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men who have been through the hell that
thousands Of our fighting men have.
So from the practical standpoint it must be
evident to any labor leader that he can make
himself and perhaps the whole labor move
ment unpopular by quibbling or hedging about
the clear intent of the Selective Service law in
regard to veterans jobs. It can only divide
the country.
Labor isn't the only possible source of bicker-
ing which can bog down the vital task of find
ing jobs for all. There. is plenty Of it in the
political warfare now being waged. But that
will clear away in few weeks, and it will
surely be seen that the intent of responsible
American leaders is to achieve full employ
ment, whatever is being said to the contrary
now.
But nothing could be more destructive to
the national unity necessary to achieve it than
a suspicion that it might be achieved at the
expense Of the veteran Even a suspicion would
leave us defenseless against the charge that
we are crininally ungrateful.
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Veterans Rights

We all should like to see a. smooth and
painless shift from war to civilian production
without the loss of a days work to anyone.
But that is too much to expect in reshuffling a
labor force of S. million. The best and most
that postwar planners can hope for is a brief
and limited disruption.
That is going to be tough enough without
the threat of any disagreement between re-
turning servicemen and current workers in
competition for postwar jobs. But that threat
seems to be looming in the debate over inter-
pretation of the Selective Service laws provi-
don for veterans jobs.
The law states that the veteran shall be en-
titled to his old job, or an equally good job,
unless circumstances have so altered an en-
ployer's business that it is manifestly inpos.
0ible to provide it. Selective Service officers
who will enforce that law have given it an
urequivocal Interpretation. But Neil Brant Of
he United Electrical Workers Union has called
such literal Interpretation Extremely vicious'
because it pits the veteran against the nom
veteran.
It is unfortunately true that this law NAV
cause some hardship And it isn't easy for
the man who faces possible demotion or dis
Hissal under it to be blithely generous and
say "the veteran comes first But hard or
easy, the truth is that the veteran does come
first, and there can be no other choice on
ethical or practical grounds.
Certainly there is no need to urge the debt
hat the country owes the veteran, or to con-
trast the sacrifices Of any civilian, including
The war worker, with those of the soldier or
sailor, whether or not he was under fire
There has already been some talk about the
equal contribution of front line'' and .home
'front.' warriors. However theoretically true
such talk might be, It isn't going to 60 with
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Government M0nopo!ies

While the Department of Justice is bring
ing antitrust suits In wholesale manner
against businesses such as railroads and in
surance, which for generations have been I'M
der strict public supervision and regulation,
it ought to consider bringing SIMILAR suits
against Federal monopoles which are not SUBJ
] ct to regulation or taxation that applies to
the private industries which the Department
o. Justice attacks.
For example, Federal power plant disre-
CARDS all state rate making bodies. 1t refuses
to abide by any of the tax laws that apply
to all private citizens. It uses tactics to elimi-
nate or destroy competition which, it indulg-
ed in by individuals or corporations, would
bring them under the antitrust laws as COM
binations in restraint of trade. The Federal
government is building larger and larger mo-
nopolles in direct disregard Of every law that
has been passed to protect the public against
such combinations which can destroy the live
lhooo of an individual or individuals.
4 government monopoly is m any times
worse than a private monopoly, for the sim.
pie reason that the people can get protection
from the latter while they have no protection
from the former, which, as it becomes more
powerful, inevitably destroys liberty itself
Government business should not be immune
from the laws and regulations and taxation
that have been provided to deal out equal
justice to all
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The. Literary Guidepost

children, who had a brief moment
IN the sun some years back. The
four girl-children of William w.
Woollcott were not unlike the Alb
beys, although they seem to have
kept their amusing ualities longer.
Barbara's little book gives the
reader sense Of belonging to and
living among these screwy kids,
and at the same time a sense of
perspective that could only come
from detachment. It's a queer.
schizophrenic viewpoint, but fun.
The best parts of the book land
that means nearly all Of it, have
nothing to do with Uncle Alex.
But because Uncle Alec was a
name, people will guggle over
the pages in which he appears,
Barbara is at pains to be truth.
full. Alec was remote, he disliked
Barabara's mother and apparently
had little to do with her father.
He was also autocratic and yet,
in spite Of all that, he was wonder
ful because when rarely the kids
went to see him in New York he
simply let them clone. They often
went home sick Of many over rich
meats and pastries, but they had
one hell Of a time, as Barbara
says. This book Is a wonderful
tonic tor the autumn hlues.
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BY JOHN SELBY

