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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

The situation in Eastern India is def
nitely bad Efforts OF the public rela-
lions services on the spot to sugarcoat
the pill have not been entirely successful.
The truth Is that our British allies are
in serious trouble and unless some
drastic steps are taken to check the
Japanese offensive it Is hard to foresee
just what will happen.
Some observers believe the Indian
developments may overshadow, from
the point Of view of global war, the
spectacular successes Of the Russians on
the Southeastern European front.
There is a tendency, of course, to
blame the commander in chief on the
spot and many are inclined to criticize
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten.
But those who know the situation
intimately point out that neither ADJ
miral Mountbatten nor the viceroy,
Marshall Archibald Wavell, is to be CEN
sored for situation which is not of his
own making. The real truth is that
they did not have the wherewithall to
meet the situation in spite of the pres
ence In India of substantial number
OF Indian and British troops. India is
full of German, Japanese and other
agents ready to fish in troubled waters.
The viceroy is compelled to keep enough
troops in hand for any emergency in
any part Of the country. All of the
metropolitan and reliable Indian forces
are not available for actual combat duty.
This fact was recognized at the
Quebec conference last summer when
1t was decided that Admiral Mount
batten would be given adequate means
to attack Japan. He was promised fresh
ground troops, invasion barges and
strong fleet to enable him to undertake
effective amphibious operations. They
were to come from other sources than
those available in India.
At Teheran 1t evidently was definitely
decided that the Allies would concen-
trate their major effort on Europe this
year. The Japanese must have had
more than an inkling not only of the
decisions reached at Teheran but also
OF many Of the details. Shortly there
after they speeded up plans for the
present campaign. Even minor opera
tons require a good deal Of preparation.
1t must have taken the Japs at least
four months to transfer their troops
from Indo-C China, Thailand and South
ern Burma to the Indian border.
They undertook q daring operation,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Doubts Spirituality of Peasants

Doubts Spirituality of Peasants
To the Editor Of The Star:
Last night I saw movie, the theme
of which is supposed to have some
thing to do with religion. The heroine
in this picture has visions which later
result in miraculous physical healings.
Strangely enough, however, the
story indicates that members of the
clergy for a time refused to accept
the story of the visions as authentic,
although the statement is reiterated:
Those who believe In God need no
proof; to those who do not believe in
God no explanation would suffice"
This obviously was an unintentional
slip, not meant to reflect on the faith
of the churchmen.
My thought is that if we are to have
religious propaganda movies, their ef-
fectlveness would be increased by
abandoning the now threadbare theme
to the effect that the truly spiritual
the wise, are the unlettered, the per-
sons of simple minds, the highly emo
tional peasant types, while the edu-
Gated, the intelligent, those with ex-
perience and background are gener-
ally cold, hard, cynical individuals who
nevertheless eventually are driven to
belief, not by reason or evidence but
by their inevitable hidden sin.
Surely. there must be a more intel
Igent approach to religious truth.
MRS. M. w. NOEL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
MucArthur's Letters

Since his letters to Representative
Miller, Republican, of Nebraska have
become public property, it seems in
cumbent upon General Macarthur
to make clear his position with
respect to the forthcoming political
campaign.
The letters to Mr.. Miller were
personal letters and it is stated that
the Nebraska Congressman made
them public on his own RESPONSE
bility. Hence, it is quite possible
that General Macarthur is the VIC
tim of an indiscretion and that he
would not have made certain state
ments In the letters had he known
they were going to be published.
Nevertheless, the fact remains that
he did make them, they have been
made public and the damage is
done.
Criticism of the letters has dealt
with both political and military
aspects. The latter resulted from
the following statement in letter
written last February: "Out here
we are doing what we can with
what we have. I will be glad, how
ever, when more substantial forces
are placed at my disposal" This
has been interpreted as a protest by
General Macarthur against our
basic war strategy, which calls for
concentration of effort against the
Germans first, but the language, on
its face and standing alone, hardly
seems to support such conclusion.
The difficulty is that the generals
comments on the Pacific phase of
the war do not stand alone. They
are part Of, and interviewer with,
an unrestrained Endorsement of
statements by Representative Miller
which denounce the present admin
istration in most extravagant fash
ion. For example, Mr.. Miller said
he was writing to General Mac
Arthur because 81 am certain that
unless this New Deal can be stopped
this time our American way of life
Is forever doomed" General Mac
Arthur, while not responding directly
to Mr.. Millers plea that he hold
himself ready to accept the Repub-
Hcan presidential nomination, did
say that II do unreservedly agree
with the complete wisdom and
craftsmanship Of your comments"
The letters may or may not add
up to a declaration of complete
willingness on General MacArthur's
part. But they certainly result in
beclouding of his status which,
unless clarified, can only prove in
furious to any political ambitions
he may have and, more Importantly,
to his standing as military COM
mander in vital theater of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Coming Job Casualties

