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The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-08
Merry Mary" Is
Best Waitress
On The Old Post

Consensus of opinion places Mrs.
Mary o. Powell, wife of Pfc. Walter
Powell, of the Supply and Service
Detachment, in the top notch as the
most popular waitress on the Old
Post.
The Apache sentinel., 1944-09-08

New York (CNS)-"In the year of
1910 Germany had better weapons,
the Berlin radio announcer said in
a broadcast picked up by NBC. But
now," the announcer continued,
''we have better n-n-n-nerve!"
Evening star., 1944-11-10
On the Record
By Dorothy Thompson

hcan response, in an era Of great change,
has not shown the conservative instinct
to control and direct the forces of
change, but to negate their existence,
or rebel against them In fact, the
spirit OF the Republican party is one of
reactionary rebellion.
The Democratic party Is neither lib
eral nor conservative. 1t is in a state
OF fux. 1t represents the poor and
conservative South and the vast masses
OF the cities of the North, together with
the old-fashioned city machines. whose
only concept Of politics is the handling
of patronage and jobs. What has been
making this rickety structure move is
energy breathed into it from outside
In this election, the most effective
instrument for getting out the vote
the usual function of the party appara-
tuS, or "machine'-was the Political Ac-
ton Committee of the CIO. And the
most effective campaigners, apart from
the President himself, were not the
partys congressional representatives and
statesmen, but unorganized outsiders
writer's, actors, intellectuals of all types,
who were not even sought by the party.
not even members of the party, but
individuals who rushed to the aid of
the President.
So we have, in fact, vigorous po-
litical spirit in the land, but one which
is homeless. 1t is significant that num-
bers OF the most effective supporters of
the President in this election fought
for Willkie in the last one
Yet these forces are not "Mugwumps. !"
inactive fence-sitters who fall off at the
last moment. They are not forces sub
ject to persuasion: they are the per-
suaders In the counsels of the Political
Action Committee-whether people like
it or not-there is more hard political
thinking going on, in terms of pro-
grams and ideas, than in either or both
OF the major parties And the ,articu-
lation Of political ideas is increasingly
coming from outside.
Yet, these forces are not radical" in
the usual sense of that word OF course
radicals are among them-where else
could they go? But the sum total of the
attitude Is neither radical nor conserva-
tive but modern. 1t Is new, fresh. fed
up with hokum, and eager after truth.
Released BY the Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-11-10

western Europe and italy Colonel
Ralston, Minister Of Defense, came
back from Z tour Of the European
battle fronts 30 impressed by the
situation and the bitterness OF the
Canadian troops there that he in
sisted overseas conscription should
be applied. The threatened fire.
works were again averted by his
resignation from the cabinet and his
replacement by General McNaugh-
ton. Yet, II the war continues, with
further heavy drain on Canadian
manpower and possible needs for
contingents for the Pacific theater,
1t is hard to see how the present
voluntary system can continue.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Letters to The Star
The Solid South Reproached
For PARTY Regularity"

TO the Editor Of The Star:
What about this glorious victory?
1t undoubtedly has silenced the isola-
ZIONIST voices. That Is as 1t should be.
But what else has 1t done?
Has 1t demonstrated, for example,
that King Og could run on the Demo-
cratic ticket and be certain OF re-
ceiving l27 electoral votes to start2 Is
the solid South still voting on the basis
Of its opposition to the carpetbaggers
of the 1905?
Seriously now, isn't it quite a ques-
tion? And If 1t is, is 1t not possibility
that solid North may develop that
will forever silence the solid South?
With only partial returns in, we find
a total of 127 electoral votes are to
be cast for the Democratic candidate,
on the basis of 74.6 per cent to 254
per cent division of the popular vote
that totals to only 1890, ,70s, while 100
electoral votes are to be cast for the
Democratic aspirant and rs for the
Republican candidate, in four pivotal
States on the basis Of 524 per cent
to ATS per cent division of the popular
vote that totals to 10,054 ,083.
There is a great hullabaloo about the
disfranchisement of those who reside
in the District Of Columbia, but what
about the less than 100000 voters
who regularly claim two more electoral
votes than the more than 10000, 900
voters? There can be no question about
the fact that such claim is made on
the basis of party regularity, rather than
the merits Of the issues involved
U. WON.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Thinks Mr.. Dewey Fortunate


