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The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
Patton In New Command

The War Department takes the position that
take in personal conduct he deserves a chance
to redeem himself So Gen. George S. Pat
ton is to command an Army force again. What
it will be and where he will operate are not
revealed, but the assumption is that he will
be assigned to post with the invasion forces.
canal, is to succeed him with the 7th Army.
There can be no complaint of Patton S
leadership in action. His dash and spirit and
understanding Of battle conditions inspire
troops under his command. The trouble has
been that he lacked equal command of him.
enemy than any he has ever faced in combat.
public idol in north Africa, he lost much
of the respect he once commanded by striking
a hospitalized soldier suffering battle shock
and toppled from the pedestal in Sicily. That
act deprived him of the privilege Of serving
and the Allies of his services for long time.
Now, chastened and humble, he comes back
If he has indeed learned the great lesson, il
he can exercise as great command of himself
as he is capable of doing over troops in &C
tion his services will be invaluable.
Patton is among the greatest tank com
manders in the war-on either side. AS tanks
will play vital part in invasion operations
we can only hope that his hands and heart
and mind will be too fully occupied in the
winning of battles to vent ill-will upon any
man under him again
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23

desperate men know that. only by lying can
they hope to keep the morale OF their SUD-
iects, civilian and military, from cracking
Thus TOTO, continuing his Diet address, as
sured his hearers that 1.-The military s1renstn
of the nation-especially in the airs grow
ing" The Japanese people would be surprised
to learn that their air force is actually being
shot to pieces that Japanese shipping and
naval strength has been so crippled that Meth
err supply lines Or sea defenses can be main
tanned at high level and that Japan's land
forces have met overwhelming defeat in all
major engagements with Allied forces.
Sooner or later the truth is bound to be
driven home to the masses of deluded Japa-
nese, as it will be to the Germans. Toto is
right in saying the worst battles lie ahead.
That is true in both Europe and Asia. But it
is true that the victory will lodge with the
Allies. The odds are becoming too great
against the remaining Axis partners.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
TOTO Gloomy

Premier TOTO Of Japan warns the japanese
that battles lie ahead on the outcome of which
the fate of the empire hinges. His address
before the Diet on Tuesday was quiet the
gloomist he has made since the war began
to turn against him. 1.-The new attacks" he
declared, "are likely to be launched with
greater weight than anything experienced thus
far. The war situation is truly grave''
1t is notable that he attempted to soften
the impact of this by claiming that through
heroism, Japanese soldiers have been able to
ward off the first onslaught of the Americans. -
which is not quite correct The japanese have
not been able to ward of the onslaught at
any point thus far brought under the fire of
Allied forces in the southwest and central
Pacific. From the time Of the first campaign
in New Guinea the Japanese have been sub
jected to defeat-slow, to be sure, but GER
tain. And as time passed and American naval
and air power grew the tempo of successful
attack has been speeded up
It is obvious that TOTO has no more intention
to tell the people of Japan the truth than
Hitler has to tell the Germans. Both OF these
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
Picture Out Of Focus

There's something wrong with the picture
jointly painted by Donald Nelson, the War
Production Board Chairman, and General
Hershey draft director. They are in agree
ment that men must be shifted from war
plants to the armed services, even if produc-
ton is made to suffer a material slacken-
ing.
How it may be asked, can the uniformed
ranks perform their war duties in proportion
to their capabilities, unless they are supplied
with the material they need to carry on?
Surely in a nation containing some 127, 900, 600
persons there are enough able bodied men
and women to produce the tools of war and
to use them in battle.
There is no actual manpoWer shortage In the
United States The fault has been in manpoW-
er administration.
If the only way to keep war plants going
and at the same time filling the ranks is a
universal service bill, it is obviously the duty
of Congress to adopt such bill. To claim, as
many do, that universal service would reduce
the people to peonage is to overlook the main
proposition now before the nation-the win
ming of the war in the shortest possible time.
There is no faint of slavery in working for
victory. Slavery could come only through fail
ure to win the war.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
A New Weapon?

