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Evening star., 1944-04-07
The Indiu-Burmo Bottle

ANSpoA Ns 1AOii lIle IQQld-Burma
theater continue puzzling. In the
Northern Burmese sector General
Stilwell's Chinese and American
forces are still making headway
down the Mogaung Valley toward
Myltkyina, the important enemy
base whose communication lines
southwark were recently cut by
strong force of air-borne British
and Indian troops. Meanwhile,
however, although this part of the
picture is encouraging enough, the
Japanese appear to be having more
than a little success in their drive
westward against Imphal, capital of
Manipur State in India-a drive
aimed at severing the Allied supply
lines to China and to General
Stilwell.
Up to now the Southeast Asia
command under Lord Louis Mount
batten has expressed confidence
that the enemy's thrust into India
will be stopped before it develops
into anything serious, but it is none
theless disturbing to be told at the
same time that the British are being
forced to fall back behind success
ful rear-guard action" and that
1nphal itself is in danger of being
Isolated. Rear-guard actions may,
indeed, be successful" but their
primary meaning is that those who
fight them are in retreat and re-
treats seldom. If ever. justify op-
,timism. Yet those who are closest
TO it ought to be the best judges of
the situation, and so we must as
sumo that there are sound reasons
for their present calm attitude.
1t is not inconceivable, at any
rate, that the japanese advancing
in India may be advancing into a
trap. This possibility is implied in
the fact that their lines of supply
are greatly extended and are there
fore vulnerable to the kind of air
borne Allied attack as that carried
out short time ago south Of My
itkyina. 1t seems reasonable to sup
pose, moreover, that our Southeast
Asia command. with its Indian re-
sources certainly far superior to
anything the enemy has been able
to build up in Burma, should be able
to rush sufficient strength to stop
the enemy advance in this area
when and if it reaches a critical
stage. Another factor influencing
the situation is the inevitability of
the monsoon rains. These should
begin falling late in May or early
in June, at which time fighting by
either side is likely to become vir-
tually impossible
The disquieting thing. however, is
that the Japanese are certainly
quite as aware of the risks of their
undertaking as we are but that they
still seem undeterred, as if believing
themselves able to accomplish their
objectives before either our Allied
forces or the monsoon can stop
them. We can only hope that they
are making bad miscalculation
and that our Southeast Asia COM
mand will soon set them back on
their heels. Otherwise, we may
suffer reverse here. and howeve,
small 1t might be In relation to the
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A Worthy PIon

