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Offers Fable in Archery.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
I'd like to have a certain job-the
JOB OF Government fault-finder.
on course, there are lots of Govern
ment critics, but their fault-flnding
snafts don't reach any target.
But the holder of this Job would bend
the DOW OF patriotism and shoot the
arrows OF honest, sensible criticism.
The bow of patriotism would be made
OF two kinds of wood-the lemonwood
o! love OF country, backed with the
hickory OF love of her people. 1t would
bear the horn tips of logic" and COM
mon sense" The bowstring that would
orlVe the arrows would be simple Ian
guage."
Each arrow of criticism would have
the straightness of honesty Upon its
target head would be inscribed CON
stitutionality"; upon its stele, truth:
upon its cockfeather, Blackstone S
words: The people are entitled to as
cheap government as is efficient:
upon its other two plumes, the words
OF Jefferson: ''The best government is
that which governs least" and Good
government is that which, while saving
to man, DO not injure your neighbor.
yet allows him the fullest freedom"
With such fine weapons, this archer
might fit sharp hunting heads" to
some OF his shafts. So equipped, he
might well go after the rats of use
lessness, the buzzards of costliness. the
coyotes OF inef1ciency, the cougars of
bureaucracy, the panthers and lynxes
OF unconstitutionality, the foxes of
planned economy" and that wolf of
tyranny in sleeps clothing Run the
general welfare" The barbs on the
hunting-heads would be named "im-
peachment" and prosecution"
The Constitution is our only defense
against tyranny. 1t could be amended
to provide a mighty hunter" of little
and big tyrannies-and of small AND
great tyrants.
MO-
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Greek Anniversary

The one hundred and twenty
third anniversary of Greek indie
pendence should be celebrated to-
day. 1t was on March Is, 1921, that
Archbishop Germanos of Patras an
nounced the intention of the people
of Greece to be free. The scene of
his proclamation was the monastery
of Saint Lavra in the Peloponnesus,
and the tableau is represented on a
postage stamp issued in Athens in
1880. Few other struggles in mod
ern history have been so notably
dramatic as that which resulted in
the establishment of the Hellenic
nation. It's heroes were men and
women worthy to stand with the
bravest of the ancients. The enemy
also, as it happened, was intrepid
and valiant. Hence the classic
character of the war.
Religion was involved in the sense
that the Greek revolution was a
movement in behalf of Christianity
as opposed to the Mohammedan
faith of the Turkish overlords. 1t
was an army of peasants equipped
only with scythes, clubs and slings
that first took the field from Kala-
vryta. Petros, chief OF the Mavro-
michales, and Theodoros Koloko-
tronis, formerly "brigand" in the
Ionian service, were leaders COM
petent to organize such volunteers,
but the work could not be done
overnight. Kalamata, Karytaena,
Tripolitsa and other fortified places
had to be taken one by one. The
fighting was bitter and bloody. It
was called by neutral observers a
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it be viewed from the political or the
military aspect, one generally has to
be satisfied with the policy of limited
objectives, and with relative rather than
absolute gains. 1t is difficult to make
the thinker in blacks-and whites-un-
derstand this and when such thinker
has access to the public ear, his criti-
cisms are apt to be both unjust to those
who must deal with these affairs on
practical day-to-day basis, and unset
ting to that public opinion whose sup
port is so essential an ingredient of VIC
tory for government at war.
Moreover, the confusion and lack
of confidence thus engendered tends to
have a cumulative effect. Thus our
much-criticized political dealings in
French North Africa have been added
to our present dealings with the Italian
King and Marshal Badoglio, and all
this will be piled on top of whatever
we may next do on the political side
of the war when 1t comes time to take
steps about some of the Balkan coun-
tries, or whatever else in that line the
chances of war may turn up for us.
There is very little doubt in the mind
Of this writer that when the full story
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Gould Lincoln

