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Evening star., 1944-02-05

against the enemy in the East and
the enemy In the West, without
weakening ourselves at any point
is eloquent proof of our overwhelm-
ing superiority.
There has been much ill-informed
talk about the obsolescence of sea
power, but If the United Nations did
not have this immense advantage
today, there would be no way of
carrying all-out battle to our distant
enemy. Perhaps in some remote
future, giant bombing planes of ex-
traordinary strength and range will
do away with the need for surface
fleets, but in the immediate present,
for the purposes of winning this
particular war, our Allied Navies
are at once both indispensable and
OF decisive Importance. Without
them, we would be far from victory,
stalemated or possibly even on the
verge of defeat. With them, we are
daily advancing farther and farther
along the roads to Berlin and Toxic;
and seeing such force, the Nazis and
the japanese cannot help but feel a
sinking sensation, like men who
know that doom is inexorably clos
ing in on them-by sea quite as
much as by land and air.
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the Toxic propagandists to exploit,
and the longer they are allowed to
do so without countermeasures on
our part, the more mischief they will
be able to perform.
President Roosevelt's statement,
stressing our military mission and
pointing out that the Malayans and
others will never enjoy the oppor-
tunity to be free unless and until
the japanese are defeated, is there
fore a timely. one. But 1t will not,
of itself, be enough to serve as an
antidote to the poison being spread
from Toxic. The flght against that
seems to call for genuine intensi-
fication because the war of ideas is
an important supplement to the war
of bullets and cannot be neglected
without affecting the latter in one
way or another
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pledged to them will not be elected in
some of the States. These delegates
will vote for them in the national con-
vention. Indeed, delegate candidates
pledged to each one of them have filed
for the Wisconsin primary.
II X
Presidential preferential primaries In
the past have been considered tests
of vote-getting strength-as between the
candidates. Gov. Dewey in 1910, when
ne was still only 38 years old and his
only elective office had been district
attorney of New York County, entered
most of the preferential primary States
and won. The showing he made in these
primaries wac his biggest asset, and
he entered the 1910 national conven-
ton with the largest bloc Of delegates.
In that convention. however, there
was great mass of uninstructed dele
gates-and some of those who had been
instructed wore the candidates COL
lar lightly as Mr.. Dewey discovered
In the 1914 convention, 1t appears, there
will be another and perhaps even
greater number of uninstructed dele
gates. There may, however, be greater
direction of these delegates, due to
the fact that the Republicans now have
Governors Of 26 States, many of them
strong leaders. If a combination of
these Governors decides on candidate,
or against a candidate, they may be
very effective in the final choice.
AS Of today Gov. Dewey appears to
be the choice Of more Republicans than
any other potential nominee. Every
poll OF public opinion and of party
Leaders so indicates Since he has said
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Allied Sea Power