To the Editor Of The Star:
The clammy fourth-term cloud which
chilled the hearts of millions of pa
triotic Americans contains a silver lin
ing.
If Gov. Dewey had been elected. he
would have inherited an incredible po-
litical mess, with its war horrors. dis
unity and debt 50 stupendous that it
defles computation.
II severe depression had been en-
countered, the Republican party would
have received the blame.
And then in l948 the New Deal would
have trotted out the donkey again with
the demand that 1t be saddled for a
new JOY ride.
Despite President Roosevelts glowing
political promise to create 60. 900 900 Jobs
when the conflict ends, it must be ap-
parent to every one that when hostili-
ties cease millions Of workers will be
dismissed overnight. The New Deal
then will be subjected to tremendous
tests which cannot be eased by fireside
chats or solved by repeated raids on
depleted treasury
Perhaps Mr.. Dewey's defeat will prove
a blessing in disguise In any event he
has escaped much sorrow. Fate may
have given him a break"
EDMUND K. GOLDSBOROUGH.
Evening star., 1944-11-10

Gov. Dewey's large popular vote and
the seeming vitality of his campaign
have led editors to speak of the re
vitaltzed" Republican party, while the
Presidents fourth sensational success
has certainly strengthened the self
confidence of the Democratic party. The
huge vote shows a high degree of po-
litical vitality in the Nation And both
parties claim that this vigor Is centered
in themselves.
Yet this campaign has, it seems to me,
thrown doubt on these assumptions
There was energy in the Republican
campaign but no vitality. There was
vitality in the Democratic campaign, but
1t was not the vitality Of a political
party. The Democratic party has be-
come Franklin Delano Roosevelt One
need only think of the condition it would
have been in had 1t been forced to find
another leader. & And the forces behind
Roosevelt, that assured his election, are
forces outside the Democratic party and
not firmly knit into any party.
I find it, for instance, impossible to
define in my own mind what either
party, as a party, stands for
Representative by and large of the
more native and financially substantial
parts Of the population. drawing its
strength from those longest in this
country, and on the land or in smaller
cities and towns, the Republican party
should be and by tradition. is a con-
servative party. But it is not For the role
Of a conservative party is, above all. to
cherish and preserve the State. The
two outstanding Republican examples
are Hamilton and Lincoln. Hamilton
struggled to build strong State; Lin
coin, though We call him the liberator,
struggled to preserve the Union.
Healthy conservative parties care for
the Nations defenses; set an example
of national decorum; always attempt to
maintain confidence and serenity; pro-
tect the position Of the country in the
world. In all of these characteristics of
conservatism. the Republican party lags
behind its opponents. They have been
parsimonious about expenditures for the
protection Of the Nation, indifferent to
foreign affairs, careless of the Nations
role in the world, and in this election,
in the midst Of war, were most in
decorous panicmongers. The Repub-
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Artistic Tiles

The Journal of the American In
stitute of Architects for November
reveals that the Franklin D. Roose-
velt Library at Hyde Park, New York,
Is to be adorned with a mantel faced
with tiles in the Dutch manner, blue
upon white, showing sketched views
Of landmarks of Washington. Lo-
renzo S. Winslow, architect OF the
White House, is credited with guild
ing the project. The sketches were
the work of William J.. Hartgroves.
One represents the east front of the
Capitol. Other subjects are the west
wing of the White House, the WASH
ington Monument, the Lincoln Me-
mortal, the Jefferson Memorial,
Mount Vernon and the Navy Hos
pital at Bethesda. Each structure
is related with care to its natural
environment.
OF course, some delicacy OF detail
inevitably is lost in the business of
transferring the original compost
tions to the tile bases. A company in
the industry patiently investigated
the problem with results which seem
very gratifying. The drawings were
genuinely artistic, and the crafts
manship involved appears to have
been skilled to complete perfection.
Edwin Bateman Morris, discussing
the success of the enterprise, says:
"The mantel when hnished
promises to be IN interesting collsc-
ton OF good drawings in I technique
full OF the flavor Of the fourteenth
century, when the Delft fathers
began TO think Of tiles q pictures" !"
A duplicate set Of tho entire series.
\ y explained IN the journal, viii
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Bombing Concentration
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

