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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-21
MARCH
OF EVENTS
BY Benjamin
De Casseres

by VARIOUS cunningly con-
~ trived systems of subsidies
Ca polite term for bribery the
federal government is gradually
undermining not only the sow
ereignty of the states but the
character of the people of this
country.
We have had the gigantic
WPA political subsidies to the
states.
1t is very likely that the re-
suit of the 1910 national cleo
ton turned almost entirely on
WPA moneys allotted to the
states by the federal treasury,
TO which we must add the indis-
criminate expenditure of billions
in relief doles.
We have projected federal
doles (cailed subsidies 10 the
farmers. schools. small news
papers and what-not.
This whole subsidy" pro-
gram seems 10 me designed 10
strengthen tfrc--iAScw -Dcaf rru--
chine for next fall by impairing
the power of the states to take
care Of themselves.
Capitalization is world
mania. America has not es-
capped il.
The whole tendency in the
last 10 years has been 10 make
the people and the states pup
pets and parasites
-
NO CLEARER note has been
~ sounded on this tendency in
our government than the warm
ing by Rep. Hatton w. Summers
in a recent number OF the Read
er's Digest. wherein he said:
"In weakening the states We
weaken the whole fabric of free
government. The unacceptable
price Of free government Is that
we exercise IL.
The most destructive force I'm
the world Is non-use. III we do
not use our powers Of self-gov-
eminent In the states We vi
awake one day TO find that sell
government has passed ire
vocsbiy out OF our hands.
Government Is exercised best
In the local community. There
the problems are perceived with
greater clarity because they
are close tn the people and on
a scale within their grasp. The
self-reliance OF the individual,
town and state il being de-
stroyed as they are being re-
iieved Of the necessity of gov
erning themselves.
when people stop thinking
for themselves there Ia always
some one willing to step for
ward and do their thinking for
them"
If we 20 on as We are we shall
Il inevitably become a DICTATOR
ship with The states abolished
as states and Congress mere
gewgaw IN the hands Of some
President Caesar.
1T can't happen here" YOU
say. lighting another cigaret
and downing another pint Of ale.
Where is IL written that the
poople Of the II A-aro e4.-
empt from the universal law
that all power tends 70 corrup-
tim ahnse and TYRANNY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-21

Two thoughts DantUrr, tf7e-
Il lion headed leader Of the
French revolution. wrote the
whole history OF Lenin and
Stain when he shouted in the
convention
BE my brother or I'll kill
YOU. :"
We can't keep our freedom
by merely repeating. parrot-iike,
We are free " Freedom must
he fought for over and over
again
So ask yourself mhnn-
new law is proposed in Wa -
incton or a state capital. not
what does this Law give me. bit
what does il take away from
me-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-21

ANSWERS on Opposite PsSe)
Evening star., 1944-10-12
An irresponsible Employer

The family background and train
Ing of teen-age girls brought to
Washington for Government work
do exert a great influence on their
conduct while here, a point to which
Mrs. Roosevelt alluded yesterday at
her press conference. 1t is also true,
as she said, that there should be
more policemen in the parks.
More important, however, is the
fact that the United States Govern
ment, as an employer enticing these
youngsters to Washington with ap-
peals to patriotism and love of ad-
venture, is guilty of reckless ire
sponsibility. 1t assumes a moral risk
which the military services are
unwilling to assume in recruiting
young women for the WAVES,
WACS, SPARS, etc. The military
services, recognizing the emotional
as well as physical immaturity of
youth, place minimum age of
twenty for enliStments, and only
then with the written consent of
parents. A rigid course of instruc-
tion and training, under military
discipline, follows enlistment.
In bringing sixteen, seventeen and
eighteen-year old girls to Washing
ton for war work, the Government
cynically lodges responsibility that
1t tacitly assumed in urging them
to come here and leaves them on
their own. 1t treats them as respon-
sible adults, when many of them are
still children. This recruiting should
be stopped now. Furthermore, the
sound suggestion advanced by Ray
H. Everett, executive secretary of
the Social Hygiene Society, that
those under twenty be "sent back
home" ought to receive careful
consideration.
Evening star., 1944-10-12
Corinth Then and Now

