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"0ld- Timers" Making
 Extra Good in Present
 War; Doing Their bii

and the body -shakings that war time roadbeds subject them to is nothing short of brutal.
 This is one industry. There are hundreds of them. There are grand mothers and grandfathers who are riveters, truck drivers, mechanics and other heavy-duty laborers. They also are inspectors, welders, seam- sters and seamstresses. They are employed in detailed work that takes the patience of Job and the eye of an eagle.
 Among these oldtimers I have a favorite His name is Daniel T. Shaw. He's from New England. His record is on file with the merchant marine and a little further down the street than that, with the Navy When World War I came rolling along, Dan Shaw tried to enlist. Nothing doing, said the Army and Navy recruiting officers. Dan didn't give up. He finally worked his way into the merchant marine. A few months later. despite his age, he was inducted into the regular Navy. He took to salt water like a whale When the first World War was over, he had a stripe and a half on his sleeve.
 Today, Dan Shaw, who was turn ed down for being over age in World
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CAA MEN HERE

Wallace Tykward and Owen Gearhart of the CAA, have regis tered at the Juneau Hotel from Anchorage.
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The contribution they are making deserves more than passing notice. I have talked to many Pullman and train conductors who have returned from retirement just to help out. What they suffer in 20-hour days
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1 HERE FROM NORTH
 VIA SHIP PATRICIA

Passengers to Skagway, via the Patricia, on Thusday evening were Glen Wise and Walter Andrews. Mrs. Harry Ellingen was a passen- ger for Haines.
 Returning to Juneau last evening with the ship were Glen Wise, Walter Andrews. and Robert An- drews. Hubert Holden boarded the vessel at Haines.
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The University of Rome occu- pies 40 acres.
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IDENTITIES WILLKIE BONER
 One fatal. boner the Deweyites pulled which other Republicans
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CALIFORNIANS HERE

MT. and Mrs. Jack White of San Leandro. California, are guests at the Juneau Hotel. He is with the EGG.
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Evening star., 1944-03-08

to his stooges in South America Is not
SO clear. No doubt while Hess was in
Germany, it was paid through him. At
that time the Nazis had as Ambas-
sador in the Argentine one Ritter,
whose record was none too good In
the Argentine he ran as expensive
and numerous a gang as has ever been
operated in one country by another.
His activities became so extensive that
ne was well on the way to the creation
OF whole political party It got so
bad that the Argentine government
brought about his recall. Since Ritter.
business has apparently been done with
a few influential Argentinians. Gold
has been used, and it must have got
there by some route
Hltler's outlets to the outside world
are through a limited number of neu-
trails. Except for what may have been
transmitted by submarines, the gold
must have gone through them. Such
shipments, before this war, were simple
matters OF commerce in which the car
rlers and receivers might be private
persons. Even in former wars govern
ment clearances were not always re-
qulred. But in this war every neutral
government within reach of Hitler must
know OF all gold movements. That is
true OF Sweden, Switzerland, Portugal.
Turkey and Spain.
That Sweden engaged In this business
is most unlikely. 1t has good deal
OF It's own gold supply in South Amer
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major opponents which is now the chief
political hope of the Nazi leaders Time
to prepare still further against the IN
vasion from the west. whose defeat IN
its initial stages is their chief military
hope.
All these are reasons why the Ger
mans seek to gain time, to stave off
any sort of decision, to maintain every
front, every position, to avoid anything
that looks like a change in their ois
favor.
All these are reasons why the op-
p0nents OF Germany need now redou-
hled effort to the last gasp Of Lower
end fury, that Germany may not have
the chance to recover, readjust, reor-
ganize
There are signs that this is a reces-
sity as we'll understood in Washington,
London and Moscow as it is IN Berlin.
The American Air Force strikes by
daylight at the German capital. 1t
takes heavy losses but it's blows drive
home to their appointed targets. There
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Raymond Molev

