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Evening star., 1944-06-09
Political Front

This weeks developments on the
political front must be source of
no little concern to the men who
are striving to organize a fourth
term for President Roosevelt.
Possibly the most significant of
these developments was the voting
In New York's special election in the
eleventh congressional district. The
Democrats had held this district for
thirty-two years. In 1912 they won
with majority of 1894 votes, but
In the special election the Repub-
lican candidate, Ellsworth B. Buck,
carried the district by a margin of
about $500 votes over the combined
Democratic and American Labor
party vote for his opponent. Mr..
Buck had campaigned principally on
the basis of his opposition to fourth
term for Mr. Roosevelt, which he said
would be a step ION the unhappy
road to dictatorship" This makes
the fourth COP special election VIC
tory since 1912 in districts that have
been traditionally Democratic. Fur
thermore, with the notable exception
OF one Oklahoma district, the Re
publicans generally have shown
marked gains in the percentage of
votes cast in districts which they
did not succeed in taking away from
the Democrats. Unquestionably. so
far as these congressional elections
are concerned, the trend has been
away from the New Deal.
Political maneuverings in the
South, where Mississippi now has
joined Texas and South Carolina
IN kicking over the party traces,
must also be source of real concern
to the fourth-term advocates. The
strategy Of these Southern Demo-
Gratis Is to relieve their presidential
electors Of any obligation to vote
Tor the party's nominee unless the
nominee and the party platform are
more to their liking than seems
indicated at this time Essentially
this threat of revolt is designed to
eXtort concessions from the party
not to assist the Republican presi-
Dental candidate. There can be no
doubt, however, that it also reflects
rising Southern antipathy for some
OF the policies of the administra-
ton, and, as the fourth -termers well
know, 1t is a threat which, upon full
naturalization, might easily cost Mr..
Roosevelt the election If he should
be nominated next month.
Finally, there is the resignation of
James A. Farley as chairman of the
New York State Democratic Commit
tee. Mr.. Farley has said that he
Evening star., 1944-06-09
Initial Phase of Battle
By Maj. George Fieldina Eliot

There Is still lack of definite infor-
nation on the progress of our invading
forces in France. We know that we
have taken the town of Bayeux which
lies about four miles inland astride the
main railway and highway from Paris
to the port of Cherbourg. We know
that we are fighting in or near the town
OF Caen, some II miles east of Bayeux
on the same railway and highway.
So much we have officially. Adding
to this the statements or the implica-
tlons Of eyewitness reports and the
enemy's reports for what they are worth
we may arrive at the tentative con-
clusion that the immediate objective of
our attack Is to isolate the Cotentin
Peninsula, at the northern end of which
stands the port of Cherbourg. Having
done this, we could lay siege to the port,
which is heavily fortified
We will need such a port in order to
carry on our operations on a large
scale, just as we needed Syracuse and
Augusta to invade Sicily, and Just as
we needed Bari and Taranto and Naples
to invade Italy. In his statement on
Thursday War Secretary Stimson gave
a very strong hint that we might be
thinking primarily in terms of taking
Cherbourg.
We must, however, still keep in mind
that such hints may be given in order
to deceive the enemy, that our real
objective may be the somewhat more
capacious port of LIE Havre or even a
new and larger landing somewhere else
But just now it looks very much like
Cherbourg as objective No. l.
Perhaps the best news that we have
had so far is the news that on Wednes-
day-D-day plus one-the weather i'm
proved over the channel and the north
west wind which had been driving heavy
waves over the invasion beaches moder-
ated. This is of vital Importance be-
cause of the time factor involved. The
period OF graveSt danger in an invasion
Is during the time when the beachheads
are IN course of consolidation, when the
invader has considerable number Of
men ashore but not yet enough to deal
with powerful enemy counterattack.
1t will be the object of the enemy to
strike blow at time and a place
which will give him advantage in num-
bers and fire power. He will want to do
as much damage as he can; he will not
wish to waste this blow by striking at a
place where we have little or nothing.
The phase of the fighting now in
progress is the fight with the enemy's
local reserves. We have overcome, at
some places, his initial assistance. We
Evening star., 1944-06-09
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

