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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
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Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
GostiIen yec ko dovoIi

Chicago je blizu osem tisoc
prostorov, v katerih prodajajo
alkoholne place, Med mimi je
precej "nocnih klubov", XII SINE
jo biti odprti, seveda proti vecji
licenci, skoro noe in dan.
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27

Ako ste prejeIi opomin, da vam,
je narocnina potekla, prosimo, OBJ
Proletarec. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1906-19??, 1944-12-27
PR mas

Volitve so re dalec "a Mani.
Dobili smo reorganiziran draw
nj department, kateri ne izgle-
da mic kaj liberalen. Sc poseb-
no ne, kadar citas imena, XII so
znana Re izza spanske civilne
vojne ter monakovske afere.
Bill so sovrazni vsaki liberaIni
ideji, Sedaj SO ponovno potrje-
ne. To ne izgleda kaj prida. Sc
posebno, ko clovek pomisli ma
geronimo delo, katero caka "a
Evening star., 1944-04-09
Po2e I I

A bold print ootohes ,ene
Tierney's fancy for q spring
ploysuit. The two piece affair
Of white royon linen hos tied
boIero top and full shorts. The
print coIors ore purple and
green.
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Prosperity Through Insurance
To the Editor of The Star

To the Editor of The Star:
According to news reports, the West
Coast States will attempt to replace
their present antiquated old-age pen
sion systems this year with a scientific
pay as = you = go insurance program,
financed by small gross income tax.
How many recall that it was the State
OF Oregon that started America upon
one of the most beneficial and wealth.
creating programs in the world by
adopting in 1919-after years of bitter
opposition-a scientific pay-as-you-go
gasoline tax program for highway con-
struction? What State would now
abolish that great tax program?
Buying power in the hands of all our
adult citizens Is the national economic
highway over which our manufactured
goods, farm products, medical services,
ETC., must travel to reach every home
and consumer in America. Without the
creation of this all-important highway
OF buying power those goods and
services will be limited as drastically
in our postwar economic mire and
stagnation as were our automobiles in
the old mud roads of yesteryear.
Is the pioneering spirit of our Western
States about to provide the real solution
for Americas deplorable economic ills
by now adopting a scientific pay-as-
you-go insurance program especially de-
signed to create this vital buying power
SO necessary for full employment and
permanent prosperity?
CHARLES F. MARTIN,
MINNEAPOLIS
Evening star., 1944-04-27
South Sea Guide

One of the good results of the war
Is the unquestioned increase of
popular knowledge of the world.
Men and women who in times of
peace never travelled more than a
few miles from their own homes
now are seeing lands and meeting
peoples hitherto known to them only
by casual report. For Americans
from the continental United States
venturing into the Pacific area,
Kenneth P. Emory of the Bishop
Museum in Honolulu has prepared a
convenient "pocketbook" of informa-
ton which well might serve as a
model for similar publications
elsewhere.
The booklet referred to is entitled
South Sea Lore" and its index runs
the full gamut of subject headings
from "albatross" to zebra fish"
MIR. Emory stipulates in the intro
duction that his pamphlet is ad-
dressed specifically to combat per-
sonnel and is intended to "acquaint
you with ready means of sustaining
yourselves, should you be cut off
from help and supplies" The natives
of Polynesia, he explains, through
centuries of experience have
turned to good account the foods
and materials at hand" and ANY one
who has some of the natives famil-
iarity with the vegetation, animal
life and island terrain should have
no great difficulty in surviving with
little equipment" Imperative for
many uses is "a long, heavy, machete
type Of knife"-United States Army
knife LC-14-B-and "a good pocket
knife" AS substitute for matches
. magnifying glass is recommended
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Prefers Nationals to Senators

