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Evening star., 1944-03-13

Malacca is being vigorously patrolled by
British submarines-probably the sub
marines of the late Mediterranean feet,
released to the Far East by the naval
collapse of Italy. The British sub
shippers would give three rousing cheers
at the sight of Japanese troop convoy.
Moreover, If he brings in reinforce
ments he aggravates his supply problem,
which is difficult enough now because
of these same bad land communications
and precarious sea lanes.
Yet he is surrounded by superior
forces, with command Of the sea and
command of the air They have struck
two damaging blows. They will strike
others: Where and when and in what
strength, he has no means of finding
out. He is in exactly the same position,
Strategically, as the German high COM
mand within the fortress of Europe, or
his own masters at home within the far
flung Japanese defensive perimeter, Of
which he holds single sector. He must
conserve his forces, prepare as best he
can to conform to the initiative of his
opponent, try to keep some sort of
reserve in hand with which to meet the
unexpected.
Yet he is always confronted by the
unpleasant alternative of using a part
of his dwindling reserve, or being COM
PEELED to lose position here, position
there which the enemy can employ
against him for further and more power
full attacks Particularly he must try
to hold the enemy out of new air bases,
for these can be used with devastating
effect against his communications.
(Copyright. 1944)
Evening star., 1944-03-13
An Authority Speoks

sOne Of the bittereSt lnolctniellVS
of National Socialism thus lar
penned by any German is that OF
Erich vermehren, former Assistant
Military Attache of the Nazi Embassy
at Istanbul, who recently escaped
from Turkey to Egypt and now has
offered his services to the Allies as
q volunteer in any capacity to which
he may be assigned. His complaint
against Hitler is an unreserved
confession of disillusionment with
that world philosophy" which, as
he says, grows like cancer and
destroys everything"
The choice which Vermehren
made was a choice against a system
under which n-conformity is a
crime. He is frank to admit that
because of his flight, many of his
friends at home will regard him as
"a dishonorable scoundrel." In
explanation, he declares:
My political convictions, my per-
sonal ideas, my recognition of the
hopelessness of Germany's situation
these alone could not bear the
weight of such a decision. 1t was
only my conscience which could
acquit me of any accusation of high
treason and treachery towards my
Fatherland.
What he fed from, Vermehren
insists, was the traduction of his
native land by IAN unScrupulouS
clique" whose members have lied
TO us for twenty years" National
Socialism, he charges, has abused
our confidence" Further:
1t has suppressed our spirit. 1t has
made us dishonest through fear. 1t
has outraged our personal liberties
through the compulsory control of
the exercise and place of our pro-
fessions, prohibitions of changes of
employment, compulsory membership
In organizations and the like. In this
way National Socialism has deprived
us in our own country of honor, of
liberty and of property. We are not
threatened with slavery from without
but from within. The ideals
OF the enemy we oppose in arms are
nearer to our own than those of our
own government.
Such expressions as these certainly
are not new. They have been cur
rent among refugees from Germany
every since 1892. Vermehren's mani
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Frank K. Kent

question Is whether the War Labor
Board, to which the CIO demands are
made, will stand firm or give way. In
the recent coal and railroad cases the
pretense was that the Little Steel
formula remained intact Actually in
direct concessions were granted which
really gave the unions more than they
were entitled to under the formula.
If, either directly or indirectly the
WLB again yields, 1t will be a frank
invitation to a general upward and
inf1ationary surge of wages. For the
steel industry Is the leader. If Mr.
Murray gets concessions for his bic steel
union, a flood of demands from other
unions Is sure to follow. We may as
Wen lace the facts. The case is squarely
up 10 the President. 1t is silly to pre-
teno the WLB is going to make so mo-
mentous a decision without White
Mouse support. The board will most
certainly consult Mr.. Byrnes, assistant
PRESIDENT, and Judge Vinson, economic
stabillzer. Left to themselves, both Mr.
Byrnes and Mr.. Vinson would favor a
nrm rejection. In effect, they have
already said as much.
But neither Mr. Byrnes nor Mr. Vim
son Will make this decision without
consulting the President. Nor sho,,Id
tney. Too much Is involved. So It comes
ooWn 70 this: In the end, Mr., Roosevelt
Will nave to decide whether or not tn
permit MS specially favored labor or
eanlzatlon, headed by his close personal
ana political friend, to knock the props
from under his most vital domestic pol
ICY II ne yields to the pressure, the cost
Oh me war and the burden upon this
ana future generations will be vastly
increased. 1t is decision which affects
everyoody-the soldiers abroad and tn.
clVlllans at home. One may be par
ooned for thinking the President could
make it better if he were not a candi-
date for reelection
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Dorothy Thompson

