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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

sheriffs departments has re-
suited in many convictions on
pleas of guilty, without trial,
thus saving the taxpayers thou
sands of dollars in court costs.
When Theut first took over
direction of the county's law
forcement he set up schools for
instruction of his personnel; &C
quainted them with the evidence
required by the prosecuting at
torney and, in setting up rescue
machinery, saved the lives of
countless person threatened with
drowning and death by other
types of accidents.
Touching upon the statement
that he had seldom made so
little money in his life Sheriff
Theut pointed out that, long
hours considered, he has av-
eraged about 70 cents per
hour" for the time actually
spent on the job.
NO COMPLAINT
I'm not complaining" he
said today, Il knew what I was
getting into and I was happy
to serve insofar as | could. New
ertheless, in fairness to my sue
cessors in the sheriff's office, I
believe that the salary setup
should be re-considered by the
Board Of Supervisors. It's a big
job, requiring a great deal of
hard work and a degree of haz-
ard. The man who does a good
job as sheriff is deserving of a
fair wage"
Theut, likewise. pointed to-
ward the almost hopeless limi-
tations of his personnel. At no
time, despite the fact that some
g men are chalked up on the
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05
Big Sheriff Nedrs Terms End

"It's been a swell four years."
That was the somewhat sober
comment made today by Jacob
F. Theut, only Macomb county
sheriff ever TO voluntarily re-
linquish the reins of law-en-
forcement.
I'm going TO miss the ex-
element, the long hours and
the sense of trying 10 do some
thing to make of Macomb coun-
ty a better place in which to
live" the Big Fellow said re-
flectively.
II don't believe l ever work
ed so hard - or made so little
money - since | was a boy
he added with a grin, but point
ed out that he had made innum-
cradle friends. learned a great
deal about acknowledgements and
had greatly enjoyed his work.
STILL ON TOP
Jake, as he is Familiarity
known to thousands of Macomb
county residents isn't through
yet, however. He still has some
IL weeks to go before he turns
over his department to who
ever proves the winner in the
Nov. 7 general elections, and
he is decidedly still on the job
sheriff of all Of the county.
The Big Boy, who stands six
feet six inches in height and
weighs in excess Of $50 pounds,
is all sheriff. He hasn't conduct
ed a swivel-chair supervision OF
the county's affairs. Of all the
jobs that fall TO his staff he,
personally. has performed each
one of them from traffic patrol,
to crashing in the doors of gam
bling and vice resorts and the
answering of overloaded desk
calls.
Never before, within til e
memory of old-timers in Ma
comb county's official life, has
a sheriff declined to run for
third term and gracefully pre-
pared to retire from office.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

Theut, with all sincerity. tells
simply why he doesn't seek an
other two year term:
II promised the people when
they reelected me in 1912 that
| would not run in 1914. l keep
my word"
And that simple phrase 81
keep my word" typifies the sort
Of fellow who has occupied the
sheriff's office since 1910. In
tegrity and initiative, coupled
with a kindly understanding of
the problems Of the people, have
been reflected throughout the
four year period he has stood
at the helm of county law-en-
forCement.
ABLE ASSISTANTS
The Sheriff personally ex-
pressed his appreciation of the
splendid work performed by all
members of his staff. "They GER
tainly have worked hard, stay
ed on the job because they liked
that type Of work and, within
the limits of their numbers,
gave Macomb county excellent
police protection" he said, At
his right hand have stood two
able lieutenants, Undersheriff
Harley Ensign and Chief Dep
uty Thomas Kaltenbach. who
by their perseverance, and inn
munity from outside influence,
have helped provide Macomb
county with what is generally
recognized to have been one Of
the least crime-ridden admins
trations within recent years.
SAVED THOUSANDS
The sheriff likewise stressed
the fact that close coordination
of prosecutors, coroners' and
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

