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Evening star., 1944-02-16
Where Silence Is Golden

Those who defend the Yorkshire
Post and the Church of England
Newspaper for editorially advocat-
ing the reelection of President
Roosevelt are wholly correct in their
selection of the items which justi-
fy full expression of a British point
OF view on the issue. There is free
dom of the press in England. the
Presidents popularity with the Brit
ish is equaled only by the popularity
of Mr.. Churchill with the Ameri-
cans, the reelection of the Presi-
dent is of interest and Importance
outside the United States and
American newspapers have never
refrained from expressing their own
convictions on matters which are
strictly British business.
But the wise Englishman, who
knows America and who heartily
favorS the reelection of the Pres
ident. will duck every time he sees
editorial Endorsement of the fourth
term in a British newspaper. He
will duck because he knows that
such Endorsements lend themselves
to very artful type of propaganda
against the President, which easily
can become propaganda against the
British as well. And while more
than one British newspaper un-
doubtedly will join the Yorkshire
Post and the Church OF England
Newspaper" in setting forth the ad-
vantages of another term for the
President, the wiser commentators in
England will stick their heads in
the sand and patriotically refuse
to acknowledge even the existence
Of a national election in America.
When Prime Minister Churchill
was last in Washington he was asked
about the British point Of view on
the necessity of a fourth term in
the conduct of the war He re-
sponded by calling attention to the
American Declaration of Inde-
pendence, in which, he said, he
firmly believed. He needed no
reminder OF the Sackville- West in
cident. in which a British diplomat
unwarily got himself tricked into
advising an American citizen how
to vote and promptly lost his job.
And no thinking Englishman is I'M
aware Of the fruitful soil from which
another Sackville-West incident
could sprout overnight, or the dam
age to Anglo-American relations
that would result, once the average
voter got it into his mind that his
British cousins we're trying to tell
him what to do in the elections next
fall
Evening star., 1944-02-16
This Changing World

the sea. Some Norwegian ofdcials in
London are said to feel that the Moscow
demand for the otherwise unimportant
port Of Petsamo is only the first step
toward Soviet expansion farther west,
to Narvik.
The situation is being watched with
even greater concern by the Stockholm
Socialist cabinet. Sweden never relished
her proximity to the Russian borders.
But so long as there were buffer states
between her territory and Russia, there
was only a potential threat to her
sovereignty. Sweden is an industrial
country which depends for her coal on
imports from Germany and Poland.
1t Is vitally important to that country
that the Baltic Sea should not be DOM
mated by any one power. This sea may
soon become Russian lake. The alb
sorption of the Baltic states into the
U. s. S. R. will give the Russians the
important islands of Aaland and Dago.
The Well-informed London Observer
said last week that the Moscow govern
ment intended to annex Koenigsberg,
the capital of East Prussia, after the
defeat Of Germany. Should this report
prove correct, the annexation of the
koenlgsberg area, together with the
Soviet ownership Of Aaland and Dago,
and Moscows domination of Finland,
would make the Baltic a Soviet sea.
II n
From reports received from Stock
holm, 1t appears that the Soviet govern
ment does not intend to make Fin
land 17th Soviet republic. The prin-
cipal Finnish negotiator is the former
cabinet minister, Juho Paasikivi, who
concluded peace with Russia in 1910
after the first Russian Finnish war.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

memorize the entire volume, page by
page. I know they would hate me, as
foreign teacher imposed upon them by
force. and so would try to make them
hate "Mein Kampf," too. would make
them sick of it, as we'll as Of me.
I exaggerate, I spool, yet this seems
to me at least as practical as any other
scheme for educating the Germans"
have come across. Who are the golden
minds among us, serene. poised, with all
problems solved ready to do the educat-
ing? Shall we tell the Germans how
capital and labor ought to deal with each
other? But we are still in the process
of solving that one for ourselves We
haven't found an answer for home use
yet, let alone for export.
y
We are still in a great, frightful rage
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Dorothy Thompson