mon But Mule, by Barbara
Woollcott Viking; $3.50.
I'd suggest that anybody who
simply must reao about WOOL
colt try ''None But a Mule" rather
than the Woollcott letters. These
last are quite inexpensive of the
tart side of ''the'' Woollcott, and
so a bit out of plumb. But Bar.
bara Woollcott's delightful None
But a Mule" is a horse Of another
color. Mule, rather.
Miss Woolcott, (she's married
now, but I don't know her other
name) is Alec's niece. She lived,
with three sisters, her parents, a
cook named Lizzie and a basksl
full Of human bones in Gainesville,
which is Baltimore suburb. There
was also> Bruce; a bull terrier, and
later a poodle named Chico. Sum-
mers, the Maryland Woollcotts
went to West Chop on Martha S
Vineyard to live in a big house
with one of the grandfathers, and
vast collection of Woollcotts and
related tribes. The Martha's Vine
yard place was not too different
from the Phalanx in New Jersey,
where Uncle Alec killed time as
a youth.
You may remember The Abbey
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Assessors Go To School

Ninety Connecticut assessors have completed
an intensive fve-day course in assessment
practice. The school was sponsored by the
state tax department, the Connecticut Associa.
ton of Assessors the school of business adj
ministration of the University Of Connecticut
and the National Association Of Assessing Of
ficers.
Held on the campus of the University OF
Connecticut, the school consisted of 80 class
room hours two sessions OF three hours each
day, and covered law, theory and practice in
the assessment field.
All assessors in the state were invited to
attend. "Students' lived on the campus and
paid $40 enrolment fee which included tut
ton and living expenses.
Study was aimed to help assessors build
foundation for practical approach to the
assessing process, training them in assembling
and ahalyzing field data and giving them prac.
tice in the mechanics Of valuation.
Class meetings consisted Of lectures by au.
thorities in the field, discussions and actual
classroom demonstrations of solutions to tech
meal assessment problems Text and reference
material was available for outside study. For
illustrations and examples of specific assess
ment practices, instructors made reading as
signments.
Among subjects covered were methods OF
appraisal of real estate for assessment pur-
poses-capitalization, summation, depreciation
and building appraisal
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Is Years Ago
Today
(FROM THE FILES
OF THE STAR-NEWS)
OCTOBER IL, 1913


RALEIGH,-The number Of au.
tomobiles of various kinds already
licensed in the state is about &c.
600 and applications for passenger
cars and trucks continue to pour
into the office of the tax CLERK
at a rate of about 200 day.
The 1919 gridiron season Will
open here tomorrow with the Will
mington team playing Raeford at
Robert Strange field. The team Will
be taken from the following lineup:
Frank McGlaughon, Isaac Hannah
Biggs Holden, George Moore, Ed
ward Yopp, Victor Zoeller, Will
liam Hobbs, John Campbell Cato
Littleton, Edward Westbrook, Ed
ward Hatch, Robert Sloan, Law
renee Schuster, William S m n
''Bo" Shepherd, Winton Green, Au'
brey Kelly, Buck Morris, Clark
Higgins and Isaac Hughes.
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Colonies and the Charter

The Chinese delegation at Dumbarton Oak:
has suggested that certain colonial areas be
put under an international trusteeship after the
war.
Anthony Eden has suggested that Great Brit.
ain will oppose any effort to return lost colonies
to Italy without suggesting who will get them.
The Atlantic Charter subscribed to by all &c
nations at war with the Axis, has suggested
that the signatories respect the right of all
peoples to choose the form Of government un-
der which they will live
It might also be suggested that the govern
ments represented at Dumbarton Oaks inform
the world, including the peoples of colonial
areas, it, when, and how this provision of the
Atlantic Charter il going to be carried out.
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Daily Prayer
FOR THOSE ABOUT TO DIE

