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Evening star., 1944-03-06
Blood Test Indicates
Langan Could Be
Father Of Joan, 10
Results Of Test Ordered
/. By Court to Be Made
This Afternoon

Samples of blood taken from John
Langan and 10-year-old Joan Lam
gan show that he could be the
father of the child, 1t was reported
today.
Result of the test, made inde-
pendently of one ordered by Justice
T. Alan Goldsborough, who Is hear
ing the Langan custody case in Dis
trict Court, was announced by jeff
Lichtenberg. Mr.. Lichtenberg said
the blood specimens were drawn
from Mr.. Langan and the child by
DR.. Richard E. Kelso at the same
time the Official test was made by
DR.. Oscar B. Hunter in the latters
ONCE at 1885 I street NV.
Report to Be Made Today.
Report of the test made by DR.
Hunter on all three of the principals
IN the case, including Joan Man.
ners, the child's mother, will be sub
mitted in a sealed envelope to Jus.
tice Goldsborough this afternoon
when the habeas corpus hearing in.
volving Joan's custody is resumed.
Mr.. Lichtenberg said the test b,
DR.. Kelso was made independent,
at the request of Walter Green AM
himself, who represent Miss Man
ners. DR.. Kelso was the docto
first suggested by Miss Manners
attorneys when they petitioned tn,
court to permit the blood test, bu
Charles Walker, attorney for MI
Langan, objected to the selection
OF physician who was unknown
to him.
II the result of the Official tes
Is the same as that performed b,
DR.. KelSo, Mr.. Lichtenberg pointed
out, nothing is established excep
that Mr.. Langan may be the ia
ther of little Joan. A negative re
suit would have proven conclu
sively, according to scientists, tina
he was not the father.
Will Resume Testimony,
Mr.. Langan, who is fighting te
retain the child who is now in hi.
Gus yody despite a Maryland order
will begin his third day on the wit.
ness stand today. Mr.. Green will
continue to cross-examine the for.
mer Hollywood director concerning
his past life.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Langan's
testimony, Mr. Green said, Miss
Manners and her counsel will de.
eide whether to appear before the
grand jury of Montgomery County
on March 20 and ask for a perjury
warrant, which was denied by Ber
lG. Wilkinson. special assistant
States attorney, last Saturday be-
cause of insufficient evidence.
Meanwhile Mr.. Walker said he
planned to call a number of othe,
witnesses after Mr.. Langan's testi-
mony is completed. They will in
clude the present Mrs. Langan
lneighbors from Chevy Chase, Md;
the Rev. John Palm, pastor of Oul
Lady of Lourdes Church in Be.
thesda. Md. and possibly some oi
little Joan's public school teachers
Evening star., 1944-03-06
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Mar. 6.-Maryland
may face shortage of underground
water unless there is a substantial
increase in rainfall this spring.
One expert said the water level
in wells throughout the State had
not yet returned to normal after
last years drought. He predicted a
water shortage for dairy farmers
within the next few months.
John R. Weeks, Baltimore Wealth
er Bureau meteorologist, said last
years rainfall of 3405 inches in
Maryland and the District of Co.
lumbia was 7.58 inches below nor
NAL. In January and February of
this year, the deficiency was OF inch
DR.. w. B. Kemp, acting director
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Nuzi Ski Champions Killed

LONDON, Mar. 6 (P.-Germanys
two best skiiers, the Cranz brothers,
have been killed in battle according
to German radio reports heard yes
terday. No details were given. The
brothers represented Germany in
the 1896 Olympics and held most
of the country's ski championships.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Blast Burns Boy Chemist
Experimenting in Cellar

Clinton B. Rivers, 10, of 1873
Twelfth street NE, was painfully
burned on the face and hands yes
terday when a chemical mixture
with which he was experimenting
exploded in the cellar of his home,
police reported.
At Casualty Hospital his condi-
ton today was reported as fair.
Evening star., 1944-03-06
Hurter to Address Club

D. M. Harter, former Representa-
tive from Ohio, will speak on
American Air Power in the Present
War" at the Civitan Club luncheon
at 1890 pm. tomorrow at the Hotel
'Mayf1oWer.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
N~otionoIistic Russio