Our naval strength in the flaming
Marshalls area is reliably reported
to be made up of something like
100000 tons of vessels of all types,
including destroyers, cruisers, air.
craft carriers and the mightieSt of
our new battleships. Representing
the greatest concentration of it's
kind in the history of sea power,
this constitutes a fleet at least as
formidable as the entire United
States Navy before the devastating
attack on Pearl Harbor. Viewed
in that light alone, it is spectacular
enough, but it is even more spec
tacular when we consider that we
are able to throw such force against
a single objective and still have suf-
ficient force remaining for similar
offensive moves elsewhere in the
Pacific and for the coming Allied
invasion of Europe.
The United States Navy, which
must now be measured in terms of
much more than 100000 tons. is
earmarked largely for use against
the Japanese. but a good deal Of
it is in continuous operation against
the Nazis. Taken together with the
great British Navy with supplements
from the Dutch, French and italian
navies, it is fully equipped to effect
undisputed Allied mastery of the
seas in any region where such mas
terry is needed today or may be
sought later. This is one of the
towering and most significant facts
of the war: against the combined
fleets of Britain and the United
States, no power on earth. no coali-
ton of powers can hope to come into
control of the oceans of the world.
The fact that we can throw so much
strength into the Marshalls often
sive and yet 60 on with prepara-
tions for opening new fronts in
Europe-the fact that we can deploy
vast naval armadas simultaneously
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slams have never been especially enig-
matte In applying pressure against us.
When they wanted a second front they
used to say, in Pravda, I'VE want
second 'front.' When the Russians did
not want us to intervene in the Polish
boundary question they said: I'VE do not
wish you to intervene at this time"
When they wanted to reprimand Mr..
Willkie for not being willing to give
them Eastern Poland out of hand they
did not do 1t by obscurely shifting the
constables of Kiev to Kuibyshev or any,
thing Of that sort. They said it out loud.
The needing theory seems to me to fall
to earth. II they are needing us, what
are they needing us for?
Besides, why did Molotov praise the
Teheran accord in the very statement
IN which he announced the new political
changes? His remarks can only serve to
convince us OF the West that our gov
ernments are getting along with Russia:
lie, his remarks remove pressure. I
doubt II we are being needed" A
needle needs sharper point.
have said in the past that to under
stand Russian political maneuvers one
must in every case study the objective
result OF the action taken. In other
words, II the Russians pour bucket Of
water on some one the inference is not
that they are angry at him, but that
they want him to be wet What are the
objective results OF this new move? Let
us stop trying to analyze Hamlets char
acter land let us see what Hamlet has
actually done.
The objective results Of the new move
are that each of the Russian states has
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Tito Favored as Leader
tn the Editor NJ The Stap.

To the Editor of The Star:
The struggle for Yugoslav freedom
has been eternal. Two schools of thought
have developed from this struggle: One
desires to create an illusory democracy
wherein all power shall lie in the hands
of the king the other demands repub-
lican form of government with propor-
tional representation wherein each citi-
zen should have a right to vote, with no
person having the power to suspend the
constitution.
In the First World War. the Yugoslav
National Committee, located in London
and working in cooperation with the
Serbian government, eXpounded the
former view which now is advanced by
the followers of the Yugoslav govern
ment in exile. In 1917 at Chicago, the
Slovene Republican Alliance was organ
lied which later became the Yugoslav
Republican Alliance, expounding the
latter theory now carried on by the ad-
herents Of Marshal Tito.
The Yugoslavs have learned lesson
from the First World War. If they
desire to establish genuine democracy,
they must not permit carpet-baggers to
organize their provisional government.
Inc democracy must De organized IN the
homeland. This is what Tito has done
and is doing. The carpet-baggers who
organized the provisional government in
Yugoslavia in the year 1919 were able
to crush the spirit for free republican
democracy.
Although Marshal Tito and two of his
cabinet members are Communists, 1t
does not make his government any more
communistic than the City Council Of
New York City, which has two commu-
nistic aldermen. Their fight is a peo-
Piles fight, that no carpet-baggers shall
again enslave the people of Yugoslavia.
RICHARD j. ZAVERTNIK.
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Emphasizes Social Diseases

To the Editor Of The Star:
We should like to add our word OF
commendation to the many others which
you have received undoubtedly on The
Stars recent publication of the articles
and editorial on DR.. Ruhland's annual
report.
In view of The Stars interest in
social welfare and public health ques-
tions, may we call attention to the
campaign to stamp out syphilis and
gonorrhea? These diseases are among
the major destroyers Of sight, and they
are responsible for more than Is per
cent of blindness in the United States.
The District Of Columbia Social Hy-
giene Society and the District of Co.
lumbia Society for the Prevention Of
Blindness are collaborating in calling
special attention to the eye hazards Of
venereal disease. The Nationwide fight
to control syphilis is more important
now than ever before. To keep America
strong we must take advantage of the
scientific advances that can help us
control venereal disease and safeguard
sight.
(Nfrs) MARGARET r. OSTERMAN,
Executive Director, District of Colum-
bia Society for the Prevention of
Blindness
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Soldier Vote SnurI