1t would be interesting to know if the fight
ing in Italy has had any part in producing
the eruptions of Vesuvius. MAJ be bomb fell in
the crater and peeved it to the point of vio-
lence.
If the scientists could give any information
on the subject, particularly if it confirmed this
possibility, it would provide a real new weap-
on against the Japanese. Japan has many
more or less active volcanoes, any one OF
which might be made mad enough to erupt
by bomb dropped upon its yawning bosom.
Here they are: Tarunai, Komogatake, Esan,
Agatsuma, Bandai-san, Adzuma-Yama, Nasu,
Shutane, Shirane Unzen, Aso-san, Kaimon,
Sakurajima Kirishima, Mihara and Asama.
Any of these sixteen might be persuaded to
do its stuff if properly provoked and save a
lot of fighting. At least it is something for
he Allied Air Forces to think about.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
Must End Restrictions

Government agencies urge American indus
try to speed plans for reconversion to peace
time output. 1t is warned that the end Of hos.
Utilities will force the United States to make
a choice between a capitalistic system of free
enterprise and maximum production, a totali
tartan regime dominated by centralized gov
ernmental planning for industry. and indivi
duals, or a system Of managed economy ir
which cartels would fix prices and regulate
production without government control The
latter too would destroy the freedom Of the
individual in this country.
Continuance of will not rest alone upon the
ability of industry to reconvert speedily tc
peace production. It will rest also upon the
ability and willingness Of public officials te
effect speedy reconversion from the existing
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
With Ernie Pyle

light and as helpless as a leaf
tossed in a whir]wind.
1 jumped into one corner of the
room and squatted down and just
covered there. I definitely thought
it was the end Outside of that
don't remember what my emo
tons were.
Suddenly one whole wall of my
room flew in, burying the bed
where I'd been few seconds be-
fore under hundreds of pounds OF
brick, stone and mortar. Later
when we dug, out my sleeping bag
we found the steel frame of the
bed broken and twisted. If I hadn'
gone to the window 1 would have
two broken legs and a crushed
chest today.
Then the wooden doors were
ripped off their hinges and crashed
into the room. Another wall start
ed to tumble but caught only par
way down. The French doors lead
ing to the balcony blew out anc
one of my chairs was upendee
through the open door.
As I sat covering in the corner
remember fretting because my
steel hat had blown off with the
first blast and ] couldn't find it
Later I found it right beside me
I was astonished at feeling M
pain for debris went tearing
around every inch of the room
and I couldn't believe I hadn',
been hit. But the only wound
got was tiny cut on my righ-
cheek from flying glass, and
didn't even know when that hap
pened. The first time I knew O:
il was when blood ran down my
chin and dropped onto my hat
I had several unfinished column.
lying on my table and the con
t'nuing blasts scattered them helt
ler-skelter over the room and hole.
were punched in the paper. I re
rember thinking ''Well it won
make any difference now any
how"
Finally the terrible nearby ex
plosions ceased and gradually tn,
ack-ack died down and at last
began to have some feeling of re
lief that it was over and l wa.
still alive. But I stayed crouchee
in. the corner until the last sho
was fired Moe Tomorrow.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
A Secretary Of Peace

Special writers and commentators tell as
best they can what American soldiers in jun
giles and foxholes are thinking, but all they
say comes at second hand. The real attitude,
VIVA: soldiers are bordering, is to be learned
from their own letters home.
Attention of the Star-News has been called
to one soldiers letter in which it is proposed
that new government department be set up
a Department of Peace-as an agency for cir
cumventng future wars. The letter is from
Sergeant ]. F. Donnelly, whose home is not
revealed We learn only that he is in the
southwest Pacific area. He writes:
Here in the jungles of the Southwest Pa
cific area, with hazards and dangers fac
ing us every day, many Of us are asking,
How is it possible to have war when so
many good people of the world want
peace? Has civilization failed?' These
questions are asked by all of us in fox
holes who don't understand why the
world should again be plunged into blood
shed and destruction. Weren't the sacri-
fees of our fathers lives in World War
One sufficient to teach us a lesson?
If our world leaders have enough fore
sight and wisdom to win the peace this
time as well as the war; we'll gladly
make our sacrifices now. But let us insist
that our postwar policies be shaped to put
the well-being of the human race ahead
of the well-being of powerful minorities
and pressure groups.
It's about time, now, that we devoted
more study and consideration to the
causes of war and how to prevent them
in the futue. And the very first step
for us to take to win the peace this time
as well as the war is to add Immediately
another member to the Presidents Cabi-
net: Secretary of Peace
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
.heLiterarv
Guidepost
BY JOHN SEIRy

