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Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
De GAULLE WINS POINT
is AT CAREER TEST

Out of the welter of uncertainty and
sometimes an apparent disposition to lg-
more him, General Charles de Gaulle now
stands at the full stature of his leader
ship in France. Young virile and domi-
neering, il remains to be seen if he meas
ures up to the responsibilities he now
faces and if he really Is the man to lead
his stricken country into the peace era
and to rehabilitation spiritually and
economically.
France now holds equal footing with
Britain, Russia and the United States
on the international advisory council,
having been bid to sit in man to man.,
Not until this came about did the warrior
leader have fair chance to prove his
ability as a leader The move most def
initely strengthens his prestige at home
and that is the main factor in the course
he had mapped out Until he had proved
to his own people that he possessed the
power to compel the big three to recog-
niZe him as the leader, could he begin
to formulate definite plans ahead.
Now that he has been invited to a con-
ference at Moscow by Stain himself in
advance of an invitation from the Soviet
chief to Churchill and Roosevelt to come
to Moscow. his star has risen even higher
at home.
De Gaulles first major task and 1t
must be successful beyond a doubt, Is to
establish tranquility in Frances domestic
affairs. In accomplishing this he Is fac
ing dissident blocs and ambitious indiv-
iduals If he meets his test, he will be
far on the road to guide his nation in the
days ahead, after the war ends
That Stain has taken "fatherly'' in
terest in de Gaulle is quite evident. In
the many months Britain and the United
States were quibbling and hesitating as
to de Gaulle'S status, and that of France
as we'll, Stain openly and unreservedly
had recognized him as the logical leader
and no doubt it was this encouragement
from Moscow that held the French
mans determination to the mark and
helped him keep his head and temper
during the trying time while he waited
for recognition from the other two men,
bers of the big three.
That de Gaulle has not been able to
provide the effective help in military
way against Germany is not, to his lack
of ability When, Allied troops landed
on French soil last June, de Gaulie still
was "out' with Britain and this country.
It is highly to his credit that he retained
his equilibrium at that time and swallow
ed the snubs handed out by the Allied
leaders. -.
He should add strength to the mill,
tary council through his knowledge OF
France, independent of whatever MILL
tary aid he might produce
For tie moment, at least, the destiny
of France is in his keeping. His career
will be observed with extreme interest,
all the more because he typlfles the
Younger statesmen.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
Industry Eyes
Small Towns

fore exerting greater care in its
selection of personnel, but it is ex-
crting greater care in the matter OF
the living conditions Of its personnel.
That is one of the chief reasons why
industry is turning to the small
town. and it is a reason working to
tie greatest advantage of the small
town.
Next article will appear Mondayo
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
LEAGUE OF CITIES
ADOPTS VALUE RATES

SACRAMENTO. Nov. Is. tUP)-
Standard valuation rates will be
recommended for statewide adop-
ton by subcommittee of the
League of California Cities, 1t was
reported by Chairman John Hawkes.,
city assessor of Santa Rosa. Prop
erty assessment practices of cities
were studied by the group which
included city assessors Clyde Dor
sey of Monterey, Earl j. Miner OF
Bakersfield, William A. Vandcar OF
Long Beach. w. w. Smith of Santa
Barbara and A. l.. Wagner of Val
lejo.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. CUP)-
President Roosevelt said Saturday
that he hoped Congress would act
this winter on legislation to provide
for one year of peacetime service to
the country by young men.
The President has indorsed such a
proposal before. Under questioning
he said there was not much time in
the present session of Congress to
do much work on it, but he did have
hopes of something being accom-
plished in the Congress which
meets in January.
Saying that he had been for uni
versal training right along, Mr..
Roosevelt declined to be pinned
down on whether he thought this
training should be military. His
basic idea, he said, was that every
Young man between 18 and possibly
% should give at least one year CT
service to his government.
MAYBE WOMEN, TOO
Whether the plan should apply
to young women, too, the President
said was another matter and would
depend on the legislation itself.
Asked flatly whether he thought
the training should be military, the
President instead cf answering dl-
rectly posed several questions OF his
own, asking whether instruction III
cooking or carpentry could be con-
sidered as military training.
He said that training after the
war would accomplish a lot just in
teaching many boys how to keep
clean. how to brush their teeth.
The President said the APPALLING
number of selective service rejec-
tions for physical reasons in this
war had shown the mothers Of the
country that knowledge of this type
in their boys was highly necessary.
He pointed out that the boys OF
the civilian conservation corps did
not have military training, but bene-
fitted greatly nevertheless, and that
a program tailored along these lines
would mean that in case OF war we
would have much larger percent
age of boys who could defend their
country.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
Continued From Page One

