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know how ! could live without heF,
I don't want our marriage ailnulled
and ! don't want 10 50 back 70 Los
Angeles"
The couple took ManfFedl's car
ofileaFs said. Tor their elopment trio
70 Arizona. They presented the
preacher with q note piFpoFtlng 70
be from the boys mother, Mrs. n.
q. WlaeeAFver and which stated
that be vas o. aae.
Their car broke down In Abb.
QleFqiie. N. A., and they wired the
bEiGs's mother, Hrs. ~. McEnee. 70
send thsm seEie money n Denver.
Buy War Bands and STAMPS
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damaging several barges.
LibeFat0rg, Boston and Mlteha1
bombers Of the Fifth Air Force con-
tinned their DECENTRALIZATION often.
siye against Wewak. In British HeV
Guinea. with q new attack Wednes.
day. when they dropped io3 tons o.
explosives on supply dumps ane
buildings around the four battered
airdTomes.
golomOns-based medium ana llght
hombeFs again ralded RAhaul, New
Britain, hitting Tobera runway ana
supply areas with l2e tons Of bombs
Motor vehicles were destroyed and
three baFges damaged. Two Amer.
lean planes were shot down By
enemy anli-aircraft ere.
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with modern methods. molly TIVE
persons are needed 10 make 81 the
tennis balls normally cold IN TIE
United States.
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Labor Relations Board WIN conduct
an election 70 determine II the
United Retail. Wholesale and De.
paTtment Store Employees Union
CIOl has q majority membership
ef the 1000 Ward employees IN
Chicago.
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office WORKERS and f0Eemen who
sere not members q he union 30
ported fef WA -
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Lives Up
To Slogan

Chicago, May 5-UP)-Ar-
thur Lange's wife had a baby
last night in a truck belong
ing to the company for which
he works. LANCE had been un-
able to find any other means
Of transportation. The COM
pany's motto, which was en-
bIazoned on the side Of the
truck: I'VE deliver anything"
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tray Crock, war correspondent,
AZ years IN the Balkans for the
N. z. Times and practically en-
route 1t this moment to the Eu-
10pean theater for International
News Service, spellbound some
Of US with this breathless story.
We asked him to jot 1t DOWN.
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Evening star., 1944-10-04

into the bloody purposes of Hitler and
Goebbels." I am afraid this is true
I cannot agree with the Senator's de-
duction that before the announcement
the Germans were surrenderinp in
droves: now they are fighting like
demons" German units have been sur-
ende ring for military reasons solely.
rs far as 1 can see But the effect Of
alring IDEAS like that Of Morgenthau is
certainly to stiffen German home re-
,istance
The Senator demands Something
more specific than the blunt demand
of unconditional surrender, coupled as
1t now is with the Morgenthau plan. !"
de believes the lack of terms is pro-
onging the war I fear he may be cor
rect. Certainly the Nazis will never
i've up, in any case, because their
lecks are at stake But we are not en-
couragtng the anti-Na1 forces in Ger
many. We have chosen to think they
do not exist, but we are wrong. The
longer the war lasts the better the
opportunity Of the Nazis to use a secret
weapon which isn't even secret-the
wholesale massacre Of every person in
Germany whom they suspect might be
potential leader Of anti-Nazi, propeace
or pro-Allied groups. The NaM object
is obviously to make our occupation of
Germany as confused and hazardous as
possible.
Nor can 1t contribute to breaking down
German morale to have Gen. Eisen-
hover announce that we come las con-
querors. not as oppressors" Had he
said, I'VE come as victors, not oppres-
sors.' the idea could have been cor
rectly translated into German. Con-
queror" must have been translated
"eroberer," which has q different con.
notation in the German vocabulary. An
"eroberer" is some one who makes per-
manent conquest and subjugation of a
country. 1t is all but a synonym for
"oppressor." I hate to carp, but our
psychological war fare leaves much to
be desired.
As for the term unconditional sur
render" what is beginning to worry
Americans is not primarily that the Ger
mans do not know what it means, but
that apparently we ourselves do not
know. 1t has to mean something, as our
troops enter Germany
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On the Record
By Dorothy Thomson

