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Evening star., 1944-04-10
Where Speed Is Necessary

The Senate's Special Committee
on Postwar Economic Policy and
Planning, headed by Senator Wal
ter F. George, places particular en-
phasis on the need for speed in
enacting legislation to provide for
the termination of war contracts.
To this end, it has just passed
favorably on a bill covering this
phase of rehabilitation and at the
same time has urged the Senate
Military Affairs Committee to press
for its passage at the earliest pos
Sible moment.
Worked out in agreement with
Bernard M. Baruch's advisory unit
in the Office Of War Mobilization,
the bill would provide for the ap-
pointment Of a single director to
supervise the procedure to be fol-
lowed in terminating contracts and
would establish the rules to be fol-
lowed in such matters as paying off
the contractors or making loans to
them, removing machinery or ma
terials from their plants and gov
erning appeals from termination
settlements. In every important
particular, it follows the recon-
mendations made in the recent
Baruch- Hancock report on postwar
adjustment problems.
AS the George committee points
out, the sooner such legislation is
enacted, the better off the country
will be, for it has to do with what is
perhaps the most important phase
OF rehabilitation and one which
needs to be acted upon now. Indeed,
the changing character of the war
has already required a substantial
number of contract cancellations
and since military events are NOV
ing toward a great climax, it is en-
tirely possibly that the termination
problem will be one OF our most
pressing ones by the end of summer.
The war may be far from over, of
course. but ordinary prudence die
tates that we prepare at once to cope
with this problem. To appreciate
the Importance of speed, we need
only keep in mind what would hap
pen to vast number of armament
contracts and to our home front
employment-if the Nazis should
suddenly collapse between now and
next Christmas and if we had made
no prior provision for such a con-
tingency. There can be no doubt
that prompt legislative action is i'm
perative, for after that is had, an
additional three or four months will
be required to organize the ma
chinery for a smoothly operating
termination process.
The matter is so urgent, in fact,
and has been so fully discussed and
studied that the George committee
strongly recommends that there be
no more hearings on it and that the
bill be passed with special dispatch.
The advice makes a good deal of
sense, for the House and the Senate
may we'll be courting serious trouble,
If not chaos. in our national eco
nomy if they tolerate any unwar-
ranted deIay.
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much criticism in liberal and radical
circles at home. But this unsatis-
factory situation doubtless had
much to do with the fact that the
Allies got little effective aid from
the Italians, military or otherwise.
About a fortnight ago, Moscow
threw what looked like bombshell
into the imbroglio by extending
formal diplomatic recognition to
Badoglio without consulting either
its Allies or the local Italian Com
munistS. who were as much taken
aback as any one else. At the same
time, there arrived in Italy the
Communist leader, Palmiro Togliatti,
who, under the party pseudonym of
"Ercole," had represented Italy on
the Comintern during 16 years of
exile and had stood high in it's
councils. Togliatti did some eff
fective work, for the Italian Com
munists soon came out with a new
Party Line" not only announcing
its willingness to collaborate in
war government" headed by Mar
shall Badoglio, but also declaring the
King to be mot a person but an
institution" which should not be
changed until after the war.
That astounding about face
threatened to shatter the Junta,
leaving the liberal and radical
parties stultified and frustrated.
Yet, after week of intense activity
behind the scenes. the reconciled
Junta announces its willingness to
participate in a coalition war gov
ernment" If and when the King
steps into indefinite retirement,
designating Crown Prince Umberto
as his lieutenant" until liberated
Italy can freely determine it's po-
litical future.
What this boils down to is that
the six parties have apparently
evolved a formula under which they
can collaborate. Liberal and radical
faces may thus be saved, and If this
reconciliation within the Junta is
extended to Badoglio and the con-
servatives, the foundation for broad
based collaboration may have, at
last, been laid.
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bound to maintain its present position
toward the Algiers government" until
the French people are liberated and
allowed to express freely their wishes
without coercion from any quarter.
Official quarters state frankly they do
not trust Gen. de Gaulle. The manner
IN which he has gained control of North
Africa Is not to the liking Of the Ameri-
can Government. Our Army went into
North Africa on November 7, 1s42.
Neither Gen. de Gaulle nor any of his
followers shared in the risks of that
expedition. Heavy sacrifices Of Ameri-
can lives were avoided because of the
timely intervention of Admiral Jean
Francois Darlan, who returned to AL
glers three days before the invasion,
Only history will reveal the circum-
stances which took the French admiral
to North Africa in the nick of time
For the time being, for security reasons,
the story of events which led to the
admlral's assassination cannot be told
Nor can the names of those who armed
Darlan's assassin.
Gen. Giraud, who had participated
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making every effort to supply and re-
inforce that theater, and the recent
appearance of cruiser and an aircraft
carrier in the Strait of Malacca sug-
gests stronger forces near at hand.
Then, in our recent attack on the
Palau Islands, Japanese battleship
Is reported to have been present and
to have fled just in time, though dam
aged by one of our submarines. This
is little puzzling: What was a single
oattleshlp doing there? Battleships do
not ordinarily operate singly. Was this
ship left behind (possibly with engine
trouole) from q Japanese feet retiring
Evening star., 1944-04-10
New Winds

