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lean naval strength was held indi-
Gated by the fact that sea trains
were able to accompany the task
forces operating against Truk. the
Carolines and additional islands in
the Marshalls.
In actual fighting, bombing at
tacks occurred during the week on
Ponope, on KuSaie in the Caro-
lines and on Paramushiro In the
southwest, Rabaul, WeWak and other
detectives were bombed while the
American hold on Los Negros in
the Admiralities was strengthened.
Moving relentlessly toward cap
ture of Rabaul, American Army
forces have occupied Talasea, air
base about ITO miles from Rabaui
on the north coast of New Britain.
In northern Burma, trained Amer
can jungle fighters are closing in
with the cooperation of Indian
troops on some 1000 japanese who
are now hopelessly trapped.
1t was announced Thursday that
American submarines had sunk l6
more japanese ships including a
large tanker and five transports.
The submarines now have record
of ATT ships of all types sunk. Sc
probably sunk and ia damaged.
Jap shipping losses now total 1889
sunk or damaged.
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huge wartime organization, and
naturally we made mistakes.
Il think the combination of di-
vergent forces that came up here to
try to work together has resulted in
the most remarkable job of organi-
cation and action in the history of
the world. And in doing it we've re-
tanned the form and substance of a
democracy
While adhering firmly to the prin-
ciple of free enterprise, Maverick
makes 1t plain that he still favors
public works. After the war we will
have a backlog of essential public
improvements costing from 30 to SO
billion dollars-public health, re-
forestation, irrigation, conservation,
the building of highways, slum
clearance and all the rest. We need
these things, not only to furnish
employment for the needy, but for
the welfare of the Nation.
Its not socialism, not commu-
nism, not radicalism. It's just a part
Of the improvement program of any
nation on the earth. I say it's es-
sential to civilized society to have
these things. And while we're on it,
in st. Louis there is need for much
city replanning, rehousing and a
reallocation of sunlight and open
spaces-like many other cities of
proportionate size"
1t is interesting, in any appraisal
OF the new rampaging SWPC chair
man, to note the genesis of the die
tionary's definition of maverick"
as an unbranded animal" When
Maurys grandfather, old Sam Nav
erick, was paid $50 head of cattle in
settlement Of a debt about the time
he was signing the Texas Declara-
ton Of independence, his Negro
slaves neglected to brand the calves
to such consistent extent that
whenever neighboring ranchmen
spied an unmarked calf they at once
drawled: Guess that's Mavericks. p"
So it was that maverick" came
to mean an unbranded animal, a
nonconformer, and in the past two
decades the capital and generous
portions of Texas have learned to
concur in the definition in its literal
application to old Sans grandson
printed by special ARRANGEMENT with the
ST. Louis Post-Dspatch
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slowly to meet everyday needs until
they get regular jobs.
T. Neither group will be dumped
suddenly on the labor market. Some
plants already are shifting to peace
time tools. Service people will be
demobilized slowly-probably over
several years.
8. The Baruch report suggests an
incentive tax" program which would
promise now a. definite tax reduction
rate for postwar to allow employers
to plan now how to maintain pro-
duction and employment rolls.
World Looks to United States.
9. Public works. Both conserva-
tives and liberals agree the Govern
ment should finance new public
works If there are too many jobless.
10. 1t is felt we've all gone with
out things so long now our buying
Ito repair, to replace) will give fac
tories something to go on. But the
amount of that buying is extremely
nebulous.
II. Lease-lend. The rest of the
world expects the United States to
help it rebuild. 1t is generally agreed
that this is politically and .econom-
icaly sane and the production will
keep people at work. But what do
we get paid? There's plan shaping
up to take stockpile of raw ma
terials in return, as hedge against
another war. .>..-
Quite obviously, we're riding a
teeter-totter for the first few years
after the war. The period will take
much financial intelligence from
every one. There are signs this is
growing. Joe American has turned
cautious. And the Government, the
banks and the boss are getting ready
for both sides of the picture.
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The Life and Death of
Little 10
By Robert Bright. Double.
day, Dordn.)