The publication Of the Morgenthau
plan mas had, on the whole, a healthy
enect In America-though, we may as
sumo, q thoroughly unhealthy effect in
Germany. Unhealthy. I mean, for us.
But 1t has, at long last, opened a dis
cussion and knocked out the extremists
OF the "Carthaginian peace" idea. moi
only here, but apparently also in Grea,
Britain. I hope 1t will knock out tbc
meaningless slogans OF hard" and soft
peace.
Mr.. Eden has repudiated. theso
empty phrases, along with the concep,
OF good" and bad Germans. We are
not dealing with the Germans as an
agglomeraton Of individuals. good o.
bad, but with the German State an
military machine. What we want is
solution that is enforceable.
Our primary interest is to shorten til
war, spare unnecessary waste of Ameri-
can lives, and prevent any future
chance Of Germany's making war. Dis
turbing to. such objectives is the ques-
ton OF revenge. 1t confuses the issue.
1t Is essentially part of the war, not
the peace; and it has to be treated
separately.
1t cannot possibly be intelligent tactics
to furnish DR.. Goebbels with the only
propaganda with which he can hope to
unite despairing German forces to con-
tinue the war to the death. Yet that
Is what we have been doing.
Personally I have written much on
the German question since the war
began, but in every word I have pub
lished I have tried to think of the
enect in Germany itself, since know
that the Goebbels machine carefully
reads and culls the American press. I
have asked myself whether what wrote
would encourage or discourage Germans
from standing behind Hitler.
II am proud of anything, It Is that
DR.. Goebbels has made great efforts to
prevent the republication OF what I have
written, not only in Germany but In
countries around Germany. In con-
trast, Lord Robert Vansittart, Rex
Stout and associates, and many others,
have been furnishing Goebbels with
his most effective propaganda.
Now, Senator Edwin johnson, Demo-
crat, of Colorado has issued a formal
statement that "the poorly conceived
Morgenthau plan has played directly
Evening star., 1944-10-04
This Changing World
By Constantine Broscn

the Allies when 1t attacked the German
forces In Warsaw with view to helping
the Russians liberate the capital. The
Polish underground men fought bril-
liantly but they, had only q limited
amount OF arms and ammunition which
would have been sufhcient had the Rus
slams moved on from Praga across the
Vistula River.
This obviously was not possible. The
Poles continued fighting and for three
weeks they received no support from any
quarter, although the Polish aviators in
Scotland had been begging the British
government to allow them to fly over
Warsaw and drop food and ammunition
TO their fellow soldiers. Warsaw was in
the Russian military zone and 1t was
not possible to do anything for the
Poles without the permission of Russia.
This permission was finally granted
several weeks ago when the Polish
underground had become practically ex-
hausted. But even 30 the assistance
given them was largely nominal.
The story Of the Warsaw battle is not
yet fully known. Only sketchy informa-
tion Is coming through But the latest
communique from Gen. Bor that war
saw has fallen" is compared by many
with the famous Kosciusko sentence:
"Finis Polonia."
Despite the friendly Intervention of
the United States and Great Britain at
Moscow and despite the unmistakable
desire Of Premier Mikola jczyk to reach
a real understanding with Moscow the
relations between the two governments
are as bad as ever. The Polish Premier.
IN order to comply with many of Russia's g
objections against the men in authority
In London, decided to sacrifice the
commander in chief of the Polish Army.
Gen. Sosnkowski, who had made
brilliant record as military leader
during the short-lived battle of Poland
in 1899.
Gen. Sosnkowski was dismissed from
MS command last week The action
threatened to disrupt the Polish Army in
the Middle East, where the officers and
men were on the verge of breaking their
allegiance to their government and ask
Ing the British to incorporate them in
the British Army. The appointment of
Gen. Bor as successor to Gen. Sosnkow-
ski Gained them down.
But even Gen. Bor, in spite of the
heroism he had displayed since August
was not acceptable to Moscow. The
Polish National Committee proceeded
to denounce him as a traitor.
In political quarters it is feared that
the consequences Of the fall OF Warsaw
may be far-reaching.
Evening star., 1944-10-04
The Work of Heroes