Spring is an amber glass
Through 1Ohich the sunlight foWS.
The figures carved thereon
Are three :.
A man 1Uho so1Us,
His arm uplitted high,
A 1Domdn 1Ueeping
And child
Whose face is lifted
To the April sky.
What harDeSt he ,Uho SOUS
viii gather Is not Shonn,
Nor 10hy the 1Doman 1Ueeps,
Nor tDhy the child,
With all the ,Uorld to see,
Lifts up his face alone
To the neD 1Oinds that pass,
Slantt,g across the glass.
SARA VAN AIsTYNE ALLEN
Evening star., 1944-04-10
This Changing World

in plans for the invasion, was on hand
and was entrusted with the task of
governing North Africa. Gen. Eisen-
hover, Allied commander in chief in
thaa area, intended to have Gen. Giraud
organize-with the aid Of American
lease-lend materials-at least 20 di-
visions to participate in the Anal attack
on the Germans.
North Africa was occupied by US
with minimum of loss, thanks to the
cooperation of French generals and
civil governors such as Pierre Boisson.
These men have now either been Jailed
by Gen. de Gaulle or managed to escape
and are in exile in neutral countries.
Gen. de Gaulle was created" by the
British government in the summer OF
1940 because no other Frenchmen was
available In England at the time to raise
the standard Of resistance to the Nazis
on the side of the British.
Gen. de Gaulle was made known
to the people Of France by q terrific
high pressure propaganda from London,
and the British government remained
Loyal to him In spite Of frequent dim
culties. Prime Minister Churchill, and
particularly Foreign Secretary Eden,
exercised q good deal Of friendly pres
sure on Washington to get Gen. de
Gan1se to North Africa.
Al the Casablanca conference in jan
uary, 1943, President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill agreed that
Gen. de Gaulle should go at Algiers.
There was definite understanding then
that Gen. Giraud alone would remain
IN supreme command of all the French
forces. The American Government
stateks frankly 1t could not trust the
politically minded de Gaulle with as
important weapon as newly reorgan-
lied French Army.
I4king advantage of Gen. Girauds
lack; o. political experience and the de-
sire Aof the American Government not to
Evening star., 1944-04-10
Advice From Mr.. Hull

