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Evening star., 1944-10-03
To the Boy Who Lived
Next Door

This Is thing no girl could say to you,
Yet. since you left, the ones pho stayed
behind
Haze seemed like ghosts Of SHADOWS,
and my mind
Goes hunting past them, seeking an the
true
And ardent courage ,ohich your spirit
knep.
Oh. epery girl needs some one Of her
ofDn
Who fights for her. And " you feel
alone,s
Kno,o here Is one ,Dho shares that feel
ing, too
Who asks the operIord Of Day ana
Night
That you come home, and that you may
surprise
The secret held sDtthim admrfng eyes
Perceive yosyself the source OF my
delight
And u that moment Of my gladdest
day
Say, "You'pe rown up uhi1e I haas
been >Gtrdyis
VIRGINIA SCOTT MINER.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Minutes Lost Mean Lives
By Maj. George Fieldine Eliot

We have just had pretty sharp lesson
IN the tremendous value Of time in mod
ern war. War moves fast in this ma
chine age. In the air, minutes assume
the value once given to hours or even
days; on the ground, tanks and troop
carriers cover in an hour distances
which were two days Of hard march,
ing for foot-slogging infantry. Oppor-
tunities come and 60 with breath
taking swiftness. Men must not only
move quickly. they must think quickly
and accurately; they must make split
second decisions that may make the
difference between life and death, VIC
tory or defeat.
Human beings are not perfect; they
make mistakes; they miscalculate; they
are overbold or overcautious. Not all
the decisions will be the right ones.
But the price that has to be paid for
mistakes in this modern fast-moving
war may be great deal higher than
used to be the case, because the enemy
can take such swift advantage OF error,
and there Is often no time for corrective
action.
Take the loss Of the British lst Air
borne Division at Arnhem, for example.
Something went wrong with a plan
which, If it had achieved 100 per cent
success, might have given us a great
and decisive victory in Western Europe.
Probably we shall never know Just what
went wrong. There was bad weather;
there was the unexpectedly swift coun-
teraction of the enemy; there were
various decisions by various commanders
concerned, and there was supply to be
considered. Anyway the net result was,
We almost made 100 per cent, but we
had to be satisfied with 80 per cent.
We we're not defeated but we lost time
valuable time, considering that winter Is
coming on. The Germans were fighting
just to gain time, and they gained some
Now this matter Of the value Of time
the vital importance OF not wasting
moments particularly emphasized in
the present situation on the western
front, just because winter is approach
ing, with the rain and mud which will
slow down our armored vehicles on
the ground and the low clouds and fog
which win hamper our airmen. It Is
In these two categories that our special
superiority over the Germans is so great;
these are the margins Of power on
which We count for victory. Both OF
them are much reduced by bad weather.
That Is why the Germans pray for
bad weather, while We pray that the
sun VIII shine al the time.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
!. This Changing World
BY Constantine Broscn

ANY optimism which may have been
felt regarding the internal situation in
France has suffered Z serious setback
In the last few days.
An important Communist movement
headed by M. Ravenel is reported to
have broken out In Southwestern
France. The movement, which at first
Was regarded as one OF the usual OUT
bursts due to the existing unsettled sit
uation, has now taken q serious turn.
According to reports from Algiers and
Paris, several French-Africa divisions
may have to Be dispatched Immediately
to crush 1t. The reports, which are still
sketchy so far as reliable details are
concerned, say five or six departments
or provinces are affected.
It has been known for some time that
the authority Of Gen. Charles de Gaulle
and the Paris government was being
haunted in that area. In Toulouse
Bordeaux, Perpignan, Pau and Montau-
ban the local "cells" went to the Span
ish consulates and hoisted the Spanish
republican flag.
X
Normally this would have caused
serious incident between the French and
the Spanish governments But when
the usual queries were made by Madrid
1t was said from Paris that communica-
tion between the capital and the more
remote liberated areas was still dim
cult and orders would be sent to the
representative Of the provisional gov
ernment to re-establish order as soon as
possible. 1t Is fact that communica-
tions between the various French de-
partments are practically inexistent.
For some reason telegraph or wireless
facilities have not been restored and
Paris can relay its instructions to the
remote departments only by sending
oncial couriers by plane Their au-
thority Is only nominal. Local leaders,
who have the confidence of their
countrymen or can impose themselves by
means Of the armed groups at their
disposal, are the only real authority.
Gen. de Gaulle' is disturbed. In a
speech made over the week end at Lille
In the industrial Northern France, he
attempted to placate the increasingly
large Communist elements in France
But Gen. de Gaulle does not seem to be
fully trusted by the Communist party
because OF his aristocratic background
and because he has been playing" with
all the other political factions in France
Evening star., 1944-10-03