Jim" Farley has effectively and eff
fectually stepped out of the Roosevelt
fourth term picture in New York. His
resignation from the Democratic State
craftsmanship can only mean that he
does not intend to have anything to do
with a campaign to carry New York for
Mr.. Roosevelt-if he is renominated-
next fall.
In 1910 Mr.. Farley, who had been the
Presidents principal political lieutenant
and had managed two national political.
campaigns for him, resigned as Demo-
cratic national chairman. He did not
hand in his resignation, however, until
after the national convention had NOM
mated Mr.. Roosevelt for third term.
Nor did he resign as State chairman.
He held on to that Office and announced
his support of the Democratic national
ticket, although he did not believe in
third term for any President. He helped
to carry New York, with its big electoral
vote, against Wendell L. Willkie.
Now Mr.. Farley steps out of the State
craftsmanship in advance Of the meeting
OF the national convention, to which he
is delegate from New York. He frankly
does not intend to have any part or
parcel In the denomination and re-
election of the President for a fourth
term. In fact, he will oppose Mr.. Roose-
velt,s denomination. There now exists
every reason to believe he will oppose
his reelection If Mr.. Roosevelt is re-
nominated. This does not mean that
Mr.. Farley will throw his support to the
Republican nominee for President-He
VIII not, in any event, leave the Demo-
cratic party. @
BY taking action before the Demo-
cratic National Convention rneets-as 1t
VIII July. 19-Mr. Farley has put his
friends on notice that he does not. frSeud
TO carry the flag for Mr.. Roosevelt in
New York as chairman of the Demo-
cratic State Committee. Had he re-
mained as State chairman until after
the convention nominated Mr.. Roosevelt
and then resigned, he might have been
charged with letting his friends down.
NOW they know exactly where he stands.
1t Is no secret that the fourth-termers
have sought to WOO Mr.. Farley back into
the Roosevelt fold. The olive branch
has been held out to him on several
occasions-not by the President, but by
some OF those who are active in the
campaign for his denomination and re-
election-among them Chairman Han
negan OF the Democratic National Com
mittee. Mr.. Farley, however was
adamant. He has made it plain he will
not subscribe to fourth term.
Evening star., 1944-06-09
Arctic Evening

The long, the intermi1able t,eilight
fingers on eHdlessly.
Exquisite, roSe-piolet, totth utterly
unn1oving chill:
Though it is spring the cold breath
from Sno,D ranges
Translates the evening under its spell,
inmutabIe, still.
Because it is spring the heart knotDs
the long loneliness,
In this hus1ted cold light OF dtn1i't-
iShing day;
No bird sings, nothing mopes, the heart
breaks IL, silence,
But slo,uly, as light ,0ould taTy, or
song die atDay.
Cold, lost in a beautiful blue-iilac
emptiness,
Remembering time gone and the poics
it ,oiu neDer recall,
The heart touits no longer for the Dord
to be spoken,
Only the silence, the forgetting, tils !,
nights Sloto fall.
..... FREDERICK EBR1GHT. -
Evening star., 1944-06-09
This and That
BY Charles E. Trace1peH.
stfNT YEYrFNNr W.