the pacifist trend was toward appease-
ment. Action in 1888, or as late as 1896,
would have made this war a police
expedition and relatively bloodless
affair, If 1t had occurred at all. But
even that was too much for the paci-
fists.
Actually they brought every pressure
to prevent the defenders from rearm-
ing, and thus encouraged the aggres-
sors. In Britain and here they well
coined German agents coming as "paci-
fists" to preach pacifism to us. And in
Madison Square Garden the oxford
Movement staged a rally displaying
the swastika flag among the flags of
the nations, although it was already
dripping with innocent blood.
The ultimate consequence, in fact,
was a terrible worldwide war follow
ing the inevitable law that the defender
can only protect himself with the in
struments of the aggressor
That is not what the pacifists wanted.
But they are as responsible for it, and
perhaps more responsible, than any
body else.
Yet they demand for themselves the
unique prerogative of divorce from the
catastrophe. as though they were not
co-members Of the human race, but a
chosen elite Of the righteous-chosen
to call others to repentance, but never
to reconsider their own role in the
tragic drama.
Pacifism is only possible in free and
strong society, which cannot exist with
out defense by its members. The lad
running the gamut of fax, rockets, and
fighters over Berlin, or shivering in
malarial fever in a Melanasian jungle,
or stepping consciously from an Italian
beachhead into bloody hell, is fighting
for the pacifists-even for their right
to be pacifists.
And I believe that these, who for
us have descended into he'll, will be
more easily forgiven than those who
so painlessly appoint themselves not
to become sinners, and promote them
selves to heaven.
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1944-03-13

mans can continue the battle for Rome
or pull out if they see they are about
to be overwhelmed.
The Allies are faced with political
problem-they cannot drop the CAM
paign without losing face. The prestige
OF the United States and Great Britain
and that of its political leaders who are
said to have been principally responsible
for the campaign, would suffer too much
II the Allied high command decided to
withdraw on the ground that the sac
rlflces necessary to conquer Rome would
not equal the military advantages.
No political face-saving is involved
In the German strategy. The Nazis are
doing their best to stop us and inf1ict
on our forces as many losses as possible.
The Germans believe the casualties we
will have to suffer to break the present
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Hendrix Van Loon

Hendrix Willem Van Loon had
several careers. He began as a Jour-
nalist with the Associated Press in
Washington. Later he was schol-
ar's scholar, writing such orthodox
works as his Fall of the Dutch
Republic" 1t was the vogue of H. G.
Wells Outline of History" that
prompted him to attempt "The Story
of Mankind" After it's phenomenal
success, his future was secure. He
could do what he wished. and his
choice was to influence people in
the direction of a series of liberal
reforms to which he was devoted.
The clue to his philosophy as pub
licist may be found in his discussion
of Tolerance" and "The Story of
the Bible" He anticipated the
Second World War and welcomed
it-as an alternative to further
appeasement of Hitler That he was
one of the conflicts casualties is
manifest from the fact that he
continued to fight on 'the ideolog-
ical front" when his heart was
cutting up" and his physicians told
him he would die if he did not rest.
But it was useless to caution such
an ardent spirit. Van Loon was
huge figure of a man, weighing close
to 300 pounds, but his mind was as
active as fire. So long as he could
breathe, he was obliged to express
himself. He never was quite free of
his native Dutch mannerisms of
construction, yet he became a master
of prose as modern readers want it.
His popularity was immense, and he
was grateful for the independence it
afforded him. The individualistic
qualities of his productions certainly
would have suffered had he been
obliged to labor in an arbitrary pat
tern. Possibly it was his instructive
alarm at the tendency of Der Fuer-
her to meddle with culture that
prompted his original hatred of him.
Van Loon, however, will not be
remembered exclusively for his cru
sades. Those who examine his books
in time to follow the close of the
prevailing global strife will see him
in his proper role of liberal social
philosopher. He thought better than
he wrote and sketched and talked.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