The principal result of the Presi-
dents demand that members of
Congress stand and be counted"
on the soldier vote issue is parlia-
mentary tangle which promises to
compound the difficulties of insuring
effective service participation in the
November elections.
In attempting to put pressure on
Congress, the President was i'll ad-
vised. 1t is generally assumed that
he will be a candidate for re-
election, and it is also believed that
he would be the principal beneficiary
of the soldier vote. Hence, whether
justified or not, the impression pre-
vailed that he was seeking a per-
sonal advantage, and this only
added to the resentment of those
members of Congress who believed
the President was trying to put
them on the spot" The payoff came
when the House, on a record vote,
decisively defeated the administra-
tion plan, and the lesson to be drawn
from this is clear: On an issue of
this sort, Congress can no longer
be whipped into line by executive
pressure, direct or indirect. And
unless there is to be further de-
terioration in the relations between
the executive and the legislative
branches, the President will have
to resist the temptation to resort to
high-pressure tactics when things
are not going to his liking.
AS matters stand now, the re-
naming hope of salvaging any kind
of Federal ballot rests with the
Senate. And even there the anti
administration forces seem to have
gained ground since the Presidents
message. But the proponents of a
modified Federal ballot plan still
seem to have a majority in the
Senate, and If the final vote is
approached in a spirit of reason
ableness there is still hope of a
compromise that will work substan-
tial justice to the men and women
In the service. This hope will dis
appear, however, if there should be
any further attempt to employ
Strong-arm tactics.
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This Changing World

fess, Tor defensive purposes, strong light
ming attacks Once he has done as much
harm as possible he has frequently been
able to extricate his forces from almost
hopeless situations. When the situation
Is beyond repair, as it was in Tunisia, he
hands over command to someone else.
Difficulties of terrain and climate
coupled with excellent German defensive
positions well prepared in advance, have
made our progress In Italy slower than
had been anticipated. We may have
relied too much on our overwhelming
air superiority which certainly has been
'helpful on many occasions but was not
capable of playing the role Of flying
artillery" in demolishing the enemy's
lines Of heavy Notifications.
This slow moving offensive has per-
mitted the Nazis to bring up important
reinforcements which can be rushed to
any part Of the narrow front in accord
ance with their immediate needs.
Il y
Within few days after we had made
the surprise landing at Nettuno, the
Nazis began concentration of forces
in the area north of Casino and east
Of Nettuno. They moved forces from
the British front along the Adriatic,
leaving only slight covering force. and
also brought from the north the German
10th Army which they held near Rome
as general reserve. Marshal KesseI-
ring, German commander In Italy,
moved very cautiously. There were
indications that he would attempt
break through.
1t appears now that the main Nazi
effort is directed against the American
and British divisions in the Nettuno
Evening star., 1944-02-05
This and That
BU Charles E. TraceUeU

Templeton Jones was holding his
hands out at his sides. and swapping his
fingers against the palms.
What are you doing that for?" asked
Mrs. Jones.
Because I have arthritis," replied
Jones, promptly and succinctly.
rs that supposed to help it?"
The question was made innocently
enough, and Jones made no reply.
He went right ahead. bending his
fingers rapidly in and out, with snap
as they hit his palms, flexing them to
their fullest length the other way.
~
That" said Templeton Jones, as he
dropped his arms, sis the prescription
of a great man"
He shook his hands, one by one.
Woodrow Wilson was the man who
recommended it" he went on.
Il can recall it from the last war.
Every war brings out many strange
facts, and Wilson's hand exercise was
one of them.
as the famous IA points. But perhaps
it has held up better"
y
His wife smiled
1t was a reminiscent smile.
"As recall" she said, when YOU did
that exercise then, you overdid it.
you went at it hamn'"" "'''' 'c''~~
You did it with such consistency and
vigor that you made your hands sore
you were so stiff in the hands and
fingers and wrists the next day that
you could not use them at ALL"
X X *
Templeton Jones wriggled his fingers
Il do not recall that" he commented
"You see, exercise must always be taken
with restraint. OF course, there is likely
to be some discomfort the next day.
But that passes rapidly. A little more
exercise, and the stiffness vanishes"
His wife laid down her knitting.
when you did that finger exercise Is
years ago, your fingers were not merely
stiff, as I recall. They were almost
ruined for several days.
you had to stay home from the
office"
Templeton Jones said nothing for sew
eral seconds. then all he ssid was, IT
dent recall that"
Mrs. Jones replied, promptly, II do.
had to take care of you. You were in
doubt as to whether to wrap your hands
in hot or cold towels"
Jones tentatively f1exed his fingers
"As fit as a fiddle" he grinned
Really, don't see how a little bit of
f1exing could have such dire results"
"You overdid 1t, that was ALL
"Well, won't do 1t this time, prom
ise you"
Several times during the day he ex-
tended his arms and rapidly tapped his
fingers against the palms.
Great" he exclaimed.
The next morning Templeton Jones
was rather quiet.
How are you feeling this morning,
dear?" his good wife asked him.
"Fine!' exclaimed Jones. Never felt
better in all my life"
Here Is nice cup of coffee, dear"
II. er, don't think want any coffee
this morning You see"
"Yes," smiled Mrs. Jones, II see how
quietly you are holding your hands
You would keep on doing that exercise
after had warned you"
MY arthritis," Jones replied, firmly.
rs much better. And / still think
Woodrow Wilson wss . great man."
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SmuII Town

