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Evening star., 1944-10-14
Speaks for Southern Heroes

Speaks for Southern Heroes
To the Editor of The Star:
The Constitution of the Confederate
States limited its President to a single
six-year term. Senator ODaniel of
Texas now is crusading for adoption of
that safeguard into the Constitution of
the United States. The fathers of the
Confederacy foresaw the danger that
an Inscriptions President, or a weak
President surrounded by alien-minded
advisers, might attempt to transform
the Republic into monarchy or a die
tatorship by retaining Office for life
If Lee and Stonewall Jackson were
living today, they would be foremost
i'll opposing any mans election to a
third term or fourth term as Presi-
dent. Any Southern State that this
year casts its electoral votes for the
fourth-term candidate betrays alike its
great leaders of the past and its sons
now fighting on foreign battlefields for
American ideals and traditions.
FRANK PUTNAM,
Republican Nominee for Elector at
Large. ta
Houston, Tex.
Evening star., 1944-10-14
Fronco-Sponish Tension

The representations just made by
the Spanish government headed by
General Franco to the French pro-
visional regime headed by General
de Gaulle bring into the open an
increasingly serious issue which not
only involves the diplomatic rela-
tions between France and Spain but
is also test of De Gaulle's internal
authority and its ability to maintain
domestic order without Anglo
American armed support.
The issue concerns the activities
of Spanish Republican refugees in
Southwestern France, who have been
conducting themselves IN most ex-
traordinary fashion. The Spanish
statement asserts that Republican
refugees who had joined the French
Evening star., 1944-10-14
People Held at Fault
70 the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor Of The Star:
All of the people are co-responsible
for the terrible crimes and accidents
which have taken place in Washington.
How? Because we do not regard the
laws of God as we should We permit
laws to be made allowing the manufac-
ture, sale and giving away of strong
drink. Under the influence Of alcohol
our young people say and do things
they would not dare otherwise. Their
Judgment and willpower are weakened,
but the fault is ours, too
Let us teach our youth the terrible
effects of drinking. Let us provide clean,
wholesome recreation for the young
folks. Let us urge them to attend
church, and let the ministers there
have the courage to speak honestly
about these evils and lead the people In
the knowledge of the Lord.
I wish to express my appreciation Of
The Stars refusal to accept advertise
ments for liquor.
ONE WHO REALLY is INTERESTED.
Evening star., 1944-10-14

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Once more we come back to the same
old question-where is the Japanese
fleet?
Following the attacks on the Ryukyu
Islands, Luzon was attacked again by
our carrier groups on Tuesday. and on
Wednesday and Thursday the fortress
Island of Formosa, with the adjacent
Pescadores, was battered by attacks
which may still be in progress.
In the two days of attack on Formosa
and the Pescadores, 1896 japanese air.
craft were shot down or destroyed on
the ground and 100 ships were sunk
or damaged. There is, however. no
indication that any great number OF
these we're warships
Formosa has been called the key
stone of the Japanese Empire, and
considering that Empire in its present.
day aspect, including the conquered
areas to the south of Formosa, the
comparison is an apt one. If Formosa
is lost, all the island conquests of Japan
are cut of, and so are all Japan's for
chile acquisitions in Southeast Asia.
Formosa is heavily fortified, and there
are naval establishments of considerable
extent there and in the Pescadores.
Yet, the Japanese fleet was not found
there; nor was 1t found in the vicinity
of Luzon; nor does it seem to have
been at the base of Amami- Oshima IN
the RyukyuS. So where Is 1t?
The inference is very strong that
Il ~ tn re
home waters, that it is lying behind
the mine fields and Notifications OF
Japanese bases, still waiting-for what?
For an opportunity to catch an Ameri-
can detachment SO weak that 1t can
safely be attacked? But surely the
Japanese know Admiral Nimitz better
that that by this time.
It is, of course, what Is known as q
fleet in being" as long as 1t exists,
Admiral Nimitz must operate, when
within its radius Of action, In great
strength. He can4ot afford to risk any
move which he is not prepared to de-
fend, II need be, with naval force
superior to that of the japanese.
The Japanese may be, no doubt are,
frantically building new ships In an en-
deavor to increase their deficiencies in
cruisers and destroyers; and they may
hope that somewhere. sometime, they
will be able to bring one of our big task
forces to action in waters which will be
covered by japanese land-based avia-
ton, to support their fleet. But are
they prepared in the meantime to lose
everything they cannot so defend7
Perhaps they counted on being able
to do something like this on Luzon or
Formosa. II SO, they have suffered
rude disappointment, for the destruc-
tion Of Japanese airpower IN those
Islands Is apparently proceeding ct .
rapid pace, with the blow at the
Ryukyus cutting meanwhile the string
Of bland aif1lelds that enable the abort
Evening star., 1944-10-14
RELIGION and 'One World

