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The Valley settler., 1944-11-24
PLAY COMING

tIHf OOTNI
 short play will be. given or the Community Hall stage at 2:3O p.r. 'De cember l, by Mrs. Virginia Ftne's section of the Eighth Grade. No charge for aemi Ion will be made and the publi Is invited. Mrs .Pine has had extensive expert ence in dir recting plays.
The Valley settler., 1944-11-24

r. PANAMA VALLEY FARTERs ORGANIZE [ The farmers of the Tanana Valley have organizee in order to hetter han61e their produce. The ' have elected a Board of Dire ct rs, ,frt r.. dent, Vice-Fres. Sec. and Iraase
 Harry Cheek, f ormerly of lalm1., spoke at the meeting and em. nasi7ed the value of a GranCe.
The Valley settler., 1944-11-24
SCHOOL NEWS Cont from pp.l

The November meeting. of the Palm mer Student Bo6y Il be he1e in tn cc immunity Hall on Monday, November 27, at 2:35 p.m., at wht ch time there wi l: be yell-lea6er tryouts onC se1e ction of three from among this. group of candidates; Ros emary Kepler, Alice Fouwens, Evon leland, Babe Larsh, Terlyne Higgenbotham, Jeanette Hermer, JoAnn Lentz and Charles Smi tn.
The Valley settler., 1944-11-24
SUPERV ISOR VISITS

Mss Violet s. Hour, Territ orial Supervisor of Health Educe ti on, m; e her second visit and inspection of the Palmer School Tuesday end We nesday, conf erring wi tn teachers and making valuable suggestions es to teaching health, physt e. tns~ C. ti ons, anc arrangement of clas.ar m to give maximum conf ort and alti4- fu1 conditions for pupils.
The Valley settler., 1944-11-24
BURN HAMMOND

Wednesday afternoon Curing phyis cal educati on perio6 some 50 boys un'er the direction Of Neal S. Mi Her burne6 the ball dtamond on the fair grounes to prepare. the ares fer flooffng ane ire ez ing into an cut9oor skating rink. The project hes been worked up by Mir. Oscar Kf nCgren, chairman of the P.T.A. ccmmi ttee .whi ch has been di1ig gently pushing the rlan for some months. With the a6vent of snow, the pc rtme ter of the burned area will be bank ed ana flooce6 to from the skating r,3,
The Valley settler., 1944-11-24
NEW JANITORS

Saturday, November 25, Mr. and Mrs. Lester F. Monroe ssumed their 6uties as janitor and assis tant jan. itor at the Palmer Terri orial t:cn Scr 'o1, succeeding Mr. and Mrs. C.E co0per who are Coing Outside. MT. Monroe has ha6 extensive expert ence In firing and other GUS o6i an work.
 BURN HAMMOND
 "Wednesday afternoon Curing phyis-
Evening star., 1944-10-07

and local administration and con-
troll" The distinct separation of
the national executive system and
sectional systems of education al
ways has seemed desirable. When
the present distress Of depressed
rural communities is emphasized,
there is no implied intention to
neglect large cities and towns where,
for reasons beyond local control,
means are lacking for the adequate
support Of schools, their facilities
and personnel. The prevailing shifts
of population are having the effect
of distributing the problem. On
that account, If on no other, the
picture must be visualized as an
issue demanding the attention of the
whole country without consideration
OF any divisionary limitations. The
American people-the generality of
them wherever they may reside-are
the best educated people in the
world, and they wisely intend to
continue so to be, no matter what
it costs.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
SATURDAY, October Z, 1914
Chinu's Future Role