Continued FROM Page one)
There is the added fact that in a
small town housing conditions are
better. Family life has a better
chance to be happy. children have a
better chance to so to school. and
to play, the newcomer, particularly
if he GENES from another small town
or from the countryside, as so many
workers do, does not have that sense
of being lost and alone which so
commonly oppresses him in the
great city.
Management has come to a clear
realization that these factors are
lust as important to workers pro-
ductive power as are his technical
skill, his years Of experience, and
his moral willingness to produce"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
Editorials and Comment

EDITORS NOTE: The foYowing edit
oridis are presented as interesting Opin-
ions poiced by editors elsewhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion OF
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
President Would
Train Youth

weekly drill periods. the President
said flatly it would not work.
Meanwhile, Catholic church and
peace organization officials went on
record against peacet.me conscrip-
ton
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19

It is not the Russia the world knew I'M
mediately after the revolution. She has
found she has too much to do within her
own borders to be interested any longer
in world revolution.-WPB Vice Char
man William l.. Bait.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19

There can be no doubt that military
armament now stands at the Threshold
of unknown vistas the ends of which seem
to be imitless. Electronics, atomic ener-
gies, rockets, jet propulsion all pave
tho wav TO realms of research formerly
unknown-E Editorial in Army Ordnance.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
DEATH FUNERAL
NOTICES

COLLINS. Lester Clay-Dieo Friday
in FL Centro. i.e is survived by his
parents. Funeral services will be
conducted at 2:30 pm. Sunday
in the Lemons Chapel with the
Rev. Hayden Sears officiating.
Lemons Mortuary is in charge.
11-20
STEVENS. Rolph G.-Died Wednes-
day. His survivors are his wife
and daughter. Services will be
held at the Hens Chapel in Cal
exico at 2 pm. Sunday. Hens
Mortuary is in charge. 1l-2O
Lawrence E.-Died in
Los Angeles this week. He is sur
vived by his wife and one son.
Funeral services will be held at
the Lemons Chapel at 2:30 pm.
Monday. Lemons Mortuary is in
charge. LEU
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
CURRENT QUOTATIONS

Today we find some disciples of gov
ernment preaching doctrine OF contin--
ued control over private enterprise. and
that means control over individual ini.
tiative. We had more than $50 years OF
the American way Of life before we be-
gan this kind of talk. 1t must be stopped
now-Henry Ford.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19
OPPOSES GRAND PLAN

Told that some factions wanted
to carry out the training program
in the national guard in periods oil
two or three months year or In
Imperial Valley press., 1944-11-19

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Newfoundland and the Peoce
From the London Daily telegraph.

From the London Daily Telegraph.
Among the many important questions
OF Imperial reconstruction which will
confront British craftsmanship after the
war is the constitutional status and
economic development of Newfoundland.
War has brought to the island unwonted
conditions of prosperity, some of which
may be expected to survive in the peace.
For example, Newfoundland's geo.
graphical position assures her a fore
most place as transatlantic airport. On
the other hand, she will have to reckon
with the loss of more ephemeral bene-
f1ts due to the arbitrary exigencies of
war and will have to look in other di-
rectlons for her permanent rehabilita-
ton. Lord Bennett pointed out the
pressing need for the better use Of her
fertile soil to dispense with the large
imports OF farm products on which she
has had to rely in the past The i'm
provement Of communications and the
exploitation OF her mineral and other
natural resources demand attention,
and generous financial assistance will be
required from the Mother Country. New.
1oundland has deserved we'll of the En-
plre In this war as in the last, and has
laid US under obligation to see that she
Is thoroughly restored to political and
economic health.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Tying Up Loose Ends