The plan for granting independ-
ent unions representation on the
War Labor Board which Senator
Thomas of Utah has forwarded to
the White House is both fair and
entirely feasible if there is any real
desire to give these minority groups
the voice to which they are entitled
in decisions vitally affecting their
interests.
Under the plan, which Senator
Thomas submitted without any spe-
ciflc recommendation of his own,
the independents would be entitled
to two representatives on the ma
tional board and two on each of the
regional boards, these members to
sit only in cases affecting indie
pendent unions. Those opposing
the request of the independents
have said that it is dministratively
impractical to grant them repre-
sentation on the board. It is ex-
tremely difficult, however, to see
how there could be any serious ad-
ministrative difficulty in putting
this plan into effect.
AS Senator Thomas has said.
ultimately the plea of these people
Is bound to win because the Justice
OF their plea cannot be denied by
a democratic government" Up to
this time the independents have
been compelled to submit their
grievances to a tribunal whose labor
members have a selfish interest in
the elimination of independent
unions. There Is no need to argue
that this is unjust. for the injustice
is self-evident. And 1t cannot be
CLOSED over by idle talk to the effect
that all members of the board func-
tion as representatives of the public.
This simply is not the case, and the
sooner the pretense is dropped the
better it will be for the independents
and the board, too.
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Their attention was attracted neither
by the fact that Mr. Willkie was de-
feated nor by the fact that Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey made such a remarkable
showing. Fundamentally, the person.
ality of the individual in American
politics today is of lesser Importance
that the trends these trained foreign
observers profess to see in the develop
ment of American political thought.
X X 4
The main interest of the diplomats
has been in whether the defeat of Mr..
Willkie the second best-known Ameri-
can political figure abroad, indicated a
strong tendency toward isolationism and
nationalism throughout the country.
The diplomats who have been in the
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whole Pacific -Asiatic war, it could
have seriously depressing military
and political consequences, endan-
gering General Stilwell's forces in
Northern Burma, further complicat-
ing the Chinese supply problem and
perhaps aggravating the always
delicate internal Indian situation.
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1t might be well for Americans to
reallze that our own army is very largely
an inexperienced army. Some of our
divisions have acquired valuable battle
experience In Tunisia, Sicily and italy.
ana leaven of staff officers and combat
leaders who have served in these battles
mas been scattered throughout the serv-
Ice. But for the majority of our troop
UNITS, as the day of invasion approaches,
tne actual shock OF battle has yet to
be undergone.
We are fortunate in having a certain
number of seasoned divisions to lead the
way; we are fortunate in having expert
enced officers in the higher places. we
are particularly fortunate in having a
commander in chief who has already
shown that he knows how to win vic
tories. But when all is said and done
we must remember that the bulk of our
troops are not veterans, and we must
not expect them to accomplish quite as
much or to do 1t quite as quickly as If
they were going into their tenth battle
instead of their first.
The same remarks apply to the Brit
ish troops who will be fighting at their
sides. A great many of them are men
who have never left the British Isles.
Like our own forces, all that training
can do for them has been done. Ex-
perience they must acquire for them
selves.
With the Germans, 1t Is not SO. There
is scarcely q division of the German
Army which has not seen more than one
tour of duty on the Russian front, to
say nothing of the earlier campaigns
of the war. The German Army is q
veteran army, with its apprenticeship
well behind it. It's best divisions are
the equals Of any troops on earth, ~
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United States for a rs9i,nber of years
and have had frequert relations with
Americans in all walks Of life realize
that old-fashioned isosationism cannot
be revived
But they also appreciate the fact that
1t Is being replaced b3 what may be
called a new nationalist and the pre-
war unsayory expressing, of America
first" may now assume An entirely new
meaning.
Mr.. Willkie has been placed on record
as sharing many viewJ OF the present
administration and to a1ase indorsed in
his own manner some OF the principles
of Vice President Wallac. While crit
icizing the methods of the administra-
tion, he has said he favbred an all-out
collaboration after the. war and has
shown no indication that he wanted
America to have the paramount voice
in postwar affairs.
Through their own contacts and
through the reports of the many consuls
and nationals in this country, the for
eign missions here believe they have as
clear a picture of American trends as
is possible under the circumstances.
They think they can detect an i'm
patience over the conduct of the exter-
nal political aspects of the war. This
dissatisfaction may be translated at the
polls in a victory for a man who will
adopt strong policy toward all the
complex foreign matters which have
now become important issues, not nee
eSsarily a strictly nationalist attitude.
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has been demonstrated recently at Cas-
sino.
The trouble with the German Army is
not lack Of experience, but lack of man
power. Its former vast reserves OF
strong, vigorous young men are gone.
Such men are to be found in any num-
bers only in carefully hand-picked
units like the 1st Parachute Division
OF Casino fame. Many of its divi-
sionS are mere defensive" divisions,
composed Of artillerymen, machine gun
and mortar crews and service elements,
but without enough rif1emen for a sus-
tanned offensive or, indeed, for any
thing more than little patrolling and
outpost duty.
Many German troop units now in
clude, in subsidiary positions, large
numbers Of soldiers who are not Ger
mans at all, conscripted from the popu-
lations of the lands Germany has oc-
cupied. These men are wholly unre-
liable, have to be watched by Germans
to get them to fight at all, and desert
to us at the first opportunity. And even
in units where this is not so, the Ger
man soldiers themselves are, for the
most part. either young boys recently
conscripted or men we'll past their full
and active vigor.
Those of us who served on the west
ern front in 1918 saw the same condi-
tions developing in the German Army
OF that year and know them for what
they were-the heralds Of falling
strength. The Germany Army of 1918
was experienced, too; 1t made its ex-
perience count against the tough but
raw Americans in the opening days of
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. But it
was . beaten army for all that.
sOopyfight, le44)
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tween an tsolationiSt and international
point Of view and that the independent
voters OF the country, most of whom
do not vote in Republican primaries,
will be inclined to vote again for MIR.
Roosevelt rather than to take a chance
on middle -the-road candidate who
is not fortnight about international
policy, but attempts to appease both
wings of the Republican party at the
same time.
Any attempt to write off Gov. Dewey
as an isolationist is not justified on
the basis of the Wisconsin vote. It is
true that the Dewey delegates were
known as isolationists to many voters
and it is also true that Gov. Dewey
himself, in 1940 made speeches with
an isolationist flavor when he entered
Wisconsin. But it is also true that the
New York Governor did not select the
Wisconsin delegates and asked that his
name not be used in that primary.
Considerable mystery attaches to the
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problems. Then there Is the i'm
perial conference. due in the near
future, to discuss the status and
prospects of the empire on war and
postwar policies. For both those
meetings, Mr. Eden's special knowl-
edge and experience may render
him indispensable at the Foreign
Office. Yet the exigencies of British
home politics may become too press
ing to be denied. Meanwhile, Mr..
Eden carries his dual burden as best
he can.
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ton OF governments.
In traditional Dip
lomatic procedure, it
Is the custom to
recognize the gov
eminent OF another
state without any
implications OF ap-
roval or dis
approval. The ques-
ton Is only whether
a government is, in
fact, in power. To
be in power means
to control the major
part OF a states ter
ritory, enforce its
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toned briefly by a
few Ambassadors in
the United States in
reports to their cap
itals a few years ago.
However, the pri-
mary form e d the
subject of long cables
T h RS d ay, when
nearly every foreign
mission here report
ed to its government
what many ENJOYS
describe as one of
the most sensational
political d e v e | o p
mentS of the wear
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genc1eS within Ger
tain very definite
limitations; but 1t is
not until the actual
emergencies of bat
tie have been met
and overcome that
troops begin to ac-
quire t h a t conf
dence in themselves
and in their leaders
which is the hall
mark of a seasoned
soldiery.
The evolution of
the Russian Army
since June %, 1941,
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NV
S ON e observers
here think so. 9th
ers believe that the
pr e s ig e Of tn e
D e W ey candidacy
has been enhanced
to the point where
he may win the ul-
innate victory in
November.
The basis for the
assumption that Mr..
RooSevelt's chances
have been improved,
is that the Republi-
can party Is split be-
Evening star., 1944-04-07