lowed and encouraged to proselytize
in prison camps, and large percentage
of German prisoners have been trans
ferred to anti-Nazi camps. So well
known German general as Won Seyd-
litz is regular broadcaster. The con-
tinual refrain Is: Revolt against the
Nazis and save Germany!
I cannot dispute the information Of
Mr.. Reston and others. But there is
obviously contradiction. If the Sow
lets are accusing members of the Ameri-
can press for opposing dismemberment,
why do they not advocate 1t? Obviously
1t would make wretched psychological
warfare. for the masses of Germans
would fight to the last ditch against
the disintegration of the nation. But
what holds for Soviet propaganda also
holds for ours.
And are we to assume that all this
ofhcialy supported propaganda does not
represent Soviet policy? Lord Van Sit
tart, in discussion between New York
and London on the air some months
ago lightly assumed that Soviet propa.
ganda was at variance with Soviet pol
icy. II SO, 1t is departure from Soviet
methods, for in the past Soviet propa.
ganda has followed and expressed pol
Icy and not been a diversion.
Since We ourselves have never SUD-
ported officially the line OF the Free
German Manifesto, there is every rea-
son to assume that it does not repre-.
sent American policy. After the Moscow
conference, Secretary Hull predicted
that the Free German Committee would
disappear. But it has not.
A clarification of this situation is llr-
gent. What are the Soviets up to and
what are We up to? Elmer Davis las
said that our psychological warfare to
Germany is one of the most important
preparatory factors for invasion. But
what psychological warfare?
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate 1nc)
Evening star., 1944-02-16

cause 1t is in line with one of the
key principles of the United Ma
tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration. This principle, as ex-
pressed some time ago by Herbert
Lehman, director general Of UNRRA,
is to help people to help themselves,
because no nation will want or
should get laid for period or to an
extent greater than is absolutely
necessary to permit them to work
out their own problems. AS far as
Europe is concerned, the idea of self
help applies with no less force to
agriculture than to the restoration
of industrial peacetime production.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

explained only on the theory that he Is
under orders to yield no inch of ground
between the Dnieper and the Dniestro
until he is driven from 1t, whatever the
risk
What, then, will be the future of the
deep Russian penetration to Rovno and
Lutsk? If the Russians can stay there,
and if they can get their supply lines
functioning better than they appear to
be doing now then they can begin to
widen their salient, and presently they
may be able to start a drive for LwoW,
which is the control point for the whole
German railway system Of Southern
Poland If Lwow were taken by the
Russians, the Germans would not only
have no further direct contact between
German supply depots and Won Mann
stems group of armies, they would also
lose their indirect routes by way Of
Rumania, except for an unsatisfactory
detour through Hungary. The effect of
this situation on the morale of Won
Mannstein's men may be imagined; also
the possible effect on the government
and people of Rumania. 1t may, there
fore, be expected that the Germans will
fight hard to prevent q Russian advance
from Lutsk to Lwow; it is by no means
impossible that eventually they will be
compelled to find troops for a counter
attack even at the cost of accepting
severe risks elsewhere,
X
Certainly the final extinction of the
"Cherkasy pocket" will release consid-
cradle Russian forces for operations in
the Dnieper Bend area, and may be
followed by further contraction of
the German positions there. So far.
there is no indication that Won Mann
stein cannot retire behind the Bug II
he wants to; save for the losses in the
"Cherkasy pocket" and a few rear
guard detachments trapped around Mix
opol. he has kept his forces reasonably
intact, though at increasing risk be-
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Chair Robes
dedicated to Ward 80"
at Walter Reed HOspital,)

at Walter Reed HoSpital)
The needles fash; this IS no time to
weep.
While hot young blood is spilled in
foreign lands,
And sons OF ours must noD forever sleep
In graUes 1Ue cannot tend Uith louino
hands.
Se1D love along the sides, your stitches
neat:
These robes are for the living, not the
dead;
To shield brave limbs nou shorn that
children's feet
May 1Ualk in peace. No1U weave the
bright-hued thread
Into the goods; so many stitches for
So many tortured steps through mud
and rain;
Men cried to God for pity and release,
While stumbling blindly toward
Deaths open door.
A ,Uonan's hands to heal and COM fort
pain:
Mems feet to tread a path through
blood to peace.
EVA GRANT MARsHAIL.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