A distinguishing feature OF the
service in which the Reverend A.
Powell Davies was installed as min
ister'of All Souls Church Wednesday
night was that of the emphasis on
the creative value of religion One
scholarly speaker after another
affirmed the power of faith to
change people. The problems of
the human race, it was contended,
are not beyond the solution of men
and women inspired with the ideals
of fellowship and cooperation.
Wendell WILKES conception of an
integrated earth was hailed as a
prophecy of the highest order-a
projection feasible to accomplish.
The Reverend DR.. Frederick May
Eliot, president Of the American
Unitarian Association, demanded
a basic equality" as an indispensa-
BILE necessity among nations, classes
and social groups as we'll as among
individuals. Arrogance, he said, is
out of date. 1t simply is not possible
for fellowship to exist except upon
a parity. The logic of such a pres
entation is so obvious that it seems
it should be accepted everywhere.
Mr.. Willkie, in any case, was credited
with having taught millions of his
fellow-citizens to appreciate it.
Each of the participants in the
installation ceremony referred to
the Importance of a liberal pulpit
in Washington. The Reverend DR..
Frederick Robertson Griffin of
Philadelphia declared: "This prob
ably is the freest. spot in this
country. Here man may speak
his convictions" But, of course,
there are other "spots" where great
truths are being expounded, and
DR.. Griffin was mindful of them,
insisting that the forces of religion
constantly are finding new vision
and new richness Of purpose.
Such were the affirmations under
the influence of which Mr.. Davies
officially begins his ministry at All
Souls. Twenty gifted expounders of
Unitarianism preceded him in the
same position. He takes up his work
in consciousness Of their achieve
ment, and the whole community of
the Nations, Capital will wish him
well in his endeavor to be worthy
of the living tradition in which he
now Is included.
Evening star., 1944-10-14
This Changing World
By Consfanfins Brown

The Russian Armies are barely 50
miles from Budapest, which they ex-
pect to enter in the next few days.
Ine Germans who have been support
ing the Hungarians are reported hastily
Withdrawing toward Vienna. The Hun
garian Army, which has suffered heavy
losses IN the last six weeks, is offering
only sporadic resistance and many OF
us elements are melting away before
the strong Russian advance.
hungarian surrender" delegation
arrived in Moscow last Tuesday and the
hungarian regent, Admiral Nicholas
Horthy, and his followers in Budapest
are reported packing their bags pre-
paratory to seeking refuge In Germany,
Horthy and his cabinet members are
blacklisted and If caught in Hungary
are certain to be arrested and tried
as war criminals. The Hungarian dele
cation which has reached Moscow Is the
second to approach the Allies for an
armistice. The first arrived in Bern
early IN September and was headed by
Baron George Besseney, a friend of the
Hungarian regent. Besseney approached
the American and British ministers in
the Swiss capital with an offer Of un-
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and British governments.
After an exchange OF dispatches be-
tween Bern, Washington and London
the Hungarian delegate was told that
his government must apply to Russia
for armistice terms since Russian Armies
were responsible for the defeat of the
Magyars
Moscow is completing ARRANGEMENTS
for the creation of new friendly" gov
ernment in Budapest.
Bella Kun, who was head of a
Hungarian-Soviet government in the
spring of 1919, and Count Michael
Karolyi, former President OF the short
lived Hungarian republic who lives as
an exile in London, are regarded as the
Kremlin's most likely choices to head
the regime While Kun has lived in
Moscow for the last Is years as an ac-
tive member of the Comintern, diplo-
matte quarters believe Count Karolu
has the better chance.
Karolyi is the scion of an old
aristocratic family. Since his early youth
he has been an ardent follower of the
Marxist theories. After the collapse of
the Austro- Hungarian Empire in 1918
Evening star., 1944-10-14
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