New Corinth, the modern town
which keeps alive the name of the
ancient Peloponnesian metropolis,
was founded as recently as 1853. 1t
rises on the western side of the
classic Isthmus, three and a half
miles northeast of the ruins of the
original city, wrecked by repeated
earthquakes. Troops of the Allied
nations, coming, in the cause of
liberation, are treading soil which
has been historic for ages, but they
may not appreciate what they see
on the surface of the ground. Much
OF the beauty of the Corinth of
antiquity is buried, nobody knows
how deep.
Parts of the neighborhood have
been Systematically excavated by
scientists of the American School
of Classical Studies at Athens since
1896. Their discoveries have dis
closed the fact that Corinth at diff
ferent times occupied two different
terraces, one about a hundred feet
above the. other. Both locations
were associated with shore lines
which have disappeared. The coast
OF the gulf is now nearly two miles
away. Evidence has been collected
to show that the western harbor OF
the Corinth of the fifth century
before Christ probably was an ar
tiflcial creation, excavated far inland
and protected by long and high
walls. The citadel known as Aero
Corinthus stands approximately
eighteen hundred and eighty feet
above the plain, Among the por-
tions Of the old town rescued from
oblivion are the agora or market
place, stretches of the harbor road,
large public baths, theater, foun-
tain called Pirene, several temples
and other structures.
Commerce distinguished Corinth
as early as the Homeric era. The
primitive settlement was conquered
by the DorianS, but the Ionian"
population was not disturbed. Two
tyrants - Cypselus and Periander,
father and son-made the city at
tractive as center of maritime
trade. Colonies were established in
Sicily and at other points In the
Mediterranean basin. Ships from
Corinth went to Egypt and perhaps
to the west side of the Iberian
Peninsula. The rulers and people Of
the Corinthian oligarchy favored
and fought Athens and Sparta alter
nately. Sharing In the common fault
OF the Grecian race, they were rivals
Of those nearby communities with
which they should have been un-
Evening star., 1944-10-12
Behind Dumburton Oaks

The fruits of the Dumbarton Oaks
Conference have been set before the
world in the shape of a 5000 word
document rightly entitled tentative
proposals. The specific recon-
mendations for a world organiza-
ton to promote and maintain inter
national peace and security are
being universally discussed, and
points not covered are being no less
widely noted.
In all this discussion, it is to be
hoped that attention on specific,
points will not exclude a realization
of the evolutionary background and
of the current psychology which
affords driving spirit for specific
performance. The best designed
machinery will not function with
out proper motive power, while a
theoretically perfect constitution will
remain dead letter if not politically
viable. 1t is in both these back
ground" aspects that the embryonic
United Nations" should be visu-
allied.
First, the evolutionary aspect. The
document framed at Dumbarton
Oaks is the latest in long series of
peace plans" It's immediate sue
cessor is, of course, the League of
Nations, which, incidentally still
legally exists. But, in many ways,
the Dumbarton Oaks proposals hark
back to the ideas embodied in the
League to Enforce Peace" projected
during the First World War, and
behind that project we may trace
the evolutionary line to the First
Hague Peace Conference which as
sembled so hopefully in the spring
of 1899 and which resulted in the
permanent Court of International
Arbitration later developed into the
World Court of Justice that, like
the League of Nations, continues
formally to survive. Behind those
specific creations for world peace
and order, again, lie draft plans of
philosophers and statesmen reach
ing back to remote antiquity. The
yearning for a pacific and law
abiding planet is deeply ingrained
in the human race, even though it
has thus far been an unrealized
aspiration.
While the hope of enduring peace
has always existed, the effective
urge to obtain it has been strongest
when wars ravages are most acute.
The present struggle is not only
far-and-away the worst war in hu-
man history but also the obvious
precursor of still worse to come
unless the plague of war can be
met and mastered. The robot bomb
Is preview of the next war" which
has perhaps done more than any
other single fact to shock mankind.
Thus a psychological atmosphere is
being created highly favorable to
constructive action. These two
background" factors should be
kept in mind as an important part
Of any factual survey.
Evening star., 1944-10-12
Another Food Record