him, and they do not like it. Another
development is the all-out activity of
the CIO for the fourth term. Mr.. Sidney
Hillman, chairman of the CIO Commit
tee on Political Action, with an admitted
campaign fund of $70O, 900, is the most
vociferous of Roosevelt supporters. Sew
eral of the big CLIO unions have already
indorsed the fourth term. All of them
will.
This is in contrast to the AFL, which
Will stick by its rule of not indorsing
candidates. Though most AFL men,
bers probably will support the Presi-
dent, there Is a strong element which
Is opposed to him. His CIO support is
solid. Mr.. Hillman is the gentleman
whom the President picked to represent
labor on the old dual-headed war pro-
duction board, which marked time for
nearly year. Now, Mr.. Hillman is
running the American Labor party in
New York. Having officially disbanded
their own party, the Communists are
concentrating upon controlling the
American Labor party The charge is
that, under Mr.. Hillman, they have
succeeded But that will not affect its
support of Mr.. Roosevelt, inasmuch
as the earliest advocate of the fourth
term was the Communist leader, Mr..
Earl Browder, released by Mr.. Roosevelt
from Federal penitentiary year or
SO ago ito promote national unity"
The charge has been made repeatedly
that through membership on its Execu-
tive Committee the Communists really
control the CIO, and that Mr. Murray
Is virtually their prisoner in his own
union. This draws attention to the
most serious development of ALTO wit,
the fight to break the Little Steel for
mula. 1t is led by Mr.. Murray, who
openly declares that I'VE are trying to
change the stabilization policy" This
fits right in with the Communist idea.
If Mr.. Murray succeeds, the whole anti
imitation program will be scuttled. The
Evening star., 1944-03-13
This Changing World

deadlock will have a repercussion on
the projected invasion of Western Eu-
rope.
But If the Allied superiority in South
ern Italy becomes overwhelming 1t is
probable that Marshal Kesselring will
order full retreat to the stronger lines
on the Pc River. With the exception of
the campaign at Stalingrad the German
high command has preferred to liquidate
a bad situation by reducing losses and
saving whatever could be saved than
insisting on an operation which was
not remunerative from the global de-
fensive point of view.
Marshal Rommel did 1t in Africa and
Gen. Yodel has followed the same pat
tern in Russia in the last few months,
regardless of the effect on morale at
home and the loss of the German
Army's prestige throughout the world.
Military observers point out that the
Germans could have fought a much
longer delaying action last winter on
the Dnieper River had they been willing
to sacrifice more troops. But they real
lied that their main strategic plans in
Russia had failed and decided to cut
their losses by abandoning important
territories.
From the strictly military view Italy
has relatively slight Importance to us.
The conquest of Rome and the plains
north of the Eternal City would give
the Allies the advantage of having air.
fields from which they could easily
attack Rumania and Southern Ger
many. Whether the advantage thus
gained is worth the cost is another
question
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Police Juvenile Bureau

IL is EVIDENT that the Districts
relatively new Juvenile Court Act is
not producing results anticipated
when 1t was written. The court itself
is handicapped by volume of cases
and an inadequacy of personnel
needed to give practical effect to the
fine theory of the law. The District
Is woefully lacking in facilities for
care and treatment of children
whose mental illness contributes to
their delinquency. Police officers are
plainly baffled by a failure to under
stand-a failure shared by large
element of the public-what the
Juvenile Court is attempting to do
and are exasperated by the repeaters
among juvenile offenders with whom
organized authority seems unable
to deal.
In these circumstances, the Police
Departments creation of new
juvenile bureau should be supported
as an experimental effort to improve
local procedure in dealing with a
complex problem. 1t may accomplish
something if there is recognition of
the limitations, as we'll as the oppor-
tunities, of the Police Department
In the field Of juvenile delinquency.
The Police Department should not
attempt to become a treatment
agency. But it should be able to
establish a clearing house, to work
more closely than in the past with
agencies treating the causes of
juvenile delinquency, such as the
Children's Protective Association,
the Jewish Social Service, the Cath
olic Charities, the Child Welfare
Division of the Board of Public We'll
fare, etc., as we'll as the Juvenile
Court itself.
It should be possible for such a
bureau, if given adequate personnel,
to reduce the volume of work turned
over to the Juvenile Court by sitting
cases which can be handled best
through voluntary cooperation OF
welfare agencies. 1t should be pos
sible, at the same time, for the
bureau to obtain prompt informa-
ton from Juvenile Court on the
disposition of court cases. And the
bureau should be able to establish
selective patrol of areas OF the city
where conditions make special pro-
lection advisable.
other cities are attempting such
experiments, not all of them sue
cessfully. In connection with the
excellent work of Patrolman Oliver
A. Cowan, whose inspirational or
panization of boys has brought good
results, it might be recognized at the
outset that while such highly lndl-
yidualized efforts are in themselves
helpful, the establishment OF an
efficient system Of procedure, avail
able to all members Of the force, is
the chief need now.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

