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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-25
Soviet Foreign Policy

The Soviet Unions six-point statement OF
foreign policy issued in this country by the
Soviet Embassy is a welcome and enlightening
document 1t rules out differences Of political
system as deterrent to cooperation n d
friendly relations with another nation, and
makes love of freedom and peace their prime
requisite 1t further renounces imperialistic ex-
panslon by the Soviet government at the ex-
pense Of any other nation.
But most Americans will probably find
greatest interest in the officially announced
principle OF "non-intervention in the internal
affairs of other states''
This reaffirms the hands-off policy implicit
in the Comintern's dissolution and, for all ap-
parent purposes, lays the persistent ghost Of
Soviet ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS world revolu-
tion
These principles Of foreign policy were is.
Identifies them as the program which the So
Wet Union has consistently followed through
out its existence.
We may conclude, then, that frequent SIM
ilarity between the thoughts and actions of the
Communist Parties in the United States and
Soviet Russia is not to be construed as an
| alliance between the American Communists,
and the Soviet government, Of which the Rus
sian Communist Party is the dominant politi.
cal body.
We may also conclude that those who before
the recent elections attacked critics Of Arneri.
can Communists as persons bent on alternating
our Russian ally were not completely inform
ed. For it is clear in the light of the Soviet
foreign policy statement that these critics were
the authors Of articles in the official Soviet
paper Izvestia which criticized American Re.
publlcans.
Some may say that these six principles have
been contradicted by the Soviet Union in its
27-year history, and that the Russian defini.
ton OF such terms az ''imperialism'' or mon.
intervention" do not coincide always with ours
And others may answer that few governments
can point to history free Of contradictions
between principle and action, or can say that
Immediate aim has never dictated policy.
The point is that the Soviet government has
published considered statement of admir- BILE
policies and has thus invited its Allies and
the world to judge its future actions in &C.
cordance with them.
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SOUTHERN STATES
URGED TO BID FOR
ECONOMIC RANKING

BILOXI, Miss, Nov. 24.-LP)-
Governor Thomas L. Bailey OF
Mississippi said shortly before the
formal opening of the Southern
governors conference here tonight
that, ''now is the time for the
Southern States to make their bid
for economic leadership of the ma
tional community of States"
barriers of state boundaries
have been broken down by reali-
zation Of common interests" Bail
ey told newsmen in an interview.
without stepping on the toes OF
any other states or any other sec
tons, we propose to make full use
of advantages of natural resour-
ces, favorable climate and super
ior talent to overcome handicaps
of provincial tradition and section
al favoritism, which have delayed
the South's arrival at it's rightful
position in Americas economic
pattern"
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Spare The Emperor

American airrnen who pounded Tokyo Fri
day were briefed to avoid the Imperial pal
ace and behind that lies a curious aspect
o. the Pacific war.
This usual immunity granted to the head
of an enemy state is a political aspect OF the
strange Japanese fanaticism, according to
Russell Brines, Associated Press War Editor.
In short interpretative Of the situation,
he points out that the Emperor's death by
bombing would not decrease his divinity to
the curiously illogical japanese. To them, the
throne is the symbol Of this semi-mystical
worship, and the incumbent himself has sur.
prisingly human tastes without divine protec-
ton against harm.
''But so strongly imbedded is the Emperor
concept that this bomb-dealth death would unite
the japanese to final death stand as no
other single incident would. 1t would sweep
the country with hatred for the attackers, far
trancending the jingoistic-fed hatred now be-
ing expressed.
1T would unleash full savagery in the brutal
battle underway without accomplishing any re-
suit OF value for the Allies. The people would
carry on under the light of the Throne itself.
"Japan's militarists might some day kill
the emperor themselves to accomplish t h e
same result.
"The only way the Allies can reach the great
mass OF Japanese people is through the em-
peror,' he said.
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Contributions For Health

