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Smyrna times., 1944-05-25

We We're certainly pleased to
hear that your husband has re-
ceived his latest advance in rating
Mrs. Robinson. We issued this
change in our column under the
date of April 9th, 1914, the next
issue following the receipt of your
letter. Please give Jack our very
best the next time you write to
him-which we believe is daily.
Bless you for your constant loyal
ty. 1t is things like this that real
ly count to our Boys and Girls now
IN the Service. No one but your
hsuband will know what this
means to a man who is miles and
miles away from all those he loves
and fights for.
In regards to Jacks subscription
1 will have The Smyrna Times get
in touch with you direct on this
subject. From their records they
can tell you the information you
wish to know. And we certainly
hope that Jacks mail is now get
ting through to him. This will
make a big difference to your hus-
band once the mail boat hauls
along side. My! What pile
your man is due to have received
When he finishes reading through
his mail, he'll sure know that some
one back home is thinking about
him, just lots. That's as it should
be. Make your letters cheerful, so
that he can keep on remembering
those dreams he has for after this
war is over. No, this sort of
thing is not always easy, but it's
like being honest; it always pays.
Smyrna, Delaware
r. F. D.
To The Editor
Dear Dribbles:
Will you please change my hus-
bands address in your Service
Column to read as follows: Cpl. AL
bert F. Lambertson, A. S. N.
32958058, 757th Field Artillery Bat
TALON, Service Battery, Camp Phil
lips, Kansas.
Thanking you for your kind SER
vice, I remain
A friend,
Mrs. Albert f. Lambertson
1t will always be a pleasure to
serve you and your husband, Mrs.
Lambertson. Nor does this state
ment only apply to changing the
Corporal's address from time to
Smyrna times., 1944-05-25
Smyrna, Delaware

Smyrna, Delaware
Dear Dribbles:
My sons address has been
changed. His new one is as fol-
lows: Pfc. William R. Palmer, A.
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1944-05-25
Smyrna, Delaware
r. F. D.

1t will always be a pleasure to
serve you and your husband, Mrs.
Lambertson. Nor does this state
ment only apply to changing the
Corporal's address from time to
Evening star., 1944-02-19
I'd Rather Be Right

should be continuing policy. equally
valid for war and peace. The chief
difference between war and peace should
be the difference in methods used for
carrying out our policy Naturally,
methods change when the armistice
arrives, but policy itself need not change
and should not change
1t will be strange and wavering con-
duct on our part to fight a desperate
war for the purpose of destroying fas-
cism, and then, the moment we win
the war. change over to another pur-
pose entirely, that of putting Fascists
on trial for horrible, condemnable, but
still only collateral offenses, called
atrocities But the most atrocious Fas
cists have probably committed no physi-
cal atrocities.
How, then, shall we handle Julius
Streicher, publisher of the infamous
and pornographic Der Stuermer,"
which has poisoned the minds Of gen.
Grafton? Under the bleary legalistic
trial" system, the worst We could prob
ably do to Streicher would be to deny
him second-class mailing privileges.
The proposal that we stage trials, "
no matter how well-meaning. is pro-
posal that we shall not do what we are
at war to do, the moment it becomes
possible to do it.
Let us keep our sights up. This is
not war about atrocities, though afro
cities have been committed during the
war. 1t is not a war about The Hague
Conventions. though The Hague Con-
ventlonS have been violated. It is a
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This Changing World

For several months Admiral Nimitz,
commander In chief OF the Pacific
Fleet, and Admiral william Halsey,
commander In the South Pacific, have
been trying to draw the japanese fleet
into open combat. Our units, from the
new battleships to the latest cruisers
and destroyers. are considered so far
superior to what the enemy has that an
open engagement would be more than
welcome
All efforts to lure the Japs into battle
have proved futile so far. The closest
we have been to such spectacular en-
gagement was some six weeks ago when
the Japs sent to Rabaul a large fleet Of
transports escorted by powerful task
forces. American planes and SUBJ
marines reported the appearance of this
convoy and Admiral Halsey rushed to
meet them. The battle never took place
because the japanese hastened back
to Truk.
The Japs have adopted definite de-
fensive strategy. Although a consider
able number of wArships have left the
yards in Japan and in the newly con-
quered territories during the last few
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Samuel Grafton