1t is said that gasoline may be
produced from weeds, thus at least
providing the perfect alibi for lazy
Victory gardeners. Obviously it
would be the height of folly to bend
over in the hot sun and pull weeds,
merely to increase the gasoline
shortage.
Evening star., 1944-04-07

There are 456, ,976 different possible
combinations of four letters, ranging
from AAAA to ZZZZ. This should
furnish enough different Govern
ment alphabetical agencies to last
through the war without having to
resort to rationing their names.
Evening star., 1944-04-07

A suggested theme song for the
special District grand jury now in
session. is that old-time favorite,
HAS Anybody Here Seen Kelly?"
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Or Merely An Aspirunt

From The Topeka Capital
farmer near Reading, Pa, has been
lndlcted on charge of permitting 60
SCeers 10 Ole OF starvation. If he had
Killed them off by the million as
wallace did the little pigs, he might
have become Vice President
Evening star., 1944-04-07
On the Record

If there is much public confusion
regarding our foreign policy it can be
partially explained by the use we have
made of the recognition or nonrecogni-
Evening star., 1944-04-07

Long before the war great num-
bers of Uncle Sans nieces have been
looking for some way to get rid of
their waist fat.
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Break for Democrats

Has the election Of President Roose-
welt for fourth term been brought
closer to realization by the withdrawal
Of Wendell Willkie from the Republican
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Experience Tells in War MniGeoyge Fiezd;ueEuot

In war there is no substitute for ex-
perience. Training can do great deal.
but it cannot make veterans. 1t can
prepare officers and men to meet emer-
Evening star., 1944-04-07
This Changing World

The result of the presidential primary
in Wisconsin, after which Wendell l..
Willkie withdrew from the Republican
race, might conceivably have been men,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
Junker Inspired Paper
Circulating In Spain