From now an, the weather in Europe
will grow progressively worse. If We
are to gain a decision over the Ger
mans before winter we have got to do
1t quickly. We have perhaps a month,
certainly not much more, in which we
can do a good deal, and after that we
shall definitely be slowing down. There
fore this is the time for every one of
us to put on an added ounce or maybe
even a pound Of extra effort.
Suppose just one planeload Of air.
borne supplies didn't get through to
Arnhem because at the very last mo-
ment one single indispensable spare part
was not available at an air base in
England, so that one of the carrier
planes couldn't take of. Suppose those
few tons of supplies-let's say machine
gun ammunition-would have enabled
just one British strong point to hold
out, wher for lack Of that ammunition
1t had to give up. That margin might
have been the margin between defeat
and victory for the whole force. It
was q very narrow margin, at that.
The battle at Arnhem was battle of
small interlocking fights, in which the
general resistance was based on the
cooperation of many small fire. groups,
SO that the loss Of single position en-
dangered its neighbors on both flanks
And time was Of vital consequence-for
remember, the German road-block at
Elst, south of Arnhem, which was
chiefly responsible for blocking the fow
of help to the beleaguered 1st Air-borne
Division, was stormed the very day
after the Arnhem resistance was wiped
out.
Yes, 1t was very narrow margin, and
very little more power at the right
place and the right time might have
swung the issue Of the battle the other
way, and local failure at any one point
in the fight-perhaps the failure that
made all the difference-may very well
have been caused by somebody in
Wichita or Seattle or Hartford taking
1t easy" weeks ago. -~
Maybe 1t wasn't so-but it might have
been. And there will be other Arm
hems-other crucial fights In which the
margin between victory and defeat will
be just as close, and the consequence
just as vital.
Now Is the time for all we've got-now,
while the enemy Is grosgy, and before
he has time to recover. It's time that
means SO much and the price Of lost
time is paid In the blood Of our bravest
ana Dest. tSapyrisht is443
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Polish Impose.

makes it clear that Winston Church.
ill was not indulging in overstate-
ment when he told Parliament last
week that 1T would be an affecta-
ton to pretend that the attitude of
the British government toward Po-
land is Identical with that of the
| Soviet Union" Indeed, far from
| being identical, the attitudes of the
two governments on the Polish ques-
ton give every appearance of being
dangerously apart.
In his address to Parliament Mr..
Churchill showed himself disposed
to 60 far toward meeting Russian
demands on Poland. He said that
the boundaries of Poland would
have to be changed because the
Russian people are entitled to "safe
frontiers and to have friendly neigh
bors on their western flank" 1t was
also largely due to pressure from the
British government that Polish
President Raczkiewicz finally agreed
to dismiss General Sosnkowski as
chief of Poland's armed forces,
naming General Bor, commander of
the Warsaw Patriot army. as his
successor.
Evidently the British, as we'll as
the London Poles, felt that General
Bor would be acceptable to Moscow,
and that the custer of General
Sosnkowski who has been the main
target of Russian criticism, would
clear the way to mutually salts
factory settlement of the Polish is
sue. But these hopes were speedily
doomed to disappointment.
No sooner had the announcement
of General Bor's appointment been
made than Usubka Morawski, presi-
dent of the Polish Committee of
National Liberation, which has its
headquarters in Moscow and which
is suspected of being under Russian
domination, denounced General Bor
as criminal who faces arrest and
trial for instigating the premature"
uprising of the Polish Patriots in
Warsaw. According to Morawski,
everything is as it was before with
the London (Polish) government"
In other words, the sacrificing OF
General Sosnkowski has accom-
plished nothing so far as Morawskis
group is concerned.
That this uncompromising atti-
tude of the Committee of National
Liberation has the Endorsement and
backing of the Soviet government is
indicated by an editorial in Pravda,
organ OF the Communist party,
which stated that "the (Polish)
crisis is too profound to be solved
by some changes in personnel" This
comment lends support to current
rumors in London that the next
demand will be for the removal of
President Raczkiewicz himself.
On the face Of this unhappy rec
ord, there is no telling where the
Soviet demands will end. But the
strong suspicion is that Moscow is
100 per cent behind the Committee
of National Liberation, and that it
desires to eliminate from postwar
Poland the influence and perhaps
the personnel of the Polish govern
ment in exile. For the British-and
for us this poses a desperately
grave problem. In the immediate
sense, it raises the question of
whether the British government,
and to some extent our own Gov
ernment, will live up to their obliga-
tions to Poland. And more remotely,
but by no means less Importantly, it
raises a profoundly disturbing ques-
tion as to what are Russias real
intentions-not only toward Poland,
but also toward her American and
British Allies.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Who Lost the Pupers?
rom the st. Louis-Post Dispatch.