Oh! Glad the heart that knoDs q topn
Where trees clasp hands dboDe each
street
A street that knolDs 1uhich are the old,
The halt, and 1uhich the gay, young feet.
Where little churches nestle lotU
With shining steeples climbing high,
And where on peaceful Sabbath days,
A host OF aDhite-, -,uinged prayers 90 by!
And small, ,Dhite houses seem to smile
And nod at one so friendly
Almost the heart can hear them say,
Come in! Come in! And stay for teal"
little to,Dn is pery like
A mother standing at the gate
TO tDelcon,e all her children home,
Though it be soon or be 1t late.
INEz CLARK THoRSoN.
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Spanish Neutrality

II the franco governments cur
rent declaration means what it says,
the diplomatic tension that has
arisen between it and the western
Allies may be allayed. This official
statement was issued after a special
session of the cabinet, preceded in
its turn by lengthy conferences be-
tween Count Jordana, the Spanish
Foreign Minister. and The American
and British Ambassadors. The
Franco government now declares
categorically that it's foreign policy
is one of "strict neutrality" and that
equally strict conformity with this
policy will be demanded, not only
from its own citizens but also from
foreign nationals on Spanish soil.
This would seem to offer the basis
of an understanding with London
and Washington, because. so far as
is known, neither the American nor
British governments has demanded
that Spain break diplomatic rela-
tions with the Axis or enter the war
on the Allied side. What London
and Washington apparently insist
upon is that Spain conform to the
traditional duties of a neutral, as
exemplifled by Sweden and Switzer-
land in the present war. The Allies
realize Spain's difficult position,
with German armies camped on it's
Pyrenean border. and with influen-
tial sections of Spanish public opin-
ion ideologically friendly to the
Nazi-Fascist cause. What London
and Washington object to is the use
of Spanish soil as a base for Axis
agents, of Spanish ships for the
funnelling of imports destined for
Axis use, and the continued presence
of Spanish troops, even though tech
nically volunteers" on the eastern
front fighting beside the Germans
against our Russian allies. These
and kindred matters are the cause of
the embargo which Washington put
upon imports of oil from the Ca
ribbean to Spain during the current
month, with further intimation that
this oil ban might be only the first
OF similar measures eliminating in
possible economic blockade of
Spanish sea-borne foreign trade
spain's dependence upon foreign
imports is so absolute that it is hard
to see how its internal economy,
weakened by the civil war, could
avoid catastrophe if a naval block
ade were imposed Spain could ex-
pect virtually no economic assist
ance from Germany, hard-pressed
as that beleaguered belligerent has
become. The trend of the war has
likewise lost Franco his former bar
gaining position when he could
threaten to make trouble for the
Allies If driven to desperation.
Everything indicates. therefore, that
Franco will climb down as grace
fully as possible and will yield to the
Allied demands, the more so as these
are inherently reasonable, involving
no impairment of Srain's sovereignty
or dignity
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Still Vacant