Wartime America has been lucky in the
matter of health but its good luck is no acct
dent Health authorities have been vigilant and
active. Many physicians have done the nor
NAL work Of two or three men, Government
food and price control however much criti-
cized, has kept within reach Of all food
supply normal in quantity and nutrient value,
and only slightly curtaled in variety and
quality.
But our health authorities must continue to
be vigilant and industrious, and the country
must continue to give them its support wher-
ever possible One opportunity for such sup
pert is found in the 18th annual Christmas
Seal Sale of the National Tuberculosis Associa-
ton
Ihe association may take share of credit
1or the fact that our tuberculosis death rate
o@chned slightly in the past year. But other.
. less encouraging figures reveal that the death
rate rose IN n industrial states. This rise II
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die to such factors as crowded or poor hous-
ing. long hours Of hard work, and insufficient
rest
To combat the rise, the Association cooper
ates with public and private health agencies,
,,oaintains clinics and public health nursing
and consulting services, and carries on re-
1abilitation work and mass industrial x-raying.
This last activity is doing much to discover
,u,suspected tuberculosis in the early. readily
durable stage.
The National Tuberculosis Association is fl
nanced solely by its sale of Christmas Seals
And the war should not make us forget that
onr modest contributions are still needed ir
the conquest of disease that has taken more
American lives since Pearl Harbor than have
been lost in battle.
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The Literary Guidepost

ing parts of which Ito him) were
the periods spent aboard ships Of
the Royal Navy. Like many an
Englishman before him, he feels a
particular affinity for the Navy and
writes brilliantly about it. But the
little book is most effective be-
cause of Coward's journalistic at
tributes, and these include:
First, a great gift for the inevita-
BILE word. Then a rather special
flair for choosing proper detail, and
a sure instinct for applying h e
choice. Many a writer particular.
ly in magazines) has the feeling
that many details are better than
enc or two revealing ones. Thirdly,
Coward knows the value Of names
quite as we'll as Ernie Pyle. He
overdoes mention Of important peo-
pie by incomprehensible nicknames
which must be explained in paren-
theses, but such yens are common
outside as well as inside the the
alter
But there is a fourth journalistic
attribute Coward can claim, obvi-
ously demonstrated throughout this
Mediterranean trip. It is the genu-
ine and deep interest all good news
papermen have for their fellow
men. Coward loves working for
people In the mass
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Fires That Didn't Happen

The steady rise in the national fire loss
should not cause people to forget about the
fires that do not occur. In other words. fires
that were prevented. Jesse H. Jones, Secre-
tary of Commerce, force1ully speaks Of these
fires that don't happen and tells why. ''The
rate of destruction by fire." he says, 'in the
years since 1899, is 40 per cent lower than
Tie rate for the similar period following the
outbreak Of the first World war. The part the
Insurance companies played in helping to es.
tablish these fine records has benefited not
ony heir policyholders, but also every man,
woman and child in the country. Those records
inspections, restrictions, requirements. Of
the insurance companies
The insurance companies, more than any
other single element, have been responsible
10, the great strides that have been taken in
fire prevention. They organized extensive lab.
oratories and research centers devoted eXclu-
sively to the development Of materials and
devices designed to make our homes, factor.
les ard farms safer.
When war came, the scientific fire proven
tiun knowledge of the fire insurance indus.
try was turned over. along with experienced
personnel, to help protect military estab
ishment and war plants, while regular
prevention activities on the civilian front have
continued without siackening. The extent tt
which the fire prevention efforts of the fire
Insurance industry have shortened the war
will never be known or appreciated. That il
has been substantial, cannot be denied.
Yes the fire insurance industry does fal
more than sell protection against fire loss
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Magic In Oil

Deputy Petroleum Administrator Ralph K
Davies reveals that the United States petrol
cum industry plans to spend more than $780,
0O0, 900 on domestic and foreign refining facil-
ities as soon as materials become available
It was announced further that the figure does
not include rebuilding or rehabilitation of fac
silities in areas now occupied by the enemy.
No country in the world has even remotely
approached the performance of the United
states in oil production. Both world wars have
been fueled by the American oil industry.
American oil men have been called upon to
help other nations in the development Of their
oil resources. American oil companies n d
American oil holdings are scattered through
out tie world. During World War II our oil
companies have done more than merely get
put oil They have turned it into fuel for
planes so powerful as to smack Of sheer magic
After the war they will continue to do far
more than merely get oil out of the ground.
Some inkling Of what they expect to do car
be gained from their expressed intention tc
srend over $500, 1000, 900. That money is to &C
INTO facilities to create more magic from oil
II will help to make possible smoother run
Ains, more economical cars. It will help te
make productive Jobs for men who win b,
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Hopeless Situation