MADRID, Aug. 8.-tP- Germans
here are passing around a Clan
destine newspaper New Germany"
which obviously is Prussian junk
err inspired and, while calling !or
the overthrow of the Nazis, insists
the Reichswehr must be maintain
ed and strengthened.
Copies of the two-page tabloid
published just prior to the plot
against Hitler reached Madrid to-
day by roundabout route.
Camouflaged with considerable
doubletalk, the main editorial said
essentially that the Germans must
kick out the Nazis and Immediate
ly sign "an honorable peace which
is not forced upon us by the de-
struction of our armies, and then
set about the reconstruction and
recreation of a Germany strong
enough to take and safeguard her
place in the family of nations"
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
u. s., BRITAIN
| SIGN OIL PACT

WASHINGTON. Aug. 8-tRIThe
limited States and Great Britain to-
day signed an agreement on world
oil policy looking toward a settle
ment of competitive problems, as
q contribution toward postwar in
ternational security.
The agreement was signed by
acting Secretary of State Stettinius
for the United States ana Lord
Beaverbrook for the United King
dom.
1t sets up an international Pc
troleum commission charged with
estimating world demand for petrs-
leum and recommending how Brit
ish and American companies can
carry out their production with the
view to orderly development OF
world resources.
Announcing conclusion OF the
pact, which presumably is not SUBJ
iect to Senate ratification, the state
department said it is of an in
term character and is preliminary
to the negotiation Of nultilateral
agreement on petroleum to which
the governments Of all producing
and consuming countries interest
ed in the international petroleum
trade will, it is hoped, become
signatories."
Main points in the agreement
are:
l. Assurance Of adequate pc
troleum supplies to "all peaceabl'
countries at fair prices and on
non-discriminatory basis subject Il
such collective security arrange
ments as may at any time be il
force"
2. Development Of petroleum
resources with a view to the soun'
economic advancement Of produc
ing countries"
8 Recognition of the principl
Of equal opportunity in the acqul
sition of concessions.
4. Respect for valid conces
sion contracts"
5. Freeing the production an
distribution of petroleum from ur
necessary restrictions.
The agreements, which is tn
first postwar pact on internations
trade. was viewed with satisfactio
by both American and British O.
ficials.
They considered it long ste
toward eliminating possible col
hicts between their two govern
ments and toward establishment
mechanism with which to e:
force peace.
The provision that all "peaceabl
countries should be able to obtai
plenty Of oil was the basis for
ready means of imposing sanction
on the most vital material for Wa
against future aggressors.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
EIGHT ARRESTED
IN COUPONS CASE

ASHEv1LLE, Aug. S.-(P)-War-
rants charging illegal practices
which turned some 100000 pounds
Of sugar into illicit channels
through the use Of counterfeit cou-
pons. were issued for eight de-
PENDANTS today and placed in the
hands Of the U. S. marshal for
service by OPA officials as a re-
suit Of an investigation lasting sew
eral weeks. They are being held
under bonds OF 5000 each for
their appearance in U. S. District
court.
The defendants are: G. r. Aiken,
40. manager Of the Nash-Alken
Brokerage company, Asheville; T.
G. Boyd, 81, owner and operator
Of the Boyd Wholesale company,
Waynesville; Ned Carver, %, Cove
Creek; Robert Davis, 81, Cove
Greek; Bill Honeycutt, 80, Clayton
Ca; Henry (Redworm) Miller, 81
Waynesville; Sam Potts, 81
Waynesville, and David F. Under
wood, Jr., 80, owner and operate,
Of the Underwood Lumber and Sup
ply company Of Waynesville.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
With The AEF
Here Is Your Party, Sir

figuring. Then he called the
commander again.
The commanding officer knew
the location of Alan's switch
board and promptly called the
artillery and gave them the
dope.
Soon Alan heard the sound Of
what is known to the trade as
outgoing mali swooshing ov-
erhead. He glued his eyes on
the spot where he'd seen the
enemy gun flashes-and sud-
denly it exploded with a lot OF
light which was not caused by
muzzle blasts.
That was repeated several
times, after which Private
First Class Andrews sat down
and waited to see what happens
ed.
The rest of the night brought
only silence from the German
end of the line which, as any
good telephone operator knows.
means that there's nobody
home right now.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09

conductive to concentration and
that he was liable to be getting
even more wrong numbers than
usual If it kept up.
The commanding officer ask
ed him il he could locate the
guns and Alan agreed to give
it the old college try, although
it was late at night and the
setting not exactly propitious
for basic training as an artil-
1ery observer.
His equipment consisted of 4
pocket compass and a watch.
He spotted the German gun
flashes and the explosions
around him to get the distance.
After that, it was merely q
matter of arithmetic and the
sound Of bursting 88's, some
thing that will make a fair
country mathematician out OF
even a guy who hunked all his
fractions in school. There was
q brief period Of silence on the
switchboard while Alan did his
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
FINNISH FORM
new CABINET

