaneo(
 WateFvllle, Mo, 2, Waterbury eoms paDies Ys, lseprus Watch l5ones)
 DyesReovlll 2, R, 4,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-26

Perfect MarTlage', which goes nll9 Fellearsal soon, lie wslltea 70 ens JOy hllnself He gsHsee so tsls h0King,
 Tl'e gus gh0 tad staTFfd ln such picture aas sd0De With 1be Wine' 0Afid RulnNeT hglht's pFealn" Y, 'll0dge City RDa l07 other fllnls H0ntllaled, NiI you're 0ilee bliinn Dg lhe flght bug, y0n neYef set 0nl 0i y0nf RysteDl, fel lllAl kld VI Minnaan0lla made ne % alhsntlha wiih h0glne wfOT . while Fibal | turned to race h0Tsef had 2 hlnall string for several yeaTk, hga some faiflg good ones, Ike lslllwAlk, Deter Tokal0n, panlkae, Russia, MinieTn hnd 6lAitAfn, They proved more espanklve than fighters They alHaAsi ruined me financially, pFobs ebly heeanse ! made llie mistake ei beiiing ogl nly Owll horses, Tn cons vineed filat iAe biggest sucker Co the slorl6 ls the Ruy Rho bets on hls eHn nagk, T'haae horses take . fIendish delight ln d0uble.eF0sstng g0li,~