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Evening star., 1944-03-01

the worm and the sensational support
given him by his colleagues, as shown
by the extraordinary vote rejecting the
veto, and in the country by the many
thousands of congratulatory kilograms
that poured in on him.
OF course. no one believes in these
arguments except, perhaps, Vice Presi-
dent Wallace, from whom, in fact, some
of them flow. Least of all do the prac-
tical fourth term strategists, who are
directing the campaign from the White
House, believe in them. They know
better. They know that Senator Bark
ley correctly described the message
when he used the words "a calculated
and deliberate attack upon the integrity
of Congress" and that those words cor
rectly reflected the feeling Of very
large majority in Congress.
They know, too, that this is the line
they have been prodding the President
to follow for quite while. Their
reasoning has been that to be reelected
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Dorothy Thompson

make unilateral decision about Ger
many. On the other hand, it has a
unilateral policy to follow in case no
other policies develop or in case the
policies that do develop are unsatis-
factory to the Soviet Union.
Furthermore, the Soviet Union Is
using its policy as an instrument Of
psychological warfare-day in and day
out. 1t is not throwing 1t into the
wastebasket in the middle OF the war.
That policy goes back to the Free
German Manifesto Of July, 1943 1t
has never changed, and Is being
beamed from Russia to the German
armies and people continuously. That
policy advocates the establishment of
such a strong, democratic, national
German state as the German masses
will be prepared to defend.
The Moscow propaganda Is not in
compatible with frontier changes. But
1t Is incompatible with the disintegra-
ton OF the German nation, and it de-
fines unconditional surrender.
1t becomes increasingly clear that
the Soviets approach the question of
security from an entirely different view-
point than we. We base our hopes
on the permanent weakening of the
present aggressors The Soviets base
their hopes on transformation of the
social structures of states with such
shifts in the dominant classes as will
seem likely to assure strong govern
ments naturally friendly to the Soviet
Union. There is no indication, nor is
there any rational ground for believ-
ing, that they wish exclusively to en-
Joy this future friendship The So
Wet Union realizes, perhaps more
strongly than we, that future peace
rests on agreement between the Anglo
American powers and itself
Nevertheless, if we enter Europe
without plan, while the Soviets have
clear one in reserve, we stand to
become caught in situations for which
we are completely unprepared.
tReleased by the Bell Syndicate, Incl
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amounting to 18s ships sunk, prob
ably sunk or damaged as a result Of
all types OF American action. Their
problem, moreover, grows in acute
ness every time we wrest an outpost
from them and thus acquire new and
more advanced bases for our opera
tions.
When we consider all this against
the background Of their severely
limited productive capacity, and
when we keep in mind that they are
heavily dependent on a continuous
flow of shipping to and from the
islands in the south, it is not hard
to imagine how worried the Japa-
nese must feel. Here is another
important chink in Tojo's armor,
and by day and night our forces are
striking at it so effectively that it
must sooner or later become a great,
gaping hole.
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Frank K. Kent

that Mr.. Barkley was a negligible char
acter; that there was no limit to what
ne would take: that he could safely be
treated With contempt. And that was
the way most of them treated him.
When he turned and, without warning,
struck back at the President, they were
genuinely shocked.
BUT the shock was almost as great
when the President, instead of standing
by his guns and roaring back at this
bleating sheep. who suddenly changed
into a roaring lion, turned and ran. For
that is exactly what he did. His rush
telegram to Senator Barkley was in
effect an apology, a retraction and a
plea to the Democratic Senate to re-
elect him leader, after everybody knew
that that was what they intended to do
and that the idea in doing it was to
emphasize and indorse the blow at him.
An outstanding fact in this case Is
that now both Mr.. Roosevelts friends
and his foes know that he is not as
valorous as he has been advertised.
Naturally. his friends are disappointed
and his opponents are pleased. Both
know him little better now. The for
mer feel that if he had stood up and
fought, the issue they have been seek
ing to make could have been most ef-
fectively made. The latter are inclined
to agree.
To believe that he did not mean to
reflect on Congress one has to disre-
gard the clear meaning Of words not
only in the tax veto but in many pre-
ceding White House emanations. It
will not be easy in the future to picture
the President as fearless statesman,
or even as superpolitician. The Bark
ley incident tends to disprove both con-
tentions 1t also has destroyed the
plan of the White House strategists to
create a President-vs. Congress issue.
They must get another
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Maj. George Fielding Eliot