TFVnf eIic 0e EouIs-r USt DispNtCn.
General congratulations, in addition
to the British Empire Medal, are in
order for the two Canadian soldiers who
last year found secret documents indi-
eating the date of D-day, and kept them
secret. They served the Allied cause
we'll
The dispatch from Quebec Is tan
talizingly incomplete, however. Which
Of the conferees or their aids was so
careless as to leave these papers lying
around in the library? And how many
days in the brig did HE get?
Evening star., 1944-10-03

cumstance is not calculated to in
spire confidence In his present
refusal to reveal the names Of
contributors to the Committee for
Constitutional Government.
Evening star., 1944-10-03
Letters to The Star
Readers Continue Great Debate
on Political Issues

OA VAAAS00l xS0uG8
TO tbs EDITOR Of The star.
In his speech OF September as, Gov
ernor Dewey. discussing the failure Of
President Roosevelt adequately to pre-
pare this country for war, quoted from
speech made by Mr.. Roosevelt in
1887: How happy we are that the CIR
cumstances of the moment permit us
to put our money into bridges and
boulevards rather than into huge
standing armies and vast implements
of war; Mr.. Dewey, however, failed to
quote all of Mr.. Roosevelt's remarks on
the subject In the speech Of October
5, 1887, In which this country was
warned Of impending war. Standing
alone, his words have the effect and
convey the thought charged by Mr..
Dewey. In its proper place In the speech
an entirely different meaning results.
What Mr.. Roosevelt said was: Let
no one imagine that America will escape,
that America may expect mercy, that
this Western Hemisphere will not be
attacked and that it will continue
TRANQUILITY and peacefully to carry on
the ethics and art of civilization. There
Is solidarity and interdependence about
the modern world, both technically and
morally, which makes 1t impossible for
any nation completely to isolate itself
from economic and political upheavas
In the rest OF the world, especially
when such upheavals appear to be
spreading and not declining. How
happy we are that the circumstances Of
the moment :" (balance was
quoted by Mr.. Dewey and Immediately
followed by these words (omitted by
Mr.. Dewey. IT am compelled and you
are compelled, nevertheless, to look
ahead. The peace, the freedom and
the security of 90 per cent OF the popu-
lation OF the world, is being jeopardized
by the remaining 10 per cent who are
threatening breakdown Of all interna-
tional law and order"
Again, in his Seattle speech, Mr..
Dewey blamed the President for passage
Of the Smith h-Connally Act. He did not
tell his listeners that Mr.. Roosevelt
vetoed the Act, that it was passed over
the veto, and that every member Of
the Republican party voted against
sustaining the veto!
There Is more could say. but it is
not my purpose to attempt to bam-
boozle you or any one else with repeti-
tious instances of false charges, I
leave that to Mr.. Dewey.
Jackman, Me. JAR.
Evening star., 1944-10-03