lea for safekeeping. It's regulation OF
shipments is most strict and scrupu-
lous. Switzerland, likewise, operates
through well-managed central bank
system. 1t has probably buried it's own
gold in the Alps. Portugal is not thought
to be guilty. Its ruler, Salazer, is not
only pro-Ally, but a shrewd economist.
That leaves Turkey and Spain, and
1t Is hard to absolve them of blame.
SPANS transshipments of goods re-
ceived from us to Germany continued
until we imposed strict limitation and
control. 1t may we'll be the guilty par
ty. Turkey may also contribute to the
leakage.
In any event, the best way to main
tain order in South American. neutral
states is to close the channels now used
for the payment of trouble-makers.
and that is to cut of shipments at the
source. The time has come for severe
measure toward possibly leaky nations.
The war has reached stage where both
Turkey and Spain have much more to
lose than to gain by playing with any
one but the Allies. When the war is
over, this servicing of Hitler's gold
should be thoroughly investigated and
dealt with by appropriate means
Neither now nor after the war is any
time to lose sight of this matter. The
gold that has gone to South America
has provided blow as serious to us
as the sinking of many cargoes.
tReleased by the Associated Newspapers)
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sons will contend that the third-term
campaign did not set this country back
at least year in preparedness for war;
At that time every informed and clear
thinking man knew that soon or late
we were sure to be involved. Certain
ly, MIR. Roosevelt knew that. Certain
ly, the chiefs of staff of our Army and
Navy knew it. Yet, we went through
that campaign with the candidates in
sisting that we would not get into the
war; that American boys would not be
sent to fight on foreign soil. And we
made none but superficial gestures to-
ward preparedness.
And all the while our participation
was inevitable. Pearl Harbor merely
hastened an entrance that had been
certain since the fall of France It was
the third-term campaign that kept the
truth from the people and caused the
waste of priceless months during which
the country could have made important
progress toward preparing itself for the
conflict. 1t is impossible to compute
accurately the cost in time and lives OF
this delay. Nor is it possible now to
reckon the cost of the fourth-term
campaign.
X
AS candidate for reelection. Mr..
Roosevelt is certain to be handicapped
both as Commander in Chief and as
President. He will assume a non
political attitude and hold to the pose
OF not giving any thought to politics.
But only an angel could do that. It is
beyond the power of human being and
Mr.. Roosevelt is very human, indeed.
AS a candidate for the presidency, poll
tics will inevitably be in the front of
his mind-as it would be in that of
any other man in his position.
This means that every decision he
makes during the period of his candi-
dacy will be made with it's political
erect in mind. That isn't discreditable:
it is just the inescapable consequence Of
his situation. He is not now in position
TO deal realistically with great many
really vital questions For example,
there is the question of national sery-
Ice act urged as essential by the Army.
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press The hope of peace rises; the Rus
sian terms are moderate; only the Ger
man divisions of Won Dietl stand be-
tween the Finnish people and surcease
from the strain and terror of war after
all these years. Perhaps way will be
found to dispose of Won Dietl.
In Bulgaria peace talk is rife. One
has the feeling that very little thing
might tip the balance-perhapS some
further Russian advance, or a German
failure in Italy, or even another bomb
ing of Berlin
FROM any one or any two of these
troubles, the Germans might, with their
astonishing resourcefulness. find means
to escape. But from all of them together
1t does not seem possible that they can
extr1cate themselves without serious loss
at least in one of these various direc-
tions.
1t does not seem possible that they
can continue to- maintain the full de-
fensive strength Of their air power to
hold all their ground in Italy, to make
successful counterattack in South
Russia, to prevent the DETECTION of
both Bulgaria and Finland and to check
and defeat the Yugoslav patriots.
Some of these things they may ac-
compush for the time being, but not all.
Somewhere the line must break, some-
where the strain must prove too great.
For over all hangs still the threat of
the great blow which is preparing in the
west. Against that the Germans must
be ready, come what may. It's i'm
minence can never be absent from the
thoughts of their leaders.
Its very threat weakens them in all
else they may do. And, therefore, while
it is being made ready, there must be no
surcease for them on any other front,
in any other direction.
For us, the full strain Of unrelenting
effort: for the enemy, the full strain of
mounting despair on every hand.
tCopyrisht, 1914, N. Y. Tribune. Inc.)
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Things; 1t means that bitterness and
strife will affect our sense of values; it
means that the full national weight will
not be used as 1t should be used. Many
things that should be done will not be
done and quite as many which should
not be done will be done. Yet, the
campaign and the election are inevita-
BILE.
The idea, evolved last year, that the
whole business might be called off is
absurd. For one thing, the little mat
ter of the Constitution stood in the
way. Nor was there any sense in the
suggestion that the two parties agree
on single candidate for President,
thus eliminating contest and making
the election mere form. The impos-
sibility of reaching that kind of agree
ment was too clear for the suggestion
to be taken seriously.
X
Thoughtful men, including some
high UP in the armed services, are dis
turbed over the prospect. 1t is, they
think, unfortunate to have campaign
coincide with the most vital period of
the war, but it is particularly .unfor-
tunate to have the Commander In Chief
q candidate for reelection in that
campaign. The reasons are clear.
Looking back four years, few per.
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Letters to The Star
A Comment on Prevailing Taxes
By Advocate of General Levy.

