davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1944-07-11
De GuuIIe Departs

General Charles de Gaulle has
ended his visit to Our Nations Capi-
tai. leaving first for New York and
then to Canada, where he will end
his brief stay on the American con-
tinent and hurry back to Algiers in
time to celebrate the Fourteenth OF
July, the French national holiday
commemorating the fall of the Bas-
tile. Naturally his sojourn in Wash
ington was both the reason for and
the high light of his transatlantic
journey. Those four busy days here
gave the head of the French Com
mittee OF National Liberation the
opportunity for discussions with
President Roosevelt. Secretary of
State Hull and other high members
of the administration.
Both in words and manner, Gen.
eral de Gaulle gave the impression
that he was satisfied with what had
been accomplished. He specifically
stated that as result Of frank and
objective" conversations with the
President, the groundwork had been
laid for future negotiations which
he hoped would lead to a Franco
American agreement for adminiS-
tration of liberated France and
settlement of other problems con-
nected with the war and its after
math. 1t should be recalled that.
before the generals arrival our
Government made it clear that the
question of diplomatic recognition of
the committee as the provisional
government of France was not to be
raised. Therefore the discussions
were logically to be preliminary and
exploratory in character. The fact
that the two leaders sat down to-
gether and canvassed the field of
mutual interests amicably and un-
derstandingly thus justified the visit
and may be expected to pay future
political dividends.
General de Gaulle, in his press
conference, did not confine himself
to his Washington sojourn. He also
vouchsafed several interesting bits
of information about his plans and
policies. He made it plain that his
liberated country expected to play 4
major role in the postwar world and
that France could best do its part In
Evening star., 1944-07-11
Aorhus

Readers who remember the Halifax
disaster of 1917 will be able to un-
derstand the devastation at Aarhus.
The second largest city of Denmark
has been wrecked very much as the
Nova Scotian metropolis was during
the First World War. A German
munitions ship, exploding in the
crowded harbor, ruined the great
majority of all structures within
sight of the water. The number of
persons killed has not been an
nounced, but it is believed that the
loss of life was considerable.
So, too, the destruction of prop
erty OF particular value to the Nazi
invaders of the Danish country must
have been widespread. Aarhus was
not merely an active commercial
port. 1t was the center of the metal
and oil industries on the east coast
of Jutland. The strategic signifi-
canoe of the place would be difficult
to overestimate. 1t likewise should
be impossible to eXaggerate the an
ger and the sorrow of the Danes
over the catastrophe which the city
has suffered because OF the enemy's
operations. There are special rea-
sons why Aarhus always has been
held in high regard by the Danish
folk.
The pioneer ancestors of living
citizens of Denmark settled at
AarhuS in remotely prehistoric
times. Evidence of primitive colon
les still may be found along the
coast. The towns written chroni-
cles date from the twelfth century,
but there are runic stones-repre-
senting a script not yet clearly
comprehended- which have been
preserved from much earlier an
~
Evening star., 1944-07-11

Of labor has been going on for months.
They need the votes Of the rank and
file Of the United Mine Workers-and
they need them particularly In Mary
land, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Illinois and Kentucky. Mr.. Lewis sledse
hammer attack on the Roosevelt admin
istration, however. may be an effective
weapon No one knows just how many
votes Mr.. Lewis changed when he de-
clared himself against 4 third term for
Roosevelt and for the election OF Mr..
Willkie in the closing days of the 1910
campaign. The general suspicion was
that his statement came too late to be
effective.
This year. however, Mr.. Lewis stands
before his union more q champion than
ever before. It was his leadership that
finally won for the miners the increases
in wages they received.
The labor plank in the Republican
platform promises labor freedom and .
better opportunity for employment in
private industry after the war. 1t con-
demns "the freezing Of wage rates ut
arbitrary levels and the binding Of men
to their jobs rs destructive to the ad-
vancement Of = free people" This, it
contends, is just what the New Deal
Government agencies are doing and will
continue to do. 1t accepts the "pur-
poses" Of the National Labor Relations
Act and the Waee-Hour Act, and prom
ises fair administration OF these laws.
It attacks bureaucrats and their efforts
to control labor.
The labor plank Of the Republicans
does not demand In any sense a return
to the conditions. either contractual or
legal. which gave management and in
dustry too great control over labor. It
promises. on the contrary. continued
progress in fair relationship between the
employed and the employer.
Much will depend in the coming cam
paign upon Republican Candidate
Dewey's own Interpretation Of the labor
plank. The New York Governor has on
many occasions declared his friendliness
to organized labor. He has had labor
support in his various campaigns in
New York, despite the fact the CIO
dominated American Labor party has
opposed him. Mr.. Dewey has In the
past promised labor q square deal. II
that is what labor wants and It believes
Mr.. Dewey. he Is likely to get his fair
share Of the labor vote.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
Condemns Hoover Critics