In accepting the world security
plan drawn up during the Anglo
American Russian phase OF the con-
ference, the Chinese delegation at
Dumbarton Oaks has made clear
China's desire to play full part in
maintaining the next peace. This
sorely tried land now has only a
fraction of the power of Britain, the
United States or the Soviet Union,
but with the valor it has demon
strated through more than seven
long years of war and with its i'm
menSe population and other human
and material resources, its poten-
tialities are truly vast and on that
basis it has rightly been called one
of the Big Four.
The workings of destiny are, of
course, not predictable, but certainly,
given peace again, given internal
unity and economic stability, China
can look forward to a new era of
greatness, and if it develops, as all
Its friends hope, it will benefit the
world as whole in very large meas
ure, for then there will be power in
Asia equipped to promote prosperity
and check any forces of war. Japan,
which has sought to out Hitler Hit
Ter, will one day be beaten to its
knees and reduced to military impo-
tence, but years from now, it may
try to cut loose again and will surely
do so unless constant watch is kept
upon it.
AS one of the key members of the
collective security system now in the
making, China thus has major role
to play in the long future. For the
world will not enjoy an enduring
peace if Asia does not enjoy it, and
1t is in Asia that the Chinese will be
called upon to play their part. rus
sia, to be sure, is an Asiatic power as
well as European power and its
responsibility in that region will be
very great. But no less great will be
China'S, because the order and we'll
being of the Far East primarily will
have to be kind of joint Sino-Rus-
sian cooperative task carried out
within the framework of whatever
overall international organization
is brought into being after the war.
Through their delegates at Dunn
barton Oaks, the Chinese have taken
the first step toward carrying out
that task. 1t remains now for their
Allies to help them drive the enemy
from their tortured land and for
those same Allies to lend them every
assistance in achieving internal
unity and strength. Once that is
had, China can be counted upon to
contribute as greatly to the winning
OF the peace as it has to the winning
of the war.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Fulu as q Politician

Fala's stature as a political figure
in this campaign is increasing. BY
leaps and bounds, of course. Within
a few months he has given souvenir
locks of his curly black hair to
sailors on a cruiSer-a variation Of
the kissing babies technique. He has
visited Honolulu, Alaska and Quebec.
He has figured conspicuously in a
Saturday night affair with the team
sters at the Statler Hotel On Thurs
day The Star reported him show
ing off before group of rural school
teachers at the White House, rolling
over, jumping for cake and all that
sort of thing. Moreover, he is one
of the few individuals who heard
what the President cleared with Mr..
Hannegan, when they met in the
railroad yards at Chicago just before
Sidney's convention. No doubt
about Fala. He is up to his ears in
politics. AS a matter OF expediency,
Fala is identifying himself with the
New Deal But it would be absurd
to put him down as a New Dealer.
He is Scottie. Anybody who knows
the breed also knows that Fala could
no more be a New Dealer than he
could be-well, say a Republican.
His Scottie dignity would never per-
NIT affliation with any one group.
Scotties are notoriously noncon-
formist. Even in such elementary
goose-stepping as that embraced
within the term, house broken"
many Scotties refuse to go along, or,
rather, out deliberately flouting
custom in that respect all their lives.
Scotties are skeptics, in but not Of
the world which surrounds them.
Undoubtedly Fala is devoted to his
master. That would be Scottie
trait. But, undoubtedly, he refuses
to take even his master too seriously.
When his master talks tall over the
radio, any one who knows Scotties
can see Fala laughing. Aifectionately,
Evening star., 1944-10-07
This Changing World
By Consfontine Bro,cn