Chairman flanagan, much to the
relief of the country, has announced
that at an appropriate time later
this summer the forty-eight men,
bers of the Notification Committee,
one from each of the States, will
journey to Washington and notify
the President at the White House
that he has been nominated for a
fourth term
This ceremony will clarity a situa-
ton that now is almost hopelessly
confused. On July II the President
made public letter to Mr.. Hanne-
gan accepting the nomination, If it
were made. There Mr.. Hannegan
had the candidate, but no nomina-
ton. On July 81 the President ad-
dressed the convention by radio,
accepting the nomination. There
Mr., Hannegan had the nomination,
but no candidate He had to put
up with a makeshift arrangement,
which interrupted the Commander
in Chief in the pursuit of his con-
stitutional duties of inspecting
West Coast naval base. He has not
been able, up to this time, to get
exactly the right people together at
the right place at the right time,
leaving things suspended in midair,
so to speak.
The traditional value of the
notification ceremony has been the
opportunity afforded the candidate
Of making an acceptance speech
interpreting the platform Some
times it boomerangs, as In the case
of Mr.. WILKES acceptance speech
at Elwood, Indiana, where the heat,
the crowds and the cultural exhor-
tations of the candidate tended to
wilt the budding enthusiasm of the
voters. The occasion this year will
be in one respect unique. The Presi-
dent can for the third time say he
accepts the fourth nomination by
his party. Some people, like Cover
nor Dewey, will say they heard him
the first time.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

Democrats are congratulating them
selves over the result of their vice presi-
dental nomination contest. They be-
lieve that by nominating Senator Harry
S. Truman of Missouri in place of Vice
President Wallace to run with President
Roosevelt very serious intraparty
situation was avoided.
First. in considerable measure 1t has
satisfied Democrats in the South where
the opposition to Mr.. Roosevelt is con-
siderable and the opposition to Mr.
Wallace Is intense. The sacrifice of Mr.
Wallace may have ameliorated the
situation. Had Mr.. Wallace been vic
torious the ticket would have suffered.
even 1t Is said in some quarters to the
loss Of State or two in that section
OF the country. As 1t is, Texas, where
the Roosevelt fourth-termers and the
ants have been engaged in bitter fight,
may be in better shape for the election
than had been hoped.
Second the Democratic leaders in New
York and other Eastern States were
fearful that q Wallace renominat ton
would ALLEVIATE flock Of votes among
the more conservative Democrats-votes
that may be desperately needed in the
fall.
4
While the Democrats-except the 100
per cent New Dealers and the CIO which
backed Mr. Wallace-are patting them
selves on the back over the results of
the convention election, the Republicans
are disappointed. A good many tears
were shed by Democrats over the retire.
ment Of Wendell l.. Willkie from the
COP leadership, during the recent DEM
ocratic National Convention. The speak
ers pictured Willkie as the only liberal
hope of the Republican party. The
Democrats added that the ditching of
Willkie means the Old Guard Republic
can forces have taken over. Their CAM
paign program is to make the country
believe that if the Republican party
wins in November 1t will mean an i'm
Evening star., 1944-07-27

mediate return to the days OF 1882. Their
enort is to pin Herbert Hoover label
on Gov. Dewey. to- make the country
believe Mr.. Dewey is Hoover's man.
In some respects this is naive The
Democrats are saying to themselves
there is another victory in the Hoover
depression OF 1932-just as Mr.. Hoover
when he was President. thought, along
With most other Republicans, there was
another victory in the dry side OF the
prohibition issue. The Democrats are
likely to be just as mistaken as were
the Republicans. For one thing Mr..
Roosevelt never did get the country back
OH its feet, with approximately full en-
ployment. Not until the war in Europe
got under way and this country entered
upon large national defense program.
The Dewey attack upon the Demo-
cratic ticket, with Mr.. Truman's nomi-
nation in mind. is expected to concern
itself with machine bosses 1t was the
bosses, Mr.. Hannegan of St. Louis, Mr..
Kelly of Chicago, Mr.. Hague of New
Jersey and Mr.. Flynn of New York, who
had most to DO with strategy and votes
to elect Mr.. Truman in the national
convention Further, while Senator
Truman Is personally clean, he originally
came to the Senate sponsored by the
Tom Pendergast machine of Kansas
City. Mr.. Pendergast since went to Jail.
Had Mr.. Wallace been nominated
the Dewey attack would have special
lied on the dictatorial methods of the
CIO. The CIO threw everything into
it2 effort to renominate the Vice Presi-
dent. AS bosses, they 60 as far as any
machine.
President Roosevelt has never hesitated
to play ball with the machine bosses,
nor they with him. In this fracas over
the vice presidential nomination, the
bosses stepped in to save the party from
smashing up and also to give the Presi-
dent the man he wanted for running
mate
Evening star., 1944-07-27