Prefers Nationals to Senator'S
TO the Editor OF The Star:
AS sat at my radio listening to the
opening baseball game, could not help
but think how unfairly Arch Mcdonald
and Russ Hodges treat the Washington
fans. ~S @~@'
The Washington team has a unique
nickname, given to it by the fans. 1t
is nickname that only the Washing
ton team can use, as Nationals" is q
name that can apply only to a team
representing the Nations Capital. Yet,
Mcdonald and Hodges insist on using
the word Senators" ]" nickname that
can be used by any team representing
the capital city of any State having a
State Senate and is used by some, as
for instance, the Albany Senator's"
I have protested about this to no
avail on several occasions, getting only
an admission that Nationals" is correct
and after that hearing nothing but
Senators" know that if Mr.. McDon-
aid wished to do so, he could use the
nickname Nationals" as his sponsors
care only for the trade that his ad-
vertising brings them, and the rest OF
the country eventually would learn the
correct nickname. Broadcasters in other
cities have to use their correct nick
names and see no reason why Messrs.
Mcdonald and Hodges should not do
the same. F. w. SCHUMACHER.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

entitled as Chief of Staff to warn the
strikers about the consequences OF their
action on the men in the field. But it
Is G.fficult to conceive how these strikes
could have affected the rebellious
Czechs, Poles. French or Yugoslavs.
In an effort to encourage the public
about the activities OF the air arm, Gen.
n. H. Arnold, last November made q
"backgro round" statement to the effect
that the Luftwaffe had been reduced by
the Allied air forces to little over
1000 planes. Within a few days Gen.
George Strong, head of the Military
Intelligence, reported to the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee, which made
parts Of his report public. that the Ger
man aviation was at least as strong as
in 1912.
President Roosevelt and high-ranking,
members of his cabinet, together with
leading American military and naval
men in the United States and Great
Britain, warned the country for many
weeks that the forthcoming invasion
would be costly affair They all said
that the Allied casualties would be very
large. Yet, two weeks ago Gen. Omar
Bradley, the very able commander of
the ground forces of Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower, stated at an officers gather
ing that all this talk about heavy losses
was exaggerated and that in all hkeli-
hood they would be much smaller than
is expected. Even our brilliant naval
commander Admiral William Halsey,
could not resist rash prophecy as to the
time Of our entry into Tokyo.
Now comes Gen. Patton with state
ment full of political dynamite. Patton,
VINO is unquestionably one of our most
daring field officers, has now proven a
daring speaker. Probably unaware of
the political tension which exists In the
ranks Of the United Nations, where sus-
picion is rife as to who Is playing power
politics against whom, he made the blunt
statement that the destiny of Britain,
the United States and Russia is to rule
the world. What new ammunition he
may have given the Naz propagandists
is not clear yet. But it is certain that
Gen. Patton's speech may cause real
embarrassment, particularly when this
country is attempting to convince the
rest Of the world that 1t does not wish
to play power politics.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

Is one reason why the Negroes have
been so insistent they be. permitted to
vote in the Democratic primaries.
There is no division on this issue of
white Democratic primaries among the
Democrats of South Carolina. Senator
Maybank and Gov. Olin D. Johnston,
who have gone along with the New
Deal Roosevelt administration, are Just
as firm as Senator Cotton Ed" Smith.
violent anti-New Dealer, against the
participation of Negroes in the party
primaries. Indeed, the danger to the
Roosevelt fourth terms is that the issue
will solidify Democratic ranks In the
State against denomination of the
President.
White Democratic clubs have been
formed IN every precinct and county and
there Is the State Democratic Club.
Already these precinct clubs are holding
conventions to select delegates who will
attend the county Democratic conven-
tions on May l. There will be 46 such
county conventions. and then the State
convention is slated to take place
May II. @ "a ~
So bitter has the issue become In
South Carolina that many Of the pre-
clnct conventions have instructed their
delegates to the county conventions to
vote only for State convention delegates
who will oppose fourth-term nonaira-
ton for the President. For example.
the South Bamberg Democratic Club.
with polling strength Of more than
1000, went anti-fourth term in its con-
yention without a dissenting vote.
South Carolina Democrats contend
this race issue is being forced on them
Tor purely political purposes to help
President Roosevelt carry States Of the
North, West and East. They are TALKING
OF bringing the issue up in their State
convention. and along with it resolu-
ton condemning fourth term. AT the
State convention Of the Democratic
clubs rules will be threshed out and
adopted for holding the primary elec-
ton, set for August 30.
Many of the laws repealed bv the
Legislature were written to prevent
fraud in primary elections. With all
laws out OF the window, how the new
kind OF Democratic primary election is
70 be controlled so as to prevent fraud
or corruption is not yet clear. 1t looks
as II there might be plenty of trouble
anead. But for the time being, the
White Democrats are satisfied. Further.
they think they have pointed the way to
the Democrats in other States of the
South.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