- NoiiiiIiSlt oi liSNdhiilS dASS
By Advocate of General Lew.
To the Editor of The Star:
Comments upon Mr.. WILKES s16.-
000,000,000 tax wish vary in wisdom.
We are urged to tax highly now, be-
cause repayment of the loans after
the war will be a terrible burden This
is equivalent to saying that paying an
additional 30 billion or so over a period
OF 20 to 80 years will be harder than
paying it in two years on top of our
other high war taxes. Buying a war
by borrowing is in principle like buy
ing house on a mortgage. Common
sense says that it is well to pay a
little more for the privilege of paying
slower without distress
War, however, introduces other ele-
ments. Payment after the war will
fall more on the rich, but this is de-
sirable.
It is called shame to leave the
bill to our children. This sounds as
If the war were joyride which we
had ordered and, therefore, ought to
pay for. Are not our children sup
posed to share the benefit from our
efforts?
Two master reasons for high taxes
now are to cut down the inflationary
gap-for our own benefit, primarily
and to tap war incomes which will
not be in existence later Both of
these call loudly for greater taxes on
the special war incomes, but not on
others.
To say that the 50 o-or-less fixed
income is not drastically taxed now,
or that any more tax is, for it, inevi-
table, and a proper war burden, is to
say what is not true. Initiation, plus
the present tax, compels living on not
over half the real income of four years
ago; this cannot be done long without
impairing the finer values of life.
A new way to resolve the difficulty
OF taxing in just the right place is to
lay general tax as heavy as the war
incomes ought to pay, and grant some
remission to incomes which are no
larger than a few years ago. Advan-
tages of this particular method are
that special reductions are more welcome
to the taxpayer than special extensions;
also that the former incomes needed
for the reductions are a matter of
record now, so that error and con-
fusion would be small.
WALTER P. WHITE.
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Mr.. Daniels whether he had sought
the resignation of Harry Slattery,
head of the Rural Identification
Administration. Citing the conf
Dental nature of his relationship
with the President, Mr.. Daniels
refused to answer on the ground
that it would not be in the public
interest for him to testify. There
upon the investigating committee
voted to bring contempt proceedings
against him, and for a time it
seemed that a disruptive clash
between the Senate and the PreSi-
dent might be in the offing.
A little later, however, Mr.. Dam
iels notified the subcommittee that
the President had authorized him
to give the desired testimony and
that he stood ready to do so. There
was nothing to hide, he said, and
Mr.. Roosevelt desired to avoid a
constitutional clash with the Senate
in the midst of war.
This was an eminently sensible
decision, and Mr.. Daniels subsequent
testimony confirms his assertion
that there was nothing irregular or
improper in his effort to persuade
Mr.. Slattery to relinquish his post.
Certainly the giving of this par
ticular information to the Senate
has worked no injury to the public
interest. On the contrary, it is
decidedly in the public interest to
have Mr.. Daniels testify and clear
up the suspicious which had grown
up around the REA incident.
But the matter should end there.
The Senate has received the infor-
nation to which it was entitled, and
1t would seem to be unnecessary.
unWise and improper to pursue the
suggestion that the committee ought
now to undertake an exploration of
the White House files. The Presi-
dent, IN the interests of harmony,
has tried to meet the Senate half
way in this matter, and the Senate
should not seek to take undue
advantage of his attitl1de
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Not Much Help