TOPEKA, Kas., Oct. l4.-The only
question in the minds of politicians and
political observers in Kansas, in conneo-
tion with the Roosevelt-Dewey race in
this State, is how large will be the
Dewey majority. That goes for Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike.
Kansas was banner Republican
State in the 1910 Presidential election.
The late Wendell L. Willkie swept the
State with lead of 125.000 votes-a
State which Mr.. Roosevelt had car
ried by $1,000 votes four years earlier
over former Gov. ALI M, Landon. With
better times for the farmer, Kansas
turned back to its traditional Republi-
canism in big way.
There Is an argument whether Gov,
Dewey will better the Willkie vote.
Most Republicans believe the Dewey
majority will exceed that of Willkie-on
a percentage basis, If the vote be light.
Democratic leaders, however, are pre-
dieting they will keep the Dewey lead
down to $4,000. If they are able to do
this in Republican Kansas so much the
worse for Gov. Dewey and his chances
in the neighboring States of Missouri
and Oklahoma, which the COP is hop
ing to carry.
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Democrats rely on the war issue and
the argument that President Roosevelt,
with his hand upon all the strings, will
be able to wind it up sooner than
new administration. That they regard
as the main issue. Further, they feel
that overconfldence, or extreme conf,
dence on the part of the COP may cause
some Of the Republican vote to stay
away from the polls. They point also
the prosperity of farmers, hoping 1t
may have reduced some of the hostility
to the President.
The Dust Bowl" in Kansas does not
exist today. For example, there is one
county in the old Dust Bowl area in
which bank deposits, bond and other
Evening star., 1944-10-14
American Power

AS demonstration of American
naval-air power there has been
nothing more spectacular or awe
inspiring than the Third Fleets
two-day assault on Formosa. Carried
out deep within their inner defense
area, it cost the japanese 100 ships
sunk or crippled and 1896 planes de-
Stroyed as against cost to our
, forces of As aircraft lost and not a
sihg,e surface vessel even damaged.
Similar one-s.ded victories have
been won by cur Navy in past Pacific
engagements, but none quite so swift
and smashing as this-a victory
made all the. more remarkable by
the fact that the target was one of
the enemy's most formidable and
most forbidding bases.
The significance of the event is
not merely that it offers further
evidence of the inability of the
japanese to cope with our strategy,
not merely that it confirms their
reluctance to send their fleet into
decisive action against ours, not
merely that it foreshadows mighty
new operations against the Philip
pines, the China coast and perhaps
Japan itself, but that it puts beyond
all doubt the immensely of Americas
strength and dramatizes it as a
thing without parallel in the history
of the world. But the assault on
Formosa was simply the climax to
a week of far-ranging attack; there
will be many such assaults from now
on, for our task forces are just
beginning to hit their stride and
before our Far Eastern foe is finally
put out of harms way, we are likely
to see such a display of arms by our
amphibious legions as will make all
our past actions in the Pacific seem
minor by comparison.
The japanese must not be able to
sleep well when they think of it. AS
for the American people, perhaps we
not only should take proper pride in
this military greatness but also re-
feet soberly upon what it will mean
In relation to the long future. AS
far as the air and sea are concerned
at least, we shall almost certainly
emerge from this war as the might
5 lest power on the face of the earth.
And this power will probably impose
upon us such international response,
bilities as we have never shouldered
before-a fact which will call for
more than a little change in our old
concepts about the role cut out for
US in the world.
Evening star., 1944-10-14
The Japanese Fleet
By Maj. Georee Fieldine Eliot

