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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25
cast made by Rupert Hughes on Feb. ~:

and the total was 100000, Of which
10000 were for Lincoln and only about
$4,000 for Gen. Mcclellan.
OUR present commander in chief Of the
" armed forces is often referred to as
the commander in chief of the CIVILIAN
POPULATION, which, of course, HE
is NOT.
He wants to distribute certain ballots
to the armed forces enabling them to
vote for a president, vice president and
congressman-or just for party.
This last is against the law of many
states.
Nobody has yet proposed that the fed
eral government should count the ballots
or register the Uoters.
The supreme courts of the Uarious
constitutions to THROW OUT SUCH
BALLOTS.
III the case lDent on up to the Supreme
Court of the United States, it pould be
stopped cold by the Constitution from,
INTERFERING WITH THE AUTHOR.
ITY OF THE STATES.
In any case there would be delay of
decision that might stretch into years.
Last week told you how near we
came to a second civil war over the dis
puted election Of Hayes and Tilden in
1876. That concerned the vote of only
three states and it was decided one day
before Inauguration day by an electoral
commission which by one vote declared
Hayes elected by one vote
II this coming election should be tied
up in the courts by dispute oUer ten or
eleven million soldiers votes, we should
find ourselves with NO PRESIDENT
AT ALL. The Constitution makers neUer
foresatU such situation.
There is no provision for President
Roosevelt to 60 on holding office in
definitely.
His third term ends next January;
and unless he is definitely reelected or
somebody else elected by constitutional
procedure, we shall be without a presi-
dent or vice president and in a state
bordering on anarchy.
TT ILL behooUes people to denounce our
congressman for trying to uphold the
Constitution. They haze taken their oath
to do just that; and so haze the President
and all the other political and military
and naval officials and officers.
1t would be wicked and cruel thing
to cheat the armed forces out of their
votes, but to dupe them into making
illegal ballots that would be thrown out
would be a wickeder and crueler thing.
LET US NOT FORGET LINCOLN'S
VICE TO BASE THE PROUD
FABRIC OF OUR FREEDOM on THE
CONSTITUTION; AND HIS PROMISE
THAT IF WE DO, "THE GATES OF
HE'LL SHALL NOT PREVAIL
ACAINcT IT'D
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25


And who is shedding any tears over
the two million warriors of ours who are
being debarred from voting because they
are under p?
A YEAR after Lincoln published his
n belief in womens right to vote, he
made a great speech in 1887 during a
period of violence and political passion.
He said that the only true peril to the
United States Would come NOT FROM
WITHOUT BUT FROM WITHIN.
He gave lis special warning against
persons with great ambitions.
"They would not be content with
nothing more than a seat in Congress,
gubernatOrial or presidential chair!
Think YOU these places would satisfy an
Alexander, Caesar or Napoleon?
Never.
Sometime a man will spring up
among us who will require an intelli-
gent and united people devoted to the
government and laws, to successfully
Illustrate his designs"
He called particularly for reverence
for the Constitution. So long as the proud
fabric of freedom rested on that rock,
"the gates of hell shall not prevail
against ii"
The Constitution has been having a
prolonged fight for life of late.
1t has been attacked, not by gross and
selfish moneycrats but by HIGH
SOULED REFORMERS, LOVERS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD MILLENNIUM
MONGERS,- AND WORSHIPERS OF
SOMETHING THEY CALL THE COM
MON MAN-a kind of overgrown idiot
child that can't attend to its own fine
tons and has to be taken care Of by vice
presidents and such.
OVEN in the Supreme Court there has
IL arisen civil war. Some of the New
Ideal judges have been deciding cases ac-
cording to their own superhuman moral
standards instead of remembering their
oaths to UPHOLD AND PROTECT
THE CONSTITUTION.
Some of the other Supreme Court
justices have actually rebelled against
these angelic ministers of grace.
THEY SAY THAT 1T IS A JUDGES
SWORN DUTY TO UPHOLD THE
LAWS, NOT TO REMAKE THEM.
One of the chief jobs of the Supreme
Court has been the branding Of acts of
Congress as unconstitutional, when they
are.
Today zoe haze the curious picture of
Congress trying to defend the Constitu-
fiOn from the I'D 1inisfrofion and oil tho
neW idealists, in the matter of the
soldiers Uote.
Lincoln's second election came up
along toward the end of the Civil War.
Though he felt certain Of defeat, he felt
debarred from interference.
But many of the states made arrange
ments to take the votes of their soldiers
FAIR CNOITGH
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25