in France and strategical bombing In
Germany. Moreover strategical targets
are now well within reach OF various
types of bombers which could not be
used economically against such targets
under former conditions.
1t is true that weather conditions i'm
pede the operation of the lighter types
of bombers now, and will do so even
more as the winter months come along.
But there Is an advantage which par
tally offsets this in the opening of
French, Belgian and Dutch bases for our
use. One Of the great weather hazards
IN operating from Great Britain is the
uncertainty Of the visibility conditions
IN that island. A squadron setting out
from q base during the months of rain
and fog could not always be certain that
the weather would not close in over its
base before it could get back Now a
much wider range of weather conditions
is available for homing bombers Quite
frequently 1t will occur that British
base becomes logged in while clear
weather is available in Northern France,
for example
Also this matter of short-range and
tactical bombing becoming more efYec-
tive Is having its results on the eastern
front, where East Prussia is taking q
severe beating from the Russian Air
Force and where the Russian medium
bombcRs are now able to reach various
points in other parts 81 Germany which
hitherto have been pretty well exempted
from attack by air
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All Of these considerations should be
kept in mind in assessing the part which
air power is playing and will continue to
play In this inal march to victory over
Germany. Against these, the Germans
can put only two advantages. The first
Is the slight increase they have been
able to achieve in fighter production as
against last spring when their major
fighter production centers had been
broken UP.
The other German advantage is the
fact that they can concentrate all their
antiaircraft artillery for the defense of
Gremany, since they no longer have any
part Of France, Belgium or Southern
Holland to defend.
(ConvYsht 1QAA
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Conscription in Cunodo

Our northern neighbor has Just
passed, through another political
crisis arising out of the chronic is
sue Of conscription for overseas serv-
ice. Behind that issue lies the Do
minion's basic problem--a sharp an
tithesis between the English speak
ing majority and q French-speaking
minority centered In the Province
OF Quebec.
The conscription issue Is not new.
Its first phase dates back to the last
war. Then an unqualified conscrip-
ton law passed by the Conservative
party representing the English
speaking majority was imposed on
Quebec and produced state of
quasi-rebellion with intensified an
tagonism thereafter. When the
present war broke out, Canada was
governed by the Liberal party, whose
most dependable support comes from
Quebec. Following q conciliatory
policy, the Liberal Prime Minister
Mackenzie King supported law in
suring general conscription, but with
the proviso that only those willing
to serve outside the Dominion could
be sent on overseas duty.
However, as the war dragged on
and Canadian casualties mounted,
the spectacle Of fully 10000 fully
trained and qualified soldiers re-
naming safely at home aroused In
creasing criticism from the forces
overseas, from their friends and
relatives in Canada, and from the
general sentiment outside Quebec
that the situation was an unpatri-
otic and intolerable one. Two years
ago, Prime Minister King invoked 1
plebiscite to ascertain public opin-
ion on the matter. The result was
Quebec almost solidly against COM
pulsory overseas duty and the rest
Of Canada generally in favor. with
an incipient split in the Liberal
party II the popular verdict should
Be put Into effect. Again Mr.. King
compromised by pledging that he
would not use the authority con-
ferred on him BY the plebiscite With
out specific action ~ Parliament.
Tho latest crisis Wa prscipitatsd
N tho heavy Canadian casualtiss
81 the nast foV M0nth1 N h0kh
Evening star., 1944-11-10
This Changing World
By CoSsfsHfiss Brears