all of the 10000 residents OF
the county as a whole"
During Big Jake's administra-
ton there has, by all available
yardstickS, been less gambling,
less racketeering and less gen
eral defiance of law and order
than in many other adminiStra-
tions-deSpite the fact that the
population of the county has
grown enormously as a result
of the influx of war workers.
Within the limits imposed
upon him by lack of manpower
he has kept crime 10 minimum,
provided a healthy and clear
protection for the citizenry as a
whole. He has kept his eye on
the whole bailiwick."
To say that crime did not, or
does not; exist would of course
be foolish, 1t does. Perhaps it
always will for petty racketecrS
can, and do, worm their way in
unnoticed for at least brief fur
rles within the county.
But, enthusiastically, Big
Jake likes the work:
Yes" he said, its been fine.
| appreciate the opportunity for
service the people of Macomb
county twice accorded me. It's
been a grand experience"
OF this everyone can rest as
Sured if Jake's record means a
thing:
He'll stay in the Saddle-shcr-
if of every section of the county
until midnight on Dec. 81. He
doesn't give you the impression
that he'll stand for any foollng
around not while he is
still responsible for law enforce
ment."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

while serving in the Mediterran.
can in the u. S. Maritime Serv.
ice, said he couldn't match Spa
ghetti dinners given by his
Democratic opponent, Rep.
Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. "a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

Q-What animal Is swiftest?
A-The antelope; IL has been
clocked at So m.p.h.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-05

Q-What does a seat on the
New York Stock Exchange cost?
A-One sold recently for S64,-
900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

DETROIT. Mich-Gerald L. K. Smith
and his new America First party NAV
turn out to be fortunes gift to Roose-
welt fourth termers.
Here's the simple, cold logic Of the
situation created by the entrance of
this new, nationalistic third party into
the presidential race.
The America Firsters have been hos
tile to the Roosevelt administration and
still are. Mr. Smith, during the course
OF an hours conversation with this
writer at his home here, said "99 per
cent Of my people are anti-Roosevelt 4"
This means that the rank and file OF
the America Firsters would not vote
for Mr.. Roosevelt next November.
They might we'll have been expected
to vote for the Dewey Bricker ticket.
Instead of that, they are to have an
opportunity to vote for Mr. Smith him.
self for President
For Mr. Smith and his followers have
complied with the laws of Michigan
and gotten place on the ballot for
the America First ticket They have
named presidential electors for whom
their party members may vote, and
any one else who doesn't like either
Roosevelt or Dewey.
Further, Mr.. Smith said, plans are
being made for the entry of the new
party into many other States There
are sixteen other States in which it
is fairly simple for a new party to get
on the ballot next November" he con-
tinued. He said he did not care at
this time to reveal the names of these
States. He has brought to Detroit Don
Lohbach, director of organization in the
Southwest section Of the country for
the old America First Committee in
the prewar days. Mr. Lohback is to
be director of organization for the new
party. AS soon as the new director has
made complete digest of the laws of
the States affecting party place on the
ballots. steps will be taken to enter the
America First party with presidential
electors in number of States.
Il had hoped" said Mr.. Smith. ito
support the Republican ticket this year.
provided its candidates took a firm
stand for American rights" He has
preached up and down the land against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Letter From q Soldier

"1f we WashingtonianS now Serv-
ing in the armed forces, or those
at home, are capable of fighting, or
running the war front at home, why
are we not as capable of casting a
vote as any other Americana"
The soldier who asks that question
of The Star-his letter is printed
elsewhere on this page today-has
every reason to be puzzled over a
condition that is a shameful con-
tradiction of many of the things he
is told he is fighting for. He and
his comrades and their families
here at home are, of course, as
capable" of casting vote as other
Americans, if capability in that
respect is measured in terms of
intelligence, loyalty and other marks
of good citizenship
They cannot vote because the
men who wrote the Constitution,
without knowing where or when the
Sdp4ooA ellSy ploN4NtCo loA Wou1o NC
founded, failed to provide a method
of voting for the people who some
day might live there. They may
have taken it for granted that the
States which coded the land for
Capital would take care Of the voting
rights of their citizens.
But that failure, or oversight, then
Is subject to remedy now. The
remedy lies in the joint resolution
by Representative Summers of Texas
and Senator Capper of Kansas, pro-
posing an amendment of the
Constitution as follows:
The Congress shall have power to
provide that there shall be in the
Congress and among the electors of
President and Vice President men,
bers elected by the people of the
District constituting the seat of the
Government of the United States, in
such numbers and with such powers
AS the Congress shall determine
All legislation hereunder shall be
subject to amendment and repeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