his regency. but is reported willing to
vacate the throne Of st. Stephen, whose
custodian he has been for the last "a
years, In favor Of any one the Allies
would be willing to deal with.
Under these circumstances, the global
mobilization Of the Axis powers in Eu-
rope appears to involve more wishful
thinking than feasibility. In spite of
Herr Goebbels' propaganda machine and
Himmler's high pressure methods 1t is
unlikely that 1t will succeed even in
Germany. There is cleavage within
the Nazi party itself. A large number
Of old-time Nazis are still leaning ideo-
logically toward Moscow Only the more
vociferous groups which are blindly fol-
lowing the Fuehrer indorse all his pol
icies and are willing to 60 down with
MIN principally because they know that
otherwise their lives would not be worth
4 cent.
Those who may escape the trials
promised them by the Allies realize they
Will be massacred by the angry popu-
lation once Hitler loses his grip. Goeb-
bels propaganda has had this much
enect on the party men-they realize
That while the Americans and the Brit
lsh may become more lenient toward
them after victory, the Russians will
insist on large-scale purges. The idea
OF bloody purges is repugnant to Amer
ican and British mentality The Rus
slams. however, consider blood letting an
important operation on the political
body of a nation.
So long as the German marshals and
generals appeared to be in full har-
mony with Hitler's government, the
bulk OF the German people who have
been accustomed for centuries to re-
gard their high-ranking officers as
supermen have accepted any sacrifice
demanded Of them. They felt that
now, as In the past, the generals would
be able to pull some rabbit out of
their military caps and save the coun-
try from real disaster. Marshal Hin
denburg and Gen. LudendorfI did it in
1918; the Germans hoped that the
field marshals of 1914 might do it again.
But when Hitler began to chop of
the heads of the very men whom the
German people have revered for years,
all hope for an acceptable surrender"
disappeared
Regardless Of how successful the Ges-
tapo has been in squashing the re-
volt OF the generals, its effects on the
German people are indelble. The gen.
erals and the Junkers are an institu-
tion in the Reich; Hitler and his ac-
colytes are passing phase, luxury
which the Germans permitted them
selves in moment of power orgy and
for which they now know they will
have to pay very dearly.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
Time to Hit Hard
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

smartly and successfully when 1t came.
But If the Germans now have to shift
forces back to the west to save their
imperiled left wing, a new British at
tack will not be long in coming.
Furthermore, there Is the center Of
the line to consider. We have seen
simultaneous Allied attacks on both
flanks. This has the tendency of draw
ing the enemys reserves to the flanks
1t therefore has the additional ten
dency of weakening the enemy CEN
ter. 1t Is at the center of the line that
the Allies have the most room, the
best terrain and the best road net of
all their holding in Normandy. 1t is,
therefore, from the center that one
might expect fresh offensive with
any new troops which the Allies may
have been able to bring into the bat
tie area. And particularly favorable
time for such an offensive would be
when the enemy Is concentrating on
the flanks, so that a break through in
the center might permit strong Allied
force to swing around behind one OF
the enemy flank groups.
1t should be noted that a decisive
Allied success at this period is more
likely to be gained in the direction Of
Caen than in the direction of St. Lo-
Coutances. Caen is, so to speak, the
hinge of the German door, which the
Germans are endeavoring to hold shut
against our further advance into France
On the west We are pushing the door
open in the way doors are usually
pushed open, but II we could dislodge
the Germans from their positions in the
Caen area we would be wrecking the
usefulness Of the door altogether by
tearing 1t OF its hinges. AS long as
this German flank rests securely on the
sea, and on the woods and marshes be-
tween the mouths of the rivers Orne
and Dives, the Germans can pivot back
OF their line, giving way little on their
left and center as may be needful as
long as they can keep their line intact.
But If their right flank can no longer
rest on this Arm natural position, If
it is torn loose and in the air, then
the German army will find itself fight-
ing in more or less open country with
no good defense against our superior
armor, and it must fall back rapidly in
the direction Of Paris. Probably we
have not yet reached the point at which
this decisive success can be achieved,
but 1t is undoubtedly the goal at which
Gen. Montgomery Is aiming.
Evening star., 1944-07-27
The 'Ins' Go Out