General Arnold's sta atistical report
on the Army Air Forces is an i'm
pressive commentary on Americas
greatness in the sky. Since our
entry into the war, AAF bombers
have dropped more than 100000
tons Of explosives, and AAF planes
of all types-fying close to 14,O00,-
600 hours, consuming in excess of
two billion gallons of 100-octane
gasoline and firing 238 million
rounds of ammunition-have de-
stroyed 27,000 enemy aircraft, prob
ably destroyed 5000 more and dam
aged 10000 others.
The figures speak pretty much for
themselves. Largely because of them,
. the enemy has been battered to a
point where he knows that his total
defeat-sooner or later-has become
inevitable. But the AAF's tremen-
dous achievements have not been
realized at little cost or without
heavy sacrifice, even though losses
have been held down remarkably
well in relation to the magnitude
Of operations. According to Gen
eral Arnold, 14,600 Army planes have
been lost in combat, $500 more from
noncombat causes overseas and
1880 in training and operational
activities in the continental United
States-a total of $4,000.
And many of our young men have
been lost. too. AAF combat casual
ties, up to the latest count, total
$4,000 dead, missing. wounded and
prisoners, plus noncombat losses of
$500. A report comparable to Cen
eral Arnold's has not yet been made
by the Navy. but the accomplish
ments of our naval and marine fly
ers-and their sacrifices as welfare
in all probability proportionately the
same as the Army's. Greatness
exacts its price. Victory does not
come cheap. Legions Of heroes are
responsible for Americas brilliant
air record. and the Nation will be
forever in debt to them.
Evening star., 1944-10-04

seem to be holding some positions in the
Cyclades, which cover the sea route
between Crete and Athens, where there
Is still German garrison.
The total German force on the Greek
mainland is estimated at five divisions,
and there is a gradual movement Of
these troops northward toward Salonika
and the Vardar Valley, the one escape
route by which they can hope to get
back to Germany and take part In the
final defense of the fatherland, provided
they can get there in time. Their one
hope Is the Salonika Belgrade railroad,
This line has been frequently inter-
rupted by Marshal Tito's forces, it has
been out OF commission for days at a
time, but the Germans keep restoring 1t
to use, and it may be that they can
protect 1t long enough to get their troops
back to the Danube, as far as Tto,s
troops are concerned.
But the Russian entry into Eastern
Yugoslavia is another matter. Not only
are the Russians over the Danube and
driving on the great railway junction Of
Ms, which would sever the main line
Bulgarian reports say that Russo Bull
garian forces are moving west across the
Yugoslav frontier toward Skoplje, and II
this town is lost to the Germans the fate
Of their five divisions in Greece Is sealed
for good and all.
Finally, the Germans must reckon
with the entry into the rather confused
pattern of Balkan warfare Of increas-
ing numbers Of Anglo American COM
mandos, and technical units coming in
from the Adriatic coast, and the con-
slant support Of sthese and the Greek
and Yugoslav Patriot forces by the
ALLIED air power.
It Is not only the fate Of the five
divisions In Greece, but Of the Is or 20
in Yugoslavia which Is now at stake.
Many Of the latter may be able to retire
behind the line Of the Drava River.
But they have been 30 scattered
over the country In the course Of
their campaign against Tito that many
elements OF these divisions may be cut
Oh and destroyed II . general German
debacle IN tho Dalkans sets IN.
(c0e5risht 1e44.)
Evening star., 1944-10-04