Dear Sir:
We read your articles in The Star
with interest and wonder If you would
give us some advice on dogs. We have
lovely collie, and the big question is
shall it be clipped or not?
1T seems the heavy fur coat would
be most uncomfortable in hot weather.
Every dog I've seen with a clipped coat
acted as though he didn't enjoy it much
and had tendency to hide.
will await your advice before We
WELD the clippers.
sincerely yours, E. e. c."
"
If the dog is scratching a great dea,
or mas any kind of skin eruption. he
shouid ne clipped and kept clipped all
during the hot weather.
Il he is shedding excessively, or has
tlcks or lives in tick-infested neigh
oorhood. he should be clipped.
otherwise, leave his coat alone.
he should be brushed daily, and loose
hairs combed out.
All long-haired dogs should be
brushed every day
AS for keeping the dog COOL clipping
Is unnecessary.
On the other hand, clipping does not
hurt the coat. Dogs have been clipped
twice every summer for years, and their
coats are beautiful
Ii there ever was a summer when all
dogs should get the best possible care.
this is it.
The first rule is cleanliness. and the
second rule is cleanliness. The third is
plenty Of drinking water.
The rabies quarantine imposes on dog
owners the necessity of keeping the
animals closer to home than in the past.
Many owners have become so used to
allowing the dogs to run at will that
they do not think the animals can re-
main healthy without this freedom.
Large dogs suffer the most. Thev
should be walked on leash as much as
possible, no matter what the owner
thinks of walking.
Today too many persons come to
look upon walking as something strange.
1t remains, however, the best possible
constitutional exercise, especially when
taken at fair clip
Walking dog, then, is good exercise.
In the old days, especially in the citv.
nobody with good dog thought of all
lowing it to run free at all hours. This
is an idea which has come in during
the past 10 fearful years.
In the old days good dog was valued
too much to permit it to run at large.
Washing the dog is another exercise
which many dog owners shrink from
because Fido kicks and struggles, and
they fear it is bad for the coat.
Hot weather makes dogs smell. What
with the danger from ticks, summer is
fast becoming the real dog days"
Now that rabies has reared its awful
head, the dogs should be watched and
cared for with extra vigil in hot weather.
Every dog, as every child in the sub
i urbs, should be given tick inspection at
least once day, and preferably twice a
day.
Ticks. If found, should be removed
with tweezers, not the bare fingers, and
burned at once. or dropped in kero-
sene. A drop of this is best put on the
tick before it is removed, as it induces
it to let got its hold.
The family cat, too, should be given
regular tick inspection.
Ticks do not get on cats as much as
on dogs, but sometimes they do usually
| around the shoulder. They are more
| inclined to seek the cat as a host If the
animals fur Is thin, or If it has re-
! ceivedtsn injury. \
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must now drop all that direful talk
he picked up during his pre- invasion
trip to the twenty-fifth century.
Nobody Is frightened by him any
more; we are pretty good at the
Buck Rogers business ourselves.
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Argentina Blunders On

While the American ambassador to Argen-
tina is en- route home for consultations at
the White House and State Department, the
government of Argentina recalls its ambassa-
dor to the United States, completing the sew
erance of diplomatic relations between the
two nations.
Just what the move portends is not wholly
clear, but il would seem that the Nazi influ-
ence in the South American republic has lost
none of its power despite the fact Germany
faces defeat in this war, possibly in a mat
ter OF months.
President Edelrniro Farrell, at Buenos Aires
has little sympathy with inter-Arnerican soil
darity, and II may be that he intends to
draw other South American republics away
from this nation by such means as he has
at hand with the aim Of disrupting the whole
Pan-American program for the benefit Of the
Germans and in the hope OF profiting by
that act.
Argentina has been a source OF anxiety in
other American capitals for some years be-
cause of its recalcjtrancy and general bellig-
erency. Obviously President Farrell has not
taken the crumbling OF Nazi military might
at face value, and clings to the belief that
his prospects are better through closer affli-
alton with the Reich than by rubbing Shout
ders in friendship with the United States and
the other American nations.
He is making a great mistake. His country
cannot find satisfactory markets for its prod
ucts, chiefly grain and livestock, in what will
be left OF the fascist world when this war
is ended Certainly Germany cannot buy heav-
lily, nor pay in money, and will have little
to barter with.
While Great Britain Is now absorbing
large quantity of Argentina's beef exports, an
open breach between Washington and Buenos
Aires should, by the nature OF u S.-British
relations, bring end to that trade, and
Argentina would have trouble finding another
large market
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arrangements telling labor what it plans to
do, and making some provision to tide part
of the labor force over an inevitable period OF
unemployment during readjustnent ii civilian
production.
This tiding over was done by some of his
clients in depression days, says Mr.. Ramona,
and must be done again. He suggest such
things dismissal pay, minimum wage guar
antees and, if necessary, made work..
Management can't do it all, the engineer
says, but it must do a large part else
pay the bills in taxes along with the rest of us.
He feels that unemployment insurance alone
won't suffice.
It's no sugary potion that Mr.. Ramona pre-
scribes, but it sounds sensible. 1t can't work.
however, if labor and management declare
about war as soon as peace comes. sane,
friendly attitude by both parties will be the
first requisite.
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Nurses Needed