FfeIdfng Eliot
range japanese fighters to hop down
the line to reinforce the threatened
bases farther south.
Therefore, we must ask ourselves, are
the japanese prepared to be driven out
of the Philippines and even out Of For
mosa without risking their fleet? This
will not be done easily, of course, but
1t can certainly be done If the japanese
garrisons in those islands are cut of
from all hope of reinforcement and de-
prived Of all air support. 1t is the
same question that has been posed by
every American advance across the Pa
ciflc. viii the Japanese risk their fleet
this time next time-or when2
They would not risk it for the Mar
shalls, and they lost the Marshalls.
They would not risk it for New Guinea,
or for their forgotten and isolated gar
risons in New Britain and the Caro-
lines. They would not risk it for Saipan
and Guam, though they did make a
half-hearted gesture with a carrier task
force, which did no more than lose all
its aircraft and then run for cover.
They do not appear willing to risk 1t
for the Palaus.
With every one Of these steps we have
come closer to Japan, closer to bring
ing relief to China; with every one Of
them, the Japanese have lost heavily
in aircraft, shipping, men and equip
ment, and in bases for their planes
and warships.
Inexorably Admiral Nimitz and his
colleagues are proceeding with the next
steps in bold and seemingly irresistible
strategy. Will the japanese risk their
fleet to keep him out Of the Philippines
and Formosa? If not, they will lose
those positions, too. Always they must
weigh the risk against the certainty Of
further loss-losses which pile up ad-
vantage to use and disadvantage to
And what Of the once towering prestige
OF the proud imperial fleet? It hides in
its home bases, and the people Of Japan
know 1t is there. It cannot be concealed
like camoufiaged rowboat. The people
Of our seaport cities always know when
large warship Is lying In the Navy
Yard, much less fleet. So also the
Japanese. What do they think OF their
fleet, the boast and toast of the empire
in days gone by? What do they think
Of the loss of SO many of their island
defenses? What do they think Of the
bombing Of Formosa, about which they
have already been told?
Are the many deaths OF Japanese
admirals, repeatedly reported during the
past weeks, and in increasing numbers,
a sign that the flag officers Of the Japa-
nese Navy can no longer 1--we to ensure
the scorn OF their fellow countrymen
and their own feelings Of ignoble
Illustration?
VIII that Illustration end now; viii
the Japanese neet come out to challenge
our dominance of the Philippine Sea.
h(csryrtsht 1eA4l
Evening star., 1944-10-14
Looking Up the Law

Since ne has already told James
c. Petrillo that his musicians strike
was not unduly interfering with the
conduct of the war, it is not quite
clear what the President hopes to
accomplish by looking up the law
on the subject at this late stage of
the game.
Certainly, he is not going to
frighten Mr.. Petrillo, who has turned
down the Presidents request that
he call off the strike, and who took
that occasion to express his graft
fication at the Presidents statement
that the strike was not obstructing
the prosecution of the war. Nor
does it seem likely, if the strike is
not interfering with the war. that
any wartime legislation with refer
ence to strikes can be brought to
bear against Mr.. Petrillo. This
leaves the possibility that Mr..
Roosevelt was thinking of the anti
trust laws, but in view of the lengths
to which the Supreme Court has
gone in granting labor unions i'm
munity under this legislation, it is
difficult to see how any antitrust
proceeding against Mr.. sPetrillo could
be effective.
This is a case which illustrates
only too well the ineptness with
which our wartime labor problems
have been handled. It was in July,
1943, that the War Labor Board took
jurisdiction of the dispute, after
finding substantial evidence" that
the strike impeded the war effort.
This finding was reaffirmed on three
occasions. In June of this year the
board ordered Mr.. Petrillo to lift
his ban on the making of phono-
graph recordings for RCA-Victor
and Columbia. Mr.. Petrillo ignored
this order. The case was referred
to Fred NJ Vinson, director of eco
nonic stabilization, and, despite
the earlier WLB findings, he re-
ported that the strike was not unduly
disrupting the war program. Mr..
Roosevelt then issued a personal
appeal to Mr.. Petrillo, which the
latter rebuffed. And now the Pres
ident says that within few days
he intends to look into the law
Of the matter.
That is the sorry record of this
Ease, and it is u record which is
not in the least frightened by the
objective of the strike, which is to
force the recording companies to
pay tax on each record, not to the
musicians, but directly into the
union treasury. Once upon time,
when the shoe was on the other foot,
the advocate Of such a project
would have been roundly denounced
0a "prince Of privilege or perhaps
Evening star., 1944-10-14
Cleon Up for Soldiers
From the Detroit News.


A curious searching of home town
consciences is in progress throughout the
land, to Judge by perusal of the papers.
The soldier boys will soon be coming
back, and the older, established citizens,
who have never been away, are growing
worried. They wonder If the town Is as
clean and beautiful as 1t should be, and
If 1t offers as many forms of amusement
and as fine opportunities for earning q
living as 1t might. They wonder, ac-
cordingly, whether their native sons,
after seeing the attractions of the great
er world, will not be dissatisfied with the
home town when they return, and view
1t with distaste and scorn, and quickly
shake the dust of it from their feet for
ever. And the said citizens are every.
where resolving to do what they can to
modify this probable bad impression, If
only by erecting bandstand in the
square, putting another loafers' bench
on the grocery porch, and establishing
pumpkin cannery.
Evening star., 1944-10-14
CurrouseI