'U.S.S.R.; THE STORY OF "a
WET RUSSIA by Walter Dproo
ty Gippincott; So.
In spite of the fact that in h.
other books Walter Durantv b..
covered much the same gro,,n5
he covers in ~. S. S. R n,
Story of Soviet Russia" I tbir,.
this is his best book, better h,
far than Il Write as I Please y
Its perspective IS clearer, and 3.
is written at a time when Durar,
does not have to fear the bogo
man of communism" as if eyi,.
ed in many otherwise sane MIND,
when the earlier book was written
Mr.. Duranty's book is a nov
sonal estimate of Russian even.
from 1917 on. 1t is based, cbefIy
On the assumption that Lenin wac
q great man.
He states fatty that the Tsa.,
fell because Influential persons no.
lieved he might capitulate to Gor
many, and that after the faihro
of what was in a sense of naIaco
coup, Lenin was able to seize and
direct the state power because .,
the time there was no real govern.
ment.
And almost Immediately there
developed two schools of Russian
thought, and long series of con.
tests in the governing heart of tbo
Communist party itself. As Lenn
grew physically less potent. tw,
leaders apprenticeship and Trot-
sky. Mr.. Duranty believes that
had Trotsky not made two Or three
colossal mistakes, he could have
(and would have) succeeded 10
the mantle of Lenin. He did make
them, and the first was his failure
to attend Lenin's funeral.
Stain was the practical man
willing to comp onnise. He know
ingly edged his country away from
strict communism and by the use
of devices we'll known to Amerj
can politics established himself
and his rule. One of the devices
Mr.. Duranty points out was the
ancient one of purging dissident
elements and replacing them with
new and trustworthy party mem.
! GERS. Mr.. Duranty runs nimble
course through the tangle of two
decades of Russian history and
does more to explain Russia and
the Russians than nine out of 10
recent writers.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
Daily Prayer
FOR A LEADER

For all the wise brave men who
lead the United Nations we thank
Thee O. God Leader of leaders
and King of kings May they ever
be led of Three More and more
wilt Thou control the minds of
men in places of responsibility
that they may devise only those
plans and seek only those ends
which are in accord with Thy re-
vealed will. Sustain our hearts we
pray by fresh consciousness that
Thou art over all and in all and be-
hind all and before all. We want
the war to go Thy way and the
peace to be Thy peace: so that
this ordeal may not have been in
vain. This we ask for the good of
mankind and for the glory of Thy
Name. Amen.-W TIE.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
By ERNIE PYLE

BY EhN4E + lille
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY
BEACHHEAD FORCES IN ITALY
-(by wireless)-Yes, we almost
got it this time. I'll try to tell
YOU how it feels. I'm speaking of
the bombing of our villa on the
Anzio beachhead which you may
have read about in the news dis
patches.
We correspondents here stay in
villa run by the Fifth Army s
Public Relations Section. In this
house live five officers, IL enlist
ed men and a dozen correspond
ents. both American and British.
The house is located on the wa
terfront. The current sometimes
washes over our back steps. The
house is a huge, rambling affair
with four stories down on the
beach and then another complete
section of three stories just above
| it in the bluff, all connected by
series of interior stairways
For weeks long-range artillery
shells had been hitting in the wa
ter or on shore within a couple
of hundred yards of us. Raiders
came over nightly, yet ever since
D day this villa had seemed to
be charmed.
The night before our bombing
Sergt. Slim Aarons of Yank Mag
azine said, 'Those shells are so
close that if the German gunner
had just hiccuped when he fired.
bang would have gone our house. -
! And I said, 1T seems to me
we've about used up our luck. It's
inevitable that this house will be
hit before we leave here"
Most of the correspondents and
staff lived in the part of the house
down by the water, it being con.
sidered safer because it was low.
err down.
But 1 had been sleeping alone
in the room in the top part be.
cause it was a lighter place tc
work in the daytime. We called
it Shell Alley up there because
the Anzio-bound shells seemed tc
come in a groove right past ou1
caves day and night.
On this certain morning I hac
awakened early and was just ly
ing there for a few minutes be-
fore getting up 1t was just 7 ano
the sun was not bright.
Suddenly the anti-aircraft guns
let loose. Ordinarily I don't gel
out of bed during a raid, but
did get up this one morning.
was sleeping IN long underwear
and shirt so 1 just put on my
steel helmet, slipped on some
wool-lined Slippers and went to the
window for look at the shooting
l had just reached the window
when a terrible blast swirled me
around and threw me into the mid
die of the room. I don't remem
Der whether I heard any noise OF
not.
The half Of the window that was
, shut was ripped out and hurled
across the room The glass was
blown in to thousands of little
pieces. Why the splinters or the
window frame itself didn't hit me
I don't know.
From the moment of the first
blast until it was over probably
not more than IS seconds passed
Those IS seconds were so fast ano
confusing that l truly can't say
what took place and the other cor
respondents reported the same.
There was debris flying bach
and forth all over the room. One
gigantic explosion came after an
other. The conclusion was terri
fic. 1t was like a great blast O
air in which your body felt a!
L. .4~x,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23

emi-dictatorial government OF war 10 repre-
sentative government of pre-war Gays.
There are too many differences spread TO-DAY
that wartime regulations will have to be con-
tinued for an indefinite period after the war
especially the price and rationing controls.
Az long as restrictions are maintained, 1t is
idle to talk of full production
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
DAMAGES AWARDED