OK February II. when the press
~ reported that the Germans were
furiouSly attacking and that blizzard
weather was grounding Allied air
planes and interfering with the land
ing of supplies and rcinforcemcntS
at Nettuno. President Roosevelt held
a press-radlo conference at Wash
ington.
The President said frankly, on the
basis of his MILITARY information,
that very heavy fighting prevailed
in a Every tense situation.
The facts mquestionably were
that the various reports accurately
presented fluctuating military for
tunes.
I'm a despatch dated Febla}ta4s.13,
Norman Clark, representing the COM
hmcd British press. said President
Roosevelt had CORRECTLY sum
married the situation WHEN IT
WAS TENSE"
Obviously, then, THE PRESS
REPORTS which the Presidents
summary confirmed, were EQUAL
LY CORRECT.
The conclusion is unacceptable that
the new regulations in Italy are not
necessary, and were not. intended.
to guard military secrets, which is
the only defensible reason for cen
sorship.
THE effect. and presumably the
L purpose. is not TO KEEP THE
FOE UNIFORMED but rather TO
KEEP THE HOME FRONT MIS-
What the "armv" is thus trying
to do is not only to CONTROL PIT b
Lie INFORMATION regarding the
Italian campaign, but also to IN
FLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION re-
garding the com Pe-tehee-e of the
commanders.
The technique perfectly suited
to CONCEAL MILITARY BLUM
BERS and TO MINIMIZE MILL
TARY. REVERSES. as well as to
VI AGNIFY MILITARY sue
CESSES and EXPLOIT PERSON
AL MILITARY regulations.
In the opinion of British news
papers, the Associated Press SAYS,
"the new censorship regulations gov
ernng Italian front-line dispatches
are stupid" and "intolerablc.
The American public will GER
tainly have exactly the same opinion.
THE war correspondents are picked
L men in their profession.
They carry with them the ere
dentialS of their governments.
Their own patriotism, and the
ethics Of their craft, do not permit
them to betrav military or naval
secrets; and besides, every word that
they publish is ALREADY subject
to close censorship.
They wear the uniforms Of the
services which they accompany on
their dangerous missions. and many
of them have given up their lives in
action or have been decorated with
the Purple Heart because of the
wounds they have sustained.
Within the PROPER restrictions
under which they work, their DUTY
is TO seek and tell THE TRUTH
about the conduct of the war, and the
public which they serve Is EN-
TITLED TO NOTHING LESS.
If in the disclosure of THE
TRUTH some military regulations
be bighted for incompetence. that is
but \ MILITARY NECESSITY.
For the penalty of MILITARY
INCOMPETENCE in war is DE
FEAT and perhaps DISASTER,
which only THE TIMELY TRUTH
can avert.
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LETTERS


TO TIE EDITOR
I JUST want t5. ~ know hove
MUCH VEGA NNre. -fr 'Hr
tgrc o.. ol lr.
&e-t >l Is -e IuoA N.,-ee
editor rHar5 so.
MRS ). y BROTHERS
To- EfE EDITOR
Nt>Ifocgrtes .r mo great
4 esf measure 04r sincere gratis
tlJr IN. fhr excellent .Ir
by Don G.ies In December
rage I0-Fridsy. February rs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25