Strauss ,Daltses break upon the sottened
eUerinD air;
Endn,eled cnrpen horses, hoopes ram.
pant and names blotDn,
In fatal and prescribed gilt tinsel centri.
tu0e
Rerolpe, preoccupted ioith piston Of
their otDn.
The child ,Oto rides the faded tiger finds
The barred teeth and the tigers snarl
quite real:
The soldier clutchino at elusipe switt
brass ring
Finds also his reality upon the turn
ing wheel.
The music plays, Inevitably the years
reDolpe,.
Zebra and spungled gri6on turn and
turn again.
Somewhere the heart Is caught upon
10-cent ride,
And there the hearts song eper wiIl
remain.
FREDERICK EBRIoHT.
Evening star., 1944-10-14

"Maquis" In the underground strug-
gle against the Germans now "domi-
nate large parts Of Southern France"
and are raiding in force from these
acquired bases into Spanish terri
tory. THE conflict" continues the
Franco note. above all affects
France, compromising her govern
ment's prestige, which is suffering
its gravest, most lamentable crisis as
a result of violence by foreign ref
ugees." And 1t concludes by offering
"all possible facilities" for bringing
the insurgent Spanish Maquis forces
under control.
Although the De Gaulle govern
ment has imposed censorship on
the affair, the basic facts OF the
situation are fairly clear. South
western France is neglected back
water in the nations reorganization.
No Allied landings were made there,
and no French troops of the De
Gaulle regime have as yet entered
the region. The Germans evacuated
hurriedly and the local Maquis took
full control. Those MaQuis organ
izations were largely composed Of
Spanish Republican refugees donli-
ciied In Southwestern France since
they fled from their homeland after
frances triumph in 1898. Numbering
perhaps 10000, they have the full
sympathy of the local French ma
quisards, most of whom share both
their radical politics and their
hatred of the Franco regime. Ac-
cordingly. the refugees had the ap-
proval of their French comrades
when they seized local Spanish
consulates, established Republican
"juntas," and finally started large
scale raids across the frontier. Re
monstrances from Paris have been
ignored, and De Gaulle has hesi-
tated to send troops for forcible
measures that might produce crisis
throughout France between radical
and moderate elements which he
seeks above all to avoid.
However. something obviously must
be done. Maquis aggressions against
Spain are clearly illegal and COM
promise both the international and
domestic status of the De Gaulle
regime. In the last analysis, the
Allies cannot indefinitely ignore
situation which may seriously inter-
fere with the campaign against
Germany, dependent as this is upon
French communications and CO.
operation. At so crucial juncture,
private wars cannot be tolerated.
Evening star., 1944-10-14

holdings have reached a point where
every family averages $4,000.
Democrats are hopeful also of getting
out the labor vote for Roosevelt, par
ticularly in the Kansas City (Kan) and
the Wichita areas. However, reports
from Kansas City are encouraging to
Republicans
The Kansas House delegation, six in
number, is all Republican in the pres
ent Congress. 1t probably will continue
so in the new Congress, although Demo-
Gratis are hopeful of victory in the
Fourth District, where w. j. Kropp is
the candidate against Representative
Rees, Republican They base their hopes
on the huge increase in industrial popu-
lation, due to war plants. Wichita's s
population has jumped from 125, 600 to
225000.
In the senatorial race Democrats are
talking of electing Thurman Hill, who
until recently was chief counsel Of the
Procurement Agency in Washington.
The odds, however, appear to favor the
reelection of Senator Clyde M. Reed,
Republican. Senator Reed has been a
stormy figure in Kansas politics in the
past. Democrats are counting on Re-
publican reflections in his case because
of factional troubles, but the Repu5li-
cans insist that the hatchet is buried
and that Senator Reeds victory is GER
tainty.
Senator Reed, an old Republican lib
eral OF generation ago, is violently op-
posed to the New Deal and Roosevelt.
Gov. Schoeppel, Republican, who has
been popular as the States chief execu-
tive, will win again, against Robert
Lemon Former Secretary of War Harry
Woodring, Of the Roosevelt Cabinet
Is doing nothing in the national CAM
paign. ALT M. Landon, the Republican
Presidential nominee in 1886, believes
Gov. Dewey will not only carry Kansas
by large vote but that he will carry
the country