News, that the Russians have discarded THE International" as their
anthem should neither surprise nor discourage people who understand
human reactions and hope for an ordered world economy.
That the Russians are placing first emphasis upon nationalsm has
been apparent for a long while. It 81 trend that became an Tissue when
Lenn1 died and Stain came to power It was manifested in the osira-
csn and bounding of Leon Trotsky. apostle of internationalism. In
evitably, it has been firmly established BY a war in which Russians
were given conclusive proof that they must work out their own saliva
ton.
In ceasing to sing "The International" and substituting a national
istic anthem the Russian rulers are putting facts before ideals.
There is another comment that should be made n this matter:
It's this: |@@ESss 4psS
There IS none more conservative than the successful rebel. We have
an example in this fact in the bigotry2 Of our own founding fathers who,
having braved the elements and suffered hardship to establish their own
freedom of worship in America, bounded and prosecuted whoever exer-
cBed the right to freedom of dissent. The Russian leaders. have now
risen to power. They are satisfied The status quo means much to them.
Russia, not the workers of the world, is what is now important.
Who should now blame Russia? Did not the workers Of capitalist
nations go down the line with capitalism until they again found them
selves in another bloody war? Do not the workers of America still
accept the reservations against postwar cooperation with Russia that
American exp1oters make? - so 8 s4Ms
But there is another side to the story. ITS hiatt
Never before has internationansn been 81 close, so real and so
necessary as it is today Distances have been eradieated BY science and
interests have been amalgamated by war. Lendlease Is only one con-
crete fact TO prove that there no longer iss such i thing as a purely ma
|tonal economy. s.4#S S1
Nothing that Russia Or any other nation may say or do can possibly
alter the necessity for an international arrangement when the present
war ends There will be an international party. Tt may not be the human
race. But 1t will be either that or a league of exploiters who will part-
ton and use the world to further their own ends.
The future will be international democracy. p
Or International serfdon-Reading Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05

There # some unfortunate people who are afflicted with optical
defects that results in what is called "pipesem vision They can see
only what lies straight in front of them. They cannot get a broad picture
Of what is going on about them.
Likewise, there are people who have a mental afflction that pro-
duces the same results.
i929-and nothing else. Today they see the War-and nothing else
They cannot see both the depression and the war at the same time be-
cause by this time the depression has passed along the film of history
and is off to one side. And, therefore, these people just can't get a good
idea of what life itself is like.
If they could see 1929 and 1913 at the same time they'd know that
the private-profit system is a queer and contradictory thing. They'd
see that, under capitalism, people are poor when there is too much of
the stuff that people need and rich when there is too little. They'd
see that misfortune brings prosperity and good luck brings poverty.
The depression of 1929 came because there was an abundance of
almost everything-especaly of workers to produce the necessities
of life. The people were hungry and insecure. But now, when goods are
scarce, when industries are producing for destruction instead of for
use, when there is a lack of men and women to do skilled labor, few
people feel insecure.
We can't understand the world we live in when we see only one
thing at a time. We don't know that both the 1929 slump and this very
war in which we are risking civilization are parts of the economy that
produces for the sale instead of for use and for the profit of a few
owners. Nor can we see that autocratic controls are the next picture
to appear as the film of capitalism unrolls before our eyes.
People witt 'plpestem" eyes can be helped with proper glasses.
So can people with pipestem minds if they look through Socialist
DEMONSTRATING Labor Advocate.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
HERRIDGE TRIES TO
SCARE CANADA

w: D. Herridge, once Canadian
minister to Washington, is calling
on Canadians ito produce a plan
for the regeneration of democracy
II such a plan is not forthcoming.
he predicts the ..imperialistic''
United States will absorb her north
ern neighbor.
We do not know much about
Mr.. Herridge's ideas concerning the
regeneration of democracy" but
we do know something about the
way the people of the United States
feel about the Dominion Of Canada.
Not one American in-10,00O has the
slightest idea of absorbing the
Dominion. We question if any
member of Congress would dare
place such a proposal before his
constituents-that is, if he desired
to be reelected.
It is unfortunate Mr.. Herridge in
dulgeS these scare" talks, and we
hope the people of Canada realize
he does not accurately present
American sentiment. - Labor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
And Who Wouldn't?