1t is difficult to say what national
political significance, if any, may
properly be read into the primary
defeats of Senator Cotton Ed"
Smith of South Carolina and Mrs.
Hattie Caraway, Senator from
Arkansas.
Senator Smith was in the forefront
of the Democratic opposition to
President Roosevelt and the New
Deal, He also symbolized the
southern Democrat" in the op-
probrlous sense in which that term
has come to be used by some who
call themselves liberals. Standing
alone, his defeat by Governor Olin
D, Johnston, who has been 100 per
cent behind the President on all
but racial issues, might we'll be re-
garded as an impressive Southern
tribute to Mr.. Roosevelt. But Mrs.
CaraWay, faithful New Deal sup
porter and the only Arkansas can
dldate to advocate a fourth term for
the President, was badly beaten.
running fourth in the field. The
result OF this is that the two pri-
mares seem to cancel themselves
out so far as any pro or anti Roose-
Velt significance is concerned. The
probabilities are that local issues
were decisive, or perhaps it was Just
a matter of the voters becoming
weary Of familiar figures and de-
Gliding to throw the "ins" out.
With the passing of Cotton Ed
however, there will be gain for
the administration in Congress, for
his successor, as we'll as the probable
winner in Arkansas, the Youthful
Representative J. w. Fulbright, can
be depended upon to support the
President on most questions. That
was never true of the defeated South
Carolinian.
His contempt for the New Deal
was open and notorious. He believed
in cotton, in States rights, in white
supremacy and in full freedom to
do as he pleased whenever he
pleased. 1t was because of this
attitude that the ill-advised attempt
to purge" him from the Senate was
made in 1888.
Looking back, there is reason to
believe that the Presidents active
Evening star., 1944-07-27

For the first time, the Allied forces
in Normandy have been strong enough
to stage an offensive at both ends Of
the front simultaneously. On a small
scale, they are doing what the Rus
slams are doing on large scale along
the eastern front-attacking every
where at once. The results seem to
be much the same. and for the same
reason. The Germans do not have
enough troops to meet these co-or-
dinated blows, and something has to
give way.
In this instance, it seems to have
been the German front west of st. Lo
which gave way before the assault of
the most powerful armored striking
force the Americans have yet used
indeed, the first large-scale appear
ance of American armor in Normandy.
The Americans have broken through to
the st. Lo-Coutances highway, and at
last sdvices there was a suggestion that
American armor is beginning to curve
round to the westward-which II true
may mean an attempt at enveloping
the Germans still defending the sec
tors of Periers and Lessay.
Apparently the Germans guessed
wrong again, just as they did when
they moved troops toward Meyers in
response to the British feint that pre-
ceded the British advance across the
Orne River from Caen There are signs
that during the past few days the Ger
mans have been shifting forces from
west to east, in anticipation of a re-
newed British offensive. This time
the Allies struck at both ends of the
line, and they went through at the
place the Germans had weakened.
The results may be rather serious for
the Germans. 1t seems unlikely that
they can get set for a counterattack
quickly enough to force an American
withdrawal from Marigny and st. Gil
les. If not, they probably will have to
pull their left flank back as far as
Coutances, and they may count them
selves fortunate If they can do SO with
out having substantial portion of
their left wing cut off by American
armor. Such losses. if they occur, are
not easily replaced by the Germans
and may necessitate still further with
drawals. For the moment, the imme-
diate result in this section of the bat
tlef1eld is the crucial point Of interest.
Around Caen, the Germans seem to
have been prepared for q British at
tack, and to have attacked