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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Insulting the Soldiers
BY Maj. George Fielding Eliot

place to live in, and in particular what
is temporarily domiciled in the course
of the performance of his duty.
This writer happens to think that
it is Of the first Importance that the
American soldier should have a clear
understanding of what is happening in
the world. and clear understanding
, and doing. He can get such an UNDER
standing, in Britain, only from the Brit
ish press.
He can buy the British newspapers
outside of camp? Nonsense Does any
one suppose that soldiers go on pass
fol the purpose Of buying newspapers?
1t is the soldier at leisure inside camp.
the soldier who Is not due for a pass
today, who buys papers and has time to
read them.
He can get his home town newspa-
pers by mail? Certainly he can-weeks
anc months after the news in them has
become stale.
The only way to get the full news
day by day, in Great Britain is to read
the British press, as any one who has
ever been in that country is perfectly
aware. And the only way the soldier
can get it is to have it available to
him in his camps. at his post exchanges
and clubs, in the hours which he has
available to devote to reading.
This situation is getting rapidly into
a ridiculous and dangerous tangle.
Probably the only real remedy is the
early repeal by Congress of the Sec
tions of the law that restrict the access
OF the soldier to sources of news and
opinion, editorial and otherwise.
If the soldier wants to read editorial
opinion as well as news stories, he is
entitled to do so. If he reads editorial
opinion which does not happen to COIN
eide with the views of his superiors,
OF of the Administration, or OF the Re-
publican National Committee, or of any
one else, he is entitled to do that.
He is entitled to form and hold any
opinion he may conceive of as to the
political needs of his country, and to
have unrestricted access to any news
or any views which may assist him, or
which he may think, however enron.
eously may assist him in reaching his
conclusions
Copyright, 1914. New York Tribune. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Letters to The Star
A Soldier Wants to Know Why
He Cannot Vote

To the Editor Of The star:
Being a noncommissioned officer In
the Army I am at this time faced with
a rather bitter situation. =
You see am an American citizen and
true native of the District of Columbia,
rs are my mother and father. You fully
understand that, although Americans in
every way, we are denied the privilege
Of voting.
Washingtonian, as see it. is as
much an American as any one from any
other State. get, through subscription,
the daily andlSunday Star. I find every
edition telling of heroic deeds of Wash
sngton servicemen. Your rotogravure
section Of The Sunday Star bears weekly
large photograph of some Washing
tonian who has proven himself an Amer
lean and has earned distinguishing
medals and merits. Also I read of those
men who have lost their lives for their
country. No, you cannot deny that a
Washingtonian Is an American citizen
in every respect. Yet for some silly rea-
soning no resident Of the District is
permitted to vote.
When I mention the strange situation
I refer to the cards which have been
passed to the servicemen so they may
request their ballots It Is necessary
that these be signed by commissioned
officer, warrant officer, or noncommis-
stoned officer not below the grade of
sergeant. Being a sergeant, I've been
requested by most of my boys to sign
their cards, but really don't see how
could. AS I personally am denied the
voting privilege, how could I be expected
to back up other mems balloting?
My case is a simple one compared to
the commissioned officers from Washing
ton. They are expected to assist all
enlisted men in their voting and yet
have nothing at all to say themselves.
Since my induction in 194l have seen
service in Northern Canada. North
Africa, and am now in Italy where I
have been since last September 9. Three
years I've been in the service and I've
gone through some mighty hard expert
ences. This 1 do not resent, but am
actually proud to do this service for nv
country.
do resent, however, the fact that I'm
exempt from voice in the Government.
In closing I'd like to ask you this one
question: If we Washingtonians now
serving in the armed forces. or those
at home. are capable, of fighting, or
running the war front at home. why are
we not as capable of casting a vote as
any other American?
SERGT. NORVAL TAYMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Are They Needed?