Roosevelt and the New Deal. He has
dubbed them communistic fascist and
internationalistic.
But Mr.. Dewey has pinned an anti
semetlc label on me. He did it at
Jew meeting in New York last April
4, after had campaigned against Wen
dell l.. Wilkie in Wisconsin and helped
10 elect Dewey delegates to the Repub-
hcan National Convention. He repu-
dated me and the America Firsters.
Then I opposed Mr.. Dewey's NOM
ination. We went to Chicago and sup
ported Gov. Bricker of Ohio for Presi-
dent at the Republican National Con-
Vention. And Mr.. Bricker was perfectly
willing to have our support.
When later We had a convention
here of America Firsters, We named a
national and complete State ticket
was nominated for President. and
since we liked Gov. Bricker's ideas on
foreign affairs We nominated him for
Vice-President. What happened then?
At the demand of Mr.. Dewey, Gov.
B-icker repudiated me and the Amer
lea Firsters, and said he would not
permit the use of his name on our
ticket
To Mr.. Smith that was the end of
the Republican party so far as he is
concerned. If he dislikes any one more
than he does Franklin D. Roosevelt
1t is Gov Dewey, the Republican NOM
inee. The iron has entered into his
soul
What this may mean for the Repub-
lican ticket in this State and others
remains to be seen. 1t looks at this
writing like an asset for the Demo-
Gratis.
Mr.. Dewey" Mr. Smith said, SIS con-
Quoting grooming, Frank Sinatra kind
Of campaign. He is saying nothing and
carrying water on both shoulders. He
Is playing up the internationalists and
hoping for the nationalist vote, too.
Well, he can't bite Wilkie off at one
end of the stick and me off at the
other, and win
My next column will deal more with
the America First party. its strength,
its plans and for what 1t stands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Henqyunq Falls

The fall of long-beSieged Hen
gyang does not come as a surprise
to informed observers, but the con-
sequences are no less serious because
the event itself had been foreseen.
Hengyang was the last natural bull
Wark against the Japanese offensive
to cut China in two. Less than ITO
miles now separate the japanese
victors at Hengyang from their COM
rades working northward to meet
them from the Japanese-held port
metropolis of Canton. The inter
vening country is region of low
hills intersected with river valleys
which the japanese can use as la
teral avenues of advance, the main
thrust of course following the road
bed of the Hankow- Canton trunk
railway
The Chinese did their best to save
Hengyang. Several times during the
six-weeks siege, strong Chinese
forces struck in on the TANKS of
the japanese corridor, and one of
these relieving columns actually
penetrated to Hengyang, bringing
reinforcementS and badly needed
supplies. Also, the American Air
Force in China commanded by Gen
eral Chennault constantly bombed
and strafed the japanese besiegers
and harried their communications.
The siege must have cost the Japa-
nese dear, but losses did not deter
them, because the prize was worth
heavy price. And the Japanese
have now succeeded.
Besides the likelihood of a link
age with Canton, there is also the
possibility of japanese thrust
southwestward down the branch
railway which joins the main line
at Hengyang. This railway runs into
the heart of Kwangsi Province,
which borders on Japanese held
Indo-China. 1t is instructive to note
that the japanese have recently
started an invasion of that province
from the southern seaboard, based
on Hainan Island which they have
long occupied. A japanese conquest
Of Kwangsi would give them direct
land route to Indo-C China, thus OBJ
waiting even the need for a short
water haul to Indo- China from Can
ton. That would forestall the pos
sibility of Interruptions by our sea
power if it should succeed in pene-
trating the China Sea and break
ing japanese coastal communica-
tions.
The psychological effects of Hen
gyang's fall should likewise be con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