FUN IdOSE ABOCI III DiD
AS battles rage, reaping a haf'
vest of young lives, our torn hear"
turn to Thee, o Father Almighty,
in behalf of those who today rnu"
die. In loyalty and courage they
have fronted a pagan foe. In the
name of Country and God, they
lave surrendered their all to th'
conflict. Now the end has come;
hero's. grave on a foreign shore
We pray that in Thine infinite met'
cy Thou wilt take them to Thysen'
for greater rewards than earth may
bestow. Let all their sins be blottea
out by the li1nitless love of my
Son, who Himself once died tha1
men might live eternally. AS Ihou
hast given these, our beloved sons
and brothers and husbands, the
courage to fight, so give them the
grace to die. Save them from phy'
steal anguish and grant them an
entrance into Thy presence, thers
to await reunion with all their loved
ones of earth. So, in death as IN
life, may Thy name be glorifea'
Amen.-W. T. E.
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Basic Alphabet

Now that vi has been conquered the Allies
are pressing on toward We Day before the
Nazis can bring the promised W. and V-3 t.
bear upon them And in anticipation of We
(and of course of the more distant vi or JUS
plain Day. the British have begun produc
ton Of WI Ia new victory uniform for the
march through Berlin).
. Washington''s alphabetical symbols are be
coming positively global.
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With The AEF
Front Line Pickups

comparative effectiveness OF U. S.
and German artillery if Pfc. Frank
j. Gembus, 20-year-old Cleveland,
O., medical aid man attached to a
machine gun company.
His company was forced to pull
back from a hotly contested town
the other day, ana Frank got cut
off in no-man's land. Hidden in
a home in the middle Of town, he
spent the next 48 hours sweating
out combined Allied and Axis ar
tillery barrages. Periodically he
sent out the Frenchman whose
home he was in to see if the Yanks
had arrived yet.
German artillery was b d
enough" he said ruefully when the
Yanks finally recaptured the town,
land ours was worse. But when
you get both of them blasting the
same place-brother, that amt no
place to bel"
CT troublemakers seldom bother
Pvt. Jim Jimm, military policeman
from Pawnee, Okla, and just
about the best known traffic cop in
the 45th division. And big Jim isn't
a belligerent sort of a chap, either
but he's six feet, five inches all
and weighs about 220 pounds. The
big Indian used to pitch semi-pro
ball, but he figures he won't play
any after the war.
Every time 1 would hear the
crack of bat I would think il
was another SO and hit the dirt, -
he grinned.
At whichever intersection you see
Jim you see him surrounded by
French youngsters. They are silent
with awe.
Sometime" Pvt. Jimm says,
I'm going to give them an Indian
war whoop and then watch them
scatter"
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Interpreting
The War
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press War Analyx,


Regardless OF the reaction Of ~.
doomed Nazf garrison of Aacha,
to. American surrender-or-d 4.
mands, that German bastion GUARD
ing the Maastrict gateway routo
from Halond to the industrial hear,
Of the reich can be written off a.
a military factor.
First Army salients north and
south Of the city have been merp
ed to cut it off completely. H.
troops nave access to the road
network in the Aachen area foS
deployrnent toward the Rhine Or IN
it's left bank, leaving Aachen Itself
to it's fate.
That deployment unquestionab1v
is now in progress. The hole ths
Americans ripped through enemv
Westwall Notifications above and
below Aachen is wide enough and
deep enough to make what han.
pens to Aachen itself an anti.cli.
max.
In the East, developments of even
graver immediate consequence for
the foe were piling up as Russian
armies on the north and South
flanks of that long front forged
ahead. Berlin commentators made
no effort to minimize the serious.
ness of the situation. Monster Rus.
sian traps were closed or closing
on Nazi army segments estimated
in the scores of thousands in the
Baltic theater and in the TRANSIT.
vanian loop of the Carpathians.
With Russians across the lisa
river at many points both above
and below the Hungarian-Yugoslav
border the peril to Budapest was
acute. Credible reports of extreme
alarm in that capital underscored
the progress of the Red army.
It seems clear that in addition
to the threat to Budapest, Russian
strategy called for a junction from
the south with other Red forces
which crashed through Carpathian
masses into Czechoslovakia weeks
ago. These Russian prongs were
last reported less than 100 miles
apart, with no natural barrier 10
aid Nazi Hungarian forces in
keeping open an escape corridor
for comrades still in the Transyl'
vanian pocket reaching some 80
miles eastward.
There have been no recent est.
mates of the numbers in the pocket
but they are holding huge arc.
There have been no recent est.
mates of the numbers in the pocket
but they are holding a huge arc.
Coupled with completion of new
Russian entrapment in the north
by a break through to the Baltic
coast above Memel, total of $780,.
900 or more Nazi troops in the
northern and southern pockets may
be cut Off.
There are limitations from Nazi
sources, also, that the Russian jug.
gernaut in the center in Poland,
has begun to roll again.
Prime Minister Churchills visit
to Moscow came at a moment when
the final blows of the 1914 east.
west campaign mapped at Teheran
seem about to be delivered. That
invites conjecture that he might be
seeking final decisions on Russian
and Allied zones of occupation in
the Reich, or even some new for.
NAL three power summons to the
German people to cast off the Nazi
yoke or take the consequences.
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With The AEF
By KENNETH L, DIXON