HUGHES: The war abroad grows
bigger and grimmer every day. The ques-
ton is can we hold the ground we have
gained in Italy?
The civil war at home grows bigger
and bitterer every day in every way. The
question is, can we hold the ground our
forefathers gained in America?
The tug of war over the soldiers vote
has become tug of real war, BATTLE
WEEN THE CONSTITUTION
AND A CE2 n T r ALIZING AND
MONOPOLIZING OF GOVERNMENT.
Great numbers Of people are still
shouting that certain politicians are try
ing to cheat our warriors out Of their
hallowed right to vote.
SO il seems to me that there is a uery
serious question Dho is doing the cheat
ing, and that II Congress is really cheat
ing ii is only in trying to cheat the cheaters
out of cheating the Uoters out of their
Uotes.
Unless the matter is very carefully
handled every federal ballot will find
itself EXCLUDED FROM THE BAL
LOT BOX as plainly and demonstrahly
unconstitutional.
The Constitution is open to debate on
many points; but it is in nothing more
explicit and emphatic than IN the assign
ment of COMPLETE CONTROL OF
VOTING TO THE STATES.
NOU don't need to be- reminded that
l. Abraham Lincoln was born 135 years
ago or that he is immortal for his part in
the war between the states, which was in
a very real sense a debate on the inter-
probation of the Constitution.
When it came to giving the ballot to
male Negroes, it had to be done by way
of an amendment passed upon BY THE
STATES.
When Lincoln was 81 years old-back
in 1836-he put out handful proclaim
ing the startling idea that women ought
to have the right to vote. His friend and
partner, Herndon, wrote that Lincoln's
"keen sense of Justice could not refuse a
Woman the rights he demanded for him
self. He said to me often that the
Women's suffrage question rDas one of
time only"
1t took only 81 years to get the vote
for women. If all the soldiers in all our
armed forces were cheated out of their
votes, they would be hardly DROP IN
THE BUCKET compared to the count
less millions of American women who
were cheated out of their share in our
government.
YET TT WAS BETTER THAT THEY
SHOULD WAIT AND GAIN THE
FRANCHISE BY CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT THAN THAT THE
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25
Censorship
Or suppression?

lDECAU-SE an Of the news coming
ID from thc.hatt.ctlout I'm Italy has
not hc,p good news, rctlcctmg
glory upon ttc captains M command.
t4-L+----4.4t 49, l. 4-it.-tit State. and
of ,hy BRITISH Empire are now TO
have LE>N news. or I'M some m-
stances NO news. from chat invasion
57,a
Nu.l is the obvious meaning of
the aeu and harsh censorship rcgu-
laruu~ that halr been imposed utr- tire
press ~pWdU'> bN the Allied
military authoullt, IN the MedIter-
Iauoau
I'm spite OF statements thar PrcSi-
dent Roosevelt and the Office of War
Information are insisting that no
needless barriers be mtcrpcScd be-
tween the >pondcntS and their
publications. there is apparently an
official tuglo-Amcrican purpose 10
make CENSORSHIP serve the uses
Of SUPPRESSION.
IN Tins country. Secretary of War
Sum,on ha, publicly endorsed the
leprcS>ivc action in Italy as beng
I'm accord with my usual policy
Al the same time, the British for
eigu office has established a new po-
htical censorship over American
news communications from London,
preventing the transmission of some
reports, and this action has been al
legedlv taken AT THE REQUEST
OF OUR STATE DEPARTMENT.
OK both the war front and the
~ diplomatic front, it therefore
seems clear. maneuvers are to be
made BEHIND \ SCREEN OF Sc
CRECN, as if the war and It's coHse-
quenceS We're no affair of the peoples
which happen to be fighting the war.
Until the new censorship orders
were issued III the Italian combat
area. correspondents We're allowed to
use RADIO FACILITIES in quickly
forwarding their ficld-ccnSorcd ac-
counts directly from the battle zone.
For four days this radio service
was cut off entirely.
During It's suspension the mill
tary laid down a policy line to be
followed.
Unless the CORES pondents adhere
strictly to this policy line, their des-
patches must now be taken By
COURIER to headquarters at Naples
and be censored there, or even at
Algiers. still farther away.
In practice. this viii mean that
the eyewitness reports of accredited
correspondents at the fighting front
MAY BE DELAYED FOR DAYS,
until after official communicates have
been ISSUED, and of course WILL
NOT BE PERMITTED TO d.
VERGE FROM THE "OFFICIAL"
VERSIONS.
THE reasons assigned for the dras-
tie restriction are CD that trained
reporters on the spot see too little of
the whole action" and hence give
the public at home incomplete ac-
counts; and (2) that their dcscmp-
tions of the recent or current military
situation have been too pessi-
miStic.
A more fortnight statement
would undoubtedly say that the mill
tary authorities in Italy are more
interested in protecting their own
regulations, and in putting their own
vanity. than They are i'm enabling
the public an home 10 know what is
really occurring
And ami examination of The news
fTTrr~tLo AnHo-Nptuuo area bear.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25

Furthermore, il is evident that
CONFIDENTIAL MILITARY RE
PORTS have not been different from.
the CEN SQRED NEWS DES7.
II AZ HIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25
Soldier Vote Must BE OH Legal Basis
Failure to Follow Constitutional Method Might We'll Null
Presidential Election Rupert Hughes Declares
Following is the text in part of a radio br