sealed. But the little news which
seeps through indicates the trials
and repressions publicized through the
official German information channels
represent only small fraction of what
Is actually going on within the Reich.
complete cleaning up is said to be
In process. Ofi1cers, regardless of rank,
who through their family ties or past
history could be only slightly suspected,
are either put ip prison or relieved OF
their assignments and kept under the
strict observation of the Gestapo. Ci-
villains in government jobs are under
going the same scrutiny. The same
applies to factories where the family
history of every one from foremen to
the rank and file Of the workers is care
fully investigated
According to reports which appear re-
liable but cannot be definitely checked
the whole of Germany is a vast prison
camp while execution of suspects is
taking place hourly. There is a man.
hunt for every one who springs from
nobility and has not proved to be a
fanatical and pure Nazi Observers
who have chance to watch develop
ments in the Reich from neutral bor-
the number of persons executed will
far exceed that of the French revolu-
ton and approximate that in the Rus
sian revolution % years ago.
4
The German armies are holding out
on all fronts. But the question is how
the bloodbaths in the Reich will affect
the soldiers at the front Some say
the morale OF, the fighting men. To
the contrary, others maintain that it
will make them more determined than
ever to fight to the bitter end.
Moscow is following the developments
In the Reich with even greater inter-
est and better understanding than
Washington and London The Com
munist party has been outlawed in
the Reich but many of its members
have become faithful members OF the
Nazl party for awhile. It is assumed
that through them the Soviet author
tiles have a better understanding and
more adequate information than the
American and British Governments.
Some spectacular developments may
be expected in the near future. What
they may be no one seems to know.
Some diplomatic quarters in Washing
ton believe that the request Of the
Soviet government to postpone the
Dumbarton Oaks conference, which was
to have opened in Washington on Au-
gust IA, was due not to the necessity
for further diplomatic preparation on
the part of the Soviet delegates but
to the desire of Moscow to see what
will happen in the Reich this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Prelude to Collapse

The so-called peoples Court of
Germany has done what was ex-
pected of it, In blitz fashion, with
the presiding Judge constantly
smearing the foredoomed defend
ants with such choice epithets as
'pig-dog,' it has disposed of eight
more officers of the German Army
With another group scheduled to
be tried and sentenced in the same
way - to die by hanging the
court" has thus greatly broad
ened the scope of the purge begun
Immediately after the crime of
July 20" when Hitler "miraculously"
escaped being blown to bits.
At first, after this miracle" had
taken place, the Fuehrer and his
top henchmen declared that only
small clique had been involved in
the crime" and that this clique
had been wiped out. Later, how
ever, the Nazi propagandists began
making admissions to the contrary,
and the peoples Court" was
called into action to deal with the
situation, more or less in the care
fully staged manner that character
ICED the notorious Reichstag fire
trial in the early days of Hitler's
tyranny. Quite obviously the abor-
tive revolt of July 20-and we can
be reasonably sure that something
like it occurred, even though there
are grounds for being skeptical
about the assassination attempt
was led by more than a few insig-
nif1cant army officers and civilian
co-conspiratOrs.
When a field marshal a former
chief of staff Of the army. numer-
Gus generals and lesser officers and
several once prominent civilian
authorities are openly implicated in
plot to get rid of Hitler and seize
power in Germany, we may safely
assume that the processes of Ger
man disintegration have advanced
so far and become so we'll known to
the people at large that the Nazis
no longer see any point in trying
to keep the matter secret. Instead,
they appear to have decided to
beat the drums over it, and attack
it bloodily with whip and sword in
a loud and desperate effort to &C
complish tWofold objective: First,
by hanging such men as Field Mar
shall Erwin Won Witzleben, to dis
courage all others from attempting
rebellion; and second, by blaming
the Reich's military reverses on
highly placed traitors" to make it
seem to this and future lions
of Germans that army commanders,
and not the F'uehrer or the National
Socialist Party, must be held re-
sponsible for the catastrophe now
plainly taking shape.
Viewed in any light, the purge
going on in Germany, at this par
ticular point in the war, is a clear
symptom of mortal weakness. How
the German people must feel about
1t can best be imagined by imagin-
ing how we or the British would
feel If anything like it were happen
ing in our own countries. 1t is the
opening scene in the last act of a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Says People Know Record