campaign here in 1910. The four Mac
Arthur candidates for delegate -at-large
are former State Senator Kennenberg,
Arnold Fl. Fraedrich, Gen. Roy F. Far
rand, retired. head of st. Johns Military
Academy WiSconsin), and DR.. John P.
Koehler for 20 years health officer in
Milwaukee. Messrs. Kennenberg and
Fraedrich are chief officials of Wis
consin Townships, Inc, representing
1900 townships throughout the State.
Macarthur for President clubs have
been organized in 80 cities.
In the Macarthur organization there
are no paid workers. 1t is entirely
voluntary affair. Its only expenses are
for printing and mailing and advertis-
ing and travelling, and they are paid out
of contributions. How such an Or
ganization will stack UP against the
Willkie and Stassen organizations re-
mains to be seen. Both of them have
money to spend and are spending it.
The Dewey organization does not seem
to exist, not since the New York Gov
ernor asked the delegates supporting
him to withdraw. Fifteen have re-
manned in the race. But there is prac-
tically nothing being done for Dewey,
except by Fred Zimmerman, candidate
for delegate-at-large, at present Secre-
tary of State and formerly Governor,
and the other Dewey pledged delegates.
This Macarthur drive for delegates
has its appeal. His friends hope that
many of the voters who supported Sen
ator Vandenberg Of Michigan in the
1910 primary against Gov. Dewey will
now support Gen. Macarthur. Senator
Vandenberg was one of the first to
come out for Macarthur for President.
In 1910 Senator Vandenberg received
about 40 per cent of the vote cast to
go per cent for Gov. Dewey. Today
it is a four-cornered race.
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in mutual extermina-

competition in mutual extermina-
ton"
Two Turkish expeditions appeared
in Greece in 1922. In command of
them were Omar Vrioni and Ali of
Dramali, both skilled in military
science, both ardent and determined.
Their efforts to suppress the rebel
lion met with success which might
have been conclusive had they been
properly supported by the Ottoman
navy. A powerful ally of the Sultan
Mahmud Joined the fray in the per-
son of Mehemet Ali, Pasha of Egypt,
who sent Ibrahim Pasha to besiege
Navarino in 1925. The hopes of the
Greeks were at low ebb when Brit
iSh, French and Russian interven-
tion finally was agreed upon. A
Greek republic was set up in 1928.
When it declined, an independent
kingdom under the protection of
the Powers was organized in 1882.
Meanwhile, the essential spirit of
the Hellenic race was growing to
maturity through experience of
battle. A solidarity which previ-
ously had been missing gradually
developed, and it is that mutually,
that fellowship, that cooperation
of all classes of Greeks which even
tually will bring about the emanci-
patton of Greece with the help of
Allies, including America, grateful
for Greek sacrifices in the prevailing
conflict.
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Dapid Laurence

air artillery is now officially declared to
be independent of infantry
The regulations also state that air
power can be employed only through
an air force commander and orders
to the air force commander can be
given only through the top commander
of the theater of operations. A ground
force commander, on the other hand,
who wants field artillery to support
infantry can get it at once on the spot
by cooperation with the field artillery
command, but a ground force COM
mander of sizable responsibility, who
wants air cover to ward off the enemy
or move ahead, must go through the
red tape of top command and risky
communication in the midst of battle
to get the help of air artillery.
AS for the Sicilian tragedy, in which
4l0 American boys were shot down by
our own antiaircraft fire of both Navy
and ground forces, the field regula-
tions referred to above would seem to
cover such an incident. They read:
When antiaircraft artillery search
lights and barrage balloons operate in
the air defense of the same area with
aviation, the efficient exploitation of the
special capabilities of each and the
avoidance of unnecessary losses to
friendly aviation, demand that all be
placed under the command of the air
commander responsible for the area.
This must be done"
Now it is categorically stated that
neither the air force commander at
the point of origin nor at destination
was responsible for the loss of the %
transport planes in Sicily, but that it
was due to some undisclosed response
bility or faulty understanding by some
body else of orders given.
Clearly, there is evidence Of a need
for better training of combat units In
Joint operations, especially in amphib-
lous warfare, and perhaps better plan
nlng In advance of such operations.
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presidential preferential primary with
out any comment by Gen. Macarthur.
His friends here say they know" he
would accept the nomination if it comes
to him, that they have information"
but where it comes from they do not
say. At all events, his is the only name
entered in the preference primary, or
either Republican or Democratic ballots.
The preference primary is distinct from
tn election OF delegates to the Repub-
hcan National Convention. The Demo-
Gratis were all prepared to enter Pres
ident Roosevelt's name in the prefer
ential primary, but at the last moment
withdrew it. Democrats in Wisconsin
are very much in the minority There
is suspicion that the Democrats feared
the vote for Roosevelt might have
showed up on the smallish side, when
compared to that cast for Gen. MacAr-
thur in the Republican primary. Or it
may be the Democrats wanted to leave
Roosevelt voters, whether Progressive
or Democratic, free to go into the Re-
publican primary and vote for Wendell
l.. Willkie. Many of them seem inclined
to give Willkie boost
In the fight for delegates to the
Republican National Convention, Gen.
Macarthur has three opponents. Mr..
Willkie, Gov. Dewey of New York
and 1t. Comdr. Stassen, former Gov
ernor of Minnesota. 1t is in this strug-
gle for delegates that the general must
show his strength with the voters, if
he has 1t. None of the other three
has entered the general presidential
preferential primary.
Il
Twenty-Five delegate candidates have
been entered for Macarthur out of
possible "a. Lansing Hoyt is heading
up the Macarthur organization in the
State He helppd tn rim tho Willkin
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Wants Chiefs to Stay Home.