4Hcic SllUulQ De some overall
regulation, by single agency. of
the transportation lines serving the
Metropolitan Area of Washington
and someday there doubtless will
be. Location of Government offices
in nearby Maryland and Virginia
makes the provision of cheap and
convenient transportation a matter
of concern for Congress. Senator
McCarran and Senator Burton gave
the matter some consideration,
evidently finding it too involved for
immediate legislation.
But the Office of Price Admin
istration's approach to the problem
is, to say the least, unrealistic and,
aside from possibly harmless bit
of demagoguery, contributes moth
ing. That approach is to place
responsibility with the Capital
Transit Company for the interstate
fares between Washington, Mary
land and Virginia charged by the
various companies serving such
areas. The real difficulty is that
this responsibility is divided be-
tween at least four regulatory
agencies. The only one that might
be capable of fixing uniform and
equitable fares is the Interstate
Commerce Commission, and the
ICES recent experience in the
Pentagon fare case does not provide
much hope from that quarter.
In attempting to fix cheaper and
more uniform fares between Wash
ington and the Pentagon Building,
ten members of the ICC produced
no less than five separate opinions
and the ICC decision now is headed
for the courts. AS an example of
one of the difficulties involved, the
Public Utilities Commission does not
recognize the cost of Capital Transit
Company operations outside the
District of Columbia, which in itself
invites an extra-fare charge for
service in Maryland or Virginia.
The question of convenient trans
portation for Government workers,
at equitable rates of fare, is impor-
tant enough to warrant some real
investigation and remedial legisla-
ton by Congress. The OPA's effort
to belabor the local traction COM
pany on this point. without any
serious effort to get down to the
facts, merely serves to weaken con-
f1dence in the good faith of its
intervention.
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japan in Distress