Sweden would give them free passage.
Hence their only way out, If out they
are going to come, Is through Norway.
Are the Germans planning to get out
Of Norway altogether. or in part, once
Dietl Is rescued? 1t is possible, though
1t is far, indeed, from being certainty.
The gain would be a gain of immediate
fighting power, which may seem more
attractive than any other to the har-
rassed Germans staff.
That gain would be represented by
Dietfs seven divisions, plus perhaps 8
or 10 additional divisions from the
forces now stationed in Norway. The
remainder of the Norwegian garrison
are second-rate troops, of value for &C
tive operations only as replacements, or
perhaps to release other troops from
police duties. But Is divisions is a
sizable reinforcement for the Wehr-
macht under its present conditions OF
strain; 1t would just about offset the
force that the German high command
has seen fit to gamble in Italy, for no
appreciable result so far.
X
Against this immediate gain, the
Germans would have to set the loss of
Norwegian fisheries and whaling, tim
Der and other products. They would
lose the use Of the port of Narvik, and
be somewhat cramped in the export Of
Swedish iron ore. They would lose the
positions from which they have been
attacking the Murmansk conveys, thus
increasing the flow Of western aid to
Russia. All this would be lost by the
mere evacuation of Northern Norway,
maintaining their grip on the south.
If the whole of Norway is to be
given up, the strategic loss would be
considerable, because then it would be
possible for the Allies to establish their
air power within comfortable striking
distance Of many points in Northern
Germany and in German-occupied
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As Wild THINGS Do

1t is told the creatures OF the autld can
cure
Their injured bodies Nth their oapn
good care
They dine ON nearby herbs, they drink
the pure
Cold aoater and they breathe the clean
bright air.
They are immaculate in cleanliness
And they are patient as they lie quite
still
Letting the gentle healing Wi,,d caress
Their tevered aDounds-the ,Darn sun
do its UiH.
I shall recall their method when ny
heart
Lies hurt By lite and 1Dounded in my
breast;
shall be Quiet-I shall 90 apart
And Wait the healing there and I
shall rest,
And let the aUinds and sun of heapen
reneD
The life within me as the Dild
things do.
GRACE NoLL CRoWEIL.
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the war ana to show that In that
perspective no one country stands
out as being solely or even predomi-
nantly responsible for the present
state In which the Nazis flnd them
selves. For the truth is that just
as Britain and the United States
might now be in very bad military
position had 1t not been for the
Russians. so. too, the Russians
might be near defeat, or already
defeated, had it not been for the
British and Americans. Indeed,
Premier Marshal Stain is himself
authority for the statement that
victory over Hitler would have been
unattainable without the arms pro-
duction OF America, nor would that
production Of itself have been
enough if it were not being used
superbly well by those receiving it
through lease-lend.
In sum, credit for the bright
character of our overall situation
cannot accurately be appOrtloned
among the Allies, with one receiving
the major portion of it for what has
been achieved on land, or with an
other getting 1t for accomplishments
in the air, at sea or on the assembly
line. Perhaps on some future day,
long after the shooting stops, it may
be possible to effect a precise meas
ure of this sort, but meanwhile, with
vast interrelating battles still to
be fought, the honors and respon-
sibilities must be pretty evenly
shared. And there is lesson In this,
for just as they must work together,
and not separately. If they are to
win the war, Britain, China, Russia
and America must continue to work
together, and not separately, If they
are to win the peace as we'll.
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Jupun's S Ship Losses