Your corner druggist with $4,000 Of his
colleagues throughout the country has added
to his varied assortment of jobs and services.
He has been selected to beat the drum in a
recruiting campaign for the United States
Cadet Nurse Corps. The corner drug store is
likely place to find recruits, and we hope
the proprietors' efforts will be successful.
This recruiting campaign is important. The
nursing profession, like the medical has sent
thousands of members to the Army and Navy.
Civilian health care has been seriously cur
tailed. The U. S. Public Health Service SAYS
that at least $1,000 new student nurses are
needed as reserve force to relieve shortages
in hospitals, health agencies and war plants.
The cadet nurse receives more than the
opportunity for a valuable war contribution.
She gets complete though accelerated. in
struction which prepares her for a nursing
career if she cares to choose it. She gets
uniforms maintenance and spending money
With almost all pre-medical students in the
service, the doctor shortage shows little
chance Of improvement A full response to
the call for cadet nurses can do much to
improve the country's general health picture.
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BY JOHN SELRY

"A Skeleton Key to Finnegans
Wake" by Joseph Campbell and
The people of great leisure are
again trying to explain James
Joyce. Not long hence a b 90 K
Called "a Skeleton Key to Finne.
gans Wake" came along, with an
enclosed post card. This said that
If l had lost my copy of "Finne.
ga7s Wake" I should 81 n the
card, and another would be sent
me. I used 'Fianegans Wake" as
a doorstep until it wore out, and
then burned it. So 1 ordered an.
other.
Messrs. Joseph Campbell and
Henry Morton Robinson wrote the
skeleton k e " aforementioned
thus proving they can make as
silly pun as Joyce. Their thesis
as nearly as I can understand &
is that "Finnegans Wake" is the
keystone of tn Joycean arch. that
it is the magical rendering into
words of the worlds subconscious
and that every syllable is atten.
tlon-worthy. To that I reply, in
The words of, the master himself
20 Foenlx culprit! Elk nikylow
malo comes mickelmassed bonum
I'LL, rll, ones IN company, billet.
Cd. less be proud Of I haven't the
vaguest idea what that means and
care less than othing but If
sounds like a fair answer to such
a seemingly absurd thesis
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-07-26
Roosevelt Faults

A newspaperman who has been attending
President Roosevelt's press conferences for al
most twelve years believes that many of the
Chief Executives faults may help him win the
forthcoming election. 1t is strange view, that
man may triumph, not over his faults, but
because of them. Still, the correspondent
makes fairly good case. In part, he writes:
The paradox of Mr. Roosevelts personali-
ty has been stated many times; his faults
and virtues are well-known He is poor
administrator, he hates to delegate authority
he often chooses the wrong man for the post
he has an amiable good will which makes it
almost impossible for him to discharge mem
Der of his official family no matter how in
competent. Rather than get rid of members
of his aging cabinet, Mr.. Roosevelt has follow
ed the characteristic Rooseveltan procedure
OF erecting a new super-cablnet which is the
real governmental structure in the Capital
today, James F. Byrnes and Donald M. Nelson
Gals, and half dozen others.
ION the other hand, these very character
istics which seem defects from one light are
probably the ones that have helped carry Mr.
Roosevelt successfully through three presiden-
tial contests and may now take him through
a fourth. The electorate doesn't necessarily
pick man for President because he is an
efficiency expert-Woodrow Wilson and Her
bert Hoover were efficient enough but they
botched their primary job of carrying the pub
lie along with their own policies. Indeed, the
very separation Of powers between the exc
cutive and the legislature in the American Con-
stitution is something that would drive an
efficiency expert mad"
We strongly incline to the view however,
that the state Of the war when November
rolls around will have stronger influence upon
the election outcome than Mr.. Roosevelt's
faults.
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BraZiPs Contribution

speaking Of South American relations, the
recent news from Brazil reaffirms the fact
that dictatorship is not an opprobrious term
to throw around at random Certainly the
government of President Vargas is dictatorial.
with its suspended constitution, dissolved Con-
gress, and tightly controlled press. But it has
been OF tremendous help to u.s.
Brazil rooted out the Axis listening posts
within its boundaries, provided the United
States with air bases, and elsewhere fully
supported Allied aims in word and action.
NOW comes the news that Brazil has sent a
slzable military force to Italy to fight in the
common cause
Dictatorship is precarious form of govern.
ment at best. America does not admire if
But surely President Vargas deserves credit
Tor preserving much of the spirit Of democ-
racy His record lends confidence to his prom
Use that constitutional government will be re.
stored to Brazil after the war;
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Postwar Employment