Condemns Hoover Critics
To the Editor Of Ths Star:
Cowardly, scurrilous and defamatory
comments have been passed out by Ger
tain unthinking or irresponsible COL
umnists in reference to the presence
and address OF ex-President Herbert
Hoover at the Republican National Con-
vention in Chicago.
These writer's arrosate unto them
selves the right to appear before the
public as teachers and Interpreters.
Unfortunately, they are accepted and
quoted In that light by the hoi polloi.
Not being expendable, these reporters
store up In their minds type Of venom
which, Of course. predisposes them to
unsraciousness and violence. It's in the
blood.
In spite Of the fact that the conven-
ton was pulsate with activities Of great
moment. these columnists singled out
Herbert Hoover, who Is beloved Of many
right-thinking people, as . sinister
shape and influence. They said Mr..
Hoover's voice was q voice out Of the
past and that his hand upon the con-
vention was like to that of the dead.
What travesty on TRUTH How thor.
oughly unkind, ungracious and unneces-
sary were those words. They were as
stabs In the back. Historical values are
thus brought under the wet blanket of
false interpretations. Enough Of this
and our country will ~ dsstroyaA s~h>
public is entitled to protection from
these vipers.
HUGH BARCLAY RICH.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
No WAC Patron Saint
TO the Editor Of The Star:

TO the Editor Of The Star:
In The Star Of July there was 4
picture of two members Of the WAC
receiving medals of st. Genevieve, Who
1t several times was stated in the ac-
companying article, lis the patron saint
of the WAC"
The WAC is a part of the United
States Army, whose leader and protector
is God. 1t is made up Of women from
all religious bodies, who worship God
according to their beliefs. II members
OF any Of those bodies wish to adopt a
patron saint, that is their own affair,
but 1t Is misleading to state that the
WAC has done so.
Church and State are separated in
this country and for the public press
or any other medium to state that q
part of the United States Army has 4
patron saint" Is highly improper.
N. q. X.
Editors note: NJ. G. X. is correct
In pointing out that the WAC has no
patron saint. Catholic mambees Of
the organization chose o. Cen.
ev4sVsJ
Evening star., 1944-07-11
Hill Soldier

His fathers broke the rocks and clsdyed
the felds,
Winning through toll the nsSaasr har.
rest yields.
They ,Odlked iuith heads erect, free men.
trho knetD
That freedom gipen Il q GIFT untrue.
Their speech trds briet. for needles
words are DdSte;
Their stride ,c6s sIoao; n,issteps are due
to haste.
HIS fathers blood Is in him, fo,pi,,o stiu.
ana IN 1t, too. the calm, relentless tcill.
HIS toemen, meeting him in battles tray.
WM neper see his fathers dim array
That cheers him on or sense the ,piu
that lights
The quiet eyes beyond the rife sights.
Or knot0 nhat drives the. bdyonst's
bright glean =
And shakes the empire o. eoxqasrors
dseam!
ARTHUR WALLACE PEAcH.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
Another, Jonoh?