Despite the reported partial agree-
ment at the Dumbarton Oaks confer
ence, the difnculties of building the
structure Of future peace become more
apparent.
There is an increasing tendency
among the governments which have
sprung up In Moscow or have been
sponsored by Russia to overlook the
Atlantic Charter and demand terri
tories for countries which they do not
even represent ofIicialiy. It is illumi-
mating, for example, to read the Moscow
reports quoting newspapers Of the Polish
government In Lublin which opposes the
ofdcially recognized Polish government
in London.
There have been rumors, based on
utterances from the supervised Russian
press, that the u. S. S. r. desired to
annex most OF Eastern Germany as far
as the Elbe River. So long as the Rus
sian leaders want to maintain q SEM
blance of postwar unity based on the
Atlantic Charter, which is as much their
postwar blueprint as ours, it will be
difficult for the Kremlin to support any
such an outright demand. There are
no historical. ethnographic or political
AS"oSALo w JuoSAy 1kuoold . tCIIlIO1ldA
extension inside the Reich.
But the puppet Lublin government
has found way by claiming that a
long time ago Poles lived in that area
which Is now inhabited practically 100
per cent by Germans. This claim may
be historically correct. There were
Polish tribes some 800 years ago even
beyond the Elbe River. But the migra-
tion of peoples in Europe has been such
that any nation at any time could claim
any territory it wished on the basis that
long ago its nationals lived In the
coveted territory.
There Is definite desire on the part
of some Americans to divide the Reich
into its component parts as they existed
prior to 1871. Such a division of the
Reich, 1t Is argued, unquestionably
would eliminate. the danger that the
Germans might cause another world
war In the meantime it would deal
fairly and in accordance with the Amer
lean point Of view with the German
people themselves. But even in those
quarters most sympathetic to Russia's
political actions In this war there is
definite opposition to any move which
Evening star., 1944-10-07

would incorporate an overwhelming
number of minorities into the territory
Of any Of our Allies This has always
been conducive to wars and II the
United States were to approve such
move 1t is felt that 1t would be subscrib-
Ing to another upheayal in Europe.
While, since the Teheran conference,
Premier Stain has kept quiet regarding
the postwar territorial aims Of the
U. 8. s, r.. the Moscow-sponsored gov
ernments, such as that at Lublin in
Poland, are blunt about their territorial
ambitions. So far as the Soviet govern
ment is concerned they can be easily
disavowed because they are not recog-
nized by all the principal members of
the United Nations
But their new. extensive claims are
believed In diplomatic quarters In Wash
ington to represent their sponsors point
OF view and that is creating some real
concern among those who hope that an
international security system will be
adopted at the end of the war. No
lasting security. however, can exist If
the peace agreements are such as to
plant new seed of war.
. Wars, it Is pointed out, need not begin
with bang like this war started in 1899.
They are frequently started by internal
revolutions and rebellions of the minor
tiles which have been incorporated by
force by victorious nation.
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Public opinion In the strong countries
may become incensed. The International
organizations such as has been devised
at Dumbarton Oaks do not provide for
an Intervention within the boundaries
Of one of their important members
Hence, 1t Is feared that any outright
: territorial annexations - regardless of
the form they hay take-will be ex-
tremely dangerous to the security of the
world.
1t is recognized that at the present
the new Polish and Yugoslay govern
ments created in Moscow are not much
more than the puppet government es-
tablished by the japanese in Manchuria.
If they become the de facto rulers of
their respective countries and as such
come to the peace conference, there is a
strong possibility that, backed by the
u. S. S. R., they will demand such
changes in map of Europe that peace
once more will be endangered in the
near future
Evening star., 1944-10-07
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 6-This is a
chapter of impressions, gained in trip
across the Northern and Western
States to the Pacific, in conversations
with workers, soldiers, businessmen.
They all add up to the two main
arguments which may mean victory for
the fourth-term candidacy of President
Roosevelt. First, that his continuance
in Office may mean speedier winning.
Of the war-and its ending. Second,
that the working men, a majority of
them and perhaps very great majority,
look on him as their friend
To put 1t otherwise, the President is
running for reelection as Commander
in Chief Of the armed forces. These
men are anxious to get the fighting
over with. AS they look at 1t, or many
of them at least, a change in administra-
ton now might cause some delay, even
though they feel confident We will win
no matter who may be President. They
say that it will necessarily require time
for new Commander in Chief, a new
cabinet, to familiariZe themselves with
the problems of the war. They do not
talk of peace making, but war making.
With the workers, the argument is
different. They contend that no other
President had done so much for the
laboring classes. One Of them insisted
that working men and women in this
country have always been more pros
porous, If prosperous at all, under
Democratic administrations. He pointed
to the labor laws enacted during the
Roosevelt administration and to the
high wages now paid.
He did not recall the days when the
'full dinner pail" was the factor which
won elections for Republican Presi-
dents. He did not even go back to the
Wilson administration, just before
the World War broke out in Europe
and brought its huge orders for sup
plies. Times were growing harder by
the month in those days, and without
war abroad, the Wilson administra-
ton might not have been continued
Nor did he stop to bother with the
fact that during eight or nine years
Of Republican rule after the World War
the country was busy and working men
employed-or with the fact that only
the present war brought employment in
this country, which eight years of.
Roosevelt rule had failed to do.
So the soldiers want to end the war
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Urges Presidents Victory
o the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
Since Gov. Dewey was opposed to all
preparedness measures, to Lease-Lend.
the draft and draft-extension and. un-
til his nomination, never looked beyond
our borders, many feel he is too small
minded and inexperienced to lead the
country or to become automatically (as
ne would be- Commander in Chief of
the Army and Navy. He was nomi-
mated by Middle West isolationists.
backed by the Chicago Tribune, the
submerged America First" Senators
Taft, Nye, Vanderburg and our own
John L. Lewis.
The Republicans achieved the ruin of
the League of Nations, they scrapped
our magnificent Army and Navy, gave
us complete disarmament and voted in
a body against all common sense de-
tense measures. As to domestic policy,
they offered no program to aid the
unemployed or to establish social secu-
rity. were opposed to the Hull reciprocal
tariffs and to the bills to prevent infia-
tion, giving us only those beautiful pic
lures OF apple-Selllng on every street
corner.
Compare with this President Roose-
velt's record: His wide vision, amount
Ing to genius. his creation Of splendid
war cabinet, his relations with all our
Allies. without whom victory would be
impossible, his arming Of Alaska, the
bases acquired in the Atlantic and
Pacific. lining up Mexico and South
America on our side and journeying
himself to Africa and Teheran to ar
range the marvellous pattern OF our part
IN this war. Here at home he gave US,
long after England started 1t, an ac-
cepted system Of unemployment insur-
ance and social security.
Let US keep our Commander In Chief.
ELIZABETH CURTIS.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Aid for Education

