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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11
FRANKLIN HTCHBORN,
Santa Clara, Cal.
TO THE EDITOR

TO THE EDITOR
I WISH to express my deep ap-
probation for the daily and
Sunday Times
At times like the present.
when the evenings are long, and
there is very little reading ma
terlal available, u Is with a cor
tain satisfaction that read and
rcread all the interesting items
from home.
II makes me feel As IL 7 am
still an integral part Of The COM
munIiy even though | may hS'
IN Italy and thousands of miles
55rTv-Tr
| am looking forward 10 the
day when | shall return TO our
fair city. for no place can COM
pare TO our own home town.
Yes. indeed. Ireland and Scot
land were beautiful; Africa in
teresting, and Italy exciting but
II viii be a pleasure 10 continue
where | left off
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11

WASHINGTON. Jan. IA
w book rately demanding fu-
ture Senate approval of peace
treaties by simple one-vote
majority rather than two-thlrdS,
is now getting prominent dis
play IN book review sections
The publication date may
have been more than q concl-
dence as the Gillcttc-Peppcr
resolutions proposing some such
constitutional amendments arc
now 10 be taken up by Senate
committees
The drive is doomed 1t cannot
succeed primarily because tire
quUcS tWo-thlrdS of the Senate
and thrcc-iourthS OF the states
lu decide con>tItuIionallN To let
q majority rule IN foreign af-
fans But Il may be very useful
n stirring nap opposition To the
Senate and 100 q way putting all
WnOutC> on the defensive or
GOOD behavior This Is probably
what ~ Is tor 10 clear the way
,ol Whatever peace Mr. Roo>c-
Welt coucOct~
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST:

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST:
THE generosity and patrio IN
l. displayed by The Detroit Times in
sponsoring the distribution of Christmas
gifts to soldiers in the camps and hospi-
tails in Michigan, particularly to those
wounded men in Percy Jones General
Hospital, was highly commendable con-
tribution to the war effort.
The army appreciates and thanks the
Times staff for the Santa for Servicemen
campaign which brought happiness to
many lonesome soldiers Christmas Day.
S. d. RINGSDORF,
Colonel, +. A. Commanding Head
quarters, District Ne. Sixth
Service Command, A. S. F. United
States Army, Detroit, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11

WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST:
DLEASE accept my thanks for the
L Santa for Servicemen gifts received by
the enlisted men at this activity. 1t was
a splendid example of Christmas hospl-
tally on the part of Detroit. You are
particularly to be commended for thet
gifts sent to the hospitals where the
veterans of World War II are recuperat-
ing. 1t is my understanding no patient
was overlooked. Congratulations.
COMDR. A. M. CONAN,
Commanding Officer.
u. S. Naval Training
School, Dearborn, Mich.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11
ANSWERS on Opposite Page)

The vow that binds too
strictly snaps itself.-Tennyson.
No question is ever settled
until is settled right.-Wilcox.
They never taste who always
drink, they always talk who
never think.-M Matthew Prior.
For man is man and master
OF his fate. -rennyson.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST:

CONGRATULATIONS on your splen-
- did efforts to enlist public support to-
provide Christmas gifts for enlisteds
personnel serving at Michigan army and
navy posts.
A. J. BERRIES,
Manager, Detroit Chapter,
American Red Cross.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11

Ps9e 8-T0e.ssI Ia--ay !, "a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-11

ANSWERS on Opposite Page)
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18

And soar with you o bird,
Up into the vastness OF the blue sky,
Beyond the chains Of these weighty words
Over the sunburnt peaks would fly
Away from the small worries of measured men
Over and around up and down, then
Higher and higher, forever again and again
Come love, give me your hand;
Come love- give your hand
I cannot keep thy pace swift bird
Indomitabe dWeler OF the unOending mountains
The clang OF the spirits chains heard
On every stroke of fancy's flaccid fountain
Like this abode you, too, durable and sustained
Dauntless trelesS, naughty, resourceful resistant
The theme OF whose pelmanence is maintained
know not the music of your song,
Nor the rapid rhythm that it flows along.
Mute minister of eternity earth bound cloud
When the damned waters surge over their huge locks
And giant buildings rvalling your height are bowed,
You will remain in naughty pose to mock
The wild rage of the overlooking flood tides;
The crumblng stalk of time along it's dusty path.
On through the storm thy unvoieed power rides
Forever will the sun, wind and rain be thy face;
Forever will thou stand the excellence of thy grace
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18
Song of the Mountain
By SGT sAMNEL H. GOLDEN, ss5th Station