day, DorGn.)
This is a short novel-a little
longer than a long short story
about those current favorites of fic-
ton writers, the Spanish Americans
for that seems to be the approved
name for Mexicans who live in the
United States. 1t is done also in
the tender, gentle, simple manner
which is the convention for dealing
with those same. It has such sim
plicity, in fact, that reader will
be startled on coming across two
syllable word. But it is nice little
bit of writing, even so.
1t gives us an isolated Spanish
American village in New Mexico.
Ignorance, hunger, superstition and
dirt are the rules of the physical life
OF the villagers. In spiritual mat
tiers, however, sweetness, courtesy,
instructive wisdom and generosity
prevail. In this radiant if under
nourished paradise an orphan boy,
Little 10, grows from childhood to
the threshold of maturity. His ex-
istence is complicated by conflicting
claims which are. made on him. BY
nature he inclines toward the in
digenous virtues of his environment
and would be happy just to play his
guitar and sing, but he has pro-
gressive relatives who shame him
into wanting to improve himself and
get on even in his modest world.
His youth is made miserable by the
opposing pulls. Comes his decision,
at last, to let progress go-and then
the Army gets him and that is all.
1t is, as said, touching little
thing.
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Public Library
| Book Pointers
BY Ruth McCo.
Work Interests Room, Public Library.

Cartels is word that has come
to have an increasingly important
and menacing meaning. Priority
lists of war materials indicate a
shortage-and why? Frequently
these materials are cartel controlled
that is, agreements are made be-
tween businesses, perhaps in several
countries, to control both production
and distribution to gain monopolistic
advantage. Thus can a small ring
OF business associates become not
only economic dictators, but politi-
cal. Surely, this is a form of in
ternationalism idealists do not
preach
Joseph Borkin and Charles A.
WelShS "Germany's Master Plan
tells how Germany, working through
cartels, has obtained monopolies on
many essential war materials, there
by devitalizing our striking power.
Patents for Hitler" by Guenter
Reimann, describes the tieup be-
tween the large corporations in Ger
many and in this country. Ger
man Industrial Octopus" by Karl
Falk, in Current History, November,
1912, is another astonishing picture
OF this story. In September, 1913,
Harper's Magazine, w. V. Archaw-
ski. in an article, Switzerland:
Foster Mother of Cartels," describes
how these cartels are protected so
that when the war is over these
monopolistic agreements can con-
tinue to divide for the chosen few"
the great resources of the world.
Thurman Arnolds book, The
Bottlenecks of Business" and his
article, How Cartels Affect You"
in American Mercury, March, 1912,
brings home this problem to all of us.
These books and magazines may
be found at the Public Library,
Eighth and K streets NV.
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Brief Reviews
THE WAR.