does not expect any territorial aggran-
dizement after the war She is too small
country to wish to play power politics.
But neither does she intend to relin-
quish any portion of her present terri
tory.
There have been rumors and hints
In the last few months that Russia
must have an outlet to the Atlantic
Ocean in order to forestal any future
difhculty such as she has encountered
in this war and in the World War when
her allies had hard time shipping
supplies over the ports of Murmansk
and Archangel. Also, from the eco
nomic viewpoint, there are obvious ad-
vantages IN better outlet to the
Atlantic.
In some quarters it was hinted that
the Norwegian port of Narvik would
suit Russia S desire for such an outlet to
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Atlantic WuII'

What we and our British allies
call the invasion coast is termed
by the Germans "the Atlantic wall'
of Hitler's European Fortress" AS
matter of fact, this stretch of
coast does not face the open At
lantic. 1t runs roughly along the
North Sea and the English Channel
from the Hook of Holland to the
tip of Brittany Allowing for coast
al indentationS. that is somewhat
over 500 miles of shoreline, no part
of which is much more than 100
miles from Britain. This renders
the entire stretch within easy range
OF almost every type of fighter plane
"a major factor in the attainment
OF that local Allied air supremacy
which must be obtained as a pre-
requisite to the long g-awaited Anglo
American invasion of Western
Europe.
The strength and character of the
German defense system on this vital
front have just been discussed with
unusual detail and seeming candor
by Field Marshal Karl Won Runstedt.
guardian of the Atlantic Wall. Won
Runstedt is acknowledged even by
his enemies to be one of the most
brilliant and respected of German
generals, while in German eyes he
reflects all that is professionally
best in the Wehrmacht. His state
ment to German news agency is
unique. No other Reich command
er has publicly announced in de-
tail the extent of his preparations
and the strategic pattern he in
tends to follow.
Won Runstedt breathed a mixture
OF confidence and grim determina-
ton. There will be no evasive &C
ton and no withdrawal in my the
ater of operations" he promised.
The coast and its deeply eche-
loned Notifications must be de-
Tended to the last" The general
then proceeded to give a lengthy
survey of the defense system laid
out right after the fall of France
nearly four years ago by that en-
glneerlng genius, the late General
Todt, and elaborated ever since with
characteristic German thoroughness
and the employment of wholesale
forced labor. The picture he paint
ed was one Of intricate defenses be-
ginning with mined coastal waters
and beach entanglements extending
back in a deep zone to concentra-
ton centers far inland where shock
troops and armor could be quickly
rushed to any threatened point in
overwhelming local strength.
Perhaps this unprecedented pub
licity was designed primarily to re-
assure the German home front. but
1t would be unwise to put it down
as mere propaganda. The German
general staff is not given to blufing,
no matter how much it's statements
may be twisted by the unscrupulous
DR.. Goebbels. The lessons of
Dieppe. of Salerno. and now of the
Nettuno beachhead. should have
taught us the difficulties which
await us when the Atlantic wall is
really assailed. Viewed from this
angle, General Won Runstedt's state
ment may serve as useful correc-
tive to public overconfidence here
and in Britain, coupled with de-
mands for an immediate second
front" which the Allied high COM
mand may deem premature.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

Nazi apparatus is es-
sential as the final
battle of the war"
I come, now, to the
question of our at
titude toward the
mass of the German
people.
If I were asked to
become a teacher in
the German schools
after the war, I
would insist on using
"Mein Kampf" as a
textbook. I would
make the little Ger
mans in my class
Evening star., 1944-02-16