war about fascism. If the coming Of
the armistice changes our purpose. then
it will not be an armistice, but subtle
and concealed defeat.
Let us keep our sights up: 1t is our
job to dismantle the Nazi party as un-
emotionally and methodically as We
propose to dismantle Nazi arms fac
tories.
This is our task. by methods of war
so long as the Germans prefer war, by
methods of peace when they tire Of
fighting The task remains. through
war and peace. We are hberators, not
judges. We are liberators. not school
teachers for the children of Germany.
We are Hberators, and unless We lib
crate, unless We physically remove the
fascist bureaucracy to a place of exile,
all our schemes for democratic schools
and democratic trolley cars and demo-
cratic porridge for the new Germany
will be window-dressing to hide fall
ure.
But if We do remove the fascist bu-
reaucracy, without trial, on mere iden-
tification, then all these subordinate
problems instantly become more man
ageable. 1t will not seem nearly so
hard then to teach the German chill
dren that faScism does not work They
will actually have learned that lesson
before they come to school They will
have seen the trains leave. carrying the
fascists and fascism to the border and
oblivion
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Benedictine Monastery

Mount Casino, Italy; Built 529 ADJ
What tragedy that this great monument,
Whose sacred Dalls hare matched the
centuries,
Should see its high blue dome and cross
laid lou,
Its corridors protaned by marching feet.
Unwilling fortress for the savage hordes.
Its height commands Casinos plains,
1Dfere men
Courageously press on toward victory
Their dauntlesS souls uncowed BY brutal
hate.
Its gray, bleak summit, cloaked in bu-
lo,0ing smoke,
Hides fires that cleanse the epn from, its
doors,
Hides roof and pillars fallen in the dust,
Bonlb-shattered rubb!e.ot its masonry.
W1ere are its treasured parchments,
and its art?
The eternal City," calm and proud,
aUaits
To give them sanctuary. In its paults
The Old Worlds rare and holy scripts
are stored.
This ancient abbey is not new to strife.
1t stood 1rh,le 1Uarring nations sacked
its rooms.
No1U. though its 1Uounds are mortal, it
shall rise,
And that clear flame 1Uhich burned
through ages past
Will build again these ruins, lift the
cross
TO stand il, lofty grandeur in the sky.
What mems strong hands haze built
through faith and loue
Mems hands ,Oill build again eternauy.
IVY LINDSLEY,
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Gould Lincoln

in 1882 for President, pressed by Will
nam Randolph Hearst, announced he
was then opposed to American entry
INTO the League. He gave as his reason
Tor his change of position that the
League had not developed as Woodrow
Wilson planned The New York Times
edltorlally castigated Mr. Roosevelt: TT
Will be generally regretted, we think.
that Gov. Roosevelt Che was then Gov
ernor Of New York; should have been
SO plainly swayed by political motives
In this public recantation."
With isolationist sentiment firmly
rooted in this country at that time, q
presidential candidate who declared for
entry of the United States into the
League might have had great dificulty
with the voters. Feeling was running
high because our former Allies had re-
fused to pay their debts to u.s.
Today, with another war taking
American lives and treasure, the de-
mand in this country that steps be
taken to prevent future world wars has
grown strong. No presidential candidate
today is going to declare himself an
lSoldllollSt-lot II lie HoptS lol elecIloI.
Just as 'internationalism" was not an
issue in the campaign of 1882, so ESQ
lationism" may be eliminated from the
campaign of 1894
Lip service to international collabora-
ton to keep the peace will not be
enough, however-and should not be
enough great deal of valuable edu-
cational work has been done among the
American people in the last year. 1t
y,,,ct costir11o
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Our Oil Resources