Although it is significant enough
in itself that the japanese have lost
more than 10000 tons of merchant
shipping since Pearl Harbor-about
half their total prewar tonnage
even more significant is the fact
that the rate of their losses is con-
tinuing to mount. They do not
seem to be able to get on top of
the problem. Our planes, our sur
face vessels and particularly our
submarines, far from being deferred
by the enemy's intensified defensive
efforts, apparently are not only
steadily increasing their scores, but
are doing so without suffering any
proportionate jump in the cost to
themselves. Our submarines, for
example, have sharply stepped up
their operations with highly sue
cessful results, yet, as Secretary
Knox points out, the number of
them lost has remained amazingly
small"
This is in marked contrast to the
way in which we and the British
have overcome the Nazi menace in
the Atlantic, and it strongly sug-
gests that the Japanese do not
possess the equipment, or the ability
to build it in sufficient quantity, to
set up an adequate minimum of
protection for their supply lines. It
appears to be fact, at any rate,
that in the q months since the start
of the war in the Pacific their posi-
ton in this respect has grown no
better, not even stabilized, but de-
cidedly and progressively worse,
with their losses in February alone
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the fourth time he will need something
more than the Commander in Chief
appeal and the "don't-swap-hor
argument. The most potent thing they
could imagine would be to depict Mr..
Roosevelt as the great, humanitarian
friend of the people, concerned only
with the general welfare and anxious
only to promote justice, while. on the
other hand, Congress, favoring the
greedy instead of the needy" acts
against the national interests and con-
spires to deprive the soldiers of their
VOTE
That there has been a planned and
studied effort to present this picture no
informed person can doubt. The best
evidence is the series of press confer
ence interviews, statements and mes
sages, eliminating in the tax veto,
which have emanated from the White
House in the past two months. In his
subsidy veto, the President pictured
Congress as supinely yielding to special
interests; in his message on the SOL
diers' vote, he charged it with fraud;
in his tax message, he assailed it as leg
islating for the rich and against the
poor. None of these attacks was justi-
fed Not one could be substantiated by
the facts. 1t is difficult to believe any,
thing except that they formed part of
pattern were written by the same hand
and designed to make political issue
for the 1914 campaign.
Ek 4
Also, they were succeeding fairly well
up to the point of the Barkley revolt
to pieces and left the strategists-tem-
porarily, at least-in a state of con-
fusion and chagrin. For one thing,
coming from Senator Barkley, 1t was
so completely unexpected The White
House Inner circle" had long believed
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Denmark, which are now reached with
comparative difficulty from the British
Isles.
The Baltic ports would come in for
heavy hammering at the very season
OF the year when they commence to be
of great use for supplying the Ger
man forces in North Russia. Denmark
itself would have to be added to the
areas where an Allied invasion might
be expected, because it would come
within fighter range Of Allied air bases
Gas it is not at present..
This would greatly increase the re-
sponsibilities of the Wehrmacht and
might 90 far to counterbalance the
gains in troops of the Norway with
drawal. These would be further offset
by the raising and equipping Of Nor
wegian army. The populace of that
outraged nation would certainly flock
to the colors with enthusiasm as soon
as arms were available.
Therefore, it would seem likely that
II any German evacuation Of Norway
Is under contemplation, it will apply
only to Northern Norway, the area,
let us say, north of Bodo, and that
Southern Norway, with Trondheim as
its great outlying bastion, will be held
by the Germans, at least for the present.
This would seem the path of i'm
mediate German policy. OF course, the
necessities of the situation may COM
pei further withdrawal, may compe.
the facing of painful decision in Nor
way in order that worse may not be-
fall elsewhere. There is no assurance
that in Norway Hitler will give up any,
thing, any more than he has in Rus
sia or In Africa, until he Is compelled
to do so.
It is always dangerous to suppose
that this strange mentality will act
with what seems to others to be plain
ordinary military horse sense. 49,
(copyrisht, 1914. New York Tribune. Ine.)
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Allied Interdependence