Mosquito netting or pieces of Coco
nut cloth" sewn together will pro-
tect against Anopheles punctulatus,
the malaria distributor. To guard
against dysentery, everybody is
warned to drink coconut water. It
is of such simple but valuable hints
that Mr.. Emory's booklet consists.
Not word of it is wasted.
The author discusses the several
different native racial groups as
generally being friendly. eff you are
in need of help" he urges, contact
natives as soon as possible. Usually
they will provide you with food,
shelter and expert guidance. Obvi-
ously, it is important that you know
how to approach them. Treat them
with respect and retain a certain
amount of reserve. Recompense
them If you can. You usually will
find in any group one or two who
know some English"
MUCH OF CHe panpnleC is devoted
to living at sea" and Giving on
land" with data about birds, fish
and edible plants, but there also
are chapters" on husking coconuts,
flre-making, cooking without metal
utensils, making raincoats and
sandals, building coconut-leaf shell
tiers, weaving sleeping mats, etc.
Even "stay-at-home" reader finds
the text and numerous pictures
fascinating. There seems to be no
reason to doubt that Mr.. Emory's
production will survive the prevail
ing struggle and be a practical asset
to travellers in days of peace to
follow.
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Ring Music Defended


To the Editor of The Star:
I have just finished reading in The
Star Of April % the article by John
Selby on "Wagner's Racial Ting
Music" It appears to me to be fine
example Of the falsity that results from
half truths and gross misinterpreta-
ton.
I have labored over the music Of
the Ring and have enjoyed 1t.
shall continue to enjoy 1t in spite Of
the propaganda Of which the above
mentioned article is an example. II
ever have the time and the means,
r certainly will attend full cycle Of
the Ring" at the Metropolitan Opera,
which deserves to be honored for main
tanning its tradition of presenting fine
music.
If properly interpreted, the "Ring"
foretells the downfall of those who
curse human charity and seek the
power to enslave and destroy. 1t FORE
tells the doom of that evil group of
Germans who have first perverted and
enslaved the remainder of Germany
in order to enslave other peoples.
Let not the great music of Wagner
be misunderstood because some evil
people happen to listen to 1t.
CHARLES r. M. TUTTLE.
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Back to the Dutch Indies

The capture of Hollandia by our
expeditionary forces involved a po-
litical factor of symbolic sfgnifi-
canoe. This was the landing with
our troops of a number of Dutch
civilian officials who promptly raised
the tricolor flag over the first bit
of soil in the Netherlands Indies to
be reconquered from the japanese
invaders.
Hollandia lies just beyond the
international boundary line which
bisectS the huge island of New
Guinea from north to south. The
eastern half is under Australian di-
rect rule or League mandate. The
western half is the outermost por-
ton of the Netherlands Indies, the
vast chain of islands, great and
small, which stretches athwart the
Equator for over 1000 miles and has
a population exceeding 10000, 900.
All of it fell under japanese control
with the exception Of a small seq
ment on the south coast of New
Guinea from which the Dutch, re-
inforced by Australian units from
nearby Port Moresby and Port Dar-
win, were never dislodged. Mean
while, during the past two years, the
Dutch refugees in Australia have
been not only equipping naval and
military units but also training a
body of civilian officials ready TO
resume Dutch administration as fast
as the japanese are expelled from
the Netherlands Indies.
Their task presumably will be
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Historic Committee