DAYS feOple knOw Record
To the Editor OF The Star:
David Lawrence, in his column of
August T. seems TO feel that a great
injustice Is being done to Candidate
and Commander in Chief Roosevelt bv
people who persist in citing President
Roosevelt's promises made in 1910 to
Keep the United States out of this war. q"
He accuses these people of "misrepre-
sentatlon concerning the facts leading
UP 10 Americas entry into this war.
The American people" stated Mr..
Roosevelt. fatty, in accepting his third
term nomination on July 10, 1910. will
not decide by listening to mere words
or by reading mere pledges, interpre-
tatlons and claims. They will decide
on the record-the record as it has
been-the record of things as thev are g"
taxing MIR. Roosevelt at his word, I
think one safely can assume that he
was not placing any too much import.
ance in what promises he made to the
Nation while campaigning for election
III l94o 1t, therefore, is a little hard
to understand why Mr.. Lawrence should
allow himself to get so worked I'm
Exhumlng tour-year-old campaign ora
tory is nothing short of ghoulish, any,
how
Personally, I think Mr. Roosevelt did
not know just how right he was in his
contention that the American people
VIII make their decisions on the rec
ord of things" rather than on mere
pledges interpretations and claims "
Probably very few people, for example,
remember his announcement on Nav q.
494l: our patrols are helping now to
lnSuI2 delivery of the needed supplies
10 Britain. All additional measures nee
essary to deliver the goods will be
taken That could mean but one
-convoys-and the statement was
made by the man who earlier had said
that conveys mean shooting, and
shooting means war"
NO, people are not particularly con-
cerned about listening to mere words"
or reading mere pledges, interpreta-
tons and claims" They, however, are
fully cognizant of the record" They
know, for instance, that officers and
men have been decorated for convoy
cuty prior to the attack on Pearl Har-
Dor; they know that Mr.. Lawrence is
incorrect in his assertion that we did
not enter the war until the territory
OF the United States was attacked bv
Japan on December 7, l941" Yes, they
know all of this and more.
The American people, today, view the
facts leading up to Americas entry
into this war" with the perspective they
have gained in the past few years. It's
ali very simple: it's all ION the record"
PHILIP L. WORMELEY, w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
This Changing World
By Constantine Broom

The real revolution in Germany Is
underway
The men who have assumed power
with the assistance of the regular
army have decided to destroy the
strength and traditional influence of
those who have been supreme in Ger
many for hundreds of years.
. The hanging of field marshal, Erich
Won Witzleben, and three other gen.
erals Is regarded as very determined
attempt by Hitler to prove that a long
chapter in the history of the nation
has now been closed In the past when
army officers, regardless of rank, had
committed crimes against the strict
code of honor they were imprisoned
and presented with a pistol by brother
omcers. The culprit then shot himself.
4
1t Is equally true that never in the
long military history of Prussia and
other states which now form the Reich
has an officer in a responsible position
been guilty of military treason; no
military leader ever went over to the
enemy bag and baggage. During the
Napoleonic wars, Gen. Won Clausewitz
the outstanding Prussian strategist Of
all time went over to the Russians
while Prussia was nominally the ally
OF Napoleon. But Clausewitz did not
betray his country. He followed the
secret orders of his king
The difference between the present
German revolution and those in France
in 1879 and Russia in 1917 is that while
these were made by the underprivileged
against the existing governments, the
government Is now making the revolution
in the Reich against the power of the
aristocracy and the old military caste
They played along with Hitler so long
as they thought he would make Ger
many into dominating world power
When 1t became obvious that he had
failed they wanted to save. whatever
they could by handing over the socialists
leaders to the Allies.
The response of Hitler and Himmler
was very quick. They decided to over
throw, with their well-kaown ruthless
ness, the men who believed their
loyalty had been pledged to the country
and not to the Austrian "upstart" and
his henchmen.
In the light of the information
coming from Germany it seems that
the Nazi leaders had an inkling of what
was being prepared. On July II Reichs-
minister Goebbels said in a broadcast
that If any peace was to be made as
sequel to the present developments,
1t must be made with the present rulers
OF the Reich; that is to say, Hitler's
government
The German frontiers are now being