In memorandum to General
Arnold, Miss Jacqueline Cochran, di-
rector of woman pilots. very fairly
recommends that the WASPS either
be absorbed into the Army Air
Forces as commissioned officers or
that serious consideration" be
given to dissolving the organization.
The latter alternative suggests
itself as desirable, not because Of
any failure to demonstrate that
properly trained women make COM
petent pilots but because it seems
fairly obvious that there is no real
need to supplement the Armys ire
mendous reservoir of male pilots
with women. If there was short
age of military pilots, if there. was
any convincing showing that pilots
needed and disable for combat
are being tied to routine jobs that
women should fill, or if the Army
Air Forces were increasing, instead
of diminishing its pilot training
program, it might be a different
story. If it is to be the permanent
policy of the Government to con-
tinue the use of women as regular
members Of the armed forces after
the war, Miss Cochran's persistence
would be more logical.
But at this stage Of the war. the
renewed effort to commission men,
bers of the WASPS is more indica-
tive of a desire to vindicate the
wisdom of an experiment of doubtful
value than to meet any valid need.
On a long term" basis, it is said,
full effectiveness of the WASPS re-
quires militariZation of the organi-
cation. The question is whether
long term use of woman pilots in
the Army is really under serious
consideration by anybody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Enterprise
From the London Sunday Chronicle

There is no need for the defenders
OF our economic system of private en-
terprise to be on the defensive. Az
Capt. Balfour, the Undersecretary OF
State for Air, points out In his recent
speech, it Is ION the foundations of
private enterprise and management that
the great industrial efforts of ourselves
and America have been built" Indi-
vidual effort is not "antisocial." II
is the basis of our national greatness.
Some controls, of course, are essential.
But they should supplement- not extin-
guish, private enterprise. Within the
framework of this supervision. the
maximum impetus and announcement
should be given to that spirit of per.
sonal initiative which has made our
country great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
This is too much

This is too much.
The War Department. under an in
depreciation of the soldier vote law
one would like to know the identity of
this particular interpreter-has banned
the sale of British newspapers and mag
aZines in American Army camps, and
apparently also in Red Cross clubs.
That means that the American SOL
der in Britain or in France gets his
daily news from the Stars and Stripes,
the official Army newspaper, or he does
not get it at all The reason given is
that there is no guaranty that the
British press will not take sides in the
American presidential election.
So what?
Suppose it does take sides-or sup
pose some British papers take sides.
Is the American soldier such tender
mental apple blossom that he must be
shielded against any suggestion, even
from British newspaper, that the edi-
tor thereof really prefers Mr. Roosevelt
to Mr.. Dewey, or vice versa? Does the
official War Department interpreter of
the will of Congress-one doesn't know
who he is, but small bet must be
laid that he is>one of the stufier legal
minds of the Judge Advocate Generals
Department-actual suppose that any
American soldier is going to be polit-
ically Influenced by learning that the
editor of the Yorkshire Post, for ex-
ample, thinks that Mr. Roosevelt ought
to be reelected? Or that some other
British paper favors Mr.. Dewey?
OF course, British papers in general
have been cautious about taking sides
in our election. A few items which
have appeared here and there from
time to time have been violently cas-
tigated in this country by the more anti
British sections of our press, and one
or two have come close to causing in
ternational incidents. There is really
no cause for anxiety either as to a
flaming campaign discussion in the
British press or as to the effect Of
any discussion, flaming or otherwise,
which may take place therein, on the
political sensibilities of the American
soldier.
The effect of this stupid "interpre-
tation" is simply to deprive the Amer
lean soldier of his best means of find
Ing out what Is going on in the world,
which he is fighting to make better
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

siderable. This defeat will pre-
sumably tend to Offset the recent
japanese defeats in Burma and the
Pacific. Chinese public opinion will
be proportionately depressed and
the Japanese spirit elated. The new
Cabinet in Tokyo took Office with
promises of turn in the tide. They
now have something tangible to
show their people, and official
propaganda can be trusted to make
the most of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Protests Against Soda
To the Editor OF The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
Every authority on cooking agrees
that green vegetables should not be
cooked with soda as this destroys the
vitamin content of the food
Yet, all over town, in hotels. .restau-
rants, even in Government cafeterias,
VS. find this rule is disregarded. The
bright green color of peas and other
green vegetables provides conclusive evil
dence of widespread ignorance OF all
sensible rules for preparing food.
Isn't it about time for us to require
purveyors of food to observe the most
rudimentary requirements of sensible
cooking? HENRY MCCAIN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Oil Compact