From the broad and battle torn
Pacific. where his inspired leader
ship has won glory for his country
and made his own name perma-
nently illustrious. Admiral Nimitz
has come on brief visit to Wash
ington to report that the japanese
have good reason to be profoundly
worried. For over and above what
General Macarthur has been doing
to them in the south. over and
above the shocks they have suffered
in the Gilberts, the Marshalls, at
Truk, at Ponape, at Kusaie, in the
Marianas and far to the north in
the Kuriles, their supply lines are
breaking down under the steady
hammering of our combined land,
sea and air operations and particu-
larly under the hard blows being
struck by our expanding sub
marine campaign.
This IS something that the enemy
himself acknowledges. According
to a Toxic broadcast, American task
forces have made it infinitely diff
cult for the larger transports to
travel the sea lanes to and from
the south. Food and supplies to
troops and fleet units in the out
lying islands must therefore be
shipped mainly in wooden barges,
which in turn have been destroyed
by the hundreds So serious has
this become for the japanese that
many of their positions now seem
hopelessly blockaded, and even Truk
itself-their Pearl Harbor-is. in
Admiral Nimitzs opinion, isolated
to such an extent that'it appears to
have been abandoned as a key base
for heavy warships. All things con-
sidered, In short, the commander
of the United States Pacific Fleet
finds Japan's situation growing
progressively worse while ours
which is now very favorable
promises to grow progressively
better.
Admiral Nimitz, however. tempers
his highly encouraging report with
the sobering reminder that we are
still far from the heart of Japan's
strength and that a great deal of
fighting will have to be done before
the conclusive victory is won.
Geography-the immense size of
the Pacific Ocean--is the principal
obstacle in our way. and the home
islands of Hirohitos empire cannot
be bombed effectively until we first
have a sufficient number of air.
fields and planes in China. More
over, Admiral NimitZ warns that the
farther we advance in the Pacific,
the longer our lines of communica-
tion become and the more chance
there is that the enemy will cut
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Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Is no respite for the nerve center of
Nazidom.
We can afford losses; the Luftwaffe,
with so many of its plants in ruins or
at least temporarily out of business.
cannot. If we let it recover, it again
Will be formidable. 1t must be COM
PEELED to expend its present reserve in
combat, so that its operating strength
may suffer the full effect of the short
age of deliveries presently to be en-
countered as the results of the last
tnree weeks operations are transmitted
along the line to the fighting units
In Russia the Soviet armies press
hard to exploit their advantage in the
south. They expand along the railway
west OF VolocninSk. They start rolling
toward the vital junction of Prosk,lroy
from the north, They threaten Tarno-
pol. Won Mannstein is calling for re-
serVeS-armored divisions and often
slVe" infantry divisions They must be
found, or he is back against the
Dnlester, with disaster staring him in
the face. But where to get them?
X
In Italy, bad weather dogs our foot
steps with a persistence that must be
maddening to generals and privates
alike. Our air power is thus hog-tied
On the 9th Army front, deep snow
continues. Yet we try once more to
drive the Germans from the ruins of
Casino No rest for the Nazls on this
front, either. They must not be allowed
TO save Won Mannstem by withdrawals
from Italy except at a price-a good
and sufficient price.
In YugoslaVia, more outside aid comes
to the patriot armies. They take full
advantage of the German Withdrawals
from Yugoslavia to Italy. The Germans
may hope to recoup their losses later;
but can they?
In Finland sober second thought is
taking hold. The attitude of the govern
ment is more and more criticized In the
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loose with submarine campaign
of his own.
AS for the main japanese fleet,
ours would like nothing better than
to meet it at once. not only because
the American Navy has a score to
settle with it and is confident it
can blast it to the bottom of the
sea, but also because such an en-
gagement would do much to shorten
the war. However, as Admiral
Nimitz makes plain, it would be a
mistake to suppose that the enemy
is holding back now because of
timidity. japanese naval officers
are not timid; they are merely
wary; and when they think the time
ripe, they will accept our challenge,
and we are likely to find that they
have not "in any sense lost their
will to fight"
And what holds true for the Jap
anese Navy holds true for the Jap
~hA>SS sbt' q W1AOlC 4IlCy dlC pIC-
pared to battle to the bitter end and
they are taking the most extraor-
dinary measures to do so, their
latest action being to make even
more severe the already drastic
home-front restrictions and to
establish total mobilization of all
high school and college students.
Like Admiral Nimitz, therefore, al
though we can be sure of eventual
victory over them, we ought not to
underestimate their strength, for
they have plenty of fight left, and
we have a long way to go before
we can hit them in the heart, and
the more desperate their situation,
the more their deadliness may
grow-their deadliness and our
casualties.
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The announcement has precipitated
a government crisis in Italy. Since the
King -Badoglio government was sup
ported by Mr.. Churchill in his speech
before the House of Commons only
two weeks ago, it is hardly to be ex-
pected that the President desired to
create such a crisis. In Britain naval
experts are not concealing their ap-
prehensions that this indicates a plan
to establish the Soviet Union as a sea-
power.
X X
For the Italians it is not only Rus
sian question, but a question of the
italian future. Italy has been accept
ed in the war as co-belligerent. The
permanent loss of the fleet, coupled
with Mr.. Churchill's previous state
ment that the Italian empire is "irre-
trievably lost" makes one wonder just
what the co-belligerents are supposed
to be fighting for
Furthermore, Mr. Churchill gave as
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Old Fort
from the rocks.

He1Oed from the rocks
You reared proud head to tropic skies
You matched tall ships 90 down like
broken toys.
You hne1U the fierce rapture of the can
mons kiss.
You guarded 1OeH the secret OF tUhite
bones under green seas.
Time has sunk his teeth in you,
Time and the sea. Each day sees q
neD crack
In the old heart Your stones taH like
tears
One bV one. And IUIere the bullets sang,
Where old ghosts lDalk, birds talk
Before much light has hGveled from q
little star
Your ShddolG 1Cl be small
No more the sailor sees you Shoulderinq
out the SUM-
The little hours, the blue, talUninq sea
Haze struck you do1Un and no1U you die
Alone, no flag above your topmost stone.
For your tare,DeN, no bombs squirt high.
For tuneral-poH no po,pder- smoky sky,
Only the seas ,Dash, and the gulls cry.
SARA VAN ALSTYNE ALLEN.