Virginia Democrats. In instructing
their delegates to the Democratic
National Convention to vote against
the denomination Of Vice President
Henry A. Wallace. charged that he
has become q convert to doctrines
and ideologies foreign to the faiths
and traditions of Virginia"
Mr.. Wallace is second in command
to President Roosevelt. He supports
the same doctrines and ideologies
that President Roosevelt supports.
He was the choice OF the President
for the vice presidential nomination
four years ago-and he may be
again. Yet the Virginia Democratic
State Convention did not instruct
Its delegates to vote against the
denomination of the President, leav-
ing them "uninstructed."
Here Is an interesting phenome-
non. The Virginia Democrats have
said, virtually, that while they cam
not vote for Mr.. Wallace, who in
most matters expresses the will of
his chieftain, they can support the
chief. 1t looks as though these
fierce anti-New Deal Democrats of
Virginia have made up their minds
to another four years of the New
Deal-minus Mr.. Wallace.
In 50 doing they fall into line with
other Southern Democrats, who ex-
press deep antipathy to the central
ization OF Government, the bureauc-
racy, the spending, the debt-mak-
Ing and the regimentation, but who
dif1erentiate between President
Roosevelt, the Chief Executive, and
the things for which the President
and his administration have stood.
They hate the New Deal" but they
90 to the polls and vote for Mr..
Roosevelt. They have put their de-
sires for party victory ahead Of their
dislike Of the New Deal and it looks
as though they might do it again.
How far Is the anti-Roosevelt,
anti-fourth-term uproar among the
Democrats merely shadow boxing?
It may be that Mr.. Wallace Is to be
used very much as Jonah once was
used-cast into the sea in the hope
Of calming the storm and saving the
ship and the skipper.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
What Soipan Means

A1tcF 20 Gays OF 0lCCcr ana olOOdy
dghting by our Army and Marine
forces. the American nag now flies
over the whole of Saipan Island in
the heart OF the Marianas, deep in
the inner defense area of the Japa-
nese. The dimensions of this victory
are very great. 1t has cost the enemy
heavily in terms Of men and weap-
ons, and beyond that, strategically,
1t has created for him danger more
far-reaching than any he has faced
since the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The japanese fought savagely,
fanatically. sometimes almost in
sanely. to hold Saipan, even risking
their feet at one point in an abor-
tive effort to scatter our huge naval
air armada and ease the pressure on
their beleaguered garrison of about
10000 men. For their pains, they
lost So ships and 900 planes-300 on
one day alone-and probably e5 per
cent OF their troops on the island
were annihilated, nearly $4,000 of
them being buried by our own forces.
The character Of the garrison's
resistance. which in the last hours
seemed to be little more than sui
cidal, may be taken as . measure of
Saipan's Importance to Japan. What
the TOTO war machine sought to
prevent is what has now happened:
With this key outpost won and oc-
cupied. our American forces have
placed themselves in a position to
undertake vast new offensive opera
tions Of more than one kind, in more
than one direction, to shatter the
japanese throughout the Pacific.
Our Saipan victory means that we
have an excellent new base. some
1,400 miles from Tokyo, for our Super
Fortresses. 1t means that our sub
marines can station themselves vir-
tually athwart the enemy's vital
north-south supply line. It means
that the Bonins to the north, only
about 800 miles from Yokohama in
Japan proper. are more, exposed
than ever to our blows and that the
Marianas as a whole, together with
the Carolines to the south, now face
the prospect Of being eliminated as
the last remaining obstacles on the
road to the Philippines and the coast
Of China.
But above and beyond all this, the
Saipan victory means one thing
more; it means that now that we
have planted ourselves within strik-
ing distance OF the vitals Of Hiro-
hito's empire. we must expect the
hghting to grow increasingly more
violent. The warning just voiced by
General Eisenhower in respect to
what our armies will probably face
IN France is at least equally appli-
cable to the Pacific theater OF war:
The closer we get to the heart OF the
enemy, the fiercer will grow his re-
sistance. Saipan was not cheaply
bought from this point on, no ad-
vance against the japanese is likely
to be easy. Though we can be con-
f1dent, the time is one in which over
optimism or any home-front resting
on the oars would be not only giddy
but dangerous.
Evening star., 1944-07-11

