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Evening star., 1944-10-18
NAM President Tells
Editors 10 Beware
OF Press Agents
Ey the Associated Press.

&s inc hSSoC1hteQ EreSS.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1s.-Robert M
Gaylord, president OF the Nationa
Association of Manufacturers, today
declared "in this day of double
talk" when "all those talking about
free enterprise are not for it," that
the Nations newspaper editors
must be the guardian of our
ideals"
The only cooperation wanted
from the press is adherence to the
truth and to the ideals which have
made it great" Mr.. Gaylord told
the 60th annual meeting of the In
land Daily Press Association.
Criticizes Press Agents.
The NAM president, a Rockford
(Ill) induStrialist, said that people
who talk out of one side of their
mouth to one group and out of the
other to different group are having
q field day"
Asserting there was a growing
army" of press agents in both Gov
ernment and industry, Mr. Gaylord
said "one of the most subtle Of the
indirect attacks on freedom of the
press lies in the releases, handouts
and statements that come from
every source.
"Streamlined multigraphed sheets
with details of all the news are
available in such quantities that
the mere reading of them causes
such reportorial Indigestion that 1t
Is only natural to yield to tempta-
tion and write up the news from
these skillfuny prepared releases"
This procedure, Mr.. Gaylord told
the editors, can and will weaken
the initiative of the press if fol-
lowed
Must Be Guardians.
Government press agents have it
In their power to color. obscure or
even to manufacture issues if the
need for such action arises Their
sole concern is to dress the facts
so as to protect their department.
These public servants even complain
If their views are questioned. You
men must be the guardians of our
ideals. Behind the screen of con-
fusion the double takers find an
adequate hideout. All those talk
ing about free enterprise are not
for 1t"
Although new high society"
has emerged in Russia as wartime
manifestation, Russia is not turning
capitalistic, Henry Cassidy. former
chief of the Associated Press bureau
in Moscow, told the association yes
terday
"Russias future has been forgot
ten for the time being while its
past has been revived in literature,
drama and the arts" Mr. Cassidy
said.
The present system" he said.
"is going to consolidate itself and
root itself in the Russian past,
although the basis of the Soviet
state is unchanged. Their ma
tionalized industry and collectivized
agriculture the Russians do not in
tend to change They consider
thei rformer government has been
proved successful during the war"
Don Anderson, publisher of the
Wisconsin State Journal, Madison
was elected 1945 president of the
association. which represents 342
newspapers.
Evening star., 1944-10-18

They get the medals and wood
crosses; we buy War Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-10-18

banquet last night at the Statler
Hotel.
Mr.. Rich presented service pins to
employees with more than two years
service and diamond pins to eight
VINO have served 25 years or more.
Longest service records are held by
Milton Brock, Al years, and Walter
O'Bannon, Harry Sengstack and
Herbert J. Rich. sr., 40 years. A
diamond pin was awarded also to
Mrs Max Rich, company vice presi-
dent.
The firm, located now at Tenth
Evening star., 1944-10-18
Moves
Continued From First Page J