To the Editor of The Star:
In his article, The Star for March %.
David Lawrence questions the need or
desirability of conferences between the
heads of governments.
This writer agrees with him. Many
persons breathed more freely when the
President returned from Teheran and
hoped he would not again leave the
United States The President NAV
think the results justify the risks and
evidently Mr.. Churchill does, too But
Stain recognized the danger.
AS Mr.. Lawrence points out, there
are other officials who are qualified to
act for the leaders. AS chiefs of their
governments, they belong in their own
countries, not taking unnecessary risks
over the ocean and in foreign countries.
These men, however courageous, ad-
venturous and desirous of personal in
terviews, should remain with their gov
ernments in their own countries and
play safe, since they are so important
to their respective peoples.
MARY E. WILLIAMS.
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has been given so much materiel and
so many men to carry out its objectives.
But whatever differences of opinion
exist here in Washington are neither
personal nor local. AS far as actual
performance of duty and carrying out
of orders in the face of almost incred-
ible hazards are concerned, the air
forces have done an unexcelled and
heroic job. Likewise, Gen. Arnold's
fidelity to the high command and his
wholehearted interest in making the
overall strategy of this war a sue
cess is nowhere questioned and should
not be because it has been everything
that could be desired.
X X
The whole problem is really an i'm
personal one, and it would be highly
beneficial if Washington groups with
particular viewpoints to offer in the
Army and Navy and air forces were
not resistant to criticism to the point
of allowing defensive moods to pre-
vent an open-minded exploration of
mistakes.
Too often in this war. as was the
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Imphal, while holding a third in re-
serve.
The enemy's supply line is said to be
good and only slightly exposed to Allied
air interference. The Japanese troops
are under orders to win or die.
The British forces opposing the Japs
are being strengthened as quickly as
reserves can be sent to the front. Al
though the enemy is strong locally, the
British have a much larger force in
India and boast an overwhelming air
superiority.
X i X
IT Is unfortunate that so many SOL
dlers In India must be used for police
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Heritage

Mountain boy, NTH your long squirrel
rifle,
Go and leaUe your hills and your.
mountain streams,
Go and put on a uniform, of khaki
And pack your du11e bag ,Dith dreams.
For each generation of your ancestors,
A fighting man and fighting code,
That old gun on the aDorn deer antlers
Spilled dark blood on the wilderness
road.
Mountain boy, iUith your lazy stDagger,
Go dolon to the sea Dhere the tall
ships pass,
On sunny slope iDhere hero'S luinq,
There's an urgent iDhisper In singing
grass.
ALMA ROBSON uGBEE.
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Jupun's 'Indiun Army