TO the Editor Of The Star.
/ have noted lately in the daily
weather reports that the Potomac River
Is very muddy. Since 1t usually u clear
at this time OF the year, I am wondering
If the present condition Of the river
could have any connection With the
political campaign.
WILLIAM =. GREEN.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
MARINE GRANTED
NOLLE BY COURT
Involved in Motor Acci=
dent; Two Cars Are Bad
ly Smashed

John j. Forish, 10, Ill Melbourne
street, Naugatuck, a marine, was
granted a nolle on charges of driv-
ing without an operators license
when he was arraigned before Judge
Charles r. Summa, in City Court
this morning.
ForishS automobile was involved
in a collision with a truck driven
by Austin Klobedanz. 166 Tudor
street. and owned by the A. G. Ben
son, at South Main and Lounsbury
streets, yesterday afternoon.
Both machines were badly dam
aged, and the marines mother, a
passenger in his car, suffered
possible fractured arm. She was re-
ported in good condition at st.
Mary's hospital this morning.
Other cases: John Juliano, 40. A
Normand street, road rules violation
continued to June 7; Anthony Ciar-
cliff 81, 234 Congress avenue, as
sault and breach of the peace. con-
tinued to June z; Charles H. Pierce
81, 353 Hamilton avenue, intoxica-
ton and breach of the peace. nolled
for IS; Lillian Bragell, 26, SO Bea-
con street, parking violation, SIS
bond called; Couthan Little, 26, %
Warner Place. parking within Is
feet of an intersection, Sc bond
called.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06

o'clock in the evening he will ad-
dress a mass meeting at the He
brew Institute.
Rabbi Gold is chairman Of the
Mizrachi World Executive, and IS
known as one OF the most irifluen~
tial personalities in the Zionist
world. He participated in many 81
the Zionist Congresses held abroad.
and has for many years been
member of the World Zionist Exc
cutive, known as the Actions Com
mittee. He was also member Of
the American delegation to the
conference that was held in London
after the Balfour Declaration was
issued in 1917, at which plans for
the realization Of the dreams Of
ages in Eretz Israel were formulas
ed.
In this country, Rabbi Gold was
one Of the founders Of the Mizraclli
Organization and its president for
many years.
AS an orator, Rabbi Gold ranks
among the greatest of this genera
ton. Very few are his equal, and
there are probably none that sur
pass him.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
JUDGE Smith
SENTENCESMEN
Two Local Men Of ReIi.
giOus Sect Given Two
II Years ~

James E. PETERS, 81, and Elmer
q. Stark, both Of Waterbury, were
among seven members Of q religious
sect sentenced to two years in pri-
son yesterday by Federal Judge j.
Joseph Smith in Hartford on
charges Of failing to report for in
duction into the armed service.
PETERS request for a stay Of exc
cution until after a convention OF
his sect was denied by Judge Smith,
who in passing sentence declared
It unfortunate that some conscien-
tious directors refuse to report for
induction in cases where, following
compliance, they might be exempt
cod from combat duty anyway. He
said that under the circumstances
he had no alternative to imposing
prison sentences.
Others sentenced were Joseph M.
Pytlak, 80, Shelton, fourth brother
In his family to be convicted simil-
arly, John and Henry Schmeelk,
brothers of Putnam and Hampton
respectively, 20 and 81; Ralph Lupo,
Stamford, and Harry Haveles, a.,
Putnam.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Rev. Richard Bowling
To Speak In City
Scheduled for Communion Breakfast Being Sponsored
By Police, Fire, K. of C., P. O. Vets, Teachers

The Rev. Richard J. Bowling. S.
j.. Of Holy Cross College viii be the
guest speaker at the Communion
Breakfast being sponsored here on
Sunday. June IS. by the Police and
Fire Departments. Knights of Col
umbus. postal employees. veterans
organizations. and men teachers. 1t
is to be held In the Hotel Elton at
o q. m. and will follow a Military
Mass and Communion services at
the Immaculate Conception church
at 9 o'clock.
Father Bowling is a native of Wa
terbury and Is well known here. He
has been stationed at Holy Cross
College In Worcester for q number
OF years. He is regarded as an ex-
ceptionally fine speaker and is In
constant demand as q weekend
speaker throughout the New Eng
land province OF the Jesuit Order
Many plans are being made by
the sponsoring organizations for the
success Of the 1874 endeavoF. II Is
hoped that more than 500 men will
DO In line when the procession en-
tiers the church on Sunday morning
and more than half OF them are ex-
pected to attend the breakfast.
The line Of march will be from
the corner Of Leayenworth and
Grand streets down Grand 10 Bank.
through Exchange Place. along West
Main street 10 the church.
The Police and Fire Dept. men,
bers are expected % meet ~ III -
respective headquaFteFB. Veterans
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
MEMORIAL DAY
EXPENSES $97l
Committee Submits Ac-
count to Controller; Bal
ance to Be Left in Item