1t will be interesting to see how
far Representative Coffee of WASH
ington, the new Chairman of the
House District Appropriations Sub
committee, will get in his revival of
the effort to have the President
appoint peoples counsel for the
Public Utilities Commission.
In response to a question at a
press conference last July, President
Roosevelt told reporters that he had
asked Attorney General Biddle for
an opinion as to whether he was
required under the law to fill the
position of peoples counsel-vacant
for seven years or more. He said
then that several Attorneys General
had opposed appointment of a peo-
pies counsel. AS Governor of New
York the President vetoed legisla-
ton providing for creation there of
such an office, indicating he did not
believe the position was necessary,
and he evidently has been opposed
to the idea ever since.
The current District Appropria-
tions Act appropriated funds for the
office, after a movement by local
citizens to have it revived A 1926
amendment to the Public Utilities
Act provided that there shall be
appointed by the President, by and
with the advice and consent of the
Senate, an additional counsel for
the Public Utilities Commission to
be known as the peoples counsel"
If Attorney General Biddle has ever
advised the President as to his legal
responsibilities under the seemingly
mandatory provision of that act, his
advisory opinion has never been
made public
Evening star., 1944-02-05

A determined advance by mechanical
and motorized elements of the landing
force might have given them possession
of these points, but could they have
stayed there?
ne German is tough and resource
full fighter. He is not foe with whom
it pays to take chances. The only re-
suit OF such an advance might have been
to scatter our strength and expose our
forces to destruction in detail. What
we actually did do was to devote the
time We had gained by surprise to the
consolidation of the beachhead, and
this may In the end prove the shortest
way to the accomplishment of the OBJ
jective-which still remains, not the cap
ture of Rome or any other place, but the
destruction of the opposing forces.
But that brings us back to our original
question-what now?
That question must. of course, be in
the minds of the Allied commanders.
The whole progress of the operation
up to this point is clearly foreseeable.
If it could be foreseen here, certainly
it was foreseen by Gems. Wilson and
Alexander. Certainly, therefore, they
have in their minds an answer for the
question-what now? 1t was by their
orders that our troops dug in The Ger
man counterattack was certain to fol-
low. The Allied chiefs may well have
been confident of the result. They Ger
tainly will have thought out the next
step.
It must come in the form Of a new
attack. That attack may be delivered
in the south, where Casino virtually
Is surrounded and where only slight
further advances by our troops would
bring us into more open country in
which the Germans could not carry out
their tactics of defense by minimum
forces depending on fire power rather
than on men. 1t may be delivered by
reinforcements landed In the beach,
head. area. perhaps expanding the
beachhead in size and increasing the
striking power within it. Or it may be
delivered on the 9Th Army front, where
there has been little progress recently
There is this to be said, as we wait
for further developments. The whole
pattern of this operation is strangely
reminiscent Of Tunisia, where the same
omcer was in command of the ground
forces who is now commander In chief
IN italy, Gen. Sir Harold Alexander.
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the move mean? 1t has been said that
the Russians are needing" us for some
reason, that they are pushing their
weight about, that they are showing us
who is boss by such cryptic moves as this
one, of giving each of the 16 republics
within the U. S. S. r. control over its
own foreign affairs and army forces.
l 90 not think the Russians are
needing us. do not think so, because
as pressure the move is too cryptic.
There is not much point in cryptic pres
sure. How can the Russians hope to
move us by pressure that is mysterious,
for ends that are unstated?
X
Vagueness is not virtue In pressure
device. Besides, in spite of many pop-
ular legends to the contrary, the Rus
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Will Be Understood

Prom the n Dorado (KansaD Times Ii
If you are thinking Of taking up tHl'
Japanese language, gentle reader, better
set aside more than an evening or two
Of light dipping into its intricacies. -.
The report has just been published,
that Columbia University's class in Jap,,
anese has dwindled from 60 In a year
to mere four students, and about
half of the original group dropped out,
because the language was too difficult.
Thus there are evidently serious dit
ficulties In the way of understanding
Japanese spoken and written speech,
But our soldiers and sailors are rapidly
becoming familiar with the Nips' war
philosophy and strategy. They have not
found that too difficult. And with such
understanding they can speak to thu
sons Of the rising sun in the only efYec.
tive language which these will unders
stand. ~.