Gen. Charles de 0aulle il now faced
With his first major international prob
lem, which ID likely to prove far more
difncult than any Of the others he has
encountered.
Prime Minister Churchill IL reported
desirous Of laying the foundations Of the
plan evolved by Field Marshal Jan
Christian SHUTS, the Prime Minister
OF South Africa, for formation of bloc
Of western powers. France, of course, Is
the keystone Of that bloc, which Is In
tended to include Belgium, Holland,
Spain, Portugal and, In all likelihood,
Switzerland and the Nordic kingdoms OF
Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
This plan, which Marshal Smuts in
tended rs q substitute for the old bal
ance Of power In Europe, Is said to have
met no opposition from the Kremlin. 1t
would divide Europe into two large
areas: One In Central and Eastern
Europe under the wing of the USSR and
the other west Of the Elbe River under
the protection of the British Empire.
This idea was enunciated by Marshal
Smuts In November, 1943. and was re-
ceiyed with q variety Of feelings by the
governments Of Western European coun-
tries. None of them objected at that
time to this new combination, provided.
however, the British Empire maintained
a sufiicient military force to protect its
associates adequately.
Since last November there have been
many dramatic changes In Europe. Some
Of the governments In exile, such as the
French, the Belgian and very soon the
Dutch, have returned to their respective
countries. They now have to take into
consideration the wishes of the people
who have stayed behind and have suf-
fered the hardships Of Nazi occupation.
The first to bear the brunt of public
opinion of his country was Gen. de
Gaulle He was believed at one time to
be an overly ambitious man who desired
to impose himself as the dictator of
France. Whether or not he actually
harbored such desires is difhcult to say.
But 1t is evident that as soon as he
returned to Paris he discovered he was
not a great man in the estimation OF the
French people.
Gen. de Gaulle found that the organi-
cations which had been opposing the
Germans Ior four years were much
stronger politically than most people
outside France had thought. Within a
couple Of weeks after his return to Paris
he realized that unless he listened care
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Changes in Congress

To a considerable extent, the
Democratic gains in the House last
Tuesday may be attributed to the
vote getting power Of the Roosevelt
name.
1t has become almost automatic
that the Democrats do better in
congressional and senatorial races
when the President is running. In
1888, for example, when the Presi-
dent was not up for reelection, the
Republicans gained eighty-one seats
in the House. In 1910, however, with
Mr.. Roosevelt on the ticket, this
trend was checked and then re-
versed, the Anal net Democratic gain
in the House being put at five seats.
In 1912, the COP again scored
heavy gains in a light national
vote, but with Mr. Roosevelt back
on the ticket Tuesday his party re-
corded net House gain OF at least
twenty-five seats. The Republicans
may show gain of one Senate seat,
but this cannot be determined finally
until the soldier vote is counted in
doubtful States.
This excellent showing is not to
be attributed entirely, however, to
the Roosevelt influence. To some
extent, at least, it reflects a public
protest against the spirit Of isola-
tionism, a determination to retire
men from public office who might
be expected to oppose Americas
participation in q controlled peace
when this war ends. This, surely,
is the principal explanation of the
defeat of men like Senator Nye of
North Dakota and Representative
Fish of New York. It also undoubt-
edly accounts for the surprising
opposition which developed to the
reelection bids Of other prominent
Senators and Representatives whose
records with respect to international
cooperation have been open to
question.
This expression OF public senti-
ment is a happy omen fq the future.
1t indicates that the American
people are determined that this
country must do its share in the
common effort to preserve world
peace, and it is to be expected that
both Republican and Democratic
members Of Congress will be respon-
sive to this expression of popular
will.
Evening star., 1944-11-10

fully to their desires he might quickly
Be out Of . Job. II y true that the
presence Of the American ana British
armies In France ut this time make q
popular uprising impossible. But Gen.
de Gaulle Ia aware that the American
armies. which form the bulk of the
Allied forces In the west, will not 60 to
bat for him In the face Of . popular
movement.
Thus, before he can fall in step with
the plan OF Marshal Smuts which Prime
Minister Churchill hopes to translate
into reality. he has to take stock Of the
feeling Of the French people.
The only strongly organized political
party in France today Is the Com
munist party. Gen. de Gaulle is not
particularly popular with the Com
munists, In spite Of his previous friendly
demonstrations toward Moscow. The
fact that he was compelled to white
wash Maurice Thorez, the Communist
leader and former French army lieuten-
ant, Of the charge Of desertion brought
against him in 1899 and allow him to
return to Paris, Is good indication OF
how the wind Is blowing in France.
Gen. de Gaulle did not bother much
with the fact that it was lieutenant
In the French Army who had deserted.
But he was worried over the oyerwhelm-
ing political role this man-one OF the
strongest in France-might play should
he return to Paris completely exoner-
ated. Thorez is now back in France.
In discussing with the British the
question Of Frances position in the new
set-up, which London Is anxious to
establish before the end OF the year II
possible, Gen. de Gaulle must take into
consideration the views of the Com
munist party and that of the various
FIJI organizations which remain all
powerful outside Paris, and particularly
in Southern and Southwestern France.
Gen. de Gaulle is believed to have
pledged himself last year to support the
Smuts plan. There is no reason to
believe he has changed his views But
when he Endorsed the western group of
powers" he had given only little thought
TO the reactions of the French people.
And from information reaching Wash
ington, it seems that the French peo-
ple-or at least the vociferous political
groups in France-are not particularly
anxious to join any kind of organiza-
ton in which the British Empire is
supreme.
Evening star., 1944-11-10