W ucdl WltIl IeT-
many Moscow
is said to be dis
satisfied with the
replies civ e d
from Britain and
the United States on
this question and
their dissatisfaction
is increased by the
opposition in the
American and Brit
ish press against the
breaking up of Ger
many. When
you talk to a Rus
sian about the flu
Evening star., 1944-02-16

had been heard from
this deep penetra-
ton for some days,
up to February 4,
when the Germans
suddenly admitted
that the Russians
had taken Rovno
and Lutsk. The Rus
slams acknowledged
this two days later
Since then, again
silence on both sides
This seems a little
unnatural. The Rus
slams are very far
extended in a long
Evening star., 1944-02-16

aloud In clear voice the copy"
she writes with chalk.
Mrs. Hathaway's book is specific
and practical. 1t belongs to the
great tradition established when
Valentine Hauy opened the first
public school for the blind in Paris
in 1884.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

IN d a m ong tn e
members Of the Nor
wegian government
in exile.
The N r W egian
COVE rnment's un-
easiness Is said to be
due to the demand
Of the Russians that
the port of Petsamo
be surrendered to
them.
This would place
the Soviet's borders
within a few miles
of the Norwegian
frontier. NOrW v
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Deplores Calling Japs Mistakes


Your correspondent, NJ D. Wheeler,
states that the japanese are mistakes
OF nature" and intimates that as such
they will meet the usual fate of mis-
takes of nature and become extinct.
That they should become extinct is no
more plausible than that the Germans
should become extinct.
In The Star for February 10 found
an Associated Press article headed: All
Jews in Pinsk Reported Massacred "
The article lists the Jewish population
OF Pinsk as being the majority of 3d.
600, and holds the Germans responsible
for their annihilation. Few, If any,
correspondents suggest the complete
obliteration of the German race.
It's too bad that the majority of
Americans insist on confusing the ac-
tivities of warning japanese with their
color, their alleged weak eyes and buck
teeth. AS an American Negro, I cannot
countenance hate sentiment based on
the distinguishing physical traits of
race. WILLIAM S. HARPS.
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Sees People Awakened

To the Editor Of The Star
1t was refreshing to read Gsv. Brick
ers speech in which he referred to the
necessity Of maintaining sound fiscal
policies. The New Deal notion that the
national purse possesses infinite elastic
ity and can be stretched to include the
globe itself in Utopian efforts to outlaw
poverty, has not impressed conservative
men.
Skies are not forever clear and in
dustrial squalls and depressions cannot
be controlled by f1reside chats or re-
peated raids on the Treasury There
are increasing indications that the peo
pie have awakened to the perils of ever
rising deficits and are prepared to voice
their disapproval at the coming election
A sound social structure never has been
erected on the shoals of debt.
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1944-02-16

A new name is herewith present.
ed medical men for the dazed men
tai condition of citizens who have
just made out their income tax.
They are Intoxicated.
Evening star., 1944-02-16
ROvnO-LutSk Salient

The lack of news from the area around
Rovno and Lutsk, railway functions re-
Gently taken by the Russians in old
Poland, may be significant. Very little
Evening star., 1944-02-16
On the Record

In dispatch from London James B.
Reston reports Soviet Russia Is insist
Ing on clearer commitment from the
U. s, A. and Britain on how we intend
Evening star., 1944-02-16
I'd Rather Be RIGHT

Previously have tried to show that
the scheme to place Axis leaders on
trial after the war Is unavoidable, and
that automatic exile Of the entire top
Evening star., 1944-02-16

The prospect of a Soviet-dictated
peace with Finland may not disturb
our State Department, but 1t appears
to have caused grave concern in Sweden
Evening star., 1944-02-16
Objects to Fourth Term

To the Editor Of The Star:
There can be no fourth term for
America. A fourth term, translated
into its true significance, is dictatorship.
Any intelligent, thinking American must
know that democracy cannot survive an
indefinite period of Government under
one man-especially d man who is de-
termined to keep the Government under
his complete control
Evening star., 1944-02-16