Ill his ldGeSC statement on Amerl-
can foreign policy, Secretary of
State Hull has sought to show why
we are doing certain things at this
time and why we cannot presently
undertake to do certain other things.
The development of our foreign
policy, as Mr.. Hull points out, must
conform to basic facts. It must give
effect to the will of 135,OO0,OOO
Americans through our constitu-
tional processes. Any policy which
runs counter to their will or which
fiouts our constitutional processes
will be entirely futile and worse
than no policy at all.
But it Is not enough to satisfy our
own people and stay within our own
constitutional processes. A policy OF
ours, If it Is to be fruitful, must also
be acceptable to the nations that
will share with us 'the responsibility
for its execution" We cannot expect
to "agree and act together" with our
Allies if we insist upon some policy
that they will not accept and in the
establishment of which they will
not act with us. This is so funda-
mental and so self-evident that the
wonder is that there should be any
Americans to arise and challenge it.
Finally, our foreign policy in all of
its ramifications must be so shaped
and so applied that it contributes to
an early military victory and an
enduring peace. # we were willing
to gamble with the lives Of the men
who are fighting this war, or with
the detectives that they are fighting
for, we might attempt some of the
experiments that are attractive to
the critics Of the State Department.
But so long as the State Department
has a proper sense of responsibility
to the armed services, and so long
as it is conscious of the restraints
imposed by the difficulty of uniting
135,000,000 people and the necessity
of staying within the framework of
policies that are acceptable to our
Allies, 1t will hesitate to embrace
projects whose practicability is not
attested by the teachings OF human
experience.
The result Of this, as Mr.. Hull
freely comedies, is paucity Of defin-
Tive solutions and the acceptance of
a procedure which is both difficult
and slow. 1t means, in Mr.. Hull's
words, that we are compelled "both
abroad and at home not to proceed
by presenting elaborate proposals,
which only produce divergence of
opinion upon details, many of which
may be immaterial. The only prac-
ticable course is to begin by obtain
Ing agreement, first, upon broad
principles, setting forth direction
and general policy. We must then
go on to explore alternative methods
and finally settle upon a proposal
which embodies the principal ele-
ments Of agreement and leaves to
future experience and discussion
those matters of comparative detail
which at present remain in the
realm of speculation"
This will not satisfy those eager
and articulate individuals who have
ready-to-wear solutions for all prob
lens and no responsibility for the
consequences. But it will appeal to
the great majority Of Americans,
who know that haste must be made
slowly in exploring unfamiliar areas
and who have not become impatient
with common sense.
Evening star., 1944-04-10

Mr.. Willkie prob
ably represented the
large st area OF
agreement 1t h i n
the American elec-
torate as a whole
that any one Is like
ly to achieve. That
is 8. different thing
from a gre e em e n t
within a political
party. He had a
large follow / n G
among liberals, who
normally would vote
against the Repub-
licans. Had he re-
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South China Sea,
with Singapore as
its main base.
There are, for eX-
ample, some hints
of renewed Japa-
neSe activities in the
Indian Ocean, espe-
cially the repeated
losses of Japanese
shipping to British
submarines in the
Bay of Bengal. Ger
tainly, with the cru
cial situation now
prevailing in Burma,
the japanese are
Evening star., 1944-04-10

World War III may
be prevented - has
just been proclaimed
by Cordell Hull, Sec
retary Of State.
It is by far the
most comprehensive
expression Of war
aims and peace OBJ
jectives that has
come from any gov
ernment and consti-
tutes the kind Of
Americanism which
thu e m e n in our
armed services can
honorably support
Evening star., 1944-04-10

dent RooSevelt'S ad-
viserS are said to
have suggested this
country suspend en-
tirely the help it is
extending to Gen. de
Gaulle's Committee
of National Liberia
ton.
President Roose-
welt reiterated at his
n e ws conference
Friday that the
voice of France can
not yet be heard.
The American Gov
ernment is duty-
Evening star., 1944-04-10

Winter visitors staggering back
from Florida confirm military opin-
ion that landing on shore and
maintaining a beachhead is a fear
fully costly operation.
Evening star., 1944-04-10
Jap Fleet Bases

Small but possibly significant bits of
evidence continue to accumulate sug-
costing that the bulk of the Japanese
battle fleet may be concentrated in the
Evening star., 1944-04-10
The Hull Document

An American foreign policy-free from
partlsan bias and true to the American
purpose OF serving humanity by devising
the means OF preserving peace so that
Evening star., 1944-04-10
On the Record

The defeat of Wendell Willkie in the
Wisconsin primaries and the withdrawal
OF his candidacy will cause disquiet here
apd obroo6
Evening star., 1944-04-10