Sweet are the uses of adversely, thinks the
Anti-C garet Alliance, which has hailed the cur
rent smokes shortage as "a golden opportunl-
ty.' TO, millions of smokers to quit the nasty
habit
The Alliance not only offers opportunity, but
a rather complicated cure which involves
change of diet, doses of Rochelle salts and
cream of tartar, Turkish baths, and the chew
ing Of gentian root or camonile blossoms
whenever the urge to smoke becomes too over
towering.
Somehow we view the Alliances golden op-
portuaity with scant hope. Even if all smokers
took advantage of it, in few months the air
would be full of the bowls of millions who had
to wait in line two hours for Turkish bath
And the black market in gentian and camomiie
would be flourishing.
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BY JOHN sELBy
"Middle East Diary" by Noel
Coward Doubleday, Doran; $2l.


Coward Doubleday, Doran; sly.
The newspaper profession has
lost a very good reporter to the
theater, in the person of Noel Cow
ard-and if you want to be friendly
with him, don't call him Noel"
1t is true that Mr.. Coward is
financially much happier than he
could have been in London's Fleet
street, and it is probably true
that this financial happiness is i'm
portant to him; it is to all theatre
cal folk, theirs being a precarious
trade indeed. Yet when Coward
writes something not a play or a
song, something like his Middle
East Diary or his not too recent
Present Indicative" the attributes
OF great reporter stick out all
over the product. 1 might add that
other writer's consistently mine
Coward's stuff fol- nuggets, as wit
ness Ilka Chase, whose "Past I'm
perfect certainly owes debt to
towards present Indicative.'
towards little book is about the
Mediterranean area while Sic.ilv
and Salerno were being reduced.
The playwright was on a personal
appearance tour, the most anus
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Daily Prayer
FOR RESTRAINT OF EVIL

With sorrow, and yet with reSo-
luton, we envisage, O King Eter-
nal, Il. forces of evil that encom-
pass our service men n d our
Country. We behold the tempta-
tons that assail them, in camp and
in field. We SILVER at the power
and persistence Of these evil forces
that are attacking the citadel OF
Mansoul. For what will it profit
us if we win the war but lose the
moral integrity of our young men
and young women, u p o n whom
Thou hast placed the task Of Great
ing a new world? Make bare Thy
mighty arm, O God, and save our
sons and daughters. Arouse Thy
Church to a molly passion for mill
tant effort in behalf of our i'm
periled dear ones. Help us to help
them remain loyal to Thee. Endow
us with new zeal for righteous
ness, well knowing that the real
outcome of this war is to be de-
clded in the hearts of men. Arouse
lis from our somnolence and indif-
ference, in a fresh consciousness
that the Son of God has gone forth
to war. Grant u5 wisdom and per-
severance to every effort to re-
strain and defeat the Evil One.
Thine will be the glory and ours
the reward. Amen.-W.T.E.
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conscious Of real accomplishment in their
wor,.
The plan Of the oil industry to enlarge us
activities as soon as possible is true TO
greater or lesser degree Of every basic lnous'
.rv in the land-mining, transportation ana
pcwer After all is said and done, the future
Ct the country rests to large extent upon
the progressiveness Of these INDUSTRIES Aho
enc thing is certain, as long as they -emaln
as competitive private enterprises, they Will
be progressive.
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Third Army Division
Cited For Efficiency

WITH THE U. S. THIRD 5 Ah%- :,
Nov, 24.-LPy-The goth Dt 1.o,s,
commanded by Brig. Gen. t Se,r
A. Van Fleet today won a -0l co9
commentator from 1t. . Us.,-
George S. Patton, j., for 0l ssy;.1.
and efficiency shown in es STA Mn.
ing a bridgehead across me c Ne
seIle river in the KoeiAgSn-
area. od in the
earlv stages of current Third A,,.,
oper atoms. The Oklahoma - = VoSc
outfits performance agains' s .5Jed
opposition and under the aa was
handicap of flood Conditions .,,se,.
described by Third Army spy h.
man as 1.-The finest aGcol- COM We
ment of any division 5l'l''
were sent into action
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interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. Sn1pso
Associated Press W. eoN