The soldier on patrol at a North
African desert oasis strollcd be-
meath the broiling tropical sun. He
saw a camel walking toward him.
The camel was foaming furiously
at the mouth. The soldier ran to the
corporal of the guard and cried out
to him in great excitement:
There is a mad camel walking
out there!"
What do you mean?" asked the
corporal.
Mad camel" repeated the sol
der, like mad dog"
The two men called the Arat
who took care of the animals anC
he conducted am Investigation.
What he eventually found out was
this:
The camel had broken into a
crate of newly arrived soap, con-
sumed about a dozen pieces, ano
then rushed to the oasis for a drink,
The animal foamed continuously for
q week.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
THE WORLD ISN'T EASY

This thing of fetching peace, Ii
berty and equality to all the world
is not as simple as some people ina
ginc.
Iran, or Persia, is a good example,
It's a three-cornered fight. The Bril-
fish would like to control the entire
nation Our oil moguls think they
have a right to claim a part of the
immensely rich oil deposits, and the
Russians have taken over q large
slice of the country and show no
disposition to surrender an inch.
While British and American SOL
diers are fighting shoulder to Shout
der for the "Four Freedoms" Bri-
fish and American oil men arel glar-
ing at each other and appealing to
their home governments for backing
= and getting it.
When the peace conference opens,
these conflicting interests will be
well represented. They may finally
agree to divide the loot, but that
won't dispose of the Russians. They
will hang on to what they have in
Persia and probably demand more.
What's happening in Persia is hap
pening in a dozen other countries.
Bitter clashes between great bust
ness have caused most of the wars
of the last $50 years, and today they
constitute the greatest threat to the
future peace of the world.-Labor,
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
What's the Italian Policy?

Allied judgement as to how much democracy is safe in Italy may
have reached another turning point. Public gatherings recently have
been banned, but a large mass meeting, in which the participants called
for the abdication of the King, was held recently with Allied permission.
Two days earlier this meeting had been specifically forbidden by the
Alled Military Government. The Italian Committee of National Liberia
ton, representing some six pro-democratic political parties, from mildly
liberal to the communist left vigorously protested and won a reversal.
The political parties promised to maintain order-and did So De-
mands for Victors abdicaion were vocierous but there were no dis
orders. sE #aM@s##
It may thus be more difficult to turn down future mass meeting
en- the contention that they might destroy order and impair military
security Hence the Naples affair is bad news for the King, Badoglio
and the Blue" party of aristocrats and army officers. They have worked
hard, during the period of Suppression" of politics, to propagandize
politically for the King. They realize that the only way they can succeed
in. their own campaign is to keep democrats cowed and quiet. If there
are enough mass meetings, the King will have to step aside and, by doing
so, clear the way for a liberal government.
The aid the Allies have given to the royal party is incompatible
with the Moscow pact which promised democracy for Italy. The Bado-
Clio Emanuel government, reactionary and weak, stands only by reason
of Allied props. If claw and order in Italy depended on ii, WI would
nave chaos there today. The Allies would remove the props and per-
init the formation of a democratic coalition regime at once-The Chi
cago Sun.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
WHAT THE BOYS
DON'T THINK

What are American boys, from
farm and factory and office, fight
ing for? Does the familiar and
cynical answer, "Ill settle for a
piece of apple pie" represent the
typical viewpoint or are our SOL
diers conscious of a need for a
world federation of free democrat
ic nations cooperating to ensure
peaceful progress?
Is the fact that veterans of World
Wal Ii will be a powerful political
force the explanation of the failure
of the Army to provide a stimuli
ating, progressive education that
will translate the vague principles
of the Atlantic Charter into living,
concrete terms which have signi-
ficance for the common soldier?
Theresa Wolfson says we have
failed to present u war aims to
the Army and Navy in terms that
will arouse enthusiasm; that there
is not enough honest discussion of
current events and political issues
in the armed forces. Britain's sys-
tenn of education in the army is
superior to ours. Our education of
soldiers is formal, stultified, and
conservative - because the brass
hats fear to encourage thinking.
He thinks too much-such men
are dangerous" seems to be the at
tltude of the bureaucrats in charge
of army educational programs.
Theresa Wolfson lis Professor of
Economics at Brooklyn College and
an authority on the labor move
ment.-From the New Leader.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
ANACONDA TRIAL
REVEALS FRAUD.