The Black Book of Polish Jewry.
edited by Jacob Apenszlak Roy).
The hideous story of the destruction
OF Poland's Jewish population by the
Germans, compiled from carefully
selected and tested sources. I'm
portant.
Underground From Hong Kong,
by Benjamin A. Proulx (Dutton)-
Story OF a man who fought in the
defense Of Britain's Crown Colony.
saw the surrender and managed to
escape. Grim reading.
Letters From England, by Mar.
garet Culkin Banning (Harper)-
Letters written by Mrs. Banning to
her daughter, descriptive of England
at war. Pleasant.
Prefaces to Peace (co-operatively
published by Simon & Schuster,
Doubleday. Doran, Reynal & Hitch
cock and Columbia University)-A
symposium consisting of Wendell
Wilkes "One World" Herbert
Hoover's and Hugh Gibson's 1.-THE
Problems of Lasting Peace" Henry
A. Wallace's THE Price of Free
World Victory" and Sumner Welles'
Blueprint for Peace"
Songs of Many Wars, edited by
Kurt Adler CHowell, Soskin) Words
and music of war songs, including
those of past wars as we'll as many
of the present.
Give Out! Edited by Eric Posselt
(ArrowheadO-Songs of, by and for
the men in the service.
They're All Yours, by Barsis
Daye)-Funny stuff, mainly pic
lures about the training of the
various women's units.
POETRY.
Flame Rises on the Mountain, by
Mary Siegrist Exposition Emo
tional poems of rather trite quality.
With Trope and Melody, by Her
man Eugene Kittredge (Banner)-
Ballads and lyrics. conventional but
animated.
Convoy, by Baily Samuel Hayne
(Fine Editions) Unconventional lyrics.
Miracle At Sea, by Mildred Hay
ward (Fine Editions)-Conventional
lyrics.
The Triumph of Life, by Horace
Gregory Viking)-A collection Of
poems of consolation Three hun
dred poems from 1853 English and
American poets.
ART.
Art Parade, by H. G.. Dwight and
Alfred M Frankfurter Cart Foun-
dation)-Brief resumes of past 40
years of art news and of the history
of the Prick collection, with color
plates and other illustrations.
COLLECTIONS.
American Harvest, edited by Allen
Tate and John Peale Bishop GAR
den City Anthology of stories,
essays and verse, aimed at selecting
the best of the past 20 years output.
Twenty-seven Stories, by Pearl S.
Buck (Sun Dial Press.
LINCOLN.
A. Lincoln, by James Daugherty
(Viking)-A short, almost fiction.
lied life, Illustrated by the author.
Gift book type of thing.
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that conditions soon will permit
fresh offensive action there which
would ease the pressure on the
brldgehead. The enemy is now
said to have 10 of his best divisions
in Italy. Throughout the week there
were light air raids on Nazi lines
of communication and airfields.
Speculation over the Italian fleet
was renewed when Prime Minister
Churchill told the House of Com
mons that there is no intention to
turn over any part of the Italian
fleet to the Russians and that dis
posal of enemy and former enemy
warships will be settled after the
war.
President Roosevelt, in answer to
question Thursday following the
Churchill statement, declared that
there is no dispute between Mr..
Churchill and himself. He said that
his announcement the previous week
that Russia is to receive third of
the Italian Navy had included also
the words "or its equivalent" This
was interpreted as meaning that
Russia is to have warships of the
United States and Great Britain.
However, the matter of the Ital-
ian fleet is disturbing to the Nazis,
for Mr.. Churchill stated that the
ships are now serving with the AL
! lies, but with their own crews
aboard. The Russian interest in the
fleet is believed to be centered
largely in its use to aid Drug Tito
in Yugoslavia, and Berlin, consider
ing that possibility, is now reported
sending in great numbers of troops
to strengthen positions held in that
country.
1t was revealed Friday that Amer
lean and British Commands, led by
Mr.. Churchill's son, Capt Randolph
Churchill, have landed on Dalma-
ton islands, close by the Yugoslav
coast.
Nimitz Comment ENCOURAGING.
Action on the Pacific fronts has
been light, but the commentary most
encouraging.
Admiral NimitZ, here in Washing
ton for conferences, declared Tues
day that Japanese shipping has suf-
fered so severely at the hands of
American warships and planes that
1t is no longer possible for the en-
envy to concentrate large parts of
| his fleet at the more remote bases,
such as Truk Admiral Nimitz
pointed out that Japanese tankers,
especially, had been eliminated at
rate which makes it no longer
feasible to carry the supplies of fuel
required for advance bases of enemy
ships.
Japan has very little oil produc-
ton of her own and is dependent
upon supplies accumulated through
years OF preparation for the war
and such renewals as can be brought
to the home islands in the depleted
fleet of tankers operating from the
Dutch East Indies.
| Admiral Nimitz gave credit TO the
American submarines, which have
taken heavy toll of Japanese ship
ping, much of it in waters close to
Japan. He added that possession of
American bases in the Gilberts and
Marshalls shortens materially the
distance the subs must travel to
refuel and replenish their supply of
torpedoes.
| The overwhelming nature of Amer
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UptoTurkey
Italian Fleet Question
Linked to Hesitancy
BY Raym ond MoIey.