Ihe most plquant aspect of the
fighting in the Burmese war theater
is the japanese claim that units of
the Indian National Army" are CO.
operating with Japanese troops in
the current attempt to penetrate the
Indo- border. The opera
ton itself is directed at Manipur, a
small Hindu state under British pro-
lection which lies about midway
down the border between India and
Burma. This frontier is maze of
tangled mountains heavily draped
with jungle, the only relatively easy
crossing being in the extreme north,
where a mixed American and Chi
nese force under our own Gen. Still
well is building the famous Ledo
road toward China, clearing North
ern Burma of japanese in the proc
ess. The japanese drive on Mani
pur is obviously an attempt to
threaten Stillwell's communications
since his supply line from India runs
up the Assam valleys which lie be-
hind the border.
However, it is improbable that
this Japanese thrust can develop
into a serious military threat, be-
cause the terrain is so difficult that
it could hardly be the pathway for
a large mechanical army capable of
staging a real invasion of India. The
operation is probably being con-
Quoted by relatively small forces of
skilled jungle fighters travelling
light and infiltrating the roadless
and almost painless country. Such
tactics may be annoying and cause
considerable local damage. but they
presumably can do little more in a
purely military sense. Also, the
japanese are racing against time;
for in another two months the pres
ent dry season will give way to the
annual monsoon rains which turn
everything into a sodden morass
and render fighting of any sort vir-
tually impossible.
The reported presence Of renegade
Indians beside the japanese, how
ever, lends the operation a political
aspect of some potential Importance.
For more than a year, Tokyo has
been featuring an Indian National
Government" with headquarters in
captured Singapore. It's titular head
is Subhas Chandra Bose, a Hindu
extremist who fled from India some
years ago to escape punishment for
reasonable activities. With him
are associated similar agitators and
terrorists, some of them exiles for
many years who found refuge in
Japan. These leaders have been
busily recruiting an army" from
the many thousands of Indian SOL
diers taken prisoner by the Japa-
nese in Malaga, Burma and Hong
Kong. What success their efforts
have had is not definitely known.
Tokyo claims they have been con-
siderable. but this is of course
highly suspect. It is possible that
the appearance of such troops on
Indian soil might produce some agi-
tation in extreme Nationalist cir
cles within India itself. But when
Premier TOTO makes the grandilo-
quent forecast that Japan expects
to "put India completely in the
hands of the Indians" he is OBJ
viously talking through his hat.
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give the first real
test of the MacAr-
t h ur sentiment,
which has cropped
up in many places
t h r o u G h out the
country. Gen. Mac
Arthur is in reality
a "favorite son" can
didate in this State.
His grandfather, Ar
th ur Macarthur,
came to Wisconsin
in 1887 and later
was the fifth Gov
ernor of the State.
His father the late
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This is under
standable b e C ause
Prime M i n | S t e r
Churchill's speech in
May, 1943, led many
p e ople throughout
the world to assume
that Germany would
be knocked out of
the war by air power
early in 1914 if not
sooner. This Is per-
haps Understandable
also b e c ause e air
power is a spectacu-
lar weapon of war
which never before
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time to think things
out and to work
them out without
the process of trial
and error having
permanent and dis
astrous results If it
slips too far over to
the error side, the
perfectionist has his
uses. He, at least,
sets a mark for
which the rest of us
may strive-if we
agree that his ideal
is worth striving for.
Rl1t in war whether
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Wide of the Mark