Evidence that the Anaconda Wire
& Cable Corp. at Pawtucket sold
quantities of defective wire to the
u. S. Army and its Allies was pro-
duced in court during a two-weeks
trial in Providence, RI. Poor wire
and cable marked defective by u.
S. inspectors was later tagged Q. K.
and shipped to the armed forces, to
be used for signaling at the front.
Many employees testified about
a carefully laid plot to fool Gov
crnment inspectors. The prosecu-
ton has introduced confessions by
three company officials, including
a former chief engineer, Robert T..
Wright.
Some of the wire reached the
front before its defects were dis
covered. The indictment charges
that the Anaconda Corp, which
was fined $31, 900 for similar fraud
ulent practices at its Marion, Ind,
plant, defrauded the Government
of more than 81 million and OBJ
structed the war by manufacturing
defective wire
The officials knew that the Paw
tucket plant was not equipped to
satisfy Government specifications,
but went ahead and accepted the
profitable contracts, plotting to get
the wire past inspectors by elabor-
ate technical trickery.-The New
Leader.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
NEW HOPE FOR A
GHOST" CAMP

Seventy years ago, Leadville was
one of the glamorous precious-me-
tai mining camps of the inter
mountain West. It's population ex-
ceeded that of Denver, the capitol
of Colorado. The streets were lined
with saloons, gambling houses and
dance halls. Prospectors, who had
little more than a donky and a
pick, became millionaires almost
over night.
Then the tide turned, and Lead
vile withered until only a few
hundred lived in the ghost town.
For a while, in prohibition days, it
was known as the ''bootleggers' de
light"-a safe place to operate I'LL
cit stills.
The war brought new life to
Leadville, and now the Federal
government proposes to build tun-
nels which will drain the flooded
mines and make possible the pro-
duction of zinc, lead, manganese,
as we'll as gold and silver, and per
haps add $500, OO0, 900 to the ma
ticn's wealth.-Labor
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
DON'T PAY TAXES,
BUT POCKET
SLUM RENTS

While real estate owners and re-
altors and their lobbyists are NOV
ing heaven and earth in Washing
ton to defeat any 1arge-scale public
building program after tho war,
some interesting facts have deye+
loped concerning the miserable
slums which disgrace the nations
capital.
The District Of Columbia assessor
admits that on scores of these
shacks no tax has been paid for 20
years, and yet the owners continue
to collect exorbitant rentals frcm
the unfortunates who are compel!
led to occupy them.
OF course, that means that the
taxpayers who do not own slum
property arc forced tc provide fire
and police protection and other
public facilities for the slum areas,
while those who own the slums do
nothing but pocket the rents.
The alibi offered by Washington
authorities is that they have been
unable to dispose of slum proper
ties at tax sales. This sounds mighty
"fishy." The least the city should
do is to take over the properties
and collect the rents.
In other cities, the owners of
slums pay some taxes, but in no
case with which we are familiar
are these taxes sufficient to meet
the slums' just share of the cost OF
municipal government. Thus, for
financial reasons, as we'll as for
many, many more reasons, slums
should be wiped out. The real
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
CLASS DOMINATION
REMAINS BASIS OF
POSTWAR PLANS
Decisions of Leaders Offers No
Change From Labor Exploitation
BY SCOTT NEARING

United Nations policy was de-
cidcd at Casablanca and Quebec by
two men-Prime Minister Chur-
chill and President Roosevelt. Gen
eralissimo Cniang Kai-shek joined
the Cairo discussions. At Teheran
Marshal Stain participated. These
four leaders, representing the four
Wcalthiest and most powerful
among the United Nations, seem to
have reached several important de-
cisions concerning the postwar
world;
/. The Japanese empire is to be
shorn of all territory taken by
greed and violence" from the
days of the Sino-Japanese war
(1894-95) down to the occupation
of the Philippines, Indo China, Ma
laya, Burma and Indonesia G941-
42). Korea, which under Chinese
suveranity enjoyed semi-independ-
ence, is to be made a sovereign ma
tion,) The properties Wrested from
Japan are to be returned to the ma
tons and empires that controlled
them at the time of their seizure by
Japan.
2. European nations occupied
by the Nazi will again become SOW
ereign states. Germany is to be the
strong ~neutralized buffer state of
central Europe. Soviet diplomacy
has consistently called for a strong
Germany. Anglo-American insist
ence upon unconditional surrender
is in no way Incompatible with
such a demand.
3. A world federation of SOW
creign nations is to be established
around the United Nations as a
nucleus. Peace-loving, democratic
nations, both large and small, may
qualify as members.
These decisions, if carried out,
will leave the U. S. supreme in the
Americas. The British empire will
be restored to its pre-war magni-
! tude. China, greatly increased il
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05