BY SGT SANINEL H. GOLDEN 335th Station HOspit
Thou unshakeable structure of still time
Whose motionless might fills the universe
With mysterious aSymmetric beauty sublime,
Thy peaks in suspended mist immersed
On the fleeing wings Of the wind s#@ f.
The masSed Vapors disperSed:. s f =
Yet you remain untouched by the din, 81
Forever towering into the sky
Forever embracing clouds passing by. s..E:
What elements there tightly bound sfft
Within the core of they moulded pleats: 2ss5. ~
What mineral laden waters roll thy mound
Feeding the fertile valley sprawling at thy feet?
What happy bird circles about thy height
Deity through the pure air sweet
Descending now swiftly as the night?
What is the source of thy mad power?
What the enchant1nent of thy every hour?
Were that bird and could dwell
Upon thy rocks of granite and me
Amid the blowing heather and sweet smell
Of cedarwood made sweeter by pine;
To hear natures music borne through the air.
Of tlmeleSSneSS sounded the quieting chime
OF forgefunesS of todays WEAKNESS, tonorrows care
To release the bound spirit that it might
Join you in the freedom of fleet flight
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18

I Take pot-luck with the mountains! See
My wilderness airing and free;
Tremendous worlds appear!
Tie on your boots and haversack,
Climb high upon my horny back
Mine eyes are keen and clear!
Yet should you dread my awful might
Or fear the most triumphant light
In all the world created,
Or have renounced the purity
Of snow and silver melody
Return, forlorn belatedl
My gorgeous sunlight like dream
My eagles fierce, gigantic scream!
(ln flight SO very rapid.
For all immortal men are mine,
Whoever drinks of Golden Wine,
Whoever waits Day Divine:
He sings my song intrepid
My. .crags magnificent and airy,
My ravines resonant and erie,
e (My glories number seven).
Then raise your eyes toward my face
And SO shall find trysting place
Alone and nearer heaven.
Up here the Storm-gods spoil and play
With toys. colossal, spume and spray
In wild star-dance ecstatic!
The gods stride by from peak to peak,
My winds are strong, my thunders speak
Stupendous and majestic!
The Apache sentinel., 1944-02-18
Sonq of the Arizona Mountains
By CPL. THURMANW. DILLARD
Supply and Service Detachment

(The following interpret the theory that strength is
derived from achievement defiance Of anguish distress
and that the only life worth living is just such ife)
Evening star., 1944-05-27
A Searching Question Asked

A Searching Question Asked
To the Editor of The Star.
On August IA, 1896, President Roose-
velt publicly came to the following con-
clusion:
"At this late date. with the wisdom
which Is so easy after the event, we
find it possible to trace the tragic series
of small decisions which led Europe into
the Great War in 1914 and eventually
engulfed us and other nations.
I'VE can keep out OF war II those who
watch and decide have sufficiently
detailed understanding Of international
affairs to make certain that the small
decisions Of each day do not lead toward
war and II, at the aame time, they
possess the courage 10 say no Ia those
who self1shly or unwisriy would let No
go to war"
II this conclusion Is correct, then
from the present state of affairs H. Ia
evident that those who watched and
decided did not have "sufIieently
detailed understanding of international
Affairs" to look after the ANAL decis-
ions necessary 10 keep us out of war.
How Is 1t reasoned. then. that those who
watched and decided" will acquire
during the confusion OF war "suffi-
GENTLY detailed understanding of inter-
national affairs" to properly care for
the small decisions" necessary to keep
the whole world out OF war?
j. j. SPERRY.
Evening star., 1944-05-27

which finally helped to plunge US
into this war;"
International trade cannot be a
one-way operation and still be safe.
Nations must be able to export as
well as import. When they erect
excessive tariff walls between them
selves and resort to similar measures
sharply inhibiting the flow of goods
back and forth across the borders,
they set in motion those economic
frictions which feed upon them
selves and grow cumulatively more
and more dangerous. 1t is process
which slowly but surely creates
world depression and world ill-will
and which in no small measure
plays into the hands OF demago-
gues and aggressors and contri-
butes to the forces of war.
Mr.. Hull's wise and sane view is
that the world cuts OF its nose to
spite its face when it tolerates such
economic anarchy. # there is to be
a decent and lasting peace at all,
he says, there must be close inter-
national cooperation to establish
such things as currency stabiliza-
ton, to promote the investment OF
capital in the sound exploitation of
latent natural and productive re-
sources in relatively undeveloped
areas, and, above all, to reduce or
remove unreasonable trade barriers
and abandon every form Of trade
discrimination.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Peace and Economics