might have had . grave effect on the
progress Of the war.
But when Stains Red armies launched
their big drive last month along the
central front, the Soviet Premier ap.
parently was carrying out previous COM
mitments made to the United States
and Great Britain. Before the Teheran
conference Of last December the Russian
press--under orders from Moscow--had
insisted that the Allies open 4 cross
Channel invasion to relieve German
pressure on the Reds.
just after the start OF the invasion In
the west and before the Red offensive
began-the Allied press was insisting
that the Russians resume operation
and thus relieve German pressure In the
west. The shoe thus was on the other
foot. The Russians struck, and now
that Hitler Is being pushed back on two
fronts he faces the problem OF making
. decision ~ to which front he must
hold.
The next month will determine the
extent Of Russia's assistance in keeping
Hitler busy on two fronts.
The Germans are expected to attempt
eSSaSA AA0AA8 VIC SASVuA& 1tiVCI, <CI
Withdrawing their forces from the Bal
tic States In the north and Eastern
Poland to the south, and 1t will be
after this withdrawal that the true pic
ture Of Russias position can be deter
mined.
There are two schools OF thought
among Warrington observers as to what
Premier Stain will do when the Ger
mans attempt their stand along q new
line. One school, looking back at l9l7-l8
and at the same time realizing that
Russia will have won back all Of her
own territory and will have sent her
troops into neighboring states which she
may want to dominate after the war,
believes Stain will be content to stop
at the Vistula.
Then there are those observers who
feel that the Soviet Premier, looking
over the vast destruction done his
country by the Nazis, will march straight
into Berlin behind Z vear-weary but
inspired and Hitler hating Red Army.
Which Of these schools is correct only
time, Of course, will tell. And in the
telling We also will know how our own
war in the west will develop, and how
long We will have to fight and how many
lives We will have to lose before victory
IL won.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
Road to Pacific Victory
By Maj. George FieIdine Eliot

The conquest OF SAlpan 10 ended.
1t has not been an easy victory. We
have paid . heavy price for 1t. But
the japanese have lost . vital strategic
position whose loss u q heavier blow
to them than the loss Of Pearl Harbor
would be to the United States.
We have broken into waters which
Japan must dominate II her southern
conquestS and sources OF vital raw ma
terials are to be held.
The inevitable corollary to that state
ment Is that these southern conquests,
these sources of raw materials, cannot
be held by Japan much longer, now
that saipan is ours, now that Gen.
Macarthur Is established ut the western
end Of New Guinea.
The fact Is that the purely naval and
amphibious phases Of the war in the
Pacific are now drawing toward their
end. That does not mean that we are
not going TO have many more naval
and amphibious operations, for Of course
we are; but 1t does mean that the CEN
ter of gravity Of the war Is gradually
shifting toward larger land masses
toward China and toward the main
Islands OF Japan itself.
In between there are the Philippines
Formosa and some Of the Islands Of
the Netherlands Indies. Some or all
Of these must be taken, or at least
partly taken. More and more We shall
see heavy land fighting in the course Of
these further attacks, sAipan having
given US the most intensive land fighting
of the Pacific campaign 70 far. That
phase Of the war will grow.
But our future difficulties are small
compared to those with which the Japa-
nese high command must now deal.
They must now definitely take into
account the early cutting Of all their
sealanes south of Formosa: they must
assume that their garrisors in the
Netherlands Indies, in the Philippines,
in the Caroline and Palau Islands are
going to be isolated and that their
eventual destruction or surrender be-
comes certainty.
A. to Burma, Thailand, Nalaya, Indo-
China and South China, these are con-
tinsntal positions with which, at pres-
ent, the only Japanese communication
ID BY sea. II the Japanese can get hold
Of the main trunknne Of the Chinese
railway system al the way down to
0oateo they Ars In . faS betAee position
u 01asth China than tlasy ~ nsv.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
1t Con Happen Anywhere
Prom the Ottawa citizen.