work, the city is unscarred by thu
war. Electric and water systems art
nctlonlng-Patriot action balkec
q German attempt to blow up Mara.
thon Dam, which provides water fol
the entire region. Athenians say
the Red Cross has done a terrih,
Joo in feeding them recently anc
that conditions here were infinitely
worse two years ago than they are
now.
Outside the King George Hote
now, in which l am writing, crowd.
are singing in the streets and now
and then burst into wild applause
The city is bedecked with Greek
British and American flags-I an
told that three days ago most of the
flags were American, but that since
then they have come to realize that
It's the British who are here and
have changed over. Everywhere
there are streamers and patriotic
slogans.
Much Rioting in City.
There has been a good deal of
fiotlng in the city in the last few
days. Communists broke up a pa
rade of the National Unionists
Youth Movement yesterday in q
street fight in which seven were
killed and so wounded. Today, how
ever, the people seem to have put
aside internal disorder to welcome
us In unison, and it is hoped the
presence OF troops will prevent fur
ther outbreaks.
Although the Germans appear tc
have left Athens in better shape
than they have left most cities oc-
cupled by them, they have pulled at
least one of their favorite departure
tricks here. They took with them
almost every available motor We
hlcle, with the result that the trans
portation problem is somewhat diff
ficult.
A great armada of fighting ships
ana transports, lying off Piraeus
yesterday afternoon waiting for
minesWeepers to finish their work
was stretched as far as the naked
eye could see.
was aboard the famous cruiser
Ajax, which won the worlds heart
through the part it played in seal
ing the doom of the German pocket
battleship Graf Spec off Uruguay
early IN the war Many warships
OF this fleet, including the Ajax
TOOK part in the first abortive Greek
campaign, which ended in failure
and evacuation 312 years ago.
British Strong in Air.
The men aboard the Ajax VIII,
sailed these seas in those desperat,
years had an object lesson yesterda,
IN the extent to which times hav,
changed. Then the British Nav,
had no such thing as air protec
tion-the Ajax itself was crippled
off Crete by German bombs ans
spent nine months in the Brooklyn
Navy Yard recuperating. Yesterda,
a lone Junker 88 flew near the con
voy looking us over. Four British
fighters swept in and shot II
down. 1t was as quick as that
All that morning we made oul
way up the tortuous channel through
mine-infested waters, following
sweepers. At one point. we passed
q mean-looking mine which hat
broken loose from its mooring ane
was bobbing on the surface of tn,
water about so yards of our star.
board side. The Ajax opened up on
It with machine guns, and after q
few rounds it exploded, sending 8
geyser Of water and steel splinter.
800 or 400 feet into the air. The hull
of the ship rang with the concus.
sion as If 1t had been hit by ar
enormous sledge hammer.
Aside from mil IF incidents Of thi,
sort, this was Il smost peaceful o.
Evening star., 1944-10-18
Tree Pests Electrocuted

TOPEKA, Kans. (P.-Phil Zim-
norman has discovered an effective
way to de-bug an elm. There was a
storm. Next morning Mr.. thinner
man found the tree undamaged. but
dead bugs and parasites Uttered the
ground under It. They had been
electrocuted by slightning.
Evening star., 1944-10-18

and r streets NV, began business
at zoos Seventh street North" In
September, 1869.
Evening star., 1944-10-18
Rich's Shoe Firm Gives
Banquet for EMPLOYEES

Forty-four employees of the shoe
firm OF B. Rich's Sons were honored
by Herbert J. Rich. company presi-
dent, at the stores 18th anniversary
Evening star., 1944-02-06

The duck season Is now over but
the turkey and quail season will re-
main open until February Is. The
fact that there are not as many
hunters as heretofore, combined with
fairly dry weather, has made the
hunting particularly good this year
guides report.
Hunters still can find accommo-
dations at the well-known Clewis-
ton Inn and the trip can still be
made by train or bus with overnight
service from Jacksonville.
y y
The annual North and South golf
championship will be held at the
Pinehurst IN. c. Country Club In
March. It will be the 44th playing
Of this event, the oldest national
tournament in the U. s. A. which
has been held annually without In
terruption.
The Tin Whistles, Pinehurst golf-
ing club, now is in its 10th year Of
competition on the famous Donald
Ross course, the No. 2 champion
ship course, considered by Mr.. Ross
to be among the five best golf lay
outs in the world. The Tin Whistle
tournament for the coming week
Is against par. better ball of pair.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

The Silver Foils, women's golf or
ganization, Is in its 32d year
Matches are played off either
Wednesday or Thursday SO as not
to interfere with Gray Lady or Red
Gross work.
X 4 X
Joan Alexander, the feminine lead
of Columbia's Bright Horizon" Sc
rial and the Queen Of Winter al
Lake Placid In the Adriondacks
truly enacts her role Of Empress of
Snowland as she reigns over her
domain of snow and ice here.
A touch of Hollywood will be in
jected into the Bright Horizon
broadcast the week Of February a.
18 for Joan and her entire cast will
60 on location in the village of Lake
Placid, high up in the northern
portion Of New York State. Her
setting for the popular daytime
serial will be the ice-covered lakes
and the snow-capped Mount Marcy
highest In the State; majestic
Whiteface Mountain and many
Evening star., 1944-02-06