Now that Congress, through the
Truman and other committees, is
beginning to show a lively interest
in the petroleum future of the
United States, the basic facts on our
known and potential resources
ought to be made clear at the outset
in order to keep the problem in
proper focus. Within recent weeks,
there has been tendency in some
quarters to speak of the situation
in alarmist terms, even to the point
of suggesting that our automobiles
and oil furnaces may be starved for
fuel in the relatively near future.
Such a picture, however, does
violence to the realities. It is true
enough that at the present ex-
traordinary rate of consumption,
the known reserves of the United
States could be used up in Is or 20
years. but the implications of that,
though highly important. are less
catastrophe than they may sound.
In the first place, these reserves
which have been figured at about
twenty billion barrels-are wholly
untapped and represent supply
over and above the very substantial
supply still available in American
fields now being exploited. In the
second place, petroleum geologists
estimate that our unknown re-
serves, deposited in fields yet to be
discovered, may amount to at least
fifty-flve billion barrels, or more
than the total found in this coun-
try to date.
Moreover, in addition to these
actual and potential crude petro-
leum resources within our borders,
our oil shale deposits are believed
to be capable of yielding perhaps
as many as ninety billion barrels.
Also, there are rich possibilities in
the tar sands of the Williston Basin
which spills over into our country
from the Province of Alberta in
Canada and which may be satu-
rated with 100 or more billion bar
rels of oil. And finally, over and
above what we could get on a large
scale from our huge reserves of
natural gas, our coal supply, be-
sides meeting the demand for all
its other customary uses, could be
converted, if events in the future
so dictated, into enough synthetic
gasoline and lubricants to cover our
needs for 1000 years.
These figures apply only to the
actual and potential resources in
side the United States. Elsewhere
in the world, completely apart from
Evening star., 1944-02-19

candidates (Bricker and Dewey: it's
ike pygmies to giants" To this remark
(worthy of the brilliance of a grade-
school lad, may I point out politely
that comparing the Senator from
Florida to Cows. Bricker and Dewey is
also like pygmies to giants?
While some may marvel at Mr.. Pep
per's adulation of Mr.. Willkie, to me
II is clear as water. Sensing a New
Deal defeat, the Florida Senator knows
which side his bread is buttered on;
and so, while whooping it up for the
present incumbent, he also is holding
out calloused finger to the possible
victor, Mr.. Willkie. Mr.. Pepper was
only county representative before a
lucky break brought him the appoint
ment to fill out the unexpired term OF
the late Senator Fletcher. 1t might be
added in passing that, though MIR.
Pepper repeatedly sought the Cover
nor's chair of his adopted State, Florida,
he never was selected for that place by
the voters, as Ohio and New York have
SO honored Messrs. Bricker and Dewey.
VOTER FOR BRICKER OR DEWEY.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
The Political Mill

cooperation, proposals to set up world
court to adjudicate international dis
putes, and the use of force, if necessary,
to carry out the decisions of that court.
But basically, neither the Republicans
nor the Democrats, and their candidates
are not going to declare for a super
government of the world. Nor are they
likely to declare for an international
police force" as such. If and when a
show of force is necessary to preserve
peace the military and naval forces in
volved will act as they act in the present
war, with the same kind of cooperation
as exists between the armies and navies
of the United Nations today.
Under these circumstances, Gov
Bricker may be right in his assertion
that "isolationism' will not be an issue
in the coming campaign. However
much will depend upon how earnestly
the parties in their platforms and the
candidates in their own expressions
dedicate themselves to the cause of in
ternational collaboration after the war.
1t is entirely likely that the Democrats
will assail the Republican party as re-
sponsible for the failure of the United
States to enter the League of Nations
and the World Court after the last war
although there were Democratic Sen
ators as well as Republican in the Sen
ate fight which killed the League.
The Democrats will seek to paint the
COP as the party of isolationism dur
ing the score of years before the present
war 1t will be remembered, however,
that President Roosevelt who ran for
Vice President in 1920 on League of
Nations ticket. before he was nominated
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Constantine Br0tVn

months, II is highly doubtful that they
can afford 10 take chance with the
American Fleet. They must save their
main units as long as possible 10 use
for the protection of the empire. This
strategy has been evidenced on repeated
occasions in the past and is likely TO
be continued unless by quick surprise
attack the enemy cannot refuse to give
battle.
Although the air photographs report
ed large concentration Of ships in
Truk, 1t is by no means certain that
these are important units Of the i'm
perial navy. The defenders of Truk are
believed to be relying principally on air
power and shore defenses rather than
Warships.
There is no concern in we'll informed
naval quarters as to the results of our
attack. The operation was prepared
many months ago, and it is certain that
the commander in chief in the Pacific ts
taking no chances. While the actual
defenses of the japanese base are not
known. the size of the task force is sucl,
that reverse appears impossible.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