In his address the other day before
the Academy of Political Science,
War Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes offered an effective argu-
ment against proposals to grant dis
missal pay to workers losing their
jobs as result of contract cancella-
lions in industrial plants now devot-
ed to military production AS he
sees it, such an arrangement could
not be operated fairly or equitably,
for in cases where individuals quick
ly found new employment, it would
give more aid than needed, while in
other, less fortunate cases, it would
not give enough.
AS an alternative, Mr.. Byrnes sug-
gests that the Federal Government
supplement existing State unem-
ployment benefits to guarantee to
the discharged worker "a stated por-
ton" of his previous earnings, plus
extra allowances for his dependents,
until re-employed. To guard against
abuses, the worker would have to
register with the employment serv-
ices and would become ineligible for
the benefits if he refused any suit
able job offered to him. Undoubtedly
many objections can be raised
against plan of this sort, and in
operation it could conceivably prove
to be less desirable than dismissal
pay, but 1t seems true nevertheless
that some such provision will have to
be made If we are to deal intelli-
gently with the economic shocks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
runsfiqurution

No,o In a clear blue black silence before
the ddtDn
Large stars burn over quiet hoasetops,
oper the mindless trees,
Burn NTH q GREATNESS brillidncs, me
year tOingfng on,
The earth tilted to,oard morning,
lifted to morning breeze.
Here at this unreal hour untimely
consultations fame,
The fiery loop OF Scorpio depends
across spring morning sky:
AQuila moUes east on glittering wings
and certain aim,
AntareS gaseS earthWard With I'm
sleeping crimson eye.
Stars pale and tall;: the sky Is flushed
Dith luminous day;
The hour fades and thus the several
silences OF night:
Already the sun Gscends Ms blasting
Occidental ,ody.
Already the houses open 10 laughter
and to light.
FREDERICK EBRIoHr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

and dislocations implicit in recon-
version and rehabilitation.
To understand this, we have only
to keep in mind that something like
so per cent of all our current indus
trial production is military produc-
ton and that no matter how fast
America is able to shift from a war
to peace economy. there is bound
to be. as Mr.. Byrnes says, consider
able temporary joblessness. Today
the number of Americans employed
in industry is about 100000 more
than in 1887. and when the ship
yards and munitions plants shut
down, a great percentage of these
will be without work until business
is able to make the necessary adjust
ments. Moreover, some 100000
Americans now in the armed forces
will one day be mustered out, so that
competition in the labor market in
the immediate postwar period will
almost certainly be as keen as any
our domestic economy has ever ex-
perienced.
In Mr.. Byrnes' words. this phase
of the many-faceted reconversion
and rehabilitation problem - a
problem which we must begin to
meet now even though the war may
be far from won-boils down simply
to the proposition that the Nation
must see to it that unavoidable I'M
employment shall not breed avoid
able unemployment" For If that is
allowed to happen, then excessive
joblessness will tend to stall and
Illustrate private enterprise at the
outset of its efforts to return to
civilian production on an expanded
scale.
To be sure, as the recent Baruch-
Hancock report made clear and as
Mr.. Byrnes has just re-emphasized,
other highly important factors enter
the picture, but the need to cope
with coming job casualties appears
second to none Of them. Mr.. Byrnes'
proposal is not the last word on the
subject, of course. but If reconver-
sion and rehabilitation begin to
affect the livelihood of hundreds of
thousands or millions of Americans,
public pressure for something like
1t will probably be as irresistible as
it will be understandable. The costs
of this war. obviously. are not going
to end with the end of the shooting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Sees Proper Budget Needed