vessel Of the future will be 49, ,00(
to $4,000 ton ship instead of the
IS 900 tons like the Queen Elizabeth
A possible out for the big ships
the article continues, would be their
use for mass transportation of tour
lists. Some steamship men toy with
the idea Of defrilling ocean travel
to point where a passenger could
be carried to Europe for as little as
$50. This would mean substitution
OF cafeterias for luxurious dining
rooms, elimination of extra services
and the use of small, plain quarters
Turkey and quail hunters working
out of Clewiston, Fla, in the heart
OF the Everglades, are doing their
part-with pleasure,-to aid in the
national meat shortage by bringing
back limit bag from every expe-
dition.
Evening star., 1944-02-06
The Travellers Notebook
History Follows Highways Since Pioneer Days;
10000 Ton Luxury Liner Seen Thing Of the Past;
Turkey and Quail Hunters Stalk the Everglades

raOur forefathers, slashing the first
wagon roads through the wilderness
to carve pathways for pioneer travel
laid the foundation for Americas
present system of motor bus lines
ME National Association of Motor
Bus Operators points out in a recent
rublication, 'Intercity Buses al
War" which reviews the accom-
taishments Of the intercity bus in
dustry.
For generations these roads were
little more than rutted trails which
reached out as natural resources
were tapped and new communities
we're born. Then at the turn Of the
century the gasoline buggy" chug-
eed into the scene and thousands OF
Hard surfaced roads began to
stretch through the country. Just
26 years ago the first motor buses
converted automobiles their
appearance. Thereafter the chief
problem of the buslines was to keep
pace with demand.
Came Sunday, December Z, 1941,
and the Axis struck. That very
afternoon military authorities called
on intercity bus lines to assist in
getting men to action posts. Great
fleets Of buses rolled down tne high
ways to mobilization centers. Aboard
these buses, artillerymen were
rushed to gun emplacemehts in Sc
cluded spots along our Pacific Coast.
Other troops were dispatched to
shoreline cities and towns. Coast
Guards were Speeded to remote and
,unguarded beaches.
just as loving people all
over America quickly adapted them
selves to the ways of war, so did the
bus lines. Faced with the greatest
transportation problems in their
history, competing bus lines Loyalty
Joined forces in the common cause.
During the first months of hostil-
ties, production facilities grew on a
scale never before approached and
in all these activities buses played
a major part carrying construction
crews to their jobs of building or
converting factories and shipyards
to help America deliver the goods.
AS rapidly as great new war plants
were completed, buses brought man.
power to begin their production and
keep them running.
Today, there are 21.480 intercity
buses travelling the highways of
America. In comparison, there were
approximately 10000 rail passenger
cars operated by all United States
railroads as of December 81, 1912.
The total number of intercity buses
now IN service nave seating capac-
ity of 100000 passengers while the
seating capacity of all rail passenger
cars, other than sleeping cars, of the
December, 1912, date was approx
mately 1,440,0 ,000-more than twice
that of buses. Yet in 1912. buses
carried more than 692,0O0,00O pas
sengers-five and one-half times the
population of the United States and
rs per cent more passengers than
ever Travelled by bus in any peace
time year.
Luxury liners of the Queen Mary
and Normandie type are things of
the past, postwar maritime plan
ners believe. After the war, a recent
article in Newsweek magazine states,
the type of passenger who can
afford such superships undoubtedly
will travel by air.
The planners expect the passenger
Evening star., 1944-02-06

Beach, Fla, is focused on the bene-
At Fashion Show to be held at the
Hotel Ormond on February IL and
the benefit victory" golf tourna-
ment for the Red Cross which will
take place March 4 on the famous
18-hole course Of the Ormond Beach
Coli Club.
Evening star., 1944-02-06

other lesser peaks, all clad In thei,
winter grandeur.
Joan also will be supported by
many OF her subjects OF winter
wonderland, all OF whom are starr
in their own right. Outstanding
among them will be petite and
charming Barbara Ann Scott OF
Ottawa, who last week annexed the
title Of ladies figure skating cham.
pion Of Canada.
\
Combining entertainment ano
worthwhile causes, the interest o.
guests and colonists at Ormonc
Evening star., 1944-02-06
Build Sturdy Health
end Help America Win