We are still in q great, frightful rage
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27

Mother Church, The First Churcl
of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, is
from Lamentations: Wherefore
Goth a living man complain, man
for the punishment of his sins? Let
US search and try our ways, and
turn again to the Lore"
The leSson-sermon includes the
parable of the prodigal son as given
in Luke. The son, it is related,
wasted his substance with riotous
living When he finally came to
himself, q. ne arose, and came to
his father. But when he was yet a
great way eff, his father saw him,
and had compassion, and ram, and
fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And The son said unto him, Father,
have sinned against heaven, and
in thy sight, and am no more wor-
thy to be called thy son. But the
father said to his servants, Bring
forth the best robe, and put it on
him; =. For this my son was dead,
ard is alive again; he was lost, and
is found"
Mary Baker Eddy writes in Sci
ence and Health with Key to the
Scriptures" THE destruction of sin
is the divine method of pardon.
Being destroyed, sin needs no
other form of forgiveness"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Churches
g hoo,s
Mrs. S. A. Harris
Is Honored at
Pink, Blue Shower

Friends of Mrs. Samuel A. Har-
ris gathered in the clubroom of the
telephone office "Wednesday even
ing to honor her with a pink and
blue shower. Mrs. Harris is the for
mer Juanita Hughes and her hus-
band, Sgt. Hughes is now stationed
at Aberdeen, Maryland.
During the evening the guests
played bingo and other games, after
which refreshments were served. The
guest of honor opened her many
lovely gifts following the card play
ing.
Those present were: Mesdames
Elizabeth Adkins. Dorothy Anthony,
Elaine Choate, Freda Fleming, Vir-
ginia Francis. Mae Harner. Jane
Harris, Ella Hayes. Grace Hinshaw,
Wilma Johnson. MAY HENDERSON,
Jean Killgore, Phyllis Nelson, Della
Nesbitt, Betty Palmer, Marian Rob-
erts June Shaline, Sue Shipler, Ell
ouise Sherwood, Kathryn Smales,
Lula Stafford Esther Trousdale,
Sally Watson, Matte Wynne.
The Misses Ina DobbS, Eva End
ers, Ernestine Israel, Ruth Anne
Sinclair, Helen Wyle and the guest
of honor, Mrs. Harris.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Civilians to Get
More Top Grade
Meat. Board Says

WASHINGTON, Oct. o. up
More top-grade meats will reach
civilian markets next month, the
Office CT Price Administration says
in announcing that, with only two
exceptions, ration values on food
will remain unchanged during No.
vember.
Rationed meats-choice, good and
commercial grades OF beef steaks
and roasts, lamb chops and rcaSts,
and pork hams and loins-will be in
greater supply by approximately
100000 pounds over october. Only
lamb among rationed meats will be
less plentiful, although the overall
civilian allocat ton of all meats will
decline by "a per cent.
( Only ration changes for the new
period are 20-point reduction for
The No. can of applesauce and a
slight decrease for packaged spa
ghetti and macaroni dinners.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
Zeta Tau Meets
At Bridenstine
Home in HoI+vilIe

HOLTVILIE. oct. 27.-zeta Tau
INST Thursday night at the J. S.
Bridenstine home here with the fea-
ture of the evening a talk by Mrs.
Dorothy Lyons on how to make
Christmas cards and decorations.
Mrs. Fern Cary gave an interest
ing missionary talk, after which
vocal selections were presented by
Joyce Albers. Refreshments were
served BY the hostesses, Mrs. Brid-
enstina, Miss Lena Bridens<ne ind
Mrs. Fern Cary.
Those present were Mesdames
Eva Pinkerton, Elsie Warren, Dor
othy Lyons, Ethelena Weeks, Mar
garet Reed, Lone Smyser, Helen
Rumsey, Martion Elliott, Muriel
Fox. Juanita Kamm, Geraldine
Burke, the Misses Wheat, Adams,
Cheryl and Pauline Brixey and Lor-
raine Bernshouse.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-10-27
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