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Evening star., 1944-06-15

to move up our heavy artillery, and in
that case there is only open country
before our troops right on through
Evrecy to the two main roads and the
two railways south of Caen. Mr.. Nc
MILAN says that our men are advancing
toward the Deauville road and in the
direction of Lisieux." This statement
must, for the moment, be accepted with
reserve, for Lisieux Is 26 miles east Of
Caen, and 1t seems hard to suppose that
we have yet penetrated so far as to
bring Lisieux within the radius Of our
tactical scheme.
What is, however, clear is this: We
have effected a major breach in the
German main defensive position. Our
armor has poured through this breach
into open country. 1t is being strongly
followed up by infantry. We are fan
ming out behind the area of the major
German counteroffensive effort. Our
patrols are far ahead of the stronger
elements, thus patrols are. reported to
have reached lie Beny Cocage, 80 miles
from the sea south of the forest of
Cerisy-obviously for purposes of recon-
naissance and flank protection. The
axis of our main effort Is swinging
round in a curve to the southeast
against the main German lines of supply
and Of retreat. If we can follow through
on this magnificent achievement the
German forces in the Tilly-Sur-
Caen-Troarn area may be enveloped
and destroyed certainly will have to
fall back rapidly toward the east and
southeast. Already the Germans ac-
knowledge that they no longer hold
Tilly-Sur Seulles.
Thus the great battle in France ap-
pears to be fully joined and roaring
toward a crisis We appear to have the
advantage of having struck first, of
having taken the Germans by surprise
and Of being superior in numbers at the
decisive point.
1t is, of course, always possible that
the enemy's blows have compelled Gen.
Montgomery to accept unusual risks in
the timing of his own attack. That is
the chief reason why for the moment
we must temper our mounting hopes
with little caution,
(copyrisht, iB44.)
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Premier Stains Tribute

Probably no man in the world is
more intimately acquainted with the
meaning and immense difficulties of
war than Premier-Marshal Stain.
His remarks on our Allied invasion
of Normandy are therefore doubly
generous and gratifying in that they
describe our Anglo-American-C Cana
dian effort as the greatest thing of
its kind, apparently not even ex-
cepting the stirring and magnificent
feats of the Red Army.
Premier Stalin's compliment is not
qualified. "One must admit" he
says, that the history of wars does
not know any such undertaking so
broad in conception and so grandiose
in its scale and so mastery in execu-
ton - an achievement of the
highest order" This is an ungrudg-
ing tribute to the quality of the
supreme Allied command headed by
our own General Eisenhower. In
effect, it Is Russia's way of saying
that the so-called second front"
however slow it may have been in
coming, was we'll worth waiting for.
Premier Stalin's words, moreover,
may be taken as eulogy of the
inspiring heroism being shown by
our Allied troops in face of fire as
terrible as anything yet seen in this
most terrible of all wars. The cur
rent reports from the Normandy
front indicate how truly savage the
battle is. A small sample of it has
just been described by General
Montgomery in statement telling
Americans how their sons, on one
particular beach on D-day, ran into
opposition Of the bitterest kind and
after hours of fighting were not
more than 100 yards inland, "hang-
ing on by their eyelids," until at last,
with unexcelled spirit and fortitude,
they smashed their way forward
several miles. In General Mont
gomery's words, it was "very fine,
very flne, indeed Wonderful"
Similar stories of equal valor and
tenaciousness on the part of the
British and Canadians are being told
by correspondents on the scene.
There can be no doubt of it: All the
Allies participating in this gigantic
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Bishop Flint