LONDON, Aug. 8 In Berlin
said tonight new Finnish cabinet
had been formed by President
Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim,
replacing Edwin Linkomies with
conservative Hantti Hackzell, FORM
er minister to Russia, as Premier,
but retaining Maj. Gen. Rudolf
Walden as minister of defense.
Linkomies and many Of his min
listers had been Objectionable to
Russia, and some quarters expect
ed the new cabinet would approach
Moscow with a new peace bid.
DNB, German news agency, said
in the broadcast that Carl Inckell,
who went to Moscow in March in
connection with the futile armistice
mission, was made foreign minis
ter in the new government, and
listed the following other appoint
ees:
Interior minister, Kaako Hillilae
former governor of Lapland and
member of the Trainers party;
Justice minister, Ernst Won Born
leader of the Swedish Peoples
party.
The broadcast said Finance Min
lister Vaino A. Tanner was among
the former cabinet members who
had left office.
"A broadcast by Transocean, Naz
propaganda agency, said Gen
Walden also would serve as vice
premier in the new government.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09

miral Don Pardee Moon, U. 5.
Navy, who commanded a task
force that took part in the land
ings in France, died on August 5,
Moon had taken his life as re-
suit of combat fatigue :"
Moon was promoted to the rank
of rear admiral last January ana
Immediately was assigned to
command task force which subse-
quently joined in opening the as
sault on Europe.
Earlier, he had commanded
DESTROYER squadron which partici-
mated in landings in French Moroc-
20 in November, 1912. He was
awarded letter of commentator
for excellent anti submarine and
anti aircraft operations by his
destroyers there.
Known as a stickler for detail,
Moon served in the planning divi-
sion of the office of Adm. Ernest
J. King, Navy commander-in-chief
from shortly after the north Az
rican landings until his assignment
to sea in January.
During that time he may have
participated in planning the Euro
pean invasion.
Praise came to his task force in
a communique from Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Expedition
| ,,, foree on June IN
It reported: During the night
destroyers under the command of
Rear Adm. Don Pardee Moon,
USN, intercepted force Of heavi-
" armed enemy craft between the
mainland and the Isles st. Mar
couf and drove them Off"
A native of Kokoma, Ind, Moon
| was graduated from the naval
| Academy in 1916 He is survived
by his widow, who lives at Airing
{cn, Va, and four children.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
LEADS in VERMONT

MONTPELIER, VT, Aug. 8.-(R
Mortimer R. Proctor, Vermont S
lieutenant governor for the past
four years, widened his lead over
w. Arthur Simpson tonight in a
contest for the Republican nominal
ton for governor as returns
mounted in today's primary.
Returns from 80 of the states
246 cities and towns gave Proctor
1927 votes to $500 for Simpson.
u. S. Senator George D. Aiken
(R) and u. S. Representative
Charles A. Plumley (R) were re-
nominated without opposition as
were the Democratic candidates
who will oppose them in November.
Democrats nominated, all with
out opposition, included: Harry w.
Writer'S for u. S. Senate; Robert W.
Ready for U. S. Representative;
DR.. Ernest H. Bailey for governor,
and Maurice Mahoney for ieuten-
ant governor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-08-09
ADMIRAL MOON
KILLS HIMSELF

WASHINGTON, Aug. g. Up -
Combat fatigue, Navy Secretary
Forrestal said today, apparently
caused one of the Navy's youngest
rear admirals to take his own life
after participating in the invasion
of Europe.
He was Don Parde Moon, 50,
whose task force moved through
one of the most heavily mined
areas off the French shores to at
tack the Cherbourg peninsula.
At that time the operation was
reported to have been carried out
with surprising speed and low cas-
ualties.
Where Moon was assigned at the
time of his death last Saturday
was not disclosed by the Navy,
which reported only:
The Secretary of the Navy an
nounced with regret that Rear Adj