WITH THE AEF ON THE IVES.
TERN FRONT, Oct. s. Delayed)
R-There's no telling what the Ger
mans will do next as far as medi.
cal aid men are concerned.
Working in norman s-land in the
Vosges forests, four medics were
nervously remembering two litter.
bearers who were shot by German
snipers a few days before-when
suddenly they were surprised by a
group of German infantrymen.
But instead of killing or captur.
ing the quartet-composed of Cpls.
James Allen of Bixby. Okla; Owen
Matthew, Springfield, Mass; q
Pvts. Raymond Lamoureux, Moo.
sup, Conn, and Frank Dranchak,
Cleveland, O.-The ferries asked il
they had any cigarettes. Then, po-
litely borrowing pack, they waved
the surprised Americans back tc
their own lines.
But there's limit how far that
sort of lend lease is allowed along
the front. When German sergeant
led detail of 20 men to an in.
fantry regiments supply dump by
accident, Pfc. William G. Bowles
of Richmond, Va, and his pals
didn't give them rations to take
back.
They walked into our arms like
babies" Bill grinned. Eat least
that supply detail will get YanA
rations for the rest of the war"
Saddest man OF the week is 1t
Douglas A. Henry, Springfield, ILL.,,
whose reconnaissance outfit reach
ed a little French town so close
to the retreating Germans he found
Is chickens roasting for the Nazis
dinner. The village mayor suggest
ed maybe the lieutenant should pay
the villagers for them but insisted
one package of cigarets was more
than enough. So Douglas forkec
over the smokes. Practically drool
ing, he told his outfit what they
were going to eat at dinnertime
They did, too
But 1t. Henry was ordered to &c
on a new mission just before il
was time to sit down to chow Sc
he didn't get a single bite.
Best expert of the moment O,
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SCHOOLS REQUEST
INCREASED FUNDS

RALEIGH, Oct. TO- UP -Nortn
Cardinals state owned and state
supported colleges and universities
asked the advisory budget commits
sion today for increased appropria-
lions to take care of expected post
war expansion of facilities, and to
allow increased salaries and larg-
err enrollments.
The commission biennial hear.
ings, which began last Monday ano
are scheduled to close Wednesday,
devoted most of the day to a study
of requests from the three units
of the Greater University Of North
Carolina at Raleigh, Chapel Hill
and Greensboro, and to a number
of other colleges which receive
operational and other funds from
the state.
DR.. Frank P. Graham, president
of the Greater University, told the
commission that increased salaries
at the three units was necessary
in order to hold worthwhile fac
ulty members and to provide in.
centive for them to remain"
He said that all three units oil
the university had lost key faculty
members to other colleges because
Of higher salaries offered.
Actual appropriation requests fo1
the three units were discussed by
Dean John w. Harrison; for State
college, Dean w. C. Jackson, for
Woman's college, and Dean Robert
House, for the Chapel Hill unit
Each indicated that increased en-
rollments expected after the war,
and the handling of numerous fed
erally-sponsored educational pro
grams for war veterans, would ne
cessitate a general expansion oil
existing facilities.
Dean House asked for an appro
priation of $1,417, 1927 for the yea,
and $1,34 1927 for 1946-47, based or
an expected enrolment in 1854
of $3.50 and one of 400 students
in 1946-47.
He said the university received
$916,56 in 1943-44, and estimated
1944-45 expenditures at $685., 1884
Total requirements for 1856 was
estimated at $3,159,223, an d TO,
1946-47 at $3,074,047 compared with
$,8S4, 057 in 1894 and $3.50, 18C
in 1944-45.
The 1894 enrolment, including
all military units on the campus,
totaled 5,637 students, he said, and
estimated the total 194-45 enroll.
ment at 1854.
Col. HARRISON, recently dis.
charged from the army to return
to the post of administrative dean
OF State college, asked for 1899, $50
for 1945-46. The unit last year re.
ceived $377,967 and $557,135 (esti.
mated) during tho 1944-45 fiscal
year.
In al, Dean HARRISON said the
colleges requirements for 1856
would reach approximately $1,727,-
1856 and $1,740,962 in 1946-47. This
compared with $2,341, 1882 in 1884
and 81, 514, 735 in 1944-5. The diff
ference between those figures and
appropriations is made up by re-
ceipts. he said.
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so THEY SAY