The END" of Warsaw as . city and
the wiping out Of large numbers Of the
Polish underground forces originally
estimated at 10000 fighters probably
marks . renewal of the bitter strife be-
tween the Polish government in London
and the Soviet-sponsored National Lib
Grafton Committee in Moscow.
The Polish question Is one OF the most
serious cores OF misunderstanding be-
tween the Moscow and London govern
ments. The British government feels
that since it went to war in 1899 to save
Poland it cannot lightheartedly throw
the entire refugee Polish government
overheard and that the peoples of Po-
land should be given chance to elect
freely and without outside interference
whatever government they desire after
their total liberation.
The Russians do not like the exiled
government, which they consider re-
actionary. A hand-picked organization
called the Polish National Liberation
Committee was organized in Moscow
about two years ago and has received
the full support Of the Soviet authori-
ties ever since diplomatic relations be-
tween Russia and Poland were broken
of.
During his visit to the White House,
Premier Stanislaw Mikola jczyk empha-
sized that territorial controversies are of
secondary Importance He made it clear
to Prime Minister Churchill earlier that
his main interest was in seeing that the
Polish people be given a chance to elect
their own government In the areas which
had not been earmarked for Russia after
the defeat of the Nazis.
On such a basis and following the
urgent advice OF President Roosevelt and
Secretary Of State Hull. the Polish
Premier went to Russia to learn Premier
Stains views firsthand. Mikolajczyk.
who is peasant and entered political
life In order to safeguard the interests
OF the Polish peasantry before the war,
was an ideal man to talk with the
highest officials of the U. S. s. r. He
made good impression on them and
was considered as possible member of
the future Polish government provided
he could come to an understanding with
members of the Liberation Committee.
In the meantime, however, their light
ming offensive brought the Russians into
Praga. the industrial suburb of Warsaw.
According to information obtainable
In well-informed Washington quarters.
the Polish underground commanded bv
Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski, better known
as Gen. Bor, acted on instructions from
Evening star., 1944-10-04

conceivably be able to hold out until
next spring or even later.
The lull, however, has not been
surprising. Within q matter Of
weeks our Allied troops and armor
have driven forward hundreds Of
miles from their starting points, so
that since their arrival at the Sieg-
fried Line the task Of keeping them
adequately supplied has been a til
tanic one. Even so, in face of the
immense logistical difficulties in
volved, we now see the 1st Army
striking out again with such strength
that it has preached another section
of the enemy's major defense barrier
and raised the hope that Cologne
will be reached-and the Rhine itself
possibly crossed-in the relatively
near future.
With our armies now on the soil
of his homeland, with his cities
more than ever exposed to air at
tack, and with his manpower re-
sources all but exhausted, the en-
eny's only hope must be that if he
holds out long enough, there may be
a last-minute split among the Allies
or he may gain sufficient time to
employ his allegedly tide turning
secret" weapons. Sustained by this
hope and by their desperation, it
may be that the Nazis will be able
to prolong the war into 1945, but the
fresh offensive by the 1st Army
followed up, according to today's
news, by the Sd Army's capture
of Fort Driant, strongest position
around Metz - suggests that the
Allied high command is going to
spare no effort to beat them to their
knees before the new year.
To this end, in addition to Gen
eral Hodges and General Patton's
forces, the Canadian 1st, the British
I'd and the American 7th Armies
all already in direct contact with
the enemy-may lash out into new
offensives, too, while the American
9th-a mystery element in the field,
in secret positions-may at any
moment begin playing a spectacular
role. This lineup of strength may
yet justify the more optimistic view
OF the timetable in Europe.
Evening star., 1944-10-04
AL Smith

millions OF Americans who dlffered
with him in many points of view will
mourn the passing of Alfred
Emanuel Smith of New York He was
a great American. The qualities
which made him famous merited the
distinction he enjoyed As leading
character in the political pageant of
the Nation between 1895 and 1910, he
possessed a unique power of attrac-
ton for all classes Of people. He was
Iovable at seventy as we'll as at
seventeen. Some sparkling element
of boyishness clung to him even
when disappointments might have
rendered him bitter and cantan-
kerous.
What the historians of the distant
future will say of him Is problem
atical. There is no doubt that he
was constructive force in his time
and place. Neither Tammany Hall
nor the Democratic party controlled
him. He was far more truly inde-
pendent than certain of his con-
temporaries who loudly stressed their
own Individuality. His patriotism
was firmly rooted and very real, and
he was correct in his insistence that
he put the benefit of the Nation
above tt 1T Of all constituent groups.
BY his homely candor, his down-to-
earth manner of speech and curl
ously persuasive eloquence, he taught
multitudes to think upon a vast
diversity of problems.
AL Smith was sprung of poverty,
his youth was handicapped by lack
of formal educational advantages,
he rose to eminence by processes
which were not above reproach in
every ethical particular But he was
genuine, without conceit or pretense.
He was a true conservative in the
sense of being conServator of useful
and helpful social values; he was a
progressive in the sense of building
slowly and carefully new social
structures desired by the community
he served and he consistently op-
posed those bosses" who held no
mandate from the voters and were
impelled only by selfish ambition.
His contribution to New York State
during his four terms as Governor
was monumental offering, the in
fuence of which still is evident in
the sin1plifled and more efficient
administrative practices which AL
Smith sponsored and which continue
in effect. 1t was his proud boast
that he was an economizer, and he
was justified in his contention that
he never wasted public money and
never interfered with the personal
liberty of any fellow man. His an
tipathy to the New Deal traced to
his rugged faith in the freedom of
the individual.
But he also believed in co-opera-
ton, and it would be a mistake to
suggest that he was hard to work
with. AL Smith was congenial soul
in the day-to-day routine of his life.
He had no patience with pickering,
4 common phrase ir his vocabulary
Evening star., 1944-10-04