Methodism as an evangelical
branch of modern Christianity
always has been distinguished for
Its leaders. The Wesleys-John the
preacher and Charles the poet
were men Of richly developed per-
sonal qualities. If the word genius"
ever properly can be applied to an
sexpounder of the Scriptures, GER
tainly they merit 1t. And the tradi-
tion which they established at James
Hutton's shop in Wild street, Lon
don, May /, 1888, and confirmed at
the Foundry in Moorfields late the
following year traces back to the
pioneer missionaries-the group of
individuals chosen by the Saviour
Himself as apostles to the world.
Each had peculiar gifts, and each
contributed of them to the church.
The custom thus set up continues
TO the present day and is a source
of strength to the cause of righteous
ness and Christian fellowship In
every land.
1t is against this background Of
ali his predecessors that the Rev
erend Dr.. Charles Wesley Flint
assumes his new positions as Bishop
bf the Washington area and presi-
dent Of the College of Bishops with
jurisdiction In twelve States as well
as in the District Of Columbia. He
succeeds three administrators con-
spicuously able and effective In their
service to the entire Christian COM
munity, and there is every reason to
expect that, like Bishop William
Fraser Mcdowell, Bishop Adna
Wright Leonard and Bishop Edwin
Holt Hughes, he will regard his duty
as a designation to the common
objective of Gods all-inclusive
kingdom.
Bishop Flint brings to his task a
wealth Of experience in support of
his natural endowment of mind and
heart. He was born in Canada,
November IA, 1878, and educated at
Toronto and Columbia Universities
and Drew Theological Seminary.
From 1915 to 1922 he was president
Of Cornell College, Iowa, and from
1922 to 1896 he was chancellor of
Syracuse. After his elevation to
episcopal rank he was assigned to
Atlanta. More recently he has
labored in Northern New York. A
clue to his social interests may be
discovered in the fact that he has
been chairman of the Federal Board
of Arbitration under the Railway
Labor Act.
In the Nations Capital, Bishop
Flint, Of course, is no stranger. He
Is welcomed to residence here with
assurance that he is considered
friend in the best meaning of that
term.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Normandy Crisis Near
By Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Now is time for cautious optimism.
The news from Normandy looks good.
1t looks so good that it is difficult to
restrain oneself from exultation which
might yet be premature.
Here is the situation:
The Germans have launched what
appears to be their long-awaited major
countereffort, with the weight of the
attack driving north toward the front,
Tilly- -Sur-Seulles Caen Troarn. They
are using four armored divisions In this
sector simultaneously they launched
powerful counterthruSts on the Cher
bourg Peninsula, where they had OBJ
viously sent in strong reinforcements by
the western road. They recovered
Montebourg and fought their way into
Carentan, though on the basis of last
reports available Wednesday afternoon,
American troops apparently control
Carentan.
But the German stroke seems to have
come Just too late. II seems to have
been anticipated by major Allied Of
fensive striking south and east from the
Forest of CeriSy, southwest OF Bayeux.
This is the development of the thrust
to Balleroy, mentioned in yesterdays
article, and appears to be in great
strength. The advancing British and
American troops have taken the towns
of Caumont and Villers- -Bocage, and are
striking eastward of Villers-Bocage to-
ward the roads leading from the south
toward Caen-the lifslines of the Ger
man troops now engaged in the heavy
counterattack in that area.
X
The Germans are said to be In con-
siderable confusion. They are sending
radio messages lin clear" which indi-
cate state of mind in some organiza-
tions approaching panic. United Press
Correspondent Richard D. Mcmillan
says that from height which the SOL
diers have named Bird Cage Ridge"
east of Villers- -Bocage, he could see
American heavy guns coming up and
tanks probing forward on all sides. 1t
Is possible that Bird Cage Ridge" is
the high ground between the Rivers La
Seuline and Odon If this is a correct
assumption, we must be In substantial
possession Of this high ground in order
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Quotes Overseas Letter