President Roosevelt's address to
the White House Conference on
Rural Education was neither radical
nor 1nnovationary. Federal aid for
learning is principle dating back
to the foundation of the Republic.
The Congress of the Confederation
In 1785 directed that a portion of
the public domain in the Northwest
Territory should be set aside "for
the use of schools" P. Orman Ray,
In the Dictionary of American His
tory, writes:
Beginning with Ohio, in 1902, Con-
gress made it regular practice to
grant to newly admitted States a
specified portion Of the public lands
located within their respective boun-
diaries, proceeds from the sale of
which were to be used for education.
This form of aid was carried further
by the Morrill, Act of 1862, conferring
upon the States public lands or land
scrip, and by the act of 1890, making
direct money grants to them-all of
which was to be used in endowing
and maintaining higher institutions
of learning: The "land grant" colleges
of today.
The practice thus summarized
naturally was extended as the need
progressively was demonstrated one
generation after another. Congress
appropriated money for direct
financial aid to the States for the
maintenance of agricultural expert
ment stations" in 1887 and 1906.
Under the Snith-Lever Vocation
Education Act of 1917, expanded in
1929, substantial sums" were made
available for the teaching of agri-
cultural, trade, home economics and
industrial subjects. In 1920 money
was granted for, .'the vocational re-
habilitation of persons disabled in
industry or in any legitimate occu-
patton" During Herbert Hoover's
administration, vigorous, though
unsuccessful, efforts were made
to put through Congress an act
granting direct aid TO the States for
the improvement OF their systems
OF elementary education and to pro-
mote the Americanization Of alien
immigrants"
AS Mr.. Roosevelt observed, such
Federal aid should never involve
Government interference with State
Evening star., 1944-10-07