Though the date when 1t will
become effective remains to be de-
cided, the petroleum compact just
signed by Britain and the United
States is an encouraging advance
toward genuine international COL
liberation in field where such COL
liberation is very much needed. Oil
is the lifeblood of our industrial era,
and since all nations of consequence
must have 1t for reasons of both
military security and economic we'll
being, the effort to acquire it, unless
governed by wise and far-sighted
standards. can lead not merely to
enormous waste but to dangerous
frictionS and rivalries as we'll.
1t is in recognition of this basic
fact that the Anglo American agree
ment binds the worlds two foremost
oll-producing powers to a set of
principles calculated to serve the
cause of lasting peace and to
promote the living standards of
peoples everywhere. To this end,
subject to the needs of whatever
collective security system may exist
after the war, Britain and the United
States commit themselves to
joint policy that would % make
petroleum available to the nationals
of all peaceable countries at fair
prices and on nondiscriminatory
basis; CD provide for the sound
economic progress of those lands
where oil resources are being ex-
plotted; 90 establish orderly and
efficient methods of DEVELOPMENT to
avoid waste, and a. pledge Britons
and Americans to respect the right
OF equal opportunity for all in &C
quiring new development areas and
to make no effort. unilaterally,
directly or indirectly, to interfere
with each others valid concessions
or contracts now in force.
These are the main principles of
the new agreement, to be effectuated
by joint commission made up of
four Britons and four Americans.
Though highly significant in the
sense that 1t creates a fresh climate
OF understanding between Britain
and the United States, the compact
Is Systematically an interim meas
ure designed to serve as preface
to a much larger international I'M
dertaking in which the Soviet Union
and all other oil-producing or oil
consuming countries would take
part. But as far as it goes, whatever
its shortcomings may be, and al
though there is some question
whether it should be viewed as a
treaty requiring Senate approval, it
is undoubtedly promising step in
the right direction.
Moreover, in many important re-
spects, including the idea of a pre-
llminary Anglo-American under
standing, the compact seems to
adhere pretty closely to the recon-
mendations made almost a year ago
by the Foreign Operations Commit
tee of the Petroleum Administrator
for War, a committee composed
principally of representatives of the
oil industry in this country. In the
circumstances, it is probable that
no serious objections will be raised
to the agreement from the stand
point of private enterprise. Al.
things considered, especially in view
Of the complexity of the subject
involved, a good job appears to have
been done by our State Department
and its counterpart in London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Smith Proposal Rejected
70 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
According to Gerald Smith, the
Negro fights for America only to be
rewarded with patch of land in. an
other country where all his kind may
be herded together ito solve the Negro
problem honestly and realistically"
But did it ever occur to Mr.. Smith
that Africa is as foreign to the Negroes
of America as it is to him?
The homeland of the American Negro
can be only America.
1 consider Mr.. Smiths proposal an
admission on his part that the American
Negro has progressed to the point that
equality no longer can be denied So
the only alternative is to get rid of
him
MRS. GLADYS M. HENDERSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10
Seurehliehts

FtUe bong fingers Of light
In night
OF immense moon:
The hand OF death searching the sky
To cruelty
Bright birds darting and DARING,
Shaking q streak OF cloud like bouoh-
Quicker and closer nou,
dangerous satin Ueb.
torefnger touches broad steel pinos,
Quirers and clings
The bird falls to the black palm.
The hand closes.
The night is still and calm.
A star dozes.
MARY POOLE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

Due to the fact that the width
of water jump on steeplechase
course had been altered, several
riders in recent race misjudged it
and fell. They are complaining bit
terly that it is folly to change a
stream in the middle OF horses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

terrible drama about to be played
out, kind of hysterical prelude
to the collapse Of a once-great
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-10

The effect of this stupid "interpre-
tation" is simply to deprive the Amer
lean soldier of his best means of fnd-
Ing out what Is going on in the world.
which he Is fighting to make a better
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-30
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The Valley settler., 1944-03-03

MILTS ERhNCT SElIDS V-MAIL 'LTTT77R TO MOTHER FROM SOUTH HLCIFIC
 Mrs. Grant France received w. Mail litter from her son Miles from thc Island of Roi in the kwa ialein ktoll this week. Milos went inwi tn the Aorinos curing the cccupati on en6 says that he di6n't receive scratch, but states that he has some Jap souv entrs. Miles is wi tn an Eng inc r outfit over trere.
The Valley settler., 1944-03-03

B7ULiH PARKS R7TURNs TO STATS
 Mrs. Don Parks is returning to Seattle soon with the cntl6ren. IT trip is necessary because sur. ical trca tment is necessary for the cl6- est daughter in the Orthopo5ic Hospital in Seattle. She will also be able to- visit her youngest son who is in the hospital receiving troa tment for the severe burns that he received some months oeo.
The Valley settler., 1944-03-03
Dear Mr. DeLon0:

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
A Fake Bombing

It has been suggested by the German journalist Curt RieSs in his recent series of articles, "The Corporal vs. the Gen. erals" that the July 2l attempt on Hit ler's life was a frameup. The suggestion makes excellent sense, and to review accounts of the event only strengthens its logic Perhaps the best evidence of fakery is in the "Scene of the crime," as revealed by Nazi photograph The room where the bomb exploded is demolished. Beams hang from the blasted ceiling, furniture is blown to bits, windows are out. doors off their hinges. It is incon- ceivable, in this setting of utter destruc- ton where others were killed and wounded, that Hitler should have suffered only minor bruises and burns, and maybe a compound multiple fracture of the seat of his pants.
 And where was Hitler's bodyguard? (There's nothing phony about that, at least) Did the alleged bomber, Col. Count Klaus von Stauffenberg, sneak by the Gestapo, remove papers from his bomb-loaded briefcase, then casually put it in such an unlikely spot as under Hit ler's desk? Did he then leave with no fear thst someone would come running and shouting, "Hey, Herr Graf, you forgot your briefcase"? Or did he remain con- fident that Providence would protect him as well as Hitler from the bomb?
 It doesn't make sense. As MT. Riess says, German generals, no matter how brutal and ruthless they are, do not plant bombs {. It would have been too simple for one of them -. to shoot him" How about the revolt that was to follow the assassination? The plotters moved too slowly and, as MT Riess points out, the Gestapo moved too fast. According to the Nazi account, the plotters made no first attempt to siege a radio station Rather, they went after a fanatically Nazi battalion of guards in Berlin. And if the Gestapo was caught flat-footed, as we are supposed to believe, how did they happen to head first for long-retired Gen eral Beck, and kill him within 10 hours?
 There comes time when there is no one left to purge except those who will weaken yourself. That time has come for Hitler. His best generals are now gone-those who might have managed his last retreats with semblance of order and saving of lives. Instead, Hitler and the Nazis will surely end the war in an orgy of blind bloody fury-costly to their enemies, surely, but costly also to them in men and in the growing right eous vengeance of an infuriated Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
ResourcefuI Arsenals

That shifts in war production die tated by military needs are being met and will continue to be met, and that the required flow of war products to world battlefronts will be maintained by Amer ican industry, is well evidenced in the current report of General Motors, the country's largest war producer, for the first six months of this year.
 Despite urgent changes in both type and quantity of war materials required by military needs, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman, reports that deliveries of war products by General Motors in the first half of l944 amounted to $2,04l 400, ,467, thereby continuing its war production rate at about $4,000 100000 year, the level first achieved in the fourth quarter of l943.
 In modern mechanical warfare stra- tegic and tactical needs of a campaign are quickly reflected in the type of ma terial demanded of industry. The in- vasion of France, for example, brought increased demand for some and de- creased requirements for other kinds Of equipment. Adoption of production fa- ciIities and revision of schedules to keep pace with constantly changing military needs place heavy strain on the tech nical and organizational abilities of in- dustry. Problems of efficient utilization of manpower and plant, of maintaining a flow of materials and supplies and of developing sources for parts-these are but few of the many problems that must be faced That they are being solved is a tribute to the experience, in' itiatiye and resourcefulness of American industry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-08
Peter B. Higgins For Congress

Once more Torrington has garnered the coveted Democratic nomination for congressman from the Fifth Congress ional District. Two years ago it was Mayor William A. Patten this year Peter B. Higgins, C.1.O. endorsed candidate. The entrance of the CI.O political action comimttee group into the congressional election picture presents a new angle for the voters this year. What the outcome will be remains to be seen. But in any event it is beginning for organized labor to take more important part in the field of politics.
 That the nomination went to Mir. Higgins in Torrington last night was not altogether unexpected after the hectic scramble on the part of the other candi- dates for the position The Waterbury delegation'S apparent disintcrest in seek ing the nomination or even trying to direct it elsewhere was made more appar- ent by it's final decision to pass on the roll call and at the end throw it's vote to the candidate having the highest num- Der of votes. What this portends in November is also another idea to con- lecture with.
 However, regardless of who the can- didate is or might have been, the real test of the congressional election in the Fifth District boils down to what strength he can muster against the strongly entrenched present incumbent, the Honorable Joseph E. Talbot, who unquestionably will be the Republican choice for the nomination. There's the rub. "Joe" Talbot is one of the best, if not the best voter-getter in Connecticut, barring none-Republican or Democrat. Peter B. Higgins in aspiring for congress under those conditions has a job cut out for himself in the accomplishment of which we wish him the best of luck.