DURHAM, March q. = up =
Jasper W. Stafford was awarded
judgment of $500 today in
superior court in $4,000 damage
suit instituted against Harris Bro
Tiers Transfer Company of Char
lotte for injuries allegedly sustain
ID in a collision near Durham last
May.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23

to spend our money now 10 Wa.
tuberculosis at home or saw ''sAt
money by letting tuberculosis ao "'e
a foothold unopposed. We s,1o 9r'a
a building which would take 7 coS
of our minimum needs but vbjae
could be added to as the noos
increased or costs decreased p
Please Let's Not Wait. 0''
Wilmington Junior Chamber =,
Commerce Board Of DjrectoS "
R. B. Howard chair,oa
Wilmington N. C. '''' i
| March % 1914.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
TOP OF THE MORNING

If you fall be humbled; but do not des-
pair. Pray afresh to God, who is able
to raise you up And when graci0usly
restored, look upon sin as the bitterest
calamity that can befaH you; and con-
slider those who would entice you to it,
or be your partners in it, as the very
worst enemies you have.
TOPLADY.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23

Australia is the only country
other than the US which has any
wild species of Nicotiana, or ma
tive tobacco plant.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23

ownership and the maintenance of
strong Army and Navy and Air
Force to protest those holdings.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-03-23
Our Chief Aim

To aid in every way the prosecution Of
the war to complete Victory.
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-12

Soviet Russia is not represented at
this conference, having boycotted the
LILO as bankrupt" organization,
but Toledano and his group of adher-
ents haven't let that stop them from
playing the Communist game here
for all they are worth
Oasis In The Jungle
The surest way for the LILO to de-
feat its own ends is by biting off more
than it can chew and digest. That is
the Communists strategy and it ap-
pears so alluring that a number of
liberals have been hoodwinked by it.
Basicly and historically, the ILO
operates primarily in the economic
field. But an attempt is being made
here to divert it's operations into poll
tical and social areas where it has no
direct jurisdiction and cannot function
effectively.
From some of the broad proposals
submitted here, an outsider would
gain the impression that the ILO is
trying to substitute itself for the
peace conference that will take place
when the war ends. Indeed, these pro-
posals attempt to do all the work of
the peace conference in advance and
to make the decisions upon which
even the heads of the United Nations
have thus far refrained from passing
final judgment.
In this wild jungle Of scattered
ideas, many of them highly praise
worthy, others highly chimerical, the
clear, concise opening statement Of
Robert j. Watt, American workers
delegate, stands out like civilized
oasis of common sense. To quote but
three paragraphs:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-12
FACING
The
FACTS
With PHILIP PEARL

Philadelphia.-Arriving here cou-
pie of days before the Spring meeting
of the AFL Executive Council, we de-
cided to take look at the current con-
ference of the international Labor Or
ganization, where representatives of
some forty-one nations are trying to
work out codes for the economic and
social betterment of the common peo-
pie of all the world in the postwar
period
So, the next morning we got up
bright and early and rode out to Tenn
pie University where the sessions are
being held.
One would have supposed that,
meeting here in the City of Brotherly
Love and inspired by the highly ideal
istic nature of their endeavors, the
delegates to the LILO would constitute
one happy family.
We were quickly disabused Of such
notions. Newspapermen, delegates and
hangers-on Of all sorts were talking
of disputes and disagreements and
disaffections. Friction Of all kinds has
developed. But perhaps the sharpest
controversy has been precipitated by
the attempts Of the Mexican labor
leader, Toledano, to impose the Com
munist Party line upon the LILO.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-05-12

II believe the LILO has grown in the
respect Of nations because it has con-
centrated on it's own job and has not
overreached itself.
'It is our job, our specific job, to
remove the causes of economic injus-
tice. 1t is up to us to remove the
cruelty of exploitation. 1t is up to us
to help create opportunity for men to
live and work as self-respecting in
dividuals. But we cannot create these
opportunities by resolutions here in
this conference.