To the E-.tor of TIE Sar:
The following is an excerpt from
letter I received from a friend over seas.
I would like people to know how the boys
overseas feel about the strikes back
home.
Have been reading about the strike
at Packard. From what we hear the
people went on strike cause they
couldn't decide which union drivers
should bring them their soda pop There
aren't words strong enough to express
our feelings about the whole thing We
spend all of our time trying to knock
out Germany's aircraft factories-in all
kinds of weather; and the people at
home stop making engines for us be-
cause they can't decide who should
bring them their cold Grinks. Sorta
makes us wonder what we are over here
for, if that is the way they are going to
help us. We would just as soon shoot
them as the Germans. In doing what
they are, they might just as we'll be on
the other side" JERRY PHILLIPS.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Letters to The Star
Some Thoughts on the Meaning
of a Fateful D.Day
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The STAR
D-day is coming to an end, slowly
almost solemnly, as If conscious of its
greatness quietly wrapping itself In its
cloak of darkness. The sun has fingered
somewhat longer, 1t seems, its last rays
quickly fading now, leaving a fam
tastically red-and-gold striped sky.
For some, it may have been lovely
summer day; for others, 1t may have
been hard day, but for none will 1t
have been just another day.
Some prayed. some wept, some hoped.
All thoughts focused on strip of rocky
coast.ine, its beaches spotted here and
there with the blood of those who were
not meant to live, the battered bodies
sinking in the white sand surrounding
them like shroud. The gray cliffs are
q mute barrier to the thunderous crash
of the surf. The skies, once so blue, are
now darkened by thousands of planes,
roaring in endless waves, their protec-
tive shadow cloaking the men UNDER
meath.
And what of those men2 Yesterday,
still grinning boyisilly, today hurled into
battle, grim, tense, hard-faced, but
brave and gallant, all of them, silently
marching on as If driven to an invisible
goal by a relentless inner force. Their
thoughts? Some, undoubtedly, are try
ing hard to find on this foreign son a
resemblance to home: This coast could
be Names; these beaches could be
California this sky could be New Eng
lands. Illusions, Of course, all of them,
for where, in their free land, would
they find the foamy waves Of the sea
capped with the blood of their brothers?
Some of them are marching to the
tune Of popular song, humming 1t
loudly so as to quiet the nostalgia
chant rising in their souls. some are
marching to the sound of names of loved
ones, repeated continually like litany;
some are marching to the dreams. IN
their minds, focused to much- loved
vision: some corner of Virginia, perhaps,
its sleepy mountains slowly rising out
OF blue mist, or the hectic, feverish-
like Manhattan; maybe the vivid green
of the New England pine trees, or the
dry, sun-burned valleys Of Arizona the
snow-capped mountains of Colorado, or
the vast, goldenlike sea of the Kansas
wheat fields; perhaps, the endless
pastures of Wisconsin, or the quaint old
charm of Louisiana; whichever 1t may
be, let 1t be home.
To-day is gone, tomorrow is born. Some
will never see it, others will march on,
not to conquer, but to end conquest, to
reopen the path OF liberation, to lend
their free hands to a people slowly sink
ing into the depths of enslavement. They
know the road will be long and arduous,
they know that some Of them will not
make it. but they also know that the
hour has struck when no sacrifice can
be measured, when no pain can be
feared They yearn but for the end Of
battle, but still they will 60 on. step by
step, until they have reached the end
of their journey. It may not be tornor-
row, nor the day after tomorrow, nor
the next day, but It will come and it
win be their day.
A quiet day it may have been FOR
some, but not Just another day.
FRANCINE scHEYvAERTs.
Embassy of Belgium
June s, 1914.
Evening star., 1944-06-15

OF Mr.. Roosevelt, the roar would be even
greater. The country for d hundred
years and more has come to consider
the presidential electors morally bound
to vote for the nominees of their re-
spective political parties.
II inevitably would lead to demand
for the abolition Of the electoral college,
through amendment OF the Constitu-
tion-or for an amendment which would
bind the electors to support the nomi-
nee Of the party. The electoral college
intended by the trainers of the Consti-
tuition to have and to exercise complete
freedom OF choice for President and
Vice President been the subject Of
attack in the past, and many proposed
amendments doing away with 1t have
been presented.
Today Senator Langer, Republican Of
North Dakota has such proposal before
the Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES Sleep
ing peacefully. His amendment Is di-
rected, too, against the nomination Of
presidential candidates In party con-
ventions. II adopted, 1t would force
their nomination In primary elections.
Proposed amendments to the Consti-
tuition doing away with the electoral
college have taken two forms, one pro-
vidings for election Of President by
popular vote of the entire country.
sweeping away State lines, and the
other merely doing away with the elec-
tors but retaining the same number
of electoral votes for each of the States.
The people are willing to allow their
elected representatives to draft the laws
that govern them, but they are not
willing to let small group of presiden-
tial electors decide for them who shall
be the Chief Executive of the country.
Many of the political leaders in WASH
ington, Republican as well as Demo-
cratic, insist that anti Roosevelt presi-
dental electors In Texas and Mississippi
would never 60 through with a plan to
cast their votes in the electoral college
for any one except the party nominee.
This is the opinion, for example, Of Sem
ator Hatch Of New Mexico. He said
that the people of the country would be
outraged If presidential elector ignored
the moral obligation to support his
party nominee.
Anti-Roosevelt Democrats from the
South. however, are by no means admit
ting the plan to have electors vote for
some other Democrat than Mr.. Roose-
velt would not be carried out. In their
opinion the real depth of the anti
Roosevelt feeling has still to be revealed.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Eggs and Fools