Thousands and thousands OF users have
testified to the benefits SSS Tonic has
brought to them and scientific research
shows that 1t gets results-that's why 80
many say "SSS Tonic builds sturdy health
makes you feel like yourself again" At
drug stores in 10 and 20 OF. sizes GS. SIS Co.
Evening star., 1944-09-13

cent. In 1910, when the third term
was at issue. the, Republicans got
So per cent of the September vote.
Naturally, these figures are en-
couraging to the Republicans. They
indicate that the COP trend noted
In other congressional contests has
been felt also in Maine. Further
more. they reveal that the effort
Of the Maine affiliate of the CIO Po-
litical Action Committee to elect two
Democratic Congressman was q
complete flop. In the first district,
where the labor politicians concen-
trated their effort, the total vote
was up about 5000 over 1912, al
though the vote throughout the
entire State was light. But If the
labor group can claim credit for
this heavier vote in the first district,
it will be small comfort to them
since their candidate, a CIO polit-
ical leader, received some 1000
fewer votes than went to the Demo-
cratic candidate in 1912. In other
words, while the CIO may have got
ten out the vote, the votes were cast
for the Republican candidate.
Evening star., 1944-09-13
On the Record
By Dorothy THOMPSON

see from an Associated Press report
that have been chided-attackedw would
be too strong word. since my critic re-
fers to me as the very sensible lady,
Dorothy Thompson"-by the Moscow
Izvestia. Izvestia quotes me as saying,
Don't let the Germans suffer too much
because this might provoke discomfort
of the German people"
Izvestia does not isolate me for criti-
cism. 1t associates me with the Pope
and with Frederick Libby, the American
pacifist leader.
Now. in all good nature. I think lives
tia ought to get correspondent more
accurate in his quotations, for never,
anywhere. have I written or spoken the
words attributed to me above Further
more, the same article attacks people
who hope that Doom Castles -" await
the Hitlerite clique" and says "the ap-
proach OF Fascist criminals to the bar
OF justice has sctiviZed those ready to
defend Hitlerite robbers"
OF this charge I can be acquitted on
the evidence Of everything I have writ
ten for years. I have said time and
time again that a difference should be
made between the innocent and the
guilty; that if we want to punish the
German people primarily, the Nazi
clique. In all likelihood, will escape
justice. or live in memory as martyrs
When 1t comes to Furnishing the NaH
clique, the leadership, the Gestapo and
the war criminals. l am a great deal
more ruthless than fear, on the basis
OF the Italian experience, the American
and British AMG will be. / am still
waging an anti-Fascist war, and not a
purely national war-and l thought the
Russians were doing the same.
its intelligence. the formation of a Free
German Committee in Moscow and the
role assigned it by the Soviet govern
ment and I have consistently contra
dicted those who have said that this
was "an insincere propaganda move of
the Soviets" The Free German Com
mittee still is broadcasting, and not
without success. If Izvestia wants to
attack my policy, it can attack right
at home in Moscow.
Furthermore. it was not I, but Stain,
who first said "Hitlers go and come,
but there will always be a German
nation and a German state" 1 did
not go so far as Stain, who also
said there will always be a German
Army, but that the Hitlerite army must
be destroyed. Please remember that
these are not my words. but Stalin's-
uttered in the midst of the war. and I
am sure in full knowledge of the ma
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Back to the Philippines