size, will be launched on a career
of nationhood. The Soviet Union
will be the strongest economic and
political unit on the Eur-Asian land
mass Furthermore, its frontiers
will be protected by Germany on
the west and China on the east.
Since the nation members of the
proposed world federation will re-
tain their sovereignty and their
preWar dimensions, the world mar
ket will be divided roughly as it
was before the war, with the shores
of Germany, Japan and Italy some
what smaller and those of Britain
and the y. S. considerably larger.
The struggle for resources, ship
ping and trade will therefore con-
tinue in the postwar world under
the guidance of groupings and
alliances that will constitute the
new balance of power.
International cartels will play a
somewhat larger part in directing
postwar economy and policy than
they did after World War l, but the
title role in the world power strug-
gle will be held by International
freebooting, masquerading as free
enterprise. Outside of the Soviet
areas, the entire super-structure of
postwar economy will rest upon a
social system in which owners will
continue to say to workers: You
work and earn bread and we'll
eat it,"
This outline of the postwar world
is clearly envisoned in the COM
muniques from Casablanca, Que
bee, Cairo and Teheran. 1t will be
modified only in so far as the
masses of mankind throw off the
yoke of imperialism, monopoly, ex-
pl~oitation and poverty in the midst
of potential plenty.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
NOW CALLS FOR
FREE AFRICA

Mussolini has disappeared, but
fascism under Badoglio and the
House of Savoy remains, and des-
pite the surrender of Italy to the
United Nations, the people of the
world could not be deceived as to
the imperialistic designs of the
present Italian political setup.
Every Negro and lover of liberty
throughout the world should de-
mand that:
/. The territories which former
ly composed the Italian-African
Empire, be not returned to Italy.
2. That these territories be not
transferred TO any other imperial
istic power.
3. That the principle of self-de-
termination be applied to these ter
ritories.
4. That complete independence
be restored to Ethiopia.
These should be the minimum
demands of the peoples of color and
the civilized Christian peoples of
the world, stated A. Philip Ran
dolph, National Director of the
March On Washington Movement.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
TEXT BOOK TRUST"
IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Down in Oklahoma a grand jury
has unearthed in ancient graft, and
eight prominent citizens, including
the state superintendent of public
Instruction; the president of Okla
homa A, and NJ. College, and a for
mer speaker of the state House of
Representatives, have been indi-
Gated.
Tho accused arc said to have &C
cepted large brides from companies
which print text books for the
schools of the state. The same thing
has been happened in any number
of states for any number of years.
The text book trust" has not only
corrupted public officials, but the
books it turns out arc generally
low grade.
The Province of Ontario, in Can
ada, prints its own text books.
saves a lot OF money and unques-
tionably produces text books of
greater value to its students. That's
the only effective way to deal with
the ':trust."ALabor.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-01-05
First Of Russian Trials
War Criminals 4.

Three Germans and one Russian, who confessed to the commission
of atrocities during their trial at Kharkov, were hanged there in the
market place with SO, 900 people applauding. This is the first of trials
of criminals The defense counsel pleaded for imprisonment rather
than execution on the ground that the Germans were victims of the
Nazi system, carrying out orders from Hitler, Himmler, and Goering.
The Nazs have already threatened reprsas, not only against
crS too. # r&#rs &M. #G
Russia has thus far refused to participate in the sessions of the
United Nations Commission for Investigation of War Crimes, demanding
representation for each of the sixteen republics of which the Union of
Socialist Soviet Republics is made up. just as the British Empire has
a representative for each of it's dominions, Canada, Australia. India. and
the United Kingdom. This demand has been rejected, because it would
Give the USSR as many votes as the USA and Britain combined. Also
it would raise the question of recognition of Russia's acquisition of the
Baltic States-The New Leader.