In his statement marking Ma
tional Foreign Trade Week, Secre-
tary Hull makes a point which is
self-evident but which nevertheless
has been ignored all too often in
the past and which will be ignored
again unless the world takes to
heart one of the great lessons of
the prewar years-the lesson that
no major nation can live isolated
behind an economic wall without
eventually injuring not only itself
but the whole structure of inter-
national peace and stability.
AS MIR. Hull puts it, 1--WE ourselves
cannot live in prosperity and Sc
curity in our own country while
people in other countries are suffer-
ing want and being driven to despair
by economic hardship. If we are
to have jobs for all our workers,
and markets for all our goods, peo-
pie In other countries must likewise
have opportunity to produce to their
maximum capacity and to pay us,
with the fruits Of their efforts, for
the things we want to sell them.
This is simple truth There is
nothing new or sensational in it.
But it cannot be overemphasized or
too frequently restated. For If our
international society will not merely
recognize it but act upon it and CO.
operate in doing something definite
about 1t, then one of the great OBJ
stacles to an enduring peace will
have been removed. We do not have
to think back very far to understand
why this is SO. We need only re-
call, in Mr.. Hull's words, such
blunders as occurred after World
War I, when we as we'll as other
nations adopted commercial policies
and took economic measures that
disregarded and injured the citizens
Of other countries. Neither this
country nor the world could stand
a repetition of the bitter resent
ment among nations, the retaliatory
actions, and the economic chaos
Evening star., 1944-05-27

as devoted to the principles Of per-
lection. To see his achievement
properly it is necessary to use q
powerful glass; to appraise it ade-
quately it is requisite to be familiar
with the difficulties implicit in such
minute and detailed effort.
Still young at sixty-four, Mr..
Benzing lays down his tools with
his mastery intact. The great ira
dition to which he has contributed
will be carried forward by the
artists with whom he has labored,
some Of them juniors Of distinctive
promise.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
The Battle in Italv
BY Maj. George Fieldins Eliot.

Keep the right wing strong"
These are said to have been the dying
words of Field Marshal Count Won
Schlieffen, who was chief Of the German
general staff from 1891 to 1905 and
devised the great enveloping maneuver
which featured the German offensive
against France in 1914. The failure OF
his successor. the younger Moltke, to
heed the old field marshal's last words
resulted In the German defeat at the
Marine.
Schlieffen was an exponent OF the
tactics OF envelopment~-the tactics, as
he himself was fond Of saying, of the
Battle Of Cannae where the Cartha-
giniana under Hannibal enveloped both
nanka OF the Roman Army and cut 1t
10 pleeea, Cannae was fought more
than 1000 years ago. but the idea of
enVeioping the enemy flank and rolling
hm up In disorder has been one OF the
aims OF generalship ever since. It ap-
pears to be the aims Of General Alex
ander IN italy today as 1t was of that
other invader of italy Hannibal, long
before the birth OF Christ. In Alex
ander'a case. the motto seems to be:
Keep the left wing strong"
That Is what General Alexander has
done consistently from the moment he
launched his first attack on May II.
There seems no doubt that at first he
achieved tactical surprise by so doing.
The Germans were all ready for drive
against the Casino front; they thought
the main effort Of the Allies would be
directed toward forcing the gateway to
the Liri Valley; they expected a mere
holding attack between the Liri and the
sea-
Instead, the full weight Of the French
Corps and the American II Corps struck
the right flank of the German line,
smashed the German list Infantry Di-
vision into bloody fragments and rolled
powerfully forward, outfianking the
German troops in the Liri Valley and
making far easier the task of the British
and Poles on the Allied right.
From that point on, General Alex
ander continued to exploit the gains of
his left flank. The Americans broke
right through the feeble German de-
fenses Of Formia, Itri and Fondi; their
patrols were In Terracina before the
Germans could counterattack in any
force, and then they gained only tenn
porary check by putting in their 2oth
Panzer drenadier Division from the
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Mr.. Benzinq Retires