Bills totaling STILLS were pre-
sented to City Controller c. F.
Maloney today by Edward Scholey
treasurer of the Memorial Day
committee. According to the 1914
budget there was an item of $1,000
set up for Memorial Day expenses
this year, which indicates that
there will be an unexpected balance
of $28.85.
The various items as presented
by the committee treasurer were
audited and approved by Wallace
j. Inglis, general chairman of the
Memorial Day committee. Mrs, Lura
Dutton, committee secretary, Fran
els A. Cullen, WV commander,
and Thomas K. Hickey, D.A.V.
commander.
Among the several bills presented
to the Controllers office today were
those covering flowers for veterans
graves, flags for the same purpose,
funds for the winning essay in the
Memorial Day contest, drum corps,
clerical and secretarial help.
The several accounts will be pre-
sented at the next meeting of the
Board of Finance for approval be-
fore being paid by the controllers
office.
A year ago this item was COM
pletely exhausted.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-06
Not All Signs Today
Sad, Grim Says Pastor
Foundations OF New Day Can Be Laid Ii We Interpret
Spirit of Community to Our Generation, Says Walker

when denominational lines were
very strictly drawn. We have only
to search the records Of fifty or one
hundred years since to discover that
a great many churchmen were quite
prepared to excommunicate their
brethren with a differing theolog-
ical background. There was also
the tendency to interpret the gos-
pei so strictly along individual lines
that little effort was made by many
churches to render any service to
the community at large. There was
a feeling abroad, both within and
without the churches, that religion
was a thing separate and apart
from the common life of the day.
Happily the churches Of Christ
are drawing closer to each other
and to the common life Of the peo-
pie. In the midst of the terrific
upheaval which has been occasioned
by the war, the churches have
played a dramatic role. We had
been under the impression that the
days OF the Christian martyrs had
passed but not so. Scores, hundreds,
thousands of Christians on the Con-
tinent of Europe have suffered i'm
prisonment and death for con-
science sake. The churches have
served as the inner core, the spir-
itual citadel, of spiritual resistance
to tyranny in country after country.
The churches have not only shown
great survival value at time when
many man-made institutions and
governments have been swept into
oblivion but they have attained new
spiritual stature and power in the
affections Of the people.
1t is altogether in keeping with
the spirit of community that the
plans for the rebuilding of the Ca
thedral at Coventry have been con-
ceived. We shall know more OF the
story presently and nothing can be
done as regards the actual building
until later date but the story of the
convictions and conceptions which
the Bishop and his confreres have
in mind are in themselves a high
inspiration. There Is to be a CEN
trail altar in the cathedral. The al
tar is to be set in the middle of the
church so that the people can gath
er round it. The assumption Is that
the altar does not belong only to
the clergy but to the people. The
Free Churches are cooperating with
the Church of England in the plan
for the cathedral and there is to be
a Chapel of Unity which will be-
long both to the Free Churches and
to the AnglicanS. In the third place
there is to be Christian Center of
serice to the community, to the city
OF Coventry and its enirons. This
Christian Centre is to have a central
assembly hall. with many smaller
halls and rooms for meetings, con-
ferences, discussions and study
groups. Our Christian friends in
Coventry hope to make this Chris
tan Centre a kind of headquarters
for Community planning, for Chris
tan fellowship and study. Eevn if
the plans for the Coventry Cathe-
oral and its use should fall a little
short of all that has been hoped and
dreamed, this is Christian adyen-
ture to fire the Imagination of
Christian people across the world.