With the committee just appointed
by Senator Connally for that pur-
pose. a good beginning has been
made in implementing Secretary
Hull's proposal for steady consulta-
tion between Congress and the
Executive on plans for American
participation in a postwar world
peace system. The new group is not
weighted in favor of the admins
tration. One-half of the member
ship Is made up of Democrats
Senators George, Barkley, Gillette
and MIR. Connally himself. The
other half is made up of three Re-
publicans and one Progressive
Senators Vandenberg, Austin, White
and La Toilette. More than that. as
far as foreign policy goes, the think
Ing of these men is certainly not
"Slanted" in unanimous direction
but is instead fairly representative
OF the varying shades and differ
ences of opinion existing throughout
the country at large.
AS chairman of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee, Senator Con-
nally has thus wisely made it a.
point to name group embodying in
itself the main conflicting view
points that will have to be reconciled
by the Nation as a whole in delineat-
ing the role the United States is to
play as an international collaboration.
The eight appointees are all able
and sincere men and they can be
counted upon to consult with the
State Department. in a cooperative
and understanding spirit and with
full awareness of their responsible
ity. There is no precedent for their
committee. 1t represents a historic
development designed primarily to
prevent a situation in which the
Executive, in the field of foreign
policy, might travel one road while
the Senate, whose assent is indis-
pensable to treaty-making, might
travel another until the two find
themselves so far apart that no
bridge can bring them together.
American experience after the
First World War has shown how
such a thing can happen. There
was then nothing comparable to
Senator Connally's committee of
eight. If there had been, there
might have been far greater under
standing between the Senate and
President Wilson. That is why this
new group, though only a first step
toward establishing a harmonious
and mutually helpful liaison be-
tween Congress and the State De-
partment, contains at least the
promise of much good. The legis-
lative and executive branches of our
Government cannot safely operate
apart from each other in foreign
affairs. That much the past has
taught. Accordingly. to the extent
that it is calculated to promote CO.
operation between the two, the COM
mittee of eight is happy augury,
and all men will wish it we'll who
believe that no international peace
system can be sound or lasting with
out the active participation of
America.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

reported by Lord Louis Mountbatten's
headquarters. The japanese took a.
desperate chance, risked perhaps as
many as 10000 troops on capturing
lmphal and its stores before the Brit
lsh could strike a counterblow. They
gambled and they lost.
Their objective was to gain time in
Northern Burma. Even there. thev
seem to have lost, for there has been
no indication that the Imphal opera
t!on has In any way interfered with
the progress of Gen. Stilwell's COL
umns converging on Myitkyina. There
nave been reports that the air-borne
forces cooperating with Gen. Stilwell
In Central Burma have been reinforced
and are extending the scope of their
operations.
There now exists a distinct possibility
that all Northern Burma, and perhaps
central Burma as we'll, may be lost to
the japanese before the monsoon sets
IN; that Myitkyina and Bhamo may
fall into our hands, and perhaps even
Mandalay. This may be overopti-
mist1c; but consider that we have sue
seeded In reinforcing our borne
troops, who have steadfastly maintained
their positions; that Myitkyina and
Bhamo have been cut off from the jap
anese main forces for many weeks past,
and that the Japanese counterattack-
ing forces have now been decisively
beaten and are being thrown back into
the hills from which they came
FINALLY, the japanese are reported to
have transferred a division from the
SalWeen River front to reinforce their
hard-pressed troops in Central Burma,
and the Chinese are reported getting
ready to take advantage of this fact
by an offensive westward from the Sal
Ween, probably in the direction of
Bhamo or Lashio.
The monsoon is the great condition
ing factor in all these speculations.
When it comes, 1t will do much to check
our operations; 1t will favor the enemy
because they only want to stay where
they are, while we want to drive them
out. But there may still be time for
our forces to complete their conquest
of the key points in the northern half
of Burma, and 1t will be difficult indeed
for the Japanese to send in reinforce
ments by land.
Evening star., 1944-04-27