Ordinarily, the retirement of a
veteran Government employe means
little outside the circle of his fellow
workers. In the case of Joachim C.
Benzing, however, the interest of a
large public Is involved. His services
to the Nation, as it happens, have
engaged the appreciation of those
persons who practice the philatelic
hobby. They likewise have attracted
the notice Of all such individuals as
care about beauty in terms of the
most notably American of the
graphic arts.
1t is not claimed for Mr.. Benzine
that every admirer of the postal
labels he has helped to create is
familiar with his name. Many of
them know him only for the inde-
Unable something which distin-
cuisines his endeavor. The number
OF those collectors who enjoy the
privilege OF being acquainted with
him may be relatively few. Yet his
fame Is assured. In the classic
volumes Of Max Johl's United States
Postage Stamps Of the Twentieth
Century" he is mentioned repeatedly
in connection with compositions of
the highest excellence-theh half-cent
and three-cent George Washington
bicentennials, the four-cent Taft.
the one and the two cent Lexington
Concord commemorative, the Mary
land tercentenary and the Con-
necticut Charter Oak" among the
lot.
Mr.. Benzing came to the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing as a square
letter engraver, July IT, 1906. He
was q picture or vignette engraver
In 1925 and was appointed super
intendent Of the Division OF Engrav-
Ing early in 1885. Naturally, he was
responsible for currency and bonds
as well as stamps, but it will be for
the last Of these that he will be
remembered. Few men have been
Evening star., 1944-05-27
Steel Case Verdict

A Federal jury in Pittsburgh has
exonerated the Carnegie Illinois
Steel Corporation of serious war
fraud charges growing out Of an
investigation by the Truman Com
mittee of the corporations Irwin
works, where. it was alleged, records
were faxed to hide deficiencies in
steel plates being manufactured for
the Government. The verdict teaches
a lesson which should be taken to
heart.
During the hearing before the
Senate committee several employees
testified that they had participated
in the taking Of records. The pic
ture which they presented was an
ugly one. and the corporation be-
came the target Of severe criticism.
J. L. Perry. president Of Carnegie
Illinois. did not deny the statement
Of the employees when he appeared
before the committee. But he did
insist that the higher manage
ment" Of the corporation was In no
way involved and that, regardless Of
the character Of the allegedly faxed
tests, the plates delivered to the
Government from the Irwin works
were entirely suitable for the uses to
which they were to be put.
As is often the case. however, this
statement received scant considera-
tion. The sensational testimony of
the employees captured and held the
headlines. but the jury's verdict Is
complete vindication Of the stand
taken before the committee by the
corporation president. This is an
experience which reaffirms the old
lesson, often taught and as often
forgotten, that highly colored first
Impressions are apt to be wrong and
that hasty judgments are to be
Stunned.
Evening star., 1944-05-27

Anzio beachhead This division proved
quite unable to Withstand the full shock
OF the American II Corps, with its ranks
constantly refllled by replacements to
an extent Of which no German division
commander can now even dream, The
Germans withdrew northward into the
high ground around Sonnino and Roc
casecca; the Appian Way lay open.
right up to the Anzio beachhead. There
upon the beachhead troops became the
new left wing of General Alexander,s
united armies, and they could be re-
1nforced and supplied by road instead
OF over the uncertain beaches of Anzio
and Nettuno.
The result Is Immediately apparent.
Clsterna has fallen, with 5000 German
prisoners, and the beachhead treops
nave advanced six miles to capture the
road center of Corr, which lies at the
very edge OF the gap between the Alban
hills on the north and the mountain
mass known as Monte Lepini on the
south. Only about eight miles in an
air line, only about twelve miles by
road, separates these troops in Cori
from the vital German life line, the
Via Casilina, upon which the supply
and indeed the safety of the whole of
the German Tenth Army (some 70 or
l3 divisions) now depends.
X X ~
In other words, the German 10th
Army Is now on the very point of being
enveloped. 1t Is about to suffer a
Cannae-unless Field Marshal Won Kes-
selring can discover some means Of
stopping the forward sweep of Gen
Alexanders left wing. He had, at last
reports, only one available division in
reserve with which to do that lob:
though there Is a possibility that he
has two. as one armored division re-
ported in his area has not been positively
identified. His main hope would seem
to lie in the early arrival of help from
the north, from the four or five divisions
which the Germans are reported to have
in North Italy, and possibly from Ger
man troops In Yugoslavia. The Ger
mans are reported to have drawn three
divisions from Istria Ton the Yugoslav
frontier) already: one Of these, the 278th,
Is already with Kesselring, but is prob
ably filling in the gaps" on the Adriatic
sector. The other two may comprise the
German troop columns reported by our
airmen rs marching south along the
Florence-Rome road.
(copyrisht 1914. By The Tribune Company
Evening star., 1944-05-27