Be kept at the White Houss. II y not
too much to hope that the general
public also may have opportunity
to possess examples Of them. Sup
Elementary tiles easily might be de-
vised to show the outlines Of such
other architectural features OF
Washington ~ the Library OF Con-
gress, the Folger Shakespeare
Library, the Smithsonian Institution
buildings, the National Gallery of
Art and the Supreme Court Building.
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Cereal News
From the st. Louis Post pi,p,tcb

from the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
According to latest oficial estimates,
this years harvests of both corn and
wheat will top all records. That is ex-
ceilent: such crops will be excellent until
we have cleared the enemy out of con-
quered countries and fed the hungry
people through their first harvest. And
even II American farmers have pros
pered from unduly high prices, no one,
after their protracted depression
through Republican and Democratic
times alike, win begrudge them this
windfall,
Evening star., 1944-11-10

For q number of reasons, the efYec-
tiveness Of Allied air power against
Germany is increasing.
Some Of these reasons-not necessarily
in the order of their respective i'm
portance-are as follows:
The Germans have less warning than
before. They cannot have the benefit
of their system of afraid listening
posts along the French and Belgian
coasts They do not know when an
air raid Is coming until it actually
passes over their own frontiers. The
Allies are no longer under the same
necessity as formerly of making elabo-
rate plans for deception as to the course
and objective of each attack because
the Luftwaffe does not have as much
time In which to make dispositions to
meet such an attack.
Consequently the Allied attacks can
be more frequent and effective, and
they suffer fewer casualties except
when they are directed against targets
(such as synthetic oil plants which
are always heavily defended. Insofar
as these conditions compel the Ger
in static defense of such targets, there
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bility and freedom of action OF the
German defense forces
The area to be bombed and the num-
ber of targets are reduced, since attacks
on German. operated French and Bel
gian industries, railways, canal locks and
50 forth are no longer responsibility
Of the Allied Air Forces. As our ground
troops advance into Germany, the area
and the number of targets grow smaller
and smaller. concentrating a given
weight OF daily bomb-falls In an ever
lesscning area and therefore increasing
the net effectiveness of given weight
of bombs on the remaining German
war effort.
A very important consideration in this
connection is the fact that tactical
bombing, undertaken In support OF
ground-force missions, now has q con-
siderable strategic effect which is, 30
to speak; . sort of bonus. Thus attacks
against bridges along the Rhine may
be undertaken for the isolation Of the
battleneld--to prevent the Germans
bringing up reinforcements and supplies
to their troops facing the American LIST
Army.
But sincs these attacks are made in
: highly industrialised region. they also
reduces the total German war potential
70 . certain degree. This WAS not true
when tactical bombing was taking place
Evening star., 1944-11-10
Presidents Neishbors Republica,

Presidents Neishbors Republican
To the Editor Of The Star
Here are few figures, compiled from
The Star, that may be worth pondering.
Gov. Dewey carried his own neigh
bors at Pawling, N. Y, by more than
81 per cent (s72 to 476). He carried
President Roosevelt's neighbors at Hyde
Park by more than 56 per cent Il ,522
to l,lSD. Then he also carried Mr..
Rooseyelt's Washington neighbors by
more than So per cent (47,542 to 42,llO.
And by these latter I mean the sur
rounding counties Of Prince Georges,
Montgomery, Arlington and Fairfax,
with Alexandra, Va.
VOTED DEWEY.