.ANNOI The National
Broodcasting Co. presents Rupert
Hughes :. soldier, noUelist, historian
and hunorist. In his commentary he
phrases present-day history in his otDn
entertaining style.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25
MRS s. x BROTHERS

rage IO-Friday February IS 1914
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25

A friend is never knowne till
a man have pcedc.-John Hey
wood
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25

Nothing venture nothing
have Thomas TusSer.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-25

There can no great smoke
arise, but there must be some
fIre.--John LILY.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-07
Planes Hit
Behind Beachhead


dropped an estimated G.luU tons of
bombs las, night. concentrating their
attack un roads and railways in the
space - ,u 10 miles behind the Nor
mandy landings.
American war planes alone vcstcr-
day flew more than 5000 -ur'.rs as
an Allied armada %, some ll.OUO
front line planes held uuiispu,cd
sway u' the skies over the ground
invasion troops. United States losses
We're - bumbcrs and a similar num-
Der of fighters.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-06-07

100 HcIUs--Br, Iu,a Alr'ei
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
u. 5. War Prisoners Seek
Escape in Camp Doings
Yanks Like Plays and Develop Liking for
Soccer Football, but Letters From
Home Greatest Source of Cheer.
BY BAUKHAGE
Nesos analyst and Commentator.

prisoner) is assured Of escape in
the theater." Then it explains that
In order to accommodate the whole
camp in an auditorium which seats
only 20 per cent of the members,
FIVE performances Of each play are
given. And they include real drama.
The article records as recent pro-
auctions that sure-fire, never-die
farce, Charles Aunt; "Our
Town." the popular American play,
nostalgia and easy to stage be-
cause it requires no scenery;
Tobacco Road" popular, earthly
piece with run longer than the re-
treat from Stalingrad; 'The Man
Who Came To Dinner" whose ap-
peal perhaps lies in the fact that
''the man" couldn't get away,
either; and 'Fleger Frolics," an
original musical comedy. F'ieger is
flyer in Germany
Female costumes" it is ex-
planned, ARE hired through German
sources when possible, usually
fabricated out of sheets and mems
clothing"
In another item, the paper COM
ments. that ''the handy man is the
hero Of the camp"
OF course, there are sports, but
limited ground space makes base
ball impossible in this particular
camp since homer over the fence
is irretrievable. The boys have
learned to like soccer, learned from
their English comrades, as form
Of what they call mass murder. :"
Softbal is a favorite sport, and with
the arrival of fencing foils, fencing.
There are some classes, but they
are not dealt with in detail.
The schedule for a typical day
runs like this:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

"a, classes, library, cooking seized.
ules the men take turns at the
culinary arts). Mail (if there is any)
is distributed at noon. Last roll-caH
comes at four p. M, then few
turns around the perimeter Of the
camp, supper, bridge and poker (for
cigarettes). Then "some good talk,
much foolish dreaming before mid
night sends the Kriegie to bed with
the hope ever that the new day
brings peace"
Of course, in this little typewrit-
ten journal which has had to. pass
the German censor there is only
here and there a hint Of certain
inner feelings toward the hosts; one
note on the showing of a Ger
man film speaks Of none too
spellbound audience"
It is difficult to get an intimate
view of a prisoners life from these
brief notes or, indeed, from the let
tiers the prisoners write home. But
those persons who have read all the
confidential reports and also many
letters passed on to them by rela-
tons tell me two things: one, that,
generally speaking, American pris-
oners in German camps are not
badly treated and are not in want;
second, the first months are the
hardest. Most prisoners build up
some kind of escape" mechanism
and manage to keep up their spir-
it's and morale by adapting them
selves to their environment.
Naturally, the question is fire.
quently asked: What are we doing
for our prisoners in Germany"
The thing they want most is pro-
vided for most Of them-letters from
home. The next are the food pack
ages which are paid for by the
army, packed by volunteer work.
ers and shipped by the Red Cross
from their four shipping centers,
two in New York, one in Philadel-
phia and one in St. Louis. Most Of
the packages, assembled like motor
cars on a moving line, are packed
by loving hands-that group which
bears the scars of war as deeply
as the combatants themselves, and
described prosaically in army Ian
guage as 'the next of kim
These packages go, one for each
prisoner, every week.
The prisoners also can receive
personal packages every go days.
They get books and other prescribed
articles.
The Red Cross has eight ships of
it's own which, up until recently,
have been landing regularly at Mar
seille, where packages have been
shipped in sealed cars to Switzer-
land. These goods went through I'M
molested. Lately some of the ship
ments have been made to Lisbon
and re-shipped on smaller shuttle
vessels. The disruption Of traffic in
Germany has recently interfered
with the system. Other routes are
being planned.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
lis Quite Simple to Expand That
Old Wash Stand to Fit Large Space