- SP~A FDNASSS ANSSACA
To the Editor Of The Star:
Congratulations on your splendid
editorial Of April 6 covering the Gal
hnger Hospital situation. 1t is inter-
esting to note that three impartial and
disinterested hospital authorities re-
ported the same basic cause of trouble
at Gallinger. You will recall that both
DR.. Ossenfort of the United States
Public Health Service and turned
in reports which apparently were in
very close agreement with the latest
report made by DR.. Overholser.
I am very positive, in my opinion
as hospital consultant, that the Gal
linger Hospital situation never will
be Strengthened out until an adequate
operating budget Is provided. The
mere changing Of superintendent or
the smearing of competent hospital
administrators by congressional COM
mittees never will solve the problem,
E. w. JONES,
Vice President the Modern Hospital.
Chicago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Hopeful View of Racial Peace

To the Editor Of The Star:
Letters published in The Star give
evidence Of the conflicting opinions and
emotions stirred by the recent Supreme
Court decision in the Texas primaries
case. People in the South, who fear the
assumption Of the right to vote by the
Negroes, were greatly disturbed. On the
other hand many white people are not
alarmed. In fact, the South now may
be on the road to more prosperous
culture than it ever has known. DESPITE
the fear expressed by some letter writer's
there will be no danger to the democratic
way OF life in America or specifically to
the South, If we are to have a govern
ment based on the principles we are
fighting for.
The exodus of large numbers of Ne
groes from the. South lessons some of
the social pressure. Competition for the
Negro vote will eliminate the political
demagogues who have remained in the
national political scene solely by virtue
OF their appeal to race antagonism, and
real statesmen will be put into office.
educational programs for enlighten-
ment, good wages and civic behavior are
being stepped up in many States. With
restrictions against Negroes removed
from industry, they will earn more
money, live better and become cogs In q
vastly improved economy.
One writer to The Star took the court
decision hard. She glorified the record
OF Texans in the war and felt the rest
Of the Nation was prosecuting the South.
The lady, however, seems to have for
gotten that Texas Negroes too are in this
war and that many of them have less
Of democracy to be fighting for than
other Texans.
1t is well to permit people to express
their opinions through your columns.
More and more 1t Is becoming evident
that millions Of white men and boys in
the theater Of war are receiving an
education in the danger of prejudices
and hatreds as they battle against an
enemy who supports the theory of racial
superiority. Those boys are coming back
with sounder judgments than their
elders. Negro boys who come back sound
Of limb and soberer in mind are expect
Ing to f1nd saner America and, If not,
they are going to work for improved race
relations. The pulpit is beginning to
thunder forth the Christian philosophy
OF race. Our schools are challenged to
teach youth to live nationally in vastly
changed world to come after the war.
e. B. HENDERSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

Nazis in Italy are not having much
luck with their o-directed tanks.
They are usually tuned out by a
simple twist Of the lanyard of an
Allied artillery piece.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15