fidence, partly to the greatly improved
fighting powers of the British and Indian
troops-possibly arising from greater
experience in jungle fighting. Allied air
superiority was a factor of vital i'm
portance. The japanese are retreating
now, slowly giving ground. Akyab is
seriously threatened; if it is taken, our
air power will have a new forward base
from which to strike at the internal
communications routes so important to
the japanese.
While this Is going on farther along
the frontier in the HukaWng Valley
force composed of American troops and
two American trained Chinese divisions
advances successfully, int1icting heavy
losses on the japanese and capturing
ManigkWan and WalaWbun. Here again
the real difference seems to have been
Evening star., 1944-03-13

festo, however, has a value all its
own. He represents a revolt-a
moral revolution-from the near
center of the Nazi machine. II
Hitler could lay hands on him, he
would die hideous death. Mean
while, his challenge stands. At the
climax of his statement, he launches
the ultimate incrimination: "Na-
tional Socialism brutalizes every boy
and endangers every girl
If any American still wants to
know what the Allies are fighting
for, there is the answer. Vermehren
is an authority on the subject. He
knows whereof he speaks.
Evening star., 1944-03-13
Thinks Policing 'Preposterous'

To the Editor OF The Star:
People everywhere are awakening to
the fact that the war is mighty world
revolution; we might as we'll resolutely
face the grim facts.
Churchill suggests that the atlantic
Charter" is buried, but as yet he has not
conceded that British rule over brown
and yellow races in waning The forces
OF evolution are at work; ancient svs-
TENS, having served their purpose, ap-
pear doomed.
Britain and the U. S. A. should seek
to cooperate and maintain friendly
relationships. But the idea of John Bull
and Uncle Sam policing" the world is
preposterouS. How would we like to be
'policed"? After the Civil War, the
North attempted to police" the South,
with disastrous consequences.
When our boys return to their home
land, when this terrible conflict ends
they will be in no mood to police" anv
territory but their own. And they NAV
be expected promptly to vote down any
proposal to the contrary.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

the problems of war crimes and war
criminals can be handled in an
orderly manner. And that is an
important thing, for out of the deep
we'll of Europe's bitterness great
deal of indiscriminate blood letting
will flow unless the machinery of
justice is ready to function with
firmnesS and dispatch.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

area of which the
United Nations hold
the perimeter. 1t is
t h e -honored
process of the alb
sorption of the de-
fenSe's reserves.
In Arakan, a Brit
ish Arm y probes
southwark 20 W a I d
Akyab. The Japa-
nese put in strong
forces to stop them,
but are heavily de-
feated. This defeat
seems partly due to
Japanese OVercOn-
Evening star., 1944-03-13

SlOSSf W NOllle UI1dTl
we were when we
landed.
The enemy still
holds the strategic
initiatives. For the
time being two large
forces, Allied and
German, are dead
locked at Casino
and on the Anzio-
Nettuno front. But
while the Allies can
not withdraw and
must break the dead
lock regardless of
the cost the Ger.
Evening star., 1944-03-13

existed between an
American President
and an organized
group. There have
been so many DEM
onstrations of this
in the past II years
that the special con-
nection is indisput-
able.
1t is true that at
White House labor
conferences M r /.
Green of the AFL is
always present with
Mr.. Murray of the
Evening star., 1944-03-13

INV ocoAt oAlC bC1IlD-
in G of erm a n
towns, but about
paciflsm.
Hatred of war is
common to mankind.
The G. I. fighting on
scores of fronts hates
war as much, or
m ore, t h an Miss
Britain. Although
there is a philosophy
praising war as a
purifying instrument
a n d a progressive
factor in civilization,
that philosophy has
Evening star., 1944-03-13