The miracle of American pro-
duction" is phrase applicable to
more things than ships, planes,
tanks and guns. 1t is applicable to
corn and wheat and food output In
general. According to the crop re-
porting board of the Department of
Agriculture, the harvest for 1914
barring unusually adverse weather
now promises to exceed all pre-
viouS records, Where are the
Cassandras today who once spoke
darkly of "crisis" and potential
famine? Perhaps their silence
means that they are rejecting upon
the unwisdom of Understanding
the good earth that is America or
of letting whimsical and tickle
statistics obscure the qualities of
the American farmer, than whom
there is none better or abler any
where in the world Manpower was
short. Machinery and supplies were
none too plentiful. Weather condi-
tions were far from perfect. There
were more than few factors that
seemed to support the pessimists.
But what the gloomy forecasts
failed to reckon with was that the
Nations soil was still rich and that
the millions working on 1t knew
their job and were determined to
do it well, no matter what the diff
ficulties. In the words of Marvin
Jones, War Food Administrator,
Each year it has seemed that this
procession of broken records must
stop, and each year the food har-
vest has showed another record
larger than the last" and we have
the farmers to thank for that, for
they have made it possible by their
long hours of hard work and their
unfailing resourcefulness. Beyond
that, of course, there is the fact that
Providence has been kind to us,
blessing us with a naturally abun-
dant land which is forever con-
founding those who lose faith in it.
We are fortunate people, indeed,
Evening star., 1944-10-12

does not recognize the bob-t tail Federal
ballot. The State secretary already has
received q small number of these short
ballots. To each soldier or sailor send
ing in such, State ballot has been
mailed
II the election were close, the outcome
in the State might turn on these SOL
der ballots. However, there has been
nothing to indicate that Colorado men
m the armed forces are preponderantly
for Mr.. Roosevelt.
The hottest fight in the State, outside
of the presidential race, Is for the lst
congressional district. Denver now rep
resented by Dean Gillespie, Republican
The district for years was represented in
Congress by the late Lawrence Lewis
Democrat. Mr.. Gillespie won in a con-
test for the vacancy caused when Mr..
Lewis died a few months ago Mr.. Giles
pie is opposed by newcomer in poll
tics, Charles A. Graham, a 37-year -old
lawyer who was a regional director of
the War Labor Board until he resigned
to enter the race
Mr.. Gillespie won by only $500 votes
in light vote. Whether he can repeat
against Mr.. Graham is the question.
Much will depend on how Denver goes
in the presidential contest. Mr. Graham
comes of an old Colorado and an Old
Republican family. He is looked on here
as radical by Republicans and anti
New Deal Democrats. The CIO is work
ing its head off for him.
The three other Republican districts
are regarded as surely Republican. They
are represented by Republicans in the
present Congress. The senatorial race
will be won by Senator Millikin, Repub-
lican. over his Democratic opponent
Barney L. Whatley. who was formerly
Democratic State chairman. Only q
Roosevelt landslide, which is not ex-
pected. could possibly put Mr.. Whatley
across.
Gov. Vivian. Republican, Is fighting
Tor reelection against Roy Best, once a
csttleman. who has made an excellent
record as warden of the State peniten-
tiary The odds favor Gov. Vivian.
Colorado's sole Democratic represent
atlve In Congress, Senator Ed johnson
mas taken no part In the campaign and
is not expected to- He has been an
ardent anti-fourth- term Democrat.
Evening star., 1944-10-12
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