Before we commit ourselves to join any
world organization to preserve the status quo
of peace treaty, we should know the terms
of that treaty We should know whether Russia
or England or any other of our Allies intends
to seize territories of countries now recognized
by the United States.-Sen. Burton X. Wheeler
CD Of Montana.
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N. Y. G. REGISTRATION

NEW YORK, Oct. l0.-lR-Reg-
lstration of voters in New York
CITY, the nations largest metro
polls, totalled 1926 today after
the first day Of registration week
than 10000 short of the
457, 100 who registered on the first
day tor the 1910 elections.
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DELAY TOO SHORT

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 1O.-RH
Twice the Army promoted Pfc.
Stephen Henik, %, to higher
non-commissioned rank. Each
time, because promotion would
have delayed his entry into com.
bat service, Henrik declined. He
got into combat, and yesterda;
his parents were notified he ha6
been killed in France.
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The Road To Berlin
BY The Associated Press

BY The ASSOC1ated PfeSS
THE western front: 302 miles frorn west
Of Duren).
2-Russan front: 80 miles from Warsaw.
3-1talian front: $50 miles from south OF
Bologna.
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1he Union of Socialist Soviet he'
publlcs Is the largest country 10
the world in araa.
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Fair Enough

Editors Note.-The Star and the News accept no
responsibility for the personal views Of MI PpgIer,
and often disagree with them much many Of
his readerk His articles the good purpose Of
making people think.
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Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of thu
war to complete Victory.
St. Paul recorder., 1944-06-09
Murray Writes to
Senate: Keep FEPC

Washington, d. CA contin-
ued appropriation for the Fair EN-
ployment Practice Committee
(FEPC) is a war measure and
should be voted by the Senate as
contribution to the Continued
success of our national war effort, y
President Philip Murray of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions said recently in letter to
members of the Senate now con-
sidering the measure.
The House has already voted a
$5OO,OOO fund by majority of four
votes, and the appropriation is now
before a subcommittee of the Sen
ate Appropriations committee. The
members of this subcommittee are
Senators Glass d., Va.), McKellar
d., Tenn.), Thomas d., Okla },
Tydings d., Md, McCarran d.,
New, Overton d., Iowa., Bank
head 3D., Ala), O'Mahoney ID.
Wyo), Nye (R., N. d., Bridges
(R., N. H., Holman (R., Ore. },
Gurney (R., S. d., and Brooks (R.
Ill.,.
St. Paul recorder., 1944-06-09

Senate appropriation committee
would have little if any difficulty
in being approved by the Senate.
Members of the NAACP delegation
told him that they were not so
optimistic about the matter.
The discussion ranged from criti-
cism of the attitude of the north
ern and western Senators on the
poll tax to the recent move of 33
Republican senators to obtain a
constitutional amendment outlaw
ing the poll tax.
On the delegation which inter
viewed Senator Ball was Major
Samuel Ransom, Mrs. C. T. R. Mel
son, Mrs. Dorothy Schultz, Arthur
Sternberg and Alverta Coram.