and look to Roosevelt TO end it, and
workers have money and look to Roose-
welt to keep it in their pockets.
The fly In the ointment so far as a
solid labor vote for Mr. Roosevelt is
concerned lies in the fact that many of
the workers are far more conservative
than they once were. They see the rad
icals moving in to dominate If Mr.
Roosevelt wins again. have talked with
AFL men and they have no use for
Sidney Hillman and his pack. They view
with alarm the prominent part which
these CIO leaders are assuming in this
campaign. So in many States, the labor
leadership is more divided for and
against Mr.. Roosevelt than in any of
his previous campaigns.
Where the great mass of women vot-
ers will finally 60 Is another important
question in this election. 1t is argued
on the one hand that many Of them
have far more money today than they
ever had before-the working women
and the wives of working men, and that
this will be a principal reason for their
support Of Mr. Roosevelt.
There are those, however. who see
masses of the women voting for Gov.
Dewey because they do not like ration
ing, because they have men at war and
In danger, and because of the great
casualty lists with their men taken from
them permanently.
These are arguments of those voters
who have made up their minds one way
or another. 1t is obvious, however, that
considerable number of potential
voters are still on the fence. Some of
these are not particularly interested,
not interested enough to register or to
vote.
Gov. Dewey did himself some good
with his speeches in the West-and
particularly with his Oklahoma City
speech, answering the President. He
changed some minds and he gave the
final shove that settled the minds of
some Of those on the fence His labor
speech in Seattle was the most liberal
ever uttered by Republican candidate
for President.
But he still has to prove to the work.
ingmen that he will be their friend"
and to the soldiers he will win the war
as quickly as the present administra-
ton, or at least to convince them he
can.
Evening star., 1944-10-07
The StutIer Probe

Although the connection between
a hotel fist fight and political ex-
penditures is far from clear, the
Senate Campaign Expenditures In
vestigating Committee has decided
to investigate" the recent fracas at
the Statler Hotel between two Navy
officers and group of AFL
teamsterS.
To be strictly accurate 1t was not
the committee, but the committee
chairman, who ordered the Investi-
cation. All of the committee mem
bers were out OF town and apparently
knew nothing about it. The chair
man, Senator Green of Rhode Island,
loyal administration supporter,
was also out of the city, but he tele-
phoned instructions to committee
agents to begin the probe. Incl
dentally, the announcement of the
Senate investigation was made Just
after Daniel j. Tobin, head of the
teamsters, had been to the White
House.
According to the naval officers, the
fight began when the teamSters, who
had just heard the Presidents OPEN
ing campaign speech, demanded to
know what their voting intentions
were, and undertook to push them
around" when they refused to answer
the question. The publicity which
the incident already has received
certainly has not been helpful to
the Presidents campaign, and it is
difficult to see what advantage can
be derived from a further airing of
the incident before Senate COM
mittee. Because Of this, and also
because OF Senator Green's open
support of the President, his decision
to delve into matter which is so
far removed from the scope of his
committees legitimate function has
aroused no little speculation. The
results of the investigation-if any
will be awaited with interest,
Evening star., 1944-10-07
Foscists Have Thick Skins
From the New York Post


Secretary Hull's latest statement about
Argentina Is certainly the strongest he
has yet made. 1t even carries the i'm
plication that unless Argentina cleans
house she will find herself the object of
nonrecognition policy by the proposed
new world security organization. And
that is strong threat indeed. But it is
still conditional. A world security Or
ganization is still some time away, And
policy Of nonrecognition would need
the assent of great many nations. So
the Argentinians aren't likely to get
stirred up about what may happen-if.
After all, we and the British are still
paying top prices for Argentine beef
wheat and corn, and Argentina, with its
Fascist government, is growing rich.
And just six weeks ago Hull used the
harsh words, "deserter" and fascist"
which he repeated last week. But dur
Ing the past six weeks Argentinas
fascists have thumbed their noses at us.