II our postwar planning fails, it won't be
for lack OF effort. Literally dozens Of peace
time prosperity b]ueprints have been offered
by Congress, business, and labor, jointly and
severally, and by just plain guys named Joe.
All OF them are sincere most Of them are
sound, and the majority agree on fundamen-
tails.
All recognize and deal with such snarls as
availability and distribution at labor and ma
terial, cut-backs and cancellations, taxes and
disposal OF surplus government property. And
the solutions Of these various problems all
ponnt to one goal - full employment.
Full employment means prosperity. Pros
perity also means full employment. It's a
chicken and-egg proposition. To get them both
going at once will take some doing. And we
believe that Albert Ramona, the Chicago in
dustrial engineer has as practical and reals.
tic a self-starter as any yet suggested.
Mr.. Ramona agrees with many others that
the only prescription for full employment and
prosperity is greater ~ productivity per man.
hour, which can keep costs down and wages
up.
To fill this prescription, he argues, industr,
must increase each mans productivity while
adding eight or ten million people to our pre-
war labor force; and it must convince labor
that this can be done - if labor will co-ope
rate.
Restrictive labor practices like "slowdowns'
and feather bedding arise from a natura
fear on labor's part of working oneself GU
Of job, Mr.. Ramona says. But he charge:
bad tools and methods, and waste of tim
and manpower are just as uneconomical.
Correcting the second condition is an easier
more tangible task. But Mr.. Ramona think:
the first difficulty can also be corrected b,
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authority was abrogated. The Army took over.
This led to unceasing controversy and op-
position and finally to the federal courts, where
decision is still pending. The government, af-
ter an adverse ruling in the Hawaiian courts,
carried it's case to u S. Circuit Court of Ap-
peals in San Francisco on the contention that
martial law in the islands was necessary to
security.
Now, Lieut. Gen. Robert c. Richardson has
relinquished the title OF military governor
Henceforth his office will be designated the
Office of Internal security. This might be
mistaken for the end of military government
but it is not, says General Richardson. II have
decided that all necessary security measures
can be taken care of "by issuance of direc-
tives and orders by virture of my title of
commanding general of the Central Pacific
Area" Obviously the change does not enc
Hawaii's martial law status.
And perhaps that is just as well, inasmuch
as the Japanese population is large and there
is no reason to assume that since Pearl Harbor
it has become, to the last man, loyal to the
United States. 1t is not to be forgotten that
Hawaiian Japanese had given Tokyo in
valuable information of the islands situation
while that sneak attack was being planned
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The Literary Guidepost

The determination of certain lit
craft to force people to accept
Joyce as genius resembles the
fanaticism of the we'll known mas.
ter race. These people disregard,
iol example, the fact that almost
without exception, no really great
literature was obscure in it's own
time. The greatest of all, to wit,
Shakespeare and the King James
Bible, were perfectly understand.
able in the time of Elizabeth and
King James. respectively. T h y
are now. when one substitutes cur
rent phrases for the archaic ones.
Dr. Freud not only wrote about
the subconscious with exactness
and cla-ity-he practically dis
covered it in the same spirit.
impalpabunt, he abhears," say
Tie Joyceans. In addition to IN
raVellng such perversions of the
most flexible and expressive Ian
euage on earth, the Joyceans say
we must take a map of Dublin
ana look up the most obscure
piaees-Dublin, itself, in the belly
OF Finnegan, according to Messrs.
Iampoel and Robinson, and
Jcyce's dream saga explores ev-
cry a LEY, one gathers, All
TINS In support of the legend that
great men aren't appreciated in
their time, legend that dies hard
and still is believed about some
composers. But it's hard to name
even one true case.
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On Trial

Seven months after the government took pos
session of 5000 bituninous coal mines, they
have been turned back to their private owners.
In releasing the mines, the Secretary Of the
Interior said: Management and labor are
now on trial to prove to. the nation that they
can fulfill wartime responsibilities under theil
own power The Secretary should have added
that government labor policies are also or
trial because the governments vacilating att