1nere can be little doubt that the
massive blow struck last Friday by
Pacific Fleet carrier and surface
forces on Mindanao is the opening
phase of major operations for the
recovery of the Philippines. The big
island, lying at the southern end of
the Philippine Archipelago, was
given a thorough going-over, its
chief ports being bombarded and all
its airields blasted. while a large
convoy of merchant craft was
caught off the coast and totally de-
Stroyed.
So thoroughgoing an attack con-
forms to the pattern of our Pacific
strategy exhibited on several previ-
Gus occasions as being the prelude
to invasion by land forces. This
surmise is strengthened by the fact
that for some time past Mindanao
has been reconnoitered and softened
up by raids of our long distance land
bombers, while all the nearby Jap
anese air and naval bases, from the
Carolines to the Dutch Indies, have
been under increasing air attack,
thereby immobilizing them for e.
fective aid to the Japanese forces
on Mindanao itself. The reports of
air surveys indicate no large enemy
air Or naval forces anywhere in the
vicinity, while the attack on the
island last Friday encountered vir-
tually no air opposition and only
moderate fax. The logical deduc-
tion Is that landings on Mindanao
can be successfully made with minor
resistance except at few key points
Mlndanao is a large island, second
only in size to Luzon, It's $4,000
square miles being equivalent in
area to the State of Indiana. Most
of the interior is jungle-clad noun
talns inhabited by warlike tribes
men, the famous Mohammedan
Moros. These are known to have
remained bitterly hostile to the
japanese and to have been led by
American officers of the Philippine
constabulary. The chances are that
this local resistance has never been
entirely extinguished At all events,
the landing Of American troops
should give the signal for native
risings and we can be assured the
full cooperation of the inhabitants.
On the other hand, it should be
noted that, in the vicinity of Davao,
there is a considerable japanese
colony, settled there for many years.
The size of the japanese garrison
on Mindanao is unknown save to
our intelligence officers, but the
chances are that it is not extremely
large. The bulk of the japanese
forces in the Philippines would log
lcally be concentrated on Luzon. the
nearest point to Formosa and the
CHINA coast as we'll as the political
and economic heart of the archi-
pelago. Possession of Mindanao
Will, however, be a body blow to the
japanese hold on the Philippines
and will outflank them in the Dutch
Indies as well. 1t will thus be the
prelude of still greater things to
come.
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Summer NIGHT Storms

lay awake and heard the storm uind
rise
And heard the pine trees brush the
cabin ,Ddll
The stars Dent black, and sharp from
rushing skies,
Great cataructs OF rain began to fan.
Then fury tUas unleashed. Upon my bed
The lightning's fierce and piuid anger
flashed;
With thunder's ,Dild bombardn,ent ouer-
head,
thought the uery arch OF heapen
had crashed.
But, as ,Diutul child, his passion spent.
Smiles suddenly, the changetul sum
nler night
Greto hushed and lovely. Whispering
footsteps iDent
Among the dripping trees. With
muted light.
The moon appeared and traced SHIN
nering path
Across the waDes and up the shore
to me;
MY heart. unshaken by the tempest,s
iDrdth,
Trembled before the moonlight on the
sed. NEz BARCLAY KIRBY. =,
Evening star., 1944-09-13
Statehood Procedure

The suggestion that Hawaii
Alaska and possibly Puerto Rico
should be admitted to the Union
after the war raises the question of
what qualities a possession" for
statehood. 1t is more than thirtv-
two years since Arizonas star was
added to the Flag in association
With that OF New Mexico in 1912
Inc average citizen never has seen
any change in the Red, White and
Blue. He, therefore, is not apt to
be closely familiar with the pro-
cedures whereby a given community
becomes member of the federated
Republic.
Professor William Starr Myers of
princeton University discusses the
subject at considerable length in an
article on "State-making Process"
IN the Dictionary of American His
tory. The original thirteen Colonies
he explains, achieved statehood by
ratifying the Constitution of the
United States. Technically, Della
ware was the first independent
commonwealth to "join" the fed
Grafton, a convention having
unanimously agreed to affiliate on
December 7, 1887. PENNSYLVANIA
New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut,
Massachusetts,. Maryland, South
Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia.
New York, North Carolina and
Rhode Island then followed in the
order indicated. Each conformed,
at least to the pdht of expressing
consent, to the basic charter drawn
up at Philadelphia under the
Craftsmanship of George Washing
ton.
In Section 3, Article Nv, of that
document it is set forth that: New
States may be admitted by the Con-
gress into this Union" and that:
"The Congress shall have power to
dispose Of and make all needful
rules and regulations respecting the
territory or other property belong
ing to the United States" It, there
| fore, Is clear that the founding