BY now the most convenient way
for the Japs to get their planes into
the air Is to park them on fields
and let our flyers blow them up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-04-15
Letters to The Star
Wants Crosswalks Kept Plainly
Marked for Pedestrians,
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
According to a report in The Star,
District Commissioner Young has in
structed the police to be more alert in
watching for violations of the regula-
ton requiring drivers making right
turns to yield the right Of way to pc
destrians on crosswalks, but it was not
stated whether this effort to protect
pedestrians would include watching for
drivers making left turns also.
have observed drivers proceeding
south along Eleventh street NV, for
example, turning left into E street or
Pennsylvania avenue, disputing the
right of way of pedestrians who were
crossing the street on the crosswalk on
proper signals at these points. EVIDENT
ly left-turning drivers also should be
watched
The Commissioner, in announcing
that he had received many complaints
of drivers making right turns failing to
yield the right Of way, admitted observ-
ing such attractions personally. If Of
f1cials interested in traffic safety were
to extend their personal observation,
they probably would note the need for
keeping the white lines designating
crosswalks from becoming obscured.
Walkers have been arrested unjustly
and fined because policemen misjudged
the point where the walkers left the
sidewalk to cross the street because the
white lines of the crosswalk had been
obliterated, the officers accusing the
walkers of proceeding across the road
way on the crosswalk against signals
when the walkers actually had crossed
well beyond the crosswalk or between
intersections, thereby being exempt
from compliance with the signals. Re-
painting the white lines before they
become obscured would prevent traffic
officers from making such mistakes.
LEWIS LUDINGTON YOUNG.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
Finn Government
Plan Snoeged

Stockholm, June az - (U.P) -
Formation Of q new Finnish gov
eminent, believed q virtual certain
ty late yesterday, has struck an.
other snag, advices from Helsinki
indicated today as reports continued
that Prime Minister Edwin J. Link
omies was trying to contact the
Russians an armistice.
Rasons for the new delay were not
given but observers speculated that
e was because Of ~ inability Of the
Linkomies government TO agree with
the opposition on composition Of q
new cabinet: (2) pressure from the
Germans: and go dominating cir
cles Of Finland may be contemplat-
Ing q suicide policy Of fighting until
the last man.
Numerous reports circulated that
the rims already had contacted the
Russians for peace terms but
neither Russian nor Finnish sources
isnrs confirmed them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
Secy.Louds
Naval Victory
BY SANDOR S. KLEIN

UNITED Press STAFF Correspondent
Washington, June 22.-(uP)-The
American naval victory OF the
Philippines will be q mighty Inn
petus to the speeding Of our adj
vance across the Pacific and into
the inner defenses Of Japan" Sec
rotary Of War Henry L. Stimson
declared today.
1.-THE landings on the Island Of
Saipan In the Marianas and the
first attack by B-29 Super Fortresses
on Japan already have caIleG at
tention to the retrogressing lines Of
japanese defense" Stimson said at
a press conference.
He said the Super Fortress attack
lis only the first Of many which
will be directed with increasing
strength and frequency against
Japan.
Concerning the naval situation,
the action OF the Philippines was
assessed as a sizeable victory, but
observers tempered this with nota-
ton that the long-desired show
down battle with the enemy's feet
still remains to be fought.
Navy operations into the AGa-
rianas." Stimson said. have carried
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
G.I. Bill Of
Rights Signed

washington, June ~. - (UF) -
President Roosevelt today signed
into law the most extensive veter-
ans benefit measure In the coun-
try's history, the so-called g. /.
Bill of Rights.
The bill provides such aid as
federally financed education, gov
eminent guaranteed loans. unem-
ployment compensation and en-
ployment services for veterans Of
World War II. Veterans admins
tration officials have estimated the
benefits will cost $500, 100000.
The unemployment compensation
section, subject Of long debate
among House and Senate conferees
who compromised differences be-
tween versions originally passed by
the two chambers, retained many OF
the Strongest provisions Of both
House and Senate bills. It provides
for $40 a week benefits for a maxi
mum of So weeks. It also provides
unemployment compensation for
self-employed persons who meet
certain qualifications.
II the claimant draws unemploy-
ment compensation from some other
source during the same period, 1t
(Tonkinued IN page n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
Heavy Calendar May Delay
Start OF Congress Recess

However, Senate Democratic
Leader Alben w. Barley, D., KY,
said he and Republican Leader Wal
lace H. White. Jr., r., Me-, planned
to meet with House leaders to work
out q recess agreement subject to
progress made in both houses.
A major obstacle in the path Of
recess plans was cleared yesterday
when action was completed on the
bill to extend the price control act
a year beyond the present June 80
expiration date. A half dozen or
so appropriation bills to finance
government agencies for the fiscal
year beginning july remained as
the principal tasks, although the
Senate hoped at least to make a try
at disposing Of 100 other routine
measures.
The must" money bills still
awaiting action by conferees or by
either one or both chambers were:
eS24, Ills for the agriculture de-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
COP Plans
P-W Plank