The name Bilbo is derived from
an old Anglo-SaXon word meaning
a two-edged sword; as the Senator
sometimes puts it, in the dialect of
his Southern Mississippi, "a sword
that cuts gwine and comm" Ref
erence to this derivation is suggested
by some of the indignant resolu-
tions sent and being prepared for
submission to the Senate in con-
nection with Senator Bilbo's utter
ances and his Craftsmanship of the
Senate District Committee. They
can cut "gwine and comm"
While the spirit behind such reso-
lutions is understandable. their
result Is apt to be wide of the in
tended mark. They will not injure
the Senator with his constituents.
They will not open the eyes of his
colleagues in the Senate to anything
of which they are unaware. On the
other hand, such protests are the
meat on which the Senator has
thrived during long life of rough
and-tumble politics. Over thirty
years ago, when he was far younger
and less well known, a resolution
for his expulsion from the Missis-
sippi Senate failed by one vote. He
was lambasted up and down the
State. The net result was his elec-
ton by a large majority as Lieu
tenant Governor. He has been in
many fights since then and he is
b shrewd and tough antagonist.
The Senator probably is as much
surprised as anybody over the no
toriety achieved by his proposal to
send Negroes to Africa. For that
scheme had become a cold potato,
until revived by the furor among his
excited critics when he mentioned
1t recently. He proposed it as a
Senate bill back in 1899 and it died
a very natural death. He did not
even bother to reintroduce it in
subsequent sessions. But now it is
being given the dignity of con-
troversy-something it never pos
sessed before. The same sort of
thing applies to the Senator's re-
cent speech before the Mississippi
Legislature. He undoubtedly has
been making that same speech
certainly the same kind of speech
off and on, for years. The feverish
reception accorded it here in the
District must be the source of pro-
found qualification to Senator Bilbo.
Every knock in Washington is a
boost to the Senator in Mississippi
His Craftsmanship now of the
Senate District Committee is the
result of Senate tradition far more
important to his colleagues than the
deliberate whimsicalities of tenn
porary incumbent. In a member
ship rejecting all the cross currents
of American political life, the Sen
ators are not apt to become alarmed
over expressions which they recog-
nize-and which should be gener-
ally recognized-as designed chiefly
for popular reception at home.
Senator Bilbo is duly constituted
representative of the voters of
Mississippi and they have supported
him rather faithfully for over three
decades. 1t is waste of effort to
quarrel with Senator Bilbo over his
views or with the fact that he is
here. Our effort here in Washing
ton should be to obtain the right of
being represented in our Govern
ment. along with the people of
Mississippi. The denial of this right
is a species of tyranny which con-
tradicts every basic principle of
American democracy. Senator Bilbo
is product of that democracy. The
condition in Washington is its
negation.
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8AAi ltiAt1 WILLS.
Three Japanese di-
visions, to t a lin g
about 10000 men,
are believed taking
part in the opera
ton. The Japanese
divisions, which are
larger than those of
the Allies, usually
approximate 10000
men each. In the
India operation the
Japs have sent two
forces, each COM
posed of 10000 men,
into the drive for
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The resistance put up by a small
group of Germans in Casino hotel
was strong but not surprising. Any
Washington hotel clerk has to battle
that hard every day against hordes
of room seekers for whom there is
no living SPACE.
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No one understands why certain
locusts break out and devastate the
world at the rather strange interval
of once every II years. The German
figure of once every Is years Is more
symmetrical.
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A man. hit by his wife with an
alarm clock. has asked for divorce
on the ground of mental cruelty. A
better ground. against one who
would risk damaging alarm clocks
these days. would be insanity.
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A Federal Court Judge says recent
Supreme Court decisions make it
possible that when we take a bath
we are in interstate commerce" In
other words, watch your step before
you get into hot water.
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After the addition of 100000 Nazis
to the population of Hungary, al
ready on short rations, it will be
proper to spell the name of that un-
fortunate country without the "a"
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Differs With Critic of Rome.

Differs With Critic of Rome.
To the Editor of The Star:
Certainly I, for one, am not look
ing for light in Rome" says Gregory
Dexter, apparently unable to make out
in his gloom the outlines of $50 million
people who do. The blind rarely look
toward the light. A. SOUTH.
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Ripley says there is a tribe in
Bessarabia whose members have the
curious habit of always running and
never walking. 1t will surely come
in handy now,
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Combat Technique

There is a good deal more question:
ing today of the role that air power
should play in combat technique than
at any time since the present war began.
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It is in times of great crisis and great
trial such as these, that it is especially
difficult to be patient with the perfec-
zionist. In calmer days, when there is
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One good thing about the short
age of metal in this war as compared
to the last is that comparatively
few desks have been ruined by spurs.
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The Japanese offensive which is now
threatening Imphal is disturbing the
British high command in India more
because of its political than military
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The Political Mill

MILWAUKEE, Mar. 24.-How many
Republican voters want Gen. Douglas
Macarthur for their presidential candi-
date? Wisconsin's April primary will
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-10-20
Ill-Fated Chesapeake Has
No Namesake i'm Navy

Owing to the misadventures Of
the first American naval vessel to
be called the Chesapeake, the u. S.
navy has never given this name to
another combatant ship, says Col
lier's. In 1897, the captain Of this
frigate, unprepared to fight, struck
his flag and allowed his vessel to
be searched after being fired upon
by H.M.S. Leopard.
Again in 1878, the crew Of the
Chesapeake, unwilling to continue
a battle, surrendered and the ship
was captured by the Inns. Shan
non.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-10-20
Repels Moths

A new wallpaper is impregnated
with cedarwood oil, for use in clos
cts where clothes will be stored for
some time. If the closet is tightly
closed it will have an anti-clothes-
moth action.