Revival of the old controversy between
Gen. Charles de Gaulle and Gen. Henri
Giraud is being watched with great in
terest in Washington. Some of Presi-
Evening star., 1944-04-10
Constantine Bro1Vu

complicate further the situation In
North Africa, Gen. de Gaulle gradually
eased Gen. Giraud out of every position
Of Importance. Warnings were sent
through Gen. Eisenhower to Gen. de
Gaulle that we would not tolerate many
Of his actions, but he soon learned that
ever he wished, regardless Of Americas
objections.
When it became obvious that Presi.
dent Roosevelt would not permit Gen.
de Gaulle to enter France even as
head OF temporary government" the
Fighting French leader organized an
imposing cabinet at Algiers and took
over every jurisdiction. He recently
made defiant speeches In which he said,
In effect, that our only right In France
was to free the country Of the enemy
Cat the expense Of thousand Of American
hves) and hand 1t over to him. He may
conceivably permit US to send food and
clothing for the French population and
spend few hundred millions Of dollars
In doing so. But the administration of
liberated France must be entrusted to
him.
The French armed forces are being
rapidly reorganized with American
equipment. With the honest but politi-
cally inexperienced Gen. Giraud out Of
the way, there is no saying what use
Gen. de Gaulle may make Of the new
French Army. The entire situation has
become highly uncertain. Washington
would like to speak out strongly, but is
handicapped by the fact Gen. de Gaulle
has the full support Of Russia and Is
still strongly covered by Downing Street.
Under the circumstances, the only
way to check Gen. de Gaulle would be
to cut down drastically our assistance
in reconstructing the French armed
forces.
Evening star., 1944-04-10

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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
Pontotoc News
Mrs. Mildred Bates, Reporter

Mrs. Bessie Mae Garrett left
Sunday for Ralaska, Tenn, where
she will spend a few days with
her father.
Friends of Mr. Robert Cameron
are glad to know that he is get
ting along nicely after the mis-
fortune of cutting his foot. He is
in the hospital at New Albany.
Mr. George Lydon and wife are
visiting in the home of his sister,
Mrs. Ella Hocket.
Mr. Halbert Ingram is back
from Ohio after spending the sum-
mer there.
Mrs. Cynthia Hyde Hoce and
family left Tuesday of this week
for Beloit, Wis, where she will
join her husband.
The Sunset Four Quartet of
Houston, sang at Pontotoc Second
Baptist church, Sunday night.
Mrs: Cora Coleman has purch-
ased Va home here.
Robert Cannon was injured last
Sunday night.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
Not Enough Tires For
Applications, Says
State OPA Director

Faced with continuing flood of
applications for Grade / passenger
car tires, Maj W. E. Holcomb, dis
trict OPA director, said today No
vember quotas, raised slightly over
October quotas, are still insuffici-
ent to take care of an appreciate
number, if any, of the backlog
of applications on hand at most To-
cal War Price and Rationing
Boards.
OPA said November quotas of
commercial tires were also too
small to allow for any relaxation of
rigid rationing requirements or
strict observance of tire conserva-
ton rules by consumers The new
quotas e-emphasize the need for
greater use of recapping as a means
of keeping present tires in opera
tion," he said
November tires quotas for the
Mississippi district are: Grade l
passenger-17768. Small trucks, a.,
236.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
Rewards Are Sure
For Poultry Care
In Winter Time

The poultryman who provides
sufficient feed and care for his
laying flock at this season of the
year stands to reap a reward in
increased egg profits, according to
extension poultrymen of Mississip-
pi State College.
Pullets should be fed literally on
grain supplemented with mash and
hens need about the same treat
ment with the possible exception
that they require more mash and
less grain than pullets.
The two methods which are com
monty used in feeding layers are
free choice of all feeds including
oyster shells or other source of
lime; and free choice of mash and
oyster shells or other source of
lime with hand feeding Of ,grain
morning and night.
Pullets and hens should be hous-
ed separately where possible.
Where this is impossible it is adj
visable on majority of farms to
sell all old hens and keep only
pullets.
The use of nights has been found
to be helpful in securing satisfac-
tory fall and winter egg produc-
ton. The use of enough artificial
light to maintain ID hour day
will bring melting hens back into
production more quickly and will
help to prevent a fall mott in early
pullets.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
Grenada News
Edited and published by students
of Grenada high school