The lower sketch shows how the
carpenter work was done. Note
the piece across the bottom Of the
stand to cover the irregular line,
also the hinged arms so that the
skirt may open out.
NOTE-This furniture remodeling idea
is from BOOK which contains directions
for more than 80 other ways to use things
on hand and inexpensive new materials
to make your home attractive. Send for
this book today. 1t will help you keep
your home fresh and gay while you save
money for bonds and war stamps. Copies
of BOOK are Is cents each. Order from:
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14

TT is easy enough to make a
l. small serving table out of an
old wash stand but, when there is
a large wall space crying for an
imposing piece of furniture and
nothing but a small wash stand on
hand, the problem is something
else again. Here you see the
solution.
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
POWs Day Leisurely
But M0noton0us

The day starts at 10 a. m. with
roll-can following breakfast Of
coffee, bread and jam). Then calls
themes, showers for the few desig-
mated that day (they go in lots Of
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1944-09-14
WNU Service, Union Trust Building,
Washington, ID. G.

WNU Service, Union trust bulloAng'
Washington, ID. G.
It is not often that we get direct
communication from Americans In
Germany, and SO am not ashamed
to say that when I perused a COM
munication from that source, did
not at first recognize what the FREE
quently used abbreviation POW
stood for.
Comparatively few Americans
know the meaning Of those three
letters; perhaps none know what
they mean to the POW himself.
POW is prisoner of war. Accord
ing to the latest figures ! have from
the war department there are now
41,234 American soldiers, sailors,
marines, merchant seamen held by
the enemy!
The officials Of the Red Cross
know exactly what the conditions
are under which those prisoners
move and live and have their being
in Allied prison camps in Germany
or in the more than 40 hospitals
for Allied wounded in the Reich or
occupied countries. They have regu-
lar reports from the International
Red Cross representatives who visit
the camp regularly. The Red Cross
says in effect: $50 far as we know.
the Germans have treated Ameri-
can prisoners in accordance with
the Geneva agreement.
That is all it says.
But even If the Germans live up
to both the spirit and the letter Of
the Geneva agreement, the lot of
the prisoner of war is not to be
envied. Recently, I studied some OF
the newspapers issued by men in
the prison camps. Some have been
released for publication. Others
have not. Not that those withheld
revealed any dark secrets Of suffer-
ing. Quite the contrary. They simply
prove what Kiping said about men
who live in barracks not growing
up to be plaster saints, and some Of
the humor might be little, shall
we say, insanity.
The reason for this is expressed
in the word escape. There are two
kinds Of escape which a prisoner
thinks about. One is safe getaway
through the barbed wire and past
the machine guns and Quick-trigger
sentinels. If he is wise, he doesn't
spend too much time on such cogi-
tation. The official advice to POWs
is don't try it,
The other kind of escape is defined
by Webster as, mental distraction
or relief from the bondage of reality
or routine; as, literature Of es-
cape"
The somewhat highly seasoned
humor of some of the jokes and car
toons in the prisoners papers are,
technically speaking, literature of
escape" - this and the description
Of things they do to provide escape
from the monotony Of prison life.
Yank Ingenuity ShosUs
In Stage Productions
AS always, the drama provides
one Of the easiest and most effec-
tive mental distractions and I am
told that the time, effort and in
genuity that is put into the learning.
producing, staging and costuming Of
plays by these men is remarkable.
'"The Kriegie Times" issued by
the American airnen in Stalag Luft
III, in Sagan, Germany. which I
have before me as write, is per-
maps not typical because it was an
edition especially for the home
folks. But it has a story on page
one headed "theater" which begins
with the statement which started me
off on this topic. It says, 1.-THE
Keiegie Qocal nickname for war