the armistice should make is that it
ought to give us the right to substitute
methods of peace for methods of war
in carrying out our policy. But our
policy must remain the same, the de-
struction of the Fascist power
That is why I see no solution short
of the instant and automatic exile,
without trial, of, say, the 100000 top
Nazi functionaries That alone can be
the logical elimination of the war, to
be carried out as the final battle of the
war
The great danger is that We may tend
to make too sharp a differentiation be-
tween the period Of war and the period
of peace. Our high political policy
Evening star., 1944-02-19

three fortified enemy bases tEniwetok,
Kusaie and Ponape), an expedition of
sufficient power to have a chance of
carrying Truk by assault.
This is particularly true in view of
the fact that the distance rules out
anything in the way of fighter or dive
bomber support except from carrier
based planes, which are necessarily
limited in numbers. Even granting
that we have many more carriers avail
able than we used to have, we must still
reflect that Truk is only about 1900
miles from the main islands of Japan,
with an excellent string of stepping
stone bases in between, so that it could
be rapidly reinforced by fighter and
other aircraft from japanese home
bases-within few hours, in fact
x
Moreover, Truk is an island group Of
entirely different character from any
thing we have yet attacked 1t is a
combination of the rocky volcanic
Evening star., 1944-02-19

In somewhat different words, this is
the basis of the Mackinac Island decla-
ration of the Republican Postwar Ad-
visory Council-a declaration that Is
likely to be written into the Republican
platform by the party's national con-
vention in June. 1t virtually conforms
with the policy enunciated by the Full
bright resolution adopted by the House,
the Connally resolution adopted by the
Senate and the Moscow agreement in
which Secretary of State Cordell Hull
participated.
1t is extremely doubtful the American
people would stand for anything further,
basically, or that any candidate for
President this year will go beyond it
certainly if he expects to be elected. The
party platforms and the candidates may
embroider it, with promises of economic
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Veto Sustained

In upholdlng the Presidents veto
Of the legislation banning consumer
subsidies, the House has made pos
Sible the continuance of this con-
troversial program, which will cost
about 81 ,500,000,O00 this year. The
record shows that the administra-
tion's program lacks majority sup
port in Congress. The bill banning
further subsidies was passed in both
the House and the Senate, by large
majorities. The vote to override the
veto showed Isl members of the
House supporting the President and
266 against him. Thus, while most
of the members are against subsidies,
the two thirds majority necessary to
override the veto was lacking.
All in all, it probably is a good
thing that the veto was sustained.
There has been great deal of con-
fusion concerning the subsidy pro-
gram, and no little misrepresenta-
ton with regard to the probable
results of abandoning it. But the
unquestioned fact remains that,
without subsidies, food costs would
increase by about per cent. This,
in turn, would result in an overall
rise in living costs of or per cent.
This would have been a potent
weapon in the hands of powerful
groups seeking to abandon present
wage controls, which are shaky
enough as it is. Furthermore, vari-
Gus administration spokesmen have
indicated that without subsidies they
would not even make a fight for
retention of the Little Steel formula
Hence, if their language is to be
taken at face value, it is a fair
assumption that, with the subsidy
program to be continued, they will
not yield easily on the wage question.
It should be noted, however that
the President, in his veto message,
did not state explicitly that the
Little Steel formula will be retained.
ut is clear" he said, that we can
not hold the wage line if the Con-
gress deprives us of the necessary
means to hold the cost of living
line. If the wage line breaks
and I do not see how it can be held
If this bill becomes law-not only
will food costs rise still further but
all other costs will rise =" This
implies that the wage line will be
held, now that the House has sus-
tanned the President. But it falls
short of saying so in categorical
fashion Hence, it will be we'll to
watch the wage line to see whether
the pressure groups that have great
influence in Washington today will
not only keep the subsidies but
obtain higher wages as we'll
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Blames Working Mothers.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
read in your paper Postwar Jobs
for Women a Problem" written by
Jane Eads.
No, the women will not want to 20
back home to work. I don't have ref
erence to the women who need to work
for support. They should be given the
chance to work But why shouldn't
there be law that those who do not
need to work go back in the home?
This sounds "old fashioned" I sup
pose, but if the mothers of children
would stay in their homes and care for
and train them, there would be far less
child delinquency" This is not the
only reason for delinquency, but Ameri-
can homes and big percentage of
American mothers are falling down on
their jobs as mothers and homemakers.
To me there is difference in home
maker and a housekeeper Games, toys,
books and papers scattered over house
make nicer picture than jails. penal
Evening star., 1944-02-19