Prof. Charlie Buchanan attended
the principals conference held at
Jackson College, Jackson, last
week. Miss Fannie Moore also at
tended the home economics meet
ing which was held on the campus
at the same time. They were ac-
companied by Prof Thompson, di-
rector of the USO here.
Miss Miller was a week end
shopper in Jackson, Saturday and
visited friends in Lexington and
Greenwood, Sunday afternoon.
Prof. and Mrs. Buchanan, Prof.
and Mrs. Thompson wwere shop
pers in Memphis, Saturday.
Recent visitors on our campus
were: Prof, and Mrs. Harper, Miss
Ethel Curry, Prof. w. W. Blackburn
and many others who were here at
tending the teachers institute held
at the Vincent Chapel M. E. church.
Prof and Mrs. Thompson and
Miss D. L. Moore visited in the
home of Miss Ethel Curry, Water
Valley, Sunday afternoon.
Miss Louellen Brown plans to
spend the week end on Jackson
College campus attending the an
nual carnival.
The Excellior Club met Wednes-
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
No InductionsO
Thanksgiving Or
Election Days

In cooperation with the COM
handing general of the Fourth Ser
vice Command, the state director of
selective service has rearranged the
schedules for induction and pre-
induction physical examination of
all men who have been selected for
service in the armed forces, SO that
no man will be examined or detain-
ed at Camp Shelby on November z,
the date of the general election
throughout the state.
This has been done in order to
allow each individual to exercise
the voting franchise without in
reference. The same arrangements
have been made in regard to No
vember %, Thanksgiving Day, so
that no interference with the cele-
bration of that date will be had by
induction or preinduction physical
examination.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
Crystal Springs
News
Mr.. H. J. Wolfe, Reporter

Mr.. R. H. Jackson of Chicago is
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Horance Jackson, also other rela-
tives and friends.
Friends of Miss Amanda Daven-
port are delighted to know that
she is recovering nicely after un-
dergoing an operation.
Mrs. Ann Collins, mother of Mrs.
Leona Frank is now i'll due to a
stoke Friends hope for her a
speedy recovery.
Mrs. Rosa Jones of Argiville is
still on the. sick list.
Rev. and Mrs. j. E. Davis an
nounces the arrival of their baby
boy, born Wednesday, November /.
The young son has been given the
name, Joe Henry Mother and son
are doing fine at this writing.
Crystal Springs Gossip
Wonder if Edd Garrett knows
that he isn't the only star in Mae
Christeen'S blue heaven? This pref
ty chick is coming on strong with
certain cat in Hazlehurst.
Marie Benson and Milton Will
son are on like light and flashing
like Tightening. You had better get
hipped Helen Dennis.
Could the sad look on a certain
girls face be caused by John Price
getting married?
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11

Our Company, interested in doing every
thing possible to help provide jobs for our
boys when the war is over, recently asked
hundreds Of Mississippi homemakers
What appliances they expected to buy
within twelve months after appliances are
again available" We got the answers,
and howl All homenna<ers we're delight
ed to cooperate with Us so that we could
give manufacturers an idea of the aPPli-
ances needed in Mississippi and that they
might make their plans to provide jobs
in the postwar period. Here are some Of
the answers that we got:
1928 mechanical refri5erators
7,577 frozen food units
1872 automatic water heaters
1876 modern automatic ranger
1851 attic ventilation fans
ls,lI2 radios
l,67o dishwashers
1888 electric washing machines
2,3I2 automatic soners
l5,754 electric irons
2I.75l Better L;sht-gester Sight Larp0
1852 home ceiling fixtures
i.327 central heating plants
1853 floor furnaces
$685. space heaters
8,476 food mixers
3s253 coffee makers
1855 waffle irons
z.7S3 tcasters
5.865 electric sewing machines
1876 vacuum cleaners
6,37o adequate wiring jobs. including
changes and additions to present wiring
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1944-11-11
GROW YOUR HAIR

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from falling, return it, and we'll
refund your money at once.
o0-DAYS TRIAL SUPPLY $500
Send no money. We trust you. Just
your name and address. Simply
deposit So plus postage when post
man hands you the big package, or
send 81 now end we'll pay post
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doesn't look longer, return the un-
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money. SUPPLY LIMITED.
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Box 1851. HOLLYWOOD 2s. CALF.