To the Editor of The Star:
Much has been written about the
great surplus supply of eggs. House.
wives are being urged to buy extra
dozens to keep in their ice boxes
was on visit to my home in South
ern West Virginia a few days ago and
the farmers there were getting % cents
dozen for their eggs. Pray tell me
why here in Washington we have to pay
from As to so cents dozen for these
same eggs?
II the powers that be had had sense
enough to lower the retail ceiling prices
on eggs at this time, there would be no
oversupply.
Some one in the OPA is trying to reg
ulate the price of eggs, and that some
one probably was tire dealer before
the war. What fools we mortals be-"
w. H. CORKREAN.
Evening star., 1944-06-15

There is tendency among the people
of the United States to regard our ini-
tial spectacular success on the beaches
of the Normandy Peninsula as indicat-
ing complete victory. This is natural,
since we have not yet been accustomed
to the receptions of amphibious warfare.
According to those who have special
lied in this type of lighting, we should
be prepared to receive unfavorable news
in the next few days or so. Until the
Allied forces have sealed of the penin-
sula and have taken an important sea
port such as Cherbourg, our position In
France is by no means secure.
The easiest part of an amphibious
operation OF the magnitude we have
undertaken is the actual landing on
the beaches.
Covered by terrific air umbrella and
by the artillery of the wsrships which
outranges anything the enemy can mus
ter, it was relatively easy for the land
ing forces to get ashore.
The German aviation was too small
to afford suicide attacks on the thou
sands of warships and landing barges
which were pouring in troops
The Allied superiority in the air Is
estimated to be at least 4-to-1. While
the Luftwaffe has close to 5000 planes,
amphibious war experts believe that 1t
would have been useless for them to
attempt to interfere with our landings.
Even If they had managed to down so
per cent of our air force, they could not
have prevented the operation and in the
attempt they would have lost almost
everything they had.
We have now entered the second and
most dangerous phase Of our under
taking, when the Germans, If they have
the force they are supposed to possess,
hold the initiative and can gather their
troops against the Allies at any i'm
portant point, provided it is outside the
range of our warships.
Then there will come time in the
second phase OF the operations when
our flyers will be weary and it will be
at that moment that the Germans may
decide to use the full strength OF
the Luftwaffe.
Because Of our overwhelming air and
naval superiority, we were able to land
a larger number of troops than the Ger
mans had in Normandy during the first
week of the invasion. But since last
Tuesday the Germans have begun their
concentrations. They have been probing
our lines and attempted to expe1 us from
those sections OF the invaded territory
which are outside the range Of the
naval artillery.
Evening star., 1944-06-15

Denmark, Norway and the Meth
erlands. t..
For Belgium, the crown Is un-
doubtedly a vital institution. More
than anything else, it tends to
cement in common allegiance the
two sharply contrasted nationalities,
about equal in numbers, that COM
prise the population. These are
the Walloons and the Flemings.
The Walloons. French in language,
culture and temperament, predom-
mate in Eastern Belgium. The
Flemings, speaking a variant of
Dutch, phlegmatic, conservative,
and extremely tenacious of their
cultural identity, resent the superior
attitude of the Walloons and insist
upon absolute parity in every re-
spect. In the last war the Germans
succeeded in sowing~much trouble
between the nationalitieN and are
trying to repeat the performance
this time. The Belgian government
in exile, established in London,
has, however, adopted a statesman
like course that has foiled German
Vaccinations. Belgian Quislings
are an insignificant minority. The
Kings removal to Germany will
doubtless increase his prestige and
fan Belgian resentment against the
Germans to new heights at the very
moment when the Allied invasion
of France brings nearer their own
day of deliverance from Nazi dom
jnation
Evening star., 1944-06-15
This Changing World
By Constantine Br0tCn