DENVER, Oct. I.-Colorado looks
IKE Dewey State. Republicans are
confident they can repeat in 1914 what
they did in 1910. when they carried the
State for Wendell L. Willkie by l4,O0O
votes. Indeed, some of their leaders
predict Dewey victory by as high as
$4,000
Democratic leaders admit an uphill
fight. Aided by the CIO and the Po-
Htical Action Committee, Democrats are
seeking to register as many as possible
and are having considerable success. So
much so that Republicans are redou-
bling their own efforts TO get the party
vote fully registered.
In the past Denver has been a Demo-
cratic stronghold. 1t Is here and in
Pueblo that Democrats must win by a
considerable margin If President Roose-
welt is to win the Colorado electoral
vote. -Four years ago Mr.. Roosevelt
carried Denver by $500 votes and Pueblo
by some 1000. 1t is doubtful he can
better this margin this year. Indeed
Republicans are hopeful of carrying
Denver
In the other parts of the State the
edge Is decidedly with the Republicans,
SSPSSioiiS ohiolS SdtticAIcu dItQ IaIU1-
ers. who are of" the New Deal in a big
way. How the coal miners will vote still
Is problem. Gov. Dewey will get some
of their votes unquestionably, many will
stick by President Roosevelt
The problem of the Democrats not
only is to get the potential Democratic
vote registered. but also to see that ii
goes to the polls on election day. This
they say, is major worry. Furthermore
reports from many sources hold that
Democrats who have supported Mr..
Roosevelt in the past will either vote
Tor Mr.. Dewey or not at all this year.
After defeats in 1910 and 1912 and
earlier this year In a congressional by
election. the Denver Democratic organi-
zation was fat on its back. 1t has been
Jacked-up in recent weeks, however, by
the PAC, which brought money into the
campaign and improved Democratic
morale.
Authorities here estimate that Colo
rado has some 10000 men in the armed
services eligible to vote About IS 600
have made applications for ballots. and
perhaps 10000 in all will apply Colorado
Evening star., 1944-10-12

faltering friends. Inevitably, the re-
suit was disastrous. The city was
despoiled by the Romans in 148 BIC,
but was endowed by julius Caesar,
Augustus and Hadrian. It's renewed
prosperity, however, soon declined
despite the help Of the Emperors,
Eventually, 1t was just village
squatting on the debris of the past.
The New Corinth which Allied troops
have liberated is only a small settle
ment, boasting perhaps four thou
sand residents.
Evening star., 1944-10-12
Test for Russiu

Developments under the reported
plan for limited American and
British participation in the Allied
Control Commission for Romania
and separate diplomatic representa-
tion in, Bucharest will indicate the
answers to questions in the minds
of many people about the type of
postwar cooperation to be expected
from the Soviet government.
In Italy, where the Anglo -Ameri-
can High Command is in the
dominant position as the Soviet
High Command is in Romania, Rus
sian representatives have enjoyed a
substantial voice in the making of
policy decisions and full facilities
for gathering information and trans
mitting it to their government, in
cluding private radio transrinitter.
The understanding is that it has
been decided to follow somewhat the
same pattern for American and
British representation in Romania
as set by Soviet representation in
Italy. Thus high-ranking Ameri-
can Army officer would be a member
of the largely Russian Allied Con-
troll Commission, and there would be
a separate diplomatic mission for in
formal contacts with the Romanian
government and to look after long
range American interests.
How well the Anglo American
Evening star., 1944-10-12
just a Problem" to Solve

just a Problem" to Solve
To the Editor of The Star:
Apropos of the news item to the effect
that the Germans consider our maps of
the Siegfried Line better than their own,
I am reminded Of an anecdote told me
years ago by Gen. Horace Porter when
he was Ambassador to France
The general said that he once had
rather lively argument with a Ger
man military official concerning the de-
fenses of the great fortress OF Metz. In
order to prove his contention, the
Ambassador traced on the back of a
menu the outline of these defenses.
When the German oficial demanded to
know how Gen. Porter was so familiar
with the subject, the latter replied that
this was problem which every West
Pointer was given to solve.
Apparently our generals now fighting
on the Siegfried Line are quite as well
informed as was Gen, Porter when Ne
served on the staff of Gen. Grant in
the Civil War
PHILIP M. BROWN.
Evening star., 1944-10-12