what can be produced alphabetically.
the crude oil reserves yet to be dis
covered and exploited may amount
to 800 billion barrels-enough to
serve mankind's needs for 200 or
300 years. Further, the known crude
oil reserves outside our country
mot including Dutch holdings and
vast fields in the Russian interior)
add up to approximately twenty-five
billion barrels, of which Britain
controls SO per cent. Americans be-
tween Is and 80 per cent and Rus
sia 20 per cent.
There is of course no reason to
be complacent about our future in
oil. The tremendous wartime drain
has certainly taken heavy toll of
the petroleum in our national soil,
and our potential resources are in
many respects problematical from,
the standpoint of economical pro-
duction. It is wise and proper, in the
circumstances, that Congress should
be concerned about vigorous
American approach to the problem,
with particular reference to the
development of American conces-
sions in foreign fields and to Amer
ican efforts to promote an effective
international agreement on the
sound exploitation and distribution
of this most vital of raw materials.
With that said, however, it is
worth bearing in mind that the
good earth, including the United
States, still seems to be reasonably
rich in what it takes to run our
industrial civilization, so that no
one owning an automobile, an Oil
furnace or the like need have any
great worry on that score. AS far
as resources are concerned. it ap-
pears unlikely that the situation
will become acute before the year
2,944, and by that time the har-
messed atom - if not dOOmSday -
will probably have arrived to make
petroleum and all other present
sources of energy quite as outmoded
as the oar-propelled trireme or the
ancient oxcart.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
No Short Cuts

General MacArthurs announce
ment that the hard fought cam
paign for the Solomon Islands has
been completed for "all strategic
military purposes is properly tenn
pered with a warning that a great
deal of fighting remains to be done
before our forces are in position to
strike decisive blow against Japan.
American marines landed on Qua
dalcanal on August 7, 1912, and the
ensuing year and a half brought
some of the hardest and bloodiest
fighting of the war. The original
landing was undertaken as an Of
fensive-defensive operation, in
tended to safeguard our supply lines
to Australia and the Southern Pa
cific. The attack was begun with
limited forces but as more men,
planes and ships became available
the Solomons campaign, supported
by the f1anking movement on New
Guinea, developed into a full-scale
offensive that finally has broken the
enemy's power in the South Pacific.
General MacArthur's announce
ment was inspired by the occupa-
tion of the Green Islands, at the
northern tip of the Solomons. This
isolates some $4,000 japanese troops
still in the Solomons and leaves
them with a choice between sur
render or death from starvation and
disease. Furthermore, if service
able air bases can be established on
these newly seized islands, Rabaul,
already virtually neutralized, will
have been outflanked on the east.
Thus. although the japanese may
hold on there for some time,
Rabauls value as major base has
become almost nil. But the con-
quest of the Solomons, heartening
as that will be to all Americans, is
only beginning. Even when the
Impressive American triumphs in
the Gilberts and the Marshalls are
added to the successful conclusion
of the Solomons campaign. it is
clear that we have only begun to
destroy the military power of Japan.
This is emphasized by General
Macarthur when he says that the
Japanese Army must be defeated
before our success is assured. and
that this can be done only by the
use of large ground forces. How
and when and where these forces
are to be brought to bear against
the japanese in decisive numbers
are questions that remain unan-
SYered. But General Macarthur,