No one will dispute the fact that
since June, 1941, the brilliantly led
and valorous Red Army has borne
the brunt of the land fighting in
the war against Hitler. But it's great
t1de-turning victories have by no
means been accomplished by itself
alone, as if in a military vacuum
sealed off from the armed forces
of Britain and America.
If Hitler had been able to con-
centrate his full power in the east,
If there had been no gigantic Brit
ish and American air offensive in
the west, If the Axis had not been
smashed in North Africa and the
Mediterranean, if Italy had not
been invaded, if the Royal Navy
and the United States Navy had
not throttled the enemy on the
seas, If Japan had not been too
tied down by our forces in the
Pacific to strike at Siberia, the
whole story of Russia might have
been entirely different today - a
story of grim defeat instead of
monumental victory.
And over and above being pro-
NOTED by the immense contributing
weight of these Allied operations,
what the Red Army has accom-
pltshed has been made possible, in
large measure, by the vast amount
OF lease-lend material shipped from
the United States to the Soviet I'm
ion in the q months between Octo-
Der, 1941, and January of this year.
The magnitude and Importance of
this material, as just reported by
Leo T. Crowley, head of our Foreign
Economic Administration, cannot be
exaggerated. In terms of cash value,
it has amounted to we'll over four
billion dollars. In terms of concrete
things needed for waging war, it
has been made up of 100000 tons
of munitions, food and other sup
plies, including 1900 planes, 4,7OO
tanks and tank destroyers, 10000
trucks and millions and millions of
gallons Of precious aviation fuel
and lubricants.
To itemize such aid as this is not
to detract in any way from the
magnificent achievements of the
Red Army. It is merely to lend per-
spective to the general picturs Of
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where the New Deal
papers and writer's,
at first stunned into
silence, are arguing
that soon it will be
found to have done
Mr.. Roosevelt good
instead Of harm,
and that the rela-
tions between him
and Congress are
bound to be better.
In addition, all
sorts Of subtle, not
to say silly, reasons
are being presented
for the turning of
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Lesson of the Pentuoon

> AAC ACPOAt AAOAA representative
Engel of Michigan on the final cost
OF the Pentagon Building, If he has
his facts straight, is an interesting
and instructive study in the tech
nique Of spending public funds in
the grand manner.
When the national emergency de-
veloped, the War Department pro-
posed that temporary Office build
ings be constructed at a cost Of
$6,500,000, asserting these would
meet anticipated needs. Later this
plan was abandoned, and Lieutenant
General (then Brigadier GeneraD
Brehon B. Somervell appeared before
"a House subcommittee on appro-
priations to request funds for
permanent building in Arlington.
From the record of that hearing Mr..
Engel submits the following ques-
tions and answers:
Mr.. Woodrum (of Virginia)-What
will be the cost? (of what is now the
Pentagon Building).
General Somervell-$35,0 900 900.
Mr.. Woodrum-Will that complete
the project, covering everything and
including the utilities?
General Somervell-Yes sir.
A little later General Somervell
said he was not including the cost
of the parking area in his total
figure, which, he said, would require
another $1,000,000. The committee
directed, however, that the parking
area be included in the $35,000,0O
and that was the sum appropriated
for the building.
It's final total cost was about
$4,000, 900, the balance of $51 ,OOO, 900
being drawn from other funds which
Congress had appropriated for the
War Department, but not for the
Pentagon Building, and from funds
provided for the commissioner Of
public roads. At no time did the
War Department seek authorization
from Congress for the changed plans
or higher costs, the next contact
being letter in May, 1912, to Chair
man Cannon of the House Appro-
priations Committee from General
Somervell, explaining what had been
done and expressing the hope that
this would meet with the approval
of the committee.
1t is true, of course, that many
unforeseen factors entered the pic
ture, not the least of which was the
entry of the United States into the
war. But the fact remains that the
will of Congress and it's appropri-
ating committees was ignored in the
building of the Pentagon at a cost
which was wholly out of line with
the estimate made only six months
before Pearl Harbor. The only rea-
sonable conclusion seems to be that
greater care should be used in ap-
propriating public money. So long
as departmental officials are granted
funds for general purposes-such as
those upon which the War Depart
ment drew to complete the Penta-
gon-the chances are that the
money will be used, and often
wasted.
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Appeals for More Chats
70 the Editor of The Star:

TO the Editor of The Star:
The rebellion against the President
in the Congress is exactly what he had
coming to him in my opinion, and here
lis why: The reactionaries in both
houses know that he is losing the con-
f1dence of the people, to which he is
entitled for what he has done for them.
If Mr.. Roosevelt would only continue
the fireside chats which he promised
(rememberO voluntarily, he would not
only be reelected each time by bigger
majority, he also would not have this
kind of Congress.
The people are looking for guidance
from the White House When their
President speaks they all listen.
M AIJERRACH
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usual in that area.
AS far as Northern
Norway is concerned.
the Germans might
be expected to antic-
ipate the need for
action if Finland is
driven out of the
war, for then they
must do something,
and at once, about
the seven German
divisions in North
ern Finland, even if
it be no more than
to arrange for their
W t h drawal i n t o
Noru,eCian territory
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Time 10 come. IL
was the most reveI-
atory speech to have
been made by any
Allied statesman for
months, with much
more implied in it
than Is clearly eX-
pressed.
But at least one
t hing was mace
clear. Mr.. Churchill
buried the Atlantic
Charter. Since the
President, co-author
OF the eight-point
d document, has not
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feacn OF CHe AIIleu supply IInes ana
their own supply bases.
At present the Russians are more
than 1000 miles from their supply bases.
Communications between the present
front and the areas where food is avail
able are much more difficult, and the
land reconquered by the Red Army has
been utterly devastated by the retreat
ing NaZis
X
The crisis will reach its climax be-
tween March and July After July, the
situation will improve because crops
from other areas will start coming in.
1t is uncertain whether the yield will
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WEDNESDAY,, March l, 1914
For Mercy

The 1914 War Fund campaign for
the American Red Cross begins to-
day, and every resident of Washing
ton is urged to assist in making
certain Of the complete success Of
the local aspect Of the national
drive. Never before since the organ
ization was established by Clara
Barton on May 21,, 1881, has there
been such pressing need for money
and for volunteer labor to relieve
the sufferings of mankind. The
Second World War is at its climax.
Perhaps within the next twelve
months the demand for Red Cross
help will exceed all present expecta-
tions. Even if only the minimum is
asked, 100000 will be wanted.
That sum already is budgeted for
work in Army and Navy hospitals
at home and abroad, in Army and
Navy camps and stations in the
United States and in combat zones
overseas, for home assistance, for
blood plasma activity, for financial
relief to service personnel, for
chapter production of surgical dress
ings, garments and other required
articles, for emergency morale sup
plies for soldiers and sailors at the
front and in hospitals, for service
clubs overseas, for service to Amer
lean prisoners of war, for foreign
war relief, for disaster relief and
civilian aid, for health, education
and safety enterprises, for general
service and aid to chapters and for
contingencies as yet unknown. Every
phase of the whole tremendous un-
dertaking is financed through public
contributions. 1t is the proud boast
of the Red Cross fellowship that it
is not currently nor has it ever previ-
ously been Governrent-e
The value of its freedom and
independence is obvious.
So, too, the privilege of con-
tributing without compulsion is a
precious asset to the sacred cause
which the Red Cross symbolizes
John Clifford Folger, chairman of
the District of Columbia Chapter,
correctly refers to "our duty in the
campaign as "a mission" which
justifies "selfless efforts" To decline
to give would be to abstain from
taking a part in the life of the
American community at a time
when practical cooperation, BROTH
erhood sympathy and mercy are
most imperatively needed.
Those who can give blood should
apply at 81 Louisiana avenue NV;
those who can spare regular hours
of labor as nurses or for the making
of bandageS and clothing should
report at 2020 Massachusetts, avenue
NV; those who can assist in first
aid or neutrality-suspicious. endeavors
should enroll at 3116 o street NV.
individuals with special skills to
offer may write to Mrs. George A.
Garrett, chairman, Volunteer Special
Services, Continental Memorial Hall,
Seventeenth and D streets NV.
Not every Washingtonian, of
course, is free to contribute in any
of these several ways; but none is
so poor of pocket or so chary of
fellow-feeling as to wish to refuse
to send cash gift. The District of
Columbia quota is $2665,OOO and it
should be promptly and generously
oversubscribed Headquarters of the
War Fund are at 1915 H street NV.
The Red Cross is it's own explana-
ton, its own appeal To fail it
would be to fail everything for
which it stands.
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States, 1t can have a
disastrous effect on
the war.
According to avail
able estimates, the
s h r t q e is even
more serious than
last year
The reason the OBJ
servers believe the
situation Is worse
now Is that a year
ago the Red Armies
were. close to the
Volga River, that
is to say, they were
within relatively easy