What is happening in Burma is a
process which by this time should have
become painfully familiar to all Axis
forces holding a central position in an
Evening star., 1944-03-13
On the Record

The article published by the English
woman, Vera Britain, in Fellowship"
and Endorsed by % pacifsts, all but one
clergyman, raises a profound issue
Evening star., 1944-03-13
The Great Game of Politics

The degree to which Mr.. Roosevelt
has become identified with the CIO and
the CIO with him constitutes the most
extraordinary relationship that has ever
Evening star., 1944-03-13

On September 8. 1943, American and
British troops landed in Italy. After
184 days Of intermittent heavy fighting
we are only approximately so miles
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25
Rebekah Lodge To Install Officers
 Tomorrow EveninQ

The regular meeting of Perse- verance Rebekah Lodge will be held tomorrow evening at o'clock at the IOCF Hall. Installation of off cers will take place with District Deputy Ruth Blake as installing officer and Past Noble Grand, Mary Ross, as District Deputy Grand Marshal
 The committee in charge of the meeting is composed of Signe Karki, chairman, assisted by Marie Beck, Eva Clark, Rebekah Feero, Mary More Mrs. Weidman, Julia Rian, and Bertha Knight. Lillian Rae Carlson is ill charge of entertain ment.
 Officers to be installed are Lu Laughlin, Noble Grand; Kay Holm. Vice Grand; Peggy D. McIvor, Past Noble Grand; Katherine Hooker,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25
PIONEERS OF ALASKA AND
 AUXILIARY

Dinner at 6.30 pm. Friday, Jan. 28 to be followed by meeting and Joint Installation. adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25

permit the Fish and Wildlife Service to allocate licenses with due recog- milton of preference to present holders.
 During the discussion of service mems fishing in Alaska, Senator Wallgren declared he believed "a soldier should be allowed to fish any time he wishes for food or sport. $ ~4 ~
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25
CHANGE IN
 FISH CODE
 HITS 5NAG
Disagreement Arises Over Amendments Proposed
 by Dept. of Inferior

WASHINGTON, Jan 25. - Dis agreement over amendments pro- posed by the Interior Department to the Wallgren bill to revise the fishery code governing Alaskan waters have developed before the Senate Commerce subcommittee.
 Senator Wallgren opposes the Departments amendment Whi c h would eliminate the provision to give present holders of fishing priv ileges preference under the new law. saying it is necessary to pro tect the s50,0Oo,0o0 investment the industry has in the Territory.
 Herbert Slaughter of the Interior Department said such language might create monopoly, and is advocating a provision which would
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25

Mexico produces 40 percent of the worlds silver
The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-01-25
NEW WAIVED, NEW BELIEFS, IN U. S. NAVY

SEATTLE. Jan. 25. = Men are urgently needed to become com missioned officers in three new specialized billets in the Navy, the Office of Naval Officer Procure ment announces.
 The billets immediately open to qualified men include that of cost inspection officer, engine type spec ialist officer, and aviation engineer officer.
 College graduates with at least three years experience in the field Of accountancy, or men with tMo years college plus five years prac- tical experience are eligible for the cost inspection service. While a certified public accountants cer- tificate is desirable for appointment to this billet, experience in cost accounting with heavy industries is acceptable. Men from 28 to 40 are wanted.
 A college degree plus five years experience in the field of machinery manufacturing installation or ser vice, or ten years experience in a responsible capacity in the field will qualify applicants for the engine type specialist officer billet. Ex- perience must include handling team turbines, internal combustion engines, reciprocating steam engines or electrical machinery, the Navy stressed. Men "A to 50 are. eligible.
 A degree in aeronautical, cleo trical or mechanical engineering, plus experience in an aeronautical organization is necessary for ap- pointment as aviation engineering officer. Applicants may be between 25 and 38 years of age. Applica- tions for. all three billets may be made with the Office of Naval Of iloer Procurement, Room 301, Ex- change Building, Seattle; at the Branch Office of Naval Officer Pro- curement in the American Bank Building, Portland; or at the tenn porary offices of Naval Officer Pro- curement, Room 518, Welch Build ing, Spokane, and the Power block, Helena, Montana.