theoretically. the German high COM
mand should be able to gather q very
large force at the point where it intends
to deliver the counterblow. This Ger
man concentration. however, may have
been handicapped by disruption Of their
lines of communication by constant Al
lied bombings Of railways and highways.
The results appear to have been good,
although sometimes air photography is
deceiving
The timing for the counterblow de-
pends to great extent on whether the
Germans believe that the invasion of
Normandy Is our principal operation.
According to available reports, they be-
lieve It is. The number of American,
British and Canadian troops is so large
according to the German estimate
that 1t Is hardly possible that the Allied
supreme commander would teopardize
them by pouring in even larger forces
at some other distant point.
For the time being, our operations
continue to be satisfactory. The prob
ing Of our lines by the Nazis has met
with little success More war material
and soldiers are being rushed to the
beachhead. But 1t Is essential that be-
fore long we must capture an adequate
harbor. From the direction Of the pres
ent operations, 1t looks as II Gen. Eisen-
hover intends to do the obvious cap
ture Cherbourg, which would be an ade-
quate base for the invasion forces. The
capture Of Cherbourg will be difhcult so
long as the American forces have not
sealed of the Peninsula and our rear
remains exposed to Nazi attacks.
The second and by far the most i'm
portant phase of the invasion Is now
developing. If the inevitable German
efforts to counterattack in force and
prevent further Allied progress inland
are beaten off we may give a sigh Of
relief and regard the invasion of Europe
as fully successful. But almost any thing
may happen in the next 10 days and
any exaggerated optimism at this time
is premature. The Germans must play
their trump cards In the near future,
probably before the main Russian Of
fensive is started
If they do not counterattack In
strength, fail to bring In the Luftwafie,
and we capture . naval base, the opera
tions will change into q war of attrition
which the NAzis cannot afford to fight.
Their tactics 50 far have been on the
conservative pattern. They must change
them II the German high command still
hopes for stalemate with the Allies.
Evening star., 1944-06-15

military venture are winning a
unique place for themselves in the
pages of history and in the hearts
of free men everywhere. Premier
Stalin's judgment of the event is not
exaggerated. Like the rest of us, he
has been genuinely moved by its
greatness.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
Donkeys

Dear little donkey,
Flooding doton the road,
Once an ancestor OF yours
Bore ki,tgly load.
The Lord Christ rode him
To Jerusalem,
Citing honor to your race,
All OF them.
And He gaze them more. He gaze
Hts gentleness,
A little donkeys n1eekness Is
No more or less
The gift OF the Saviour,
Who taught him to take
All patiently the loads of men,
For Chrtst's sake.
GIRALDA FORBES.
Evening star., 1944-06-15
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

The bitter strife between Roosevelt
and anti-Roosevelt Democrats in Texas,
South Carolina, Mississippi and some
other Southern States shows no signs of
abating. The pro- Roosevelt faction In
Texas, defeated In the Democratic State
Convention, was turned down this week
by the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, 81 to 6, when 1t sought to have
slate of pro-Roosevelt presidential elec-
tors placed on the Democratic primary
ballot What the pro-RooSevelt Demo-
Gratis asked was q chance to defeat the
anti Roosevelt slate Of electors in the
primary July "a. Court action has been
asked.
Such contest In Texas, II 1t could be
had. would be enlightening. The primary
would determine just how deep-seated is
the revolt among Texas Democrats
against q New Deal fourth term. The
pro- Roosevelt people claim that the
"Antis." by clever manipulation, gained
control of the State convention and OF
the party machinery One outstanding
member of this faction insisted that
rs per cent of the Texas Democrats are
for Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt, In 1892. carried
1ChdS oNCl AOlltCl 1lCOANCut A4OOvSA
with lead of 663 900 votes; he defeated
Alf Landon In 1886 by 631 900 votes, and
Wendell l.. Willkie in 1910 by GAL 900.
The Willkie vote, however, was almost
200,O OO0-double that. cast for either
Hoover or Landon. The Roosevelt vote
/. In 1910 was more than 100000 larger
than in 1886. So it left Mr.. Roosevelt's
margin of victory practically the same.
The State in 1928 WAS carried by the
Republican Hoover over Democrat AL
Smith with margin Of $4,000 votes.
This is the skeleton in the closet which
worries Roosevelt Democrats when they
try to estimate the size of the revolt in
Texas against a fourth term for the
President.
~
The anti-Roosevelt Democrats in
Texas are intent upon electing an un-
pledged slate of presidential electors
ready to use their constitutional right
to vote for some Democrat other than
Mr. Roosevelt even though he be the
party nominee. The same situation
exists in Mississippi.
If, however, the Democratic presi-
Dental electors in these States should
exercise this freedom of choice, and
ignore the nominee OF the party, roar
would go up throughout the country.
Should such action prevent an election