among those accompanying Mr.. Miko-
lajcxyk to Moscow is interpreted to mean
that Mr.. Churchill already has broached
the subject to Premier Stain and that
the Soviet leader is willing to talk over
matters with the Polish general
The most important point In the
Russian-Polish difficulty is not the
question Of future boundaries but the
fact that while Great Britain and the
United States recognize the government
in exile, Moscow has sponsored a gov
ernment of hand picked Poles who are
considered by the Western powers as
nothing more than Russia's Charlie
McCarthys. AS large portions Of Poland
were liberated by the Red armies, this
puppet government was established in
the Polish city OF Lublin and Is at.
tempting to take over the government
with the support of the Red armies.
The Poles have q national army. It
is fighting as an underground force, in
Poland, where it already has given i'm
portant assistance to the Russian
armies, and as a regular force wherever
the Allies want 1t to fight. Both within
and outside Poland 1t has done splendid
work
1t has been obvious for some time
that the Lublin government wanted to
obtain at least nominal command of
the Polish armies. This explains why
such pressure was brought on the Po-
lish government In London to dismiss
Gen. Sosnkowsky and why the Lublin
government later called the Hero OF
Warsaw. Gen. Komorowski, a traitor
and Fascist tool The only commander
OF the Polish forces, according to the
views of the Lublin government, could
be man chosen from the handful Of
Polish officers who have associated
themselves with the ideologies Of that
administration
On this count Premier Mikola jczyk is
said to be adamant. He Is determined
TO give the Poles a commander who has
been fighting since 1899 and who can
inspire absolute confidence in the rank
and file of the army. After the cap
ture Of Komorowski the question OF who
would be commander in chief became
once more a subject of heated contro-
versy between the Lublin and London
factions. Lublin's regime has the great
advantage of having Russia's full sup
port. The Poles in London have the
advantage of having the regular and
underground fighting units completely
under their control
Evening star., 1944-10-12

is to be judged from the experience Of
the past. Let us take the attacks on
Saipan and Guam as examples. These
positions, too, were linked to Japan by
series OF island positions-the Bonins
and the Northern MISUNDERSTANDING a
long thin chain of islands with numer-
Gus anchorages and air strips along its
course
The American preparation for attack
was to wipe out the existing japanese
air power on Saipan and Guam, and
to prevent that air power from being
replaced by series of attacks against
the intervening islands of the supply
chain: in the course OF this process, due
attention was also given to. japanese
shipping, the only means by which am
munition, stores and reinforcements
could be sent to Saipan and Guam.
Exactly the same process is now being
gone through with regard to Formosa
and (more particularly the Philippines.
The Japanese air power and shipping
already in the Philippines were heavily
damaged by Admiral Halsey's attacks
In late September. Now the japanese
are being deprived Of their ability to
replace these losses, by attacks against
their communication system between
Japan and the Philippines. This does
not necessarily mean that great land
ing in the Philippines is imminent. 1t
may be necessary to repeat the various
steps in the process several times, in
order to get the desired result. But the
accomplishment OF that result Is as
inevitable as fate itself.
Sooner or later, the Japanese in the
Philippines will find themselves without
air support for their ground troops. and
with their defensive potential reduced
to the lighting strength by land of the
existing garrison with such remainder
OF its supplies as have not been de.
stroyed by attacks against its depots,
That Is what happened on Saipan and
Guam, and in many another japanese
outpost in the Pacific.
In the Philippines, the process may
take little longer because the oppor.
tunities for dispersal are greater and
because the japanese are presumably
in greater strength and more amply
supplied than they were on the little
islands. This Is still more the case in
Formcsa, which has long been ! part
Of the Japanese Dmpire and has per-
manent. well-stocked military instalIa-
tions. But the principle Ii the same.
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