There ,o war Analyst
thrill in the war news fre+a ~ s,'-as
and Asia alike Europe
superbombers based d.
ed 1--WE western stern Pacific 5s5a1 nd ' 51,
a a. new trail to Tokyo. T5e s., ola1st
Of Japan aimed al 5e- -'. .15 ar siege
war ar industries had begg1 ,0vsp'eat
In Europe, French sun sn
o ole,7l were be.9 @'' s.5.:,
exploited to sweep Alssc ,.s swiftly
France, free Of GermsrS,' and al
scouting elements even %.r a--'s
ported beyond the 3bire as !. re-
region of recaptured Str StTas M ta'
IRE Rhine a4etro25I.s. 'I ~s..33,
had been the last Fronr. %Al'a
consequence in German bs NY "
These were headline rs+;n9 ,', a.S',
opments, but to Gener-. -. iSo Us.s'
CT ana MS Joint staff At aw,
supreme headquarters in t5o ' n.-
there were other items IN ".sr
news from the front probabrv ~ \.
even greater moment.
OF prime Importance ia Ar..,
planners of the swelling wee,,.-
winter attack is the indication ', w..
the German command in the w r,I
now has been forced TO cornr,i WV =,
guarded and scanty reserves ~ ;,
battle on the Roer. Front line o.;
vices told of multi-division conr ~,
attacks thrown against British avn
American armies pounding tbror, No.
the Aachen breach in the Siegtrs3
line, Included were jealousy c,.
served Nazi armored divisio,,
equipped with Tiger tanks ship1ei
direct from factory to front.
| The results of these despers.
German efforts to ward off cra,
cal Anglo-American break-tbroys,
were not fully available as NJ,
was written. First reports ind;cs,.
ed, however, that the enemy had
been halted with relatively unim.
Iportant dents in the British or An.
erican attack front. The Allied
approach to the Roer moat guard
ing the way to Cologne and t5c
lwest Rhine plain has been slowe,
but not stopped.
To General Eisenhower and M,
top staffers, however, the fact tina
the foe has elected to risk his al
west of the Rhine rather than L
Iretreat behind its broad waters 70
his final stand is Of supreme i'm
portance. 1t means that in all like
lihood the most decisive battle Q
the war in the west has been join
ed, even though the full scope an
power of Allied efforts to CraS
! deep into Germany has yet 10 b
, reached.
EisenhoWer's mission and the Oh
iective of all Allied or Russia
strategic moves is to come to grip
with and destroy German armit
in the field. The chance for tn;
is Immediately offered west Of III
Rhine if the Germans have no
thrown in the bulk of their reserve
there.
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Probe In Justice
Department Seen

WASHINGTON, Nov. a. VI :
A Justice Department rift headed
today toward a full scale Con-
eressional investigation to deteT'
mine whether the dispute stemmea
from disclosures made 10 CaP"0-
Hill committees.
Involving a purported req0 5,
from Attorney General Blddte lo ..
the resignation Of an aSsls'a1.
Norman M. Littell, the break was
brought into the open by Sena'Q
Kilgore DIV. Va who SAID me
Senate War Investigating Commit
tee expects to inquire INTO t"'
matter.
Another member Of that group
Senator Ferguson R'-NllcA'j yo.'
firmed Kilgores assertion To-Day
saying the committee is oele 5 ..,
ed to "get the facts oehlflo D''
resignation request. ..,e,
1T involves the giving Of I, ' ga,'
monv before ouy committee, - fe''
guson asserted, land we are c n.
tsinly justified in looking into ~'
situation" ,.;oo :,
Give Biddle his answer today Con- y,
gressional sources sad me le..' v'4 4,
net q officer had asked LitteIl ~
step out on the GROUNDS OIL -''''
patibility."
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Machinists To Hold
Discussion On Ideas

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 24.-tR)
The executive council Of the In.
ternational Association of Machin.
lists, largest affiliate of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor converting
here, decided today to call a spe-
cial convention for next summer to
thrash out its rights.
The machinists withdrew from
the ALL in May, 1913, but return
ed to the fold that fall on the ap-
peal of President William Green
for labor unity in wartime.
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WITH THE AEF
So The IA Smashed The MT

mean special services, which in
turn can mean either the army unit
which supplies magazines, games
and such like to soldiers, or that
crack Canadian-American o u t +
which did such a famous fighting
job in Italy. Also it can refer to
Stars and Stripes, the Army news
paper.
There's a million such alphabet
cal authorizations, some grim, some
funny.
Nobody has any desire to get
inside a PWE, which means a pris-
oner of war enclosure. Also no
body wants to ride down road
marked by signs saying GRO,
meaning graves registration office.
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Nv KENNETH l.. DIXON