We don't know clearly what the
equivalent of third of the Italian
Navy means in terms of British and
American ships, but Russia appar-
emily is to get some sort of addi-
tlonal naval power. Mr.. Churchill
was not very clear, either, as to
when and how the Russian feet re-
enforcement is to pe provided or
whether it is to operate north or
south of Europe. But it would seem
that the whole matter has some
connection with the sharper policy
recently adopted by the Allies
toward Turkey.
To say that Russia is displeased
with Turkey is to understate the
case. German ships are at large in
the Black Sea and, while the Axis
has contended that they were as
sembled in Rumanian ports, it may
well be that they passed through
the Dardanelles and the Bosporus.
The destruction of those ships is a
matter of critical Importance, now
that Russian armies are nearing
Rumania. Beyond that there is the
fact that a carrier or two off the
coast of Ru1nania could blast the
Ploesti Oil fields and destroy a third
OF Hitler's oil supply. In any event,
1t may have dawned upon the
master minds of Anglo American
strategy that Ploesti is a thousand
times more important than Rome.
The hard Russian attitude toward
Turkey so far may we'll be based on
the belief that if Allied ships are
sent through the Dardanelles, the
Turkish government would not dare
resist. Certainly, it is Russia that
demanded an end to the giving of
supplies to Turkey that Russia
could very nicely use itself.
Up to Turkey Now.
1t is up to Turkey now. 1t NAV
be that the reluctant dragon is an
preaching a crisis. Allah is great
and President Inonu is a good
prophet. But only as long as he
brings profits. Up to now he has
been an exasperating loss to Russia,
Britain and the United States. OBJ
vlously the Tightening grasp of the
Allies upon Turkey will not stop
with the denial of free supplies. A
major action Of the war may be in
store, in which Turkey will provide
a neutral but unresisting avenue of
attack. 1t is hardly possible that
Turkey can resist the demands of
Russia which grows stronger and
gets nearer every day.
The dismal progress on the road
to Rome and the fact, now appar-
ent, that the original conception of
the italian campaign was faulty
call for a fresh approach to the
soft underbelly" of the Axis. Our
Observation-Disclosures, Roosevelt and
Churchill, are resourceful people,
even though they may not always
be right. If Turkey is not the OBJ
ject of this talk about ships for
Russia, it is difficult to see why the
subject should have been brought
up at all.
A correstion: This column, a few
days ago, mentioned revolutions in
the Argentine and Uruguay. The
inclusion of Uruguay was a regret
table error in names made in my
office. Uruguay, it should be said
in fairness, has followed a course
sharply to be distinguished from
that of the Argentine. In fact, it
is depended upon by the United
Nations as focal point for Allied
propaganda. -r3 j., 80
released by the Associated Neusnaners
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Best Sellers
FICTION.

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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by
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So Little Time, by John P.
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The Apostle, by Sholem Asch.
Also the Hills, by Frances
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Here Is Your War, by Ernie
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MIRIAM GUTENBERG.
News of the Nation

VIEWS OF the N0tiOn
By Syluan Hoffman and C.
Hartley Grattan. Garden
city,
Here Is history with the immedi-
acy of today's newspaper-and,
therefore, with about the same read
ability. It is the history of the
United States from April IA, 1893,
to December 8, 1941, in the form of q
collection Of tabloid newspapers.
Historical events are treated as news
stories of current happenings, the
display depending, of course, on
their Importance. There are also ed
itorials, cartoons, feature columns
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|erything found in the modern news
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us even applied to- the "by-Iine, !"
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tan are listed as "editor" and "asso-
ciate EDITOR respectively, instead
OF as authors. ,. ,,s.. l.. -.
In a foreword, Allan Nevins, pro-
lessor OF history at Columbia Uni
vers1ty, says: "1his IS an expert
ment that deserves announcement,
for it promises to bring q fresh
breath into the schoolrcom and fur
nish teachers with useful new
aid" This reviewer will go even
further: 1t is an experiment that
should make history lively sub
Ject for every student. Pill,
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The Curtain Rises
By Quentin Reynolds. IRAN.
dom House,

For Reynolds fans, here is an
other volume. It tells how the illus
trious correspondent felt and what
he did in some more war scenes
those OF Iran, Russia, North Africa
and Sicily. He writes here about
the high Russian morale, the de-
termination of the Soviet govern
ment to keep the Polish territory
which it has seized, the Jewish
community of Palestine, the Amer
lean attack on Sicily and the battle
Of Salerno-and in none of it does
he seem to have a sense of reality.
Whether he is describing a bomb
ing raid or the agonies of wounded
soldier, he writes in slick, ready
made, too easy phrases, and the
only genuine interest which one
feels in his performance is his in
terest in himself. In telling, too, of
his meetings with famous person.
alities, he seems always to strive to
impress his reader with his supe-
riority to the great men, or, at any
rate, his aggressive equality. OF
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, for an
example of this, he writes, Even I
will admit that Rick is a great
American" Think that out. A COM
parison between his work and that
Of another correspondent (to whom
he refers in a patronizing manner)
comes to mind. Ernie Pyle, writing
his story of what he has seen, called
the volume Here Is Your War"
Quentin Reynolds says constantly,
This is my war" He is the per-
sonality boy reduced to extreme
abSurditY
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Among the New Novels

Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton
(Houghton Mifflin) A romantic
novel about great New York Dutch
estate in the mid-l9th century.
o Distant Star! by Mary Frances
Doner doubleday, Doran)-Story of
a simple woman's life-her dream
of being a great lady, how it was
frustrated and how she became rec
onciled. Trade article.
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Junkers
Continued From Page CID

brilliant orders, Misrepresentation a
short while-into the background.
Hindenburg delivered the fortress
Germany, as his forbear had de-
livered the fortress Spandau, into
the hands of the enemy. But he
was not condemned to death-he
became popular hero. And, seven
years later, the Germans elected
him President of the republic he
hated. Ludendorff, the other war
dictator, armed with a pair of yell
low spectacles, fed under the name
OF Lindstroem to Sweden, from
where, later, his successor Goering
emerged as a second Lohengrin to
restore his Inflated fatherland.
Similar things may happen today.
Two reasons will be responsible for
the coming breakdown.
The bombing of the German cities
will more deeply affect the nervous
German. character than it did the
English. The English, naturally
cold-blooded, tend to become stub
born when suffering hardships.
Moreover, they have been trained
through centuries to civil RESPONSE
bility and can act independently,
whereas the Germans, drilled to
obedience and submission to mill
tary authority, will be cruelty
awakened from their dream of world
conquest by the defeat of their
leaders and the terrible destruction
OF their homeland.
The second reason for the collapse
will be the cynicism of the Junker
leaders who, with few exceptions,
have always concentrated more on
consolidating their power and &C
cumulating fortunes than on sacri-
f1clng their lives to the service of
theri fellow countrymen. The Junker
generals whom Hitler, because of
their military efficiency, was forced
to take into his army, and who will
succeed him after his downfall or
his death by murder, will do every-
thing to save their own persons and
positions, leaving their hollow
phrases of patriotism to go to the
devil
Complete Surrender Seen.
The world will not witness battles
on German soil. The victorious
Allies will see complete surrender
Oh Germany, sooner than they are
ready to believe at present, as sur
prlslng TO them as to Napoleon in
1906 and to Foch in 1918.
In 1914 the Junkers will forsake
their Nazi leaders as they forsook
their King twice in the last century.
They will offer their services to the
Victors, just as they were willing to
surrender their fortresses to Ma
poleon for their own safety and adj
vantage, just as they easily became
CzechS and Poles after Versailles to
save their estates that had fallen
to their enemies. Prussian Junkers
are realiSts and materialistS.
After they had been beaten
ANONYMOUSLY by Napoleon the Ger
mans rose again after seven years
and fought him VIGOROUSLY only
after he had been beaten in Russia.
After Versailles they were even
quicker to recover, and at once be-
gan their secret preparations for
another war, taking advantage of
the war fatigue and the Puritan
compassion of their Anglo-Saxon
conquerors.
The victors of today are in danger
of falling into the same trap. If
they do they will have to face
third World War.
tCopyrsht, 1914, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
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Arena of Love
By Helene Flat. Translated
From the French by YUette
SGkaU (Ho7DeU SoeEi,,

From the French By YUette
Sdkay. (HoWeH, SoSkin.)
In spite of some very superficial
modern psychological trimmings this
is just the old French novel of an
emotional relationship between a
man and a woman, played through
the Well-worn changes in monot-
onous fervor. 1t seems to be the sort
of thing which forms the great bulk
OF trade fiction in France; the Gallo
appetite for it is apparently as in
Suitable as our own for stories of
triangles in which virtue wins out.
In the hands of the ordinary prac-
titioner, in the hands of the author
who is not superior to his material,
in other words the pattern, to this
reviewer, is one of the most boring
extant. The trouble is that while
love will make one routine human
specimen intensely interesting to an
other routine human specimen it
does not act that way on the unaf-
fected public. These generalities de-
scribe Helene Eliat's book In it
man and woman make love. quarrel,
become reconciled and repeat. You
do not care in month of Sundays
what happens to either one of them.