lightened by the fact that the foun-
dations of Dutch authority can
hardly have been destroyed by two
years of Japanese military occupa-
ton. During more than three CEN
turies of colonization, the Dutch
have struck deep roots in the Indies.
Unlike the British in India, the
Dutch have tended to settle and
make permanent homes. Many
families have lived there for gen.
erationS, and there has been a GER
tain amount of intermarriage with
the higher-class natives. the Off
spring of such legal unions being
classed as Europeans" of whom the
census of 1880 enumerated fully
100000. Relatively few of them
escaped the japanese invasion, so
they remain as upholders of the
Dutch tradition and potential aids
to the reconquering Allies. Indeed,
certain amount of armed resist
ance seems to have been kept up by
guerrilla bands of Dutch and native
loyalists in the interior of the
larger islands such as Borneo and
Sumatra. Only recently it has been
disclosed that a mixed force of
Dutch and Australians was evacu-
ated from the island Of Timor after
an epic struggle against the Jap
anese. Again, the weight of evi-
dence tends to show that the Jap
anese have not succeeded in win
ming the allegiance of the native
masses. Japanese rule has not
brought economic prosperity and
has been accompanied by harsh ex-
ploitation. The logical inference is
that an Allied reconquest of the
Netherlands Indies will be generally
welcome and will rarely be opposed
by any except the japanese gar
risons and the civilians who may
have accompanied them.
Evening star., 1944-04-27
The Political Mill
BY Gould Lincoln

South Carolina Democrats have made
their answer to the decision of the
Supreme Court holding that Negroes
may not be barred from Democratic
primary elections In Texas-and pre-
sumably in other Southern States. They
have, through the State Legislature, re-
pealed the lat laws providing for pri-
mary elections and touching on such
elections remarkable and unprece-
dented performance.
In other words, they have told the
Supreme Court that the white Demo-
Gratis of South Carolina will pick their
own nominees for Office, in their own
way. What they have done is to form
Democratic Clubs" These clubs will
hold nominating primaries Of their own
and, they contend, there is nothing any
Federal court can do about it.
With the State primary laws repealed,
the new primaries are divorced entirely
from the State and State control. The
money needed to finance the primary
elections, which they will conduct, will
be voluntarily contributed by the menu
bers of the clubs.
To the South Carolina white Demo-
Gratis it looks as II they have an air.
tight, law-tight method OF nominating
candidates without the entry Of Negro
voters into their primaries.
4@
So Tar as the general elections are
concerned, when the officers OF govern
n1ent. from Governor and Senator on
down the line, are chosen, the South
Carolina law provides, and has always
provided, that any candidate who
wishes to be voted for has merely to
present his name and have ballots
printed. They have curious custom
in South Carolina.
The Negroes In the State have formed
a Negro Citizens Committee to fight
for their right to participate in Demo-
cratic party primary elections. The
committee is still insisting it will bring
suit to compel the white Democrats to
allow them to take part in the primaries
Just where it can attack the problem
Is obscure since the Legislature has
repealed the primary laws-and since
the general election laws of the State
permit any candidate to have his name
voted on
Victory in Democratic party primaries
in South Carolina has in the past been
equivalent to election No other party.
especially the Republican, has been able
to get to first base In general election.
This is true in nearly all Of the other
10 States which, with South Carolina,
go to make up the solid South" That
Evening star., 1944-04-27
Trend Toward Religion

To the Editor of The Star:
When the devil was sick, the devil a
monk would be; when the devil was we'll,
the devil monk was he"
In this most anxious period of the
war, the eve perhaps of the second front,
are mems minds turning to religion?
From casual discussions with those of
no professed faith, I believe the trend
Is that way.
Few there now are who have not a
son, a grandson, husband, brother,
a father "over there"
Appeasement has failed, diplomacy
has failed, strategy has failed, sanctions
have failed to keep nations from each
others throats
Would it not be fulfillment of
prophesy, indeed, should the stone
which the builders rejected become the
head of the corner"2
WILBUR HI CLOSE.