WITH THE AEF ON THE
WESTERN FRONT, Nov. IS. -
Delayed -lR-"We are up at OP
looking through the 70 scope when
we spot this Kraut MT" said the
sergeant. so we tell 70 and he
calls CP and gets the co on the
phone. He tells him it's out of AT
or MIG range and the co says
he's only got one I'D available.
So he calls the nearest Fla CP
and they tell Divarty. Pretty soon
the whole FA bait lets 60 and
KOS the Mt"
Nothing new about that" re-
piled the corporal. That's prac-
t1cally SOP"
This may sound somewhat like
jitterbug jargon. Actually it's fair
ly normal combat line lingo.
Translated, the sergeant is say
ing simply that they'd been up at
the observation post 10 o k i n 6
through the forward observer S
telescope when they had seen some
German motor transport moving
across no mans land So they told
the forward observer and he call
ed the command post and got the
commanding officer on the phone.
He told him it was out of anti
tank or machinegun range and the
commanding officer said he h d
only one tank destroyer available.
So he called the nearest field ar
tlllery command post and they told
the division artillery about it.
Then pretty soon whole battery
of field artillery fired, knocking out
the enemy motor transport.
To which t h corporal replied
nothing new about the whole cpl
sode. The fact is that it is prac-
tically standard operating proceed
ure.
Simple?
AS a matter of fact most of the
authorizations which comprise a
large part of military conversation
ale fairly simple - after you get
Used to them. Until that time you
might as well not bother trying
to cover the war, unless you have
an interpreter with you.
Everybody knows of course that
BIS, C's, DIS and KS stand for
various types Of field rations. Also
it is fairly common knowledge that
EN- means enlisted man, MP
means military policeman, ON
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cuartermasters and HQ headquart-
ers.
But newcomers seldom r e
aware that CP means command
post and when they see an arrow
pointing the route to Divarty
they're just as likely to assume
some Irishman lives down the road
as to guess it's the way to reach
the division artillery.
You KIN wv APO meant postoffice,
hut did you know: ALO means air
liasion officer; ASP, army supply
point; or ADJ, air delivery and
letter service?
Sometimes it's confusing even to
veterans. For instance SIS can
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DR.. Underwood, Meow
Professor, Is Dead

GREENSBORO, Nov. 24.-lP-
DR.. George A. Underwood, pro
lessor Of romance languages al
Woman's College of the University
of North Carolina for 20 years, was
discovered dead in bed at his home
today.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. Robert E. Roe
Sunday afternoon at Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church, of which DR..
Underwood was a member. Burial
will be in Kingston, N. Y.
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Guard Killed, Three
Conflicts Wounded
In Illinois Break

JOLIET. ILL. Nov a.. U c mr
guard was killed aud t. areF to.
victs were shot ard "opn ~ them
day as ten prisoners w. " break
veterans of the Roger Iouns 10
in 1912, unsuccessful IT. eo4+5g-syiIs
escape over the walls u
Penitentiary. .e Zoethe
sk aae who was shot above w.
heart. ...,ro William
Stewart and Matthew Se t5s huge
shot their way out Of The
prison Oct. 9. 1872
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HEMINGWAY STILL WORKING

PARIS, Nov. 24.-tREThe novel
list Ernest Hemingway is working
hard as correspondent with the
U. S. First Army, supreme head
quarters reported today to quiet
rumors circulating in London that
he was taken prisoner two weeks
ago.
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Fair Enough

Editors note.-The Star and the News
accept no responsibility for the personal
views of Mr.. Pegler, and often disagree
with them as much as many OF his read
ers. His articles serve the good purpose
of making people Think
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THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

81 am frankly embassassed every day py
the goodness of God and the kindness OF
His people. '-sentence occurred IN per
sonal letter, received in the oftlce OF Inc
Kings Business"
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Oveta Culp Hobby, director OF
the Women's Army Corps, is the
author of tex. on parliamentary
law