The German people were Just a. sure
that 1t could never happen in Germany
a. the Canadian people are that Canada
Is IN no danger. Actually there are
signs of Canada being rs vulnerable
rs Argentina. The Fascist youth ac-
tivities in Quebec are no flash in the
pan. Young people in Canada are be.
ing indoctrinated by forces hostile to
freedom Of speech, freedom of thousht
and freedom Of religion as system.
atically as the Htlerite youth were In
doctrinated to produce Na1 Germany.
1t can happen in Canada. It is hap.
pening. It is no mere coincidence that.
a. the forces Of economic democracy
advance IN Canada, 30 the reactionary
forces become openly more aggressive,
Defeat OF the enemy overseas Is Can.
adas nrst task, but there is an evident
need for the rallying Of the forces of
democracy at home to hold this land Of
freedom against the enemy within.
Evening star., 1944-07-11
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

John L. Lewis own version Of the
United Mine Workers controversy with
% the mine operators and (O the
Roosevelt administration II contained
in his article Not Guilty" in the cur
rent issue Of Golfers.
His assertion is that, had 1t not been
for the interference Of certain "Gov-
eminent agencies" the mine workers
could have settled their differences with
the operators and avoided any shutdown
Of mining.
To this he adds the Roosevelt ad-
ministration singled out Mr.. Lewis and
his union for drastic attack-overlook-
ing countless strikes by other unions,
which interfered with the war effort
greatly.
Mr.. Lewis break with President
Roosevelt after the 1895 election Is 4
matter Of record So is his support of
Wendell L. Willkie against the President
in the 1910 presidential campaign.
Without going into these matters, Mr..
Lewis writes:
Political malignity. springing from
. determination 10 destroy all who can
not be controlled, has conducted an
organized campaign to stir q fury Of
rage against US both at home and on
the firing lines abroad. No other labor
executive or union has been subjected
to any such bitter, cruel and sustained
attack"
Mr.. Lewis has said nothing 80 far
about the coming political campaign.
either regarding his own position or
that Of the rank and 1ile voters In the
mine union. 1t Is unlikely he will make
any statement until after the Demo.
cratic National Convention has met.
adopted its platform and nominated its
candidate for President and Vice Presi-
dent.
1t Is noticeable. however, that whereas
William Green. president Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. has issued .
statement critical Of the labor plank
in the Republican platform, Mr.. Lewis
has himself kept silent. X. G. Adams,
editor Of the United Mine Workers
journal, gave his approval to the COP
plank. The CIO Is committed to re-
election Of Roosevelt-no matter what
the Republicans offer labor in their
platform.
The desperate effort Of the New Deal
ers to retain their old hold on the vote
Evening star., 1944-07-11
1 This Changing World
bv CeNsf1NfjNe Broom

The reports Of meeting Of Adolf
Hitler and his military chiefs must be
treated with reserve because they may
have been planted" The Fuehrer and
al OF his military and political Neuten-
ants-from Propaganda Minister ooeb-
bels down-certainly must realize that
their only chance Of winning the war
or OF even getting . stalemate lies In
lulling the Allies into . feeling that
easy victory IL not far Of.
But whore there is smoke there Is
often fre, and 1t could be that the re-
ports-which intimated one Of the chief
goals OF the meeting was to consider
. revision of German defense plans
because Of manpower requirements
are true.
After the war is over and the news
comes out, 1t will be interesting to hear
how Hitler and his top military leaders
reached their decision on the best way
and where-to try to stop the ad-
vanctng Allies. Future days will reveal
their verdict as to which they regarded
as the more serious, the Russian men,
ace from the east or the British -Ameri-
can menace from the west. and what
should be done about them both.
In this connection there will be an
interesting contrast between this war
and the World War. It is recalled that
In the World War, Russia began sep
arate peace negotiations with Germany
after the revolution In the fall Of 1917
and finally Withdrew from the conflict
In March, 1918.
That withdrawal permitted the Ger
mans to transfer great forces from the
eastern to the western front, and, al
though the war finally ended favorably
for the Allies, the Russian move had
. part In extending it and could have
resulted tragically had not America
entered the fighting and been able to
pour troops onto the continent 80 efYec-
lively and with such speed.
After the Russians practically halted
military operations following their
great victories in Southern Russia last
spring. there was increasing apprehen-
sion among Allied observers that the
Soviets, fully tired Of war, would be
content to rock along and let the Allies
in the west bear the brunt of the fight
ing against the Nazis. Had they done
70, Hitler-as his predecessors had done
in lsls-could have shifted many d.
visions TO the West. That, Of course,