was: "Now, you boys, get together"
Back Of his charity was his religion.
He was glad to be loyal member
of the Roman Catholic Church, and
II that allegiance, plus his refusal to
compromise on the prohibition issue,
cost him the presidency in 1928-as
many observers believed-the sacri-
fee was not regretted. More than
fifteen million Americans cast their
ballots for him after campaign
which no one looks back upon with
satisfaction. And in defeat he re-
mained "the happy warrior" safe in
his possession of the affection and
respect of millions of his fellow
citizens
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Situation in the Balkans
By Maj. George FieIdins Eliot

The German grip on the Balkans is
weakening, perhaps dissolving would be
better word. Romania and Bulgaria
have deserted the German cause and
Joined that of the United Nations
though the whole hearted enthusiasm Of
the Bulgarians seems likewise to be tot
tering on the verge Of making . virtue of
necessity, since it is unlikely that they
can long resist the Russian forces de-
ploying along their frontiers.
The Russian entry into Yugoslavia and
the junction of Russian forces with those
of Marshal Tito, added to the increased
aid which Tito is receiving from Anglo
American forces on the Adriatic side.
seems to presage an early liberation Of
the heroic South Slavs, who have so
long fought against their German in
vaders.
Under these conditions it is not sur
prising to learn that a German evacu-
alton Of Greece is apparently in prog
ress, Putting together the various re-
ports and evaluating them as well as is
possible at this distance, the situation in
Greece seems to be that the Germans
are carrying out q gradual withdrawal
OF their troops, leaving the usual
suicide" garrisons in key positions.
Certain of the Greek islands have
already been liberated, according to the
best available advices. Among those are
Samothrace and Thasos, evacuated BY
the Bulgarians, and Khios, .Mytilene and
Skyros, from which the Germans have
withdrawn Grecian Thrace, according
to Soviet reports, is to be governed until
the close of the war by mixed COM
mission, but the Greek government very
properly has protested against the in
clusion OF a Bulgarian representative
on this commission.
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The great fortress Island Of Crete had
garrison OF two German diyisions.
One Of these il now said to have been
withdrawn and the other to be concern
trated In the western half Of the island.
The Allied occupation Of Cythera should
not Be considered q cutting on the
possible retreat Of this remaining Ger
man division. because fhe Germans
Evening star., 1944-10-04
Farm Sale
BY David Laurence.

There iDere things I needed, 20 I stood
Among the crotpd and Udited til then
brought
Ont the household mares. substanail
and good,
But iphen it Dos oVer. I had no<
bought
A thing. had the feeling sonsehop
That q presence dreto near, remote
and dim
! could picture her NTH sunlight on her
broD,
Standing on that rug to ,Delccme him.
And could see as plain ttpiligltt scene.
The 0dteleg tabls and the t,Do of then,
Holding hands, the rose tea service be-
"a tween,
And the luster pitcher that pas Z
living gem
OF iodrm blue IRE that caught the sun.
light CLEANS,
Her china. d0isy- -,Orsdthsd, gold
banded
II pss IKE buying sons sMs slsSs
dreams,
20 c0nse Ga0g1 =. eAaHty-haa6AI
ALMA ROBSON HI0BEE.