UNITED Press Staff Correspondent)
Chicago, June 20. - (UP) - The
Republican National Committees
special subcommittee on foreign
policy appeared TO have drafted -
preliminary proposal on use Of force
to preserve peace. and broad enough
TO cover the divergent views Of the
two leading Presidential possibih.
tiles, Governor Thomas Z. Dewey Of
New York and Governor John w.
Bricker Of Ohio.
The subcommittee draft, stream
tined version Of the Maclkinac declar-
alton endorsed by both Dewey and
Bricker, WIN be presented to the
National Convention Resolutions
Committee Friday morning. Its
prompt approval was anticipated.
The Mackinac declaration pro-
posed United States participation
in postwar cooperative organiza-
ton among sovereign nations TO pre-
vent military aggression and to at
tain permanent peace" but decided
peace and security should "ulti-
mately be established upon other
sanctions than force"
Although details Of the stream
lined version have not been dis
closed, 1t was reported that it
would not preclude the Joint use
Of force by the United Nations. es-
pecially the Big Four. to establish
and enforce peace temporarily while
judicial machinery for settling post
war international disputes Is being
set up.
Thus It would cover Dewey's
declaration to newspaper publishers
at New York April rs that this ma
ton must cooperate with other ma
tons In "a structure Of peace
(Continued on Page d
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
Opposition Reported To
The Draft DelUeyMouement

would hold all or most Of their
own delegations to favorite son can
didates and persuade some Of the
other hundreds Of unpledged or un-
instructed delegates to Join them in
forcing several ballots.
The candidacy Of Gov. John w.
Bricker, Of Ohio. an avowed aspir-
ant for the Presidency. would gain
somewhat from. such o maneuver.
But many longtime observers Of
Republican conventions were buzz
ing the Hobbies today with the idea
that prolonged balloting might lead
TO the nomination Of Sen. Robert A..
Taft. r., o. He Is not candidate.
He had his fling in 1910 with Brick
er's support and now Is reciprocal
ing BY supporting Brokers 1914 cam
didacy.
Dewey leaders. however, comprise
the most confident crew assembled
around i Republican National Con-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
BY FRED MULLEN

UNITED Press Staff COrreSpOndent)
Washington. June 22-(UP)-A
log-jam of legislation in the Sen
ate threatened today to delay the
start Of the congressional summer
recess until Saturday.
House leaders hoped to clear their
calendar of all remaining must"
bills by tomorrow so that Congress
could adjourn until August to per-
NIT members to attend the national
political conventions In Chicago, but
developments In the Senate indi-
Gated that adjournment may have
to be postponed another "a hours.
Chairman Kenneth S. Mcclellan,
D.. Tenn, Of the Senate Appropria-
tons Committee. said he could not
see how the upper chamber pos
sihly" could complete work by to-
morrow on the money bills that
must be passed before adjournment.
He said q Saturday session may be
necessary-"and even that may not
do Il"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-22
Lad Shot By
Father Dies

Judson Sprouse, %, Isl Porter
street, Watertown, shot during an
alteration with his father in Wa
tertown on June II. died this morn
ing at Waterbury Hospital.
WATERFOWL Town Court Judge
Guerin B. Carmody Immediately
Cancelled a $4,000 bond set for his
father, Stephen Sprouse. IS, Atwood
street. Watertown, who Is being held
in Litchfield County jail pending
arraignment in Superior Court.
Litchfield County States Attor-
ney J. Howard Roberts was under
stood to be making arrangements
for impaneling a grand Jury to pre-
fer charges against the elder
Sprouse.
The alteration on June II started
off as fist swinging affair between
the father and son, between whom
bad blood had existed for some
time. Then, according to witnesses,
(C0ntinIled IN pa1A A.