announced and when 1t was clear Mr..
Roosevelt was to be renominated,
Speaker Sam Rayburn asked to change
Texas vote from Garner to Roosevelt.
This year there has been no talk of q
favorite-soE candidate in Texas. The
action Of the State convention was anti
Roosevelt. not pro-another candidate.
Had the Texas Democratic State con-
vention, by majority action, turned out
to be pro-Roosevelt and for fourth
term, the fourth -termers would have
claimed another outstanding victory
just as they did in Florida and Alabama
even though considerable minority
might have walked out. Instead they
face real problem. II the Texas voters
in November should choose Democratic
presidential electors opposed to the re-
election Of President Roosevelt, under
the Constitution these electors could
vote for any one else they wished. They
could decide close election against Mr..
Roosevelt, or cause the election to be,
thrown into the House Of Represents.
atives. trs
And should the South Carolina Demo-
Gratis, In . State convention to be held
in August, decide also to oppose q fourth
term, they could add still further to an
unprecedented situation. Texas has 23
and South Carolina 8 votes in the elec-
toral college.
Texas in 1928 chose pro-Hoover and
anti-Smith electors. It went Republic
can. the revolt against Mr. Roosevelt
Is suMciently strong, the State could 70
Republican again this year. But it is
clear that, II Texas Democrats opposed
to q fourth term have an opportunity to
vote for group OF Democratic electors
opposed to Mr.. Roosevelt, they may pre-
fer that course.
In South Carolina, Democratic Ne
groes have chosen slate Of delegates
to send to the Democratic National Con.
vention-since they were denied the
right to participate in the selection Of
the regular white Democratic delegates,
The South Carolina Legislature repealed
all its State primary laws after the Su-
preme Court decision holding that Ne
groes cannot be barred from voting in
Texas Democratic primary elections.
This Is another problem with which the
credentials committee of the Democratic
National Committee win have to deal.
More and more 1t appears that the race
issue Is to become q nightmare for the
Democratic National Convention, par
ttcularly when 1t comes to drafting the
party platform.
Evening star., 1944-05-27
This Changing World
BY Constantine Bro,cn

The Allied armies in italy are ad-
vancing according to schedule and the
Germans efforts to delay their progress
have not been effective so far.
The Allies had been substantially re-
inforced before the big offensive opened
two weeks ago.
On the other hand, 1t Is reported that
the Nazis had begun the withdrawal Of
some OF their units before the start Of
the attack.
When the 5th and 9th Armies began
the drive only seven German divisions
occupied the defensive lines in the east
ern, central and western portions Of the
Southern italian front. OF these divi-
sions two hive been "chewed up" In
these l6 days Of bitter battles when the
Germans frequently counterattacked In
order to facilitate what ofiicial German
communicates label as "disengagement
operations"
Behind the actual battle lines which
are provided with deep and powerful
fortifications in the Apennine Noun
tains were between three and four addi-
tional German reserve divisions These
divisions are now being moved south to
try to delay the Allies.
It is believed that the reserves, the
last the German high command ap-
parently intends to throw against the
Allies in the defense Of Rome, will be
used economically. The Germans have
not yet lost their positions In the
mountains which cover the Appian way
and are still able to cover that vital
road with their artillery fire. The
Allied high command is confident, how
ever, that these strong positions eventu-
ally will be outf1anked and the Germans
soon will withdraw north OF Rome to
the Po River, where the remaining IL
or 13 German divisions are located.
From the disposition of the German
forces 1t appears unlikely that the Ger
mans will attempt to defend Rome They
may offer token resistance with a
skeleton defense force so as to compel
the Allies to train their artillery on the
Eternal City and give Herr Joseph
Goebbels' propaganda machine good
material to denounce the Americans
and the British as ''vandals to whom
historic monuments have no meaning"
This type Of propaganda has been one